The foremost important competitive advantage arising from OFDI in this survey is the increasing familiarity and experience in international business (exposure to foreign culture and business practices) that becomes a firm specific asset.

Evolution does a really, really good job of deselecting traits that aren't advantageous to us and selecting traits for competitive advantage.

And so today, I'm going to show you four, because I hope to have a competitive advantage at the end of this, still.

We especially emphasize areas of great relevance to Africa's development, because, in those areas, scientists working in Africa will have a competitive advantage.

Given that luxury goods provide individuals with a competitive advantage, higher luxury goods sales could indicate a brighter economic future for a country.

In this context, a key policy challenge is to set priorities and focus on niches where they could have a comparative or competitive advantage.

However, developing countries can only convert their competitive advantage into increased market shares if markets function in a way that is not impeded by distortions.

These are magnified in a globalized, liberalized and competitive international economic environment and with the increasing incidence of more devastating natural disasters.

At first sight, it seems counterintuitive that companies would want to share data and potentially give away competitive advantages. But this presupposes that the possession of such data does indeed imply a competitive advantage, and that a closed operating model is financially sustainable.

Competitive markets would ensure the best allocation of resources according to comparative advantage, securing the export revenues to import capital and intermediate goods to ensure faster growth.

Finished goods are increasingly subject to multi country and multi industry interventions, with individual enterprises in different countries specializing in specific production stages, according to their competitive advantage.

Article 48 The Company shall make detailed analysis on the general situation of the competition pattern in the industry as well as its position, its competitive advantage and disadvantage.

As developing country firms become more competitive through OFDI, they can contribute to the competitiveness of their home countries by increasing national productive capacity and productivity.

These measures have the double advantage of increasing long term crop productivity and enhancing uptake of CO2 from the atmosphere or abating CO2 emissions.

As detailed in our previous report, the Sports Association for Schools desires to set a goal of increasing the number of female pupils involved in competitive sports.

Developing countries have a clear export interest in professional services through the movement of people, and more recently have taken advantage of increasing outsourcing opportunities.

Once teaching reduces, if not eliminates, the original competitive advantage associated with a piece of research, academics and their funders are forced to seek new sources of advantage by producing new knowledge. In the process, the larger public those not involved in the original production of new knowledge benefit through classroom instruction.

The cost to automotive companies of installing equipment to neutralize the fumes emitted by diesel vehicles is also increasing, making it difficult to keep the price of the cars competitive.

Hong Kong and Singapore have played their cards astutely. The combination of an Asian market with strong Chinese connections and a system of English law and property rights continues to provide a powerful competitive advantage.

The new knowledge produced by original research is an instance of social capital formation. It results from academics and funders collaborating on projects that aim to increase the competitive advantage of each in their respective domains.

The competitive advantage of TNCs from developed countries often stems from the possession of superior process or product technology that at the same time is a key ingredient to economic development (as acknowledged in the MDGs).

Establish or strengthen appropriate mechanisms at the regional and sub regional levels to promote exchange of information on anti competitive practices and on the application of national and regional laws and policies in this area, and to assist each other to their mutual advantage regarding control of anti competitive practices at the regional and sub regional levels.

National competitive examinations

Some of these policies are driven by the desire to attain a competitive advantage, as is the case with China s support for green industries. But when voters are globally aware and environmentally conscious, good climate policy can also be good politics.

There is no evidence for Simon s assertion that a commitment to social or environmental values is undermining US companies competitiveness. In fact, recent evidence suggests the opposite social and environmental responsibility can be a source of long term competitive advantage.

Factors such as effective access to technology, information and distribution channels have become crucial for fostering a competitive tourism sector, including for increasing the participation of the poorest and most vulnerable countries in attracting tourist flows.

Is it cost competitive?

Is Finance Too Competitive?

She is overly competitive.

I. Anti competitive practices

(a) Competitive entry process

Because competition agencies appear to have a comparative advantage over regulators when it comes to enforcing prohibitions of anti competitive behaviour and reviewing mergers, such agencies should have exclusive jurisdiction in those domains, or at least retain concurrent jurisdiction along with a regulator.

It's a pre competitive issue.

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Other criteria besides currency market intervention are used to ascertain whether a currency is deliberately undervalued or, in the words of the International Monetary Fund's Articles of Agreement, manipulated for unfair competitive advantage. One criterion is an inappropriately large trade or current account surplus.

Germany s competitive advantage has less to do with chicanery than with how its firms are structured and the culture in which they operate. Germany s leading car company is an exception to the manufacturing rules that have driven the country s success, not an example of them.

China s rising trade surplus has led some observers to call for a revaluation of the renminbi to correct what they see as an unfair competitive advantage that China maintains in international markets. Others argue that the stable exchange rate fosters macroeconomic stability in China.

Recognizing the increasing demands on their time and the competitive nature of current labour markets, many young people point out that youth organizations are attracting constituents that are looking to build their skills and gain access to new opportunities.

Programme Component D.1 Competitive Manufacturing

Of these, programme components D.1 to D.6 will be aimed at improving the competitive ability of developing countries to produce increasing levels of MVA goods and services, and to develop their supply capacity and overcome barriers to market access.

Unlike the US dollar, there is no obvious way to put pressure on the European Central Bank to depreciate the currency in order to obtain a competitive advantage over other economies. European governments are not in a position to instruct the ECB to purchase government bonds.

What matters is dynamic comparative advantage, or comparative advantage in the long run, which can be shaped. Forty years ago, South Korea had a comparative advantage in growing rice.

PM That's Dimitri at his most competitive.

It's not just competitive, it's also caring.

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