| John Zhang suggests that showrooming may also prompt some retailers to completely rethink their business model. |
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| The company means to help customers react to spikes in demand or a changing business model with a bit more ease. |
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| Their whole business model is about bringing in inexpensive foreign labor so they can underbid their rivals. |
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| It underlines the positive potential of digital distribution, both as a new business model and as a new social and cultural phenomenon. |
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| He distanced himself from the conventional business model in the planet's most southerly and remote vineyard. |
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| But many dot.coms have a business model which, when it is understood, is easily imitated. |
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| Another key question for operators is which business model to adopt for broadcast. |
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| I needed to come up with a business model that continued to make me money, and so do musicians. |
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| The key priority for his business is sourcing, adding a layer of complexity to the business model. |
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| The franchising business model has flourished in Ireland over the last decade. |
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| For two generations now the business model in music has revolved around the album. |
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| The software industry seems to think the tobacco industry business model is a good one. |
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| The content industry needs to take a step back and see the bigger picture to find a new business model. |
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| It's not easy to discern a business model when hard information is difficult to come by. |
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| The biggest single issue for this business model is the trust of prospective buyers. |
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| We want to be profitable and we have proved that our business model is real, scaleable and successful. |
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| The company is changing its business model away from reliance on revenue sharing. |
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| This might be a business model for a broking house, but it is not a banking plan. |
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| That's because the cell phone industry has figured out a business model that works. |
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| They love the business model, and they want to get in for whatever price they can. |
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| The company is providing a business model widely imitated by other corporations, especially its competitors. |
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| We have also diversified our business model and now provide a lot of consulting and support to our clients in addition to software. |
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| Acting as a powerful retention tool, this profit-sharing business model is highly motivational. |
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| The two chewed the cud and decided to replicate the success of an existing internet company but with a different business model. |
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| This business model may not scale well, but you don't need to be a big success to make a nice pot of money. |
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| The traditional business model in scientific journal publishing is based on subscription charges to readers. |
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| Leaving out classifieds, a newspaper's business model revolves around connecting local buyers to local merchants. |
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| But they seem like straight shooters who understand blogs, and their business model is interesting. |
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| The real barrier to public networks supporting intercommunication is the lack of a business model that makes sense. |
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| He spoke of the impending death of free-to-air television as it operated an outdated business model. |
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| How could the Inter-web, which has brought so much information and chunks of steaming joy to so many people, be a failing business model? |
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| Build your business model from the ground up and sense-check it from the top down. |
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| One option would be for it to move away from its business model as an out-of-town retailer by opening stores in urban areas. |
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| As such, offering managed telephony services is a natural extension of their business model. |
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| This pattern seems analogous to the struggle for a viable business model for the Internet. |
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| The business model blends the tough-mindedness of capitalism with the tender-heartedness of philanthropy. |
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| It is clearly one of the leaders in its field but the business model on which it was based just didn't cut the mustard. |
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| In fact, we wonder at this point about the use of a business model of production and consumption. |
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| Then our analysts look at the company's business franchise, its business model and its cash flow. |
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| There is another business model for wireless networking that might appeal to hoteliers, cafe owners and publicans. |
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| So all these things together, you're all of a sudden seeing a working business model. |
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| We operate an efficient and streamlined fabless business model, which ensures sustainable profits even when competition is particularly intense. |
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| He later expanded the same business model to Manila as a base for South East Asia. |
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| People are traveling less, not spending money on extravagances and looking to be with their family all helps to support our business model. |
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| Coming of age, as it were, as the business model replaced earlier social models, they bought into the business model lock, stock, and barrel. |
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| It actually switches the business model from sale of a chemical to management of a chemical process throughout the lifecycle. |
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| I think what drove the Internet era was things like disintermediation and changing the business model. |
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| Charging Palm over a million dollars for its pre-acquisition due diligence is an impressive business model. |
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| Analysts said the City would watch closely to see which business model worked out better. |
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| Success on this project illustrates once again the aptness of the Group's integrated concession and construction business model. |
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| Growth Plans: Convinced of the uniqueness of her business model, Taunya feels that the sky is the limit in terms of growth potential. |
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| Our seed money was raised primarily though existing members who wanted to become long-term investors in a business model they knew worked. |
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| But more importantly, notes Mr Thill, the software houses are still wedded to their old business model. |
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| Quick boarding is one of the key's to the airline's business model. |
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| The agreement with Novartis is exemplary in the way it supports this business model, regarding our products based on MVA and oncolytics. |
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| If AWD only marketed Swiss Life products, that would be the end of the business model. |
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| The objective of this is to improve productivity and profitability, realign xwave's strategy and simplify its business model. |
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| Patagonia has proven that charging a premium for ecofriendly products is a solid business model. |
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| At what pace will superfast broadband be deployed, and using which business model? |
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| Taunya believes her business model is scaleable and can work in foreign markets. |
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| These issues go to the heart of a company's business model, challenging the conventional wisdoms of development and investment. |
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| The spivvy business model of borrowing euros and Swiss francs in the wholesale markets and then ramming them down CEE customers' throats is dead. |
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| In other words, ITP is reaching the situation where the business model of an aero engine company can function normally. |
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| Such a business model is rarely seen in the art world, but its unconventionality was in keeping with the work. |
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| The Office expects that it will take five years to fully implement the multi-faceted business model. |
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| It's true that we are an untraditional, alternative bank with flagship technology and a unique business model. |
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| The company's business model is to license its technologies to leading seed companies and germplasm developers. |
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| Spain first referred to the specific business model of aero engine development. |
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| We've considered mergers to the extent that they reduce our burn rate, diminish our overhead, and create further synergies for our business model. |
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| There is nothing new in the business model of having to hawk buttons, bumper stickers and whatever else. |
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| Qualcomm could have become a godfather to all the world's CDMA, 3G manufacturers and adopted an appropriate business model, much like ARM did by licensing its cores. |
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| In recent years, the business model set up by the reclusive billionaire Eddie Lampert may be making things more difficult. |
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| It's the craziest business model I've ever heard of, that we've put all this risk capital into a project and we have no way of distributing it. |
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| This is a continuation of xwave's strategy realignment and business model simplification and consists of severance and related benefits. |
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| If you expect a business model that runs on micro-tariffs, then micro-uses have to be compensable. |
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| Nevertheless it is the file sharing services which attract the users in the first place and are thus essential to the business model. |
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| It's not that we're persisting in an old business model in the book trade: we're persisting in the current model. |
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| And while no single business model will work for everyone, all successful ventures offer at least one technique or approach worth emulating. |
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| I have integrated some of my expertise as a chartered psychologist into the business model, so for example I use a consultative approach. |
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| In short, our business model reduces risk and should provide a higher potential return on investment. |
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| A new customer-orientated and risk-conscious business model, sustainable and long-term that empowers customers and staff. |
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| This new, profligate – almost punk — kind of business model trashed the tenets of an older generation brought up with rationing and restriction. |
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| SalaUno is building a business model that imitates someone else's innovation and translates it to a new country. |
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| This would ruin the ridesharing business model for many drivers to the benefit of the traditional taxi industry. |
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| The global environment is changing and the pharmaceutical industry's traditional business model must keep pace. |
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| Free's business model, he says, is cheapish for consumers but it is cheap mainly for Iliad. |
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| We do not expect these conversion measures will affect the business model or plans of our operating subsidiaries. |
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| Beyond the start, a flawed business model may still mean that the company has no future. |
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| We all know that a good business model has planning and efficiencies built in. |
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| We set ourselves apart from the competition through our business model, our organization and our ability to handle a very large number of cases. |
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| Mr. Jaffer's business model relied on success fees, or contingency fees or equity in companies. |
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| It's one of the leading states embracing the cooperative business model. |
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| This new framework is based on the understanding of the business model of the bank and the nature of the instruments. |
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| In this difficult environment, they have remained resolute and committed to our business model and to our investments. |
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| The rest of its network failed to pull its weight. Letsbuyit's business model was beguiling, but it failed to catch on. |
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| The risks we assumed were within the bounds of our business model and our risk capacity at all times. |
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| It is my conviction that Transcontinental has the strategy, business model, values and leaders to come out ahead. |
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| Sybase understands that the requirements of partners vary according to their business model. |
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| You may decide to redesign your business model or processes for long-term efficiency. |
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| In 2007, Givaudan continued to expand the scope of its sustainable business model. |
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| His knowledge in financial management will allow the company to adjust the business model to maximize cash. |
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| Smaller carriers will also have an opportunity to grow if they follow an innovative business model. |
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| The initial foray into this target market will be closely watched by many to determine whether the business model works. |
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| So, we went back to the drawing board to develop a business model that would be less vulnerable to economic fluctuations. |
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| Most trading firms disappeared over the course of time because they were unable to reinvent their business model. |
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| In this exhibition, we displayed our history, oversea business model and high quality, cost-effective products. |
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| This value enhancing investment is a logical step forward and validates the attractiveness of our business model. |
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| We believe our business model is well suited to capitalize on these challenges. |
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| Our plans include a strong focus on revitalizing our image, content, and business model. |
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| Then build a business model and systems that allow that technology to proliferate. |
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| About half of their industry is based on a business model that involves the consumer being hurt or victimized. |
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| In terms of its business model, ecoATM is able to make money off of most of the phones and devices it collects. |
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| Partnering with customers within the Advanced Coatings Division is not just a cliché, but the backbone of our business model. |
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| It expects its lean business model to serve it well in a shrinking market. |
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| More stories like this one are inevitable as the recording industry makes war on its customers, in a doomed attempt to revive the industry's dying business model. |
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| They might actually have a sustainable business model if that were the case. |
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| The business model is advertising, syndication to newspapers that no longer have staff abroad, and some premium-payment offerings. |
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| Our concessions-construction business model adds a certain amount of non-cyclicality to VINCI's financial performance. |
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| So far, there is no viable business model for fibre optic as customers are unlikely to buy extra velocity just for the sake of it. |
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| It's kind of like passing over the Rubicon to the next business model of television. |
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| But testing can be carried out in any medium – and something as significant as a business model turnaround should be approached softly and evidentially. |
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| Also during that time, major agencies changed their business model by beginning to charge bond issuers as well as investors. |
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| And, yes, it probably would give us some perverse pleasure to say 'Fuck you' to this decaying business model. |
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| Zuckerberg was on NPR today, being smarmy and disingenuous. He's a total douchebro. I hate myself for supporting his business model. |
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| Analysts have questioned how many users were willing to pay for Hulu alongside their cable or satellite subscriptions, and its ability to square away all concerns from potential business partners about its business model. |
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| Another country could jump the line on us, get the procurement that we had sought because their capacity had not been expanded and they were based on a business model over a series of years. |
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| The actuarial function was neutralised, and the business model was akin to riding a wobbly bicycle: so long as they kept selling they could just keep upright. |
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| An innovative offer, Kaledo significantly accelerates creativity and the development cycle to overcome the constraints of the fast fashion business model. |
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| This young branch is the fastest growing business model in tourism. |
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| This 2.0 business model is truly revolutionary, allowing hoteliers to upload in real time 'last minute' offers or promotions thanks to the powerful back-office application upon which minibreaks.be is built. |
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| Right in this booth hall, OPPLE displayed its history, oversea business model, the introduction video of the manufacture base and social responsibility. |
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| In the process, every business model we know will cease to function. |
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| Forget complex platforms and pie-in-the-sky content enhancement: Nubook provides a saner approach to transitioning to digital, from both a production and business model standpoint. |
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| In an amicus brief supporting the networks, the National Football League and Major League Baseball argue that Aereo's business model jeopardizes billions of dollars in license fees. |
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| Chinese papers have found e-bikers kvetching about spending a month's salary on a bike that can no longer be used, and on storefront water-delivery shops that now find their business model upside down. |
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| As mentioned above in paragraph 61 and footnote 13, the Commission has recognised in several situations that the specific business model of aero engine development is characterised by asymmetry of information. |
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| Tarikere will help ABG transition its current business model into the cloud. |
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| However, due to small interventions in their legal status and business model, the blacksmiths were able to harness their enterprise capacity, emerge successful, and gain respect within their society. |
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| As an international company, we need to ensure that we lead from a common spirit and a shared vision, aligned with common goals and a clear business model. |
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| However interviewees appeared to be in agreement that the critical success factors, as the underlying principles of the Framework and the new business model, were not attained. |
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| Academic institutions tend not to think in terms of a business model, but nonetheless research is a raison d'etre for creating these facilities and research grants are essential to carrying out research. |
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| Thanks to a longstanding culture of excellence and strong sector-specific, functional and technological know-how, the Group offers its clients an end to end approach based on a well-honed business model. |
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| With this vision in mind, our projects remain full of promise and solidarity, thus enabling us to exit the business model of the past which has unwittingly led to the devastating crises we see in the world around us. |
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| Rhodia's business model is based on the ability to cross-fertilize its expertise and technologies to meet customer expectations and deliver tailor-made solutions. |
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| Economy of functionality appears in particular as a new business model with a potential not to be neglected to encourage companies to 'dematerialize' their activities. |
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| A business model will presumably hove into view at some point. |
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| The article, co-authored by the University of Michigan-based strategy maven C. K. Prahalad, proclaimed that the next business model must be green and touted ecological innovation as the coming driver of economic growth. |
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| Third, many of the market-making banks that previously dominated the market have been forced to reexamine their business model as dealing spreads in both the interbank and B2C markets compress. |
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| Alcatel-Lucent's new strategy is rooted in its vision of the future: the digital communications industry needs to reinvent its business model in order to catch its second wind. |
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| For example, a business model to cut capital expenditure, a 'pay-as-you-go' service model, storage solutions and dynamic provisioning are just some of the benefits that result from cloud computing. |
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| We now have a dynamic and robust business model that enables us to deliver sustained and stable operational and financial performance, backed by a balanced portfolio of businesses designed to energize profitable growth. |
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| Games Workshop is a very successful gaming company, albeit through a questioniable business model, and believe it or not, they even invented wargaming! |
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| The report comes to the conclusion that the current pharmaceutical industry business model will not be capable of making the most of future growth opportunities. |
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| To assess a company's business model effectively, it is essential to take account of internal operating procedures and actual practice with the resulting motivations and constraints for employees. |
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| Besides precious metal related materials and components, Umicore started to prepare for the integration of its recycling competencies in the fuel cell business model. |
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| Cree's business model turns light into a gadget. |
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| The world is filled with companies that are marvellously innovative from a technical point of view, but completely unable to innovate on a business model. |
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| The decision to acquire own shares in the company was taken in August 2010, encouraged by the very low indebtedness of the company and its highly cash-generative business model. |
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| It seems that the Group companies that have best withstood the deteriorating economic situation are those in which the business model was most firmly implanted. |
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| Although the current business model will not change, this new stateÂofÂtheÂart product with a longer validity period will only accentuate the pressure to balance security, service and cost. |
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| Moving from high touch low volume business model to the true cloud services business requires integration of a set of core service delivery components. |
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| Engrained in our business model is the goal to continually strive to make products that will not contribute to our landfills, while providing solutions that help customers reduce their own carbon footprint. |
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| Customers whose servers are already located at the hosting datacenter are ideal candidates for this business model because a services relationship already exists between hoster and hostee. |
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| Bad news for the battery industry, yes — but M2E isn't all about moon-eyed idealism: half of its business model is devoted to military applications. |
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| On the strength of its customer sals book for the F406 and SK1 05 aircraft, the group is confirming its growth objectives, its new business model ensuring visibility, longevity and profitability. |
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| I'm not a logistician, I'm an entrepreneur applying a general business model to a specific sector: which might be why being a woman has never really been much of an issue. |
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| Therefore BNP Paribas was able to weather the storm thanks to our diligent risk management procedures, our focus on customer service, and an effective, balanced business model backed by a robust retail banking chain. |
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| The goal of this initiative was to let physicians benefit from the results of institutionalist economic analyses of the pharmaceutical industry's business model. |
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| In a nutshell, a virtual business model is a philosophy that focuses on intellectual property development and outsources the manufacturing and other business functions. |
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| The acquisition is part of Gate Gourmet's business model which goes beyond traditional catering and logistics to include a broader range of inflight solutions for airlines. |
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| Cunningly, Intellitix business model includes profit sharing. |
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| The Life Insurance segment benefited from divesting businesses with lower profitability and was impacted by the redesign of the group pension business model in Switzerland. |
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| For many companies, Windows 7 may be a truly strategic asset that reinforces their business model, improves their competitiveness, or positions them as an early adopter for the technologies that will shape the future. |
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| The terms multicast and narrowcast are often used interchangeably, although narrowcast usually refers to the business model whereas multicast refers to the actual technology used to transmit the data for all. |
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| The microenterprise sector, civil society, governments and donors should work to develop a low-cost childcare business model that low-income women can own and that low-income children can attend. |
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| Haloid Corporation flourished by abandoning the standard equipment sales business model and adopting a leasing model. |
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| Shunpike applied for some federal stimulus money that was being distributed by a local arts agency and used that money to rethink its business model. |
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| In the franchising business model, McDonald's and Subway are the two most recognized brands in the world. |
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| Competition might become reduced to a duopoly of international schemes that both have a similar business model, which no longer meets the requirements of merchants, banks and competition authorities in full. |
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| Keeping business going under a traditional business model while managing the transition to new business models still under development could be difficult for many creative enterprises. |
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| Build-A-Bear Workshop® has pioneered a global retail business model based on delivering interactive make-your-own stuffed animal entertainment experiences. |
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| Despite the crisis, RCI showed the strength of its business model and continued to provide support for carmaker and network sales, keeping earnings in line with those of previous years. |
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| Our agreement reflects our evolving business model by creating value from our portfolio through externalisation activity. |
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| The traditional business model of financial services was characterised by a high level of regulation, a large number of barriers to entry, smaller scale, product focus and control orientation. |
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| Some observers have questioned whether a business model that was once capable of producing huge and reliable profits has been irreparably damaged. |
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| According to Public Enemy's front man, Chuck D, this business model is the new frontier that will completely redefine the way the music business operates. |
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| The Truepress Jet650UV has been developed for the industrial printing market, where the business model of incorporating POD systems into a variety of products during the production process is gaining considerable attention. |
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| In the meantime though, to what extent is AVG's business model still built on mainly Windows antivirus and security, and how will it manage the transition to a post-PC world? |
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| When a business model is dysfunctional, or when the management does not have the skill or experience to manage sales etc. to make it work, then those who have provided the bank guarantees are liable to be bankrupted. |
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| In the beginning was the word A meaty question Getting the internet on track From hypertext to hypervideo A rubbish business model The writing on the wall Gaming's next episode? |
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| While our interests had not yet aligned, we remained hopeful that a compatible business model could be developed and we could join forces to our mutual benefit. |
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| Minimizing waste and the recovery and reprocessing of used or intermediate waste products are central to the aim of developing a closed loop business model. |
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| It's about promoting the idea of a circular business, if we started to offer the service to Nero, then we add value to their business, but we don't promote the idea of this circular business model that excites people. |
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| This successful business model, combined with the dynamism of the local fund managers has further allowed an extension from Tunisia to Morocco and Algeria. |
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| The group's successful integration in recent years and the implementation of its business model have resulted in very active and careful risk management. |
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| We are developing our business model on a european level. |
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| We know that the business model in the information context is more and more based on services that can be sold on-line or advertised on line and procured elsewhere. |
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| These lengthy holding periods are tailored to our business model. |
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| Establishing strong foundations is the basis of our business model and of our growth in the manufacturing, commercial and financial aspects of our business. |
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| This good performance illustrates the efficiency of the growth relays contributed by our emerging and innovative products, as well as the solidity of the Company's highly-recurrent business model. |
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| Gimv was also the only investor that really understood our business model. |
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| The idiosyncrasies and business model of the future ITV plc operation can be found in the way these new conglomerates operated their franchises. |
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| It can be argued whether rules set by the owner of an airport are regulation or just a business model. |
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| The business model that had dominated the industry for centuries was to change radically. |
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| And there is a certain evangelical quantity to the business model. |
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| So, too, is the business model of vaunted technology brands. |
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| There was supposed to be a writable version, too, but the primary business model was to replicate and distribute prerecorded music. |
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| Lidow founded International Rectifier in 1947 and was an early pioneer of a then rare global enterprise business model. |
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| Volaris' flexible business model enables it to adjust capacity in high and low season, as well as into different markets based on demand. |
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| This business model is duplicatable to other markets around the country, so it's potential upside has limitless opportunity. |
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| FedEx President and CEO Frederick Smith said global trends are in line with FedEx's expedited delivery business model. |
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| The feasibility will give a final document with the business model and growth strategy within INVAR company. |
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| Weinstein demonstrated the laborist business model by calculating what it would cost a hospital to maintain 7-day, 24-hour coverage by a team of laborists. |
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| He said EABL has been operating a business model in the country where it delivers brands like Guinness, Pilsner and Uganda Waragi to build small medium enterprises. |
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| Their business model of the 1920s and 1930s, which had catapulted the business to undreamt-of heights, had then turned into something of a ball and chain. |
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| The NSG 8100 reduces the cost and complexity of launching and supporting VOD services and enables service providers to develop a viable VOD business model. |
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| According to Finjan, the NeoSploit 2 toolkit marks a serious escalation of Crimeware potential, since it uses the Software-as-a-Service business model. |
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| Triple play was the first business model designed to deliver the newly integrated products that are the result of industry changes and convergence. |
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| When framing a business model within the consumer Internet space, we may hear about advertising-supported, freemium, subscription, or a hybrid model. |
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| This type of mass awareness has elevated the demand for interventionists and LTR is perfectly positioned to capitalize with its own intervention business model. |
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| If we can say that management philosophy provides is the headspring to tempt people, we can also say that business model would be the sacrifice to motivate people to act. |
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| He also believed that through the BNE holistic business model, the economic benefits of those resources could be shared by all Belizeans and pave the way for a better Belize. |
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| This trend away from websites offering free information and toward a subscription, or pay-for-access, business model has several causes, Schaible said. |
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| Hamilton is creating a sustainable business model, working with local Balinese woodcrafters and established entrepreneurs to further develop Fibonacci Blocks as a brand. |
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| As the innovator and leader of China's integrated healthcare industry, VHS has redefined the industry with its innovative business model and continuous innovation ability. |
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| In many cases, a business model is first represented in a natural language description based on core ontologic concepts like classes and variables. |
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