Sentences with phrase «driving innovation over»

«The progress, while incremental, indicates that local leaders and educators are leading the way to raising standards and achievement and driving innovation over the next few years,» Duncan said.

«The progress, while incremental, indicates that local leaders and educators are leading the way to raising standards and achievement and driving innovation over the next few years,» Duncan said in a statement.

We're both familiar with many of the macro trends and pressures that have been driving innovation over recent years.

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A new generation of computer chips may not seem that exciting, but the incremental improvements over the past 50 years are what has driven the digital revolution and made many «radical» innovations possible.

With modern - day entrepreneurship being adapted increasingly even by professionals working for other organizations and by the corporate honchos, the sixty four - thousand dollar question to ponder over at this juncture is whether these professionals possess the requisite skillsets and entrepreneurial innovation that are key to drive next - gen ventures.

In an age when technology is driving economic change and innovation at an accelerating pace, investors aren't getting a piece of it; the TSX's exposure to tech is just over 3.5 %.

Today, MaRS Finance and Commerce works with financial institutions including CIBC, Manulife, Moneris and PayPal, as well as over 200 startups, developing solutions in eight key areas that are driving fintech innovation.

With over 20 years» experience at exec level in Financial Services roles in the UK and abroad, including positions within Retail, Private and Wealth management, Will has driven financial innovation into profitable live propositions through agile team delivery at Egg (the UK's first digital bank), RBS, M&S and Santander.

We're aggressively leveraging our scale and diversity, and we're driving breakthrough innovation like Flyknit that over time will deliver both economic and sustainability benefits.

Over time this means that households will retain a growing share of China's total production of goods and services (at the expense of the elite, of course, who benefitted from subsidized borrowing costs) and so not only will they not be hurt by a sharp fall in GDP growth, but their consumption will increasingly drive growth and innovation in China.

We have long argued that it is vital for investors to filter out the noise that creates short - term flash points and instead stay focused on the secular themes that are driving valuations over the longer run (such as demographic trends and technological innovation).

But innovation and technological change can sustain productivity growth indefinitely, and drive the growth rate over time.

The continuing success of the sector within the office market is also evidenced by the growth in competition over the two years, as high levels of demand from customers drives «fleet of foot» operator innovation, and creates clearer and more distinctive customer offers and facilities.

Wegner: Over the last few years, innovations in what we call «active packaging» have been driving new product development in flexible packaging.

Driven by employee innovation, the company has helped its employees to apply for over 19,000 patents.

More regulation over standards, more protection for whistleblowers and more inspections — all fine, but where in all that is the disruptive innovation that will drive real, progressive change?

With greater control over skills and innovation, with the ability to drive a step change in infrastructure improvement and with greater fiscal autonomy, the Regional Growth Fund would be largely unnecessary.

The broader chemistry enterprise directly employs well over 800,000 people in the United States and serves as an important component of our nation's innovation engine, helping drive job creation and economic growth.

These shortcomings, as well as the same demands that drive most technological innovation — to make it smaller, faster, cheaper, less prone to failure — have produced a number of candidate data - storage technologies in recent years, all of which offer some combination of advantages over the devices in wide use today.

As the centerpiece of the medical innovation ecosystem, NIH not only supports the research that leads to treatments and cures for our most devastating diseases, but drives the life sciences economic engine, annually sustaining over 400,000 jobs and nearly $ 60 billion in economic activity nationwide.

Developed with over $ 8M in research grants and backed by 40 + collective years of research, we're focused on evidence - driven innovation.

The key innovation, the crown - gear center differential, is compact, lightweight, and can vary the distribution of power between the front and rear axles over a broad range, enabling the quattro drive system to react within milliseconds to coax the maximum of fun and safety out of every last bit of torque.

Another unique innovation on the Sport is the new Wade Sensing ™ feature that provides «depth» information when driving through water, made even more beneficial to the driver now that the Sport's maximum wading depth has increased by 150 mm over the previous model to 850 mm.

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With just over 25,000 miles on the odometer, this versatile and environmentally responsible vehicle provides both comfort and driving innovation!

As a publishing veteran (makes me sound very old) of over 25 years, I decided to spread my wings, resign my post heading up Simon & Schuster Australia and set up my own venture to drive innovation as it wasn't happening quickly enough for me within traditional publishing environments.

In an age when technology is driving economic change and innovation at an accelerating pace, investors aren't getting a piece of it; the TSX's exposure to tech is just over 3.5 %.

Over the past three decades, fee income has played an increasingly significant role on bank balance sheets.5 In 1999, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis noted that increased competition from deregulation and technological innovation was driving banks to seek new sources of revenue to remain profitable.6 In 2004, research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago showed that the growth of fee income was the result not only of deregulation but also of an emerging sense among banks that fees could diversify their sources of revenue.7

As the inventor of the original flexi retractable leash, flexi has always driven innovation in the leash category and has been honored with several pet industry and consumer awards over the years, such as the Consumers Digest Best Buy Award, the «red dot design award» and the Editor «s Choice Award from Dog Fancy magazine and many more.

However, the constant drive for increasing technical innovation, with increasing concern over profitability in order to recoup rising development cost, has choked what makes games enjoyable — innovative gameplay, engaging story, and immersive interaction — over what makes them marketable — brightly lit action scenes, manly grunting, and sexualized characters.

One of my most important first «assignments» is to meet the amazing community of Pratt students, faculty, staff, and alumni and really get embedded in the culture of learning, creative energy, and innovation that drive Pratt as a center of excellence,» said Bronet, who will embark on a listening tour over the coming weeks with Pratt community members both on campus and beyond.

Episode # 255: Renowned abstract painter Jack Whitten discusses the personal philosophies that drove his work over the course of nearly six decades, chronicling his development as an artist and his relentless innovation in painting.

Her leadership has helped to drive increased sales and customer satisfaction over the past few years and her focus on customer feedback has helped drive innovation in design, features and interior finishings.

Gates thinks that we can't accept this outcome, and that our best chance to vault over natural gas to a globally applicable, carbon - free source of energy is to drive innovation «at an unnaturally high pace.»

Gates has been speaking out publicly over the last few months — first in a blog post on his website, then in a talk at the TED conference, and now as part of the American Energy Innovation Council — for radical energy innovation to drive carbon emissions to zero.

Bruce Burcat, Executive Director of the Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition, told me, «Sound policies like the PTC have driven innovation which has helped reduce the cost of wind energy down by about 66 percent over the past six years, making it highly price competitive with traditional forms of energy resources.

Renewables are a smart business decision, providing greater control over energy costs and driving innovation, while helping companies to deliver on emission reduction goals.

Although window performance has improved dramatically over time, the cost of high performance windows needs to improve further and this is one area where innovation is likely to drive costs down and performance up.

Over the past 10 years, he has worked with businesses in every industry to harness the power of the cloud to drive growth, efficiency, and innovation.

In recent years, the USPTO has come under increasing scrutiny over the quality of its patent examinations.1 The growing push for reform of the patent system is fueled by the rapid rise of technology, financial services, telecommunications, and other innovations driving the information economy, all straining the USPTO's ability to evaluate and issue quality patents.2 Problems with patent quality occur when the Patent Office grants patents on claims that are broader than what is merited by the invention and the prior art. 3 In fact, a number of these problematic patents have been issued and publicized to much fanfare, including the infamous Smuckers» peanut butter and jelly patent where the company asserted a patent on their method of making the UncrustiblesTM crust-less peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, among others.4 These «bad» or improvidently granted patents impact the USPTO's ability to promote overall patent quality which, I will show, has serious implications for the public domain.

These individuals represent over 900 inventors, 700 investors, and well over 1300 entrepreneurs who drive the innovation economy — yet are suffering billions of dollars in losses at the hands of patent trolls and rampant litigation.

Results include dozens of industry - leading sales driving products in over 6,500 franchised locations nationwide and an extremely robust, efficient innovation to market process that is grounded in consumer insights and marketing strategy.

Our global network of over 500 executive hiring professionals specializes in over 30 distinct industries in 60 locations throughout the world and works closely with our clients to develop a leadership model that drives excellence and innovation within their organization.

For over a century, RAC has provided decision makers with unrivalled coverage of the latest technical innovations that drive this sector.

Sexton believes that the System's continued focus on quality over quantity is helping the organization drive innovation \ n and disruptive change while proactively adapting to a consistently altered business environment.