It allowed the possibility to shift the potential competitive parity of the lower ranking teams.
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It also hits head-on any real or potential competitive challenges by other cloud-like services to consumers, namely from Google, Facebook and Amazon.
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The potential competitive advantage for the cable companies has underscored concerns in Verizon's landline work force that the company is marginalizing its landline business in favor of the far more lucrative wireless part of the company, several current and past employees said.
This essentially is the reasoning behind Judge Jackson's ruling: that Windows should not be the means by which Microsoft establishes a corresponding monopoly in browsers which, in turn, enables it to limit the potential competitive threat to Windows from the new Java programming language.
This translates into big market potential for competitive U.S. energy technology companies.
"It's a bold move that will have the potential to put competitive pressure on Sewanee's peer institutions, " said Mr. Pals.
Other industries such as media and service industries, where females have competitive advantages, may also have potential.
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Disabled people could find on-tap potential carers at a competitive price.
However, given that the company has competitive advantage in this region, the potential upside could be substantially higher if it can maintain the edge and gain even more share.
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The competitive pressure will come not only from potential customers deciding to purchase rival smartphones, but also from developers not willing to devote their resources to a platform that has questionable chances of taking off.
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Tracinda believes that such a global alliance has the potential to materially strengthen the competitive positions of all three companies in the increasingly challenging worldwide automotive industry, with the attendant benefits accruing to each company and its respective employees and shareholders.
If, in fact, CAA is the clear leader to acquire IMG, it will instill fear in its closest competition and force them to look at other reputable entities as potential acquisitions in order to remain competitive.
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However, make sure that you are set up to provide: employment stability, competitive benefits, an enjoyable working environment and career potential.
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Onshore wind, another potential disruptive technology, is already cost competitive in many part of the world at 9-10 cents per kilowatt-hour, says Petros Paranikas, a BCG partner and co-author or the report.
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This shift in thinking around the nature of the relationship and the potential value derived from it (that competitive edge) has them engaging earlier in their process, at the conception and architecture design phase of their projects, rather than once they have the specification developed.
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In a nation with 300 million people, strong capital resources, a plethora of training facilities and no shortage of outstanding athletes, the potential does exist for the US to become competitive in the international world of rugby.
"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.
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Pakistan has potential human resources, which is pre-requisite for sustainable and competitive nation s economy.
RetailWire asked its BrainTrust panel of retailing experts what they thought of the potential of the Walmart Express format as well as its impact on the competitive landscape.
As the relationship between the United States and China grows ever more tense, in part due to the complex web of competitive and collaborative situations that the two large economies increasingly find themselves in, the potential for misunderstanding grows.
The report's authors say that it would be foolish in the West to underestimate the competitive threat, as the track record of such fast-growing firms lays bare the potential challenge.
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"The preseason tests spoke a quite clear language: the Red Bull looks super competitive again -- and Sebastian is only 24, so he still has an enormous potential to fill, " Ecclestone said.
We will also be more competitive if we address those costs and risks that are preventing our economy from reaching its full potential.
The larger problem is that the threat of investigation and potential prosecution for successfully competing in high-tech markets almost certainly discourages innovative and competitive activity that antitrust laws are supposed to value.
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It has sold the Aston Martin marque and is also talking to potential buyers of both Jaguar and Land Rover as it tries to get to grips with more competitive and successful Japanese rivals.
"The consortium see the mouse genome as the sort of basic, pre-competitive resource that should be available to all scientists, without restriction, in order to assure that the potential of the human genome is realised as rapidly as possible, " a spokesperson told BBC News Online.
Executives take pride in rigorously evaluating wide varieties of potential influences on their businesses, from customer moves to supplier changes, shifts in energy prices, competitive actions and a whole host of other business drivers.
Meanwhile, allowing conduct to persist amidst uncertainty allows the potential benefits of conduct to materialize while maintaining checks against practices that are bad for consumers: both the competitive marketplace and future enforcers have the power to mitigate specific anticompetitive outcomes that may arise.
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