Sentences with phrase «using other business models»

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I'm thinking about enterprises like Uber, Airbnb and other peer - to - peer or sharing business models that are using the advantages of today's technology to launch an assault on an established business sector.

The four conglomerates originated in different sectors, but their underlying business model is the same: cultivate powerful allies in the Communist Party; use those relationships to win regulatory and property concessions; gather investment from friends, family and other proxies of party elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest as aggressively as possible in stock and property overseas as a hedge against slower growth in China and the risk of a weaker Chinese currency.

That means you must focus on social media marketing, customer - based business models, experience - driven website layouts, interactive media and every other outlet your customers use.

Among other things, Facebook started what it calls the Journalism Project, which it says is aimed at helping media outlets figure out how to use the web to improve their content and their business models.

We use this data and combine it with other information we have about you to help us predict your preferences, to direct marketing offers that might be more relevant to you, and to help us better analyze customer information for business modeling purposes.

Accordingly, the rejection of labor contracts «has not been the mechanism of last resort to save a failing business,» the Air Line Pilots Association told Congress in 2010, «but instead has often been used by employers as a business model to gain long - term economic advantage by unfairly gutting the wages and working conditions of airline and other employees.»

I think it is incumbent upon alphabet and the other platforms to really engage with their users and explain to them how their business model works and provide a level of transparency to the users so that they understand how the data is being used.

The other problem that he argues is exacerbated by mass surveillance ad - targeting online business models is filter bubbles — aka the strategy of platforms using people's own biases as a tactic to keep them clicking by reductively feeding them more of the same stuff.

Perhaps the criminalization in other countries of the inexplicable business model used by the vast majority of American «financial advisors» will serve as an example of what real reform looks like and suggest to Americans that financial advice is in fact not «free,» that financial advisors are actually true professionals, and that it's infinitely safer for your wallet and better for your peace of mind to be invoiced by your advisor and never have to wonder if you got good advice or just a good sales pitch.

Indigenous Business Australia plans to use its first investment in large - scale solar as a model for future injections into other renewables projects across the country.

However, Orange Leaf has been able to meet all of its goals using the same concept and the same business model that Travis and others implemented when they acquired the brand.

As each account is unique, the company uses a variety of meats, breads and other ingredients in its products, depending on what each customer requires for its distinct customer base and business model.

Based on the nationally recognized model used in Wisconsin that involved bringing stakeholders together to find efficiencies and cost savings within the Medicaid program, the team includes leaders from the healthcare industry, the Governor's office, the legislative bodies, and other business, labor, and consumer advocates.

VictoriaHearts is a premium dating site that uses a business model in which members must pay for a subscription to be able to exchange messages or chat with others.

It is part of the FriendFinder network, which means that they use more or less the same business model like the other sites in the group.

They have no business «scaling up» their model for use in other places.

The company has shifted its business model away from marketing e-readers that use their flexible display technology and instead will license it to other companies.

The survey will seek to understand library patrons» use of digital resources and other services offered by public libraries, and will «examine the impact of digital consumption behaviors, including the adoption of new business models,» on library usage across America.

I envision a variety of business models in use, but if nothing else, libraries could buy multiple e-copies (or at least «copies» as they would exist for accounting purposes) of popular e-books, just as they can now under arrangements with OverDrive and other vendors.

'' [Randy] Copeland, who now oversees one of the last independent PC manufacturers for gamers and other enthusiasts, contends his business model of using the latest and greatest components and providing ultra high - end PC support has been vindicated.»

Others — like comics publisher IDW's new imprint, It's Alive, which uses Kickstarter to fund new editions of out - of - print graphic novels — have based their business models around crowdfunding.

As an Alt - A lender, IndyMac's business model was to offer loan products to fit the borrower's needs, using an extensive array of risky option - adjustable - rate - mortgages (option ARMs), subprime loans, 80/20 loans, and other nontraditional products.

There are reasons for staff attorneys at NCLC and the FTC, and many others, to assume I worked at a nonprofit when I explained the business model my company used for debt settlement.

«61 Minutes» used examples from the broader economy to argue that the business of equine veterinary medicine will have to change to survive, much like many other industries are changing their business models to prosper in these quickly changing times.

Forward - Looking Statements: This press release contains forward - looking statements, which reflect the current views of Zoetis with respect to business plans or prospects, future operating or financial performance, future guidance, future operating models, expectations regarding products, future use of cash and dividend payments, tax rate and tax regimes, changes in the tax regimes and laws in other jurisdictions, and other future events.

Rapid Rewards points can not be transferred to use with other airlines, since Southwest's business model favors independent operation over common industry practices like code - sharing and air alliances.

I don't want new plans on how to distribute or introduce DLC or any other new, evil business model being used.

They do vary in terms of business models: some are free MMOs; others make use of the pay - to - play system.

Secondly, RUAF contributes to the development of short food supply chains by documenting and analysing short chain experiences in different cities and countries in order to identify successful business models, best practices, effective tools and «lessons learned» for dissemination and use in other settings.

The Mexico case study is a starting point in developing conceptual framework to explore business model innovation which can be suitable for use in other Latin America and the Caribbean countries or world regions.

Researchers at MIT are building a prototype of a lightweight electric vehicle that can be cheaply mass - produced, rented by commuters under a shared - use business model, and folded and stacked like grocery carts at subway stations or other central sites.

[5] Other examples are not so commonly predicted (if, indeed, they are predicted at all), yet are no less significant: business models that facilitate free legal services, the use of non-legal (notably industry and business) knowledge and experience to increase client trust in and comfort with the firm and with legal services more generally, the collection of knowledge about the legal issues of individual clients in the same industry for use by a trade association to assist and defend the rights of all in that industry on a collective basis, a severely injured client's reassurance and comfort in knowing that in selecting a certain legal services provider the client is not just receiving highly specialized advice but also benefitting an association that helps others with the same type of severe injury, the development of a legal research establishment for experimentation with different ways of providing legal services.

In view of the Commission's reassessment of its findings scheduled for 2019, proper due diligence and project - sustainability studies must be undertaken to ensure that only commercially viable projects will benefit from this mechanism and to prevent it from being used to accommodate entities which fail to receive financing from other avenues due to their weak business models and strategies.

A part of this is considering what other business models attorneys can use: unbundled legal services, modest means programs, legal needs inventories (or check - ups).

Some will succeed — especially large corporate firms with significant resources — but many others will find it difficult, both in the US as well as in other countries, because of the inflexibility of US firms» singular business and service delivery model (partnership using the professional consultancy model to deliver legal services only), and because of their lack of access to resources such as investment capital and management and other kinds of expertise.

Until the legal industry finds a business model other than cost - plus — and until their organizational method moves beyond the assignment of bodies to tasks — they're unlikely to use the sort of systematic business processes that prevail in the rest of the commercial world.

The legal media and blogosphere are filled with criticism of law firms and the legal profession by in - house counsel (and others) for their lack of business acumen, high costs, continued use of the billable hour, unsustainable business models, poor communication skills, and so on.

Aug 11, 2016 (Mimesis Law)-- With the rise of Legal Service Providers and other disruptors of the legal industry, new business models are evolving to provide services that law firms used to handle exclusively.

While aspects of it might or might not work for different businesses, the methods used to arrive at the Smarter model will help other design their own bespoke conclusions.»

And, as a result, free data is proving itself as a business model for users» early stage experimentation and adoption of augmented reality, virtual reality and other cutting - edge technologies that represent the Internet's next wave — but that also use vast amounts of data.

The company has built its business model off of other people's broadband, tapping into the vast number of Wi - Fi nodes that homes, businesses and governments leave open for the public to use.

Taxify's other focus is its rapidly growing Local Partner programme, which allows entrepreneurs to set up their local Taxify business using a franchise model and become a city manager on a revenue share model.

However, there are also a lot of other projects which are using the ICO model simply to capitalize on a bullish cryptocurrency market but actually have no business creating their own tokens in the first place.

EMPATH uses its unique «action - tank» business model to design, build, and test new approaches for creating economic mobility and then share them with other organizations and governments.

We build on existing success using examples of Indigenous business development and use these as models for other business development projects;

You don't have to be in the Omaha market to answer, either, just curious if this business model has worked for other people before (either you use a business like this or started one)

Years ago when I started writing for REM, I predicted that those who didn't get into technology would be left behind, wondering what happened to their business model of using mailers and other like marketing materials to source out new clients to add to their data base.

Instead, he says investors should employ the methods used to evaluate businesses in other industries — earnings growth, cash flow or the dividend discount model, which bases a company's stock price on the discounted value of projected future dividend payments.

Re 25 % cash back to buyers Your business model seems to be based on other agents negotiating a reasonable buyers agent commission so you can use those commissions as a hook to attract clients and still be paid.