Sentences with phrase «switching costs for»

If the United States were to adopt the metric system of units, as commonly used in all other advanced industrial economies, there would clearly be switching costs for the economy as a whole, and there would likely be cost savings due to greater standardisation with other economies.

«So much opportunity exists for entrepreneurs because switching costs for most customers are low and many are willing to try new, relatively untested technologies,» Knoll says.

«The switching cost for users on a phone number - based messaging services is at or near zero,» argues Union Square Ventures partner Albert Wenger in a blog post, but that's only half the story.

Not exact matches

Instead, enough voters switched, stayed home, or went for third parties in the final days to cost me the state.»

The Switch, which costs $ 300, is widely viewed as a make - or - break release for Nintendo.

In 2008, Express Scripts paid $ 9.3 million to settle a suit by New York and 28 other states that claimed it deceptively inflated costs for state employees, in part by secretly switching to higher - cost drugs, and that it allegedly pocketed millions in manufacturer rebates.

CFO Daily News suggests businesses watch for hidden costs of the new accounts before making a switch — or doing a celebratory dance.

For one thing, small companies are more agile and can move quickly to cut costs or switch strategies.

There is a disincentive for those customers to switch to other manufacturers» models because they would give up some of the cost savings from having the same set of replacement parts, tools and training procedures.

Because of the high cost of switching to a new software provider, its clients are often there for life.

After discovering how much I was wasting on actively managed mutually fund fees that didn't have a perfect track record for beating their respective benchmarks, I switched to low cost index fund ETFs.

Smartphone maker BlackBerry once accounted for 20 % of Celestica's revenue (which was US$ 6.5 billion last year), but as BlackBerry lost market share in recent years and had to cut costs, it switched to cheaper Asian suppliers, and the two companies formally announced their split last summer; sure enough, Celestica's first - quarter results showed a BlackBerry - sized hole in the balance sheet, with revenues down 19 % from the year before.

For instance, Navius found that households in the Peace River region could save up to $ 1200 a year by 2030 on energy costs by switching to cleaner and more efficient vehicles, home heating and energy sources.

I'm considering a switch to low - cost investing (ETFs, index funds) after being with mutual funds and managed portfolios for 30 years - tired of the fees and lack of service.

Shop owners can either increase the prices of what they sell for all customers, or can pass on the cost directly to customers that use high - cost methods by adding a surcharge, which encourages people to switch to low - cost methods.

If the situation deteriorates for a given issue, history has shown there is often a window of time when it is not particularly painful to switch out to a practically identical bond, with much better interest coverage, for nominal costs.

Although competition for online services may seem to be «just one click away,» research drawing on behavioral tendencies shows that the «switching cost» of changing web services can, in fact, be quite high.225

The lower the switching costs the harder for less established firms to compete with MSFT and ORCL.

For once, this is a good cost as it's designed to penalise market - timers switching in and out of funds like manic high - frequency traders.

For existing clients, the switching cost becomes too important leading to a very stable core business.

A few months ago I decided to try switching from disposable razor cartridges to a safety razor, not only for cost purposes but also because I didn't like throwing all that plastic away.

Many financial advisers who favor low - cost, broadly diversified and tax - efficient portfolios for wealthy clients are switching from no - load index mutual funds to exchange - traded funds, or at least including ETFs in the portfolios.

Many of them were supported by Hydro Ottawa's Save on Energy Retrofit Program, which offers subsidies of up to 50 per cent toward project costs for businesses making the switch to greener equipment.

This isn't necessarily optimal for (all) platforms — it cannibalizes a potential revenue stream and reduces switching costs — but it would dramatically lower the friction of entering and actively participating in accredited crowdfunding markets.

And since the switching costs are much higher for checking accounts, they provide something of a protective moat for banks.

But it has been disappointing in that the kind of genetic variation it detects has turned out to explain surprisingly little of the genetic links to most diseases... One issue of debate among researchers is whether, despite the prospect of diminishing returns, to continue with the genomewide studies, which cost many millions of dollars apiece, or switch to a new approach like decoding the entire genomes of individual patients.The unexpected impasse also affects companies that offer personal genomic information and that had assumed they could inform customers of their genetic risk for common diseases, based on researchers» discoveries...

«For instance, we once had a customer switch to another bakery in an attempt to reduce costs.

For instance, proving that the cost of the paper bag does affect the bottom line, McDonald's Canada recently made a systemwide switch from white napkins and bags to unbleached brown napkins and bags.

If they continue with their policy of letting the drivers race each other it will cost them against Vettel, because you can bet it won't be long before they switch all their focus onto him for the championship.

A self - deprecating NCAA is a welcome switch from the previously smug organization that has only been moved to meaningful action in the recent past by federal court decisions (the ban on cost - of - attendance stipends became illegal once the NCAA got whipped in O'Bannon vs. NCAA) and terrible PR (Connecticut guard Shabazz Napier made the schools look silly with their food rules by speaking out during a tournament that makes $ 770 million a year for the NCAA in television revenue, hence the unlimited meals rule change).

Many parents are often anxious to make the switch from baby formula over to cow's milk for one reason or the other — the cost of formula, to celebrate a new milestone, whatever.

For low risk women without complicating conditions at the start of care in labour, the mean incremental cost effectiveness ratios associated with switches from planned birth in obstetric unit to non-obstetric unit settings fell in the south west quadrant of the cost effectiveness plane (representing, on average, reduced costs and worse outcomes).25 The mean incremental cost effectiveness ratios ranged from # 143382 (alongside midwifery units) to # 497595 (home)(table 4 ⇓).

Disposable pads and tampons are made from many of the same materials used in making disposable diapers — bleached pulp or viscose rayon from tree cellulose, super-absorbent acrylic polymers and gels, and plastic backings (a petroleum product)-- if you're a cloth diaper devotee and realize the hazards and costs of disposable diapers, switching to cloth for yourself might suddenly seem easier!

When I was breastfeeding and trying to convince myself to just switch to formula already, the cost of formula was definitely a factor for us.

The primary reason we switched to cloth diapers was for cost.

Switching members from snailmail to email for many communications has the obvious advantage of lowering mailing costs and can also reduce the barriers for...

«My understanding is that for the vast majority of the NHS, including GPs, the switch to non-revenue-sharing numbers can be effected very quickly without significant cost,» he added.

The Labour leader used an article for the Sun on Sunday newspaper to accept his proposed switch in the way Labour is funded via the trade unions will «cost us money».

A switch to electricity from gas would also require homeowners to replace boilers, pipes and radiators with compatible systems, costing as much as # 12,000 per household — a move that would be both unaffordable and disruptive for tens of millions of people.

The state would provide $ 21 million for grants to cover all or a portion of the cost of the transfer switch installation.

Switching members from snailmail to email for many communications has the obvious advantage of lowering mailing costs and can also reduce the barriers for donations (besides turning your members into potential e-advocates).

The last thing such power systems will need will be huge centralised power plants at the end of the grid, not able to switch on and off, and having to be paid back over many years for the huge upfront cost of construction.

The Clearinghouse Services will provide the common platform for monitoring volumes of all telecom traffic as per Act 864, reduce cost of interconnect for Service Providers and Value Added Service Providers, enable the interconnectivity with other switches, host Over-The-Top (OTT) services, provide subscriber and equipment identity services as well as transit all national and international calls.

The switch won't save the city money, but it may help reduce costs for airlines and help lower fares, she said.

Alistair Darling Mr Darling «switched» the location of his second home four times in four years, allowing him to claim thousands of pounds towards the cost of his Edinburgh home and for the London flat, it was reported.

This is a great choice for people looking to automate the light switches in their house to save on energy costs, but don't want to take away the manual option of turning the lights on and off.

«In terms of consumer ownership and use costs, the case to make a switch from current fuels to compressed natural gas (CNG) is much more compelling than for other alternative fuels like ethanol and electricity.»

«In this way, the switch chip achieves polarization «insensitivity» without doubling the size and cost of the chip, which is important for broadening the practical application of such photonics integrated devices, said lead author Ken Tanizawa of AIST.

«We expect our smart glass to cost one tenth of what current smart glass costs because our version can be manufactured with the same methods used to make many plastic parts and does not require complicated electro - optic technology for switching,» said Keith Goossen, who led the research team with Daniel Wolf of the University of Delaware.

In this context, switching from high - cost diesel to a low - carbon alternative fuel isn't just the green thing to do; it's key to ensuring consumer products stay at affordable prices, Elizabeth Fretheim, director of business strategy and sustainability logistics at Wal - Mart Stores Inc., explained at a symposium last week hosted by the nonprofit group Business for Social Responsibility (BSR).