Historically, value has been understood largely in economic terms centred on, for example, notions of price, cost, profits and shareholder wealth. However, contemporary understandings of value also point at value being created through and around products and, above all, services, experiences and relationships involved in creating good, or improving the well-being of people and situations which are considered valuable by various stakeholders.

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