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Verdiskapning

English translation: wealth creation, value creation, value generation, value added, economic growth

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Norwegian term or phrase:Verdiskapning
English translation:wealth creation, value creation, value generation, value added, economic growth
Entered by: Richard Lawson

10:27 May 7, 2004
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Economics / general expression
Norwegian term or phrase: Verdiskapning
metoden har vært kjent lenge uten at nevneverdig verdiskapning er realisert av den.

Verdiskapning og inntjening/fortjeneste, er jo forskjellige ting, så ord som; yield, profit(s), return, proceeds, blir upresise, men er hittil de eneste forslagene ordbøkene mine gir. Noen bedre forslag for begrepet "verdiskapning"?
Trond Ruud
Local time: 07:44
wealth creation, value creation, value generation, value added, economic growth
Explanation:
Without seeing more of your context, it is difficult to be sure, but it looks like "value creation" or "value added".
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Richard Lawson
Local time: 07:44
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Summary of answers provided
4 +8wealth creation, value creation, value generation, value added, economic growth
Richard Lawson
5 +1added value
Carole Hognestad
4innovation
Vedis Bjørndal


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +8
wealth creation, value creation, value generation, value added, economic growth


Explanation:
Without seeing more of your context, it is difficult to be sure, but it looks like "value creation" or "value added".

Richard Lawson
Local time: 07:44
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  George Runde: agree, in economics, GDP and GNP is the measure of "verdiskapning". You will have to be more specific if you want a more precise answer.
19 mins
agree  Helen Johnson: value creation is the one I've seen
1 hr
agree  Roald Toskedal
2 hrs
agree  ojinaga
5 hrs
agree  Vedis Bjørndal: 'economic growth' is good. I believe 'value added' is commonly used in accounting
6 hrs
agree  abborre
14 hrs
agree  Liesbeth Huijer
23 hrs
agree  brigidm
3 days 22 hrs
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
added value


Explanation:
"Added value" is commonly used.

Carole Hognestad
Local time: 07:44
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vedis Bjørndal: if context is accounting. Def:Difference between sales revenue and cost of bought-in materials and services. Roughly, profit plus wages.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
innovation


Explanation:
or 'sustainable development'. These cover the Norwegian term 'verdiskapning'.
It depends on the context which one to use.

Many hits on Google.

Vedis Bjørndal
Norway
Local time: 07:44
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Norwegian
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