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Big subsidies to TV stations were mostly discontinued, and the new "sink or swim" approach forced TV outlets to
compete
for advertising revenues, resulting in programming with greater mass appeal.
No single political party or politician in Brussels can claim to represent European citizens’ associated interests, because none has had to
compete
for Europe-wide public support.
Khamenei will likely create a new faction to
compete
with traditional conservatives after Ahmadinejad’s decline.
The higher interest rates go, the better are investments in bonds, which
compete
with investments in other assets such as stocks or homes.
In the 1950’s, India’s first prime minister, the Cambridge-educated Jawaharlal Nehru, established several institutions of higher education, notably the Indian Institutes of Technology, to educate more scientists and engineers to
compete
during the Cold War.
In high-income countries, notably the US, Europe, and Japan, the biggest losers are workers who lack the education to
compete
effectively with low-paid workers in developing countries.
Russia’s state capitalism is different from a planned economy, because government-owned companies are supposed to
compete
in the marketplace and act similarly to private firms.
As national economies and multinational companies
compete
for market share, global standards of market behavior become increasingly important.
Consider the smart-phone industry, in which corporations like Apple, Samsung, Sony, Nokia, and Huawei
compete
fiercely to secure their global market shares.
Given that companies cannot
compete
effectively in global markets without a sound domestic PRI, such firm-level competition has driven countries to improve the national PRI over the longer term.
No matter how much politicians blame others, growing US imports mean greater reliance on international markets, and some China factor in America's investment portfolio is needed to
compete
against European and Japanese firms.
They fear for their own jobs and for their children's future in a world where they must
compete
alongside the world's poorest.
They want to figure out how they can
compete
with Chinese or Indian workers who have the same, or better, education.
History teaches us that rising powers inevitably
compete
with status quo leading powers, and that this conflict often leads to war.
The right support would help traders in poorer countries to
compete
and integrate into global supply chains.
Moreover, the same companies
compete
directly in the supply of innovative technologies.
And, as with effective manufacturing supply chains, the supplier and the purchaser must build a reciprocal relationship, in which they do not
compete
with each other, practically or economically, in the specific activities that they are performing.
This year, 250 professionals from as far away as Mexico and Australia will
compete
for 25 spots on that campus.
So, while US states
compete
with the center for power, in Europe they increasingly
compete
with each other.
Thus, the prospects that a Russian-led Eurasian Union can
compete
with the European Union are limited.
But it is the formal sector that produces higher value-added manufactured goods that
compete
with developed countries.
So he decided to
compete
head-to-head in Serbia's presidential elections of September 29 with the reform candidate Miroljub Labus, a vice-premier in charge of finance.
Brazil wants to
compete
with Asian giants like China and India, but its investment rate, at just 19% of GDP, is decidedly un-Asian.
And yet 52% of those who voted preferred a country where Poles and Romanians would not be permitted to live, work, and
compete
for a position on the economic team.
With power distributed among a seemingly endless array of forces and figures, which often contradict or even
compete
with one another, the negotiating environment is difficult to understand, much less navigate.
The country’s rapid progress is attributed to strong manufacturing exports, carried out by firms that were able to
compete
in global markets only with the help of government incentives.
This is an even bigger problem for the hundreds of start-ups that want to hire engineers but can’t afford to
compete
with the likes of Google and Facebook.
That’s good for large companies, but it leaves behind smaller companies that can’t afford to train the middle ranks or
compete
for the best.
The animal welfare movement, despite its broad public support, has been unable to
compete
in the arena of political lobbying and campaign donations.
A look at the historical experience of the Jews shows that while most Jews were mired in poverty at the beginning of the twentieth century, over time they tended to do disproportionately well in societies that allowed them to
compete
on an equal basis.
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