For a network that is duel revenue streamed--we get revenue from our cable affiliates and advertisers--it has proved a very smart model.
"It's a smart business model, starting off small and allowing us to grow, " says Paul Gautier, head of international marketing for Puma, a league-wide sponsor.
Driving an early model Smart Fortwo in 2007 felt like driving a glass-encased moped, but the new Smart is decidedly more car.
Metropolitan Portland has gained an international reputation as a model of smart growth, so Bragdon's schedule now regularly includes meeting with visiting urbanists from throughout the world who want to learn from the region's example.
Pragma, an independent trading boutique which develops trading algorithms and provides consulting and guidance for buy-side firms, has developed a quantitative model and supporting smart-routing system for passive limit orders that it says significantly improves all-in performance.
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Launching treaty talks with Beijing based on that model would be a smart move for the U.S. in 2013.
I've previously chided the idea of MSN Direct, noting that most competent feature phones can do everything that a smart watch can, but the usage model is different.
While the insurance companies may know that their present business model is reaching the end of the line (thanks, in no small part, to the Medical Loss Ratios), they are smart enough to recognize the next business model when they see it and will likely proceed to own and operate the ACOs.
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Another accolade was bestowed on the CINEMA 3D Smart TV lineup in December when the 55LA6900 model earned an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) from Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
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To do so they need to comply to the current reimbursement model, and as they are generally very smart people, they also have worked out how to maximise their income using that system.
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Ellie's teacher is the kind of smart and strong young woman I want as a role model for my daughter (she's also a really snappy dresser), and I know she was only trying to make the transition moment special for each student.
The next step was a leap to an all-electric model, and we saw an opportunity with the Smart electric.
"There are times when we are smart in what we do, and there are times when we don't look too smart, " says Wimberly, unwilling to blame the computer model.
At least one blended-learning school, Summit Public Schools, is partnering to build its own solution to the problem and use content from different sources to support the new competency-based learning model it is developing, which seems like a smart backward integration.
One model uses a quad-core processor to drive its Smart Hub and the applications developed specifically for the television, including Netflix, YouTube, Facebook, Skype and Pandora.
With the smart policing effort, said Petisco, the county plans to build a model and then offer to share it with other law enforcement agencies.
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The smart CEOs realize that cost-cutting does not constitute a sustainable business model and will forego temporary incremental moves in lieu of long-term, disruptive moves.
We would further posit that the almost universal current acceptance of this model among cyber security professions also provides an intuitive explanation why so many smart, well-funded people, projects and companies are failing to achieve more meaningful results.
Petersburg, he argues, will model city life in years to come because they will be more able to attract smart people from all over the world who, congregating together, will make wonderfully creative places to live and work.
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Writing in Smart Materials and Structures, Yonas Tadesse said the jellyfish's simple swimming action made it an ideal model for a vehicle.
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