Sentences with phrase «rather than a large company»

By purchasing our chickens people are directly supporting the farmers who raise them, rather than a large company that runs vertically integrated farming systems producing cheap food.

B. By purchasing our chickens people are directly supporting the farmers who raise them, rather than a large company that runs factory farms producing cheap food.

Not exact matches

One concern is that companies will choose to raise big rounds from SoftBank rather than going public or selling to a larger rival.

«This is really about helping large media companies grow even bigger,» said Democratic FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn, adding that Republicans were «more intent on granting the industrys holiday wish list early rather than looking out for the public interest.»

Rather than looking to crush their younger competitors, the largest companies are «reaching out to make deals.»

The list, compiled by ALPFA, prioritizes women leading large public companies with significant operating roles, rather than C - level staff roles.

This year's list of powerful Latina women prioritizes women leading large public companies with significant global operating roles, rather than c - level staff roles.

Rather than competing with the largest pharma companies in the world, she'd be competing with only a few academic groups.

However, the CEO was most annoyed by the fact that his employees — both old and new — were beginning to behave with large - company sloppiness rather than with start - up frugality.

As I've argued frequently on this blog, we ought to reserve the term «corporate social responsibility» to refer to obligations that a company owes to society at large, in some sense, rather than responsibilities it owes to particular individuals.

If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn't the decade to do it.

There is a bias towards tennis because the company's founders, two Israeli military veterans, Shen Shachar and Evgeni Khazanov, found it was easier for multiple video cameras to track the movements of players on a tennis court rather than larger sporting fields.

In recent years, other regulatory attempts at strengthening online privacy rules have also had little effect at chipping away at the power of the largest tech companies, ultimately aiding internet giants rather than hurting them.

Rising earnings despite a rather large drop in revenues suggests the company is focusing its business more on the profitable segments (affiliates) than the unprofitable segments (movies).

While Tronc chairman Michael Ferro fancies himself as a buyer rather than a seller, Tronc's own fortunes over the next several years would require a crystal ball, especially if second - largest shareholder Patrick Soon - Shiong makes his move to take over the company early next year.

For example, you might say you are looking to an acquisition rather than an initial public offering (BusinessWeek.com, 3/27/07) because your business is in a niche market, and thus would be most attractive to a large company seeking to enter that market.

Experts have suggested that companies should use an array of pictures or infographics rather than large amount of text.

Picking dividend stocks around a theme helps to reduce your risk around a particular company and puts the emphasis on larger forces rather than finding a hot stock.

Viewing these companies as allies rather than merely as customers from whom to make as large a profit as quickly as possible, German bank officials sat on their boards, and helped expand their business by extending loans to foreign governments on condition that their clients be named the chief suppliers in major public investments.

They're more diversified, rather than heavily concentrated into just the largest companies of the index.

As a result, many creators have no access to large crowdfunding platforms, limiting their fundraising opportunities, and narrowing the reach and diversity of the platforms.Crowdfunding is now dominated by astroturfing campaigns run by large, well - funded companies, rather than indie developers.

Through information and support we empower people at a grassroots level rather than leaving them dependent on medicalised «experts» and large transnational companies.

The product repair that the company does on large foodservice equipment is still doing well, but smaller appliances — such as warmers and fryers — are oftentimes replaced rather than repaired because parts for them are more expensive when the cost of labor is included than new, low - end products manufactured overseas.

Rather than challenge large established processors of case - ready meats, J&G Foods looked for niche market opportunities that were suited to a smaller company like J&G Foods with its nimbleness and passion for service.

The amount of time, effort and resources that go into making food that is simply thrown away due to spoilage or staleness is a larger waste than packaging, she says, and as such the company's efforts have been focused on optimization of packaging rather than simply reducing the amount of packaging used.

It appears that at least three of the largest infant formula companies are actively relying on Elisabeth Badinter to convince U.S. moms to spend that $ 100 monthly on their brands of formula rather than going with the noncommercial alternative.

But the construction portion of the project, estimated to be 90 percent of the $ 12 million cost, is contingent on a change in state law to allow municipalities to use special «design - build» contracts, in which the design and construction phases are awarded to one company, rather than in separate bids as is typical in large public works projects.

He will also say that eight large private companies such as Hewlett Packard, Amey, Balfour Beatty, Capita and Serco, have agreed to publish government subcontract work on the free Contract Finder website rather than simply through their existing procurement portals.

«The reported contributions are extremely large for such a small company and seem intended to further the political views of its chairman and CEO rather than the interests of the company itself,» Stringer said Monday.

Then sit back and wait for a large company to buy yours — because your startup may not actually do anything, but what you don't do is so confusing that they'd rather buy you than risk letting you do things.

Most large companies have overseas divisions, but you need to be certain that any promises of travel are concrete rather than vague possibilities.

Diller said in an interview yesterday that he has no plans to make any major acquisitions... Diller said he would rather invest in IAC's businesses than acquire large media companies, which he sees as overvalued.

Rather than investing into a large list of companies — some that will go up in value, some that will go down — do the necessary research to understand the difference and invest in only those that will maximize the return on your investment.

Schwarzenbauer indicated to Reuters that BMW is committed to moving the brand «in the direction of the electric urban mobility company,» rather than seeking to field larger models due to the current popularity of crossovers and SUVs.

By announcing these initiatives at SXSW, an arts and technology event, rather than waiting for Comic - Con or the debut of one of Marvel's big crossover movie properties like the Avengers, the company is clearly attempting to stake its claim to a larger chunk of cultural real estate than the niche market accorded to superhero comics in recent times.

But when he states that «many publishers view e-books with a skeptical eye» I know we're dealing with someone who is operating from hearsay rather than relevant experience in the trenches of a large and established publishing company....

I'd honestly rather that extra money be spent on marketing and other things as well (since I'd be more likely to choose a small publishing house rather than a large publishing company).

Large book manufacturers tend to cater to large publishing companies rather than self - publishers because most of them are not set - up to run short runs and they like to print much larger quantities to keep their big presses runLarge book manufacturers tend to cater to large publishing companies rather than self - publishers because most of them are not set - up to run short runs and they like to print much larger quantities to keep their big presses runlarge publishing companies rather than self - publishers because most of them are not set - up to run short runs and they like to print much larger quantities to keep their big presses running.

Of those people, the largest single group (30 %) comprised of those aged 55 to 64 «making e-reading the first technological revolution being driven by 45 and older, rather than younger generations,» the company said.

Fine Print of Self Publishing — Rather than charting all 45 companies that are analyzed here, we will stick with the 20 best self publishing companies included in either the «Large and Medium» category of Top Self Publishing Firms, TopTen Reviews, or Top Consumer Reviews.

And XIC is more diversified, holding some 250 stocks rather than concentrating in the 60 largest Canadian companies.

When a company goes public, as the name implies, it sells shares to the public at large, rather than remaining a private company.

The sine qua non for a company to have dividend paying ability, however, tends more to be a function of adequate finances rather than large amounts of retained earnings.

Are the current large market leaders enjoying higher stock prices simply because of their position as larger weights in the overall market funds (into which vast sums of money are pouring every month), rather than because they are good profitable companies with fair valuations?

Rather than protect your portfolio when the economy weakens, these funds may actually book large losses if the companies default on the loans.

The reasons for using this sort of equation is twofold: first, by using dollar figures rather than earnings per share and book value per share, large companies are given their proper weight versus smaller companies.

Rather than limiting yourself to the basics, you can find ETFs that zero in on specific categories of bonds or stocks: Short - term or long - term bonds, government or corporate bonds, large companies, small companies, dividend payers and many others.

The company has returned $ 3.60 per share in dividends / return of capital over the past couple of years so my investment «problem» is getting smaller rather than larger.

For larger buildings, the leaseholders often then choose to employ a property management company rather than running the building themselves.

That's mostly because large floods are so destructive that they arguably should be handled at the government level, rather than by private companies who have to maintain loss reserves.