The study compared and contrasted 11 companies that made the transition from good to great, and 11 peer companies that did not over a time period certain as judged by growth in stock returns.
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Pre-liberalization, domestic insurers focused on high-income endowment policies (which pay a lump sum after a certain period).
"If a player is out for a certain period there is no point rushing it, " said Ferguson.
If a dividend is not authorized for a certain period, no balance accrues.
For defense secretary, indications are the current defense chief, Robert Gates, will stay "for a certain period, " the source said.
So you do a certain period on active duty, perhaps two years.
The only requirement is that consumers can get their hands on the game for free for at least a certain period of time.
"There is a certain period by which Setanta will have to pay up - and we are talking weeks not months, " he said.
All options do are give the recipient the right to buy stock at a certain price per share within a certain period of time.
Well it suggests, I think, that it is possible to combine economic dynamism with demographic stagnation, at least for a certain period of time.
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"This morning he let his fellow cardinals know that he will keep living with them for a certain period of time, " Fr Lombardi said.
Many qualified plans offer loans to participants, but these participants are allowed a certain period within which they must repay the loan with interest.
Anyone that relied on so-called value-at-risk models, which purport to show how much a firm could lose over a certain period, has been crucified.
You know, you come on active duty for a certain period, but you also sign up for a contractual period if you're an enlisted Marine.
Ultra low power consumption: IGZO can maintain the onscreen data for a certain period of time without refreshing the data, even when the current is off.
Dr Carney was also quite forthright about the potential usefulness of pre-committing the Monetary Policy Committee to keeping rates low for a certain period of time.
Because executives typically have to stay with a company for a certain period before they can exercise their options, options buy some boardroom peace of mind.
When CPI inflation remains above target for a certain period, the governor of the Bank of England has to write a letter to the chancellor explaining why.
We thoroughly reviewed all the records for that time period to be certain we could give you the fullest details possible within the constraints of operational security.
For me, one critical skill of a financial adviser is the ability to listen to the client and move into his shoes for a certain period of time.
The realized yield of a bond should be calculated if an investor plans to hold a bond only for a certain period of time, rather than to maturity.
But an amended breach disclosure law might require sites to post a notice on a site itself, warning users that it had been compromised over a certain period of time.
According to the deal, Alibaba will have the right to increase its ownership in Weibo to 30% at a mutually agreed valuation "within a certain period of time in the future".
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And next week looks likely, including a new macro measure added to the list: forcing foreign investors to keep their money in onshore Brazilian equities for a certain period of time.
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"Given the disappointing compliance so far, Greece has to accept shifting budgetary sovereignty to the European level for a certain period of time, " the Financial Times quotes the German plan as saying.
An additional motivation is available through the vesting of stock option grants that require employees to remain employed for a certain period of time before the shares can be issued and sold.
Like the rest of Groupon, Getaways will promote limited-time deals requiring customers to make an upfront payment in exchange for a voucher that can then be redeemed within a certain period of time.
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We put them on an education assembly line every day, starting with one station that teaches them a certain subject before automatically moving them to the next class after a certain period of time.
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For the government, a warrant isn't currently required after a certain period of time for older information -- e-mail, social networking profiles or cell-phone location data -- stored "in the cloud" on Web servers.
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