After playing it at the last few E3s, and a couple of other industry events, I was completely hooked on the technology, but balked at
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Gottlieb suggested that this opaque structure ultimately leads to
higher costs by thwarting competition, and argued for broader
adoption of «biosimilar» drugs to bring down drug
prices.
Vicis's
price point could be another hindrance to wide
adoption: The Zero1 costs $ 950, as compared with $ 400 to $ 500 for most other
high - end helmets.
Major barriers to mass market
adoption that still must overcome include technological fragmentation and persistently
high device
prices.
These risks include, in no particular order, the following: the trends toward more
high - definition, on - demand and anytime, anywhere video will not continue to develop at its current pace or will expire; the possibility that our products will not generate sales that are commensurate with our expectations or that our cost of revenue or operating expenses may exceed our expectations; the mix of products and services sold in various geographies and the effect it has on gross margins; delays or decreases in capital spending in the cable, satellite, telco, broadcast and media industries; customer concentration and consolidation; the impact of general economic conditions on our sales and operations; our ability to develop new and enhanced products in a timely manner and market acceptance of our new or existing products; losses of one or more key customers; risks associated with our international operations; exchange rate fluctuations of the currencies in which we conduct business; risks associated with our CableOS ™ and VOS ™ product solutions; dependence on market acceptance of various types of broadband services, on the
adoption of new broadband technologies and on broadband industry trends; inventory management; the lack of timely availability of parts or raw materials necessary to produce our products; the impact of increases in the
prices of raw materials and oil; the effect of competition, on both revenue and gross margins; difficulties associated with rapid technological changes in our markets; risks associated with unpredictable sales cycles; our dependence on contract manufacturers and sole or limited source suppliers; and the effect on our business of natural disasters.
The prospect of mass
adoption by Wall Street is driving the
price higher.
But even the
higher European credit
prices aren't going to be enough to promote widespread
adoption of CCS, which currently costs $ 40 to $ 100 a ton.
So it is no surprise to see Chinese coal - fired power plants frustrated, and the nation is losing its opportunity to leverage
adoption of clean energy technologies with
higher electricity
prices.
Raising carbon
prices to perhaps $ 40 per ton of CO2 or
higher would encourage greater
adoption of new technology, but that option seems politically unlikely.
What we should be wanting is more widespread
adoption of ebooks in general and getting away from the agency model and artificially
high prices can do that.
The Publisher Defendants» collective
adoption of the Apple Agency Agreements allowed them (facilitated by Apple) to raise, fix, and stabilize retail e-book
prices in three steps: (a) They took away retail
pricing authority from retailers; (b) they then set retail e-book
prices according to the Apple
price tiers; and (c) they then exported the agency model and
higher retail
prices to the rest of the industry, in part to comply with the retail
price MFN included in each Apple Agency Agreement.
Until we see HP, Asus, Acer, and MSI all hitting the market with
high - end Honeycomb tablets to «flood the market» with tablets to increase
adoption similar to what happened with netbooks we really don't know what
price advantage Apple really has.
Adoption problems have dogged Android tablets because of
high prices and lack of software and services.
This may be a decisive move against big e-retailers like Amazon, but it could also add hurdles for ebook
adoption, particularly if
prices for digital editions are
higher than consumers are willing to pay.
In an attempt to spur mainstream
adoption of its e-reader, the Kindle, (and to fend off the growing number of competitors in the e-reader, digital book, and tablet market) Amazon reduced the e-reader
price by more than half and established a policy of capping off e-book
prices at $ 9.99, which publishers criticized, arguing that the low
prices of e-books would cannibalize sales of
higher priced hardcover books.
The shift to agency
pricing (in some cases, publishers have
priced their ebooks
higher than the
price Amazon charges for the print versions); the rise in sales of indie - authored, low -
priced ebooks; device fatigue and a slow renewals cycle; a lack of good competition to Amazon;
adoption rates decreasing; reading time diminishing; and output reaching saturation point.
At a time when the ebook
adoption growth rate was
high and fast,
price points were less important than those sheer numbers that made so many boats float.
It is pretty well established that trad publishers have used
high ebook
prices to slow the
adoption of ebooks.
You note that «One CEO of a Big 5 publisher wrote in a note to herself that
higher prices would slow ebook
adoption and casual purchasers, protecting retailers,» and that «Protecting the paper book trade will not help publishers.
As for the Kindle 2 hardware announced today, both Baker and Shim said the enhancements in the Kindle 2 are a step in the right direction, but both criticized the $ 359
price as still being too
high for wide
adoption.
The shift to agency
pricing (in some cases, publishers have
priced their e-books
higher than the
price Amazon charges for the print versions); the rise in sales of indie - authored, low -
priced e-books; device fatigue and a slow renewals cycle; a lack of good competition to Amazon;
adoption rates decreasing; reading time diminishing; and output reaching saturation point.
If you plan to adopt from an animal rescue group, you should be aware that some unethical breeders and pet sellers are even beginning to pose as rescue groups, posting ads of «rescued» dogs available for
adoption at
high prices.
Having
high adoption fees makes it harder for someone to justify getting a dog from a shelter when they can get the cute fluffy puppy from the pet store for the same
price as a dog who has been raised by someone else and can be years older.
Scam rescue groups might offer animals for
adoption at low
prices, but the adopter must pay shipping fees that could cost as much as $ 400 and even
higher.
Pet Pros provides extremely
high quality spay / neuter services at a reasonable
price for pets belonging to low - income families as well as pets available for
adoption from local rescue organizations.
Impulsive,
price - triggered
adoptions have a
higher rate of failure.
Occasionally, dogs may have slightly
higher adoption fees than the
price range listed, depending on circumstances and our expenses.
But here's the good news: through aggressive
adoption pricing and the implementation of the County's new TNR (Trap - Neuter - Return) program, in January, for the first time ever, the live release rate for cats hit a record
high of 93 %: of the 79 received, 37 were adopted, 34 were TNR'd, and 3 returned to their owners.
We can help more animals in need by
pricing pets in
high demand at a
higher rate so the money raised by their
adoption helps the other animals in our care that require extensive medical care or need more time to find a home.
This rapid growth will arise from a widespread
adoption of VR by smartphone users, and the
high unit
prices commanded by headsets for PCs and consoles.
Sony had to play catch up with Microsoft in implementing all of these services on its floundering PlayStation 3, as it struggled with low
adoption rates caused by its lack of games, a
high price tag, and the perception that its online service, while free, just couldn't provide the same solid experience as Xbox Live.
I'm confident that
high energy
prices will make all sorts of alternate technologies cost - competitive and speed their
adoption.
In addition, the recent
price trajectory together with its quick build time,
high localisation potential and job creation benefits, should influence the
adoption of CSP technology into the IRP.
«Australia, like Japan, has
high retail electricity
prices which, combined with continuously reducing technology costs, are the main reasons for the small - scale PV
adoption rate,» it writes.
This
price is still too
high for this device and will be the biggest obstacle to broader
adoption by lawyers.
BloomergBNA which is also a private company has faced low enterprise
adoption rates due to its
high price point in a legal market seeking to reduce the overhead costs of online research.
Progress in Bitcoin scaling discussion, miners agreement on SegWit
adoption, rising global awareness of Bitcoin and the increase in the interest of institutional investors all drive Bitcoin
Price to all - time
highs.
Thirdly, two days after the upgrade happens, bitcoin
price reaches the level
higher than it used to be 1 month before its
adoption.
It looks like the primary reason for lackluster
adoption is the fairly
high price tag.
And it's also good for my bitcoin friends: the legitimacy and access is sure to help with
adoption and
higher bitcoin
prices.
Many worried that such
high fees would hinder Bitcoin's growing
adoption and use, disenfranchising most of the world's actual Bitcoin users, leaving only
price speculators and those willing to pay
high fees to transact in bitcoin.
As the
price of Bitcoin continues to skyrocket and Bitcoin
adoption realises rapid growth, we have more and more customers searching for the
price of Bitcoin and asking us: «Why is the Bitcoin
price so
high / low on Luno compared to the
price shown on Google and other exchanges?»
For example, bitcoin's transaction fees, whose
high price was considered a deterrent to mass
adoption, fell.
With recent news about the CME Group offering Bitcoin futures by the end of the year and the market
price hitting another all time
high of $ 6,600 over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin's growth, value, and
adoption show no sign of stopping anytime soon.
Securing that institutional trust could be Ethereum's gateway to widespread
adoption, thus leading to a virtuous circle where more credibility leads to
higher ETH
prices and
higher ETH
prices lead to more credibility.
Some are elated at the
adoption and the associated
price jump, while others are fearful of just how
high the roller coaster goes.
Nevertheless, there is still plenty of room for growth, which translates to a
higher adoption rate and justifies the expected
price increase.
I'm tying this one to demand and supply; the greater the
adoption, the lower the supply, the
higher the
price.
It has to be said though, that the number of confirmed transaction did not solely drop due to the increase in SegWit
adoption but also because outstanding bitcoin buy orders were clogging the network at the end of 2017 when bitcoin was close to its USD 20,000 all - time
high and because of bitcoin's
price drop, fewer people are buying bitcoin now than in late 2017.