These firms often internationalize through mergers and acquisitions, operate in niche markets and associate with TNCs.

In this vein, the merits of exploring niche markets were stressed, as opposed to competing in food market segments where large international firms enjoyed well established market presence.

UNCDF niche in local development

C. Rationale, niche and added value

C. Rationale, niche and added value

The niche and comparative advantages of UNCDF

UNCDF niche in building inclusive financial sectors

We altered our ecological niche by creating civilization.

The second niche was in building inclusive financial sectors .

To carve his niche in the edifice of time.

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U.S. companies are working to find a niche in the Japanese economy.

I was just thinking how each of you has found a niche

We need firms. The firms have gone away.

UNCDF will continue to develop and refine its niche in response to client demand.

Provision of venture capital to newly emerging innovative firms may also attract international firms to collaborate with domestic firms.

But it's going to have a big impact because we're going to have niche drugs.

Small retailers can, however, find niche markets, such as serving convenience needs and local tastes.

If the CD had a hall of fame, a niche for him would be ensured.

The 2005 2007 UNCDF Business Plan builds on the niche and comparative advantages of the Fund.

Clusters of firms may or may not involve formal partnerships between spatially proximate firms.

As competition with well established international brands was always difficult, targeting niche markets might be an alternative.

Country Firms through Internationalization

by developing country firms

Firms 18 per cent

...between our respective firms...

Many such firms were family firms, which found it difficult to develop an entrepreneurial outlook.

Developing Country Firms through Internationalization

Technology Incubators Nurturing Small Firms.

Developing Country Firms through Internationalization

Developing Country Firms through Internationalization

Developing Country Firms through Internationalization

Stratified sample survey of firms

International competitiveness among firms is in fact significantly influenced by the national environments in which firms operate.

Figure 1 UNCDF niche in scaling up policy pilots for decentralized delivery of basic socio economic infrastructure and services

This is a niche in which UNCDF has delivered excellent results, as recognized by the 2004 independent impact assessment.

Option 1 did not simply propose sustaining UNOPS but responded to the clear demand and niche for its services.

Advanced materials continue to penetrate the marketplace, usually beginning in niche markets where performance is more important than cost.

In recent years, large firms, including commodity firms, have increasingly used information technology to achieve two prime objectives.

Even small developing countries can find a niche for themselves and target specialized R D activities to match their strengths.

Most saw a clear niche and demand for its services, and felt confident about the positive business and financial trends.

construction firms and type of worker,

Government policies and firms diversification decisions

Because the basic governance problems in the two types of firms are considerably different, arrangements that benefit investors in widely held firms might be irrelevant or even counterproductive in controlled firms, and vice versa. As a result, applying a single standard for assessing investor protection worldwide is bound to miss the mark with respect to widely held firms, controlled firms, or both.

Today's online tourism is a very dynamic market, and the number of providers, both generalists and niche players, is rapidly increasing.