Without these workers Japan would lose the competitive edge that it has built over the years.
But poorer nations thought this was intended to undermine the competitive edge they derived from lower wages.
This gap of nearly one year gave Apple the competitive edge in developing its apps business far quicker than RIM.
Where adrenaline is the common fuel and superb skills are the norm, the competitive edge for world-class gamers is focus.
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While getting bigger, Chinese companies have yet to gain the competitive edge in world markets and win the respect of institutional investors.
Test captain Michael Vaughan has criticised the county scene for not producing the competitive edge needed to step up to the highest level.
Exemplified by Apple, and the success of their elegant products, design-thinking is proving to be more and more the competitive edge for entrepreneurs.
"Companies that fire employees simply because of an economic downturn will lose the trust of workers and eventually lose the competitive edge, " he told the Japanese press.
Perhaps the key challenge facing Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka is the same as that confronted by India: the ability to maintain the competitive edge over exports.
For most inter-city journeys of more than two hours and less than five, rail has the competitive edge in safety, reliability and speed over both aircraft and cars.
David Law, who heads up the media operation for the Champions Tour, said that the competitive edge which McEnroe brought to events had been crucial in establishing the circuit.
It gave them the competitive edge that they needed.
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Hobsbawm, who was recently appointed visiting professor in networking at Cass Business School, at City University, London, says in an increasingly global workforce, workers cannot afford to ignore the competitive edge it can give.
While opening up two-way control and surrendering the UI to its perceived over-the-top video-providing enemy could change pay-TV as we know it, the trade-off is Google TV compatibility could give 'em the competitive edge they need.
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Han Kim and Adair Morse, of the University of Michigan, and Luigi Zingales, of the University of Chicago, shows that the internet's ability to spread knowledge beyond university classrooms has diminished the competitive edge that elite schools once held.
"Obviously, the competitive edge doesn't want to give up any hits or runs or anything like that, but at the same time it's throwing some pitches I wouldn't throw in certain counts and I think in the third inning I kind of backed up some changeups there, " Harvey said.
Now is not the time to sacrifice our competitive edge in the global economy.
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"Rather than competing in the marketplace, Apple is seeking a competitive edge in the courtroom, " Verhoeven said in his closing statement.
The wireless carrier desperately wants to acquire additional spectrum to expand capacity, improve service and give the company a competitive edge over Verizon.
Kennedy, who was challenging Vice President Richard Nixon, played to concerns that the U.S. was losing its competitive edge against the Soviet Union.
The use of multi-player simulations adds a competitive edge to the training environment.
By keeping the dollar too high, and therefore blunting its competitive edge, the U.S. has long funded the world and indebted itself.
Analysts said the device could help Nokia regain its competitive edge against Samsung at the low end, and get a piece of the India's fast-growing market of consumers trading up from basic mobiles.
The Indian firms see consulting work as a way to maintain their competitive edge in the face of wage inflation in India and the rise of Chinese data processing firms.
The big companies do of course have a competitive edge - they have the buying power to secure the cheapest deals, and the capacity to support a loss when discounting.
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Many of the unemployed over the last few years have returned to school to study a trade and bring a competitive edge to the job market or to explore new career opportunities.
Baseball players, race car drivers, skiers and lawyers all experience the same loss of a competitive edge when their physical functions decline to where they can no longer compete at the level necessary to compete and win at their peak.
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There are over 100 Orion campuses across India, and the private courses are popular among prospective call center applicants in India as a resume booster to give them a competitive edge in the hiring process.
For all the talk of cheap gas giving America a competitive edge, manufacturing only employs 9% of the non-farm workforce in the U.S., and the chemicals sector a mere 0.6%.
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