Some wanted to ban the issuer-pay model to move to an investor-pay model.
Overstock changed its business model in 2012 primarily in clothing and shoes, from a direct inventory-based model to a fulfillment partner-based model with the aim of reducing exposure to discounts and seasonal inventory risks.
As the technology industry shifts from a hardware-based model to a software-based model, New York is positioned well with access to clients and a pool of potential employees who understand marketing, consumers, media and communications, Mr. Pinsky said.
Change from an unlimited all-you-can-eat business model to a pay-as-you-go business model?
Kotick notes that there will be many difference from the U.S. version of the game, including the business model, with a free-to-play model supported by micro-transactions in the game to do things like buy weapons, vehicles and armor.
Or, to be more accurate: the market shifted to a click-based engagement model to a fan-based engagement model.
Changing internships from the exposure-audition model to a minimum-wage model may serve labor activists, but it won't serve ambitious college students or the companies seeking them.
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Langton said families have been pleased with the pricing model because it often costs less to fly with children using the pay-by-weight model than it would to purchase flat-fare seats.
The idea is being floated in political and banking circles that a NAMA-style "bad bank" - similar to the model established in the Republic of Ireland - could be set up to remove these debts in the hope that this might free up bank lending once again.
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That left Tower with the have-it-all-in-stock business model, the go-to source for hard-nosed music enthusiasts.
The small-but-steady approach of birds, bees, and ants offers a better model for changing human behavior than the hop-to-it top-down model used by many companies and governments.
While touring the company's suite, we found two prototypes: a 10-inch tablet with NVIDIA's new Tegra 4 chip and a mid-range 7-inch model designed to take on the lower end of the market.
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You see his playful side in the one-of-a-kind model Shaq commissions to hype his brand around the NBA's annual All-Star weekend--including a shoe phone, a camera shoe and a remote-controlled car shoe.
Meanwhile, IT organizations that have already shifted from a desktop-based to a server-based model will be able to respond to the Y2K threat more quickly, and their highly visible success should further drive the market in that direction.
Moy thinks that a charge-what-you-want market model will motivate benevolent hackers to create a full-fledged hacking arsenal and--if companies buy those exploits in volume--give researchers a significant new revenue stream.
The lawsuit claims that Honda Motor (nyse: HMC - news - people ) specifically asked server supplier NEC (nasdaq: NIPNY - news - people ) to design an Opteron-based model, but that NEC inexplicably shelved the product, never marketing it to any other customers.
The next obvious step is a many-to-many model, an organized free-for-all for the enterprise to meet and collaborate online and socially.
One solution is to modify the coin-tossing model--to add bells and whistles until the equations match the observations.
Toyota announced this week that it would be delaying plans to bring its plug-in, lithium-ion-based model to market until 2011, as opposed to 2008, due to safety concerns over the company's chosen battery.
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Since there are real rewards at stake, this free-to-play model has to operate without a cash shop or in-game purchases, as they would put the title at risk of falling under online gambling laws.
Fifth, move to a shared-services model to lower costs and gain business-process efficiencies.
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Following the growth of micro-credit, the micro-franchise approach has gained traction by providing a proven business model to micro-entrepreneurs that may lack an entrepreneurial opportunity.
The company later ran into trouble with its free model and switched to a paid-only model.
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Most other Labour thinkers are struggling to adapt their 1990s, jam-for-all model of centre-left politics to the post-crunch era.
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He announces the shipment of a 65-inch LC-TV model, alongside plans to open a second Kameyama factory capable of producing 8 45-inch screens out of a single piece of glass.
Now, Swype Living Language allows people who opt-in to share and receive trending words and phrases in real-time, creating an up-to-date, crowd-sourced language model.
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And while the new page-turning buttons--far smaller than those on the last model--are harder to press accidentally, they can require a split second longer to find with a thumb, momentarily interrupting the reading experience.
On its differentiation strategy, Rakuten positioned itself as a virtual shopping mall, based on a business-to-business-to-consumer (B2B2C) model.
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It is encouraging to see cars like the 2014 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG S-Model 4Matic Wagon make it to production.
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In order to succeed in Asia, and in the global business, Hanson believe game companies will need to embrace the cross-platform model to deliver games for all levels of gamers, from newbies to hard-core users playing more than 22 hours per week.
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