increased competition
21Quality competition in retailing — Quality competition in retailingIn many retail industries, the most successful firms are the ones that offer the widest selection. For example, Wal Mart rose to the top of the Fortune 500 by offering consumers a vast array of products at very… …
22Bullseye (shooting competition) — Kimber Raptor with a paper target, 91 1X score. Bullseye, also known as conventional pistol, is a shooting sport in which participants shoot handguns at paper targets at fixed distances and time limits. A number of organizations, including the… …
23International Competition Network — The International Competition Network is an informal, virtual network that seeks to facilitate cooperation between competition law authorities globally. It was established in 2001 after the publication of a Final Report of the International… …
24Northern Ireland Schools Debating Competition — The Northern Ireland Schools Debating Competition is an annual competition involving schools from across Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1993 by Fionnuala Jay O Boyle CBE during her time as Chairman of the Belfast Civic Trust. The final of… …
25Underdog (competition) — An underdog is a person or group in a competition, frequently in electoral politics, sports, and creative works, who is popularly expected to lose. The party expected to win is called the favorite or top dog. If the underdog wins, the event is… …
26Robotix (competition) — Robotix is an annual robotics and programming event, organised by the Technology Robotics Society of the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Robotix is organised during Kshitij, the annual techno management festival of the institute.… …
27Labor federation competition in the United States — A labor federation is a group of unions or labor organizations that are in some sense coordinated. The terminology used to identify such organizations grows out of usage, and has sometimes been imprecise. For example, nationals are sometimes… …
28Business and Industry Review — ▪ 1999 Introduction Overview Annual Average Rates of Growth of Manufacturing Output, 1980 97, Table Pattern of Output, 1994 97, Table Index Numbers of Production, Employment, and Productivity in Manufacturing Industries, Table (For Annual… …
29Economic Affairs — ▪ 2006 Introduction In 2005 rising U.S. deficits, tight monetary policies, and higher oil prices triggered by hurricane damage in the Gulf of Mexico were moderating influences on the world economy and on U.S. stock markets, but some other… …
30Media and Publishing — ▪ 2007 Introduction The Frankfurt Book Fair enjoyed a record number of exhibitors, and the distribution of free newspapers surged. TV broadcasters experimented with ways of engaging their audience via the Internet; mobile TV grew; magazine… …
