The United Nations has the competitive edge.

But then, I want to know how you're special.

And those three together, I think, give you leverage in the world.

The challenge is thus to convert comparative advantages into competitiveness.

Priority of the security right over the rights of competing claimants

I had a motorcycle once. HarleyDavidson, blue.

500 years ago, it ran into a competitor with a lethal advantage.

However, the competitive process and the application of the principle of merit must not be weakened.

The holding of elections is also an increased priority and funds are being earmarked for that.

Another source of competitive advantages relates to better managerial and marketing expertise.

The law allows unsuccessful tenderers to request information on the reasons for which their tender was unsuccessful as well as on the characteristics and advantages of the successful tender immediately after publication of the name of the successful tenderer.

At first sight, it seems counterintuitive that companies would want to share data and potentially give away competitive advantages. But this presupposes that the possession of such data does indeed imply a competitive advantage, and that a closed operating model is financially sustainable.

LDCs' comparative advantage is in exports of labour intensive services.

Preventing an arms race in outer space is a priority issue for the Russian Federation.

(ff) Priority means the right of a person to derive the economic benefit of its security right in an encumbered asset in preference to a competing claimant.

In this context, a key policy challenge is to set priorities and focus on niches where they could have a comparative or competitive advantage.

Article 48 The Company shall make detailed analysis on the general situation of the competition pattern in the industry as well as its position, its competitive advantage and disadvantage.

Introduce positive discrimination in the event of equal qualifications for management positions.

Additionally, developing country firms may have competitive advantages in the use of mature technologies and in the production of goods competing on price.

In order to continue doing so, they need to be competitive in terms of production costs, and the trading environment has to allow competitive advantages to be decisive.

Comparative advantages are derived from resource endowments, and competitiveness stems from firm centred initiatives.

That was largely due to the increasing competitiveness of developing countries based on their comparative advantage.

(iv) Developing countries should make efforts to develop exports in services sectors where they have competitive advantages.

Third, in service sectors such as construction and tourism, developing countries had some competitive advantages.

WAYS IN WHICH POSSIBLE INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ON COMPETITION MIGHT APPLY TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THROUGH PREFERENTIAL OR DIFFERENTIAL TREATMENT, WITH A VIEW TO ENABLING THESE COUNTRIES TO INTRODUCE AND ENFORCE COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY CONSISTENT WITH THEIR LEVEL OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

UNCTAD's work should continue in the areas of competition policy and GSTP, especially in support of the third round of GSTP negotiations.

Along with that, the Committee for the Support of Small Business, with an eye to encouraging women's businesses, conducts a Republic wide competition every year called Best entrepreneur of the year , in which there is a category Best woman entrepreneur. In 2003, a total of 48 women participated in the competition in that category.

Namibia has also started to successfully exploit the competitive advantage in grape production alongside the Orange River.

1961 Passed with the highest distinction the national competitive entry examination and was appointed Associate Judge in the Court of First Instance of Athens.

The design of optimal regulation has to take into account the intensity of competition in the different banking segments. For example, capital charges should account for the degree of friction and rivalry in the banking sector, with tighter requirements in more competitive contexts.

The prevention of an arms race in outer space is a priority matter for the Russian Federation at the Conference on Disarmament.

He also expressed concern about the erosion of preferences, because preferences would allow a level playing field in the multilateral trading system and contribute to the achievement of the MDGs.

A company or individual that obtains a contract because of illicit payments has gained an unfair advantage over other competitors.

(b) Encouraging developing countries and countries in transition to identify specific competition law and policy areas and issues which they would wish to see receive priority attention in the implementation of technical cooperation activities

Ultimately, higher oil prices compete with national development priorities.

In our globalized world, a country s optimal industrial structure in which all industries are consistent with the country s comparative advantages and are competitive in domestic and international markets is determined by its endowment structure. A well functioning market is required to provide incentives to domestic firms to align their investment choices with the country s comparative advantages.

Under the new competitive conditions brought about by globalization and liberalization, the focus of competitive advantages has shifted to core production functions and has become knowledge intensive in all sectors of the economy.

Poor countries faced with many competing development priorities simply cannot afford to make the necessary investments in population.

The international community, in particular developed countries, should treat the comparative advantages and the competitiveness of developing countries in a fair and just manner.

The competitive edge of the poorest countries in terms of cheap labour was being subverted by moralistic approaches to labour conditions.

New exports are an important dynamic, as they may lead to the discovery of new competitive advantages for a country.

On the face of it, it seemed to be this debate about the golf cart an argument about fairness, what's an unfair advantage.

(b) The effectiveness against third parties and the priority over the rights of competing claimants of a security right in proceeds are governed by the same law as the law of the State whose law governs governing the effectiveness against third parties and the priority over the rights of competing claimants of a security right in original encumbered assets of the same kind as the proceeds.

The priority of Croatian economic policy was to continue building a stable and strong market economy, competitive on a global scale.

Finally, the Working Group addressed the determinants of international competitiveness and examined the factors involved, particularly the role of science and technology in influencing the competitive advantage of countries and their enterprises in the rapidly changing international environment.