Would also be nicer if the backup camera (which should come standard on all SUV's and pickups for safety purposes) and stereo controls on the steering wheel and alarm system came standard
on the base models for people that can do without the added cost of a dual moonroof and driver / front passenger power seats on SV and higher trim levels.
Not exact matches
It is no coincidence that the school system in Finland, the darling of the international educational community
for its superior test scores, is built
on an experience -
based model, where science and math are taught through doing, and labs take precedence over textbooks.
As long as you continue to focus
on delivering real value
for your customers, they'll likely appreciate what a subscription -
based model provides them as well.
When the company auctions that oilfield drill,
for example, the goal is
for its pricing
model to forecast demand in the near future
based on different factors, such as the price of oil, leaving Ritchie Bros. less vulnerable to market surprises.
Rather than relying
on where and how content is published as is the
basis for the PESO
Model, the NICE
Model focuses
on who, when and why.
Trend Hunter, he explains, is more than a website: It's a market research firm
for the digital age, with a data - driven
model that contrasts with more traditional «cool gurus,» who identify trends and dispense insightful pronouncements
based solely
on observation and «gut instinct.»
Are reasoning and imagination — the twin faculties that most of us associate with innovation — enough
for Ray Kurzweil to know which of the formulas that he's dreamed up
based on past technological trends will lead to the best mathematical
models for predicting future trends?
For most companies, it's most practical to aggregate all business
model data
on a monthly
basis.
In essence, rule -
based online trading platforms provide tools and tutorials
for people to write algorithms
on Web browsers and test their
models with years of historic data.
The shift has squeezed margins in recent years because the cloud business
model is
based on subscriptions which take longer to pay off — in contrast to one - off, up - front software license payments that was the thrust of its business
for decades.
She then worked
for a couple of wealth managers with «convoluted» fee -
based models based on a client's assets under management, their net worth and their earned income.
As a research -
based thought leader whose reputation
for client focus is recognized industry - wide, its business
model is founded
on strong client engagement backed by comprehensive competitive insights driven by data.
The
model, called Lean LaunchPad, is
based on a method of starting new companies that has been largely championed by Steve Blank, a serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur who partnered with UCSF in 2013 to offer the program
for students with ideas
for health - related businesses.
Like the income and cash - flow statements, the balance sheet uses information from all of the financial
models developed in earlier sections of the business plan; however, unlike the previous statements, the balance sheet is generated solely
on an annual
basis for the business plan and is, more or less, a summary of all the preceding financial information broken down into three areas:
Based on experience of the airline industry, the
model assumes that,
for airlines offering a high level of service, 80 percent of profit comes from 20 percent of customers.
The nonprofit organization, which uses a commerce -
based business
model instead of relying
on donations, began selling incredibly fashionable metal whistle necklaces to encourage people to become «whistle - blowers
for peace» in Congo and raise awareness about the deadly war.
The analysis assumed each car drove 15,000 miles — roughly the national average — at a rate of 30 kilowatt hours of electricity per 100 miles,
based on the median mileage rate
for Tesla
Model 3 and
Model S vehicles, according to figures reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
«If there's another slip, it would greatly dampen my optimism in the near term
for Tesla,» says Brauer, who added that
based on demand
for SUVs, the
Model X has the potential to reach a wider audience than the
Model S.
But instead of a «learning center» where children came to a central location
for classes — the
model then used by chains like Sylvan and Huntington — Lucas provided one -
on - one tutoring in the child's home,
based on class curriculums and tailored to the family's schedule.
The company built a business
model based on using technology to displace low - skilled workers in an industry that many people have little love
for.
«We look
for a great team, an interesting market, and an interesting business
model,» says Jonathan Axelrod, managing director of Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator, a New York City -
based accelerator that focuses
on technology companies.
Unlike the traditional financial services
model, which prioritizes wealthy clients, WiseBanyan doesn't make money
based on the size of a customer's account; instead the startup will charge
for additional, a la carte services.
Paul Black lists out three big trends to watch
for in health IT this year, namely: a continuing shift to value -
based care
models (rather than the fee -
for - service, volume - oriented paradigm which still dominates the sector); digital health infrastructure interoperability that makes it possible
for different systems to talk to each other and coordinate care; and an increased focus
on precision medicine and «genomically aware care» that can help take a lot of the guesswork out of medicine.
Based on user reported registration data online, Osborne says he expects Tesla to announce
Model 3 deliveries of about 7,500
for the first quarter, below the 11,000 consensus.
Nowcasting
models sometimes fail to adjust
for «special factors» or other events that are out of line with the historical readings
on which the
models are
based, she said.
CP / M, the operating system devised by Digital Research Inc. of Pacific Grove, Calif., has become a de facto standard
for personal business computers since Xerox decided to
base its new
Model 820 computer
on the system.
Carrington's
model called
for mid-single digit net returns
on annual rents
on an unlevered
basis, according to Rose.
BuildGroup's
model is
based on a long term investment approach that helps companies accelerate their current business while establishing the foundation
for significant future growth.
The
model on which it was
based is a marvel of restrictive assumptions: an economy that is closed to trade, expectations about inflation that are essentially myopic, interest rates that are largely impervious to the demand
for credit and investment that is largely impervious to interest rates.
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For Tzell, that's been
based largely
on expanding its independent agent
model into a form of consolidation that's really a partnership with other travel agencies, allowing it to leverage their volume without actually buying the partner's assets.
«We estimate a hypothetical bull case
for the P - VOD
model could reach 100 million to 110 million purchases annually,
based on adoption by consumers,» says Swinburne.
These more structured data resources then provide the means
for yet another application of AI -
based algorithms, where the focus is
on identifying patterns in data that ultimately provide the
basis for predictive sales and marketing
models.
You can't begin to think about individual asset allocation
models until you figure out which asset classes are appropriate
for you
based on your age, time frame, financial resources, experience, personality, desires, objectives, goals, and risk tolerance.
The Risk / Reward Rating of a sector or industry is
based on the market - weighted aggregation of our
models for the stocks in each sector or industry.
Strategic Advisers, Inc. is the investment manager
for client accounts and implements trades
for the accounts
based on the
model portfolio of investments it receives from BlackRock Investment Management, LLC.
Based on Personal Capital's
model portfolio recommendation
for someone my age (37), with my moderate risk tolerance and objective of a 6 - 9 % annual return, here is the recommended asset allocation.
Based on a dynamic factor
model (DFM) methodology, we use a broad range of international economic indicators (close to 300) to estimate external demand
for Canadian exports.
«If regulators adopt the business
model of retaining firms to litigate
for them
on a contingency
basis, if that becomes a regular practice, then we would
for sure see an upswing in these cases.»
Strategic Advisers LLC is the investment manager
for client accounts and implements trades
for the accounts
based on the
model portfolio of investments it receives from BlackRock Investment Management, LLC.
The project is detailed in the contract as a seven step process — with Kogan's company, GSR, generating an initial seed sample (though it does not specify how large this is here) using «online panels»; analyzing this seed training data using its own «psychometric inventories» to try to determine personality categories; the next step is Kogan's personality quiz app being deployed
on Facebook to gather the full dataset from respondents and also to scrape a subset of data from their Facebook friends (here it notes: «upon consent of the respondent, the GS Technology scrapes and retains the respondent's Facebook profile and a quantity of data
on that respondent's Facebook friends»); step 4 involves the psychometric data from the seed sample, plus the Facebook profile data and friend data all being run through proprietary
modeling algorithms — which the contract specifies are
based on using Facebook likes to predict personality scores, with the stated aim of predicting the «psychological, dispositional and / or attitudinal facets of each Facebook record»; this then generates a series of scores per Facebook profile; step 6 is to match these psychometrically scored profiles with voter record data held by SCL — with the goal of matching (and thus scoring) at least 2M voter records
for targeting voters across the 11 states; the final step is
for matched records to be returned to SCL, which would then be in a position to craft messages to voters
based on their
modeled psychometric scores.
In the case of Canadian corporations that have
modelled their anti-corruption compliance programs
based on U.S. precedents, the elimination of the exception
for facilitation payments will compel departing from the U.S.
model if this exception is contained in the compliance program.
While customers used to pay
for Prime Pantry deliveries
on a per - box
basis, the company is now moving toward a subscription
model, CNBC reported.
The latter re-incorporated themselves as «banks» to get Federal Reserve handouts and access to the Fed's $ 2 trillion in «cash
for trash» swaps crediting Wall Street with Fed deposits
for otherwise «illiquid» loans and securities (the euphemism
for toxic, fraudulent or otherwise insolvent and unmarketable debt instruments)-- at «cost»
based on full mark - to -
model fictitious valuations.
This approach places a strong reliance
on model -
based forecasts (while still providing some scope
for judgmental adjustments).
The
model for the fixed - income style box is
based on the two pillars of fixed - income performance: interest - rate sensitivity and credit quality.
This is
based on a simple economic
model that states not all production (financial services in this case) will relocate to the large economy (the EU) as the small economy (UK) is able make up
for its lack of competitiveness by having a weaker currency.
The reason
for this is that the nation's ideology had changed where it had once trumpeted the ideas of non-intervention and peace (except, of course,
for the people of the South during their heroic attempt at independence) to those that glorified empire and war, largely
based on the British
model which, ironically, was the system that America seceded from in 1776.
Although our stock picking strategy
for swing trading is
based primarily
on technical trend following and market timing, we also incorporate certain elements of the popular and proven CANSLIM
model into our stock selection process (although we tweak the indicators to be applicable
for shorter holding periods than CANSLIM is intended
for).
In addition, to create incentives
for the attainment of clear performance objectives around a key element of our current business plan — the successful launch and commercialization of the
Model S — the Board of Directors approved additional options totaling an additional 4 % of our fully - diluted shares as of December 4, 2009, or 10,067,960 stock options, with 1 / 4th of the shares to vest
based entirely
on the attainment of each of four performance milestones, assuming continued employment through each vesting date.