Competitive Environment

• Competitive Environment

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Credit card Rewards

1 With a fractured and competitive environment, rewards points cut

dramatically into an issuer's bottom line, and rewards points and related

incentives must be carefully managed to ensure a profitable

portfolio


Harvard Law School - 20th century: Institutional criticism

1 Harvard Law was often believed to be a

competitive environment


Telecommunications in Thailand

1 After the 2006 Thailand coup d'état in September 2006, Prime Minister

Surayud Chulanont announced plans to merge TOT with CAT Telecom in order to operate a 'Telecom Pool'

where providers rent the ability to be able to operate rather than receiving a concession with hopes that the new

system will create a more competitive environment driving

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Telecommunications in Latvia - Telephones

1 The telecom regulator SPRK tries to provide a competitive environment so that new operators can compete with Lattelecom which owns most of

the last-mile connections.


Telecommunications in Burkina Faso

1 Mobile phone technology has skyrocketed in Burkina Faso in the last decade, growing from 2,700 subscribers in 1998 to 398,000 in 2004. Mobile phone subscribers now represent 83%

of all telephone users in the country. (International Telecommunication Union,

2006). The mobile telephone segment has benefitted from a competitive environment between operators Celtel, Télécel Faso, and Telmob, which has pushed rates down even

as density and coverage area increased.


Global marketing - Disadvantages

1 Differences in brand and product development and the



Comparative advertising - History

1 The FTC argued that this form of advertising could also stimulate

comparison shopping, encourage product improvement and

innovation, and foster a positive competitive environment


ITU-T - History

1 In 1992, the Plenipotentiary Conference (the top policy-making conference of ITU) saw a

reform of ITU, giving the Union greater flexibility to adapt to an increasingly complex,

interactive and competitive environment. It was at this time that CCITT was renamed the Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T), as one of three Sectors of the Union alongside the Radiocommunication Sector

(ITU-R) and the Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D).


The Hindu - Modern history

1 Ram was appointed on 27 June 2003 as its editor-in-chief with a mandate to "improve the structures and other

mechanisms to uphold and strengthen quality and objectivity in news reports and opinion pieces",

authorised to "restructure the editorial framework and functions in

line with the competitive environment"


Telecommunications in Iran - Privatization

1 The privatization and introduction of a second operator has created a significantly more competitive environment which has led to

significant cost reductions for mobile owners and service benefits.


Sporting Clube de Portugal - Football

1 The club's football department has developed an increasingly

professionalized profile which operates in an increasingly

competitive environment in both Portugal and Europe


Recruitment process outsourcing - History

1 Everest Group estimates the current size of the RPO market at US$1.4billion in

annualized spend with a growth rate of over 25% in 2010-11. The process has moved

beyond a nascent stage to a highly competitive environment with multiple

service providers and more complex forms of RPO such as multi-country RPO and

blended RPO (managing permanent and temporary hires within the same

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Competition law - United States antitrust

1 Prof Rudolph Peritz has argued that competition law in the United States has evolved around two sometimes conflicting concepts of competition: first that of individual liberty, free of

government intervention, and second a fair competitive environment free

of excessive economic power


Pakistan - Media and entertainment

1 In the fierce competitive environment that followed

commercial interests became paramount and quality journalism

gave way to sensationalism


1973 oil crisis - Soviet reaction

1 This competitive environment, beneficial to the regional states

involved, was mitigated sharply after 1970


Plasmids

1 Plasmids may carry genes that provide resistance to naturally

occurring antibiotics in a competitive environmental niche, or the proteins produced may act as toxins under

similar circumstances


E-cycling - Sale

1 Online auctions are an alternative for consumers willing to resell for cash

less fees, in a complicated, self-managed, competitive environment where paid listings might not sell.

Online classified ads can be similarly risky due to forgery scams and

uncertainty.


Comparative advertising - History

1 The FTC argued that this form of advertising could also stimulate

comparison shopping, encourage product improvement and

innovation, and foster a positive competitive environment.C.L


Television series - Budgets and revenues

1 Once the number of 'free to air' stations was restricted by the

availability of television channel|channel frequencies, but cable TV

(outside the USA, satellite television) technology has allowed an expansion in the number of channels available to viewers (sometimes at premium rates) in a much more competitive

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Departmentalization - Popular Types of Departmentalization

1 Owing to the complexity of tasks and the competitive environment in

which organisations operate, they often use a combination of the above-mentioned methods in

departmentalization.


Insurance law - United States

1 Other issues of insurance law may arise when price fixing occurs

between insurers, creating an unfair competitive environment for

consumers


Dental tourism - Pricing and quality

1 Though they may encourage a level of competition between dentists, this

will only happen in a competitive environment where supply and demand are closely matched.


Credit cards - Rewards

1 With a fractured and competitive environment, rewards points cut

dramatically into an issuer's bottom line, and rewards points and related

incentives must be carefully managed to ensure a profitable

portfolio (finance)|portfolio


Electricity market - History

1 They were conceived as the way to handle the vastly increased number of transactions that take place in a



Strategic information system - Gaining competitive advantage

1 Strategic system, thus, attempt to match Information Services resources to strategic business opportunities where the computer systems will have an impact on the products

and the business operations. Planning for strategic systems is not defined by calendar cycles or routine reporting. It is defined by

the effort required to impact the competitive environment and the strategy of a firm at the

point in time that management wants to move on the idea.


Loss aversion - Questions about the existence of loss aversion

1 Loss aversion may be more salient when people compete. Gill and

Prowse (2012) provide experimental evidence that people are loss averse

around reference points given by their expectations in a competitive

environment with real effort.


Studebaker - First auto proving ground

1 By 1929, the sales list had been expanded to 50 models and business

was so good that 90 per cent of earnings were being paid out as

dividends to shareholders in a highly competitive environment


Strategic planning - Situational analysis

1 Analysis of the competitive environment is also performed, many

times based on the framework suggested by Michael Porter.


Co-curricular activity (Singapore) - Competitions

1 Many CCA-related competitions are held in Singapore, creating a

competitive environment which provide CCA groups an objective to

work towards.


Trainer Card - Tournament Play

1 POP runs a season for these tournaments, which allows players to earn larger prizes and play in a more

competitive environment in comparison to League


Job interview - Validity and predictive power

1 Honesty and integrity are attributes that can be very hard to determine

using a formal job interview process: the competitive environment of the job interview may in fact promote dishonesty. Some experts on job interviews express a degree of cynicism towards the process.


Leonidas I - Life

1 Plutarch has recorded the following: When someone said to him: 'Except for being king you are

not at all superior to us,' Leonidas son of Anaxandridas and brother of Cleomenes replied: 'But were I not better than you, I should not be king.'Plutarch on Sparta, Sayings of Spartans,

Leonidas son of Anaxandridas, #1 As the product of the agoge, Leonidas is unlikely to have been referring to his royal blood alone but rather

suggesting that he had, like his brother Dorieus, proven superior capability in the competitive

environment of Spartan training and society, and that he believed this made him qualified to rule.


Weird City - Critical Reception

1 In an increasingly competitive environment, successful cities must be acutely aware of how they are

viewed by potential residents, businesses, and other sources of

capital


ASK Corporation - Decline and sale (1990–1994)

1 In 1992 ASK was restructured to better reflect the nature of its operations. The company was renamed ASK Group, Inc., and comprised three business unitsmdash; ASK Computer Systems,

Data 3, and Ingres. With the merger of ASK and Ingres completed, Kurtzig replaced herself as CEO in 1991, but remained non-executive chairman until 1992. Although ASK appeared to be on solid footing to face the computer

industry's challenging, competitive environment, its fortunes continued to decline.


Sears - Employee relations

1 Sears has struggled with employee relations. One notable example was the shift in 1992

from an hourly wage based on longevity to a base wage (usually anywhere from $3.50 to $6 per hour) and commissions ranging from

1% to 11%. This new base wage, often constituting a substantial (up to 40%) cut in pay, was done to be successful in this highly competitive environment.600-plus Sears jobs to be cut Chicago Tribune February 13, 1992


Real-time business intelligence - Evolution of RTBI

1 In today’s competitive environment with high consumer expectation, decisions that are

based on the most current data available to improve customer relationships, increase

revenue, maximize operational efficiencies, and yes – even save lives. This technology is

real-time business intelligence. Real-time business intelligence systems provide the

information necessary to strategically improve an enterprise’s processes as well as to take tactical advantage of events as they occur.


Navteq - Karlin Collins, Inc.

1 A competitive environment was quickly arising with Etak (automotive navigation systems)|Etak being the most notable. Etak's offering was an

in-car system that showed your location on the map but did not offer

directions.


Claremont Graduate University - Getty Leadership Institute

1 [ http://www.cgu.edu/gli The Getty Leadership Institute] at Claremont Graduate University is a leading source of continuing professional

development for current and future leaders of museums and other

nonprofit institutions. New technologies, shifts in philanthropic

patterns, and a vigorously competitive environment challenge

institutional leaders to think strategically.


Transaction cost - Examples

1 Once the contract is awarded to the supplier, the relationship between

customer and supplier changes from a competitive environment to a

monopoly/monopsony relationship, known as a bilateral monopoly


Creative city - Origins

1 Education did not prepare students for the demands of the new world; organization,

management and leadership with its control ethos and hierarchical focus did

not provide the flexibility, adaptability and resilience to cope in the emerging

competitive environment; cities whose atmosphere, look and feel were industrial and where quality of design was low were

not attractive and competitive


Organizing (management) - Delegation

1 Delegation is the process managers use to transfer authority and

responsibility to positions below them. Organizations today tend to

encourage delegation from highest to lowest possible levels. Delegation

can improve flexibility to meet customers’ needs and adaptation to competitive environments. Managers

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Kellogg School of Management - Students and culture

1 Kellogg is known for its collaborative culture as opposed to a more

competitive environment in most of the other top business schools. Most of the classes require several group

works during classes or outside which require acute interpersonal

skills from the students.


Tendency of the rate of profit to fall - Criticisms

1 # Capitalists operating in a competitive environment may not have any choice about investing in

new technologies, to keep or expand their market share, even if doing so raises the pressure for all of them to spend an ever larger share of their

income on newest technology, thereby reducing the available surplus to finance expansion of

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Institute of Actuaries of Australia - Continued Professional Development

1 Improving and developing actuarial knowledge, skills and networks in an

ever changing and competitive environment is vital. The Actuaries Institute’s Continued Professional

Development program helps maintain the high levels of expertise and professional standards required

by an actuary.


Judson University - Athletics

1 Judson also offers a variety of summer sports camps open to the

community. The camps are designed to give students (through grade 12)

the opportunity to develop and enhance their skills in sports in a

non-competitive environment. Summer camps offered at Judson

include:


Reid Hoffman - PayPal

1 Allen Blue, whom Hoffman hired at PayPal, said that “PayPal had to

scratch and claw for every advantage it had and Reid became

an expert at competing effectively in an extremely competitive

environment


Brand architecture

1 'Brand architecture' may be defined as an integrated process of brand

building through establishing brand relationships among branding

options in the competitive environment. The brand architecture of an organization at any time is, in

large measure, a legacy of past management decisions as well as the

competitive realities it faces in the marketplace.


Substance dependence - Addiction as the result of an evolutionary mismatch

1 In a physically competitive environment, aggression could

be beneficial


Inequality of bargaining power - Historical development

1 This means that much labour is supplied merely out of necessity,

than free choice (shifting the supply curve to the right) and it is a false kind of competitive environment


Economic history of Germany - Social market economy

1 The only state role in the new West German economy was to protect the

competitive environment from monopolistic or oligopolistic

tendencies—including its own


First-mover advantage - Incumbent inertia

1 These firms are sometimes unable to be sustained in a changing and competitive

environment


Innovation leadership - Competition Collaboration Paradox

1 The competition Collaboration Paradox involves a leader developing

open external relationships with other organizations in order to discover potential innovation

opportunities while at the same time ensuring that the organization’s

emerging ideas are protected in a competitive environment.


Robert H. Frank - Books

1 * What Price the Moral High Ground? Ethical Dilemmas in Competitive

Environments. Princeton: Princeton University Press 2004


Monopolistic competition - Problems

1 There are unique information and information processing costs

associated with selecting a brand in a monopolistically competitive

environment


Public health insurance - Policy discussion

1 efficiency). A range of measures, such as better payment methods, have improved the microeconomic

incentives facing providers. However, introducing improved incentives

through a more competitive environment among providers and

insurers has proved difficult.


Standardization of Office Open XML - Post-adoption quotes

1 I think the one thing that we would acknowledge and that we were

frustrated with is that, by the time we realised what was going on and the competitive environment that was underway, we were late and

there was a lot of catch-up


Internet in Iran - Privatization

1 The privatization and introduction of a second operator has created a significantly more competitive environment which has led to

significant cost reductions for mobile owners and service benefits.


Municipal broadband - Advantages

1 In this way, governments are able to create a competitive environment where the network owner does not

determine which services consumers can receive


Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport - History

1 American Airlines considered establishing an Atlanta hub around the time of Eastern's demise, but

determined that Delta was already too strong there, and that the

competitive environment was more favorable at Eastern's other hub in Miami International Airport|Miami.


Artistic gymnastics

1 Artistic gymnastics is a popular spectator sport at the Summer

Olympic Games and in numerous other competitive environments.


Diamond model - Criticism

1 Porter has used the diamond model when consulting with the

governments of CanadaPorter, M.E., the Monitor Company, Canada at the

crossroads: The reality of a new competitive environment, Business

Council on National Issues and Minister of Supply and Services of

the Government of Canada, Ottawa


CZ.NIC - Commercial Registrars

1 The aim of this measure was to separate the technical aspects of the operation of the registration system

from the operation by domain names’ end holders and to introduce

competitive environment, which would bring better services and lower prices, into the registration process


Retail concentration

1 In this case the HHI is 0,0944 (not concentrated market, even if not highly competitive environment).

Standardised from 0 to 1, the value is 0,0378 (very low…).


Public Sector Marketing - 3rd case: possible exchange / relationship subject to constraint

1 Owing to the absence of freedom in the relationship that is established between the administration and the service user, it is not possible to apply all marketing principles –

regarding, for example, the segmentation of needs, expectations or behaviours, or the positioning of the service offering (due to little or no competitive environment, the absence of any possible differentiation in

terms of service fee, etc.)


New York Jets - Cheerleading squad

1 The Jets Junior Flight Crew was established in 2010 offering children

the opportunity to train with the Flight Crew while improving their

talent and abilities in a non-competitive environment.


Shift 2: Unleashed - Spin-off

1 GameTrailers rated the game an 8.9/10, saying how it Refines the strengths of the first game and extends their value indefinitely

through the competitive environment of autolog. There aren't any

breakthrough new features here, but this is a racer that will constantly

push you to improve and make you sweat under the pressure.


Place branding - Competition of a globalizing world

1 Proponents of place branding argue that this heightened competitive

environment makes it important for places, no matter their size or

composition, to clearly differentiate themselves and to convey why they

are relevant and valued options.


NextGen Series

1 The 'NextGen Series' was a European football club cup competition for under-19

footballers. It was designed to provide players with the opportunity to match

themselves against other elite European footballers of their age group in a

competitive environment. The competition was created by sports TV producer Justin

Andrews and current Brentford F.C.|Brentford Manager Mark Warburton.


Social loafing - Reducing social loafing

1 According to Dan J. Rothwell, it takes the three Cs of motivation to get a

group moving: collaboration, content, and choice. Thus, the answer to

social loafing may be motivation. A competitive environment may not necessarily get group members

motivated.


Single market - Benefits and costs

1 Consumers are benefited by the single market in the sense that the

competitive environment brings them cheaper products, more

efficient providers of products and also increased choice of products


Sears.com - Employee relations

1 Sears has struggled with employee relations. One notable example was the shift in 1992

from an hourly wage based on longevity to a base wage (usually anywhere from $3.50 to $6 per hour) and commissions ranging from

0.5% to 11%. This new base wage, often constituting a substantial (up to 40%) cut in pay, was done to be successful in this highly competitive environment.600-plus Sears jobs to be cut Chicago Tribune February 13, 1992


Art of the United Kingdom - Early 18th century

1 Medina had first worked in London, but in mid-career moved to the less

competitive environment of Edinburgh, where he dominated portraiture of the Scottish elite


Product service system - Impact of PSSes

1 From a manufacturer's perspective, the business potential of a PSS is determined by an interplay of four mechanisms: cost reduction, increased

customer value, changes to the company's competitive environment and an expansion of

the customer base.Van Ostaeyen (2014). Analysis of the Business Potential of Product-Service Systems for Investment Goods. PhD

thesis, KU Leuven. p.39 ISBN 978-94-6018-805-3 https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/123456789/429

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EGovernment in Europe - Portugal

1 * guaranteeing a telecommunications' competitive environment in the Portuguese

market;


Cliff Stearns - Solyndra Investigation

1 The company, which faced a highly competitive environment, went

bankrupt and was raided by the FBI for possible fraud


Clinch fighting - Grappling techniques

1 In competitive environments examples of such clothing would be the Judogi, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu gi or the

Kurtka.


Bids for the 1996 Summer Olympics - Background

1 In his defense, ACOG Chairman Billy Payne said, Atlanta's bidding effort included excessive actions, even

thought processes, that today seem inappropriate but, at the time,

reflected the prevailing practices in the selection process and an

extremely competitive environment


Uri Gneezy - Selected Publicationshttp://management.ucsd.edu/faculty/directory/gneezy/pu

b/docs/cv-gneezy.pdf

1 * Gneezy, U., M. Niederle, and A. Rustichini “Performance in

competitive environments: Gender differences,” Quarterly Journal of

Economics, August 2003, pp.1049–74.http://management.ucsd.edu/facu

lty/directory/gneezy/pub/docs/gender-differences.pdf


John Boyd (military strategist) - The OODA Loop

1 In 2007, strategy writer Robert Greene (author)|Robert Greene discussed the loop in a post

called OODA and You.Greene, Robert. [http://powerseductionandwar.com/ooda-and-

you/ OODA and You.] Power, Seduction and War: The Blog of Robert Greene. Retrieved:

September 7, 2011. He insisted that it was deeply relevant to any kind of competitive

environment: business, politics, sports, even the struggle of organisms to survive, and claimed to

have been initially struck by its brilliance.


Advanced manufacturing - Successful Manufacturers

1 Other sources define advanced manufacturers as those that

“succeed” in today’s competitive environment


U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century - Recapitalizing America's strengths in science and education

1 *doubling the federal research and development budget by 2010, and

instituting a more competitive environment for the allotment of

those funds


Cost curve - Long-run average cost curve (LRAC)

1 All points along the LRAC are productively efficient, by definition,

but not all are equilibrium points in a long-run perfectly competitive

environment.


Customer retention

1 Customer retention is more than giving the customer what they expect, it’s about

exceeding their expectations so that they become loyal advocates for your brand.

Creating customer loyalty puts ‘customer value rather than maximizing profits and

shareholder value at the center of business strategy’. The key differentiation in a competitive environment is often the

delivery of a consistently high standard of customer service.


Forward contract - Theories of why a forward contract exists

1 Allaz and Vila (1993) suggest that there is also a strategic reason (in an imperfect competitive environment) for the existence of forward trading, that is, forward trading can be used even in a world without uncertainty.

This is due to firms having Stackelberg competition|Stackelberg

incentives to anticipate their production through forward

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Hauptschule - Problems

1 In these areas, in many cases, the Hauptschule is not a school of first

choice for a student and is attended by students, of whom is believed that

they for a number of reasons may not profit from the more competitive

environment of other schools.


Virtonomics - Gameplay

1 Virtonomics resembles Trevor Chan's business simulation game Capitalism 2. It

simulates the basic principles and processes of businesses in a competitive environment.

There are no predefined victory or failure conditions, and the game does not end.

Players define their own end goals for the game, and try achieve them using strategy

and tactics. Typically, the main goal is to build a successful business amidst

competition.


New York Knicks - Rebuilding (2008ndash;2010)

1 At the introductory press conference, Walsh, while not proclaiming to be a savior, did set goals which included getting the team under the salary

cap and bringing back a competitive environment


Ambidextrous organization - Two Models

1 However, in a high-competitive environment, balanced structures

may be better prepared to deal with the constant need for alignment


Ambidextrous organization - Related Moderators

1 Although they were not directly testing an ambidextrous orientation,

results indicated a positive performance effect of simultaneously pursuing exploitative and exploratory innovation under high dynamic and

competitive environments


Ambidextrous organization - Related Moderators

1 Boundary conditions were also addressed on choosing between structural and contextual

ambidexterity. For example, spatial separation was suggested as an appropriate solution for

environments characterized by long periods of stability, disrupted by rare events of

discontinuous change. Research also found that firms operating in dynamic competitive

environments rely on contextual ambidexterity rather than developing spatially separated units

(Jansen, van den Bosch, Henk Volberda|Volberda, 2005).


United States Air Force Academy - Athletics

1 The program is designed to enhance the physical conditioning of all cadets, to develop the physical skills necessary for officership, to teach leadership in a competitive environment

and to build character.[http://www.usafa.af.mil/superintendent/pa/factsheets/athletic.htm Athletics, USAFA Fact Sheet, April 2006] The primary elements

of the athletic program are intercollegiate athletics, intramural athletics, physical

education, and the physical fitness tests.


PayPal Mafia - Legacy

1 An intensely competitive environment and a shared struggle

to keep the company solvent despite many setbacks also contributed to a

strong and lasting camaraderie amongst former employees.


Porter's four corners model - Strengths

1 Porter's four corners model provides a Conceptual framework|framework that ties competitor's capabilities to their assumptions of the competitive

environment and their underlying motivations


École supérieure de commerce de Rennes - Masters and Executive MBA

1 *Rethink a company's strategy, structure, and processes and adapt them to a global and competitive

environment


Historical European martial arts - Umbrella groups

1 In 2001 the Historical European Martial Arts Coalition (HEMAC) was created to act as an umbrella organization for groups in Europe, with 4 sets of goals: martial (reconstruct historical

martial arts from primary sources; refine interpretations into viable, effective martial arts; test martial skills in a variety of

competitive environments), research (locate, transcribe, translate primary sources; have a better understanding of the socio-

historical context of the arts), outreach (promote and publicise HEMA; dispel misconceptions stereotypes; educate the general public) and community (establish a network of individuals and

groups devoted to HEMA; foster close friendships and a sense of community among members; organise at least one annual

HEMAC event).http://www.hemac.org/index.php?site=manifesto Since 2002, HEMAC has organized the annual International

Historical European Martial arts Gathering in Dijon, France.http://hemac-dijon.com/en/


Jujutsu - Description

1 In jujutsu, practitioners train in the use of many potentially fatal moves. However, because students mostly

train in a non-competitive environment, risk is minimized.

Students are taught break falling skills to allow them to safely practice

otherwise dangerous throw (grappling)|throws.


Electricity sector in Argentina - Policy and regulation

1 Argentine law guarantees access to the grid in order to create a

competitive environment and to allow generators to serve customers

anywhere in the country.


Gutzon Borglum - Background

1 Borglum was highly suited to the competitive environment surrounding the contracts for public buildings and monuments, and his public sculpture is sited all around the United States.


Tropical rainforest - Buttress roots

1 Instead of penetrating to deeper soil layers, buttress roots create a

widespread root network at the surface for more efficient uptake of nutrients in a very nutrient poor and



1973 energy crisis - Soviet reaction

1 This competitive environment, beneficial to the regional states

involved, was mitigated sharply after 1970


East Grinstead Hockey Club - History

1 In order to gain experience of playing in a more competitive

environment the men's 2nd XI and 3rd XI both made their debut in the

London Higgins League, with the 2nd XI finished in top half of the Premier Division, while the 3rd XI entered the

League in Division 2 and won promotion to Division 1 by finishing

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Coxsone Dodd - Biography

1 With the success of his sound system, and in a competitive

environment, Dodd would make trips through the US looking for new tunes

to attract the Jamaican public


China Life Insurance - History

1 The increasingly competitive environment led to a need to change

PICC's structure. In 1996, the company reorganized as a holding company, called PICC Group. Its

operations were then broken up into three subsidiaries, PICC Life, PICC

Property, and PICC Reinsurance. PICC Group initially operated under the

control of the People's Bank of China.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-competitive-environment-toolkit.html

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (soundtrack) - Box office

1 Executive producer Martin Moszkowicz blamed the weak opening in the United

States on a strongly competitive environment, including competition from

You're Next and The World's End (film)|The World's End, as well as strong holdovers The

Butler and We're the Millers. Moszkowicz was confident saying it was still too early to call, with the film still rolling out release in

more territories worldwide.


Southeastern Conference - SECU academic programs

1 The 'SEC MBA Case Competition' are graduate level competitions provide

an opportunity for SEC business schools to showcase their students’

skills at solving simulated, real-world problems that cover the spectrum of

business disciplines (e.g., organizational dynamics, budgeting,

capitalization, competitive environment, etc.)


Pokémon Trading Card Game - Tournament Play

1 POP runs a season for these tournaments, which allows players to earn larger prizes and play in a more

competitive environment in comparison to League


Ministry of Transport (Malaysia) - Objective

1 * To provide a competitive environment for the transport

industry.


GSX-R - The first GSX-R

1 It was into this competitive environment that Suzuki dropped the

first GSX-R, it too a 750cc model ready to race in the new size

mandated by AMA Superbike rules


Financial Interest and Syndication Rules - Changes in Financial Interest and Syndication Rules

1 The fin-syn rules created two well-defined periods that might be considered

characteristics of the multi-channel transition. First; rise of independent studios that provided a competitive environment. Second; media companies like The Walt

Disney Company, Viacom (original)|Viacom, News Corporation and Time Warner made

purchases that combined studio and networks to create new kinds of corporate

entities.


Financial Interest and Syndication Rules - Changes in Financial Interest and Syndication Rules

1 Throughout the 1970s into the mid-1990s, the fin-syn rules broke a few

network-era norms that created programming well before the

adjustments to the multi-channel transition. This also led to the creation of a fluid competitive

environment between network and studios, however this did not last

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Economy of India under the British Raj - The absence of industrialisation during the colonial period

1 The above explanation contains a serious flaw. The analysis ignores the fact that under British rule, India did not operate in a free and competitive

environment. Quite the opposite. Once British rule through the East

India Company was consolidated by the late 1700s the British dismantled India's advanced textile industry that

was in direct competition to the developing British textile industry.


Economy of India under the British Raj - The absence of industrialisation during the colonial period

1 Since the Middle Ages, Indian textiles such as muslin were revered around the world and were produced at a

cost that the British and Europeans could not compete with. So once the British ruled India they did what they

couldn't do in a freely competitive environment. They forcefully shut

down the competition.


Cash crops - Sustainability of cash crops

1 Sustainable market transformations are initiated in which industry leaders

work together in a pre-competitive environment to change market

conditions


Grambling State University - Tiger Marching Band

1 *In 2006, Season of the Tiger, a six-part docudrama aired, following members of the Grambling State University (LA) marching

band and football team during the 2005-2006 football season. Produced by DAFT films and Black Entertainment Television (BET), Season of the Tiger was the second BET reality show

to focus on life at a historically black institution (HBCU), and the first to highlight the competitive environment of marching

bands at some HBCUs.


Gwadar port - Operations

1 In a highly competitive environment, in order to enable Gwadar to

compete with its regional peers, the port fees was kept low by allowing a wide range of tax concessions to the PSA International to cut operational

and business costs


Football in Thailand - Youth football

1 Bangkok Youth League provides the top level of youth football in Bangkok

with a membership that includes teams from Thai Premiership

Academies, such as BEC Tero and Chonburi Sharks, as well as local and

International Academies such as iPlay Soccer Schools. It provides a

structured, competitive environment for over 1000 players aged 6–16

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Christian Giménez (1981) - Argentina

1 From a very early age, Giménez was playing Association football|football

in a competitive environment


Eurasian Land Bridge - Russia to China via Mongolia

1 This line's capacity, however, is limited by its being single-

track.Economist Intelligence Unit; Hisako Tsuji,

[http://www.erina.or.jp/en/Research/dp/pdf/0409e.pdf A competitive

environment for linking the TSR TKR]


Harlequin F.C. - League rugby and the professional era

1 With the introduction of leagues in 1987 bringing a more competitive

environment, the Quins maintained their status in the Premier Division as

one of England's top 12 clubs until 2005.


Red vs. Blue - Seasons 9 10 (Project Freelancer)

1 The Freelancers were trained and ranked against each other, creating a highly competitive environment and leading to a rivalry between agent

Carolina and agent Texas


Northwestel - Modern corporate history

1 Northwestel, as of 2007, is regulated more closely like all other companies in Canada — price regulation and a split rate base — that is appropriate

to the highly competitive environment in which they operate; Northwestel does not have a split

rate base, however.


Price gouging

1 The term is not in widespread use in Mainstream economics|mainstream economic

theory, but is sometimes used to refer to practices of a coercive monopoly which raises

prices above the market rate that would otherwise prevail in a competitive

environment.http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/kudlow061400.asp Alternatively, it may refer to suppliers' benefiting to excess from a

short-term change in the demand curve.


Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students - Entrepreneurship bootcamp

1 Attendees present their business plans and products in a competitive

environment, including a product showcase and pitch competition,

attended by investors


Electronics industry in Bangladesh - History

1 Since 1994, after Bangladesh's integration into the free market

agreement, all kinds of commodities including electronic products began to be imported freely, which created

a competitive environment


Euhedral

1 'Euhedral' crystals are those that are well-formed with sharp, easily recognised faces. The opposite is 'anhedral': A rock with an anhedral rock microstructure|texture is

composed of mineral grains that have no well formed crystal faces or cross-section shape in thin section. Anhedral crystal growth occurs in a competitive environment with no free space for the formation of crystal faces. An intermediate texture with some crystal face

formation is termed 'subhedral'.


The Paper Chase (TV series) - Season 1

1 James T. Hart is a law student from rural Minnesota who enters the

intensely competitive environment of Harvard Law School. He has chosen Harvard specifically to study with Professor Charles Kingsfield, the

world's leading authority on contract law. Kingsfield inspires both awe and fear in his students in his unremitting

determination to prepare them for the practice of law.


Banca Comercială Română - Strategy

1 The BCR strategy takes into consideration the current economic

environment and the potential trends of the Romanian finance-banking

market and decides that BCR must distinguish itself in a competitive

environment by embracing an approach focused on the client’s

needs.


David Starkey - Early years and education

1 Starkey blamed the episode on the unfamiliar experience of being in a

highly competitive environment


Natalie Mejia - Candice Craig

1 Candice developed her talents in the competitive environment of Miami-

Dade County’s Magnet Schools Program for the Performing Arts during her elementary and high

school years


Neighborhood Playhouse - History

1 The Neighborhood Playhouse also offers Playhouse Juniors, a popular

Saturday training program for children in grades 1-12. Children

attend a fixed curriculum of singing, acting and dancing classes in a non-

competitive environment.


Premier League International Cup

1 The 'Premier League International Cup' is an English association football|football

competition for U21 players from across Europe.http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/news/news/2014-15/oct/premier-league-

international-cup-launched.html It was designed to provide players in English

Category One academies with the opportunity to match themselves against other elite European footballers from their age group in a competitive environment


Mill Valley Film Festival

1 The 'Mill Valley Film Festival' is an annual, non-competitive film festival

presented by the California Film Institute. Known as a filmmakers’

festival, the annual 11-day festival, based in Mill Valley, California, offers a non-competitive environment for

exhibiting the best cinema from around the world.


Strategic plan - Inputs

1 Inputs are gathered to help support an understanding of the competitive

environment and its opportunities and risks


Strategic plan - Activities

1 Strategic planning activities include meetings and other communication among the organization's leaders and personnel to

develop a common understanding regarding the competitive environment and

what the organization's response to that environment (its strategy) should be. A

variety of strategic planning tools (described in the section below) may be completed as part of strategic planning

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Strategic plan - Strategic planning vs. financial planning

1 Simply extending financial statement projections into the future without consideration of the competitive environment is a form of financial

planning or budgeting, not strategic planning


Strategic plan - Strategic planning vs. strategic thinking

1 Further, strategic planning functions remote from the front lines or contact with the competitive

environment (i.e., in business, facing the customer where the effect of

competition is most clearly evident) may not be effective at supporting

strategy efforts.


Het Laatste Nieuws - History

1 When television broadcasting started in Belgium in 1954, the competitive

environment became more challenging and the newspaper had

to modernize its activity


Rivadavia-class battleship

1 Argentina was able to play this hyper-competitive environment to its own advantage by rejecting all of the initial proposals and calling for new ones that required the best aspects

of each


International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation - Patient Counselling and Clinical Skills

1 Patient counselling is a primary duty of pharmacists as public health educators.

Patient Counselling Events demonstrate and promote the importance of communication

skills in drug therapy and disease management, in the patient-health provider

relationship, and in encouraging concordance and compliance. Such events foster effective communication and patient

interaction in fun and competitive environments.


Buena Vista University - ROTC program

1 The program is designed to give students tools, training and

experiences that will help them succeed in any competitive

environment.


Stefan Frei - Professional

1 Frei played started most games in the first half of 201 but faced some injuries, after resting a few games backup keeper Miloš Kocić strung

together several strong performances creating a highly competitive environment at the

position


Madame Berthe's mouse lemur

1 murinus) within a homogeneous competitive

environment


Malay Annals - Significance

1 These chronicles became an important source of instruction for

Melaka's successor regimes, as they enshrined the sanctity and authority of a Malay ruler (daulat), his role in

maintaining the cohesion of the realm, and legitimated the

increasingly absolutist visage these states adopted in the competitive

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