Analysts have cited a variety of reasons investors might be wary of Indosat -- including high debt, employee resistance to privatization and heightened competition in a newly deregulated market.
Nokia has faced heightened competition in the midprice segment from rivals like Samsung Electronics of South Korea, which offer clamshell phones with extras like color cameras and high-resolution graphics.
Damage to VW's reputation in America and heightened competition in China have both contributed to the carmaker's struggles of late.Despite making pre-tax profits of €1.7 billion in 2005, beating expectations, and issuing a bright outlook for 2006, VW needs to make cuts.
The contract also bans the hospitals from providing clerkships to other Caribbean medical schools — a critical provision to St . Georges, which has faced heightened competition in recent years, particularly from Ross University on the island of Dominica, part of DeVry Inc., a publicly traded educational company, since 2003.
Heightened competition in the renewable energy sector.
Edinburgh coach Alan Solomons insists he is anticipating heightened competition in the position despite Laidlaw's departure.
When they gain approval to enter the long-distance business, probably sometime next year, they would face heightened competition in that business too.
The first model, which starts at $47,000 ,won't be available until the fall of 2020, when there will be heightened competition in the electric-vehicle market.
Egyptian girls still dominate the dancing scene in Cairo, but an influx of Russian and Brazilian dancers in particular has heightened competition in the tourist-reliant Red Sea resorts.
"That reflects the new dynamics in the marketplace, where we have heightened competition in several major therapy areas, including diabetes, with manufacturers taking price concessions through rebates," said Murray Aitken, executive director of IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics, which produced the report.
