Now doctors are warning that the company's failure is a foretaste of what lies in store if health secretary Andrew Lansley's attempt to impose a competition-driven model of healthcare on to the NHS in England becomes reality.
We show how the geologic constraints have imposed a competition for space which is captured in the slope local drainage density probabilistic structure, in the failure of self-similarity in basin-wide river network topology, and in the length-area scaling relationship being not typical of fluvial landscapes.
The changes, subject to a national referendum, were designed to allow more competition and to impose a two-term limit on future presidents.
One way of improving the level of competition would be to impose a minimum level of competence – a base points total on the teams in the top division, as a basic level of quality.
The rush towards modernity has been fostered by imposing a huge sense of competition and a painstaking effort to reach scholastic, aesthetic and professional perfection.
Sperm competition imposes a strong selective pressure on males, leading to the evolution of various physiological, morphological and behavioral traits.
promote competition in cable communications and minimize unnecessary regulation that would impose an undue economic burden on cable systems.
Regulators feared it might throttle competition, so imposed a "net neutrality" clause.
The reformers, Ravitch believes, are mistakenly imposing a free-market ethos of competition on an institution that, if it is to function well, requires coöperation, sharing, and mentoring.
The suit alleges that Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster conspired to to increase ebook prices and eliminate retail price competition by imposing a distribution model in which publishers set the prices – the so-called agency model.
Competition, he argues, imposes a useful discipline.
