It may raise question marks over the use of a patent that depends heavily on competitor technology, though.
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The commission relies too heavily on competitor complainants in blocking mergers or imposing onerous conditions designed to benefit competitors, not consumers.
Before embarking on a competitor acquisition, carefully assess the risk, complexity and cost of managing customer perceptions.
Why buy a console when all of the shared third party titles are available for cheap on its competitor?
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Relying on a competitor to provide such core mobile functionality was not a viable long-term strategy, and someone at Apple decided that the switch would happen in iOS 6.
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This put pressure on a Japanese competitor, the Shinkansen consortium, which on August 23rd matched the offer.
But it may model its use of the technology on its smaller competitor VeriSign, which switches between traditional content delivery and cheaper peer-to-peer method, depending on how much a customer is willing to spend.
President Obama is a known sports fan and, reportedly, a fierce competitor on the basketball court.
AOL's recent merger with Time Warner, the only competitor on the horizon that can potentially trump Yahoo!
The first, second and third-generation iPads have outsold every competitor on the market.
He had been a regular competitor on the Isle of Man, achieving four top 10 finishes in the Manx Grand Prix races.
Now, that latter sentiment may sound as off-key as the above statement about Vanguard being a worthy competitor on the actively managed fund front.
Wars also cause an excessive focus on what the competitor is doing and, in effect, allow that competitor to dictate the direction of the firm engaging in that war.
But by adding US Airways to the fold, American will be a stronger competitor on the East Coast, creating more competition for business travel in key cities such as New York.
But it may model its use of the technology on its smaller competitor VeriSign (nasdaq: VRSN - news - people ), which switches between traditional content delivery and cheaper peer-to-peer method, depending on how much a customer is willing to spend.
We've gotta give Microsoft props forwarding on to a competitor like that (or, at least props for following the terms of a 2005 legal settlement), and in its defense, the URGE store Microsoft started with MTV is still going strong, but with Real slowly moving over to their own DRM, FairUse4WM alive and kicking, and now the MSN Music shut-down, things aren't looking great for PlaysForSure.
If you spend time on screws, some competitor will score a hit with a cooler handset.
In fact, each day there is a chance of a new, stronger competitor popping on the scene.
OLPC's XO laptops currently run on chips from Intel competitor Advanced Micro Devices.
OLPC's XO laptops currently run on chips from Intel competitor Advanced Micro Devices (nyse: ADM - news - people ).
Those Pantech handsets will run on chips from TI competitor Qualcomm.
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In the long term, when equilibrium is reached (which of course it never is but the trend is generally towards it) the profit made by each competitor will be, on average, just enough to keep the capital employed which each competitor is using.
Guan, the youngest Masters competitor ever, hit his drives on average 10 yards shorter than the next shortest competitor who made the cut, and 42 yards shorter than the leader, Robert Garrigus.
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It is not intended to give one competitor a monopoly on an entire industry.
This led to some discontent and competitor eBay latched on to the opportunity simplifying its pricing structure.
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Bruce Clark believes Ullman could do worse than look to a competitor for guidance on scaling down its retail operation.
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However, the new Google Glass is a stand for something distinctly Google (though there are competitor products already on the market).
He and others are also running their businesses on Google Apps, a competitor to Microsoft Office that runs over the Web.
American Airlines, a competitor, said on December 3rd that it would shed another 1, 100 jobs on top of those that have already gone.
The women's race was won by front-running Heather Turland, a mother of four who at 38 is the oldest competitor ever named on an Australian athletics team.
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