Example sentences of "a company ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is required when a company 's value falls below A$100m . |
| 2 | The decision to expand outside national boundaries is therefore usually taken at some later stage in their development , and this section reviews the factors that may be taken into account in arriving at a decision which fundamentally alters the nature and scope of a company 's activities . |
| 3 | a company 's growth expectations are higher than can be met from growth in the domestic market . |
| 4 | In either case a company 's growth objectives may make foreign markets very attractive . |
| 5 | A company 's success depends on being able to provide greater value to customers than rival companies can . |
| 6 | The amount of information that is needed for a company 's marketing information system will depend on the extent of its current involvement or potential interest in an overseas market . |
| 7 | This varied experience served to convince Sir Adrian that no top executive can really be successful without an in-depth understanding of the finer points of a company 's operations . |
| 8 | There is a widely held view among many business experts that selling off a business to a management buy-out team is the easy way out and is not in the best interests of a company 's shareholders . |
| 9 | In the UK and the US a company 's financial performance is judged at quarterly intervals . |
| 10 | Laing firmly believes , however , in assisted share purchase and profit-sharing schemes , which give all employees the opportunity to share in a company 's financial achievements . |
| 11 | Just as you can not add up all the prices in a shop to arrive at what it would cost to buy the shop , nor can you add up the price of all a company 's shares to arrive at what the company is worth . |
| 12 | For Big Blue , OS/2 is just one piece of a grand vision about how all of a company 's computers can work together . |
| 13 | Merton Miller argued in 1977 that investors , when deciding between a company 's debt or equity , will be concerned with the returns after both corporate and personal taxes . |
| 14 | Since much of equity returns are in the form of capital gains , at least in the long run , which are taxed only on realisation , personal tax on equity returns is generally in effect much lower than that on the returns to investing in a company 's debt . |
| 15 | A recent study by Bradford De Long of Harvard University concluded that the presence of a Morgan partner on a company 's board added up to 30% to a share 's value . |
| 16 | The aim of public policy — and of chairmen who do not merely want protection — should be to lean in the direction of involved shareholders , those who have a direct interest in a company 's fate . |
| 17 | Though such a swap is a better deal for a company 's bond-holders than for shareholders , shareholders have been prepared to accept the dilution , reckoning that cutting debt more than offsets it . |
| 18 | A company 's management policies might be just as much to blame for a particular ‘ accident ’ as the actions of the driver , pilot , or captain : Sheen J made this point in his report on the Zeebrugge ferry disaster , but English prosecution practice has tended not to invoke the criminal law against managers of transport systems . |
| 19 | Accounts were no longer automatically fully trusted to give a clear and unbiased representation of a company 's performance , the Governor told the institute 's annual dinner in London . |
| 20 | Through its link with the British Overseas Trade Board IDB 's Market Information Enquiry Service can provide specific market research , relevant to a company 's products , for any country in the World . |
| 21 | Fortunately , tribunals do not altogether ignore the interests of the affected employee when adjudicating upon the fairness or otherwise of a company 's actions . |
| 22 | At the start of a company 's planning cycle , the planning departments of all six companies issue guidelines indicating how the planning process should be organised . |
| 23 | After a company 's internal competitor resources are organised , outside sources of information should be analyzed . |
| 24 | Both categories should be screened to determine which can be assessed through a company 's own collection agencies in a convenient , legal and ethical manner . |
| 25 | The potential influence of competitors on a company 's fortunes is too significant to be indirectly addressed as a side issue of market/industry analyses . |
| 26 | The distinction is that the record is primarily concerned with a transaction taking place now ( e.g. Hansard , an Act of Parliament , a contract between two people , a company 's balance sheet , the annual statistics for a government department ) , while the report is usually written after an event has taken place ( e.g. a newspaper report , an historical account , a practical work essay ) . |
| 27 | There may be a particular group of people who will buy a company 's products ( eg it would be good business sense to open a stationer 's shop near a University , where there will be a lot of students ) . |
| 28 | Number of employees provides a reliable indicator of a company 's performance over the short term . |
| 29 | Although it is possible to use them cynically , simply to try to improve a company 's environmental image , this is not an approach that I would recommend because pressure groups are very keen to identify these companies . |
| 30 | The supervisory board would have a ‘ watchdog ’ role , with power to convene a general meeting if it thought it appropriate ; in addition , a company 's articles could provide that certain major actions of the management board required the supervisory board 's consent . |