BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Competitive Position
- the market share, costs, prices, quality, and accumulated experience of an entity or product relative to competition
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- FileNet poised for continued success with strategic acquisition; FileNet purchases Saros, enhances competitive position
- FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Jan. 18, 1996 -- FileNet today announced it has acquired Saros for 2,222,000 shares worth approximately $100 million. The acquisition of a document management company significantly enhances FileNet's overall competitive position and changes the competitive landscape of the productivity-enhancing applications software marketplace.
- Research articles 1996-01-18
- The Future of UK Asset Management: Competitive Position and Location Choice
- This study examines location choice in the asset management industry, the competitive position of the UK as a centre for asset management, and the major influences that may affect this position in the future. The analysis is based on a survey of 31 asset management firms, covering the majority of...
- White papers 2005-05-01
- Andres Wines Takes Decisive Steps To Further Enhance Strong Competitive Position.
- GRIMSBY, ONTARIO, NOVEMBER 29, 2001 -Company to Transfer Alberta Production to British Columbia Facility- Andres Wines Ltd. announced today that it would be closing its production facilities in Calgary, Alberta on March 28, 2002. The decision to close the facility was...
- Research articles 2001-11-29
- COMPETITIVE POSITION OF HUB AIRPORTS IN THE TRANSATLANTIC MARKET, THE
- ABSTRACT This article puts forward the argument that the measurement of connectivity in huband-spoke networks has to take into account the quality and quantity of both direct and indirect connections. The NETSCAN model, which has been applied in this study, quantifies indirect connectivity and scales it into a theoretical direct...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- Northern Financial Calls For Substantial Improvement In Canada's Competitive Position In Private Placements Compared With The U.S.
- TORONTO, ONTARIO-- NORTHERN FILES SUBMISSION WITH THE ONTARIO SECURITIES COMMISSION CONCERNING NEW PRIVATE PLACEMENT RULES Northern Financial Corporation ("Northern") announced that it has filed a submission with the Ontario Securities Commission ("OSC") encouraging the OSC to seize the opportunity to create...
- Research articles 2001-06-06
- Competitive Information and Sales Guides: What Sales Forces Need to Win
- Sales guides often paint a too-rosy view of the company's competitive position, or contain insufficient and/or outdated competitive information. Find out how such competitive information sets up a sales force to lose, what sales people need to win, and how to package information in ways that one's sales force finds...
- White papers 2004-02-05
- Don't Touch That Phone!: A Hotelier's Competitive Strategy for Telecommunications Revenue
- Hoteliers and owners of commercial properties today face an increasingly competitive environment for the resale of telecommunication services to guests and tenants. This strategic planning paper describes several competitive strategies available to hoteliers and property owners when competing for telecom revenues. It assesses the competitive position of hoteliers and owners....
- White papers 2002-07-10
- Turning Competitor Data into Competitive Advantage
- Competitor analysis CA has developed from simply gathering data about competitors to in-depth analysis of competitors' strategies and actions. CA can help you learn more about the overall competitive environment and any vulnerabilities in your own business. The most successful businesses are those that effectively transform competitor data into insights...
- Articles 2007-06-26
- Supply Chain Management As A Competitive Advantage In The Spanish Grocery Sector
- Adversarial relationships have long dominated business relationships, but Supply Chain Management SCM entails a new perspective. SCM requires a movement away from arms-length relationships toward partnership style relations. This paper analyses the relationship between internal and external integration processes, their effect on firm's performance and their contribution to the achievement...
- White papers 2002-10-03
- Pub 'ties' not anti-competitive rules OFT
- Shares in pub groups soared on Thursday following a ruling by the Office of Fair Trading that exclusive purchase agreements between breweries and pubs were not anti-competitive. The decision prompted protest from beer advocates and independent pub operators but shares in listed breweries soared. Punch Taverns, the UK's largest landlord,...
- News items 2009-10-22
- Application Outsourcing: A Competitive Advantage Tool
- Information technology IT departments face growing pressure to improve IT's business value by accelerating the delivery of new applications and technologies and improving service to users. At the same time, studies find that basic maintenance and support of the existing application portfolio consumes up to 50% to 80% of a...
- White papers 2002-04-23
- Independent Software Vendors: Open Source as a Competitive Advantage
- Open source offers great promise to independent software vendors. Increasingly facing a world of margin compression, time-to-market pressures, and the need to focus scarce engineering resources on distinctive functionality, forward-looking ISVs are incorporating open source components into their products to improve their competitive position. With a plethora of open source...
- White papers 2005-06-24
- Gartner Says IT and HR Leaders Must Implement IT Diversity Programs to Capitalize on the Diverse IT Workplace; Analysts Say Companies Should Embrace Diversity to Sustain a Competitive Advantage
- STAMFORD, Conn. -- With an increasing global economy and the corporate strategies of global sourcing of labor, it is imperative for companies to implement IT diversity programs to obtain a competitive position in the global market, according to Gartner, Inc.
- Research articles 2005-11-14
- CXOs Challenged to Leverage Supply Chain as Competitive Advantage in New Book Published By McGraw-Hill
- WALTHAM, Mass. and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Strategic Supply Chain Management shows how top organizations are improving their competitive position through their supply chains; reveals metrics and core disciplines for top performance
- Research articles 2004-09-20
- Competitive positions: Relative export prices - Brief Article - Illustration - Statistical Data Included
- Annex Table 45 Competitive position: relative export prices Indices, 1995 = 100 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 ...
- Research articles 2001-12-01
- Otter Tail Power Company: strategies for improving its competitive position
- In an effort to provide electric cooperative decision-makers with a better understanding of investor-owned utility competitors, Management Quarterly will include IOU case analyses. In the fall 1995 issue, our article, "Gathering Competitive Intelligence," included an analysis of the Central and Southwest Corporation and Central Louisiana Electric Company. The analysis was...
- Research articles 1995-12-22
- Moody's Affirms Strong Bond Rating for Port of Los Angeles; Excellent Competitive Position Cited as Factor in the Continued Status as the Highest Bond-Rated of Any Port in the Nation
- SAN PEDRO, Calif. -- Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the Port of Los Angeles' bond rating at Aa2 with a stable outlook, the highest bond rating assigned to any U.S. port, affecting $748 million in outstanding port revenue bonds. The Port's dominant position as the busiest container port in the...
- Research articles 2004-10-25
- Algoma Steel Announces Strategic Plan To Strengthen Its Competitive Position
- SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 7, 1995-- Algoma Steel Inc. announced today the approval of a new strategic plan which will enhance the Company's position as one of the lowest cost producers of hot rolled sheet in North America and further strengthen the Company's balance sheet.The Company plans $500 million...
- Research articles 1995-02-07
- Calvin Klein, Inc. to Consider Strategic Alternatives; Company Cites Powerful Competitive Position and Opportunities for Further Growth
- NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--October 6, 1999-- Calvin Klein, Inc. today announced that it is undertaking a review of strategic courses of action that the Company may pursue in order to further develop and grow the business and to build on its powerful brand name and industry leadership position. Strategic alternatives...
- Research articles 1999-10-06
- Serco Completes Acquisition to Enhance US Market Position
- HERNDON, Va. -- Serco Group plc ("Serco") today announces that, having obtained all necessary regulatory approvals, it has completed the $215m purchase of US-based RCI Holding Corporation ("RCI"). RCI is a leading supplier to the US Federal Government. This acquisition significantly increases Serco's competitive position in the world's largest...
- Research articles 2005-03-21
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