Assignments include assessments of acquisition strategy in China and an alliance opportunity in India.
In any case, investors should look favorably upon airlines with the ability to pursue an acquisition strategy.
The Littoral Combat Ship was developed using an acquisition strategy that is just as unconventional as its design.
Ken Ansin, the one-time CEO of United Site Services, executed a well-disciplined region-by-region acquisition strategy in the portable toilet business.
Silver Bay intends to use the proceeds from the offering to purchase additional single-family properties in accordance with its acquisition strategy.
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The designated individual should be at a sufficient level within the organization to affect the acquisition strategy relative to procurement opportunities.
That has proven a smart customer acquisition strategy, especially as more and more consumers begin to use these services at work.
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Oracle has more than doubled in value with an aggressive acquisition strategy.
Used merchandise retailers have a much different inventory acquisition strategy than other retailers, and that translates into different cost structures and profitability models.
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But his rapid acquisition strategy and constant restructuring make it look as if he's more interested in doing deals than in running a business.
The business model, customer acquisition strategy, and company structure come later.
Plus, a margin umbrella now exists for competition that chooses to undercut your margin model with a more efficient customer acquisition strategy (such as giving the customer the money).
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However, the thesis I want to advance in this blog is that the acquisition strategy surge within tech appears to have coincided with an increasing focus on intellectual property (IP).
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Updating investors on its acquisition strategy on the earnings call, Dell mentioned that its significant investments to develop and acquire industry-leading intellectual property in systems management, storage, security and networking have been paying off.
From this combined analysis, we honed our acquisition strategy to focus on the one or two solutions areas and markets that will fuel our growth to meet or exceed the targets set in our five-year plan.
One of the ways the company has been able to do that is through its nip and tuck in acquisition strategy that allowed Apple to obtain core technology that it could use in new products and services.
But, as growth slowed, the company embarked on an acquisition's strategy, which has been financed through private equity funding.
That means we can focus on taking more product risks than companies that have more of an acquisition type of strategy.
Eagle has bright prospects ahead thanks to an improving end-market outlook, cost reduction efforts and an acquisition-based growth strategy.
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Through a strategy of acquisition and diversification, he has transformed the group into Europe's biggest rail-freight operator, Germany's biggest bus operator, and the world's number two in airfreight and number three in sea-freight.
"EPIX is a unique brand that we look forward to offering our customers on multiple platforms, with exclusive programming and movie content that isn't available anywhere else, " said Terry Denson, vice president of content strategy and acquisition for Verizon.
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"As Verizon continues to expand our suite of programming across multiple devices, it's imperative that we offer our FiOS TV customers access to all that NBCUniversal has to offer, " said Terry Denson, vice president of content strategy and acquisition for Verizon.
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The true hallmark of EarthLink's strategy is that acquisition prices make sense in terms of the business climate today, not rose-colored projections about the future.
"This is an acquisition that fits perfectly with our strategy of enhancing Thomas Cook's position in the independent travel sector and will also further strengthen our mainstream business, " said Thomas Cook Group chief executive Manny Fontenla-Novoa.
But Caterpillar insists that the acquisition is well aligned with its growth strategy in China.
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Sun's applications server strategy became somewhat hazy after the acquisition, when, as a spin-off of America Online's (AOL)purchase of Netscape Communications, Sun acquired Netscape's application server software.
This acquisition is part of a broader shale gas strategy for Shell, which also owns acreage in western Canada (Horn River), the Haynesville Shale, South Texas, and the Pinedale.
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We believe The Huffington Post acquisition is an essential building block of this strategy to highlight content capabilities, showcase a wide array of influential bloggers and attract the targeted demographic.
Our acquisition of Lucasfilm is entirely consistent with this strategy, and we're incredibly excited by the prospect of building on Lucasfilm's successful legacy to create significant value for our shareholders.
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