And it goes beyond simply building robust distribution networks for health products and services.
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To help obscure their movements, they move their distribution networks regularly between different providers and countries.
But many of these firms still achieve success by developing and maintaining outstanding distribution networks.
Power distribution networks are the chief concern because embedded chips have not been thoroughly tested, he indicated.
The quickest way, though, is for them to buy western firms for their names and distribution networks.
That includes bringing back cumin-flavored soda and old brands and expanding distribution networks.
According to Riccardo, the plan ignores that drug companies control drug distribution networks.
National Grid operates the UK's national electricity and gas grids, as well as four of the country's eight regional gas distribution networks.
So what does that mean for content distribution networks like Akamai Technologies who deliver these packets to World Cup watchers?
Investments in developing markets focus mostly on setting up new plants to increase capacity, marketing investments and expanding distribution networks.
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One of the most exciting things in American business has been the creativity of manufacturers in building new distribution networks.
Foreign firms typically have skimpier distribution networks than their local rivals, but their products are more popular where they are available.
Among many GroupOn clones, ChompOn has an interesting proposition: bring the deals to the content sites and online distribution networks.
Digital distribution networks like Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network have opened up new opportunities for independent developers like inXile Entertainment.
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Acquisitions of rice and pasta businesses have increased Ebro's market share but has also given it access to established distribution networks.
However, for some the time is right to begin expanding globally in developed, buying foreign distribution networks, technology and even brands.
Western Power Distribution (WPD) is testing the Static VAr Compensator for Distribution Networks (D-SVC), which is described as "a very clever box".
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There is a vast transformation underway in the financial services industry as the national brokerage distribution networks of former household names constrict.
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But they are banking on the same sorts of improvements: cost savings from merging trading systems, better distribution networks and so on.
The consumer may be king, but how can a manufacturer best serve him if the courtier distribution networks control access to him?
The Australians have been aggressively buying up American wine firms, largely to improve their access to the all-important distribution networks for American supermarkets.
In the old days, manufacturing plants and distribution networks created sizeable barriers to entry which kept upstarts out of the record companies' business.
This stems from sustained consumer confidence in that region and increased investment by the company in its brands (known as Maisons) and distribution networks.
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"Now they have two giant distribution networks on both sides of the Atlantic and those access points are robust, big and deep, " he said.
With the arrival of new models and the better structure of their distribution networks, Chinese cars must further intensify competition in the Brazilian market.
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Like the banks, European insurers are short on cross-border distribution networks.
Chief Executive Tim Cook has blamed India's messy distribution networks.
Nokia is one of the largest smartphone makers in the world with one of the best global distribution networks, in particular in rapidly growing emerging markets.
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Such widespread problems as power and telecommunications outages, interruptions in air transportation and commercial distribution networks are considered not only possible but likely, says the Gartner Group.
Lodish, who served on the board of Quidsi before its acquisition by Amazon, says the firm developed highly efficient distribution networks revolving around state-of-the art information technology.
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