Firms need to know which other software products their product must work with ( e. g. operating systems ) to provide the most usability for the customer.

Firms compete by setting prices simultaneously and consumers want to buy everything from a firm with a lower price ( since the product is homogeneous and there are no consumer search costs ).

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 will choose the least-cost way to comply with the pollution regulation, which will lead to reductions where the least expensive solutions exist, while allowing emissions that are more expensive to reduce.

Firms are responsible for compliance with government regulations and internal regulations.

* General Equilibrium with Price-Making Firms ( with Thomas Marschak ), Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York: Springer-Verlag.

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.

Santa Clara's Law Firms Rank Schools ranked 96th with its Part-time Law ranking 48th place.

They are also sometimes called SPIFS ( Stamps Perforated with Initials of Firms and Societies ).

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.

Firms with assembly facilities in the Middle Tennessee area, such as Nissan and Saturn are particularly well represented.

Firms faced with lack of pricing power sometimes turn to yield management as a last resort.

Firms in such industries become more profitable with size.

Firms like power companies, cable television companies and wireless communication companies with large start up costs fall within this category.

The Headhunters or originally the ' Chelsea Shed boys ' can trace their roots to the late 1960s, when football hooliganism was in its infancy and along with West Ham's ' Mile End Mob ' were one of the original Football Firms.

Firms operating under conditions of monopoly or imperfect competition are faced with downward sloping demand curves.

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.

Organised chit fund schemes are required to register with the Registrar or Firms, Societies and Chits.

Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms provides import impacted companies with professional guidance, business recovery plan development, and cost-sharing for outside consulting services.

Firms can also assess the quality of customer experience with the shops with the use of mystery shoppers.

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

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.

Firms that produce locally-produced goods can charge a premium for that good.

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.

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.

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 SC acted as the coordinator for the provision of common services between the Member Firms ( the SC itself had very few employees and provided very few services directly ).

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.

Firms offering such services differ in the range of services provided, but can include art purchase financing, art secured lending, art insurance, art appraisal, provenance verification, market research, curatorial services, art investment advice, and personal shopping services.

* GAO Report: Increased Use of Alaska Native 8 ( a ) Firms Calls for Increased Oversight

Firms often collude in an attempt to stabilize unstable markets, so as to reduce the risks inherent in these markets for investment and product development.

* Council of Public Relations Firms U. S. trade association for public relations firms

Firms such as Boeing, General Motors, Allen-Bradley, Chrysler, Eaton, and Whirlpool have worked on fuzzy logic for use in low-power refrigerators, improved automotive transmissions, and energy-efficient electric motors.

* Tech Firms Go Mining for Megawatts, Washington Post, July 9, 2006

Firms hire them because they see the inflation as allowing higher profits for given nominal wages.

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.

* Bryan Borlik, Director, Performance and National Programs, and Director, Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms

Firms also face different degrees of competition in markets for their products.

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 competing for overseas contracts have sometimes argued in the press for equal chances during the bidding process, such as when American oil corporations wanted equal shots at developing oil fields in Sumatra ; and firms, seeing how fairness is beneficial while competing for contracts, can apply the lesson to other areas such as internal hiring and promotion decisions.

Firms which have been found to have violated some of the requirements of the H-1B program are also treated as though they were H-1B dependent employers for a probationary period.

The school offers Master of Laws degrees in Intellectual Property, which is ranked 6th in the nation, Law Firms Rank Schools ranked 96th, Part-time Law ranked 48th, International and Comparative Law, and U. S. Law for Foreign Lawyers.

Chicago ranks second on the " Top 15 Schools From Which the Most ' Prestigious ' Law Firms Hire New Lawyers "; first for " Faculty quality based on American Academy of Arts and Sciences Membership "; third for " Supreme Court Clerkship Placement "; and fifth for " Student Quality ".

Firms that currently use Portland House for office space include American Express, Crossrail, Caxton FX, HomeAway UK / Owners Direct, NetBooster, TradeDoubler, uSwitch, Upmystreet. com, Rentokil Initial, AkzoNobel and Regus.

* Multicultural Law Magazine named Holland & Knight to its list of “ 100 Top Law Firms for Diversity .”

Firms such as Ruston and Bucyrus made models such as the RB10 which were popular for small building works and drainage work.

Firms that wish for an employee to exit of his or her own accord but do not wish to pursue firing or forced resignation, may degrade the employee's working conditions, hoping that he or she will leave " voluntarily ".

Ranked # 2 Overall and ranked as one of the Top 3 Firms for more than a decade.

Firms may have several motives for divestitures.