For a long time, the participants said little about the buyout aspects of the solution.

On the business side, the major international extractive companies have started to acknowledge the value and necessity of greater transparency.

Diamond companies volunteer not to buy from conflict areas in an attempt to prevent diamonds from funding warlords.

A number of risk factors were identified, including failure, the loss of capital or closure and the risk of being taken over by foreign firms.

a Excludes one P 3, one P 2 and three Security Service posts previously approved in the Security and Safety Service that were transferred to the new Department of Safety and Security as at 1 January 2005 in accordance with General Assembly resolution 59 276.

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There also are railway services operated by private rail companies, regional governments, and companies funded by both regional governments and private companies.

Mention of firm names or commercial products does not imply endorsement by UNIDO.

Besides, the Procurement Unit control sheet was prepared in this case well after the issue of the purchase order.

Africa is the last frontier for resource discovery, having long been relatively neglected by mining and other resource extraction companies, owing to difficult political conditions.

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In Denmark, the telecommunications company TDC was taken over by a group of private equity firms in 2005, with 80 of the purchase financed by borrowing.

A literal application of the principle of lowest acceptable bid would mean that preference should be given to direct procurement from manufacturers where this latter option proves less costly than local procurement.

The dominant market position of large retailers has been strengthened through cross border buying alliances among nominally independent retailers.

The local committees have made it possible for programmes with large supply inputs to have much firmer control over the purchasing process.

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The High Court found that the purchase contracts were void under common law due to unilateral mistake and dismissed the claims accordingly.

The Board was informed that the issue of multiple purchase orders was unavoidable owing to the allotment of funds by Headquarters on a quarterly basis.

Google is perhaps the purest example of a company that transforms purchase intentions into income most other Internet companies offer something of independent value on the other side of those searches.

Purchases from local dealers, while advantageous in terms of much shorter delivery schedules particularly important in emergency situations may prove more costly than direct procurement from manufacturers, which generally offer price volume discounts to organizations of the system.

Reconciling these interests with the profit making objectives of mining transnational corporations (TNCs) is far from straightforward.

In the area of procurement and transportation, efforts will be geared towards the achievement of greater coordination in procurement activities.

Procurement and contract management

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