The critical question is how soon that sort of quality and cost control will be available to patients everywhere across the country.

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Cost-cutting, quality control and technical innovation, in turn, have helped Carpigiani fend off cheaper Chinese rivals, many of which have copied its designs.

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For that he would take into account other factors such as the cost of corruption, quality control, and disruption of other countries that would be eliminated if legalization took place.

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Financial analysts expect the successful ones to drive independent medical centers out of existence in much of the country either by buying them up or by drawing away their patients with better quality and cost control.

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Big Pharma could integrate low production cost in China with the quality control of Western medicine and tap a huge domestic demand, Li foresees.

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Productivity, competitiveness, cost control, and the quality of goods and services were all largely incidental.

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Hefty cost cutting, an emphasis on quality control inspired by Mercedes and a range of desirable new models, such as the powerful, Teutonic-styled 300C, restored Chrysler to profit.

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As for A123, it also struggled with quality-control problems and competition from low-cost producers in Asia.

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