When it comes to the competitive damage caused by Google's behavior with Android, as the Commission sees it, Vestager's view is that the way Google controls the ecosystem with stipulations and incentives has not only impacted the search market but has more generally led to a "stifling of competition" — and even to "restricting innovation in the wider space".
They haven't listened to what's new in the Space Race and that has led to a stifling of how campaigns and how political operations have been run.
"What bookshops don't want is for Amazon's growing competitive advantage to lead to a monopoly which stifles a diverse marketplace for publishing, authors and, ultimately, the consumer".
"What bookshops don't want is for Amazon's growing competitive advantage to lead to a monopoly which stifles a diverse marketplace for publishing, authors and, ultimately, the consumer". Editorial: Can a one-size-fits-all, low-price, consumer-dominated sales model support a diverse, innovative, challenging literary output?
Roy Tedscoe, of Coleraine Park primary school in Haringey, north London, said the tests led to a "huge stifling of any kind of creative curriculum".
He was backed by the former general secretary of Asia's own confederation, Peter Velappan, who warned that the stifling summer heat could even lead to a player boycott.
High international charges tend to subsidise local call costs of less than $0.02 a minute.In some small island states with a single telephone company, such as Barbados, high charges breed fears of stifling international electronic industries, and lead to a clamour for competition.
Not allowing employees the freedom to spend a portion of their time working on projects outside of normal tasks can stifle innovation--and may even lead to a brain drain.
Some social work leaders are frustrated with aspects of the child protection system, which they feel stifles innovation and can lead to a high turnover of staff.
Exaggerated fears of resource scarcity can lead to stifling price controls, panicked efforts to limit production or consumption, and public investment strategies predicated on high prices that turn out to be ephemeral.
