Perhaps not surprisingly, schools are competing to take advantage of this development.
Having Mario on their team gives Nintendo a neat advantage over competing video game publishers.
The New York government is counting on Niagara Falls to provide the area with a comparative advantage in competing with foreign producers.
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This is a fairly broad patent and may give Apple an advantage over competing systems such as Google Wallet from Google (GOOG).
Because these Chinese companies did not have to spend large amounts of money on research, they had a significant price advantage when competing with the western companies, taking orders away from them.
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Made from corn stalks, switchgrass and other plant waste, it has the advantage of not competing with the food supply and also boasts a superior energy balance than corn-based ethanol.
It will create a distinct advantage for European companies competing against American companies in the Korean market.
So a low profit margin hurdle rate could be a competitive advantage for Japanese companies competing internationally, particularly if it were a choice.
But the bottom line is that Kozmo's only advantage over hundreds of competing gift, clothing and electronic catalog retailers is that Kozmo can deliver in an hour.
Still, there's one key advantage that the iPod retains over competing devices, including those made by SanDisk: Only they can play iTunes downloads.
Now a full-blown race to become the dominant MOOC is well underway, with Coursera, World Education University, Udacity, edX and many others competing for critical mass and first-mover advantage.
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Woods believes his experience at competing at the Florida course will give him an advantage over his challengers when he heads out to finish the job Sunday.
They have been analyzing their team needs and acquiring institutional knowledge about how to strategically gain a competitive advantage based on an assessment of their competing teams.
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At the same time, there is no indication from any of Japan's competing nations that they are looking to weaken their currencies to negate Japan's advantage.
After finishing sixth at his National Championships in 2007, Pistorius was blocked from competing alongside his able-bodied counterparts as his blades were considered to give him an unfair advantage.
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Through the Race to the Top, states are competing for funding -- and producing the most innovative programs in science and math will be an advantage in this competition, as will allowing scientists and statisticians and engineers to more easily become teachers.
The challenge for Dell is that it will be competing against Acer, Lenovo and others - but the sheer size of the company should act as an advantage.
They have refined their propaganda messaging both within Afghanistan and toward the U.S. They have also taken advantage of the flawed presidential elections to expound their own political vision for the country and start actively competing with the government for legitimacy.
For years, financial services firms such as investment banks and hedge funds have been competing on trade execution speed and volume where milliseconds per trade can translate into billions of dollars in competitive advantage.
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