Many in the oil industry have rejected the integrated model, with Conoco Phillips, for example, spinning off its downstream business.
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The company did highlight downstream strength over the full year, giving further creed to the integrated model that has come under scrutiny lately.
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Others, like big dogs Exxon Mobil and Chevron, are betting on the integrated model, which in recent quarters have helped their bottom lines.
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While major oil companies including Exxon Mobil have chosen to continue to operate under the integrated model, others, like ConocoPhillips, have spun off their refining businesses to concentrate on higher margin production units.
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But here's the point: The integrated American model of affluence linked to democracy linked to free markets as one indivisible principle doesn't seem so self-evident anymore.
The vertically integrated business model was hugely successful for decades and helped to boost the quality of drugs.
Proponents of the model of integrated banking are adamant that it has not been discredited by recent events.
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The model of GPU integrated within the CPU will eventually replace integrated graphics in the market.
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An integrated-assessment model quantifies the marginal damages of air pollution emissions for the US which are multiplied times the quantity of emissions by industry to compute gross damages.
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The bank is trying to follow its U.S. model of an integrated corporate and investment bank in emerging markets following the acquisition of Merrill Lynch in 2008.
The 27-incher has a discrete NVIDIA GT640M GPU with 2GB of video memory, however, while the 23-inch model is stuck with integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics.
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After we integrated the consumer activities into the new business model, we worked closely as a team to craft a clear message about the change to all our key stakeholders: investors, advisors and our existing customers.
Henry Ford changed the operating model of enterprises everywhere with his vertically integrated factories.
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All are now said to start testing in the coming months, and we're just learning that the car will feature GLONASS navigation, is said to include a "telephone with a keyboard" and will have some sort of infotainment system controlled by a "data panel, " which we're hoping is a little better integrated into the dash than the slab dominating the Model S center console.
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Our results are beginning to demonstrate the enormous leverage we have in our fully integrated vertical lighting model.
It can be considered as a model for promoting integrated eco-tourism development in similar islands and may serve as the basis for a larger marine and terrestrial buffer zone.
For many moms of this generation, blogs are what the Avon Lady model was to a previous generation: a platform for new economic opportunity that can be integrated into their family obligations.
Depending on the model, the laptops will come with an Intel GM965 or PM965 chipset, along with X3100 integrated graphics -- though it's likely a dedicated graphics choice will be offered as well.
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This in turn drives even more Facebook integrated mobile development, and in turn more mobile content to the Facebook platform to be monetized in their current media model.
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