The California battery car start-up, Tesla Motors, bet on the performance factor when it made its first car to market the 2-seat Roadster.
However, some composite-barreled baseball bats that have been proven in laboratory testing to meet the BPF (Bat Performance Factor) standard throughout the life of the bat, through the Accelerated Break-In (ABI) process, have received waivers.
Performance is a factor behind this trend, but more important to this discussion is the role of socially conscious consumers, entrepreneurs and leaders who expect business to play a role in generating social good.
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Last year he was the head of the country's second-largest bank, Laiki, whose performance was a major factor in Cyprus' near financial collapse.
How a company is structured, its physical locations and assets, its management, its ability to efficiently finance its operations, and its dividend policy all factor into performance.
Whether these 4, 000 freelance inspectors approve aid for the undeserving often isn't a factor in evaluating performance.
Age, and the cognitive decline that goes along with it, is a very real factor in CEO performance.
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Clock speed is only one factor affecting processor performance, but it's one that consumers pay close attention to.
In the past, he says, the limiting factor on chip performance was the transistors themselves getting them to be small and fast enough.
Now, here's what a firewall law is: It basically says that you can't factor in the performance of students when you're evaluating teachers.
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But share-price performance is not a formal factor that the board's remuneration committee is supposed to take into account when deciding bonuses - because to do so would give too great an incentive to the chief executive to take dangerous short-term risks to temporarily boost the share price.
Managers should take note that "a raft of research published over the last decade has shown that gender diversity and the right balance of talent can be a contributing factor to business performance, so there is a strong business case to ensure that we nurture female talent from the very start of their careers", said Ms Jackson.
Eighty-five percent said that "student growth over the course of the academic year" should be a factor in how their performance is measured.
For example, a comparative study of results before and after the defeat by Brazil could provide experts with incontrovertible proof of whether there is a "feel-good" factor involved in exam performance.
The performance of these sectors can be a factor of the stage of the business cycle, the calendar or their geographic location.
However, confidence is a huge factor when it comes to performance.
"Acer is partnering with WD to bring advanced notebook performance and capacity in the smallest form factor, " said David Lee, associate vice president of Mobile Computing Product business unit at Acer.
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"By offering superior performance in an ultra-small form factor package, the UltraGig 6400 establishes a new benchmark for mobile HD video wireless connectivity, " said Jim Chase, director of marketing of the wireless division at Silicon Image, Inc.
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One key factor: its culture of accountability, performance and focus on the customer.
Another factor depends on the strength of the performance metrics underpinning a contract.
They also failed to pick the cheapest fund, and in a survey after the experiment listed fees as the fifth most important factor in making their decision, behind performance.
One factor behind disappointed expectations of America's performance could be the behaviour of consumers.
Many believe that the enhanced performance of additively manufactured items will be the most important factor in driving the technology forward.
PRVit is a 24-factor quantitative application of the fundamental EVA model for performance measurement and valuation.
The 2011-12 test scores will be a factor in some Glen Cove teachers' job-performance evaluations this year for the first time.
The Spaniard has previously spoken of the limited transfer funds made available to him to strengthen his squad, highlighting this as a factor behind the decline of the team's performance on the pitch.
Indeed, Obama's open hostility towards Netanyahu has probably been a significant factor in shoring up the public's approval of his performance in office.
The processing power of the device matters to a small extent (an iPad 2 will deliver somewhat better performance than a slightly slower first generation iPad) but the most important factor is the speed of the network which is why the company recommends WiFi or a 4G mobile connection.
In addition to high-end graphics support, the R5500 provides the full scalability and powerful performance of Dell's high-end tower workstations in a 2U form factor.
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The All-America linebacker's poor performance in Notre Dame's loss to Alabama in the national championship game certainly was a factor.
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