Bluth believed older techniques were being abandoned in favor of lower production costs, and the only way animation could survive was to continue traditional production methods.

It will lower transaction costs and increase labor productivity.

After all, higher productivity should bring lower unit labor costs.

What African farmer, despite his lower initial costs, can compete?

We have significantly lower capital costs in our plant equipment.

Democracy carries certain costs, but they are always lower than the costs of evading popular participation.

Mobile banking may lower the fixed costs faced by traditional banks.

Public funding eliminates these activities, resulting in far lower administrative costs.

(d) Simplification of the administration of transaction and lower transaction costs.

Similarly, direct investment by Japanese firms is increasing as they relocate production facilities to China to capitalize on lower labor costs and high quality engineering talent.

Lower transaction costs mean that exchange can be dramatically more fine grained.

I estimate the production costs to be 36 percent of the budget.

The former, it was claimed, would have lower unit costs than the latter.

This allows lower operating costs, but requires large capital investments along the lines.

Though lower oil prices depress consumer prices, they should boost production and overall GDP.

That experience showed that countries default when the costs are lower than the benefits.

The best French companies have cut costs ferociously, improving productivity and expanding production abroad.

While many private French firms are thriving, they do so by economizing on manpower and, increasingly, by outsourcing production, often to new EU member countries where labor costs are considerably lower.

As a result, environmental protection projects often fail to be included in calculating production costs.

Renewable energy costs will eventually go down, in step with technological innovation and mass production.

The adjustment might come about through wage increases in countries with lower labor costs, rather than cuts in countries where costs are too high.

But, despite modern infrastructure, logistical costs within China are 18 of production costs, compared with 10 in the US, owing to various internal inefficiencies.

China's much lower labor costs mean that Mexican jobs and income levels are directly at risk.

Mexican access to cheaper gas will boost Mexican petrochemical industries and lower energy costs for manufacturing.

China's much lower labor costs mean that Mexican jobs and income levels are directly at risk.

Most manufacturing enterprises will also benefit from lower energy costs, improving their ability to service their debts.

Some US industries, such as chemicals and plastics, will gain a significant comparative advantage in production costs.

Lower interest rates caused all business cycle indicators production, sales, employment, and the unemployment rate to turn upward.

But the profits that would be lost remain lower than the potential costs of another major financial crisis.

Thus, foreign producers can t compete unless their costs are 1.05 per gallon lower than those of American producers.

Likewise, increasing pressure from growing labor costs will force enterprises to lower their profit expectations and cut costs, negatively affecting output growth and employment in the short run.

Adequate private insurance can be boosted in the future through public education, improved insurance institutions, and lower insurance costs.

Better repayment prospects and lower regulatory capital costs then fuel the asset based financing of further acquisition of assets.

And coding supported products often have lower costs per unit of output than even very cheap labor can provide.

The savings under travel were due to the lower than estimated rates applied in the calculation of travel costs.

Larger networks and larger production lines over which to amortize high initial fixed costs will then generate cascading benefits.

Production costs have been a subject of bitter dispute between Shell and Nigeria's government since the early 1990's.

However, the revenues will almost certainly be lower, and the costs higher, than calculations used to promote them would imply.

These turbines have the advantage of using permanent magnet alternators, which are more reliable and thus incur lower maintenance costs.

True, armaments costs have risen sharply, but only because Putin s KGB friends, who monopolize weapons production, have stolen inordinate amounts.

The US Mexican economic relationship may be the world s most important example of how rich and poor economies can be harmonized for mutual benefit. Under NAFTA, US firms are flocking across the 2,000 mile Mexican border in order to set up operations in Mexico to benefit from lower wage levels, and hence lower production costs.

It would enhance US economic competitiveness, especially relative to Europe, given the lower costs involved in the extraction of shale gas.

drug companies whether patent holders or generic drug producers must provide drugs to poor countries at prices near to production costs

Traders seeking Fairtrade certification must pay producers a price that covers the costs of sustainable production and provides a living wage.

Labor reform leading to longer hours would not reduce the total income of the employed, but it would reduce production costs.