The 1980s and '90s were a period of change for the comic book industry, as it struggled to adapt to competition from interactive video technology and the Internet.
And yet, when we look to other industries that the internet flattened, it is hard to find many articles written in defence of travel agents who had to adapt to competition from websites like Expedia, or go out of business.
Any flower that is well adapted to competition (and how on earth can you judge whether one sweet pea is 'better' than another without abandoning all poetry - the very reason that you wanted to grow the damn thing in the first place?) will be subject to this charade, but one might argue - I do - that it's harmless enough.
And I recently interviewed Pamela Chalmers, whose family chain of bakers in north-east Scotland is having a tough time adapting to competition from in-store supermarket bakeries.
In a for-profit company, we help increase the value of the enterprise by identifying how it can be more efficient and effective, how it can adapt to competition and, just as important, how they could give their customers extra value for money so that the company wins, and the customers do too.
Those deals enabled the company to restock its film studio pipeline to better adapt to competition and changing technology.
From studies on animals it is known that sperm competition often gives rise to sexual conflict; the male ejaculate is adapted to male male competition within the female reproductive tract and these adaptations might have a harmful side effect on females leading to sexual conflict and consequently female antagonistic adaptations (e.g. Schärer et al. 2011, see review by Stockley 1997).
This implies that high levels of intragenotypic competition decreased the yield of individual Ga-0 plants in monoculture, indicating that while Ga-0 is a strong competitor with other genotypes, it is not well adapted to intragenotypic competition.
It has adapted to growing competition by creating more programming for local partners to air.
Mr. Aldonas, the top American representative here, said it was unfair to criticize American steel makers for failing to adapt to new competition.
If China carries out its commitments, it will force more inefficient state-owned enterprises to adapt to market competition or close down.
