The question for many now is whether that type of growth can continue absent idea-generator Jobs, new products and with intensifying competition from Research In Motion ( RIMM), Samsung ( SSNHY), and others.
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In announcing the winners of what it billed as the "world's largest high school research competition, " Intel cited Khare for recognizing "the crucial need for energy-efficient storage devices" as the world rapidly adopts portable electronics.
Desmond-Hellmann claims she isn't worried about competition from companies whose research budgets rival Genentech's total annual spending.
But for research, competition is healthy, and far in the future even the United States will have had its day.
While this technology still has a long way to go, challenges such as NASA's October 21 First Annual Space Elevator Competition at the Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley are spurring design teams to push the limits of both their robots and the super-strong, carbon nanotube-based ribbons that are key to supporting them.
Motorola also continues to struggle amid tough competition from rivals Nokia and Research in Motion (nasdaq: RIMM - news - people ).
Motorola Mobility, Apple expected to face stiff competition from players such as Research in Motion, Samsung, Dell and LG that all planned to launch tablets.
Despite research showing that competition might be a factor leading to aggression, addiction, and violence, the developmental benefits of activities such as team sports are hardly questioned.
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As we have done successfully in diverse areas from space flight to oil cleanup, an incentivized competition could drive privately funded research and result in innovative, orthogonal solutions.
In addition teachers, engineers and executive mentors support the teams directly (in person or by utilizing a social network) as the students progress through the idea-research-implementation competition phases.
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In the past, Motorola has faced stiff competition from Apple, Research in Motion and Nokia in the mobile phone market, causing its market share to decline from 22% in 2006 to around 4.5% in 2009.
IBM, along with other traditional data center outsources, has also struggled to cross-sell, according to Bernstein Research, given increased competition.
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The Company is providing open access to this data as part of its PacX Challenge, a global competition seeking new ocean applications and research using the PacX data set.
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Their case relies on their contention that they are disadvantaged in their effort to get federal research dollars because of illegal competition from embryonic stem-cell researchers.
For corporations in global competition, it is unlikely that a research investment with a 15 or 20 year horizon will result in a return for that specific organization.
Merck faces heavy competition in almost every area of brain research, especially from Pfizer, which has been working on substance P blockers for depression and on new, safer antianxiety drugs.
Following the steps in the article, I put together a plan and started doing research about the market and possible competition.
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So if gets approved, the drug will get extra protection from competition, plus the company will get a research tax credit off future profits.
Apple unveiled its new iPhone 4S, which we believe has enough of the key features iPhone watchers were looking for to remain attractive enough to drive upgrades, bring in new iPhone users and fend off competition from Google Android based smartphones, Research in Motion and Nokia.
Back on the streets of Teaneck, I decided to research what I thought might be my competition.
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Apple continues to crush competition in the smartphone market with players such as Research in Motion and Nokia struggling to play catch up with Apple.
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Meanwhile, SPARC--a worldwide alliance of research institutions, libraries and organizations that encourages competition--has started publishing rival journals.
Its coastline plays host to an international surfing competition and is the location of the Dounreay nuclear power research complex.
Investors would be better served, she thinks, by subscribing to their own research services in the private sector, where competition mandates good performance.
In collaboration with governments and educators, this Science Competition means to help transform education, by expanding local research initiatives and applying state-of-the-art technologies to support local talent and enable countries to compete in the global economy.
Prince Charles also met with members of the National Federation of Fish Friers (NFFF), winners of this year's Young Fish Frier of the Year competition, and fisheries executives gathered aboard a Scottish marine research vessel moored in Edinburgh's harbor to fry some sustainably sourced Scottish haddock, and discuss how to safeguard the future of a beloved national dish.
Last month, the STB commissioned a study of competition in the freight rail industry by a third-party research firm, Wisconsin-based Christensen Associates.
The IAAF, the body that governs athletics, was concerned enough to conduct research and eventually banned him from able-bodied competition in January 2008.
Indeed, some research on the effects of the limited amount of competition recently allowed show that we do indeed see exactly the predicted effect.
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Others are taking up the call for better research on how many entrants to allow to a competition and how to price a reward, among other topics.
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