Former insiders say Olivetti's survival strategy of abandoning information systems was in place when Mr Colaninno arrived from the car components industry, where he had worked since 1969.

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His strategy is now one of survival.

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The extraordinary phenomenon remains a mystery to scientists who still don't know whether it is part of their survival strategy.

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For example, with too much inventory and too little cash, barter can be part of a survival strategy in a bad economy.

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Even the act of prayer was a survival strategy.

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For example, we introduced a nationwide emergency medicine strategy, which has significantly improved the survival rates of injured people in need of paramedic and emergency room care.

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But below the level of the brightest stars, there is a survival strategy at work.

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Digital may now be the primary survival strategy for publishers, but Richard offers another glimmer of optimism for print denizens.

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In my view, SAP is sincere in this strategy, not out of altruism but out of a cunning sense of survival.

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By redefining themselves as cultural and educational centres, rather than simply houses of prayer, some of Britain's 42 cathedrals have found a survival strategy.

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