Sentences with phrase «whose business models»

Companies whose business models are predicated on the old model — where websites provided as little information as possible in order to entice you to fill out a form so they could sell your personal information to the highest bidder — will perish.

ICOs are basically crowd sales for companies whose business models require the native use of a token (otherwise known as a cryptocurrency).

My predictions covered two themes: Next generation biofuel producers whose business models would begin to collide with reality, and oil prices that would head back over $ 100 per barrel.

The problem with magic formula companies is that too many of the stocks in the top 50 are value traps whose business models aren't sustainable, and are on the list when the past 12 months is a poor predictor of future returns.

There are a wide range of socially responsible companies and funds whose business models and investment policies may match up with your beliefs.

I've also learned that I should avoid investing in companies whose business models are a bit too complex for me to fully understand.

The true nature of market forces shows up as smaller charters are muscled out by large networks, whose business models require that they expand enrollment, favor locations with more generous public per - pupil reimbursements, and reduce exposure to expenses associated with working in distressed areas, such as a greater concentration of high - need students and high insurance costs.

These new rules have far - reaching implications not only for companies like Geofeedia, but also for others whose business models revolve around utilizing social media data for close observations.

«Firms that aren't friendly to him, especially those whose business models center on the use of artificial intelligence and taking labor out of the marketplace, will offer a juicy political target,» Eurasia Group wrote.

Meanwhile, a handful of networks whose business models rely on subscriptions rather than advertising amass all the most - talked - about shows on television.

Although the rest of the «Big Four» (Deloitte, Ernst & Young and KPMG) were also tarred and feathered, PricewaterhouseCoopers was singled out for abysmal work auditing Northern Rock, a failed bank whose business model the Lords deemed hazardous.

When it became clear that the bid could not be fended off indefinitely, Pyott, with his board's blessing, negotiated a deal whereby Allergan would be acquired by Actavis (a company whose business model, like Allergan's, was growth oriented).

Aaron Wall posts «Trusted vs Untrusted Links» and follows up with another «vs» post, «Tactical SEO vs Strategic SEO ``, which is excellent, but has more to do with SEO for sites / blogs whose business model is ad revenue than advice most business web sites can take advantage of.

«We have zero tolerance for these unscrupulous companies, whose business model is to prey on ratepayers with promises of lower energy costs only to deliver skyrocketing bills,» Cuomo said in a release from his office.

He explained that many hospitals whose business model was based on increasing capacity had to «seriously look at the way they operate».

«There really is a great deal of interest from major Las Vegas operators, especially with companies whose business model utilizes the convention - center / casino hybrid approach,» the source said.

West Virginia - based Geostellar, whose business model is built on a Web portal that links customers to solar vendors around the country in what its founder calls the «virtualization of the supply chain,» won the contract and will install systems for between $ 2.80 and $ 3.20 per watt, according to CEO David Levine.

Pros: OKCupid is a free dating app whose business model is not about monetizing its users.

I also know there are a lot of disreputable companies — known variously as vanity or subsidy publishers — whose business model is predicated on charging abusive up - front fees for middling or nonexistent services.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Once again, Publishers Weekly's annual overview of fast - growing independent publishers features not only innovative indies, but a publisher whose business model is largely built on author fees: Morgan James... -LSB-...]

It's best if you can hire a service provider whose business model focuses on just one end of that equation.

The only players that seem to invest heavily in attracting newbies are the sharks, the predators, the «Author Solutions» style companies out there whose business model isn't to make money selling books, it's making money off of the hopes and dreams of authors; by selling them snake oil, selling them unnecessary marketing packages, etc..

Some Definitions Vanity Press — publishers whose business model is predicated on making money off authors by getting money directly from them, rather than through royalties off the books the author is selling (see the SFWA extensive page on Vanity).

The revenue and cash flow generating ability of the firm were based on a product whose business model, for me at least, was difficult to discern.

JetBlue is one of the most respected domestic low - cost carriers, whose business model doesn't include stripping bare the benefits and vital features people expect on the airplane.

The students called out «an industry that is planning to cook the planet, is responsible for destroying land, polluting the air and water, and violating the rights of people around the world, and an industry whose business model means burning over five times the amount of carbon our planet can handle.»

Meanwhile, a second housing bubble is forming as the GSEs, whose business model contributed to the buildup of the last bubble, are financing 98 % of the market.

His anti-clean energy and anti-energy efficiency stance may be a result of his close business relationships with interests whose business model directly competes with clean energy and energy efficiency.

Schneider Electric is a logical partner as a company whose business model focuses on creating a sustainable future.

Better Place has already gained notoriety for the vision of its founder, Shai Agassi, whose business model imagines a product service system where drivers have access to a car, «clean» fuel, and top - notch customer service.

I would throw into this category those locally oriented firms whose business model is to serve as local counsel for the bigger firms handling the bet the company matters.

That practical consideration does not change the fact that it is hard to characterize the actions of the lawyers at litigation finance firms whose business model includes active investing rather than passive investing in a claim as anything other than the practice of law.

The crisis also threatens the Silicon Valley tech industry whose business model revolves around data collected on internet users.

The program is designed for startups whose business model is either based on or can be improved by Blockchain technology.

NAR stressed that it is critical that an anticipated multi-stakeholder process consider all relevant voices on this most important issue — including the small business / independent contractor whose business model is increasingly dependent on internet technologies to innovate and thrive.

Brookfield, or more formally, Brookfield Asset Management, is an investment advisor whose business model is to grow its third - party assets under management.

Not exact matches

That disruption is omnipresent because there are now tech companies everywhere in the economy — companies whose central missions are technology - centric, and those in other sectors that are making technical innovations central to their business models.

In fact, U.S. college football is an industry whose entire business model is dependent on denying the fact that it is a business.

And that's clutch for Dinner Lab, whose pop - up business model can lend itself to unforeseen mistakes and problems.

As a research - based thought leader whose reputation for client focus is recognized industry - wide, its business model is founded on strong client engagement backed by comprehensive competitive insights driven by data.

The car rental business came full circle: Suddenly, Enterprise's slew of downtown locations — used by people whose cars are in the shop or who don't own cars at all — offered a less cyclical, more profitable model.

Uber, whose whole business model depends on low - cost labor, seeks to drive down labor costs even further using more technology (in this case self - driving cars).

Goodman, whose 1998 The Mansion on the Hill is one of the definitive books on the pre-Napster music industry, recounts Edgar's rise through the ranks of the family business and his all - in bet on the music business just in time for its business model to be upended by MP3 file - sharing.

When Brandon Snow goes looking for companies to buy, he wants to see three things: a defensive business model, a history of capital allocation and a management team whose interests are aligned with those of shareholders.

When Cambridge Advisors» Brandon Snow goes looking for companies to buy, he wants to see three things: a defensive business model, a history of capital allocation and a management team whose interests are aligned with those of shareholders.

The exciting opportunity for startups is to skate to where the puck is going — by thinking beyond exploitative legacy business models that amount to embarrassing blackboxes whose CEOs dare not publicly admit what the systems really do — and come up with new ways of operating and monetizing services that don't rely on selling the lie that people don't care about privacy.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

Companies that are descriptively software enterprises — Google, Facebook (on whose board I serve), Twitter, Airbnb, Pinterest, and many others — have opened up human connections, access to knowledge, and new business models unforeseen before they existed.

Sometimes, the risk is more obvious, such as the case of Jarden Corporation (JAH), whose entire business model was built upon growing «adjusted EPS.»

At stake is a relationship between the three nations whose annual trade in goods totals about US$ 1 trillion — and even the business models of companies such as Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. that have adapted their supply chains to take advantage of the trade zone.