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Lastly, is there a durable advantage embedded in the maps that favors those holding the pens even when the other party gets more votes?
Proximity to European markets, for example, remains a great strength for Poland and the Czech Republic, while it is hard to quantify the biggest drags on Russia's growth.Once they are established, local clusters of employees, infrastructure and know-how become a durable advantage, as in China's case.
Kathay Feng, national redistricting director at Common Cause, said the court could require challengers to wait a few elections to show that one party had obtained a durable advantage.
The presentations were enough to boost confidence that the Democrats had opened up a durable advantage on data driven campaign tactics but after a massively disappointing 2014 election for Democrats, our confidence could be a bit shaken.
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For most of the spring and summer, with a seemingly durable advantage in the polls, Gov. George W. Bush chatted genially with voters about his own good intentions, and his swipes at Vice President Al Gore were fairly perfunctory.
Creating enormous value over the long term requires turning a tactical edge into some form of durable advantage.
Mr. Buffett "looks for companies with a durable competitive advantage," Ms. Dudney said in an e-mail.
Warren E. Buffett — who once called an investment in US Airways in the early 1990s one of his biggest mistakes — summed up the industry's predicament in a letter to shareholders in 2008: "Here a durable competitive advantage has proven elusive ever since the days of the Wright Brothers.
"Here, a durable competitive advantage has proved elusive ever since the days of the Wright Brothers".
Once a company is deemed to have a durable competitive advantage, it must show that it is strong financially.
Two qualities Buffett likes to see in a company: strong management, and a "durable competitive advantage" over its peers.
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