The process of globalization had largely affected the business environment for SMEs, and it was becoming increasingly important for firms to become internationally competitive, if they were to survive.

Equally important is to establish a competitive environment for ISPs.

In the past, agricultural development has prioritized large scale, capitalized forms of agriculture, neglecting smallholders who feed local communities. And governments have failed to protect agricultural workers from exploitation in an increasingly competitive environment.

Large firms face an increasingly fluid economic, technological, and political environment owing to more global and competitive markets, to the greater potential of technological change to alter firms business environment, and to governments growing influence over what makes business sense. In this fluid environment, large companies must be cautious before making large, long term commitments.

We basically tried to create the most competitive environment for our lab as possible.

UNIDIR's increasingly competitive programme brings young researchers from all over the world to work at UNIDIR for short periods.

In order to continue doing so, they need to be competitive in terms of production costs, and the trading environment has to allow competitive advantages to be decisive.

The legislative environment is becoming increasingly supportive of volunteering and the contribution that volunteering makes to individuals and societies is increasingly recognized.

It may also be necessary to develop new competitive technologies and innovative applications, especially at the level of increasingly export oriented enterprises.

The increasingly dynamic environment in which UNDP operates resulted in fluctuations within each major expenditure category.

Maintaining stability in the increasingly fragile security environment has remained a major challenge for the Mission.

The review and recommendations reflect a market environment that has become increasingly complex over the past decade.

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

Similarly, competition authorities are increasingly called upon to assess the potential anti competitive effects of mergers and acquisitions, that have either a domestic or an international dimension.

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.

For reform laggards like France, Italy, and Portugal, currency union with an increasingly competitive Germany is forcing an unwelcome choice between revving up their own reforms and permanent stagnation.

As companies increasingly enter bottom of the pyramid markets, concerns rightfully arise regarding the protection of consumers and the environment.

The European Community feasibility study requirements became increasingly dominant in the Bosnia and Herzegovina political environment during the reporting period.

The formidable challenge of developing countries is to create sustainable sources of livelihoods in an internationally competitive environment and thereby contribute to the achievement of the MDGs.

The result was an increasingly constrained environment for individuals fleeing persecution and violence, and for UNHCR seeking to secure their international protection.

The introduction of a competitive environment for access to the factors of production increases social differentiation in the countryside and polarizes agriculture into two types competitive modern faming systems oriented solely towards the market, and family subsistence farming, which embraces most of the workers on the land.

We need a democratic, competitive environment, initiative at all levels, an active civil society, and real public control. Only under such conditions will difficult problems lend themselves to solution.

Within this increasingly complex environment, UNICEF will pursue funding strategies that support common approaches to reducing transaction costs, streamlining operational processes and producing measurable results.

As investors learn more about Africa, they will increasingly see what it has to offer. Indeed, the cost of labor in Africa is competitive enough that Ethiopia could attract companies from countries as poor as Bangladesh.

As tariff barriers have come down, the unfair fair trade laws are increasingly being used as America's favored protectionist tool. Treating foreign and domestic firms the same with respect to competitive practices would stop these abuses.

National competitive examinations

Pull factors were a pro business environment and attractive government incentives in host countries, adequate infrastructure, competitive labour costs, availability of natural resources, and availability of strategic assets (technology, R D activities).

Collusion between private firms is a significant source of foreign anti competitive behaviour increasingly resulting in price and market rigging of cartels across developing countries that stifle competition in the markets of both developed and developing countries.

Is it cost competitive?

Is Finance Too Competitive?

She is overly competitive.

I. Anti competitive practices

(a) Competitive entry process

Moreover, with education increasingly becoming a lifelong pursuit, businesses must rethink their role in providing for a competitive workforce. Some companies have already grasped this and are investing in their employees continuous learning, re skilling, and up skilling.

Euro skepticism, on the other hand, and the looming threat of anti European populism, is directly linked to the idea that the EU is not merely incapable of offering a solution to the crisis, but in fact is part of the problem. So, although the EU represents our best hope of ensuring that Europe is internationally competitive in today s increasingly difficult environment, it is actually being blamed for globalization.

Tourists are increasingly looking for attractive, unpolluted places to visit, and involvement with tourism can also make local people more aware of the need to conserve the environment.

As demonstrated by many recent conflicts, the environment and human health are increasingly victims of violent conflict that does not respect established international conventions and norms of behaviour.

It's a pre competitive issue.

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As renewable energy becomes increasingly cost competitive with fossil fuels and energy consumption becomes more efficient, China will become better able to reduce emissions without undermining economic growth. According to a recent study by the Tsinghua MIT China Energy amp

Meanwhile, savers are being repressed, asset prices distorted, and incentives to maintain or even increase leverage enhanced. Competitive devaluations, even if they are not policymakers stated objectives, are becoming increasingly tempting though they will not solve the aggregate demand problem.

What was called for was an intensely competitive environment in which priority was given to new institutions based on scientific research and the mastery of technology, on which Tunisia spent 1 per cent of GDP.

In this respect, TNCs from the South can use their familiarity with the local business environment, geographical proximity and ethnic and cultural ties to leverage their competitive edge in other developing countries (Aykut and Ratha, 2004).

UNIDO draws on the wide industrial expertise of its staff and the resources of government, the private sector and other United Nations multilateral and national institutions to create productive employment, competitive economies and a sound environment.

The libraries will work to help staff and delegations deal with this increasingly complex environment through direct support services, which will be addressed at the actual location of the problem.