Already we are seeing quite a few companies who started off as box manufactures shift their business model to one where they license their platform.
That includes a business-model shift from hardware company to software licensor.
The shift to agency model will have a negative impact on working capital as well, but Expedia feels that it has a strong balance sheet to support the same.
This relatively minor shift, the model found, still produces enough energy to initiate a wave-like pulse of crystal-shattering snow separation that quickly propagates uphill and leads to a major release of the upper layer.
Now the ADB is arguing that, with demand from the advanced economies for its manufactures unlikely to pick up strongly soon, Asia needs to shift to a model based more on rising domestic demand and relying more on its service industries.
The shift to a subscription model is going to make reported revenues messy for some time to come.
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But most importantly, governments must move away from the defined-benefit model and shift employees to defined-contribution retirement options like 401(k) and 403(b) plans.
Mr Riese reckons that the bank's initial shift to a decentralised model was helped by the fact that lending growth was very tightly regulated in Sweden at that time.
Similarly, Africa should see the United States as a role model and shift its policy attention toward industrial development, starting with adding value to agricultural and mineral resources through aggressive industrial policy.
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Paterson explained that there has been a huge shift away from a security model where companies put everything in the middle of a network and build a firewall around it.
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Netflix introduced its standalone video streaming service in the U.S. in 2011, marking a significant shift from its earlier business model of offering streaming as an add-on service to DVDs.
One concern is that the shift to a cloud computing model will lead to an excess of low-level coders who do not have broad enough experience that enable them to build solutions comprised of many diverse parts.
Valve is beloved by its consumers for their vast array of free updates and map packs, and the move seemed to signal a shift to a more modern model of microtransactions aimed at players who wanted every item they could get in the game at any cost.
But if apps work poorly or if customers have a hard time downloading them, this breaks the necessary trust necessary to shift to a paid-content model.
China needs to shift to a more sustainable growth model, and adopting a new growth strategy will trigger a structural catch-up process in global investment and consumption.
It is struggling to shift China away from the current unsustainable model, where growth is propelled by vast investment and export-led manufacturing, towards one where domestic consumption plays a bigger role.
Some commentators feel that the Chinese investment boom must eventually run out of steam, whether for lack of good projects to finance or because the country will shift to a more consumption-led model.
In the long term, growth in emerging economies will be contingent on their ability to innovate and shift away from an externally driven growth model to one fueled in part by local consumption.
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He has now passed the National Police Dog Assessment Model and undertook his first operational shift this week.
In Denmark, nearly 70 percent of hospitals closed as they made the shift from a reactive, sick-care model to proactive care model.
Netflix (NFLX) this afternoon provided powerful evidence of how its business model will benefit from the steady shift of subscribers to streaming and away from through-the-mail DVD rentals.
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The company was expanding, building a newer and better streaming library that many new customers were happy to pay for, and meanwhile was preparing for the eventual shift toward streaming-only as the dominant model for the future of the company.
China is trying to shift its economy away from an investment-led model that delivers diminishing returns.
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"After evaluating our position in the games market, we've decided to shift LucasArts from an internal development to a licensing model, minimising the company's risk while achieving a broader portfolio of quality Star Wars games, " it read.
The Recording Industry Association of America has been flailing around for years trying to rescue an obsolete business model, fighting tooth and nail against the shift to digital music instead of embracing it.
Chrysler Group President Thomas LaSorda said the recovery plan outlined Wednesday would solidify Chrysler's position in the North American market while laying the foundation for a new business model that would stress global growth and a shift to more fuel-efficient models.
Since behaviors shift over time, over product or service use and with emerging technologies and markets, the model Adrian provides is dynamic, allowing companies to continually adapt to the emerging customer needs, and wants.
Not just that: it needed capital to finance a major production shift to the next generation of 64-byte DRAMs that will replace the current 16-byte model late next year.
In fact, argues Nicholas Carr, the former editor of the Harvard Business Review and author of the new book The Big Switch, those Web applications are signs of a fundamental change, a shift from the desktop to the Web that could redefine computing--and Google's business model.
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