Sentences with phrase «worst-case scenario»

They called their reports The Producers» Dilemma (I and II), after the signature scenario used in teaching game theory, the Prisoner's Dilemma.

In five different scenarios, they measured their subjects on a set of cognitive tasks, and controlled for the formality or casualness of their clothing, instructing subjects to bring «clothing you would wear to a job interview» to change into.

In this common scenario, customers who have chosen to complain in social are now forced to move offline.

«Create solid back up plans for if the worst case scenario were to happen,» Blaskie said.

It was a classic elephant - and - rope scenario.

The government could help make these scenarios a reality by helping to facilitate talks between farmers and food processors, as well as retailers.

The sheer number of insects locked in the facility — the largest colony of cockroaches ever to have existed on the planet — conjures some nightmarish scenarios.

Such training scenarios are one place where virtual reality might actually be living up to its hype.

It is a scenario neither of them seems willing to consider.

That could pose a significant challenge to Republicans wary of another Ross Perot scenario: The independent candidate helped hand the 1992 election to Bill Clinton.

Under a «business as usual» scenario in which past trends continue, the expected temperature increase in 2100 is 4.2 degrees Celsius (7.6 degrees Fahrenheit).

Many payment platforms like Visa (V) and MasterCard (MA) offer dedicated services for this exact scenario that automatically update customers» new card information for businesses with auto - renewing memberships.

In a «roll up» scenario, the ease of a smooth integration of the IT system will be a key component of the transaction.

The second — a jumbo - sized boot full of facts and quirky usage scenarios — landed late Jan. 12, ending months of speculation about the new platform's price and launch window.

This is the dark horse option — the bizarre scenario in which Foursquare's future involves an IPO or bankrupcy.

Often, grappling with the reality rather than imagining dire scenarios can help you feel more in control; you realize you have more options than you might have surmised.

As Len mentioned, we all have different scenarios running through our heads as we approach the decision between the two — online shopping, the idea of credit card rewards, convenience, etc..

Signed by 195 nations and enacted last year, the accord works to avoid this disaster scenario by lowering planet - warming emissions.

Earlier this year, astronomer and physics professor Nicole Gugliucci used a term that neatly captured the scenario of men stealing a woman's idea.

Let's look at another scenario.

«It just seems so natural,» says Maurin, «but if I throw back to the corporate environments I've worked in, it's a completely different scenario.»

Perhaps the biggest obstacle to inner calm is when we «catastrophize» and imagine the worst - case scenario.

Beyond those high - pressure scenarios, Diamandis thinks avatars could have practical uses in everyday life.

This scenario works both ways.

«While closely monitoring its policy directions, we are preparing to respond by setting up a step - by - step, scenario - based contingency plan.»

In my view, implicit in both of my colleague's scenarios are two assumptions: One, that Victoria's Secret maintains maximum profit; and two, that its customers pay as low a price as possible for lingerie.

Set in a fictional future where a single company looms, Big Brother — like, over all of Internet commerce and connection, the book presents an absolute worst - case scenario for our current mass - experiment in living online.

What are they to do in this scenario?

The Lonely Arcade may remain a fictional scenario — a story of an unrealized tomorrow.

AP: A luge athlete from Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, was killed in a crash in training on the Olympic track at the Whistler Sliding Center on Friday, an Olympic luge official at the track confirmed, the worst case scenario developing on a track that many competitors have said is too fast.

«That's a far more likely scenario of involvement or interference.

Whether the stories about the Bo family are true or the embellishments of political rivals, neither scenario inspires confidence in China's leadership and system of governance.

You think, worst - case scenario, your friends and family will be supportive and show some interest.

In such a scenario, financing is usually guaranteed either personally by the owners or cross-collateralized with other entities with the same ownership team, but the titles — and risk — are held by the new corporation.

Massoumi says he's found that a critical hiring strategy is subjecting new hires to a role - playing scenario, in which someone applying for an enterprise - sales role, for instance, might have to pitch ZocDoc to another employee acting as a member of a hospital system.

The opposite of failing fast is a «waterfall» approach to software development, where a significant amount of time is invested upfront — requirements analysis, design and scenario planning — before the software is ever tested with real customers.

In the best - case scenario, these options mean you either have to carry a separate device or juggle a second number.

Repeat in a different scenario.

Strategic partners will help you generate a stream of leads for seniors and other in - home care scenarios.

If you don't look someone in the eye when you are in a business scenario, it could seem like you have something to hide.

«I can imagine a scenario in which Tencent would invest in a publisher like Wargaming, for instance.

Here's the case for the Trump Bears; check out the Bullish scenario too.

In this scenario, you own the trucks and the drivers work for you.

Along with Garcia, dozens of Dreamers have started their own companies since coming to the U.S., and the uncertainty surrounding the DACA program has them girding for losses and, in the worst - case scenario, deportation.

It's a tempting scenario, one put forward by veteran media writer Jack Shafer in a piece at Politico, based on a recent study of the newspaper business.

Firing someone is never a comfortable feeling and it's certainly not a scenario you would expect to be asked about in a job interview.

«That's an ideal scenario, when you can get all three,» says Aruliden co-founder Rinat Aruh.

By focusing on our health, understanding and planning for worst - case scenarios, cultivating trusted friends, and rewarding ourselves periodically, we're making an investment in the future of our business.

However American equity markets have for several weeks been pricing in «almost a best - case scenario,» he says.

A similar scenario could play out in the cryptocurrency space.