Sentences with phrase «role as a marketplace»

To understand why China's retail sector is changing faster than elsewhere, you need to grasp Alibaba's role as a marketplace operator.

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But while Saunders» resume may ultimately be defined by his role in several massive mergers, his reputation in biotech is rooted in a rock»em, sock»em approach to deal - making which has led to his reputation as one of the industry's biggest boosters — especially in a year when biotech has been hopelessly floundering in the marketplace, with major sector indices plunging by 20 %.

But as Johnston noted, the changing character of business structures and the marketplace are making it increasingly necessary for business owners and executives to pay greater attention to the human resource aspects of operation: «Tasks that were once neatly slotted into well - defined and narrow job descriptions have given way to broad job descriptions or role definitions.

Yet, however flawed third parties may be as they play their role in regulating the marketplace, the Theranos story points to the value of such institutions.

«As we explored the digital packaging marketplace with our customers and partners, it became increasingly clear that NFC will play a huge role in the integration of packaging and digital marketing over the next year.»

And John Major's new government does not see it as its role in life to nurse new technologies into the marketplace, let alone to put money into innovation.

In order to be as true to the spirit of Neil as he can, Fozzie refused to see any movies and just went by the trailers, but this leads to more interesting discussions, like Dwayne Johnson's possible future in a Pretty Woman remake (in Julia Roberts» role, no less) and the speculative marketplace for vampire fang dentures for the old and senile.

On the other hand, he defies proponents of charters, vouchers, and other forms of school choice as wishful thinkers disposed to let marketplace theories trump evidence of student achievement while also undervaluing education's civic and cultural roles.

After all, most of the public intellectuals among movement conservatives are focused more on the expansive role of the federal government in civil society and the marketplace, while more populist conservative types are concerned about preserving what they consider to be traditional values such as the idea that the government that is best is the one at the local level that is, in theory, closes to the people (even if the virtual and real bankruptcies of cities such as Detroit and Vallejo, Calif., call that thinking into question).

«We are very mindful of a changing world economy and the role global education plays in developing students capable of engaging directly in the new and emerging marketplace as a result of their studies early on at MLC,» said Gayle Nadler, MLC's executive director and founder.

Their role as organizers, collectors and guides to relevant information is a skillset that is not only in growing demand by the marketplace, but which perfectly fits the learning needs of today students / tomorrow information workers.

I work for a large publishing house («legacy publishing» as some call it), so don't let it take you by surprise when I say that I believe we, i.e., publishing houses, do indeed play a vital role in today's cultural marketplace.

When and if you want a little help from your friends — as a one - of - a-kind affiliate model for online marketplaces — reKiosk allows your fan base to actually take an active role in also distributing their work.

Many observers fear that the lawsuit will actually reduce competition in the e-book marketplace by cementing Amazon's (s AMZN) role as the dominant player — and they wonder whether DRM is simply another weapon in Amazon's arsenal, keeping customers locked to the Kindle Store.

This week we share our take on the newly - announced «NES Classics Edition» console, followed by a few discussions about the role it can play in the marketplace as Nintendo prepares to launch NX, the future of this «Classics» line with SNES and Game Boy, and whether it should have been able to connect to the eShop or Virtual Console in some way.

Our role as a university is to serve as a marketplace of ideas and by allowing this talk we are protecting the civil liberties of our students, faculty and staff.

What We're Looking Forward to Seeing This Year First of all, there are some interesting talks I have plugged in on my calendar revolving around energy efficiency, renewable energy, developing technology for longer - lasting batteries, developing trustworthy green labels for consumer electronics, and trends such as cloud computing and tablet devices and their roles in the marketplace (and therefore the environmental impacts of these trends).

Indeed, I would argue that all of these new services and technologies will increase our value as attorneys and solidify our role in the marketplace if — and only if — we embrace these technologies and learn how to leverage them to serve our clients» interests.

In his book Dr. Susskind asks and explores the extent to which the role of the traditional lawyer can be sustained in coming years in the face of what he sees as challenging trends in the legal marketplace, and various new techniques and technologies for the delivery of legal services.

Two years ago, Ulbricht was sentenced to life in prison for his role in running the dark web exchange, best known as a once - thriving online marketplace for drug transactions.

Marko Kobal, co-founder of NiceHash, the Slovenian startup that serves as a marketplace for matching spare computing power to miners, stepped down from his role as CEO last week.

If, as Rosedale and his team hope, High Fidelity will achieve and exceed Second Life's past popularity, the High Fidelity marketplace could play an important role in the gig economy.

An IT Manager who will take on a technical role as needed − In today's job marketplace, I rarely have a client who only manages and doesn't step in when technical oversight is needed to get a project back on track.

As part of TempsAhead, Lily posts a high volume of job ads and her accounting roles always seem to stand out from the pack and get a great response from the marketplace - ABOUT LILY BREWER Lily Brewer, Recruitment Consultant, TempsAhead Lily specializes in recognizing top accounting professionals, understanding the motivation behind their search, and linking these top players to Edmonton's most respected employers.

As a real estate practitioner, your role is to help buyers and sellers understand the Victorian home's variations so they can evaluate their options in the marketplace.

Lowering the dividing line between what are known as conforming loans and jumbo loans is an effort by the government to expand the role of private capital in the mortgage marketplace and reduce the number of loans guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Not only does providing a consistent message help agents maintain a competitive edge in their marketplace, it also plays a major role in positioning them as the go - to source for real estate information in their area.