When the firm decided to specialize, it made a commitment to an industry about which it had specialized knowledge.
This difference is significant: it implies a changing relationship between 'openness' and exclusivity that runs throughout the the life sciences and that requires increasingly wide variety of researchers with highly specialized knowledge and different levels of commitment to work together.
Since Korea is already a 100% CDMA country, Zhu's nod to those Korean mobile-telecom equipment makers that specialize in CDMA equipment reaffirms China's commitment to Qualcomm's proprietary standard.
He was a highly successful attorney, specializing in anti-trust law, with a lifetime commitment to and passion for democratic and liberal political causes.
A law professor specializing in corruption and corporate power, Teachout has emphasized her commitment to getting money out of politics and her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Spurred on by politicians interested in energy independence and scientists who specialize in the field of climate change, Germany is reconsidering a commitment to shut down its nuclear power plants.
The commitment to global growth led Cisco to purchase, in January, a company specialized in "building intelligence" to integrate high-speed networks and energy efficiencies like sensors in new buildings.
Reflecting her commitment to the scientist-practitioner model, she also does clinical work specializing in the treatment of people with depression, anxiety disorders, and personality disorders.
"The Chinese had a determination to build, to show the technology to work, and a commitment to get it done," said Andrew Kadak, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology nuclear engineer specializing in pebble-bed reactors.
A donor made a $500,000 commitment to the Department of Neurological Surgery to support the recruitment of a physician-scientist specializing in brain tumor immunology.
Reducing the number of patients with a positive CRM should be the goal of all MDTs specializing in rectal cancer; each specialist involved must contribute with their knowledge, experience and commitment to achieving this goal.
