As a large service with a rabid fan-base, this seems like a brilliant move.
DAPD, cobbled together from the German-language service of The Associated Press and a former state-owned East German news agency, competes with a larger service, Deutsche Presse Agentur, as well as several other German-language news wires.
But in those cases, those features are mixed in with a larger service, whereas Limelight has pared things down and is all about ratings and recommendations.
E-books aren't tacked on to a larger service with all of Prime's bells and whistles, nor are they tied to Kindle devices.
On the other hand we're an advanced economy with a proportionally large service sector.
This change from small- to large-scale service structures took place in the late nineties; in 2002, 80- 90% of all GPs were associated with a large GP service center [ 44].
It certainly seems like a loss for everyone when a company shuts down small start ups working in conjunction, not competition, with a large popular service.
Operational management is a key contributor in life cycle costs, especially for large scale assets which are in most times complex in structural hierarchy and with a large nominal service life.
However, our hospital is one of the largest university hospitals in The Netherlands, with a large neurosurgical service area, and hence, the results may be exemplary for other large hospitals in the country.
If you are in a clinical department with large service requirements or with a high malpractice insurance rate, pressures on your protected time can quickly become overwhelming.
