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 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.

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 are required to hold a number of permits ( or allowances or carbon credits ) equivalent to their emissions.

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

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 are able to apply their core competencies, business model or network to achieve a profit above the industry average.

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

* Firms are never too sure about the shape of their demand curve neither are they very sure about the probable response to any price change.

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 producing VNRs disagree and equate their use to a press release in video form and point to the fact that editorial judgement in the worthiness, part or whole, of a VNR's content is still left in the hands of Journalists, Program Producers or the like.

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

Firms may also be able to design self-selection or screening devices that induce workers to reveal their true characteristics.

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

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 ).

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.

In their final year, they specialise even more, e. g. students of the " Economics and Firms " branch may select three distinct Masters 2: " Gestion financière de la banque " Management of Banks, " Pratique des marchés financiers " Markets in Practice or " Corporate Finance and Strategy in the EU " ( taught in English ).

Firms should supply their DUNS number, and notify the requester of the discontinuation of the ACASS number, when asked for their ACASS number.

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.

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 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 ".

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.

Firms may have several motives for divestitures.

Firms may engage in Stackelberg competition if one has some sort of advantage enabling it to move first.

Ernst & Young was ranked No. 1 in the Forbes Magazine < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s The Best Accounting Firms to Work For in 2012, claiming that EY treats its employees better than other big firms.

Most state programs have expanded the youth legislature into a full-scale 3-5 day State Assembly or Conference, operating a complete model government that offers student delegates the opportunity to serve as members of the Executive Branch, Judicial Branch, Press Corps and Media, and Lobbyist Firms and many other program areas.

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 operating in competitive markets are under constant pressure to out perform each other.

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 taking advantage of strategic partnerships can utilize other company's strengths to make both firms stronger in the long run.

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 primary question of “ imitability ” asked in the VRIO framework in internal analysis is that “ Do firms without a resource or capability face a cost disadvantage in obtaining or developing it compared to firms that already possess it ?” Firms with valuable and rare resources, which are hard to imitate by other firms, can gain the first-mover advantages in the market and can hence gain competitive advantage.

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

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.

Firms that design and build food processing plants, consulting firms, government agencies, pharmaceutical companies, and health-care firms also hire food engineers.

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.

( Schwarz, G. & Higgins, G: Marienthal the social firms network Supporting the Development of Social Firms in Europe, UK, 1999 )

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

Firms ranked on the A-List represent the top 10 percent of all law firms in the United States.