Sentences with phrase «on competitiveness»

Term limits can often have an impact on the competitiveness of a state legislative election because term limits create open seats.

Many people choose their life insurance company based on the competitiveness of their life insurance quotes.

He needs to be clear about how his policies are aimed at creating jobs and wealth, and to focus on competitiveness as much as cuts.

You might need to take a slightly lower salary with a new company depending on the competitiveness of the situation, or if you are accepting a lower level position within a new organization.

The next phase must go beyond hard infrastructure to deal with a range of governance, labour, and efficiency issues that continue to be a drag on the competitiveness of west coast ports.

A few cameo performances should not hide their otherwise drain on our competitiveness.

Many people choose their life insurance company based on the competitiveness of their life insurance quotes.

But worries about the impact on competitiveness by slowing carbon emissions — by curbing the use of fossil fuels — are already fraying those efforts.

This CBO report examines the unintended effects on the competitiveness of U.S firms of an economywide policy, such as a carbon tax or a cap - and - trade program, that would reduce emissions by imposing a price on them.

EcoFiscal identified petroleum refining as one of a handful of business sectors acutely exposed to pressures on competitiveness caused by carbon pricing policies.

Chief concerns from NBA teams have centered on competitiveness and playing hard, which he can help address during the pre — draft process.

Deborah Wince - Smith AAAS The United States is poised to do very well in the global economy as the world continues a transition to an age in which ideas, imagination and creativity are more important than access to physical resources, the president of the nonprofit Council on Competitiveness told...

Two years later, a panel on competitiveness led by Red Wilson, a former BCE president, said the same thing and added a lengthy list of additional benefits, such as increasing the number of sources for financing existing telecoms.

Prior to that, Matt worked in policy development, assessing the impact of various tax and economic initiatives on competitiveness and investment attraction.

He has researched, advised, and testified extensively on global competitiveness, and is currently working on a series of studies which shed light on the competitiveness and productivity of Canadian firms.

See «Alternative Measures of the Effects of Exchange Rate Movements on Competitiveness», Reserve Bank of Australia Bulletin, January 1998.

We expect that the USD would appreciate, but not enough to fully offset the impact of the BAT on the competitiveness of imports and exports.

European exporters are beginning to worry about the impact of a strong euro on their competitiveness in global markets.

«It can not be stressed enough that the recent severe, extended period of very low prices has left serious and long - lasting damage to dairy farmers» balance sheets and confidence, which has, and will impact on future investment on farm, with long - term consequences on the competitiveness of the Scottish dairy sector.»

It will focus on «the adverse impact of the carbon pricing scheme on the competitiveness of Australia's export and import - competing industries».

Hamilton also touched on the competitiveness of Red Bull.

In the final analysis you can not discount the impact of money on the competitiveness of teams in the EPL these days.

We'd like to see much more ambition on competitiveness and changing Britain's relationship with Europe.

At 6 p.m., former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani and a former chairman and chief executive of accounting and business services firm Ernst & Young Global Ltd., James S. Turley, to be honored by members of The Council on Competitiveness during the council's «America Competes Awards» ceremony; The Plaza hotel, 768 Fifth Ave., Manhattan.

In 2011, James Cottrill, a professor of political science at Santa Clara University, published a study of the effect of non-legislative approaches (e.g., independent commissions, politician commissions) to redistricting on the competitiveness of congressional elections.

James P. Rubin, a former State Department spokesman, was hired at the agency in 2011 as counselor on competitiveness and international affairs, with a salary of $ 150,000 a year.

Chu cited his role in key reports by National Academies and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on the competitiveness of the U.S. scientific enterprise and the state of fundamental research, studies that «sounded alarms that the health of science, science education and integration of science into public decision - making in the U.S. was in peril and heading in the wrong direction,» he said in his candidacy statement.

The Gathering Storm reports do not focus on science per se but on competitiveness broadly defined.

Because these changes affect the employment of workers, they impinge not only on the competitiveness of nations but also on the primary goal of education, which is to prepare students for the workforce.

The change of tack reflects the government's preoccupation with wealth creation, which was spelt out in last year's White Paper on science and technology and in last month's White Paper on competitiveness.

«By social science standards, the difference we found — men and women differing by about half a standard deviation on competitiveness measures — is moderate to large.

Ken spent 28 years in Washington, DC, where he gained a national reputation as a coalition builder on competitiveness.

I sold 110 of a space opera and 150 of an urban fantasy book and didn't get sticky, so the «sticky threshold» is dependent on the competitiveness of your sub-genre — I'd say aim for the Top 20 of your sub-genre, preferably Top 10.

It was an interesting interview with a broad range of topics covered, however of particular interest to DIY investing followers, was Kholodenko's perspectives on the competitiveness of the Canadian discount brokerage market.

When commentators in Canada discuss the implications of corporate tax rates in the U.S., the focus is usually on competitiveness.

The impact of electricity price increases on the competitiveness of selected mining sector and smelting value chains in South Africa project report investigates the relationship between South Africa's mining value...

This morning, at the Council on Competitiveness National Energy Summit, Georgetown University President John DeGioia appeared on a panel on «the Global Economic Development Opportunity».

Emerging carbon constraints constitute a new influence on competitiveness in the automotive industry, creating both risks and opportunities for companies that could materially affect their earnings and ability to compete in global markets.

Cambridge Energy Research Associates have just published an important study on the competitiveness of America's petroleum industry titled «Fiscal Fitness.»

Which then highlights an important competitiveness dichotomy: while the competitiveness issue typically focuses on competitiveness lost, there is also the opportunity of competitiveness won.

The government's surveillance «will likely have an immediate and lasting impact on the competitiveness of the U.S. cloud computing industry,» the ITIF said.

Exports, likewise, grew at a nearly 3 - per - cent rate, reflecting the cheaper dollar's effect on the competitiveness of Canadian goods and services.

NASCO is the only grassroots continental organization focused on the competitiveness of the North American supply chain, workforce and energy independence.

With the exchange rate having risen in trade - weighted terms, pressures on competitiveness have intensified during the past year.