Branding is simply a more efficient way to sell things.
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Akio MoritaAkio Morita The governance framework is there to encourage the efficient use of resources and equally.
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Adam SchlesingerAdam Schlesinger We have become indifferent to content, and react, not even to form, but to technique, to technical efficiency itself.
Czeslaw MiloszCzeslaw Milosz Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru Efficiency is doing the thing right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.
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