Competitive pressures within the H – O model produce this prediction fairly straightforwardly.

Competitive pressures force organizations to minimize asset total cost of ownership and streamline their asset management operations ( these typically involve myriad activities ranging from inventory, parts and labor management to contracts and vendor management for new works ).

In 2008, a series of studies conducted by the Center for Competitive Politics, an organization whose mission is to " oppose so-called reformers ’ efforts to limit campaign contributions taxpayer funded political campaigns " found that the programs in Maine, Arizona, and New Jersey had failed to accomplish their stated goals, including electing more women, reducing government spending, reducing special interest influence on elections, bringing more diverse backgrounds into the legislature, or meeting most other stated objectives, including increasing competition or voter participation.

In 1982, Deming, as author, had his book published by the MIT Center for Advanced Engineering as Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position, which was renamed Out of the Crisis in 1986.

Competitive pricing led to commercial success, and Kadetts continued to be produced during the early months of the war: by the time production was interrupted in 1940 following intensification of hostilities, 107, 608 of these Opel Kadetts had come off the assembly line at Opel's Rüsselsheim plant, which had been the first major car plant in Germany to apply the assembly-line production techniques pioneered by Henry Ford.

As a result of Burger King's actions, Hungry Jack's owner Jack Cowin and his company Competitive Foods Australia, began legal proceedings in 2001 against the Burger King Corporation claiming Burger King Corporation had violated the conditions of the master franchising agreement and was in breach of the contract.

Though Thomas had only competed for half of 2003, the International Federation of Competitive Eating ( IFOCE ) named her Rookie of the Year.

* Competitive and collaborative conflict behaviors ( conversely, the same study found that avoidance and compromise conflict behavior had a negative impact )

) After interviewing members of the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the American Enterprise Institute, several of whom appear in the film, the Yes Men were foiled at the Cato Institute by libertarian activists Bureaucrash, one of whose members had been hanging around the Competitive Enterprise Institute two days before and recognized the duo.

Another 2008 study by the Center for Competitive Politics of Clean Elections programs in Maine and Arizona found that neither state had seen a decline in legislators with “ traditional ” &# 91 ; law and business &# 93 ; backgrounds in the eight years since the campaign laws were first implemented.

Other studies conducted by the nonpartisan Center for Competitive Politics, found that the programs in Maine, Arizona, and New Jersey had failed to accomplish other stated goals, including electing more women (), reducing government spending ( in fact in both states government spending grew more rapidly after the enactment of clean elections ) (), or meeting most other stated objectives, including increasing competition or voter participation.

But Harder also supported oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and bringing back jobs in the timber industry by increasing the amount of logging, and had often featured guests from groups such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Heartland Institute who are skeptical of global warming.

Calapan boasts of many notable achievements and awards that it had garnered under its belt in the past years ever since becoming a city, such as when it was recognized as one of the " Most Competitive Cities in the Philippines " and being awarded with an ISO certification both in 2008, the Calapan City Accounting office being awarded with " Most Outstanding Accounting Office in the Philippines " in 2009, the new city public market being adjudged as the " Most Outstanding Infrastructure Project in Asia " by the Association of Development Financing Institution in Asia and the Pacific, the city being " One of the Top 12 Most Business-Friendly Cities of the Philippines " out of 60 city-applicants in the country, the Calapan City PESO being " No. 2 Best PESO in the Philippines ", being awarded with the " Seal of Good Housekeeping " by the Department of the Interior and Local Government, being chosen as one of the only four City Governments in the country which was able to maintain its ISO certification, and being awarded with the " The Trailblazer Award " by the Institute for Solidarity in Asia to name a few.

According to the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the cost to the economy of government regulation in the United States is approximately $ 1. 75 trillion per year, which exceeds all corporate pretax profits put together.

Any strategic information system must be analyzed across all departments in the organization. _Cost and Competitive Advantage.

Yùndòng Sanda ( Mandarin Chinese, Sport Free Fighting ), or Jingzheng Sanda ( Mandarin Chinese, Competitive Free Fighting ): A modern fighting method, sport, and applicable component of Wushu / Kung Fu influenced by traditional Chinese Boxing, of which takedowns & throws are legal in competition, as well as all other sorts of striking ( use of arms & legs ).

Competitive crew requires an efficient stroke with all rowers matching the cadence and movements of the stroke seat, the rower closest to the shell's stern.

He is the Director of Global Warming and International Environmental Policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute ( CEI ), a non-profit public policy organization founded in 1984 by Fred L. Smith, Jr. Ebell directs and oversees all aspects of energy policy education and advocacy for CEI.

Competitive Events is a program that contains all competition events existing in FCCLA.

Competitive kettlebell lifting has a long history in Russia but started being organised as a standard sport under the name Girevoy Sport () only during the 1960s.

Competitive processes for preserving meats are by canning and freezing.

Competitive athletes are divided by gender, and often by age group.

* Competitive feature film: The festivals in Berlin, Cairo, Cannes, Goa, Karlovy Vary, Locarno, Mar del Plata, Montreal, Moscow, San Sebastián, Shanghai, Tokyo, Venice, and Warsaw are accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations ( FIAPF ) in the category of competitive feature films.

In contrast, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, which is funded by businesses, accuses the media of being biased in favor of science and against business interests, and of credulously reporting science that purports to show that greenhouse gasses cause global warming.

Competitive analysis formalizes this idea by comparing the relative performance of an online and offline algorithm for the same problem instance.

Competitive swimming in Europe started around 1800, mostly using breaststroke and in 1873 John Arthur Trudgen introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native Americans, but substituting a scissor kick for the traditional flutter kick in order to reduce splashing.

Except for a brief appearance by Colin Powell, who hurriedly addressed the closing stages of the conference while his airplane taxied on the runway of Johannesburg International, the US government did not send a delegation, earning Bush praise in a letter from conservative organizations such as Americans for Tax Reform, American Enterprise Institute, and Competitive Enterprise Institute.

* Around the Horn: Competitive debating between four sports writers across the country, moderated by Tony Reali

Competitive examinations are conducted by a selected senior law enforcement officials.

* Competitive Balance Tax, a luxury tax paid by teams in Major League Baseball on excess payroll

TCNJ currently is ranked as one of the “ Most Competitive ” institutions in the nation by Barron ’ s Profiles of American Colleges.

Competitive free markets unrestrained by excessive government regulation are seen as being able to naturally ensure that the allocation of resources occurs with the greatest efficiency possible and the economic growth is raised and stabilized.

The diamond model is an economical model developed by Michael Porter in his book The Competitive Advantage of Nations, where he published his theory of why particular industries become competitive in particular locations.

Competitive advantage attempts to correct for this issue by stressing maximizing scale economies in goods and services that garner premium prices ( Stutz and Warf 2009 ).

* Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance by Michael E. Porter

* Creating Competitive Advantage: Give Customers a Reason to Choose You Over Your Competitors by Jaynie L. Smith

It was created by M. E. Porter in his book, Competitive Advantage ( 1980 ).

Competitive freediving is currently governed by two world associations: AIDA International ( International Association for Development of Apnea ) and CMAS ( World Underwater Federation ).

On 28 May 2008, Klaus gave the keynote address at an annual dinner hosted by the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a free market advocacy group in Washington, D. C., and received its Julian L. Simon Memorial Award.

In his 1980 classic Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analysing Industries and Competitors, Porter simplifies the scheme by reducing it down to the three best strategies.

The ‘ industry forces ’ paradigm was established most firmly by Michael Porter, ( 1980 ) in his seminal book ‘ Competitive Strategy ’, the ideas of which still form the basis of strategy analysis in many consulting firms and investment companies.