Sentences with phrase «how small the margins»

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When the chairman of Jiffy Lube couldn't answer Read's questions about pricing, profit margins, and how to grow, Read began visiting small, independent operators, who provided him with the answers that informed the business plan he still uses today.

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It is also a function of the stage of much of our careers where we aren't interested in playing small ball with incrementalism on how to squeeze out an extra 5 % of margin by optimizing the Internet slightly better.

How come few (if any) of the smaller teams lost these fixtures by those kind of margins?

«It will be interesting to see how a mayor elected with a huge margin of a small turnout fares with up - for - election state officials.»

She then starts to break audience's hearts when she recalls her forced downsizing experience and its impact on her life and how she'd always hoped to meet that Norwegian doctor who, seeing how her downsizing had reduced her pain due to her lost leg — realized it's the first time he'd never been so proud of his downsizing efforts when he heard her story and realized she was relieved from unbearable pain only to find herself on the margin of a downsized society that, even though became smaller in size, its ego and indifference are bigger than ever.

It's a far more subtle turn for her, more about small facial tics and reactions on the margins and how that factors into her composure and decision - making process.

Even small changes in how we buy books could tip the scales and create catastrophe for brick and mortar bookstores, because profit margins are slim throughout the publishing world.

This will ensure that the text frames stay the same size as the margins, regardless of how large or small the pages are.

But none of these companies have done so yet — and given how tight their profit margins seem to be, smaller e-reader makers may not be able to match the aggressive pricing of Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

These small publishing outfits are likely to be the solution to the process problem, and I look forward to seeing how they solve the intricacies of editing, design, and ebook production in a low - margin, high - output context.

Portfolio Strategies Insights on How to Manage a Concentrated Portfolio Investing in a small number of stocks requires a focus on margin of safety and valuations as well as the ability to invest for the long term.

Historically, small caps have outperformed large caps by a substantial margin, even considering how many small caps flare out and fail rather than growing to the next level.

OK, let's lose our heads a little now & envisage a sale of Newmark: Here's the wonderful thing about small companies — no matter how parsimonious management might be, the costs of a listed company HQ (in absolute terms) can be a heavy burden on the margins of its underlying business (es).

well in terms of how dangerous they are small dogs do have to beat them in rate by quite a large margin given that the expected damage from an attack by a chihuahua is a lot different than what you expect from an attack by a breed on this list

For example, if you talk about how steam and humble bundles devalue your product due to incredibly small margins, well it's never been easier to get games released on the consoles (from what I've read) where not only is the market thriving (the PS4 is the fastest selling console in history), but also the margins are much higher.

'' Two degree scenarios need to become the new default setting for how companies report on their future business strategy — it's not clear what the oil majors are so afraid of that they resist focusing on a smaller higher margin business.»

The report also explores how smaller tar sands producers are having trouble accessing capital markets, how the industry is increasing capital spending even as it faces declining cash flows, weak revenue expectations, rising production costs and tight margins.

This leaves a smaller margin for error as highly informed consumers have become acutely aware of how to seek out information, poll their networks and complete transactions across a plethora of interactive channels.»

I don't mind this, since I doubt Bixby will ever prove useful to me within this phone's lifespan, but that small distinction is notable for how well it illustrates the small margin for error when designing a phone's ergonomics.