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

Porter, M.E. (1990), The Competitive Advantage of Nations, Free Press, New York.

Provide business opportunities (vendor rationalization by eliminating non competitive firms and fostering competitive ones)

Namibia has also started to successfully exploit the competitive advantage in grape production alongside the Orange River.

However, in order for it to take advantage of export markets, its industry needed to become more 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.

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

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.

Since TML cannot maintain its competitive advantage without having a competitive vendor base, a three pronged approach to beneficial development and upgrading of its suppliers was developed to ensure an efficient process flow within the value chain

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.

451. The branches of industrial production in which women are most frequently employed centre on those in which they have greater competitive advantage than men.

The quality of such a working relationship might be a competitive advantage for a country in its own right in a globalizing and liberalizing world economy.

Firms in these industries locate strategically, according to where they can secure a competitive advantage vis a vis other firms in specific regional or global markets.

The quality of such a working relationship might be a competitive advantage for a country in its own right in a globalizing and liberalizing world economy.

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.

Another is to attract foreign patients to specialised clinics which provide high quality health care at competitive prices.

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.

She would provide a breakdown on as soon as possible of the number of appointments made through competitive examinations.

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.

Governments could provide subsidies and financing on a liberal and competitive basis and they could provide research and development, funding and facilities to encourage and facilitate technology transfer and could provide tax incentives to pioneering investors.

A cluster development strategy can help SMEs to overcome those obstacles and provide them with competitive advantages unattainable by individual enterprises.

The Cannes Summit should articulate a renewed commitment to consistent implementation of agreed regulatory reforms, and to minimizing divergence in national regulation that could create systemic risks or significant competitive advantage. The G 20 should provide the political support to develop a framework that relies on monitoring, consultation, mutual oversight, reporting, and publication.

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.

With regard to implementation of the medium term programme framework for 2006 2009, UNIDO should assist developing countries in exploiting their competitive advantage by linking local production chains and strengthening the SME sector.

Their citizens do not have experience with competition law and policy they may be unfamiliar with the benefits that competitive markets provide for them.

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.

National competitive examinations

It was suggested that such opportunities may be found in the sectors where developing countries have (i) natural and geographical advantages (ii) an education and training basis to provide skilled workers (iii)the competitive advantage provided by lower wages and(iv) the possibility to cut the cost of services further, utilizing the communication and transport technology.

You should take advantage of that. Take advantage of it?

The greater ability of professional associations to provide services which are better matched to SME needs was also identified as a potential advantage.

An assessment mission undertaken in Jordan in November 2004 showed that the EMPRETEC Programme can provide a competitive edge to SMEs in the global market.

Mutual 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).

A host of factors, in addition to technology, affect the competitive advantage of enterprises. These include labour costs and skills, financing, trade barriers, exchange rate fluctuations, marketing know how, production flexibility, and collaborative arrangements among firms.

The programmes also provide advice on how to take advantage of the services provided by community health care, maternal and childcare and social centres.

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.

Is it cost competitive?

Is Finance Too Competitive?

She is overly competitive.

I. Anti competitive practices