Sentences with phrase «competitive performance by»

Aport from Palace - this was the poorest least competitive performance by any team in the EPL this season.

Not exact matches

Canada's strengths — and there are many — seem to be overshadowed by relatively low performance in many policy areas that likely influence innovation, ranging from access to markets and competitive environment, to regulation, taxes, intellectual property rights, and governments» own often diffuse support for research and development.

Consumer staples industries can be significantly affected by competitive pricing particularly with respect to the growth of low - cost emerging market production, government regulation, the performance of overall economy, interest rates, and consumer confidence.

The GNC uses the same Peer Group for this purpose as used by the HRC to determine competitive pay for named executives (see «Peer Group for Compensation and Performance» in the CD&A below).

By combining Franklin Templeton's industry expertise with the diverse insights of our global workforce, we will better position ourselves to deliver exceptional investment performance and world - class customer service in an increasingly competitive world.»

«The goal is to create a competitive advantage by deploying the healthiest, most productive, engaged and competitive workforce possible to boost business performance and empower great people and communities.»

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry (R) World (TM); risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information;

Mike Vorhaus, the president of Magid Advisors, said he was impressed by the company's performance in a crowded, competitive market.

Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward - looking statements, including, without limitation: BlackBerry's ability to enhance its current products and services, or develop new products and services in a timely manner or at competitive prices, including risks related to new product introductions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to mitigate the impact of the anticipated decline in BlackBerry's infrastructure access fees on its consolidated revenue by developing an integrated services and software offering; intense competition, rapid change and significant strategic alliances within BlackBerry's industry; BlackBerry's reliance on carrier partners and distributors; risks associated with BlackBerry's foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in Venezuela and the impact of foreign currency restrictions; risks relating to network disruptions and other business interruptions, including costs, potential liabilities, lost revenues and reputational damage associated with service interruptions; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to implement and to realize the anticipated benefits of its CORE program; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its cash balance; security risks; BlackBerry's ability to attract and retain key personnel; risks related to intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's ability to expand and manage BlackBerry ® World ™; risks related to the collection, storage, transmission, use and disclosure of confidential and personal information; BlackBerry's ability to manage inventory and asset risk; BlackBerry's reliance on suppliers of functional components for its products and risks relating to its supply chain; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully maintain and enhance its brand; risks related to government regulations, including regulations relating to encryption technology; BlackBerry's ability to continue to adapt to recent board and management changes and headcount reductions; reliance on strategic alliances with third - party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors and service platform vendors; BlackBerry's reliance on third - party manufacturers; potential defects and vulnerabilities in BlackBerry's products; risks related to litigation, including litigation claims arising from BlackBerry's practice of providing forward - looking guidance; potential charges relating to the impairment of intangible assets recorded on BlackBerry's balance sheet; risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders; government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies; risks related to economic and geopolitical conditions; risks associated with acquisitions; foreign exchange risks; and difficulties in forecasting BlackBerry's financial results given the rapid technological changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless communications industry.

The main drivers of the first - half performance were solid growth in the combined New Zealand properties, offset by reduced turnover in the international business, continued competitive and economic pressures in Darwin and a weaker Australian dollar, the company said.

By: Sascha Solomons 22nd April 2016 To ensure that its consulting streams maintain their competitive edge, mining industry consultant Snowden continues to provide its technology solutions as commercial off - the - shelf solutions to improve performance at mining operations.

Thus if the above chart does represent a trend change it would imply economic out - performance by China in terms of higher inflation outcomes and more competitive exports relative to Japan.

Our new system will gradually deliver greater revenue to Albertans while building a more competitive energy sector enhanced by greater transparency and performance measurements to allow Albertans to hold government and industry to our commitments.»

Clean technology companies can tap into a fast - growing global market expected to exceed $ 2 trillion per year by 2020, while resource and manufacturing firms can gain competitive ground by boosting their environmental performance and using energy and resources more efficiently.

So let's evaluate the performance of Mark Zuckerberg by doing growth analysis, competitive analysis and subjective analysis altogether.

«By properly handling the earnings shortfalls, unexpected competitive developments, or adverse market performance, you will enhance your reputation.

ProAmpac drives packaging transformation and performance by strategically creating packages that are more innovative, progressive and dynamic than those used by competitive brands.

An incredible performance by four young, essentially inexperienced rowers in one of our sport's most competitive events at the elite level is an unadulterated good thing.

That performance included letting Liberty's QB score a touchdown on a busted play, when he miscommunicated with his running back and probably would've been sacked by a competitive FBS defense.

part of that is an owner and board who put their profits way above the performance of the team but it is also a manager who conforms to the wishes of the board (and for all I know may have an ownership stake as well) by putting their short term interests above the long term performance of the team as a result the team itself has become corrupted by the regime through insufficient investment in upgrading the team (all the more damaging as the environment in which the team operates has become increasingly competitive) with ocassional panic acquisitions to meet minimal (but ever diminishing) performance targets to keep fans on board the result is a massively unbalanced team of overpaid compliant players who have been around for too long, inexperienced (and also overpaid) young players who have not cost the club much (or anything) and small islands of quality players..

This Competitive Performance class takes kids to the next level of training by focusing on progressing and maintaining athletic movement.

The lack of professional excellence in performances and the docile encouragement of mediocrity by the manager culminating in a large number of squad players earning their pay, without featuring in competitive matches.

If nothing else, you're giving your kids the competitive edge by giving them a good breakfast because it increases alertness and performance.»

The researchers also assessed how the subjects» expected performance ratings were influenced by cooperative and competitive contexts.

Andres Wiemken from the University of Basel explains this phenomenon as follows: «The plant exploits the competitive situation of the two fungi in a targeted manner, triggering what is essentially a market - based process determined by cost and performance.»

Anabolic steroids are typically used by bodybuilders and some athletes who believe that steroids let them have an edge or competitive benefits that improves their appearance and performance.

Recent studies by researchers at Coventry University and Staffordshire University found that increased stress and anxiety, including fear of failure, does affect athletic performance in competitive situations.

This is likely caused by the need to remain within certain weight classes to stay competitive, as reducing bodyweight by up to 4 % by rapid methods over the course of a single week has been reported to leave weightlifting performance comparatively unimpaired (Durguerian et al. 2015).

A research by Howell (1998) which involved British athletes found that the addition of kelp to their diet, significantly boosted their energy and endurance levels and also improved competitive performance.

Anabolic steroids are often used by bodybuilders and some athletes who believe that steroids give them an edge or competitive advantages that improves their appearance and performance.

Athletes looking to improve their strength and competitive performance will be able to reach new levels when their bodies are transformed by this steroid.

Ketones are not currently on WADAs prohibited substance or monitoring list, but are apparently already being used by professional cyclists to improve performance [37], and being used by Team Sky (but they will not confirm so as to keep their competitive advantage!).

For competitive events carbohydrate loading the day before can sometimes lead to better performance by increasing glycogen stores.

Interestingly, this stage is sometimes accompanied by a sudden or dramatic improvement in competitive performance that may convince the athlete that training is progressing well.

Hi, I am really interested in the comment that functional overtraining is «sometimes accompanied by a sudden or dramatic improvement in competitive performance that may convince the athlete that training is progressing well.»

Interest is also sparked by two other characters — Mark Addy, the portly guy from «The Full Monty,» who plays Jack's keyboardist and best friend, and writer and performance artist Henry Rollins as an overly competitive hockey coach who yells a lot.

The fifth column in our new seasonal series — if you haven't got the drill by now, we're rounding up the most Oscar - worthy work from the oft - overlooked first half of the year — wraps up the performance categories with by far the most competitive race of all.

In a very competitive year there are bound to be films or performances that either for one reason or another, get passed over by voters.

An extremely competitive Original Screenplay category was won by Quentin Tarantino for the enjoyably brash and transgressive Django Unchained, immediately followed up with a worthy win for Christoph Waltz (pictured above right) for his supporting (show - stealing) performance in the same film.

This fosters collaboration and reduces the competitive attitudes that some fear are engendered by performance pay.

Infopro Learning's mission is to make organizational learning a competitive advantage for our customers by delivering modern learning experiences that strengthen employee performance.

In a statement released by Pearson, John Fallon, chief executive, said that although the company's competitive performance had been «strong» in recent years, «cyclical and policy related challenges» had presented trials which were «more pronounced and persisted for longer than anticipated».

Often bypassing Congress, Duncan used the money to work directly with states, persuading them to adopt favored policies by providing incentives through Race to the Top, a $ 4.35 billion competitive grant program in which states were awarded points for adopting ideas such as performance - based teacher and principal evaluations, higher academic standards, and raising charter school caps.

They'll not only be able to provide today's employees with the kind of learning experience they look for from potential employers, but also bolster their bottom line and remain competitive by propelling increased employee performance through greater engagement around learning.

Race to the Top states are having differing degrees of success with what has turned out to be one of the toughest tasks required by the Obama administration's marquee competitive - grant program: crafting new teacher evaluations that take student performance into account, according to a report released today by the Government Accountability Office, Congress» investigative arm.

The results were that «31 of 33 studies find the competitive effects driven by school choice programs led to improvement in public schools» academic performance.»

Commenting on the sales Andy Goss, group sales operations director, Jaguar Land Rover, said: «These are solid results underpinned by encouraging performance in China, where our sales are growing healthily in an incredibly competitive environment.

MB has to do one - upmanship in order to stay in the competitive business of performance luxury car, by offering a phenomenon 9.17:1 ratio transmission, and barely rev the engine at 1,300 rpm at hwy cruise.

For those wanting to add a bit more zing to the plain old experience that the STS - V's 439lb - ft of torque provides, the car has more performance goodies in store courtesy of a competitive driving mode (CDM), which is activated by tapping the Traction Control button twice in quick succession.

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