Sentences with phrase «increased research investment»

The National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences, and other groups have increased research investment on identifying essential concepts for teaching evolution, including creating the Evolution Education Research Centre, a partnership of Harvard, McGill, and Chapman universities, and launching the...

Since then, overseas competitors have significantly increased their research investments in energy, while U.S. investments in this area have grown only modestly.

Not exact matches

But in Europe, brokers were obliged at the start of the year to split their research from their trading operations, in a series of attempts to increase transparency in investment banking.

In a working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research, Greg Mankiw and Phillip Swagel found [http://www.nber.org/papers/w12398.pdf] that a move to more overseas jobs «appears to be connected to increased U.S. employment and investment rather than to overall job loss.»

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Prior research has shown that the use of social media may detract from face - to - face relationships, reduce investment in meaningful activities, increase sedentary behavior by encouraging more screen time, lead to internet addiction, and erode self - esteem through unfavorable social comparison.

«Repatriations did not lead to an increase in domestic investment, employment or (research and development), even for the firms that lobbied for the tax holiday stating these intentions,» the study concluded.

Academic studies have found that a significant proportion of hedge fund interventions involve large increases in leverage and large decreases in investment, particularly in research and development.

Our research - focused and data - intensive approach significantly increases the efficiency of our investment team.

Prior to joining U.S. Trust, Robyn spent over a decade with Bessemer Trust, where she held increasing responsibilities in investment manager research, selection and monitoring.

Our research shows that constructing a portfolio holding tax - efficient broad - market stock investments in taxable accounts and taxable bonds in tax - advantaged accounts can minimize taxes and add up to 0.75 % of additional net return in the first year, without increasing risk.

They said increased scale from the combination should help improve margins, which in turn should allow additional investment in research and development.

By: Mia Breytenbach 20th October 2017 While South Africa had increased its investment in mining research and development (R&D) since 2014, the country's investment was still below that of its peers, delegates heard during a panel discussion on «Technological Innovation and Advancements in the Mining Industry» at the Joburg Indaba... →

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Areas where corporations have put this cash to work include: continued dividend increases and share buybacks, which return capital back to shareholders; ongoing investment and capital expenditures as well as research and development; and increasing productivity and lowering cost structures.

The increased professionalization of academic life in religious studies also works against serious faculty investment of time and energy in interdisciplinary teaching and research.

Primarily, this investment will see a doubling of office space with increased storage facilities and the development of a new purpose - built laboratory for Research and Development (R&D) with three state - of - the - art pilot plants, which will test and trial pre - and post-treatment liquid and solid organic waste streams, to ensure optimal anaerobic digester performance.

Expenditure on research and development increased significantly due to increased investment in Taste & Nutrition to $ 261m ($ 275m), compared to $ 234m ($ 246.6 m) in 2015.

Increase investment in developing and acquiring skills in general business tasks, leadership, market research and data science

The Indonesian government is ramping up efforts to become food - secure through rice self - sufficiency and plans to greatly increase investments in agriculture, as well as strengthen collaborations with international research partners.

Simon stated that 95 % of all research investments over the past 30 years have focussed on increasing productivity with only 5 % going to reducing food loss.

Mondelez, which also makes Philadelphia cream cheese and Natural Confectionery Co lollies, has been cutting costs and trimming investment on research and development to boost margins in the face of pricing pressure in supermarkets, increasing competition from retailers» private label brands, and changing consumer eating habits.

Governments, development banks, other financial institutions, businesses, and philanthropic organizations should increase financing for food loss and waste reduction technologies, processes, and research and help make projects more investment - ready.

- Increase investment in research and development of plant - based foods and clean meat; - Clarify that food producers can use compound names such as «soy milk» and other descriptors on food labels; - Include commonsense measures to reform checkoff programs; and - Incentivize the production and consumption of specialty crops and pulses.

This hypothesis was confirmed when our research revealed a connection between lower totals and an increased return on investment.

Three quarters of the companies expect to maintain or expand the current workforce, 95 % will increase or hold current research & development investment and 80 % expect capital expenditure to remain at current levels or grow.

Several of the recommendations in this report appear to have been taken up by the government, including increased investment in research and development.

Another factor the research associate mentioned was the interest the Chinese government has shown in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana in terms of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), adding that the increased collaboration between the two countries could be one of the key factors for the growth in trade volumes.

Adding that — «Millions of jobs will be created for our young people and the private sector is invited to increase their investment appetite for these projects and academia is also to intensify research for the attainment of these plans.»

«The CUNY Board of Trustees has approved an operating budget request for FY2017 - 18 that seeks increased state and city investment in faculty hiring, new research, expanding college access and other initiatives necessary to provide our students with an affordable, high - quality education,» Arena said in an emailed statement.

DOE presents a good distillation of the Administration's general approach to science and technology: a particular skepticism of federal technology programs and hostility to climate research; a general interest in scaling back even fundamental science; and a desire to increase investment in defense - related activities.

To prevent this agricultural crisis, Nelson estimates, would require an investment of at least $ 7 billion per year in the most affected countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America for increased agricultural research into, for example, drought - resistant crop varieties.

What is needed above all to change the face of research careers in Spain is the increase of the investment in R&D across the board.

«Funding and commercial support are increasing in the area of vaccine R&D, especially because of the high investment by entities such as the NIH and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation,» noted Marie - Paule Kieny, director of the WHO's Initiative for Vaccine Research.

The reports also identifies other challenges that impact sustained observations, such as the declining investment in new technological development, increasing difficulty in retaining and replenishing the human resources associated with sustained ocean observing, and a decreasing number of global and ocean - class research vessels.

The report, «Patents as Proxies: NIH Hubs of Innovation,» confirms an increased economic value of NIH patents as compared to private sector patents, as well as meaningful differences in the rate and quality of invention across different research and development (R&D) investments.

There is considerable overlap between AAU's recommendations for the government and measures proposed by the three bills, including a call for increased federal investment in basic research and more graduate scholarships in science and engineering.

Noting this retention problem, the EC advocated increased European Union (EU) research investments (see the Editorial by Papon, Science 1 August 2003), and urged European cooperation to stop the «brain drain.»

Obama used much of his speech to tout the investments his administration has already made in science and energy research through the economic - stimulus law and other increases that it anticipated as part of the budget resolution.

«China is achieving a dramatic amount of synergy by increasing its investment in science and engineering education, in research, and in infrastructure, which is attracting scientists from all over the world,» NSF Director Arden Bement said this morning at a rollout of the 2010 Indicators.

The Committee definitively rejects this short - sighted proposal, and instead increases investment in this transformational program and directs the Department to continue to spend funds provided on research and development and program direction.

If the U.K. is going to sustain its excellence in physiology research and education it is critical that investment increases again after the structural deficit is addressed.

Over the last 2 decades, research and investment in sustainable energy have increased dramatically.

«These realities are coming at the same time as other countries are increasing their R&D investments, in spite of similar economic conditions, responding to the clear relationship between a nation's research capacity, its economic strength, and the well - being of its people.

In drafting the bill, Bucshon said, «we have increased investments in research in the natural and physical sciences that are critical for stimulating new technologies, innovation, and economic growth.

«We particularly applaud the panel's recommendation to increase public sector investment in research over the next decade,» Brendan Crabb, president - elect for the Association for Australian Medical Research Institutes, told The Sydney Morning Herald neresearch over the next decade,» Brendan Crabb, president - elect for the Association for Australian Medical Research Institutes, told The Sydney Morning Herald neResearch Institutes, told The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.

«Furthermore there are other options such as specially designed spectacle lenses and contact lenses or drug interventions but increased investment in research is needed to improve the efficacy and access of such interventions.»

The authors propose policy solutions including increasing investments in MPA management, prioritizing social science research on MPAs, and strengthening methods for monitoring and evaluation of MPAs.

The US National Science Foundation's investments directed toward climate change research have increased substantially since 1987, but biodiversity expenditures have increased much less and have held steady since 2004.

The 20/20 investment principle could be achieved over a three - year period by increasing the share of funding by approximately one percent in FY15, FY16, and FY17 for 6.1 basic research and by approximately one percent in total for DOD S&T during the same time frame.