But the jovial Lilian, who has a deep passion for math and numbers, realized that if she wanted to become the globally competitive risk-analysis powerhouse she knew she could be, she needed to go beyond microfinance.
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In the fiercely competitive and risk-laden life sciences industry, what the little-known YM Biosciences (YMI) has achieved in just 12 months caught the attention of a big crowd of investors, analysts, and scientists at the June 3rd meeting of the highly respected American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
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The risk of competitive tax cutting between parts of the UK is "a race to the bottom".
And the dividend yield is competitive with that of certain risk-free government bonds.
Even given the same credit score, lenders might offer different loan terms, because they have different risk models or competitive pressures.
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Lack of sustainable competitive advantage is the biggest organizational risk I can think of.
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Pattern-based analytics solutions are already being leveraged by some companies, giving them a much-needed competitive advantage in a high-risk environment by providing insights into customer-buying patterns to guide the product offering, supply chain planning and execution.
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This decision, however, was a result of both budgetary constraints as well as the desire to share the risk in a harsh competitive environment - an environment that only rewards compounds that demonstrate real value over standard therapies.
Along with the quantitative and valuation analysis, they also look at: key success factors, key risk factors, the competitive landscape, insiders, institutional holdings, what type of institutions are holding the stock, and catalysts that might drive the stock up (or down).
Fiduciary duty requires that institutions invest capital with the expectation of earning a competitive rate of financial return commensurate with risk.
The first is that tougher rules risk making British banks less competitive.
While a small group of women will have a low body weight because of eating disorders, serious athletes make up the larger group at risk -- for example, competitive runners or gymnasts.
Second, by endorsing a rise in the Chinese currency relative to the dollar, the president and those who support this policy put at risk the vast soft power and competitive advantage the U.S. enjoys by providing Asia and the rest of the world a reliable currency for engaging in trade in goods and financial instruments.
These men, like Bob Noyce, Charlie Sporck, Tom Bey, Andy Grove and Jerry Sanders, were technically brilliant, fiercely independent, fearless risk-takers, and almost insanely competitive.
Instead, investors should seek more timely measures of sovereign risk, preferably through price signals from competitive debt and credit default swap markets, and whenever those are unavailable, from more objective and transparent models.
At the time of the waiver request, the student must have a defined disability documented to diminish both physical and either intellectual or emotional capabilities, does not create a health or safety risk to participants, and does not create a competitive advantage for the team.
When it comes to trying to win, a common thread with all competitive games, as with life, is the degree to which risk tolerance changes as situations dictate.
The sum of their conversation: corporate responsibility is increasingly driven not by regulation, not by risk aversion or even risk management, but by the drive to find new competitive advantage.
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Bank supervisors, because of their preoccupation with systemic risk, have tended to be quite tolerant of anti-competitive behaviour by banks.
It is very difficult to account for the risk that the next market changing innovation will substantially alter the competitive landscape.
At this time the company has more cash than debt, and can afford to float the risk of higher SACs while they may be necessary in the competitive environment.
Too little investment in a competitive infrastructure or an education system that works for our children and we risk falling behind countries that are making these investments right now.
All that's left is a moneylosing firm called Competitive Technologies, which sells for 95 cents a share and is at distinct risk of being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.
It takes fearless self confidence to take the risk that our humility will be mistaken for diffidence or a deficiency in competitive fire.
Companies are looking more closely at risk these days, and they are finding not only that is there more risk to manage but that managing it well can help them be more competitive.
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