News tagged with competition
Future for Internet retailers: Compete on niche products advises management insights study
Nov 18, 2009 |
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In their competition with brick-and-mortar stores, online retailers will do best if they promote the ability to search out and obtain niche products online, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue ...
Patent challenges reduce pharmaceutical innovation and productivity, researchers say
Oct 15, 2009 |
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The development of new and innovative pharmaceuticals is being stifled by a U.S. law and successful patent challenges that embolden generic competition, according to an article published in this week's issue ...
When Being a Cuckold Makes Evolutionary Sense
Oct 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Evolutionary biology theory predicts that males usually won't invest a lot of time raising offspring when there is a good chance they are not the fathers. Yale University researchers have ...
Study: Why the best soccer teams don't always win
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study, published in the October edition of the Journal of Applied Statistics, looked at soccer as being an experiment to determine which of two teams is superior, but their analys ...
NASA Seeks Ideas For New Prize Challenges
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Innovative Partnerships Program at NASA Headquarters in Washington is offering an opportunity for the public to help shape the prize challenges the agency offers to America's future citizen-inventors.
Rockets vie in simulated lunar landing contest
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A privately built rocket vying for NASA prize money lifted off in the Mojave Desert and flew half of a simulated lunar lander mission Wednesday before an engine problem forced its developers to call ...
Organic or local? What's on consumers' minds when it comes to produce?
Sep 04, 2009 |
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The emerging trend toward healthier, fresher foods that are also gentle on the environment presents new dilemmas for conscientious consumers. Marketers tout the attributes of "organic" food, while the "local foods movement" ...
EU defends action against Intel after report leaked
Aug 08, 2009 |
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The EU Commission on Saturday defended its record-busting anti-trust action against Intel, following a report that it missed evidence which could have boosted the US computer chip giant's case.
Panasonic announces Q1 net loss of 560 mln dlrs
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Japanese high-tech giant Panasonic Corp. announced Monday a big first-quarter loss, blaming weak sales of televisions, digital cameras and other electronic goods during the recession.
SKorea fines Qualcomm 208 mln dlrs for unfair trade
Jul 23, 2009 |
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South Korea's antitrust watchdog Thursday fined US firm Qualcomm a record 260 billion won (208 million dollars) for violating fair competition rules by abusing its market monopoly.
Competition may be reason for bigger brain
Jun 22, 2009 |
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For the past 2 million years, the size of the human brain has tripled, growing much faster than other mammals. Examining the reasons for human brain expansion, University of Missouri researchers studied three ...
When climate is iffy, birds sing a more elaborate tune
May 21, 2009 |
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Why is it that some birds sing such elaborate songs and others not so much? A new study published online on May 21st in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, says that climate patterns might be part of the answer.
Spaniard sued for music file-sharing networks
May 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Recording companies went to court Tuesday claiming euro13 million ($17.5 million) from a Spaniard they accuse of profiting from computer programs he designed to allow free music downloads over the Internet.
After Microsoft and Intel, EU regulator sights may fall on Google
May 13, 2009 |
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After Microsoft and Intel, the next big US technology giant to find itself in the sights of EU competition regulators may be Google with its ubiquitous Internet search engine and online ad business.
Hertfordshire team wins Humanoid Simulation League in Robot Football Cup
May 06, 2009 |
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The Bold Hearts, a student team from the University of Hertfordshire, has just won the Humanoid Simulation League in the Robocup German Open 2009. The team is now preparing for the Robocup World Championships in Austria, ...
