And although such a fragmentation and disintegration of the value chain offers companies a number of well publicized advantages, it has an unintended consequence: It eases the entry of new competitors to the industry easier, intensifying competition, shortening product cycles, and squeezing return on invested capital.
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Apple is rarely able to produce a product or service that sweeps the industry and prevents competitors from cashing in.
Outsourcing leads to the fragmentation and disintegration of the supply chain, inviting new competitors into the industry, and undermining pricing power and profitability.
Compounding the problem, outsourcing leads to the fragmentation and disintegration of the supply chain, inviting new competitors into the industry, and undermining pricing power and profitability.
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Consider whether the company is valued low relative to competitors and the industry as a whole.
In a testament to the power of the invisible hand, the rough-and-tumble success of the Chinese bus lines is attracting new competitors, and the industry is becoming less dodgy in the process.
The two have been close friends and often competitors in the beverage industry for the last two decades.
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" Moreover, he says, the new moves in Malaysia to postpone forced consolidation in the industry "will hurt competitors more than it would hurt TRI.
The growth will likely come from users in the 18-34 age group, as Facebook establishes its leadership in the social networking industry against competitors like MySpace and LinkedIn.
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Before the earthquake, many of his competitors had left the construction industry.
The complaints are the latest developments in long-running disputes involving several key competitors in the wireless industry.
The iPhone is setting a new standard for growth in the increasingly hit-driven mobile industry, raising the design ante for competitors.
TaxACT has pushed the envelope in the industry since it came onto the scene, forcing competitors to match its free e-filing options and lower software products.
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So the U.S. auto industry let foreign competitors like Volvo and Mercedes-Benz take the lead in adding features such as three-point seat belts, crumple zones, and side air bags.
The company got a jump on graphics chip rivals over the summer with a new series of graphics processors that have won strong reviews and grabbed market share from Nvidia, one of the chip industry's toughest competitors.
And although such a fragmentation and disintegration of the value chain offers corporations a number of well publicized advantages, it has an unintended consequence: It makes entry of new competitors to the industry easier, intensifying competition, shortening product cycles, and squeezing return on invested capital.
In 2006, the Wii became an instant hit, and competitors in the game-console industry scrambled to make motion-detection systems of their own.
The competition in the apparel industry is incredibly fierce with many top competitors yearning for their share of the market.
Huawei's rapid growth has reshaped the global telecom equipment industry, forcing competitors to lower their prices.
But if Joseph Henican had his choice of competitors in the funeral industry, he could hardly improve upon Service Corp.
But once a sustainability issue is publicly recognized by a leading company it puts pressure on its industry competitors to do the same.
The Flywheel change comes as large changes are affecting the industry, and Flywheel may be feeling the pressure from the many competitors in the space.
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These guys knew they were going to use their cash to play offense against all the other tablet competitors when they had an 18 month lead on the industry.
The travel industry is constantly fighting screen scraping competitors or aggregators that grab their current pricing.
It's a smart move, one that gives HP its best chance yet of convincing Wall Street that the longtime industry leader is as valuable as competitors like Dell Computer.
If Cablevision officials could speak candidly, they might express some sympathy for their soon-to-be competitors--the cable industry went through the same process 20 and 30 years ago, when it first secured franchise agreements, offering towns incentives like community access channels in return for the right to pipe TV into their homes.
"The multiple is only rich or cheap compared to history and industry competitors, " says Jay Taparia , a money manager with Sanskar Investments and professor of finance at the University of Illinois.
Nikon's Android camera may be a first in the camera industry, but it's still playing catch-up to the real competitors: smartphones with increasingly higher-quality cameras.
The British government forced de Havilland to merge with competitors during the 1960s as the nation's aircraft industry declined.
The third major catalyst will be additional insight into the state of the industry from earnings releases and calls from both competitors and upstream rig operators.
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