China's deep supply-chain network is hard to replicate quickly elsewhere, making it difficult for some factory owners to move.
The peer-to-peer reputation network establishes naturally a chain of trust.
ISPs already offer free service in parts of France, such as Groupe Serveur or World Online, Kingfisher has the advantage that Dixons had of access to a trusted distribution network in its Darty chain of household-goods stores, which will give out free starter discs to its numerous customers.
" Interestingly enough, the system supposedly relies on "modified software" running on regular WiFi equipment, and wireless access points with the newfangled software can seemingly daisy-chain directional network traffic through "several carefully aligned steerable antennas in order to eventually reach a fiber link connected to the internet.
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It is restructuring its supply-chain and manufacturing network in Australia as part of its global productivity plan.
The Neighbors has clearly emerged as the weak link in the network's Wednesday comedy chain, but last night also suggested the show might be stabilizing since it did not drop this week.
In the early days of FORBES magazine, which was founded 90 years ago, "network" referred to a chain of radio stations hooked up by wire--and, long before that, to intersecting roads, canals, railways and telegraph lines.
The second-party gift-card market that Tango was trying to crack is primarily controlled by two companies: InComm and Blackhawk Network, the latter owned by supermarket chain Safeway.
The once-dominant retail chain, owned by Dish Network, has been closing stores since Dish bought it out of bankruptcy and is down to fewer than 1000 locations.
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As they get more familiar with the hotel industry, more owners are opting for franchising, a system in which they pay for a chain's name, reservation network and marketing, but manage and control the hotels themselves.
Dundee-based firm i-design has secured exclusive rights to sell advertising space across supermarket chain Asda's entire cash machine network.
They know all the technology business models, understand the value chain and have an extremely strong global network of contacts.
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In addition, it ensures that there is a reliable supply chain of spare parts, while a network of local RFH-employed technicians services all bikes and cars monthly to make sure they don't break down.
If it had succeeded, it would have been the first major retail chain to have customers shop within the social network, a place where the average American spends about seven hours a month.
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Kevin Morgan, a professor at Cardiff University and the author of The School Food Revolution, a book about the supply chain behind cafeteria food, said the supply network was complex and should be better regulated.
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The transmission network is not the only vulnerable part of the power supply chain, which is one giant bottleneck.
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Not so long ago, I was speaking with a European country-head of a major global telecoms network operator who was enthusiastically endorsing Huawei as a value-chain partner.
Wasson is en route to forging the first global pharmacy chain, with worldwide buying power and a massive distribution network.
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So why would Apple, known for meticulous control of its supply chain, stay quiet when someone has invaded its distribution network in China?
There are still a few chains that might fit well into Ahold's U.S. network, such as Giant Eagle in Pennsylvania or the privately held Publix Super Markets chain, based in Florida.
If HMV closes down completely, World Music Network and its fellow small labels, queuing up for repayment with the rest of the chain's creditors, might never get paid at all.
As the Renault-made cars running on the Better Place electricity network hit the road this year and the company laid out money to build up a chain of stations to swap out depleted batteries, the future became increasingly daunting.
Even the small and mid-sized manufacturing operation is now part of a global network of loosely coupled entities that must collaborate and deliver real-time status information to customers, supply chain partners, organization leaders, and employees.
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