The Chinese, therefore, can concentrate their boats in waters close to their shores, giving them tactical and operating advantages.
Murphy echoed what Mr. Kempel said about the operating cost advantages of the horizontal approach that SimpliVity uses.
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Ocwen has long emphasized its cost advantages and low operating expenses as a competitive advantage, with at least three-quarters of its 5, 000 employees based in India and Uruguay, where it says its per-employee costs are one-eighth of those of a U.S. worker.
Windows Phone 7 actually had a fair amount going for it as an operating system, and 8 builds on its advantages.
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However, the advantages for consumers of a single operating standard in the complex computer-software market is such that nobody seriously suggests that Microsoft's monopoly should be broken up.
The financial advantages to owning these assets, lower operating costs, higher resale value, it seems like that part of the story is still being written.
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In vivid illustration of the economic advantages of the streaming model, domestic operating margin increased to 16%, from 14.9% in Q4, 13% in Q3 and 11.7% a year ago.
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"With the many advantages of the Jelly Bean Android 4.1 operating system, users will enjoy the simplicity and ease of operating Nextbook Google Play tablets, " remarked Jason Liszewski, managing director and VP of sales for E FUN.
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Yet another illustration is related to non-financial advantages that could be gained by exploiting internal financial opportunities available for firms operating internationally.
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At the same time, Google has pledged to not give special advantages to Motorola, which like Samsung uses Google's Android mobile operating software to power its devices.
Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system is built for touchscreen devices like tablets, too, and it offers a lot of advantages over iOS. All Windows 8 apps can run in a split screen so you can run two at once, plus the main menu is capable of displaying real-time updates for stuff like news and weather.
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