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Itis therefore obvious that data has value in an economically meaningful sense. The sources of its value and characteristics of data as an economic asset are discussed at length in our earlier Value of Data report (Coyle et al 2020a). We concluded that there is potential value to the economy as a whole from having the ability to use data, and not just to the organisations that control specific data sets. This appreciation is increasingly reflected in many policy statements of data strategy and the broader debate about the governance of data (e.g. European Parliament 2022). The value of data is also explicitly and implicitly acknowledged by firms that sell data services, and investors who take dataset assets into account in stock market valuations or mergers and acquisitions.

However, despite the broad recognition of its value, and the need to develop appropriate policy frameworks, there is still no consensus method for empirically determining the value of data. Without this, the full potential will not be realised (Verhulst 2018). There are not even many examples of markets for data that would indicate a private valuation (although not the wider social value). Yet estimates of the value of data are needed to determine an appropriate level of investment, as well as a better understanding of how data can contribute value to the economy and how to govern the collection and use of different types of data.

This brief presents an overview of a range of alternative methods for data valuation, including those proposed in the existing literature. This includes some relatively widely used methods and others that are more specialist or preliminary.

Professor Coyle co-directs the Bennett Institute with Professor Kenny. She is heading research under the progress and productivity themes. Biography Professor Dame Diane Coyle is the Bennett Professor of Public Policy at...

Mastering how value is created in a business is essential to the long-term success of any company. A business model expresses how a company creates, delivers and captures value. Being able to recognise where value is being captured and where it is not, therefore, plays an important part in business model innovation.

The tool gives practitioners a new way to gain a deeper understanding of value and create new economic, social, and environmental benefits for their business. It has been widely used in industry both through group workshops and bespoke in-house workshops. The tool is also used as teaching material at the University of Cambridge and other academic institutions.

The City of Cambridge is committed to its four corporate values of integrity, respect, inclusiveness and service. These values have been set to guide our behaviour and play an important role in the decisions and actions of the City. They serve as a foundation for the City's corporate culture and are essential to the future success of the City.

At present, these approaches can be sorted into structuralist or action-oriented camps. The former treats value as an objective phenomenon embedded in cultural structures; the latter conceives of value as something that must be continually produced by human activity. Proponents of both camps agree, however, that an anthropological theory of value should ultimately be able to transcend this division. As one key contemporary value theorist puts it, value is

So far, we have encountered values as existing as elements of cultural or ideological structures and as products of human action. One might speak, then, of cultural values, construed as collective representations of what is good and important in life, and personal values understood as that which persons feel is worth striving for. The question that has emerged from the preceding sections is how these two levels are linked. As Claudia Strauss once put it,

Clearly further questions pose themselves. For instance, would the Dumontian model not suggest that the more important values get communicated more frequently and/or with greater intensity, so that the cultural value hierarchy becomes reproduced within individuals, rather than different values coming to exist as equals within people? Nonetheless, a focus on the interrelation between objective and subjective forms of value, between value as structure and value as a motive for action, might well proceed along Durkheimian lines and would certainly help to advance contemporary anthropological engagements with the concept of value.

Kluckhohn, C. 1951. Values and value-orientation in the theory of action: an exploration in definition and classification. In Toward a general theory of action (eds) T. Parsons & E. A. Shils, 388-433. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.

Munn, N. D. 1986. The fame of Gawa: a symbolic study of value transformation in a Massim (Papua New Guinea) society. Paper presented at Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures Series, University of Rochester, N.Y., 1976. Cambridge: University Press.

Joel Robbins is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. His work focuses on the anthropology of religion, values, ethics, and cultural change. He is the author of Becoming sinners: Christianity and moral torment in a Papua New Guinea society.

Julian Sommerschuh is a PhD candidate in Social Anthropology at the University of Cambridge. His research explores changes in values associated with the advent of Protestantism in a southwestern Ethiopian community.

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The iconic Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1) is due for a refurbishment, and with it comes the opportunity for alumni, friends and other supporters of Cambridge Judge Business School to claim their seat in LT1.

A new model to assess six types ofrisk in the consumer sector, developed by the Centre for Risk Studies atCambridge Judge Business School in collaboration with the Institute for RiskManagement, was unveiled today (14 November) at a conference in London.

As consumer spending comprises morethan 50 per cent of gross domestic product in many advanced economies, and morethan 65 per cent in the UK and US, risk assessment is increasingly important tofirms in the consumer sector.

For example, the US-EU tradedispute scenario looks at the impact on a UK-headquartered European businessthat has a major component of its revenues in the US. It looks at what mighthappen if tariffs are imposed by both sides, evaluating four different levelsof severity with tariffs ranging from 10 per cent to 140 per cent. Risks fromthe other five scenarios are evaluated based on three different levels ofseverity.

After the success of our Meetup in London, we are looking to expand further in the UK. Do you assess long term investment opportunities by doing your fundamental research - studying financial statements, evaluating managements, learning from other smart investors? This group is to help us all build a solid portfolio of long term investments in the wake of increasing volatility in the markets.

This toolkit follows from the Royal Academy of Engineering's Engineering Better Care report, providing a practical systems approach to health and care design and continuous improvement. It contains a framework of questions , activities and tools to assist in the planning and delivery of an improvement process.

Every design decision has the potential to include or exclude customers. Inclusive design emphasizes the contribution that understanding user diversity makes to informing these decisions, and thus to including as many people as possible. User diversity covers variation in capabilities, needs, and aspirations.

When grocery shopping on mobile devices, the pack size and type of product are often difficult or impossible to interpret from the photograph that represents the product. This tool provides recommendations for how to solve this problem, including downloadable templates and best practice examples of e-comerce images.

Estimate the number of people unable to use a product or service because of the demands that it places on users' capabilities. The tool involves estimating demands on a range of capabilities, including vision, thinking and dexterity. This helps to quantify accessibility and prioritise improvements.

The Cambridge simulation glasses provide insight into the effects of vision loss on product use. They can build empathy with users, and can be used to examine the visual accessibility of products and services, helping to create better, more inclusive designs. Pairs of glasses can be purchased from our online store.

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The Sight Exclusion Estimator - Interactive Tool (SEE-IT) can be used to assess the visual clarity of text or graphics. It estimates the number of people who would be unable to see handheld designs comfortably and can help to identify potential improvements to such visual designs that could lead to increased markets.

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Cambridge Advanced Modeller is a software tool for modelling and analysing the dependencies and flows in complex systems such as products, processes and organisations. It provides a diagrammer, simulation tool, DSM tool and a variety of toolboxes. CAM is free for research, teaching and evaluation.

The Sustainable Value Analysis Tool (SVAT) is designed to help manufacturing companies identify opportunities to create sustainable value by analysing the captured and uncaptured value throughout the entire life cycle of products. The tool has been well received in 25 manufacturing companies across various sectors and of...

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