Sentences with phrase «advantages over groups»

Some theorists suggest that evolution also operates on groups — when individuals within a group cooperate, their group may have survival advantages over groups with rigid individual selfishness.

Malcolm Hamilton, a partner at consulting firm Mercer, thinks there is room for the PRPP as long as the fees are low and the plans offer enough advantages over group RRSPs for employers to adopt them (e.g. much of the administrative burden transferred to the government).

Not exact matches

The smaller Cboe does have an advantage over CME Group, however, because it's a major player in stock and equity options trading, giving it access to broker - dealers and investors who may not trade on CME.

One advantage C corporations have over unincorporated businesses and S corporations is that they may deduct fringe benefits (such as group term life insurance, health and disability insurance, death benefits payments to $ 5,000, and employee medical expenses not paid by insurance) from their taxes as a business expense.

Among those who are failing to get excited about active ETFs, James Peters, CEO of Tactical Allocation Group, managing more than $ 1.5 billion in three ETF - based portfolios, says: «I don't see where they add any compelling value other than being cheaper in cost and having a tax advantage over the traditional mutual fund.»

Examining all decisions regarding hiring / recruiting, promotion, compensation, employee recognition and management structure to ensure that we are not inadvertently advantaging one group over another.

This is likely due to the significant advantage that Facebook has over Match Group, with its already vast user base of 2.2 billion users, Facebook has a significant lead over Match Group products in terms of a user's potential dating pool.

China is among several economies whose manufacturing price advantage over the U.S. is eroding, according to new data released Tuesday from The Boston Consulting Group.

As a group, direct lenders had a significant margin of advantage over the larger mortgage lenders that we also surveyed.

Evolutionary psychologist Jonathan Haidt argued in The Righteous Mind that human groups practising moralistic religions would have had huge advantages over those that didn't.

Each of these schemes has its advantages; on the whole the last is probably best, since it provides for a certain variety in the over-all program and makes it possible for those who attend not only to take part in one large meeting where the whole group is stimulated by consideration of a single topic over a considerable period of time, but also to share in special «interest groups» which will give them the opportunity to follow up lines of thought that particularly interest them or to explore problems that are peculiarly relevant to their own needs and concerns.

The close - knit group sets Schoep's apart, a characteristic that Thomsen believes provides an advantage over the competition.

A group of MPs in the UK have called on the government to step in over low farmgate milk prices, which they claim are taking ruthless advantage of dairy farmers.

The Gunners currently sit top of their group, albeit having absolutely no point or goal advantage over any of their rivals.

Even if there is an advantage to not playing in Europe, which there may well be, we only have two group games left and our EPL games after those are against Bournemouth and Stoke City, both at home, so how do you see the title race going over the next two months?

To be honest, we could have done with a draw between Dinamo Zagreb and Olympiacos in the other game from our group this week, but the Greek team grabbed a late winner and will now have home advantage over the Croatians in their next clash.

We go into the game in second place in the northern group of the U18 Professional Development League, behind leaders Nottingham Forest on goal difference, and no matter what happens tomorrow we will remain in the top two with us now having a five point advantage over the next three teams, Sheffield Wednesday, Bolton and Hull.

The Nigerian national team were able to finish top of their World Cup qualification group with a significant advantage over second placed Zambia and third placed Cameroon.

* NOTE: While not required for becoming an API Parenting Educator, advantages of becoming an API Leader would be the ability to form and facilitate local support group meetings, network with API Leaders all over the world, share meeting ideas, receive continued support and information from API and the Leaders Forum.

While receiving the award, the bank's Group Managing Director, Herbert Wigwe, said, «While innovation, excellent risk and corporate governance framework might be the advantage we have over our competitors, the Bank is propelled by a vision of becoming the world's most respected African Bank, and this requires us to do things differently to standout.

One of the advantages incumbents in the state Assembly have over their challengers is a printing budget that enables them to mail out quarterly newsletters to their constituents, which at least one good government group says is in need of reform.

Scientists and engineers of color who have better professional pedigrees tend to have an advantage over other scientists and engineers from underrepresented groups.

Only in patients with moderate or severe knee pain at the outset did the supplements show a significant advantage over the placebo, with almost 80 percent of that group reporting a significant improvement, compared with 54.3 percent who took the inert pills.

Nelson's report corroborates a recently released study by the U.S. Department of Education that emphasizes the disproportionately high number of male S&E professors.10 The report also cites the salary advantage men of all racial groups enjoy over women.10 While the unadjusted salaries of African - American faculty members were lower than those of whites, when variables were controlled, the wage gap disappeared.10 However, the study cautions that the markedly lower numbers of tenured and working African - American faculty at doctoral institutions could obscure racially biased salary discrepancies.10

When the researchers compared obese women (BMI over 30) with those in the leanest group, the apparent weight advantage appeared even stronger.

And the new hybrid seems to have had an evolutionary advantage over its parents: The scientists speculate that the Higgs bison outlived both groups to itself give rise to today's European bison.

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Spiegel's study, published in 1989 in The Lancet, showed that women with terminal breast cancer who were enrolled in supportive therapy had a significant survival advantage over women who were not enrolled in support groups.

After two years, the surgery - treated patients had no advantages over the other group in terms of joint pain, stiffness, or health - related quality of life.

«It comprises of creatine with an ethyl group attached and this molecular configuration is reported to provide several advantages over creatine monohydrate (CM).

The analysis then moves to specific advantages The Meet Group has over its competitors, notably Spark Networks.

The first advantage of using an online dating site specifically made for your age group is simply that: rather than having to take the time to weed out possible matches that are much too young than you are looking for, over 40 dating sites do the work for you.

An advantage this installment has over the previous one is in the screen time shared by the girls as a group.

Still, in the normal course of events, teacher unions tend to have important advantages relative to other groups in both incentives and resources — so, that over the long haul, they often (but not always) succeed in getting their favored candidates into office.

For these and related reasons, the unions have major advantages over other groups, which can often translate into electoral power.

Logic, emotion, and research often clash in the longstanding debate over the advantages and disadvantages of ability grouping (tracking).

The implied assumptions of the aforementioned linear formula are overly simplistic given the nonrandomness of the teacher candidate population... If teacher candidates who enroll in a traditional teacher education program are arguably different from teacher candidates who enroll in an alternative program, and both groups are compared once they become teachers, one group might have a distinct and unfair advantage over the other... What can not be overlooked, controlled for, or dismissed from these comparative investigations are teachers» enduring qualities that go beyond their preparation (Boyd et al., 2006; Boyd, Grossman, Lankford, Loeb, & Wyckoff, 2007; Harris & Sass, 2007; Shulman, 1988; Wenglinsky, 2002).

The pre-K students entered kindergarten with a decided advantage over the comparison group, but that advantage diminished over time.

Elmore (2000) characterizes this as comparative advantage, where individuals and groups in different positions within an organization contribute to leadership functions in areas of organizational activity over which they have the greatest influence.

Subject - specific, technology inquiry groups (e.g., Hunter, 2001; Swan et al., 2002) may offer potential advantages over other instructional approaches to facilitate preservice, novice, and experienced teachers» becoming technology integrationists.

Although the technical measurements don't show any significant advantage over the competition, the Civic's cabin feels the most spacious of this group, and there are smart trays, bins, and pockets for stashing carry - on gear.

Joe: The LSS + is a great equipment group of features and gives Lexus a nice advantage over competitors.

I don't think it's mandatory, but the advice of a solid critique group or that of a professional editor can give you an advantage over other submissions, especially if you do not have an agent.

These capabilities are combined with the advantages of the BlackBerry Enterprise Solution, offering real - time communication via true push technology; cost - effective data usage; efficiency over carrier networks; easy Web - based administration of smartphones, servers, users, groups and applications; single sign - on; and secure wireless access to enterprise systems.

«The big advantage of credit is that you can leverage your finances to maximize your wealth over the long - term,» says Anthony D. Criscuolo, certified financial planner with Palisades Hudson Financial Group.

Understanding that rates and banks change over time, I decided to develop situational groupings to display where certain accounts currently held an advantage over others.

One major advantage that you have over all other adult groups is that life insurance will be particularly inexpensive.

Falling mortgage rates can reduce homeownership costs over the long - run and one group well - suited to take advantage is homeowners with U.S. military experience.

«There was a period when people would hop from card to card to take advantage of teaser rates, but I think that era is over,» says Richard Bialek, CEO of Bialek Group, a boutique firm that advises financial service companies.

«In 2015 we expect over 3000 islanders to take advantage of a direct flight to the Spanish sun», commented Robert Mackenzie, Managing Director of C. I. Travel Group.