Sentences with phrase «is the best driver of»

(Whether the Canadian output gap is the best driver of underlying inflation as opposed to, say, U.S. CPI or the U.S. output gap is a great question, but that's a topic for another time.)

At the start his team - mate showed why such luminaries as Nigel Roebuck think he is the best driver of the 21st century.

«The phones continue to be a good market and applications continue to be a good driver of it.

A great book with a great cover, all other things being equal, is the best driver of what is far and away the most effective marketing: word - of - mouth.

Not exact matches

Regulators such as the Financial Services Commission of Ontario have also strongly expressed the opinion that telematics devices should be used primarily for the benefit of the consumer, and to help individuals become better drivers (as evidenced by a presentation given by the FSCO at a UBI Symposium this past February).

And keep in mind that the vast majority of tractor - trailer drivers are not just consummate professionals, they're better drivers than we are.

They typically react (slowly at best) to three outside drivers: (a) their competition brings a new offering to market, and they need a quick competitive response; (b) their customers see and begin to adopt new processes and solutions, and the customers demand that their products and services conform to the new ways of doing business; or (c) they see a new tool, product, or service in the market offered by a new player and they quickly determine that this is a game - changer which they need to own (rather than try to build themselves) because they lack the internal capacity to do otherwise.

Service businesses are best valued on revenue and profitability since there are few hard assets, while production assets of companies in manufacturing tend to be substantial drivers of valuation along with revenue and profitability.

It's an accepted and well - circulated meme that small businesses are the drivers of economic growth, creating most of the jobs that keep the nation humming.

If coordinating and scheduling is more of your strong suit, you may find that setting up your business using contracted drivers is the best way to go.

You might know Earnhardt best as NASCAR's most popular driver, but he's also the president of JR Motorsports.

And two - thirds of respondents are okay with taxi driver and call center jobs being lost if it means access to better transportation and customer service.

The value of this strategy is that you get sales people who start to understand all the players in one area, as well as all the jargon and business drivers for their specific market.

Woodman had always harbored a dream of being a racecar driver, and once sales of the digital camera were going well enough, he indulged himself by going to racing school at Infineon Raceway, in Sonoma.

Having a well - organized model of your business's growth drivers is not only helpful for evaluating what already happened, it is also critical for forecasting what will happen.

As well, this particular model was fitted with the $ 4,000 option of a roof - integrated solar panel that powers the car's cabin ventilation system, obviously conceived to allow you to quiet any hostile and righteous Prius drivers hurling abuse your way at red lights.

Uber drivers, as well as drivers for Lyft and other ride - hailing companies, are increasingly turning to alternative measures in the hopes of making more money on the job.

The Board and the Executive Leadership Team are confident that Dara is the best person to lead Uber into the future building world - class products, transforming cities, and adding value to the lives of drivers and riders around the world while continuously improving our culture and making Uber the best place to work.

That said, Netflix has recently been offered in Canada but YouTube is still a huge resource, as well as people posting videos on Facebook, which could be one of the big drivers for the Canadian traffic growth.

This week Uber is releasing a new «Fuel Finder» feature on its app that can give drivers directions to the nearest gas stations and help them hunt for the best prices on a tank of gas.

While that sounds like a simple point, drivers expend a huge amount of energy counteracting G - forces that often range between 3 and 5 Gs and higher; to withstand that force, drivers contract their muscles to maintain physical balance and seating posture as well as to prevent blood from being forced to one side of the body.

If the integrity of your email database is good, meaning people actually want to hear from you, then email has the potential to be a major driver for you.

I know it has been a tough week for many of you and your families, as well as many thousands of drivers whose stories are heartfelt and heart - wrenching.

Since GM's driverless cars are years away from hitting the road as part of Lyft's service, the automaker plans to provide short - term car rentals (for a day, week or month) to Lyft drivers in the immediate future, as well as lease financing through its GM Financial arm, said Ammann.

It boosts the lows to the point where the bass becomes the driver of most songs where it's present, but it does well to not overwhelm the rest of the mix.

Uber's willingness to ban racists will likely be received well by many drivers, more than half of whom were non-white as of January 2015.

In all of these business projections, a good business plan has estimated guesses, explaining assumptions and drivers of how these numbers are expected to change in the future.

Among the info stolen was trove of data including the names, emails, and phone numbers for 50 million riders globally, as well as the personal information of 7 million drivers.

Whether that's our employees — we call them team members — whether that's in our case the drivers or customers, passengers using the service, great service, great hospitality, treating people well, having a good set of values.

Letting employees guide their own work is one of the best ways to, as Einar Westerlund puts it, «capture their hearts and minds» — a significant driver of engagement.

While they don't always know where they're going, I love Uber because the cost of a ride has gotten so inexpensive and the drivers are friendly (if only because they want good reviews).

Expect to hear more questions coming up about the testing of this technology and how well it handles returning control to a human driver when there's a situation the sensors aren't ready for.

«Upfront fares are calculated using the expected time and distance of the trip and local traffic, as well as how many riders and nearby drivers are using Uber at that moment.

In doing so, you drive further growth and, therefore, better financials — which, no matter the rising importance of social media, is and will always be the top driver for a successful loan application.

And good, old - fashioned profitability has historically been the biggest driver of equity bull markets.

While Uber is still advertising earnings in advertisements, the company has a team of economists making sure the numbers best reflect average driver earnings.

«Their driver monitor system isn't as good as some other systems in terms of assuring that someone is paying attention,» said David Friedman, Director of Cars and Product Policy and Analysis for Consumers Union, the advocacy division of Consumer Reports.

«Individual preferences are still the main drivers for «doing good,» and price matters, too, in terms of tax relief, but we have to think about social interactions in order to really understand behavior,» Smith said.

Employees have to trust that the organization has their best interests in mind, so you need to make it clear that employees are in the driver's seat of their learning and development.

The news also comes as Uber is still managing a string of scandals, including accusations of a sexist work culture as well as driver protests.

Uber attorney Theodore Boutrous said a better procedure would be to first have a trial solely on the three drivers, instead of a «big, huge» class action that would set a risky precedent.

There are plenty of people out there who have pretty positive self - assessments: Ninety percent of drivers think they have above average skills behind the wheel, an even higher percentage of college professors think they're better than average teachers, and, as we all know, every single child in Lake Wobegon is above average.

Allstate: Get the Smart Student Discount if the driver is under the age of 25, unmarried and is a full - time student getting good grades

It features a variety of seat shapes to better allow working and reclining and an AI personalized to the driver's habits and activities.

«What that means in short is that he understands the back - end workings of the business well enough that he could rebuild them himself (well, almost), and he also cold calls customers and says things to journalists aimed to warm consumers» hearts, such as: «On Valentine's Day in Chicago, we had every driver give every woman who got in the car a rose.

What I like is that all of the experiences we do while driving a car or truck counts towards making a safer and better driver.

They want to be reimbursed for their expenses — such as fuel and insurance — as well as alleged unpaid tips and have sought to sue Uber on behalf of every driver who has ever used our app in the State of California.

The primary drivers of better than planned SG&A dollars were lower corporate, store line and transaction - related expenses.

Longer term, emerging markets are the drivers of global economic growth and investors would do well to have some exposure, even if it comes with higher volatility.

However, if Autopilot is truly as good as Musk claims — if driver safety actually improves when Tesla owners flip the switch — then this move to make the data public is critical for changing laws, behavior and the public's perception of what's safe and what isn't.