Israeli judges, members of Parliament and company directors far outnumbered their Palestinian counterparts.

Fewer and fewer companies will meet basic risk criteria.

The market tends to be dominated by a relatively small number of firms.

I see this happening already with a number of companies, including some with which I am involved.

A number of firms have located their logistics centres in the vicinity.

A number of companies have developed robots to specifically handle microplates.

Most people saw the consolidation of smaller firms into fewer, large firms as a stabilizing development that rewarded success and allowed for further productive investment.

Conglomerates A financial services company such as a universal bank that is active in more than one sector of the financial services market e.g.

Abuse of dominance by firms operating in small markets where there is insufficient room for many firms to operate is common in developing countries.

And a growing number of large corporations count Africa among their primary strategic targets for business development.

Many European companies have profited from investing in such firms, which means deciding on the terms of sanctions could prove cumbersome.

The annual general industrial statistics cover the following data items number of establishments enterprises number of persons engaged number of employees by gender wages and salaries paid to employees output value added and gross fixed capital formation.

Indicator of achievement (e) (i) should read (i) Increased number of companies adhering to the relevant provisions of the World Summit on Sustainable Development with regard to corporate responsibility and the Global Compact .

It is recognized that there is an increase in the number of corporate governance accolades, awards, ratings, rankings and even corporate governance stock market indexes where constituents are selected on the basis of good practices in corporate governance.

Throughout the world, the number of companies facing legal problems for various types of fraud is growing dramatically.

He knew exactly what he was looking for In Ireland, we have people from lots of large companies.

Indeed, there are lots of depressing statistics about how poorly companies listen.

A number of both national and multinational high tech and industrial companies, are also responsible for research and development projects.

By March 31, 2004, 175 companies were required to establish an access to equality program.

Many Chinese, Indian and Russian companies are investing abroad to access strategic assets and natural resources.

More firms established modern personnel management departments and in house research labs.

Performance engineering has become a separate discipline at a number of large corporations, with tasking separate but parallel to Systems Engineering.

Early startups Before working on Dropbox, Drew Houston worked on a number of other startups which include Bit9, Accolade and Hubspot.

A number of private companies (Bayer CropScience, Daimler Chrysler, Volkswagen and BMW) have provided support to UNCCD official meetings.

Many banking companies such as Bangkok Bank have operations in a number of ASEAN countries.

A number of indicators could be used, including financial evaluation (profitability) and non financial indicators (survival rate, stability of shareholding).

In the context of the European Programme Women at the top (2004), aiming at increasing the number of women number in the highest ranking offices of enterprises

Larger firms even those with large debt problems can refinance their excessive liabilities in court or out of court but an unprecedented number of small businesses are going bankrupt.

These investment vehicles would utilize a number of the same tactics and target the same type of companies as more traditional leveraged buyouts and in many ways could be considered a forerunner of the later private equity firms.

Big companies. Big companies.

While econometric studies are not available, raw data show an increase in reported income and in the number of firms and official workers.

Moreover, firms with more stock ownership by politicians tend to win more and bigger government contracts.

Corporate social responsibility for development by TNCs in Africa, which entailed maximizing TNCs for the economic and social development of host States, was imperative.

And when you get to that point I mean, these maladies don't care how many books you've written, how many companies you've started, that Nobel Prize you have yet to win, how much time you planned to spend with your children.

Mubarak s two sons are said by the report to receive profit making partnerships without making any investment in a large number of companies, including Phillip Morris, Skoda Auto, Movenpick, Vodafone, McDonalds, and many others.

With its highly developed communication and transport facilities, Bahrain is home to a number of multinational firms and construction proceeds on several major industrial projects.

Mining is continuing to rise as a major industry of Mongolia as evidenced by number of Chinese, Russian and Canadian firms starting mining business in Mongolia.

The number of developing country firms among the Fortune 500 companies rose from 29 in 1998 to 45 in 2005.

Its innovation gave rise to a huge number of new and dynamic companies, forcing IBM to reinvent itself completely in order to compete with them just one example of the socially transformative effects of the PC.

In most countries, the retail sector has typically developed in three stages first, local or regional players dominate, before a smaller number of national companies takes over, with e tailers ultimately challenging traditional businesses.

The term bottom of the pyramid mainly refers to the portion of poorest people in developing countries who tend in general to be ignored by multinationals and established domestic companies.54 According to some academics and corporate strategists,55 in addition to its ethical implications, the practice is an error on the part of the companies since in a number of developing countries there is a vast emerging market among the poor, who are eager to consume quality goods and services.

Between them, European and American rules can require many resource extraction companies to be transparent, but there remain many companies that come under other jurisdictions.

Broadly based improvements in the investment climate expand the pool of potential investors, increasing incentives of informal firms to become part of the formal economy.

Clinton created the Global Partnership Initiative to build as many coalitions, networks, and partnerships as possible with corporations, foundations, NGOs, universities, and other civic organizations.

The New Zealand media industry is dominated by a small number of companies, most of which are foreign owned, although the state retains ownership of some television and radio stations.