Sentences with phrase «acquisition than developing»

Big companies know they are better at company acquisition than developing new ideas in house.

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He commanded a huge price because his acquirer thought the acquisition gave them critical capabilities faster than they could develop those capabilities on their own.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Cash on balance sheets remains three - to - five times higher than other developed market peers, and corporate governance reforms are encouraging delivery of excess capital to shareholders via share buybacks, dividends and acquisitions.

He concluded that since the overwhelming emphasis of these courses were upon skills acquisition and refinement, rather than any serious consideration of theories or theologies of communication, «the discipline is not considered important enough to warrant exclusive attention» in theological education.An overly pragmatic concept of speech instruction illustrates what Amos Wilder once warned against while developing his Theopoetic:

She is CEO of PsychoGenics Inc., a profitable preclinical CNS service company, CEO of PGI Drug Discovery LLC, a company engaged in psychiatric drug discovery with three partnered Phase II clinical programs and Adjunct Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Dr. Leahy has more than 25 years of experience in drug discovery, clinical develop and business development for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including extensive knowledge of technology assessment, licensing, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic planning.

Perhaps it is this which has prompted a recent move away from the issues, and towards developing ESD (GC) as a learner centred initiative, focusing more on the development of skills and values than on the acquisition of knowledge.

You may save money at the time of initial acquisition of the software, but in the long run, the cost of your personnel and the time they spend developing the LMS will be just as expensive (or even more so) than if you had purchased proprietary software.

Even with the Motorola acquisition, it will be much easier for Samsung to quickly develop an operating system than it will be for Google to make large quantities of devices.

Rather than paying dividends, managers of growth - focused companies typically reinvest profits in the business by purchasing equipment, executing a merger or acquisition, or developing new products and lines of business.

Speaking to Joystiq about their recent acquisition of a large chunk of THQ's catalogue, the topic of Darksiders 3 came up and Pollice was more than happy to chat briefly about it, saying that Nordic really want to take their time with a sequel and ensure that it gets the treatment it deserves, the first step of which is finding the right people to develop it:

While these relationships lay a path forward to improving seasonal predictions of ice conditions in the region, developing an operational prediction scheme would require more timely acquisition of Bering Strait heat inflow data than is presently possible.

Music's worse than many other areas, largely because so much of the material involves complex cognitive and / or physical skill - building in addition to knowledge acquisition — developing musicians literally have a whole lot of brain «re-wiring» to do.

Rather than dismantling deal data rooms following acquisitions by private equity sponsors, the team has developed a solution whereby deal data rooms are converted for ongoing data management purposes and kept alive in a cost - effective way to assist with preparing portfolio companies for their future sale.

Well, after endless rumors and its acquisition of Viv, an AI platform developed by none other than the makers of Siri, the South Korean company finally unveiled Bixby.

Samsung is hoping that Bixby doesn't suffer the same fate and seemingly recognized its weakness with S Voice through the acquisition of Viv, an AI platform that was developed by none other than the makers of Siri.

• Track record of developing highly successful business / product campaigns producing numerous qualified leads each month within multiple regions, successfully moved business from $ 500K to more than $ 5M in annual revenue, paid off 100 % of debt incurred with two acquisitions, and brought company to 20 % profitability in 2011.

Exceeded revenue goal 3 years running by more than $ 1M, and aggressively developed new business acquisition by cold calling, prospecting and following up on referrals.

M&H Sales and Marketing (Tarrytown, NY) 03/1980 — 04/2002 Executive Vice President of Sales and Merchandising • Managed all merchandising activity and five departments with more than 200 sales representatives and managers • Served as an integral part of the senior management team responsible for mergers, acquisitions, and executive board meetings • Built separate division for manufacturers to outsource retail sales functions resulting in $ 5 million in revenue gains • Spearheaded development of diversified retail and wholesale divisions ensuring effective and efficient structure / operations • Developed and implemented a company - wide team - based account management system called CIMS (Critical Information Management Systems)

The principals have been involved with the development and / or acquisition of more than 15 million square feet of industrial product and are currently developing and entitling over 2.0 million square feet.

Brookfield Residential Properties Inc. («Brookfield Residential» or «the Company»)(TSX: BRP)(NYSE: BRP) today announced two key strategic initiatives: the acquisition of Playa Capital Company LLC («PCC»), which includes approximately 2,250 units on more than 65 acres of land at Playa Vista («Playa Vista») located in California, and the formation of a strategic partnership with a large U.S. pension fund to develop land in Alberta.