Sentences with phrase «model for other companies»

According to its president and chief executive officer (CEO), Julia Levy, «the success of QLT has made it a very useful role model for other companies starting now.

«It is also clear that our efforts to enhance employee welfare and support are meeting with success and they are saving lives and they are serving as a model for other companies with large employee populations who face similar challenges.»

«Anthem's initial response in promptly notifying the FBI after observing suspicious network activity is a model for other companies and organizations facing similar circumstances,» said FBI spokesman Joshua Campbell.

Not exact matches

Blank suggests a number of other start - up metrics are useful for tracking how well the company's proposed business model is holding up.

While a $ 200,000 cash injection from an angel investor might be a real turning point for your company, allowing you to push your business model to the next level, that sum might pale in significance to funding rounds going to other major players in the industry.

The menu, decor, sourcing and other details are up to the franchisees, though the company does provide recipes and a model bakery for inspiration.

The $ 400,000 Phantom is Rolls - Royce's signature vehicle, but the company has attracted much hype for three other models it's released since 2009: the Ghost, Wraith, and Dawn.

You don't have to build houses in the developing world, launch a trendy e-commerce company with a one - for - one model, or subsist on Ramen noodles if you want to start a venture that will help others.

Other changes included a price cut on the company's rear wheel drive 70 kWh version of Model S, and the new offer of a «Ludicrous Speed Upgrade» for the 85 kWh, all - wheel drive Model S called the «P85D» — the company's most expensive model at $ 105,000 before tax incentives and gas savings as estimated by TModel S, and the new offer of a «Ludicrous Speed Upgrade» for the 85 kWh, all - wheel drive Model S called the «P85D» — the company's most expensive model at $ 105,000 before tax incentives and gas savings as estimated by TModel S called the «P85D» — the company's most expensive model at $ 105,000 before tax incentives and gas savings as estimated by Tmodel at $ 105,000 before tax incentives and gas savings as estimated by Tesla.

«This settlement represents a giant leap forward toward leveling the playing field and can serve as a model of best practices for other technology companies.»

The insurance industry now uses sophisticated catastrophe modeling for risk assessment when it comes to flooding, hurricanes, and other natural disasters, but that wasn't the case until 11 insurance companies went bankrupt after Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

The system, in partnership with major U.S. banks and credit card companies including Visa and MasterCard, will allow users to make mobile payments through magnetic strip - card readers without an external accessory needed for other models.

Apple is always good for a surprise or two, but other than the expected incorporation of fitness trackers, a larger screen and / or some sort of mobile payment technology, it's hard to imagine the company doing anything that will generate the same buzz as its first few iPhone models did just a few years ago.

The proposed regulations, put out for public comment Jan. 4, would ban high upfront fees and restrict the kinds of contracts debt settlement companies can offer, effectively outlawing the business model most popular with, among others, Cambridge Life Solutions, a company Matt McClearn and I wrote about in this magazine last fall.

At the other end of the spectrum, Mail Boxes Etc. uses a scale of minus 2 to 2 for each of 20 criteria, which are weighted to arrive at a total score; Jinwoong, the sporting - goods marketer, uses an «eight - link chain» model for managing decisions about potential new products; the links detail the company's strengths in eight areas, such as distribution and in - store merchandising.

Clef's diversity policy — which it offers online for other companies to adopt as a model — is a «living» document that employees have the power to change.

Warren says the Oreo model in China has become the company's model for all its other products.

Still, while other companies like Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin are planning much of their business around space flights for the super wealthy, SpaceX's model is primarily to serve as a vehicle for scientific missions, satellite launches, and trips to the International Space Station.

While BarkBox accounts for approximately 75 percent of revenue, the company has branched out into several other business models.

In the final stage, companies embrace a hybrid business model and reallocate revenue streams to optimize for total value creation and capture rather than focusing on one — the product or the platform — at the expense of the other.

The company will hold one of its rare «special events» in Cupertino, California — likely for the purpose of debuting a highly - anticipated new iPhone model, and updates to other Apple products.

Uber and other companies, including Lyft and Handy, say the contractor model allows for flexibility that many see as important to their success.

Durant was a great promoter and visionary, and by 1909 he had turned Buick into the best - selling car in the U.S. Searching for a business model in a new industry, and with the prescient vision that a car company should offer multiple brands, that year he bought three other small car companies — Cadillac, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac — and merged them with Buick, renaming the combined company General Motors.

LaunchDarkly, like other software as a service companies, uses a subscription model for its tools.

These new rules have far - reaching implications not only for companies like Geofeedia, but also for others whose business models revolve around utilizing social media data for close observations.

Its signature news, views and interviews format is modeled after The Beat, The BTN Group's subscription news service for travel management company representatives, technologists, distributors, management professionals, suppliers and other industry influencers.

Allwork.Space: So your barbell model for coworking, where there are industry giants on one side, and small companies and independents on the other side, with few mid-size companies in - between, is holding up.

Still others, like personalization technology, are better for established companies like Google and Facebook that have the data to train their image and voice recognition models.

This news release contains forward - looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding: BlackBerry's expectations regarding new product initiatives and timing, including the BlackBerry 10 platform; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding new service offerings, and assumptions regarding its service revenue model; BlackBerry's plans, strategies and objectives, and the anticipated opportunities and challenges in fiscal 2014; anticipated demand for, and BlackBerry's plans and expectations relating to, programs to drive sell - through of the company's BlackBerry 10 smartphones; BlackBerry's expectations regarding financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2014; BlackBerry's expectations with respect to the sufficiency of its financial resources; BlackBerry's ongoing efforts to streamline its operations and its expectations relating to the benefits of its Cost Optimization and Resource Efficiency («CORE») program and similar strategies; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding marketing and promotional programs; and BlackBerry's estimates of purchase obligations and other contractual commitments.

Most of their competitors for digital advertising, on the other hand, are modular: some companies collect data, and other collect ads; such a model, in a society demanding ever more privacy, will be increasingly untenable.

A few other interesting points that I expect Tesla will address include, plans for production in China now that the door appears to be open, timing on Model Y since news came out that Tesla was aiming for a start of production in November 2019, and even though the company and Musk directly addressed it a few times recently, I expect analysts will want more details about Tesla's plan not to raise capital this year.

This news release contains forward - looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding: BlackBerry's expectations regarding new product initiatives and timing, including the BlackBerry 10 platform; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding new service offerings, and assumptions regarding its service revenue model; BlackBerry's plans, strategies and objectives, and the anticipated opportunities and challenges in fiscal 2014; anticipated demand for, and BlackBerry's plans and expectations relating to, programs to drive sell - through of the Company's BlackBerry 7 and 10 smartphones and BlackBerry PlayBook tablets; BlackBerry's expectations regarding financial results for the second quarter of fiscal 2014; BlackBerry's expectations with respect to the sufficiency of its financial resources; BlackBerry's ongoing efforts to streamline its operations and its expectations relating to the benefits of its Cost Optimization and Resource Efficiency («CORE») program and similar strategies; BlackBerry's plans and expectations regarding marketing and promotional programs; and BlackBerry's estimates of purchase obligations and other contractual commitments.

We may face increasing competition for additional new product acquisitions from pharmaceutical companies as new companies emerge with a similar business model and other more established companies focus on acquiring products to develop their pipeline.

«What we're seeing is the rise of algorithms in new customer engagement models,» said Paul Maritz, the chief executive of Pivotal, a company that builds software for other companies and offers products for online software development.

We need to look to other companies and industries as models for what will happen in the future.

In addition to the TAO Growth Company of the Year award, DiscoverOrg has received numerous other accolades over the past year, including being named an Inc. 5000 company for the 6th straight year; being added to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list; being recognized as Category Leader for Sales Intelligence and Account - Based Marketing by G2 Crowd and as a 2017 Top Rated Sales Intelligence Platform by TrustRadius; and being awarded the SIIA Model of Excellence Award for Data QCompany of the Year award, DiscoverOrg has received numerous other accolades over the past year, including being named an Inc. 5000 company for the 6th straight year; being added to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list; being recognized as Category Leader for Sales Intelligence and Account - Based Marketing by G2 Crowd and as a 2017 Top Rated Sales Intelligence Platform by TrustRadius; and being awarded the SIIA Model of Excellence Award for Data Qcompany for the 6th straight year; being added to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list; being recognized as Category Leader for Sales Intelligence and Account - Based Marketing by G2 Crowd and as a 2017 Top Rated Sales Intelligence Platform by TrustRadius; and being awarded the SIIA Model of Excellence Award for Data Quality.

Despite worries over Tesla's financial sustainability and its inflated valuation, the company ought to be applauded for forcing other industries (automotive, technology, etc) to rethink their existing business models and evolve as new markets are created.

It seems quite clear from the experience of doctors working for managed - care companies, of engineers and other technical specialists who live from one short - term consulting contract to the next, and of permanent adjunct faculty that this model of professional life is scary and unsatisfying.

As each account is unique, the company uses a variety of meats, breads and other ingredients in its products, depending on what each customer requires for its distinct customer base and business model.

That's a significant reduction in greenhouse gases and a model for other packaging companies,» said Leon Farahnik founder and CEO of CarbonLITE.

, and now allows companies which make add - on products for football helmets to make their own certification of compliance with the NOCSAE standards on a helmet model, as long as the certification is done according to NOCSAE standards, and as long as the manufacturer assumes responsibility (in other words, potential legal liability) for the helmet / add - on combination.

The long answer is that, it is true that the National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) initially decided in July 2013 that modification of helmets with third - party after - market add - ons, such as impact sensors installed inside a helmet or to its exterior, would be viewed as voiding the helmet manufacturer's certification, and that the certification could only be regained if the helmet was retested by the manufacturer with the add - on, NOCSAE later issued a press release clarifying that position: Instead of automatically voiding the certification, NOCSAE decided it would leave it up to helmet manufacturers to decide whether a particular third - party add - on affixed to the helmet, such as a impact sensor, voided its certification of compliance with NOCSAE's standard, and now allows companies which make add - on products for football helmets to make their own certification of compliance with the NOCSAE standards on a helmet model, as long as the certification is done according to NOCSAE standards, and as long as the manufacturer assumes responsibility (in other words, potential legal liability) for the helmet / add - on combination.

«For us, this model does work in all types of schools and districts,» Rolls said of his company, which also serves preschools, Glencoe District 35 and Sacred Heart Schools on the Far North Side among others.

«Some companies may find that these models work best for them — but there are other routes that use existing Board structures, complemented or supplemented by advisory councils or panels, to ensure all those with a stake in the company are properly represented.

There is a limitation to the model: the WAS data underpinning it does not capture the value of residential properties that are owned by entities other than private individuals and households, which HMRC statistics suggest are a relatively large share of high - value properties (for example, two - thirds of properties built for more than # 2 million in the UK were purchased by companies or trusts).

The effort to export the «nano business model» to other parts of New York represents Cuomo's continued remaking of economic development policy which, for the past 30 years, has mostly involved scattershot subsidies to companies.

But several who have known the company business model for years told TRD that they expect Glenwood to keep on with its pattern of one sky - high luxury rental after the other.

With collaboration between the Department of Health, SUNY Poly's nanobioscience department and biotech companies, officials envisioned it serving as «a model for public health innovation to other states and nations.»

«The space - time model developed for this study could provide the basis for the next generation of wave forecast models to predict wave extremes and provide early warnings to shipping companies and others to help them avoid dangerous areas at risk of rogue waves,» Fedele said.

Other Institutions also belong to the Campus: the University of Milan; Cogentech, an IFOM - IEO consortium committed to developing leading genomic technologies (nanotechnologies, proteomics, bioinformatics, disease models), the European School of Molecular Medicine (SEMM), that organizes training in emerging sectors of Biomedicine, offering the first European PhDs in Molecular Medicine, Medical Nanotechnologies, Foundations of the Life Sciences and their Ethical Consequences; Genextra, a biotech company whose mission is to develop new therapies against cancer and aging - related disease; Biopolo, a not for profit company involved in the technological transfer of basic research to the productive system.