There are a few critical items to note in the graph.

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The other disadvantages are the lack of market visibility and control over critical items such as price and service that the exporter is likely to have under these types of arrangements.

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Rather than trying to improve all dimensions at once, I encourage companies to focus only on one or two critical items with each survey cycle (another reason to ideally conduct them once or twice a year).

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An exchange of ambassadors could lead to Vietnam getting Most-Favored Nation trading status and Export-Import Bank loans, critical for buying high-priced items such as aircraft.

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One of the items they took this way was a component critical for making their Altair systems work: the BASIC computer language, written by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.

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If they want to gain critical mass, I think they need to really come up with a few key items that they feel strongly about and communicate it more effectively.

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While JPMorgan Chase demonstrated some progress in areas reported for the third quarter, the servicer has a number of outstanding items from previous quarters that have not yet been addressed and play a critical part in their broader execution of the program.

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