To Lehman Brothers analyst Joseph F. Campbell, Airbus is likely to maintain its advantage for some time, until it splits the market with Boeing.
To maintain its advantage, Apple must preserve the impression that it is far ahead of rivals when it comes to the capabilities and the "cool" factor of its devices.
The results show that China's energy needs and related CO2 emissions will grow exponentially even with many energy efficiency improvements, and that it will be hard for China to maintain its advantage of low per capita emissions in the next 20 years.
But many of the giant software company's competitors believe it is unlikely that Microsoft will be able to maintain its advantage either in market share or profitability in the future.
The strategy was seen as foolhardy by some investors as Intel's profits shriveled, but it paid off: Intel's cutting-edge factories are critical to maintaining its advantage over rivals like Advanced Micro Devices and making chips cheaper and more powerful.
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple has relied on slick applications, and even slicker advertisements, to promote the iPhone and maintain its advantage over rivals like Google in the battle to rule the next generation of smartphones.
In addition, the active layer thickness and angular analysis show that the proposed structure maintains its advantage over flat structure.
O'Rourke and Kim expect the company to maintain its advantage but predict earnings of just 89 cents a share this year, less than half the profit of 2008.
Whether it's private companies or ORS implementing ways to make satellite architecture more resilient and adaptable — funding for ORS has been in question for the past several years, though the president's 2016 budget allots it $6.5 million — there's little doubt the DOD will be increasingly hungry for better satellite services to maintain its advantage in space.
Successfully addressing these three challenges, and thereby breaking the barriers of exclusivity, accessibility, and historical ambivalence that often define higher education, must be a priority among American political and educational leaders if our country hopes to maintain its advantage as a global leader in higher education.
