Competitive Advantage: A factor, such as the ability to demonstrate quality, that helps a managed care organization compete successfully with other MCOs for business.

 

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Competitive Advantage: A factor, such as the ability to demonstrate quality, that helps a managed care organization compete successfully with other MCOs for business.

Net Advantage To Leasing: The net present value of entering into a lease financing arrangement rather than borrowing the necessary funds and buying the asset.

Net Advantage To Merging: The difference in total post- and pre-merger market value minus the cost of the merger.

Net Advantage Of Refunding: The net present value of the savings from a refunding.

National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program (NRI): Generally referred to as the NRI, this program makes grants to scientists at both public and private laboratories for basic and applied agricultural research in priority areas as designated . . . View Full Definition

Man Advantage: When one team is penalized, and one of its players sent to the penalty box, the second team maintains a man advantage for the duration of the penalty (major penalty) or until a goal is score . . . View Full Definition

Noncompetitive Bid: Investors who can't or don't wish to meet the minimum purchase requirements for competitive bidding on Treasury bills or notes may enter a noncompetitive bid. You can invest as little as $1, . . . View Full Definition

Line Of Advantage: An imaginary axis that connects the third decan of the third and ninth houses. The Moon's North Node east of this axis is thought to be in a favorable or advantageous position.

Omnibus Trade And Competitiveness Act Of 1988: P.L. 100-418 (August 23, 1988) provided the President with negotiating authority for the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) Uruguay Round, U.S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement, and th . . . View Full Definition

Two-Man Advantage: The situation in which a team has two more players on the ice than the opposition. See also man advantage; power play.