Sentences with phrase «year global competition»

Who's Who Legal Awards 2016 English Law Firm of the Year German Law Firm of the Year Global Competition Law Firm of the Year Global Competition Lawyer of the Year (Frank Montag)

On December 14, Peter Diamandis, chairman and CEO of X Prize, announced the launch of the Shell Ocean Discovery X Prize, a three - year global competition that challenges researchers to build better technologies for mapping what Diamandis called one of the «greatest unexplored frontiers» — Earth's seafloor.

Not exact matches

Over in Guangzhou at Fortune's Global Forum, chairman Greg Penner noted tongue - in - cheek that this year's robust performance, especially in the online space, owed much to «paranoia» about its e-commerce competition — notably Amazon and Alibaba.

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.

36 % of global banking executives said that in the years up to 2020, technology companies like Amazon and Apple will be their greatest competition.

After a year here, I can say, with confidence that it is totally worth applying to the Arch Grants Global Startup Competition and considering relocating your company to St Louis, Missouri.

2017.05.12 RBC wins Global Retail Bank of the Year for third time Canada's banking industry shone at the Retail Banker International (RBI) awards competition in London last night, with four Canadian banks winning prizes...

Global Capitalism is trapped in its own Prisoner's Dilemma; forty four years after the end of the Bretton Woods System global central banks have manipulated the cost of risk in a competition of devaluation leading to a dangerous build up in debt and leverage, lower risk premiums, income disparity, and greater probability of tail events on both sides of the return distribGlobal Capitalism is trapped in its own Prisoner's Dilemma; forty four years after the end of the Bretton Woods System global central banks have manipulated the cost of risk in a competition of devaluation leading to a dangerous build up in debt and leverage, lower risk premiums, income disparity, and greater probability of tail events on both sides of the return distribglobal central banks have manipulated the cost of risk in a competition of devaluation leading to a dangerous build up in debt and leverage, lower risk premiums, income disparity, and greater probability of tail events on both sides of the return distribution.

So there are lots of those long - term factors, demographics, aging population, global competition that mean that long - term interest rates may not rise at the same level, but one can't help but feel that we have seen six, seven years and in some cases, 10 years now post global financial crisis of near - zero interest rates and it's just, I suspect, there are a lot of market practitioners have gotten used to that idea and haven't really gotten their heads around the fact that we are still seeing Fed governors suggesting we have got one more rate increase this year and potentially two or three coming out next year.

Seafood Excellence Global Awards Competition: Attend the awards ceremony on 24 April 2018 from 18:15 - 20:00 in Hall 10 to see the year's BEST products.

In announcing the jurors, Shanna Moore, global director, sustainability, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers, said, «DuPont is really looking forward to the judging of entries in this year's awards competition.

The competition will play out against a backdrop of a softening global market where the exportable surplus in liquid milk equivalents is estimated to be 3.2 billion litres higher year - on - year for the six months to March 2018.

The exports for the first nine months of 2011 totalled 693,570 t, up 1 % compared with last year, despite tough export conditions for Australian beef since April due to the high Australian dollar, the sluggish global economy and increased competition from US beef in Japan.

CEO & Executive Director of The Global Spirit Awards to get all the info on this year's inaugural competition.

«Beijing is a hugely important event to us, yet this is the first of three huge global competitions for us, with the Olympics in Rio next year and the home World championships in 2017,» said British Athletics performance director Neil Black.

According to Mr. Clive Horwood, Euromoney Magazine's Editor, «Competition for the awards this year was tough, arguably the toughest it has been since the start of the global financial crisis.

Two years ago, the online environmental magazine Grist («Doom and gloom with a sense of humor») sponsored a haiku competition on the theme of global warming.

The researchers looked specifically at the average fishing revenue in 106 Alaskan communities for 10 years before and after 1989, a year when the North Pacific Ocean experienced a significant shift in productivity and abrupt changes in the composition of marine food webs, while at the same time the global price for salmon dropped because of competition from farm - raised fish.

In recent years, escalating costs and increased global competition have led pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to start using contractors — temporary employees who work for a contracted period of time — in jobs previously held by permanent employees.

With the understanding that emergency, health care and other services» reliance on software will only grow over time, Microsoft has for the past eight years hosted a global competition that challenges high school and college students to develop applications that address some of the planet's most urgent needs.

Projects in this year's competition trended toward education and global health, although several teams tackled another pressing problem worldwide — traffic management — with applications for improving bus routes and a social networking tool for organizing car pools, says Jon Perera (pdf), Microsoft's general manager for education.

In a global competition, eight young scientists received the award worth around EUR 260 000 spread over three years to jump - start their first independent laboratory.

Almost 100 years later we still live in a world increasingly affected by war, unemployment and poverty, a reality that nonetheless remains discreetly hidden under the carpet by the illusion of a global democratic society, where most people have access to the internet, and where an overestimated middle class is entertained by lavish sports competitions.

So critics of A Nation at Risk and the viewpoint it embodied had a field day, years later, when the U.S. economy — seemingly oblivious to the warnings in the commission's famous report — boomed in the face of growing global competition.

The WorldSkills Competition occurs every two years and is the biggest vocational education and skills excellence event in the world that truly reflects global industry.

Nadim Merrikh, «The Dapper Rappers», 15 year old Baha'i High School student from Ontario, Canada was the Tony Blair Faith Foundation's global film competition Faith Shorts in 2011.

The concept car, launched at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year to global acclaim, was just announced as the winner in the Concepts category of the Automotive Brand Contest 2012, the international competition for automotive brands and now a major industry event.

Last year, for instance, Glengarry Fine Cheese took top honours at the Global Cheese Making Competition in England for its gouda - like Lankaaster.

I applaud the Generali team for receiving numerous awards from our organization in recent years, which is no small feat given the intense global competition that they face.»

The competition for the Customer Service Team of the Year award was intense, and Generali Global Assistance should be proud to be a Stevie Award recipient for the fourth consecutive year.&raYear award was intense, and Generali Global Assistance should be proud to be a Stevie Award recipient for the fourth consecutive year.&rayear.»

Bangkok, 3 December, 2015 — Three Thai tourism representatives from the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) and the Association of Thai Travel Agents (ATTA) recently won the Tourism Action Plan competition at the 2015 Global Tourism Leader Training Program for Korea's Fellow Countries held during 11 - 21 November of this year at Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea.

It has also taken top spot at the Retail Banker International Awards competition three times in a row, winning Global Retail Bank of the Year in 2014, 2015, and 2016.

oneworld was named the Best Airline Alliance in this year's Global Traveler magazine's Wines on the Wing competition.

It was an amazing year for esports teams in 2017, winning not just global competitions but also enjoying an influx of cash as esports investment ballooned.

In January we launched the Call of Duty World League, presented by PlayStation 4 — a new global esports league operated by Activision that takes competitive Call of Duty to a whole new level with regional LAN events, live - streamed competitions throughout the year, and a combined $ 3 million prize pool.

This marks the second year in a row that Duality ZF placed as a top - 20 finalist in Microsoft's global game development competition.

Another key milestone was id's role in the rise of the global e-Sports phenomenon, with a game called Quake, and organized player competition at an annual gathering called QuakeCon, which is more than 20 years old.

Dream.Build.Play 2012 Challenge Dream.Build.Play is Microsoft's global competition that challenges independent game developers to create new and innovative games for Xbox 360 and new this year, games for Windows Phone.

Earlier this year, I was honoured to be part of the judging panel for WindEurope's Global Wind Day photo competition, Capture the Power of Wind 2017.

However, with a stronger market signal now unlikely for many years because of the delay in comprehensive national climate and energy legislation, the United States might well fall behind China in this new era of global competition over green technologies and services.

«Pureology is proud to have supported Global Green's extraordinary programs over the past two years and to increase our support in 2011 by presenting Global Green USA's Green School Makeover Competition to help improve the lives of students while educating parents, teachers, students and the public about the importance of creating healthy green classrooms,» states Shae Kalyani, Vice President of Marketing for Pureology.

TreeHugger has been following this global architectural design competition over the last year with great interest.

He has been recognized as the «Cartel Lawyer of the Year» by International Competition Magazine and was one of two competition lawyers worldwide to be recognized as an «all - star» in the BTI annual gloCompetition Magazine and was one of two competition lawyers worldwide to be recognized as an «all - star» in the BTI annual glocompetition lawyers worldwide to be recognized as an «all - star» in the BTI annual global survey.

He has over 11 years of experience and he handles merger approvals and other matters before the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and frequently speaks on competition law to a variety of audiences and forums such as the Africa Competition Conference and Global CompetitCompetition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and frequently speaks on competition law to a variety of audiences and forums such as the Africa Competition Conference and Global Competitcompetition law to a variety of audiences and forums such as the Africa Competition Conference and Global CompetitCompetition Conference and Global CompetitionCompetition Review.

In other words, she will cultivate the links between our first - and second - year Global Lawyering Skills courses; our first - year professional identity and career exploration course (The Legal Profession); our clinics, externships, and capstone experiential courses; and our mock trial and moot court competition teams to ensure that McGeorge students experience an integrated experiential curriculum.

The firm's Asia team is well known for taking care of business on this side of the world in global mega deals (take for instance, last year's AB InBev - SAB Miller merger and Boehringer Ingelheim's acquisition of Sanofi's animal health unit) and is at the forefront of advising on merger control and rising antitrust enforcement in China, as well as Hong Kong's new competition regime.

DLA Piper's ambitions to become one of the biggest global law firms in the Middle East saw it fend off stiff competition to claim the international firm of the year award.

Dany was also nominated as Dealmaker of the Year by Global Competition Review in 2015.

Webber Wentzel collected the TMT Team of the Year award after helping Naspers Group launch ShowMax — a video - on - demand (VoD) service designed to head off competition from global providers such as Netflix.

He received the inaugural award for «The Chambers Shield of Excellence for Antitrust» in 2006 and similarly the «Global Competition Lawyer of the Year» by The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers.