Sentences with phrase «greater than the firm»

In order for the law firm to profit, the price charged for the services needs to be greater than the firm's total expenses in rendering those services.

Not exact matches

A panel of three entrepreneurs discussed the relationship between purpose and profitability in greater depth: Pocket Sun, who, as founding partner of female - focused VC firm SoGal Ventures, has a purpose of «building an empire for millennial women to invest in startups»; Eileen Gittins, a serial entrepreneur who founded book self - publishing firm Blurb and now runs Bossygrl, a mobile app meant to introduce Gen Z girls to entrepreneurship by helping them launch micro-businesses; and Cathie Reid, co-founder and current digital advisor to Icon Group, an Australian cancer - care company with annual revenue of more than $ 1.5 billion.

For many entrepreneurs and CEOs running fast - growing tech firms, there is perhaps no greater enemy to business than the United States patent system.

The percentage of firms expecting employment growth (27 percent) was greater than the percentage expecting employment declines (11 percent).

Nearly 76 percent of the firms reported no change in their final goods prices, and the percentage of firms reporting increases (13 percent) was only slightly greater than the percentage reporting decreases (9 percent).

Though OFC exceeds its quota, managers at the firm consider it to be their greatest challenge: For many jobs, hiring Saudis — who often require training and who by law are paid considerably more than expats — is expensive.

The competitive pressures were so great to develop self - driving cars in 2015 that the then Chief Executive of ride - hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc, Trevor Kalanick, decided that «winning was more important than obeying the law,» Verhoeven said.

Total sales for 2015 edged upward by 3 %, to more than $ 700 billion, and market research firm NPD Group forecasts that Americans will make 61.8 billion visits to restaurants and food - service outlets in 2016 — which would be the highest figure since before the Great Recession.

According to a new study for the Labor Department conducted by Sanat Monica, California - based nonprofit research firm the RAND Corporation, nearly half of U.S. employers with a minimum of 50 workers offered workplace wellness programs in 2012, while 90 percent of companies with greater than 50,000 workers offered the programs over the same period.

«While women still make up less than 20 percent of U.S. boards on average, movement toward greater gender parity is evident with the proportion of new nominees that are women nearly doubling over the past seven years at larger firms,» Kamonjoh said in a statement.

To put that in perspective, that's about twice the average of the rest of the firms in its specialty retail group, and even greater than buzzworthy tech companies like Apple and Google that trade at about 14 and 16 times, respectively.

Employment growth has been firm, yet both wages and unit labour costs have risen only slowly, supporting the view that the amount of excess capacity could be greater than the midpoint of the range of estimates.

That said, as the economy gains momentum and approaches full capacity, greater investment — including through new firm creation — could lead to potential output growing faster than we assume in the base case.

They generally offer a wider range of employment opportunities, higher wages, and better benefits and provide greater job stability than smaller firms.

Hotel REITs pay out just 73 % of their available cash flow, so these firms have greater potential for dividend growth than other sectors.

The firm's star portals, Zillow and Trulia, will have a greater percentage of all active listings on April 8 — the day after their deals with the ListHub listing syndication platform end — than the two sites had on Jan. 1, before news first broke that Zillow and ListHub would not be renewing their contract, Zillow Group spokeswoman Amanda Woolley told Inman.

The amount of value added needs to be greater than the corporations investors could have achieved investing in the market portfolio, adjusted for the leverage, beta coefficient, of the firm relative to the market.

Reliance on commercial bank loans declined among respondents of all age groups, except for the oldest firms (greater than 21 years), which continued to rely on commercial bank loans as their primary credit source.

Further, our clients are able to leverage our global network of greater than 500 lenders, private equity firms, family offices, hedge funds and insurance companies to ensure a competitive dynamic and optimized terms.

«We have identified a great firm in Sterne Agee to bolster our Global Wealth Management group with the addition of more than 700 financial advisors and independent representatives increasing advisor professionals by 35 %.

Massolution predicted $ 5.1 billion would be raised via crowdfunding platforms in 2013, with a greater shift towards funding new businesses and small firms rather than social projects, which are currently the most popular category.

NMSDC corporate members recommend high - potential MBEs with sales greater than $ 5 million in manufacturing and $ 3 million in service firms for participation in the four - day program.

While smaller - company stocks tend to be more volatile than the stocks of larger firms, studies indicate that their average long - term returns have been greater.

Interestingly, just as in every other commodity market, the greatest defense for venture capitalists turns out to be brand: firms like Benchmark, Sequoia, or Andreessen Horowitz can buy into firms at superior prices because it matters to the startup to have them on their cap table.5 Moreover, Andreessen Horowitz in particular has been very open about their goal to offer startups far more than money, including dedicated recruiting teams, marketing teams, and probably most usefully an active business development team.

In the Great Recession and the previous recession, employee stock ownership firms had smaller employment cutbacks and higher survival rates than similar firms.

In such firms, the board and executive management assess if the type of employee share ownership offered is likely to have a greater positive effect than any expected dilution.21

The firm claims to have processed greater than $ 100,000 in transactions throughout its first month.

The largest component of the decision is whether or not the firm believes that accepting Bitcoin will increase overall revenue and generate profits that are greater than or equal to the cost of implementing Bitcoin payments into their platform.

Of course, this would prove a greater incentive amongst profitable firms who pay taxes (less than one third of Japanese companies).

In the coming quarters, it is possible that accounting firms, given the implosion of Arthur Anderson following the Enron scandal, will force greater discipline on the banks than they may be willing to exercise on their own.

Further, these firms feature a much greater diversity of thought than the average private equity firm, a characteristic that has been linked by numerous studies to better decision - making and performance [3].

As earnings for next year are often within sight and can be estimated with some confidence (though this certainly varies among firms), calculating the price - to - earnings ratio, in our opinion, is of far greater importance than worrying about whether a firm will beat or miss earnings in its next fiscal year.

Since the late 1990s, the stock of Canadian direct investment abroad has been greater than the stock of FDI in Canada, indicating that Canadian firms are using foreign direct investment to build global value chains and serve customers in other countries.

... [Americans] have become a nation that may defy every foe but that most dangerous of foes, herself, destined to a majestic future if she will shun the excess and perversion of the principles that made her great, prate less about the enemies of the past and strive more against the enemies of the future, resist the mob and the demagogue as she resisted Parliament and King, rally her powers from the race for gold and the delirium of prosperity to make firm the foundations on which that prosperity rests, and turn some fair proportion of her vast mental forces to other objects than material progress and the game of party politics.

Such firms can gain a great deal by developing a spirit of mutual cooperation rather than ruthless, personal competition.

Medium - firm tofu is great to add to soups, like my curry laksa (pictured below), if you want a more toothsome tofu than the soft variety.

Wet food demands greater water content than dry, yet also a firm texture and low water activity.

A firmer dough is more resilient than a softer doughs and has greater tolerance.

This also works great for fruits like apples or firm kiwi (the regular «slice» blade works better than the noodles one for kiwi)

The cookies turned out amazing, they're a fair bit more brown than yours but other than that they look pretty much the same texture-wise, they're really nice and firm and taste great, I'll be making these again for sure, and probably top them with fruit or a bit of chocolate.

It's firmer than some name - brand low - fat plain yogurts and thus makes a great substitution for mayo and sour cream in a lot of dishes and dips.

Season Three of the CRPC is made possible with the support of more than 10 sponsors including: Nielsen - Massey Vanillas, a manufacturer of the finest vanilla products and flavor extracts; Waring Commercial, a manufacturer of professional - quality appliances for the home, foodservice and laboratory industries; Steelite International, a manufacturer and supplier of tabletop ranges for the international hospitality industry; Wholesome Sweeteners, a leading provider of sustainable, environmentally and ethically responsible, great tasting sweeteners; PreGel America, a specialty dessert ingredients company; Midwest Foods, a specialty produce food distribution company; Will Powder, a producer of technical food ingredients; Frigomat, a company that manufactures ice cream machines; deZaan Gourmet, a producer of premium chocolate, cocoa powders, cocoa butter, chocolate batons, pralines; and Clifton Larsen Allen, a professional services and accountancy firm; and many more.

It adds great texture, making the bars firmer than other fruit and nut based bars, and really ups the protein content.

It's more firm than the ice cream swirl, and the cone has a nice texture that is great for encouraging fine motor skills.

The reason I felt safe with her in bed as a newborn was because she literally wouldn't move once asleep so we had her on her back in a very firm boppy up between our pillows, then I'd move her to me when she was hungry or on occasion I'd even put her in her bouncy seat, buckle her in, and put that up on the bed in between us = worked great when she was a little more fussy than usual.

The Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce is the Triangle's largest business membership organization — made up of more than 2,500 member firms representing two - thirds of the private sector employment in Wake County.

It is a little more firm than my previous mattress and sits a little lower, but it looks great and I find it very comfortable.

Charlotte Warburton, global head of rail at technology firm PA Consulting, told the Accelerate Rail event in London: «If we can't offer seamlessly integrated journeys that guarantee us a seat, adapt with connections and give us the best journeys that avoid delays then we risk something far greater than complaints and frustration: we risk obsolescence.»

The feds claim Espada filed a report saying one of his firms — Soundview Management Enterprises — earned profits in the amount of $ 35,000 when it actually profited «greater than $ 35,000.»

-- State lobbying laws requiring disclosure by firms and officials would be extended to municipalities with a population greater than 5,000.