Sentences with phrase «where obsolescence»

In this way, JRPGs resemble a nightmare world ruled by Apple, where obsolescence is immediate and inadequacy looms over all.

Not exact matches

The four critical factors are: (a) businesses with recurring revenue bases — like a renewable subscription — are far better than ones dependent on constantly securing new customers; renewals are much easier and less expensive to secure than new sales; (b) customer retention is absolutely critical — all customers are very costly to acquire and very easy to lose in a world of almost infinite choices; (c) businesses based on products that require constant replacement or renewal (the «razor blade» model) are much more attractive than durable goods businesses (like selling refrigerators) where the products have very long repurchase or replacement life cycles and where the market could even fairly quickly reach saturation points; and (d) businesses that offer products or services that had a predictably high rate of obsolescence were much more attractive than those where the products had long, useful lives.

Hundreds of shopping centers across the U.S. are facing obsolescence, abandoned by shoppers who are going online or getting choosier about where they shop.

The healthcare space is one where the pace of innovation has accelerated almost exponentially, and if you are not constantly innovating, you run the risk of obsolescence.

Where there are public retirement systems, workers are asked to replace them by a pension fund mechanism that subjects their own employers to the sole imperatives of immediate profitability, extends the sphere of influence of finance, and persuades citizens of the obsolescence of institutions of solidarity between nations, peoples, and generations.

There he vanished into a stone mansion with canopied porches, gabled roofs and greenhouses; into gin rummy dens, «sociable» golf games and country club obsolescence; into pictures processed by his wife's family photography business, where he took on the role and appearance of a John P. Marquand executive: The Late George Apley perhaps — with racket.

There's a moment where Pops recognizes his coming obsolescence that could possibly feed into a pretty interesting, Sylvester Stallone - ian introspection about aging and relevance — but then there's a coda where, in a legendarily - stupid film's stupidest moment, Pops announces that he's been upgraded.

Where that film's themes of obsolescence and rebirth were handled clumsily, at least they were there.

This is even more important given our current context where we are seeing an acceleration of skill obsolescence.

One exception is some of the tech and pharmaceutical companies, where they will fight for new markets versus obsolescence of old markets.

Adrián Villar Rojas» artistic production exists in an imaginary dimension where men face their obsolescence and eventual extinction, playing with perceptions of time and its representation in human culture.

Ganske instead posits a future infrastructure where technology moves through cycles of innovation and obsolescence, and access to technology depends on location and class status — as it does today.

No sign of anything similar on the legal front, where markets are much more fragmented and legal change prompts obsolescence.

Apple also faces a criminal investigation in France, a country where planned obsolescence — intentionally ensuring products are no longer viable after a specified period of time — is illegal.

For years, Apple — and other smartphone makers — have been accused of quietly encouraging so - called «planned obsolescence,» where the experience of using a device is artificially worsened to encourage upgrades.

The company is also facing a criminal probe in France (where planned obsolescence is illegal), an investigation from Italy's antitrust organization, and multiple class action lawsuits.

Both clinical (where a patient is involved) and research laboratories have many pieces of equipment that either have to be replaced because of wear and tear or obsolescence.

My general take is that, unlike seniors housing where there is a real obsolescence factor, it doesn't matter if you have a 40 - year - old skilled facility.