UV 101 - Part 3 - What is research worth?

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Class III: What is research worth?

Research, like everything in Kapilands, is worth what you can do with it. Simply put, you can buy it, you can sell it (once you hit manager), and you can use it to improve the quality of products.

Sale value is fairly simple; it is whatever someone will pay. This is highly subjective. I do not presume to understand how to price research to sell it; you will have to think on that yourself. On the other hand, knowing what it is worth to you is a good place to start.

What we will cover is how to assess the profit you can gain from a given research project, or purchase, over time. The value of research needs context. You must have an overall situation. We will use the following scenario to illustrate this.

A Scenario: Basic Research

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