Sentences with phrase «more traditional economies»

In Europe, in more traditional economies supported by heavy industry, the rate is six percent of women compared to 13 percent of men.

Not exact matches

The impact of the adjustment is likely to be mild on most parts of the economy — for instance, slightly increasing borrowing costs for consumers and small businesses that rely on more traditional bank - loan financing.

There's no longer any question that an education which equips a new graduate with the tools and technologies that it takes to join today's tech - and - data - centric workforce is far more likely to lead to solid earnings and long - term employment in our digital global economy than an expensive, traditional 4 - year program.

Traditional answers often focus on various sectors and involve more or less hand - wringing about their rise and fall, but according to the author of a forthcoming book on entrepreneurship and economy, there is another, better way to view our economy — as one single ecosystem, a sort of one - sector economy that interacts as a unit much like a forest and which should be nurtured as it grows and recycles itself.

Where Kickstarter uses the web to connect like - minded niche consumers and capitalizes on existing social networks for marketing, other examples of the sharing economy follow a more traditional path.

Once primarily a scourge of traditional brick - and - mortar retailers, Amazon's cloud over U.S. business has spread to more corners of the economy and raised worries about where it could strike next.

At a more microscopic level, there's a very good chance that Pruitt will direct the EPA to roll back mandated changes to increased fuel - economy standards, benefitting the traditional auto industry.

In a region where more than a 1,000 workers were recently laid - off from the coal mines, projects like this offer a much - needed economic boost that helps diversify the local economy and buffer, as the mayor of Tumbler Ridge said, the «devastating shocks» from the regular boom - bust cycle of the traditional resource sectors.

Today, more than 10 million Americans call themselves the boss.1 Entrepreneurism is an important piece of this country's economy and has long been viewed as the traditional means to creating wealth.

«Whether it's a direct result of the current economy, or a person's independent drive, we are seeing more and more people across generations starting their own businesses as alternatives to traditional jobs or careers.

With Chinese consumers adopting a more active lifestyle, and one that takes them beyond the walls of a traditional gym, the nascent outdoors market may be yet another growth area for retail in the world's second - largest economy.

Analysts believe that investors are gradually beginning to pay more attention to these assets since they are unrelated to a country's economy — unlike fiat currencies and other traditional forms of money exchange, which are extremely vulnerable to internal and external economic shocks — leading to the popularity of cryptos such as bitcoin and a few others.

It's because angel investors provide this critical early stage capital, and are involved in so many more young companies, that I believe they are more important to entrepreneurs, and the economy, than traditional VC funds.

Over the past five years, Prospa has disrupted a previously traditional industry by transforming the way small business owners experience finance, injecting more than $ 400m into the Australian small business economy through over 12,000 loans to small business owners.

Cryptocurrency supporters today are saying the same thing I heard about the Internet in the late 1990s: There is a new economy and traditional valuation methods don't apply any more.

The on - demand economy, also known as O2O e-commerce, is geared to deliver greater convenience to consumers — and more sales opportunities to retailers and service providers — by marrying mobile Internet technology with traditional brick - and - mortar stores.

They treat the alternatives as the product of the traditional society that I have described more positively, rather than as the result of the destruction of the traditional economy by modernity.

Traditional economists are slow to learn that society is more than «the economy» (see Chapter 5).

In the US the two major «parties» are more like coalitions than traditional parliamentary system parties, but the Democratic coalition tends to strongly support the mixed economy system, and parts of the Republican coalition do as well.

These highly qualified caretakers were asked to accomplish in a very short period of time what traditional political leaders had failed to do in decades: keep public spending under control, and make their countries» economies more competitive.

Putting resources into pursuing newer forms of evasion such as cyber crime (or e-evasion) as well as the more traditional smuggling and hidden economy is sensible.

The emerging new economy offers greater potential opportunity for self - development and promises more intense rewards than traditional employment.

The traditional view is that the whole Dutch economy took a huge hit as a result, although some modern research has suggested the effects were more limited.

And librarians, who will now spend more time handling e-books than traditional print items, will also have to advance their own research skills and expand their own knowledge in order to remain competitive in the job market; as Seth Grodin notes in his recent ode to libraries, librarians will also be critical in teaching children how to be «first - rate data sharks» in the knowledge - based economy.

I understand Jeep needs to get more aerodynamic for fuel - economy gains, but this just loses too many of the traditional Jeep styling cues in the process.

Less reliance on the traditional braking system and reduced engine pumping losses translate into greater electrical regeneration (170 percent more than the 2005 Civic Hybrid) and ultimately improved fuel economy.

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CVTs became common in hybrid cars because they are considerably more efficient than both manual and traditional automatic transmissions, and their popularity skyrocketed from there as automakers competed for the best possible fuel economy ratings.

The new Suzuki Baleno ticks a lot of those boxes, and it isn't just a conventional take on the Swift, but built on a new platform with lower weight and increased rigidity, and with the option of a new 1.0 litre 3 - cylinder engine — producing 109bhp and official economy of 62.7 mpg — it's a very modern car wrapped up in more traditional clothes.

But despite the GT's added horsepower, basically this is a compact four - door hatchback dressed in sports duds that can carry more stuff than your traditional economy sedan with trunk.

More With Less EcoBoost's combination of direct injection and turbocharging mitigates the traditional disadvantages of downsizing and boosting 4 - and 6 - cylinder engines, giving customers both superior performance as well as fuel economy.

A six - speed manual or CVT are both available, the former being our preference for more spirited driving, the latter a traditional choice for easier commuting and optimal fuel economy.

Some use their hybrid systems to improve performance, while others take the more traditional route of using electricity to supplement their internal combustion engines specifically for better fuel economy.

If you need a vehicle that can hold up to eight passengers, tow 5,200 pounds and offer better fuel economy and a more comfortable ride than a traditional SUV, the 2015 Traverse is the crossover for you.

A continuously variable transmission, or CVT, is a type of automatic transmission that provides more useable power, better fuel economy and a smoother driving experience than a traditional automatic transmission.

Nothing wrong with that, but Kia believes many customers just want good fuel economy in a more traditional design, and so we have the Niro Hybrid..

Stith states, that «while there are certainly economies of scale offered by traditional publishing when printing 10,000 — 50,000 copies of a book, we're more interested in those wanting to print 10 or 50 copies.

If we are talking about traditional publishing, i.e., by large, well - known publishing houses, I'd have to agree it is even more difficult now to get in the door because certainly a downturned economy impacts all business which includes book publishing.

Because of hiccups in the economy resulting in declines in book sales, the advance of technology and the demise of many brick - front book stores, it has become more difficult than ever to get published in the traditional way.

Commodities have historically provided investors with a hedge against inflation, a way to capitalize on the growth of emerging economies around the world as well as returns that are uncorrelated to more traditional asset classes, such as stocks and bonds.

With the economy and credit market crunch making it difficult to get more traditional loans, «alternative» lending opportunities are arising.

To put this in more simple terms, it may or may not be true that the future growth of our economy might, in fact, fall from a traditional 3 % to 4 % growth rate, to a lower 2 % to 3 % growth rate.

The Fed seems committed to using its balance sheet to intervene in lending markets, not the more traditional stimulus of the economy as done in the past.

It might have been better for the Bernanke Fed to have been more traditional, and have stimulated the general economy, while letting the Treasury protect individual financial institutions in trouble.

Additionally, while you can pay more for a little extra leg room, there are no traditional premium economy, business class, or first class fares on Spirit Airlines.

More traditional travel brands are left behind by the new sharing economy that dominates the social media space.

The sharing economy emerged, according to ITB - Berlin, because of the gap in the market as more traditional travel industry players reacted too slowly to the demand for social media travel.

Flights to other destinations in U.K. and Europe cost more traditional 60,000 in economy and 100,000 miles in business.

The seats are also wider and come with more legroom than seats in traditional economy.

Lufthansa boasts that Premium Economy seats offer 50 % more space than traditional Economy Class seats and I would definitely believe it.