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And everywhere, as people think about the unprecedented sums which are being spent of our money and our children's money, now, in the depth of this crisis, they're asking: Surely, we should be using this with a longer-term vision to accelerate the shift to a green economy, to prepare for aging, to deal with some of the inequalities which scar countries like this and the United States rather than just giving the money to the
incumbents?
Overall, this newly efficient market will be tough on both
incumbents
and new entrants.
If market
incumbents
are willing to share “innovation specifications” (which should not be confused with innovation methods), they can develop an effective network of innovation suppliers, thereby increasing the reliability of the product-development engine.
Over the same period, in the high-income economies, 62% of
incumbents
managed to hold onto their positions.
Similarly, new partnerships with large industry
incumbents
– such as the tie-up between Daimler and Tesla and the controlling stake that Total took in SunPower – are reducing the cost of finance for smaller firms.
Still, the creative destruction of the digital era has also enriched many tech workers and investors, while reducing the fortunes of previous
incumbents.
Do peer-to-peer businesses undercut
incumbents
by not paying similar taxes?
With public entities like the social security system and sovereign-wealth funds holding more diversified asset portfolios, incentives would be substantially reduced for market intervention favoring
incumbents
in which the state owned a large share.
NEW YORK – When incompetence in the Kremlin turns murderous, its
incumbents
can begin to tremble.
It is not yet clear how import quotas will be allocated; but almost any quota-allocation system will stifle competition and innovation by favoring
incumbents
over new market entrants.
It is encouraging to note that Burundi's leaders have so far managed to integrate leaders from the opposition and rebel groups into the country's political and military institutions without dismissing
incumbents.
Many commentators claim that Americans Elect will simply take votes from the
incumbents
but have no lasting impact.
The key takeaway is that the timing of elections can reveal how well
incumbents
expect to perform in the future.
China needs to avoid the pattern by which past neglect of the service sector creates a class of
incumbents
who use political means to maintain their position.
These
incumbents
are primarily concerned with defending their market position.
And no wonder that voters in almost two-thirds of eurozone countries have turned out the
incumbents
in their most recent elections.
Central bankers have of course been known to help
incumbents
before elections, by allowing inflation to drift up and keep employment booming.
Kim Jong Il's father similarly ensured a smooth succession a decade ago by appointing family members to positions of power for 40 years, clearing the way by sending the
incumbents
to concentration camps.
Just as the global financial crisis has made euro membership seem more urgent and necessary than ever, euro
incumbents
have started floating proposals that would raise the bar for entry.
Instead of exploiting the current opportunity of unprecedented leverage over euro candidates to push them to meet the Maastricht criteria, euro
incumbents
are contemplating a new and exceedingly vague criterion based on the quality of banking systems.
Officials imagine that consumer protection requires another regulation whenever something goes wrong, resulting in thickets of rules that protect
incumbents
and lead to all kinds of unintended consequences and complexities.
For example, by removing information asymmetries about innovative products – asymmetries that are larger the more technologically advanced the products – regulation facilitates a level playing field between large
incumbents
and new entrants, enabling innovation to take root.
The reasons have nothing to do with the rise of political Islam, but everything to with poor electoral practices by elected
incumbents
and international indifference.
A private actor with a new idea often needs government approval to start up; and firms that enter an existing industry must compete with
incumbents
that usually already have government support.
If this thinking persists, there will be more interference in the business sector to protect
incumbents
and block newcomers.
In order to achieve this, the treaty created posts, such as the President of the European Council and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, whose
incumbents
could speak and act on behalf of the entire EU.
Europe’s “single digital market,” they argue, currently amounts “to a jumble of outdated, corporatist, counterproductive industrial policies that favor producers over consumers, big companies over small, traditional
incumbents
over digital startups, and EU firms over foreign ones.”
In too many sectors,
incumbents
are protected.
After all, it won only a simple majority; once opposition parties finish licking their wounds from this month’s results, new alliances may pressure the
incumbents
from all sides.
No Australian prime minister has served a full electoral term since 2007, and we have had four
incumbents
in the last 27 months alone.
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