Sentences with phrase «weaker competition for»

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In all of the above cases the entrepreneur who is susceptible to the confirmation bias will look for information and analyze it in a way that will yield: 1) fewer competitors rather than more, because it increases the viability of the start - up, 2) underestimation of the capabilities of the competition because stronger competitors will make life harder for the entrepreneur, 3) view of the company's product as fully addressing the needs of the customer because otherwise the start - up is at a weaker position in the marketplace, and 4) need for less resources rather than more because it generally makes raising the money easier.

Considering its strategic orientation of growing through acquisition, ACT has some latitude at the rating for periodically elevated leverage, but we believe that negative rating pressure would emerge if a transaction caused fully adjusted debt to EBITDA to exceed 3.5 x with risky prospects for a return to below 3.0 x. Moreover, the rating would be under pressure if increased competition caused weaker earnings, particularly from merchandise and services, keeping debt to EBITDA above 3x.

R.S. Burt, «Structural Holes: The Social Structure of Competition» (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1992); P. Caligiuri and M. Lazarova, «A Model for the Influence of Social Interaction and Social Support on Female Expatriates» Cross-Cultural Adjustment,» International Journal of Human Resource Management 13, no. 5 (August 2002): 761 - 772; M.S. Granovetter, «The Strength of Weak Ties,» American Journal of Sociology 78, no. 6 (May 1973): 1360 - 1380; and M.S. Granovetter, «The Strength of Weak Ties: A Network Theory Revisited,» Sociological Theory 1 (1983): 201 - 233.

Business investment is weak except for mergers that create economies of scale, less jobs, less competition, less money available for R&D and improved productivity.

Slower rises in manufacturing output charges have now been recorded in each of the past five months, driven by strong competition for new work and weaker underlying cost pressures.

We believe the company is positioned well for an improvement in consumer sentiment, which will help if price competition increases due to poor winter weather and weak inventory positions at competitors.

It always appears to have advantages for new, small, and weak economies — or for old established ones meeting new and ruthless competition.

Today the most intense competition in the globally integrated market is not between the gigantic Transnational Corporations, but it is between governments that find themselves competing with one another for investors by offering the cheapest and most compliant labor; the weakest environmental, health, and safety standards, the lowest taxes; and the most fully developed infrastructure.

The downturn in the supermarket channel, fuelled by intense competition between leading brands - led by discounting from Sara Lee - and the growing popularity of private - label foods, has led Patties Foods to forecast a slightly weaker profit for the full year.

For the most part, the Bucks have been fortunate to have such weak competition, but the Rockets have actually been playing quite well since a mid-January slide.

Injuries and weak play plagued Gotze this past year as he made just 11 starts for Bayern Munich across all Bundesliga competitions, though he still contributed to the tune of three goals and four assists.

It was not that Theo or Giroud should be defended for any weak campaign, more that if they had had a hypothetically strong campaign in a competition a lot of fans deem second tier, (Carling Cup, Europa League, even F.A. Cup to some fans, I'm guessing including yourself as you seem happy to disregard the opening goal of the FINAL for some strange reason.......)

Let me say this too, after watching him whup Florida left tackle D.J. Humphries» ass for two sacks, I can attest to the fact that he wasn't just beating up on weak competition, either.

Weak competition and big - play ability salvaged the overall numbers, but the ground game came up short in key moments — in three losses, Swanson carried 37 combined times for just 132 yards (3.6 per carry), and when Swanson missed the EMU game, Shakif Seymour managed only 3.2 yards per carry in a near - loss.

For all the wonderful free - flowing football the Gunners play going forward, their defensive weak spot has been exposed on a number of occasions, with individual errors, a lack of leadership and no strength in depth costing Arsenal dear in all competitions.

The EL should not be a measure of our strength, the competition is too weak for that.

If they are in the race (they won't be come April), that should be viewed as a good thing because it shows the competition for the top spot is weaker than it has been in a long time.

As long as we have a weak spine at DM and CB, (Per) we'll struggle to win any competitions and compete for the top positions in the PL.

For his part, United's new manager is clear that he does not intend the strengthening of a squad that proved itself incapable of both escaping a weak Champions League group and qualifying for this season's competition to end with the four «priority» signinFor his part, United's new manager is clear that he does not intend the strengthening of a squad that proved itself incapable of both escaping a weak Champions League group and qualifying for this season's competition to end with the four «priority» signinfor this season's competition to end with the four «priority» signings.

i think dijouro is better than senderos and deserves his place and there is good compition, we have 4 centre backs and the only slightly weak [player is senderos and wenger just need to find good partnerships gallas and toute need more time getting used to playing together but both of them are expeptional, buying silvester is good signing i can player left or right back or centre back, he is very experiened at highest level.i must i realy like song he very well there great competition for places, i still feel we need another dm but it wont be barry

Since the competition was rebranded back in 1992, no team has ever gone on to retain the Champions League title and while many may scoff at such a weak reason for this wonderful Barcelona side not to claim the crown, history does have a big say in Europe.

Student - athletes will benefit the most from reduced exposure to potentially injurious blows and from what one calls the «conundrum of having to self - report an injury that they may not recognize as being potentially injurious or dangerous in the moment of competition,» or, as recent studies suggest, that athletes know are potentially dangerous but choose not to report because they fear being punished by the coach for doing so, such as by removing them from a starting position, reducing future playing time, or inferring in front of teammates that reporting symptoms made them «weak» or less «manly»; and

However, when track and field athletes are tested according to the most standard procedures (back squat and / or bench press 1RM respectively for lower and upper body strength) the correlation between absolute strength and performance in competition has shown to be relatively weak.

The very future of cinema sometimes seemed to hang in the balance, as Netflix was banned from bringing one of its streaming titles to competition and responded by pulling all its films, worsening an already weak year for English - language cinema on the Croisette.

For the most part, the movies still suck, but following the box office success of films like «Taken» and «Ride Along,» the studios seem more willing to give higher - profile titles a chance to perform against the weaker competition.

But for Paramount, she would have a better chance at a win if she were considered in Supporting Actress against comparatively «weaker» competition (a dubious claim in itself), especially with the writing on the wall that Natalie Portman would be running away with the Lead category for her work in

Based on a highly selective and unscientific sampling of opinions on the Croisette, the general consensus is that while this may be a milestone 70th - anniversary year for the Festival de Cannes, it's been a disappointing set of films overall, with one of the weaker competition slates in recent memory.

But for Paramount, she would have a better chance at a win if she were considered in Supporting Actress against comparatively «weaker» competition (a dubious claim in itself), especially with the writing on the wall that Natalie Portman would be running away with the Lead category for her work in Black Swan.

The actress behind ABC's «Agent Carter» serves up some (relatively) weak sauce Thursday during the Spike competition, mouthing along to The Offspring's «Pretty Fly (For a White Guy).»

Rumors had swirled for days that Huppert's jury was riven by disagreements over the competition films, which were widely perceived by both press and industry attendees to comprise a weaker group than last year's lineup, dominated by such strongly received films as «The Class,» «Gomorrah,» and «Waltz with Bashir.»

When third party ports are across Switch, PS4, and Xbox One, there's bound to be some adjustments for Nintendo's version, as the console is weaker than its competition.

This dynamic creates diplomatic and economic competition between stronger powers for influence in weaker developing states, which in turn leads to reduced expectations regarding democracy and human rights, empowering incumbents in precarious democratic regimes to manipulate domestic institutions to their own benefit.

Putting across a different view point just for the sake of a semblance of diversity, I believe that the original intention was indeed to generate improvement by competition and that the strong would survive and the weak go to the wall.

Wisconsin lost out in this year's «Race to the Top» competition for federal dollars largely because its proposals on teacher development were rated as weak.

The competition for aid increases when the economy is weak.

In fact, stopping antibiotics early can actually lead to development of a resistant infection because the weaker bacteria are killed off first, leaving the stronger ones with less competition for nutrients, and then they can multiply out of control.

When third party ports are across Switch, PS4, and Xbox One, there's bound to be some adjustments for Nintendo's version, as the console is weaker than its competition.

For tree growth and recruitment, all nine tree species showed significant correlations with stand - level competition, whereas the effects of climate change on tree growth were weak for most tree species (SI Appendix, FFor tree growth and recruitment, all nine tree species showed significant correlations with stand - level competition, whereas the effects of climate change on tree growth were weak for most tree species (SI Appendix, Ffor most tree species (SI Appendix, Fig.

Other reasons include competition from natural gas, weaker than expected demand for electricity and aging coal - fired plants.

When third party ports are across Switch, PS4, and Xbox One, there's bound to be some adjustments for Nintendo's version, as the console is weaker than its competition.

As for good light, unlike most camera phones, this is actually the area the Mate 10 Pro is weakest in comparison to the competition.

Other business models are weak and rather than dish out the cash and effort to improve their models, they are trying to hop onto our backs for free or little compensation and the «competition board» is cupping their little asses to make sure they don't slip off and hurt themselves too badly.