Moving from an ELO system to a competitive league system a la League of Legends should provide a competitive playing field for players of all skill levels.
Most business people would regard as insane the idea that to be competitive a firm should push itself into a loss, yet on Wall Street this defence is routine.
In an online competitive game a brightness and color modifier could, in fact, give players using the mod a competitive advantage, especially if the modified visuals make it easier to see opponents.
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They accomplished this by providing a framework for interests within a group of high tax states to create a cartel that would channel competition in tax policy away from areas where those states had a competitive disadvantage and toward areas in which they had a competitive advantage.
Of course, a globally competitive economy also requires a globally competitive workforce.
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Cosmetics firms are concerned that the ban could put Europe at a competitive disadvantage in a global market.
In a competitive context, a range of studies suggests that these effects are meaningful only beyond certain distances.
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In a competitive landscape, a key consideration is standing out from the crowd.
That leaves challengers with two choices: offer a competitive product at a lower price point or shoot below Apple's threshold.
Being a skater brings out the best in people, she says, whether it's a competitive spirit or a slimmer self.
By doing a competitive analysis, a startup can see the best opportunities to stake a claim on how it different or unique.
He was replaced by captain Stephen Appiah, who was making his first appearance in a competitive match after a nine-month injury-induced absence.
The father told me that a competitive agency had a sophisticated training program and my lack of one caused them to choose the other agent.
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That new model would have to address the impact of a modern world that allows a competitive economy with a just and fair society, he said.
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Over the last 30 years, American educational institutions have ramped up their pursuit of patents, understanding that new ideas are a competitive advantage in a global marketplace.
But at a senate judiciary hearing a few weeks ago, Republican Jeff Sessions of Alabama suggested this puts the U.S. at a competitive disadvantage in a global economy.
Citi is hoping the allure of an innovative product will attract customers that might otherwise have taken their card business elsewhere, giving Citi a competitive advantage in a cut-throat market.
In Singapore, we sought employees who could demonstrate "aggressive hospitality" toward guests, rather than "speak when spoken to" behavior, to create a competitive edge within a society that is not traditionally service-based.
The companies who figure out how to capture business value from all that digital exhaust will surely have a competitive advantage in a global economy increasingly driven by data and pervasive computing.
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On the other hand, auto companies which have been successful in Indian markets have built cars keeping Indian consumers in mind i.e. a competitive price, a good mileage and a low after-sales cost.
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As a result, the competitive advantage a brand might have gained by pioneering a presence on Facebook is likely to fade away as the majority of lifestyle brands follow this lead and establish their presence on Facebook as well.
His cooperation ultimately helped lead to the indictment of a fellow assemblyman from the Bronx, Eric Stevenson, who has been accused of accepting bribes in exchange for legislation that gave a competitive advantage to a business in his district.
It is not an easy task to be unique or different but it is a competitive necessity if a startup wants to avoid on other marketing techniques such as relying low prices or spending a lot of money on advertising.
Harland and Wolff said that while it was pursuing future business opportunities on a number of fronts in order to create a competitive company with a sustainable future, it had been "unable to secure sufficient firm workload to maintain current employment levels".
Today's Sony PS3 unveiling has opened up a world of questions regarding how Microsoft expects to maintain a competitive edge against a system that will supposedly have more than double the raw processing power, a next-gen media drive (Blu-ray, in this case), two-generation backwards compatibility, and even support for 1080p hi-def.
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"We see right next door a country that is highly competitive with a low labor cost, so we can't just sit back and relax, " says Cho.
"We remain encouraged by the new rules which have the potential for a team to be commercially viable and competitive on a far more realistic budget, " said Richards, who has expressed an interest in entering F1 in 2010.
As a result China may be able to remain competitive in a wider range of industries for longer.
The Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, a nonprofit strategy and research organization based in Boston, Mass.
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