They should find out if the firm's recent progress, when compared to
competing firms in its marketplace, is advancing, falling behind or holding even in terms of professional competence, prestige and money.
By limiting the number of
competing firms in a market to three, it's realistic that those three clients can all enjoy a high - lead generating, page one ranking.
We found one company working with 13
competing firms in the same city that focus entirely on personal injury.
Not exact matches
The question is — despite MacMillan's conversion on the road to the Internet — can his upstart
firm genuinely move beyond the comfortable verities of the 1,000 - channel broadcast industry and become a company that
competes in the deep space of the online world?
«It will be hard for a club owned by 150,000 members to either keep this ownership model, or if it keeps it, to continue
competing at the very top level,» says Victor Font, CEO of Delta Partners, a global telecom advisory and investment
firm, who is considered one possible successor to Bartomeu
in 2021.
The Hong Kong stock exchange has introduced new rules allowing companies with dual - class shareholding structures and biotechnology
firms yet to generate revenue to apply for listings from April 30, as it races to stay ahead of
competing bourses
in Shanghai, New York and Singapore to attract big technology
firms and become the world's largest stock exchange.
The order «hinders the ability of American companies to attract talented employees, increases costs imposed on business, makes it more difficult for American
firms to
compete in the international marketplace, and gives global enterprises a new, significant incentive to build operations — and hire new employees — outside the United States,» according to the brief.
Some have claimed that VC
firms are building their war chests
in effort to
compete (or at least keep up) with SoftBank's mammoth $ 100 billion Vision Fund.
You may also want to look at the economy on a micro level, particularly if your
firm competes in a certain geographic area that has a unique set of factors.
After years of internal development, Baidu
in April decided to open its autonomous driving technology to third parties, a move it hopes will accelerate development and help it
compete with U.S.
firms Tesla Inc and Google project Waymo.
«We're seeing the mature technology companies trying to energize their work environments, getting rid of cube farms and investing
in facilities to
compete for talent,» said Kevin Schaeffer, a principal at architecture and design
firm Gensler
in San Jose.
Firms that employ these technologies have the potential to gain a significant competitive advantage
in their market, and as Jack Welch, former CEO of GE famously said, «If you don't have a competitive advantage, don't
compete!»
Chartbeat CEO Tony Haile, whose analytics
firm has partnered with Google on AMP, says that fixing the mobile web
in the way Google has proposed would also help the open web
compete with proprietary apps, which for many users have become the primary way they interact with content and media.
And what does the star investor and tech industry veteran (who made his first millions when he sold his computer consulting
firm Microsolutions to CompuServe
in 1990, before a lot of the kids
in the audience were born) think about scrappy young Silicon Valley entrepreneurs trying to
compete with him?
That's why you should consider a covenant not to
compete,
in which an employee joining your
firm agrees not to work for a
competing business for a specified period of time.
Despite the burgeoning demand for software engineers who know how to work
in that specialized environment, Leung observes that most of the
firms Appnovation
competes with tend to be smaller, local operations, and content to remain that way.
For example, giant tech
firms often struggle to keep up with the ingenious pace of new tech startups — some find a solution
in acquiring the agile business, rather than trying to
compete directly.
Their myopic view of competition will ultimately harm consumers
in the long run by preventing legacy
firms from
competing for customers
in the new digital entertainment marketplace.
If you've got a product that has a considerable audience, is scalable and has potential for big profits, put together a presentation and try to pitch your business model to a VC
firm, as you'll likely need their money to
compete in a hot market.
Squire's trajectory is not unique: Oracle is often credited with creating the most millionaires
in Silicon Valley; many of those ousted by Ellison went on to head tech
firms that
competed in the same high - profile realm.
«Leaving to
compete with a startup business, or otherwise, would likely attract a greater amount of notice — but especially a startup,» says Ronald Minken, head of the boutique employment
firm Minken Employment Lawyers
in Markam, Ont.
And, as a side note, as U.S. search and content
firm Yahoo looks to unwind its 23 percent ownership stake
in Alibaba when Alibaba goes public
in September, it could end up
competing with Alibaba for companies to acquire as it looks to reinvent itself.
It is
competing with Barbie maker Mattel (mat) and Hasbro (has), the
firm behind My Little Pony, for a slice of the $ 31 billion toys and games market
in China.
Ideally, benefits of this special 8 (a) program to the protà © gà ©
firm — which can have only one mentor at a time — will include technical and management assistance; options to enter into joint - venture business agreements with mentor
firms to
compete for government contracts; financial assistance
in the form of equity or loans; and qualification for other SBA assistance programs.
After you've finished, you'll be able to determine just where you stand
in relation to the other
firms competing in your industry.
Storage industry granddaddy EMC (EMC) entered the game by buying the
firm ScaleIO
in July 2013, and there are a number of
competing startups, including Nexenta, Maxta, and Nutanix, as well as Red Hat Gluster and Ceph.
While Gartner doesn't include sales of Apple iPads or Google's low - cost Chromebook laptops
in its PC shipment numbers — reasoning that they don't generally
compete for the same users as the mainstream PC — the
firm does say that Chromebooks are growing like crazy.
PBOC Governor Yi Gang said that China will allow foreign
firms to
compete on an equal footing with domestic companies
in the sector.
People's Bank of China (PBOC) Governor Yi Gang said that China will allow foreign
firms to
compete on an equal footing with domestic companies
in the sector.
The
firm began to build mobile iOS and Android apps, and developed the technical capacity to
compete in that space.
A libertarian, nonprofit law
firm, it has consistently and successfully represented small - business owners and entrepreneurs — by, for example, taking on licensing laws that hinder businesses from
competing in established markets.
Right now, non-banks are most active
in the low margin parts of the trading business, with Morgan Stanley and Oliver Wyman estimating that these
firms only
compete for ~ 15 % of the fee pool.
If you plan to set up an accounting
firm, you will
compete with other accounting
firms in your area.
Canadian
firms can
compete in foreign markets partly by making use of lower - cost imported inputs, which raises their productivity.6 And their exports of intermediate products are linked to their trading partner's trade performance.
The online matrimony
firm, which
competes with bharatmatrimony.com, a subsidiary of Matrimony.com Pvt Ltd and shaadi.com operated by People Interactive Pvt Ltd, said
in the filing that «mobile continues to be Jeevansathi's focus where we have the highest rated app (4.2)
in the online matrimony category».
In India, Tencent competes with Chinese e-tailing giant Alibaba, which is the largest stakeholder in digital wallet firm Paytm, and Japan's SoftBank Grou
In India, Tencent
competes with Chinese e-tailing giant Alibaba, which is the largest stakeholder
in digital wallet firm Paytm, and Japan's SoftBank Grou
in digital wallet
firm Paytm, and Japan's SoftBank Group.
Moreover, the ability of US
firms to
compete in international markets is also affected by external factors such as exchange rates and the trade measures of other countries, including those determined by international trade agreements and global trade rules.
Trade - exposed companies
compete internationally, potentially against
firms producing the same commodities
in places with less strict environmental regulations.
What's exceptional about this set of individuals is their skill
in starting their own
firms, their sheer determination, and their ability to
compete and win
in a hyper competitive marketplace.
Large incumbent financial
firms will continue to control the bulk of the value
in the industry, but the structure of the value chain and the way these
firms compete will change drastically.
In Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 98 the Supreme Court formalized this premise into a doctrinal test.The case involved cigarette manufacturing, an industry dominated by six
firms.99 Liggett, one of the six, introduced a line of generic cigarettes, which it sold for about 30 % less than the price of branded cigarettes.100 Liggett alleged that when it became clear that its generics were diverting business from branded cigarettes, Brown & Williamson, a
competing manufacturer, began selling its own generics at a loss.101 Liggett sued, claiming that Brown & Williamson's tactic was designed to pressure Liggett to raise prices on its generics, thus enabling Brown & Williamson to maintain high profits on branded cigarettes.
Trade is a great driver of productivity, and so the risk of growing protectionism concerns me.15 More open trade with the United States and Mexico
in the 1990s gave Canadian
firms access to much bigger markets and therefore greater incentives to invest —
in both physical and human capital.16 Disrupting supply chains and reducing incentives to
compete will not create more jobs and income
in the long run.
Firms in expensive real - estate markets simply can not
compete, as they get undercut on cost by their competitors.
Firms in developing countries can not
compete either, as they lack the skilled workforce needed to perform these tasks, as well as finding themselves up against issues around the protection of intellectual property.
Matt Therian of Renaissance Capital, an IPO research
firm based
in Greenwich, Conn., noted that Zipcar has a relatively «capital intensive» business model, but its strong brand image and its head start
in the car - sharing market — where it
competes in some markets with for - profit rivals and such nonprofit entrants as Chicago's iGo and the San Francisco area's City Car Share,
in addition, of course, to traditional rental incumbents like Hertz HTZ, -9.08 % and Avis Budget Group CAR, -11.56 % — give it an inside track with investors.
Competing firms can team up on initiatives
in which participants pool resources to help each other achieve long - term goals.
If every other
firm lost roughly the same percentage of money for their clients
in a down year, why bother jumping ship to a
competing firm if you were a client, right?
The search
firm's news feed received an unexpected bump
in the first quarter due to a crackdown by Chinese internet regulators on low - brow content, which saw several
competing apps targeted during a key client - acquisition period.
The United States, Britain and France have DPA processes
in place but Canada does not — a fact that leaves Canadian
firms at a serious disadvantage when
competing against rivals
in other markets.
Otherwise,
competing firms should be permitted to pay a fair licensing fee to manufacture those products
in the United States.»