The idea of developing «national champions» versus allowing the benefits
of global competition in the national interest is always a politically sensitive one.
American commercial real estate and technology companies need to get leaner and more innovative to meet the
challenges of global competition and rising oil prices.
I believe we are in a «brain race» in
terms of global competition for discoveries upon which our standard of living will be based going forward.
(Of course all this will change again at the structural
level of global competition when the Chinese buy more and more, as their league expands and get deeper and more institutionalized).
«Undeniably, the centre of gravity
of global competition law enforcement has shifted closer to Asia,» said Alastair Mordaunt, partner and co-head of Freshfields» Asian antitrust, competition and trade practice.
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The corporate movement away from job security coincided with the advent of big executive bonuses and the
rise of global competition.
All these factors reinforce the message that to be successful in the
face of global competition, British Columbia's gas industry has to remain competitive; it needs to avoid cost - overruns (which means ensuring adequate supplies of trained labor to keep costs under control) and must be able to operate under a royalty regime that is not punitive.
«It seems... our young people continue to appreciate the value of higher education, and given the
scale of global competition it is critical for the economy that more people get a graduate level education.
NCTAF has a long history of being a strong proponent for teaching and in this
time of global competition and educational reform, we will use our national voice to advocate support for teachers through collaboration and teamwork, new tools and technology, and personalized growth and learning.
Today, the 18 finalists for Tourism Australia's «Best Jobs in the World» — three for each of the six dream jobs — were announced, including five applicants in the U.S., who will travel Down Under next month to undergo the final
stage of the global competition.
However, with a stronger market signal now unlikely for many years because of the delay in comprehensive national climate and energy legislation, the United States might well fall behind China in this new era
of global competition over green technologies and services.
This is a summary briefing of new research led by Ioannis Lianos,
Professor of Global Competition Law and Public Policy and Director of the Centre for Law, Economics and Society (CLES) at University College London (UCL), which concludes that even on a narrow reading of EU competition law, the merger between Monsanto and German «life science» company Bayer should not be permitted.
John Terzaken,
co-head of the global competition practice at Allen & Overy (A&O) and head of the magic circle firm's investigations and litigation practice in Washington, is poised to join Simpson Thacher & Bartlett as a partner.
Given the U.S.'s mature economy and the increased
level of global competition, Buffett and Munger think real GDP growth of 1 % is all you can expect.
The remarkable electrical properties of graphene may overcome the physical limits silicon faces as transistors shrink to ever - smaller sizes — providing solutions for the «Beyond CMOS» era, needed to meet the
challenges of global competition.
Moved by
pressures of global competition and domestic pressures to raise achievement, many American school systems are experimenting with alternative instructional schedules in an attempt to find out.
And amid the debate over how far the government should go to protect certain industries in the
era of global competition and technological change, some trade and industry experts are questioning whether the administration is simply using national security as an excuse for economic protectionism.