Even though the share of internationally active SMEs was increasing, the majority of firms were not prepared to cope with the heightened international competition on the global market.

Meanwhile, heightened international competition kept the lid on inflation, and interest rates remained low, giving a further boost to consumer spending and completing what looked like a virtuous growth circle.

Instead, an imperfect answer produced heightened vulnerability.

(f) Heightened management attention to the evaluation function.

The result, invariably, will be heightened Sino US tension.

Anti Japanese riots across China have heightened tensions in Asia.

Domestic political pressure became a source of heightened international tension.

These developments both reflect and reinforce heightened nationalism throughout the region.

Another important feature of the new Congress will be heightened polarization.

This has led to heightened volatility in equity, money, and debt markets.

Recent events have heightened the urgency with which these issues are discussed.

The Cold War saw periods of both heightened tension and relative calm.

New challenges and threats heightened international concern about weapons of mass destruction.

Heightened urban food insecurity, due to inflation and commodity shortages, has also been reported.

The Panel also subjected claims for business losses over USD 1,000,000 to heightened scrutiny.

While those meetings also highlighted trade disputes, they also yielded heightened cooperation and significant accomplishments.

The shift toward finance that Thatcher promoted heightened inequality and made the economy more volatile.

Similarly, capitalism depends on competition, but competition can be brutal and destructive.

But January 1980 was arguably a freak peak during a period of heightened geo political instability.

Moreover, regional tensions heightened the perception of the NAM summit s importance and that of its host.

This approach could be one way to stabilize the region during this period of heightened uncertainty.

The Competition Factor

(e) Logo competition.

Competition related issues

Competition related issues

As with competition in private markets, competition in government services leads to better outcomes.

Box 2. OECD guidelines for apportioning competition enhancing tasks between competition agencies and regulators

The last stage of the Struggle in 1979 for Independence was marked by a heightened political tension.

During a period characterized by heightened political uncertainty in the country, southern Lebanon enjoyed a relative calm.

The Panel finds that these features give rise to a heightened risk of overstatement of the claims.

They have also qualified four athletes in the individual dressage competition, five athletes in the individual eventing competition, and four athletes in the individual jumping competition.

Competition authorities, on the other hand, tend to believe that the more competition, the better.

The competition is fierce.

Politicizing EU Competition Policy

Competition is spiritually demeaning.

Competition is another example.

competition law and policy

Competition and consumer policies

First is the development of a competition culture an understanding by the public of the benefits of competition and broad based support for a strong competition policy.

To encourage self help, international efforts must ensure that free competition goes together with fair competition.

These and other reports of the secretariat are available at UNCTAD's website on competition www.unctad.org competition.

Jacqueline Novogratz applauds the world's heightened interest in Africa and poverty, but argues persuasively for a new approach.

In the short run, heightened volatility will be the rule, owing to economic, political, natural, and technical factors.

Most worryingly, it has heightened tensions between Taiwan's various ethnic groups over national identity and relations with China.

She placed third in her first competition, and she later won the Miss Galaxy competition in 1998.