Sentences with phrase «global perception of»

Although there should only be one global perception of climate change and global warming, we still see many myths flourishing in the current debate.

An upcoming July 3 exhibit, «The American Effect,» will survey a global perception of the United States by artists who work outside the country.

These contemporary artists are changing the local and global perception of the artistic traditions of Maine, which is less and less based on the picturesque beauty of the state and more on its innovative spirit and the clarity provided by its light and environment.

On top of that, the crusade against racial inequality has served to ease the global perception of interracial dating.

The awards celebrate exemplary leadership and individuals who have contributed to shaping the global perception of the African continent.

Howe, P. D., Markowitz, E. M., Lee, T. M., Ko, C - Y & Leiserowitz, A. Global perceptions of local temperature change.

Only one study to date has specifically explored partners» global perceptions of relationship work, and that study focused exclusively on relationship initiation.

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«Microsoft and Apple are similar in that they're global companies with the same ruthless pursuit of monetary goals, but the perception of Apple is still very different,» says Marcus Giesler, a marketing professor at the Schulich School of Business.

Patrick Spence, RIM's senior vice-president and managing director of global sales and regional marketing, concedes some of the perception problems are of the company's own making.

PERTH - BASED resources consultancy CSA Global has added offices in South Africa and Canada to its UK, Indonesian, and Australian presence to counter growing negative perceptions of Australia as an inve

Gathering additional perspectives and an understanding of the overall global perception about your industry, and those similar to it, can help you to anticipate upcoming changes and adapt to them ahead of the time.»

That demand stems from the perception of Canada as a safe haven amid global volatility.

«Hedge funds today are on the same public perception track that mutual funds were, and in 20 years will similarly end up as well - understood investment vehicles — viewed as an essential participant in the global economy,» said Richard Baker, president and CEO of hedge fund trade group Managed Funds Association.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

Global Highlights Responsible Investing: The Evolution of Ownership is the second annual survey of institutional attitudes and perceptions of responsible investing conducted by RBC GAM.

These developments, or the perception that any of them could occur, have had and may continue to have a significant adverse effect on global economic conditions and the stability of global financial markets, and could significantly reduce global market liquidity and restrict the ability of key market participants to operate in certain financial markets.

Ed Perks: To pick up on that theme, when we reflect on how we viewed global markets at the end of last year and heading into 2016, we looked at the perception versus the reality.

Need proof, check out the global Empathy Index, which analyzes the ethics, leadership, company culture, brand perception and public social media messaging of 170 companies listed on major financial indexes.

Marc Chandler, global head of currency strategy at Brown Brothers Harriman, notes: «The fallout from Cyprus, including the perceptions of increased vulnerability of other EMU [European Monetary Union] members, such as Slovenia, and the unresolved Italian political situation, dragged the euro down to new four - month lows.»

Trust me, I'm just as tired of writing about the so - called «Trump Trade» as you are reading about it, but the fact remains that investors» perception of the 45th U.S. President's competence is one of the biggest factors driving global markets.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The perception of a potentially inflationary global environment, combined with current interest rate policies, is yielding a strong financial interest in oil.

Global demand for Bitcoins is influenced by such factors as the growth of retail merchants» and commercial businesses» acceptance of Bitcoins as payment, the security of online Bitcoin Exchanges and digital wallets that hold Bitcoins, the perception that the use of Bitcoins is safe and secure, and the lack of regulatory restrictions on their use.

The hi - tech multimedia, dictated by the corporate powers and agencies of the global market, subjugate cultural subjecthood, cultural values, style of life, perceptions of beauty, and religious mystery in life, as well as ethnic, national identities of persons and community to the market wasteland of cultural life.

The multimedia, directed by the corporate powers and agencies of the global market, subjugate cultural subjecthood, cultural values, life styles, perceptions of beauty and religious mystery, as well as ethnic national identities of persons and communities to the market's cultural wasteland.

your perception of family is of a singular unit which is not the global norm.

The question is why it makes our economy global, what it does to our present perceptions, and how the sort of rationality that is intrinsic to the Internet can give us clues about the shaping of our rationality today.

What we call sense perception is a rather late and somewhat abstract version of a much more global feeling we have, at a visceral level, of the entire universe entering into our experience.

Thus a flower, a sunset, a poem, a song, a person, an event or a story may become the vehicle through which total beauty makes its way from the region of global, primary perception into an area closer to our senses.

To bolster perceptions of Russia as a great power, Putin has made a concerted effort to expand the Russian military's global reach.

First of all, the only global body for monitoring corruption is Transparency International which releases an annual Corruption Perception Index.

Transparency International's (TI) global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) for 2016 labels Ghana as a «mostly corrupt» Nation with a score figure of 43.

In the book, Philander addresses how our perception of El Niño and global warming — as well as other scientific phenomena — depends on politics, the media, and other nonscientific factors.

Global warming has been going on for so long that most people were not even born the last time the Earth was cooler than average in 1985 in a shift that is altering perceptions of a «normal» climate, scientists said.

As reports of such incidents continue to rise, researchers at the University of Arizona set out to learn more about how people's perception of the threat of global climate change affects their mental health.

«There's a perception that jellyfish numbers are exploding in the world's oceans,» says marine scientist Rob Condon of the Dauphin Island Sea Lab in Alabama, «but there's no real evidence for a global increase in jellyfish over the past two centuries.»

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And, in fact, one point Dr. Guyenet's mentor, Michael Schwartz, made of interest in his 2006 review in Nature «Central nervous system control of food intake and body weight» was that «food deprivation strongly augments the reward value... reduced food availability seems to exert a global, stimulatory effect on reward perception.»

This research - driven webinar will focus on current global trends in clean label ingredients, consumer perception of flours compared to other common texturizers, and differences in ingredient perception by application.

A wealth of diverse programming will take you closer to global issues which give a voice to untold stories, promote debate and challenge your perceptions.

The importance of generational perception is heightened when dealing with global audiences across geography and industry.

«Prompted by your Global Search for Education series, a survey was designed and responses were obtained from 53 female and 78 male students at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez campus, with the aim of exploring gender perceptions.»

The power of global education is nested in its ability to empower individuals by expanding their perception of what is possible as well as their ability to achieve, and its ability to empower communities by creating a safe culture conducive to community development.

We can change this attitude and grow the number of students invested in language learning by changing perceptions about the value of global education in general.

«Global competence is the capacity to analyse global and intercultural issues critically and from multiple perspectives, to understand how differences affect perceptions, judgments, and ideas of self and others, and to engage in open, appropriate and effective interactions with others from different backgrounds on the basis of a shared respect for human dignity.&Global competence is the capacity to analyse global and intercultural issues critically and from multiple perspectives, to understand how differences affect perceptions, judgments, and ideas of self and others, and to engage in open, appropriate and effective interactions with others from different backgrounds on the basis of a shared respect for human dignity.&global and intercultural issues critically and from multiple perspectives, to understand how differences affect perceptions, judgments, and ideas of self and others, and to engage in open, appropriate and effective interactions with others from different backgrounds on the basis of a shared respect for human dignity.»

«I have been thinking about this dichotomy,» Mendes told the EdCast when he was in Cambridge for HGSE's Quest for Global Inclusion Conference, «and I believe it is caused by a lack of vision, a perception that is simplistic and myopic.»

He is Co-director (with Dr Paul Carr) of the Global Doing Democracy Research Project, an international project examining perspectives and perceptions of democracy in education to develop a robust and critical democratic education with over 60 researchers in 20 countries.

Jeffrey Beard, former Director General of the International Baccalaureate Organization and current Chairman and Founder of Global Study Pass, has written a blog post on Howard Gardner's perceptions of «Good Grit».

Cunningham's trio of cars, plus a fourth entered by Camoradi USA, started a dramatic shift in the perception of Corvette as a global sports car brand.