Sentence examples for firm presumption from inspiring English sources

The government's firm presumption is that after the 2008 RAE the system for assessing research quality and allocating 'quality-related' (QR) funding from the DfES [Department for Education and Skills] will be mainly metrics based.

Applying recent theoretical concepts of social systems to innovation networks of firms leads to the presumption that linking firms to non-business systems stimulates innovativeness more than remaining within the business system's set of routines.

But they are unlikely to find a robust and simple rule to put in place of the old presumption that firms with market power are always suspect.

The existence of too-big-to-fail firms also violates the presumption of a level playing field among financial institutions.

These studies hold to the presumption that a firm following a make strategy will outperform firms following a buy strategy in dealing with integral product architectures.

Thus, the pathetic presumption that a P.R. firm can make the protesters go away.

For six men involved in the trial in London of a new anti-inflammatory drug designed by TeGenero, a German firm, that was, however, a false presumption.

A belief that market makers at institutional brokerages are "naive" providers of liquidity uninformed players operating from behind a firm Chinese Wall may itself be an uninformed presumption.

However, Gregory Wade, RIM's boss in Asia, contested the presumption that the relationship between his firm and the Indonesian government had suffered because of the incident last year.

The draft National Planning Policy Framework has been criticised for containing a "presumption in favour of sustainable development", and critics fear firms are preparing to seize the chance to win permission for green belt projects.

"It is time to adopt a new enforcement model -- a new paradigm: one that holds an accounting firm responsible for the actions of its partners; one that reverses the current presumption against suing firms for an audit failure," he said.