They argue that many poor countries wrongly base their development strategies on the principle of comparative advantage (which holds, for instance, that tropical islands should grow bananas and pretty countries promote tourism).
She says it's very expensive for airlines to develop new routes, typically waiting three years before making a profit, and her prospective airline clients see the UK as an unfriendly place to base their development plans while tax is high and rising.
From LEGO sets to enterprise IT equipment, examples abound of establishing a loyal customer base through the development of a flexible framework.
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While the number of venture-capital deals declined both nationwide and in Silicon Valley for the five years that ended in the third quarter of 2012, they rose 52% in New York state, albeit off a smaller base, the development agency estimates.
Brampton Little Theatre, which is on the former RAF Brampton station near Huntingdon, could be demolished when the base is sold for development.
First, U.S. investment in its own research and development technology base is likely to be significantly reduced as a result of defense budget cuts.
SmartThings covers this base with a software development kit and a API that seeks to provide everything a good software hacker needs to integrate SmartThings devices into his or her apps.
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By working bilaterally and multilaterally on using outer space for civilian purposes, mitigating space congestion, and increasing our knowledge base via research and development, the United States and Brazil will deepen our strong and collaborative partnership.
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Gathered around the table on a monthly basis are the president of the Chamber of Commerce, the President of the University, the school district superintendents, county commissioners, the mayor, the president of the technology college, successful business leaders, both large and small, bankers, entrepreneurs, a spokesman for local military base, area economic development directors, and local angel investors and venture capitals.
Outside simple products and services for local consumption (consumers spending income directly from energy related jobs, or from government redistribution of energy wealth), and development, funded by energy wealth, of local transportation, power, and water infrastructure (starting from a very low base), what local development there has happened has been economically inefficient building empty skyscrapers in the desert.
Further strengthening this retail base is a key part of our development strategy.
To compete with the new China, the U.S. needs to accelerate many of its technology development activities and strengthen its industrial base.
Using its own product-development skills, Yamaichi's customer base and Sanwa's 400 branches, Merrill hoped for a fast start in fund management.
The grant from the European Regional Development Fund will help build a new base for the helicopter and charity workers at Newquay Airport.
Success in Japan is frequently a precursor to success globally, which makes it particularly attractive for game developers who are looking to amortize their development costs over as large an installed base as possible.
Tax experts at Revenue and Customs will work with development specialists to help increase countries' tax base.
Her fan base was only expected to grow with a show in development with ABC, confirmed a source with knowledge of the deal to CNN Entertainment.
Pilar Alvarez-Laso, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, stressed in her opening words that the idea of sustainable development depends on the availability of a knowledge base and the capacity to make use of it.
The experiences and knowledge base generated will inform and support national level planning and policy development.
Worklight will extend the base WebSphere infrastructure to support mobile requirements such as mobile app development and middleware run-time management and integration.
It is not possible to meet development and integration needs without building a strong engineering base for the design, construction and maintenance of infrastructure facilities.
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HEROtsc said the results were largely driven by the development of new accounts and strong growth in its existing client base.
Public affairs officials at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, which is in charge of the X-51 development project, provided no updates.
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The subscriber base has been steadily increasing because of greater rural market penetration and increased development of number of applications by the company.
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There is significant room for growth for economic development and construction demand in emerging markets given the low starting base in many of these places.
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U.S. companies beginning to get into the mix in Burma, which we think is good for our own economy, but also is also going to be good for the development of a private sector within Burma that can create a broader base of prosperity in a country where the government controlled so much of the economy in the past.
The armored-vehicle unit is somewhat more subject to shocks as overseas wars end, but the installed base of vehicles will need to be maintained and upgraded, providing opportunities even if development of next-generation vehicles is delayed.
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