The other factor, as I've written before, is that Scotland can only sell its wind and marine power, for all those subsidies from customers in foreign countries, if those technologies remain competitive.
The only victims were the broadcasters, who were set free too late to make use of their new competitive technologies and who now are limping into extinction.
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All that's left is a moneylosing firm called Competitive Technologies, which sells for 95 cents a share and is at distinct risk of being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange.
With scale, new technologies become more competitive in price.
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"The transit industry must continue to be at the forefront of creating green jobs and establishing globally competitive technologies right here at home in the United States, " said FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff.
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This means that, at least in the early stages of adoption, Chinese businesses will still be reliant on coal and oil to bridge that energy chasm before the new energy technologies become economically competitive.
He buys companies to bring technologies he sees as competitive, in-house.
This opens up more opportunities for businesses in the Hispanic marketplace, and those capitalizing on the power and scope of digital technologies will have a competitive edge.
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In particular, investments now to catalyze competitive clean energy technologies and industries will pay big economic dividends down the line.
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But not enough of them are growing into companies that can compete globally, developing proprietary technologies and long-term competitive advantages.
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For companies like Google and Microsoft, the trend opens up a whole new market for their technologies while creating a new competitive threat for traditional carmakers like General Motors and Ford Motor.
And the high cost of remedying the problem will result in higher rates, providing an even more competitive environment for new technologies.
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The company plans to improve its revenue and profitability in 2013 with more competitive products, advanced technologies and a stronger focus on profitable regions.
In addition the mobile market is getting more competitive with new players and technologies.
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They can become more efficient and gain new competitive advantages by developing the technologies to stave off catastrophe.
In the early 90s, when the CIO title was gaining popularity, the chief driver for bringing IT into the executive suite was the massive capital allocations required to give organizations a competitive advantage through rapidly changing technologies.
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There is, of course, a natural tension between the need to control IT spending and maintaining a strong competitive position in light of new technologies.
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Protectionist tariffs were dismantled, forcing companies to become more competitive through innovation, embracing new technologies and finding new markets a process that culminated in the abolition of the hated system of agricultural subsidies known as the Corn Laws which had inflated the price of bread.
Greenpeace argues that CCS will never be competitive, since other low-carbon technologies, such as wind power, are already cheaper and becoming more so as time passes.
We are confident that our competitive advantages in materials science and deposition technologies, as well as our know-how in digital imaging, will enable us to capitalize on those opportunities and extend our leadership in key growth markets.
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"The marine renewables industry must demonstrate its ability to be cost-competitive, compared with other low-carbon technologies, in the next 5-8 years if it is to engage commercial investors, " he said.
Still, Lanza believes that's enough to make the company competitive against the likes of Sun Microsystems and Symbol Technologies for leadership in the space.
Yeager said that regulators cannot just wait and see how consumers adjust, maintaining that such a strategy will keep key technologies at bay and prevent the United States from winning a competitive edge.
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Even in a challenging economy, businesses are investing in transformative technologies and innovative business models because they must in order to remain competitive.
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In order to access this rich stream of transaction and usage data and remain competitive, all product companies will have to think about technologies that bridge the offline and online worlds to provide a suite of compelling digital services around the physical things they make.
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There is, of course, room for new technologies that can cut costs and give solar cell and panel makers a competitive edge.
Subsidies for renewable energy will be rejigged in the hope of encouraging technologies, such as solar or wave power, that are not yet competitive.
Solar, wind, biofuels, and other renewable technologies continue to improve and in some specific applications and geographies have become cost competitive with fossil fuels even without subsidies.
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Further, prices substantially lower than competitive impose disincentives to invest in the research and development of new medical technologies.
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In addition to clearing our last remaining scientific hurdle, we need to advance a parallel engineering agenda into key reactor technologies that will enable commercial fusion power plants to reliably deliver electricity in a highly competitive market.
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