* Firms compete in quantities, and choose quantities simultaneously ;

Firms under imperfect competition have the potential to be " price makers ", which means that, by holding a disproportionately high share of market power, they can influence the prices of their products.

On July 1, 1992, in order to meet growing demand, the Chinese government opened the legal services market to foreign law firms allowing them to establish offices in China when the Ministry of Justice and the State Administration of Industry and Commerce ( SAOIC ) issued the Provisional Regulation of Establishment of Offices by Foreign Law Firms regulation.

Firms would make rational decisions by weighing the sacrifices involved.

Firms face a kinked demand curve if, when one firm decreases its price, other firms will follow suit in order to maintain sales, and when one firm increases its price, its rivals are unlikely to follow, as they would lose the sales ' gains that they would otherwise get by holding prices at the previous level.

Firms protect the privacy of participants by promising that the data collected will be presented to the sponsor either in aggregate or in a format stripped of any personally identifiable information.

Firms like Mitsui and Sumitomo were led by non-family managers such as Minomura Rizaemon, who guided the business by accurately forecasting the coming political and economic situations, by acquaintance with high-ranking government officials or politicians, and bold investment.

Firms have the option of producing goods by labour intensive technique and capital intensive technique.

* Holland & Knight was ranked as one of the Top 30 Midwest Real Estate Law Firms by Midwest Real Estate News.

Firms who can achieve economies by increasing their scale of industrial activities benefit from agglomeration.

In recent years, more than 30 monographs written by our teachers or researchers were awarded the provincial level or the national ministry level prize, in which Study on China Agriculture Insurance with the Social Guarantee System, China's 50-Year Enterprise Theories, Research on Minority-Population Policy of China, Operational Mode to Father Firms and Economics Development with the Practical ‘ Think-Tanker ’** Theory were respectively awarded the first-class prize of the 8th-issue selected excellent achievements on philosophy and social science of Beijing ; the second-class prize of the 3rd-issue humane study of the Ministry of National Education and the best book prize of China's 14th issue ; the first-class excellent achievement prize of the second issue social science of Chongqing Municipality, and the first-class excellent achievement prize of philosophy and social science of Beijing's 7th and the 8th issue.

On July 1, 1992, in order to meet growing demand, the Chinese government opened the legal services market to foreign law firms allowing them to establish offices in China when the Ministry of Justice and the State Administration of Industry and Commerce ( SAOIC ) issued the Provisional Regulation of Establishment of Offices by Foreign Law Firms regulation.

Learning by Doing in Markets, Firms, and Nations ( eds .).

Firms must determine when lost sales due to not having product on the shelves are balanced by increased handling and storage costs.

Only on July 1, 1992, in contrast, did the PRC government open her legal services market to foreign law firms when the Ministry of Justice issued the Provisional Regulation of Establishment of Offices by Foreign Law Firms regulation.

The individual equity partners of Arthur Andersen LLP and the other firms associated with it became the individual members of the SC and the firms themselves became Member Firms by signing a formal agreement with the SC.

The SC never provided any professional services ( which were provided in each country by a Member Firm ) and did not pay any of its individual members ( who were partners in the individual Member Firms and received any remuneration to which they were entitled through their Member Firm ).

Following the substantial growth of the consulting services practices of the Member Firms, and the decision taken by the members of the SC to divide the individual national practices of Arthur Andersen into two separate sets of entities-Arthur Andersen and Andersen Consulting-in 1977, pressure primarily from the consulting partners led to an agreed change of name of the SC to Andersen Worldwide Société Coopérative.

The program for Farmers is administered by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, and the Firms and Communities programs are administered by the U. S. Department of Commerce.

The Department of Commerce program, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms, provides financial assistance to manufacturers and service firms affected by import competition.

On September 15, 2010, Sherman & Howard received 32 rankings in the U. S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers 2010 Best Law Firms rankings, which are presented in tiers both nationally and by state or metropolitan area.

* In 2010, Davis Polk was ranked third in " Revenue per Lawyer " by the American Lawyer's top 100 National Firms.

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# Firms ' expectations about future prices

Firms commonly set prices at existing price-points as a marketing strategy.

Firms change prices when the benefit of changing a price becomes larger than the menu cost of changing a price.

Firms " bid " prices up to but not exceeding the true value of the item.

Firms provide consumers with goods and services in exchange for consumer expenditure and " factors of production " from households.

Firms with superior software thus have an incentive to offer samples, except if their product is already well known, or if they do not want to be listed in direct competition with other products on shareware repositories.

Firms that need to increase their volume of emissions must buy permits from those who require fewer permits.

Firms started highlighting their ethical stature in the late 1980s and early 1990s, possibly trying to distance themselves from the business scandals of the day, such as the savings and loan crisis.

Firms can spend as little as one or two months raising capital when they are able to reach the target that they set for their funds relatively easily, often through gaining commitments from existing investors in their previous funds, or where strong past performance leads to strong levels of investor interest.

Firms can also exhibit effective demands or supplies that differ from notional demands or supplies.

Firms that specialize in delivering commercial goods from point of production or storage to point of sale are generally known as distributors, while those that specialize in the delivery of goods to the consumer are known as delivery services.

On returning from their year abroad, students are required to specialise in one of the three following categories: International Relations, Economics and Firms or Public Administration.

Firms that simply do not wish to change their strategy or products and incur sunk costs from “ cannibalizing ” or changing the core of their business, fall victim to this inertia.

Of course one needs to note that Equity capital has the highest cost in the long run, as a firm needs to demonstrate higher return on investment for its shareholders Firms can also combine the three types of financing, angel / venture, factoring and bank line of credit to further reduce their total cost of funds whilst at the same time improving cash flow.

Firms that gain new practice areas or departments through recruiting or mergers that are more complex and demanding ( and typically more profitable ) may see the focus, organization and resources of the firm shift dramatically towards those new departments.

In 2009, for the second year in a row, Working Mother Magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers named Vinson & Elkins one of the " Best Law Firms for Women ," citing the firm ’ s continued focus on work-life and women-friendly policies.

The firm is also recognized in various other surveys, including Vault. com ’ s 2010 review of the 20 Best Law Firms to Work For.

The firm is also recognized in various other surveys, including Vault. com ’ s 2010 review of the 20 Best Law Firms to Work For.

Firms are even more interested in a former law clerk if the firm generally appears before the clerk's former judge.

The firm is regularly ranked in Consulting Magazine ’ s annual list of the " Best Firms to Work For " and among the Top 10 in the Vault Consulting 50 rankings.