Sentences with phrase «traditional business model»

In 2008, Engle took a big risk, moving from a traditional business model to a 100 percent commission, virtual company.

As we discussed at the conference, antitrust is especially relevant to real - estate professionals because (1) competitor brokers both compete and cooperate on a daily basis; (2) prices, and commission splits, are often announced and well - known; (3) there is a history of tension and battles between a traditional business model and new business models (this can create antitrust litigation in any market); (4) associations and cooperative Multiple - Listing Services (MLS) play large roles in the industry; (5) US antitrust enforcers, like the Department of Justice, have seriously scrutinized the real - estate industry.

Over the past few years our fees have been a hot topic, and the controversy has been irrevocably altering our traditional business model.

At some point, your traditional business model will no longer make sense.

«The traditional business model that existed for years really doesn't work anymore,» says Marty Collins president of Gatehouse Capital Corp., which plans a Starwood W for its Victory development in downtown Dallas.

They are consequently reluctant to adopt any changes that could put that traditional business model at risk.

In the traditional business model, drivers are among the most loyal «customers» in the personal injury «industry.»

Your comment on the traditional business model is correct, only I wish more people understood the dilemma (i.e. library directors, managers, etc..)

Recently a further challenge has hit the traditional business model — the old model in which partners were expected to build increasingly large teams of trained lawyers working below partner level and to leverage work down to them, at high charge out rates.

Because your law firm and in - house attorneys have little incentive to speed up processing times, cut costs, and reduce error rates — adoption of legal tech likely requires a push from outside the ranks of lawyers who are captive to the traditional business model.

Additionally, traditional law firms are typically managed by the more senior partners in the firm that are skilled lawyers that have little incentive to transition from the traditional business model and have less formal experience and training for building businesses.

RWE, Germany's largest power producer, has decided to radically depart from its traditional business model based on large - scale thermal power production.

They see it as a threat (may require subscription) to their traditional business model that requires more customers and rising demand.

Factor 5 followed a more traditional business model and was a victim of the financial crisis.

As the firm explains, the first share class, commonly referred to as «T shares,» aims to help financial advisers maintain their traditional business model — selling mutual funds on commission — while complying with the letter and spirit of the new conflict of interest rules.

A profitable Credit Repair Business is based on recurring - revenue, which is far more lucrative than a traditional business model.

But with the traditional business model, publishers are incentivized to release quality books and foster long, healthy relationships with authors.

The royalties were more than they had been in the traditional business model, but in most instances still amounted to more than half of an author's earnings.

Many people fear that eBooks will destroy the traditional business model — the print book.

Based on the traditional business model, print books are seen as the poster child for publishers to keep up with the demand.

My rationale was primarily financial, but it was also influenced by my belief that independent authors should not try to mimic the publishing industry's traditional business model:

In its complaint, the DOJ explained that the publishers saw the rise in e-books, and particularly price discounting by Amazon, as a substantial challenge to their traditional business model.

Publishers saw the rise in e-books, and particularly Amazon's price discounting, as a substantial challenge to their traditional business model.

I appreciate the sentiment, and believe me, Macmillan knows their traditional business model is in peril.

Penguin Random House are in the perfect position now to try new things, without disrupting their traditional business model of selling both print and eBooks.

While expanding distribution beyond its current markets is no doubt a good thing, the demand that the newspaper companies see will prove an important barometer for whether a similar program can begin to replace their traditional business model of expensive printing and home delivery.

There are continuous referrals to traditional publishing as «greedy» by both wannabe self - published authors, and authors who seek to blaze a new trail being published by Amazon, without understanding of how the traditional business model really works.

Can the publishing industry's traditional business model compete with today's marketplace?

Undaunted by the massive market and demographic shifts that are putting their traditional business model at risk, effective Catholic school leaders confront challenges head - on and strategically.

We're also in an era where trying to make back development costs on a title good enough to be part of the main story is getting more difficult with the traditional business model.

It could be quite different with Usmanov in charge, but some of us prefer the traditional business model Arsenal have always enjoyed to a foreign dictatorship.

In fact, the traditional business model of a team, where the leader was the «rain - maker» and the other members acted as buyer agents, will no longer be possible in this new regime.

If you think about it, we're seeing the traditional business model completely break down and be replaced by a newer, leaner, more efficient one.

Rather than chasing new innovations, the company believes its traditional business model will keep it safe.

At Altimeter Group, he serves as the company point man when adapting disruptive, emerging tech to traditional business models.

They need to become more flexible, experimentative and agile — just like most startups are — and they must let go of the traditional business models, even if they achieved great results with those models previously.

Traditional business models simply can not absorb them, and entrepreneurship will have to be part of the answer.

Entrepreneurs are constantly disrupting traditional business models to offer new products and services.

Traditional business models are being undermined by the rise of digital platforms that are reshaping global supply chains.

Headquartered in La Mirada, Calif., its specialized market segments encompass six distinct distribution business units: FoodTech, Nutraceuticals, Animal Wellness, Advanced Materials, Coatings and Building Materials and Care Elements For more than 50 years, HORN's entrepreneurial approach to customer service embraces challenge and opens opportunities to reinvent and improve on traditional business models.

When it comes to adapting traditional business models to modern technology, HarperCollins are leaders — not followers.

It's your move Use harassment to boost your career, advises Penelope Trunk in Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success , a left - field guide coming late this month for those who suspect that traditional business models stink.

Outsiders ready to take advantage of the opportunities offered by digital distribution to shake up traditional business models include the likes of 24Symbols (for ebooks) and Bardowl (for audiobooks).

Regardless, the situation is an example of how the digital economy is changing and challenging traditional business models.

Publishing has changed dramatically over the last decade to become a dynamic space in which traditional business models are combined with ebooks, websites, online communities and new digital publishing models in a diverse and rapidly changing environment.

I'm going to assume that Amazon is the most likely of these to be disruptive of publishers» traditional business models.

Just as the music industry did, many book publishers seem to be clinging to their traditional business models, despite mounting evidence that the entire structure of the industry is being dismantled, and the playing field is being leveled between authors and publishers.

I think the nature of book pricing has changed in an e-book world, and publishers need to step back and try to take advantage of those changes, instead of simply throwing up walls around their traditional business models.

Switanowski's management experience and creative problem solving skills led to the re-engineering of traditional business models and made each and every business involved more efficient with their sales channel and distribution techniques.

Electricity's carbon risks could be managed by new nuclear plants and «clean coal,» sustaining and even bolstering many of the power sector's century - old institutions — traditional business models, vendors, and regulators, coal - mining, even railroads.