Females may also respond to competition for males with direct aggression, potentially injuring competitors [ 7, 8].
Fellow men are male-bonded allies, potentially deadly competitors or enemy cops.
The second investigation focuses on whether I.B.M. delays the sale of spare parts to third parties, potentially blocking competitors from performing maintenance on its mainframes.
It is a move that is raising some eyebrows in the industry, as magazines like Vogue, GQ and Esquire, struggling to survive in an online world, could potentially become competitors to stores like Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus and Barneys New York.
What are your thoughts on women in F1, both in testing and potentially as competitors?
The festival occasions individuals surpassing their everyday view of themselves as potentially hostile competitors and coming to see themselves as a community formed around a shared interest in what the artwork brings forth.
The physical component is an essential area for Amazon, not just because it represents a way for the company to grow, but because it helps secure its place in what is described as "omni-commerce", ahead potentially of competitors like eBay but also Uber.
Although "essentially biological" processes like plant varieties cannot be patented, the process used to make a particular medicine can be owned under intellectual property laws, potentially preventing competitors from marketing similar products.
While the race for the state's Republican gubernatorial nomination and Democratic Senate nomination are certainly distinct political fights, both match-ups bear a striking resemblance: Independently wealthy candidates could potentially topple competitors backed by their respective political establishments.
The Time Warner Cable acquisition would further expand the company's reach -- Comcast would have about a third of broadband subscribers and 30 million pay TV subscribers in the U.S. A Comcast-Time Warner could behemoth couse use its muscle -- not unlike Standard Oil -- to wield power over related industries, potentially starving competitors of resources, antitrust experts said.
