With a minimum of investigation, the DOJ could determine that the Google-Mozilla deal is highly analogous in anti-competitive effect to the proposed Google-Yahoo ad agreement that the DOJ blocked in 2008 and is potentially analogous to the tying concerns the DOJ had in its successful Sherman antitrust case against Microsoft.
For competitive purposes, does this deal have the same competitive or anticompetitive effect of a merger or acquisition?
When the WTO Multi-Fiber Arrangement was allowed to expire in 2005, lifting quotas on hyper-competitive Asian economies, the effect on African garment producers was severe.
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First, because Switzerland is a small country in terms of global trade, depreciation of the franc will not have a big effect on the competitive position of other countries.
Too often, the primary concern of competitive media marketplaces is not the effect a story will have, but the attention it will generate.
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The top 25 local wireless markets, served by all the major carriers along with smaller wireless companies eager to buy market share with low prices, are already so competitive that the merger would have little material effect.
And in the present competitive climate, any extra costs can have a big effect on a company's future.
Well, Groupon used the disruptive tools available to every small- and mid-sized firm to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace and capture that ever-elusive network effect.
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Some large stores had begun testing the market in recent years and there was a danger of a "domino effect" with others following suit in the face of competitive pressures, he said.
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Tommy Gallagher said it would have the practical effect of raising the price of quarried material and put Northern Ireland at a competitive disadvantage to the Republic of Ireland.
These will be hard to erase even if new primary rules, which came into effect in time for votes on June 5th, succeed in making races more competitive (the jury is still out on this).
In this effort, technology is not the answer, but along with critical management and organizational changes, it can help effect the kind of changes that we must make in order for us to remain competitive in a global economy.
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