Sentences with phrase «with high development costs»

With high development costs, weak economies, and faltering currencies, console gaming is now a luxury more than ever.

This shift in strategy means we will cease production of Disney Infinity, where the lack of growth in the toys - to - life market, coupled with high development costs, has created a challenging business model.

This shift in strategy means we will cease production of Disney Infinity, where the lack of growth in the toys - to - life market, coupled with high development costs, has created a challenging business model.

Coupled with high development costs, the economics of our current vertical business model no longer add up.»

Infrastructure assets have traditionally been characterized as long - lived, with high development costs (barriers to entry) and the potential for steady income streams, often linked to inflation.

According to Automotive.com, Toyota said that even though the convertible and turbo - charged version of the Scion FR - S were under consideration, Toyota predicted that the limited sale along with the high development cost are not worth commercializing the vehicle.

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Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

The program has been beset with cost overruns and development glitches, prompting at least one high - tech demonstration to illustrate how the kinks are being ironed out.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

It boasts both low living costs and a high quality of life — with popular developments, such as the Atlanta Beltline Trail and Ponce City Market — attracting a new generation of talent to the startup community.

Focusing exclusively on high - potential products that align with health system priorities and patient needs, EXCITE's pre-market approach identifies opportunities for improvement while products are still in development, resulting in better technologies for patients and lower system costs, while also streamlining the subsequent adoption process.

In SaaS though it becomes of acute interest because of the generally higher number of VC - funded players in the industry and the high development costs associated with the business model.

Barrick expects the development work, stripping and maintenance in the second quarter, along with access to higher grades in the second half of the year, to drive stronger output in the third and fourth quarters, at lower costs.

The great issues of our time are moral: the uses of power; wealth and poverty; human rights; the moral quality and character of society; loss of the sense of the common good in tandem with the pampering of private interests; domestic violence; outrageous legal and medical costs in a system of maldistributed services; unprecedented developments in biotechnologies which portend good but risk evil; the violation of public trust by high elected officials and their appointees; the growing militarization of many societies; continued racism; the persistence of hunger and malnutrition; a still exploding population in societies hard put to increase jobs and resources; abortion; euthanasia; care for the environment; the claims of future generations.

Consider a partial list of developments since just World War II: a broad national decline in denominational loyalty, changes in ethnic identity as hyphenated Americans enter the third and subsequent generations after immigration, the great explosion in the number of competing secular colleges and universities, the professionalization of academic disciplines with concomitant professional formation of faculty members during graduate education, the dramatic rise in the percentage of the population who seek higher education, the sharp trend toward seeing education largely in vocational and economic terms, the rise in government regulation and financing, the great increase in the complexity and cost of higher education, the development of a more litigious society, the legal end of in loco parentis, an exponential and accelerating growth in human knowledge, and so on.

And Heidi Burkhart, president of the affordable housing brokerage Dane Real Estate, warned that the higher construction wages negotiated by REBNY and the Building Trades Council could stifle development on projects with high land costs and thin margins.

New York spent $ 21,206 per pupil compared to a national average of $ 11,392 in school year 2014 - 2015.38 Better targeting spending to the highest needs districts would contain costs while ensuring that all students have access to a sound basic education.39 The State wastes $ 1.2 billion annually on property tax rebates and allocates $ 4 billion annually on economic development spending with a sparse record of results.40 Curtailing spending in these areas would reduce pressure to increase taxes and lessen the tax differential with other states.

«With almost equal to slightly higher cost, consuming 8 - 12 ounces (2 - 3 servings) of fish a week not only may attain the same asthma protection, but strengthens the nutritional benefits to infant growth and development,» said Lockey.

Development of cost - effective means to separate carbon dioxide during the production process will improve this advantage over other fossil fuels and enable the economic production of gas resources with higher carbon dioxide content that would be too costly to recover using current carbon capture technologies, Tour said.

In combination with the virtual infrastructure which has been developed in the course of MIRPHAB, high - quality MIR sensor solutions are therefore also of interest to companies for whom the costs and development efforts have previously been seen as being too high.

By so doing, they earn generous clean development mechanism credits with prices set at the high European levels — prices that are not connected to the actual cost of the upgrades for HFC - 23.

PNNL's expertise in materials synthesis and processing will also contribute to the development of low - cost, high - capacity electrode materials for advanced batteries with unprecedented energy density and power.

The design and engineering of advanced solid - state nanopore materials could allow for the development of novel gene sequencing technologies that enable single - molecule detection at low cost and high speed with minimal sample preparation and instrumentation.

The committee also calls attention to the potential for very cost - effective and scientifically fruitful advances with the advent of long - duration (10 - day) balloon flights and the expected availability after the final 2 years of development of ultralong - duration (up to 100 - day) balloon flights (see the section «The National Virtual Observatory and Other High - Leverage, Small Initiatives» in Chapter 3).

The reason for the higher price was due to the additional development, manufacturing, and publishing costs involved with that port.

Compare these hidden costs to a Learning Management System like eCoach, which costs between $ 99 and $ 1199 a month and comes with full support and an in - house development team to help convert eLearning materials, and you'll see that choosing a Learning Management System alternative with higher hard costs can save you serious money.

From the embarrassment of approving abysmally low — and Plessy v. Ferguson - like — proficiency targets (including that for Virginia, which had only required districts to ensure that 57 percent of black students and 65 percent of Latino peers were proficient in math by 2016 - 2017), to complaints from House Education and the Workforce Committee Ranking Minority Member George Miller and civil rights - based reformers about how the administration allowed states such as South Dakota to count General Education Development certificates in their graduation rate calculations (and minimize graduation rates as a factor in accountability measures), the administration finds itself contending with complaints from civil rights - based reformers as well as from centrist Democrats finally acknowledging the high cost of their push for revamping No Child at any cost.

Investing wisely in teacher and principal preparation and development can improve student achievement and generate overall budget savings by reducing costs associated with low student performance (including grade retention, remediation, and higher dropout rates).

«There is nothing wrong with seeking high educational standards and accountability, but there is surely something very wrong indeed if this comes at the cost of natural development.»

The Lastinger Center's Florida Master Teacher Initiative, developed in conjunction with the UF College of Education's School of Teaching and Learning, is emerging as a potential national model for innovative, high - quality, cost - effective professional development.

Your membership gives you access to high - quality online professional development videos — at no cost — thanks to our partnership with School Improvement Network.

Table 2 Charters with Lowest Administrative Costs Per pupil Charter Enrollment Administration / Pupil Flagstaff Montessori, LLC 257 $ 0 Premier Charter High School 3,217 $ 128 Ed Ahead, Inc. 82 $ 240 Noah Web Pima 281 $ 286 The Odyssey Preparatory Academy, Inc. 2,641 $ 319 Akimel O'Otham Pee Posh Charter School 181 $ 330 James Madison Preparatory School 184 $ 373 Educational Impact, Inc. 201 $ 393 EDUPRIZE SCHOOLS LLC 3,630 $ 417 Hillcrest Academy 106 $ 432 Montessori Education Centre — Charter School 462 $ 436 El Centro for the Study of Primary and Secondary Education, Inc. 63 $ 537 CAFA, Inc., dba Learning Foundation Performing Arts Alta Mesa 252 $ 538 Friendly House Inc. 397 $ 550 Self Development Charter School 461 $ 555 Carden of Tucson, Inc 129 $ 557 Global Renaissance Academy of Distinguished Education 93 $ 563 Satori, Inc. 169 $ 605 Ridgeline Academy 609 $ 633 Happy Valley School Inc. 464 $ 670 Empower College Prep 377 $ 680 CAFA, Inc. 214 $ 682 Heritage Academy, Inc. 650 $ 691 P.L.C. CHARTER SCHOOLS 1.134 $ 711 Benchmark School, Inc. 417 $ 736 Horizon Community Learning Center 799 $ 753 American Basic School 880 $ 758 Pioneer Preparatory School Challenge Foundation 628 $ 769 East Valley Academy 23 $ 776 Benjamin Franklin Charter School 2,850 $ 781

The Corvette team says it passed on a dual - clutch automatic because it needs the high - torque capacity, and must spread the cost of transmission development by sharing it with the high - volume trucks.

• Prescriptive internal design parameters to restrict development costs and discourage extreme designs and running conditions • Single turbo with dimensional constraints and weight limits • Standard energy store and control electronics • High Level of external prescriptive design to give «Plug - And - Play» engine / chassis / transmission swap capability • Intention to investigate tighter fuel regulations and limits on number of fuels used

(a) The Secretary, through the Commissioner, in coordination with other appropriate programs in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, is authorized to make grants to and contracts with States and public or nonprofit agencies and organizations, including institutions of higher education, to pay part of the cost of projects for training, traineeships, and related activities designed to assist in increasing the numbers of personnel trained in providing vocational services to handicapped individuals and in performing other functions necessary to the development of such services.

The official strategy sees these grants helping to accelerate technology development and reduce the cost of high - tech batteries, with the ultimate goal of making hybrid - electric and pure electric vehicles more affordable, thereby stimulating their demand at the retail level.

A large proportion of the high development cost was due to the Mondeo being a completely new design, sharing very little, if anything, with the Ford Sierra.

With this in mind, we continuously focus on engine development and are always crafting new solutions for high reliability and low operating costs.

With the proliferation of devices and formats and the high costs of one - off development, how can publishers make and distribute digital illustrated books more efficiently and effectively?

Books with a limited audience (since fixed development costs are typically higher than for conventional ebooks)

It's a HUGE investment opportunity, though, given how far behind their infrastructure is compared to how close they are to the US (making us a natural trade partner with low transportation costs for trade), their population, their education level (relatively high), and the areas in which they need development (agriculture and construction — both of which Caterpillar could help with).

At Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL), our mission is «to provide the Atlanta region a safe, secure and cost - competitive gateway to the world that drives economic development, operates with the highest level of customer service and efficiency, and exercises fiscal and environmental responsibility.»

Dubai's tourism development strategy has always revolved around following the money with new flights from the highly regarded Emirates Airline and high quality accommodation at reasonable cost, and this is now proving as effective in the emerging markets as it has been elsewhere.

However, the top group of cars are focused on immediate results as they already have the best cars on the grid which are capable of winning races or finishing on the podium with extremely high research and development costs to back up their respective performance advantages ahead of the other seven teams.

One thing some people may not realize is that development costs for games is at an all time high for next generation consoles with some now beginning to surpass production costs of what would be the equivalent to a Hollywood film.

Without tax breaks, Beyond: Two Souls» true cost is likely higher and more in line with traditional development budgets for a large triple - A title.

Whereas Microsoft and Sony make up development cost with higher attach rates and look to make money down the line.

Kotick might hark on about the high - cost of development on the PS3 but, despite a lower install base, games continue to sell incredibly well on Sony's powerful console, and with 23 million of that beasts in the market, Sony are hardly merely «making up the numbers».

Kotick might hark on about the high - cost of development on the PS3 but, despite its lower install base, games continue to sell incredibly well on Sony's powerful console; and with 23 million of the beasts in the market, Sony are hardly merely «making up the numbers».

But the fact remains that the problems that sunk the genre to begin with are still present: lack of replayability, high cost of development for content players can chew through in a chicken minute, pixel hunting, nonsensical puzzle design, verbosity, randomly rubbing items together in the hopes of discovering a solution, and just plain ol' getting stuck with no hope of moving the game forward.