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He is trying to sell off $500bn of assets and get $15bn off the cost base, keep the unions off his back, and reassure shareholders.

"As the industry matures only those with a low cost base will be left, " he said, stressing the importance of economies of scale.

Most have done so by diversifying their cost base or by specialising in high-value products that do not compete intensively on price.

Although this is low in absolute terms compared with the sums spent by rivals, Huawei's low-cost base gives it a distinct advantage.

First, a strong currency grants an advantage to competitors with a cost base in a cheaper currency.

This is going to add billions to the industry's cost base and the industry is unlikely to be able to absorb the cost.

But, with an annual cost base of $24bn to $25bn a year, he believes ABB has sufficient margin to realise his goals.

"Overall, these are a solid set of numbers, but the revenue upside has been absorbed by the higher cost base, " he said.

"The more hours we operate, the more we are able to leverage our cost base. This can be replicated for other financial products. "

'We have taken decisive action to control our cost base without compromising service levels and will continue to do so.

Operational cost base is increasing; energy costs; infrastructure footprint ?

These providers are wearing a very large cost base per customer, but getting very little revenue in return.

The cost base, being mainly people, is flexible. The marketplace, while heavily tilted towards the US, is global. And the formula works.

equipment-makers have developed small, low-cost base-stations specially for use in the developing world.

'The cost base for the industry in Asia Pacific is rising dramatically, ' said Mr. Yoon.

Combined with the lowest cost base in Asia, that has made for impressive financial returns.

The shift gives producers the low cost base they need to serve the market in Brazil as well as overseas.

Hommen said ING's top priority in 2009 was to "further reduce asset exposures and rationalise the cost base" .

About $13 billion has already been shaved from an annual cost base that in the past often seemed out of control.

These could reach 25% or more of the combined cost base of the equities businesses, reckons Andre Cappon of CBM, a consultancy.

Granted, job cuts will reduce Citi's cost base, eventually boosting earnings.

The restructuring aims to cut VNU's cost base by 10 per cent over the coming year, Mr Calhoun said.

After all, why increase the fixed cost base today if you don't have to?

In the Arnold era, the overall cost base has stayed the same as in the Davis era.

That means its cost base is lower than Inditex's, but it is more vulnerable to disruptions.

Those countries 'have a better cost base from a labor standpoint, ' said Jim Kenney, Penney's senior vice president of corporate strategy.

'How are you supposed to fight rivals when they have your technology, and their cost base is so much lower, ' the executive adds.

Other targets, such as lopping 10 per cent off the cost base in 2009, are similarly ambitious.

Analysis of Risk Factors of Project Cost Base on the Monte -Carlo Simulation

Modifications to cost base and reduced cost base

Create a cost base which can react to changes in revenue

Cost base and reduced cost base