Relying more on gut feelings and his own on-the-ground research than professional feasibility studies, John Q.
One of the reasons why I am so bullish on Taobao and Alipay is based on my on-the-ground research in China and discussions with users and competitors.
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They've done a spectacular job for their clients and we continue--we're very excited about, one, we're excited about the region and two, we're excited to have a team of that quality doing real, on the ground research throughout China, which is, now, if you sort of look at the larger Chinese market, it's the second-largest market in the world, and there just aren't--there are many more world-class U.S. teams than there are world-class Chinese teams.
The Swiss giant's Kosan deal is the latest in a string of ground-floor research investments.
Large windfarms can increase local night time temperatures by fanning warmer air onto the ground, new research has revealed.
The Finnish handset maker reported a 1.4% drop in net income after losing ground to rivals Research in Motion (RIMM) and Apple in the lucrative smartphone market.
This view is echoed by Robert Jackson, professor of environmental sciences at Duke University in the US, who has published research on ground water contamination through hydraulic fracturing.
You have highlighted only the happy part of Bhutan, but if you research the ground reality of Bhutan it is quite different: you need to also find the dark side of Bhutan.
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His solution is to focus on customers and diseases that the industry long ignored, while rebuilding research from the ground up.
While noting that the declining economy also was responsible for the lost ground, Hometrack director of research Richard Donnell says that the area remains less desirable, despite upgrades.
His organization's research shows that at ground level, concentrations of pollutants from provinces close to Beijing are significant.
Gaffney, Jr. at the 1992 U.S. Army Scientific Conference on Chemical Defense Research, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, 17 November 1992.
Carolina Milanesi of Gartner Research, takes the middle ground on the issue.
But in the past few weeks, the stock has made up significant ground, possibly in anticipation of the research reports.
Of course, companies like Research in Motion have broken ground by providing their customers with easy-to-use e-mail systems over handheld PDAs, such as the BlackBerry.
As Summers pointed out, Clinton would have read from a variety of respected economic research journals and sources of ground-breaking economic thought and bring those ideas to the meeting.
There hasn't been any definitive research on why baseball is losing ground.
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During World War I Loomis enlisted, becoming head of research and development at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland.
But Owen Wangensteen, the intense, brilliant head of surgery, was obsessed with research and encouraged his doctors to break new ground.
The opponents of the patent law might seem on safer ground when they claim that gene patents could hinder medical research.
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative does research and verification of images with on-the-ground sources.
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Combine this with entrepreneurial spirit, unique research projects and new technologies and you have a breeding ground for potentially profitable companies.
LONDON, England (CNN) -- A breakthrough in human embryonic stem cell research by scientists in South Korea has been hailed as ground-breaking, with the potential to fight a host of ailments, but some people have raised ethical concerns.
Aparna Choudharie, a scientist at the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, sat cross-legged in her sari on the ground as she cheered on one of the speakers who took the stage.
Research into new crop varieties needs to take place closer to the ground, so to speak.
Research units such as its recently created Institute for Frontier Medicine regularly break new ground.
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Samuels is a Department of the Army civilian, working as a research chemist studying remote sensing technology at Edgewood Chemical Biological Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
Research In Motion Ltd. jettisoned the old BlackBerry software and rebuilt it from the ground up.
The research will include looking at what happens to the plant's root systems when above ground growth is controlled.
President Clinton took office in 1993 and lifted that ban, but in 1994 he ceded some ground to the anti-stem-cell crowd by blocking the use of federal money to create embryos for research.
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