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

As detailed in our previous report, the Sports Association for Schools desires to set a goal of increasing the number of female pupils involved in competitive sports.

National competitive examinations

Is it cost competitive?

Is Finance Too Competitive?

She is overly competitive.

I. Anti competitive practices

(a) Competitive entry process

It's a pre competitive issue.

I. Anti competitive practices 4

The first is a lack of supply capacities to produce competitive products that meet the technical and regulatory requirements relating to health, safety and environmental issues set by the importing markets.

Programme Component D.1 Competitive Manufacturing

PM That's Dimitri at his most competitive.

It's not just competitive, it's also caring.

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Some of the cases reviewed demonstrate that anti competitive practices such as collusion and abuse of dominance occur in a variety of sectors and that in many instances anti competitive practices involve a mixture of vertical and horizontal anti competitive practices.

Japan is highly competitive in high technology industries.

Zambia Anti competitive restrictions on exports of cement

3. Requests the Secretary General, in exceptional cases where an interpreter is assigned to an interpretation booth for which he or she has not passed the requisite competitive examination of the Interpretation Service, to set up an internal examination with standards similar to those of the competitive examinations of the Interpretation Service, which the interpreter must pass before such assignment

National competitive examination and General Service to Professional examination

Sustainability has got to be a pre competitive issue.

Zambia Anti competitive restrictions on exports of cement .6

Their development will be conducted on a competitive basis.

So, there is a huge competitive argument about sustaining the capacity for open source and consumer driven innovation, because it's one of the greatest competitive levers against monopoly.

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.

Sometimes hockey players get so competitive that fights break out.

has wind at fast enough speeds to be cost competitive.

Having a competitive mentality can give rise to negative emotions.

In addition, they suffer from many structural and competitive disadvantages.

Equally important is to establish a competitive environment for ISPs.

Table 5. Impact of OFDI on the competitive advantages of SINTNCs

OHRM organized in May 2001 a specialized competitive human rights examination.

Andrew Montlake, director at Coreco Mortgage Brokers, said Given the recent fall in swap rates, the mortgage market looks set to become ever more competitive once more as lenders clamour for business and look to end the year in positive fashion.

In this newly competitive environment, oil will trade like any normal commodity, with the Saudi monopoly broken and North American production costs setting a long term price ceiling of around 50 a barrel, for reasons I set out in January.

Through OFDI, Singapore companies gain better access to competitive markets but equally important is the ability to access sophisticated technological knowledge and managerial skills which are needed in order to be competitive.

Fast food. With the fast food industry you know, it's very competitive.

So far as practicable, selection shall be made on a competitive basis.

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

In March 2000, EU leaders meeting in Lisbon set the goal of making Europe the world s most competitive and dynamic knowledge based economy by 2010, and two years later they agreed that investment in R D must reach 3 of GDP by 2010.

In a monetary union, there are only two ways to close a competitiveness gap between countries transfers from the more competitive to the less competitive, or internal devaluation, which means real wage cuts.

affirming the urgent need to improve the competitive status of sustainably managed forests,

University education was highly competitive because of the limited places available at universities.

All successful candidates in a national competitive recruitment examination also have geographic status.

The unfocused set of structural reforms prescribed by its current financing agreement will not do that. Instead, Greece should concentrate on activist policies that attract globally competitive firms, an area where Ireland has much to teach and where Stiglitz has sensible things to say.

In March 2000, EU leaders meeting in Lisbon set the goal of making Europe the world s most competitive and dynamic knowledge based economy by 2010, and two years later they agreed that investment in R amp D must reach 3 of GDP by 2010.