Competitiveness Challenges

Most of the comparisons are based on conversion, yield or a similar feature of reactor performance. These have usually been made separately for the two main membrane reactor types. 

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H. Greenblatt, Catalysts An Innovative Industry Responds to Technological and Competitive Challenges 24-44 (US International Trade Commission, Publication 3602, Washington, DC, 2003). 

Winter, S. G. 1987. Knowledge and competence as strategic assets. In D. J. Teece (ed.). The Competitive Challenge Strategies for Industrial Innovation and Renewal. Cambridge, MA Ballinger. 

Taxol has received considerable competitive challenge from taxotere, officially named docetaxel, a patented taxol analog developed by Rh6ne-Poulenc, based on the 1981 first successful semi-synthesis by Gueritte-Voegelein from 10-DAB. In 1987, Rh6ne-Poulenc selected taxotere for clinical development, and it is now used clinically in the United States. 

These factors all tend to lock in the current energy infrastructure and pose severe competitive challenges for a society that would rely on markets to allocate economic resources. 

As discussed in the subsections below, the issues that frame the competitive challenge in using hydrogen include the following ... 

The ensuing mergers, however, more directly reflected the technological and competitive challenges of the era. Most had three goals in mind to combine strengths in different geographical markets, to expand the number and... 

Developments and information generated by production, engineering, research, financial, legal, public relations, and top management are often vital in shaping sales operations. The competitive challenge of the 1970 s will require full use of the informality and ready access that typify medium size organizations. 

This is extremely important, because when modification of the product is ascertained, this comparability factor may lead the regulatory bodies to ask for further pre-clinical and clinical data. Often, these steps are time-consuming and costly. The additional time and expense will be extremely crucial in terms of how and when that manufacturer comes to market, and its ability to recoup its investment over a period of time. Furthermore, this additional time and expertise may increase opportunities for competitive challenges, leading to decreased market share and price erosion. 

Buffa, E. S. (1984). Meeting the Competitive Challenge Manufacturing Strategies for U.S. Companies, Dow Jones-lrwin, Homewood, IL. 

Cost/performance - Does the membrane application perform against alternatives and meet competitive challenges ... 

What does the future hold for this industry In the short term, the substantial overcapacity in long-distance fiber generated by the boom of the 1990s will be difficult to overcome. Future market potential likely rests in the provision of services to residences (e.g., cable television and high-speed Internet), if the last mile problem may be conquered effectively. The wireless revolution may also pose a competitive challenge to fiber optics. It is evident from these remarks that fiber exhibits the dynamism and fluidity characteristic of the telecommunications sector as a whole. 

The key to the successful control of logistics lead times is pipeline management. Pipeline management is the process whereby manufacturing and procurement lead times are linked to the needs of the marketplace. At the same time, pipeline management seeks to meet the competitive challenge of increasing the speed of response to those market needs. 

Anderson, R. et al., America s Competitive Challenge The Need for a National Response. Washington, D.C. Business-Higher Education Forum 1983. 

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