Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

adquisición de ventajas competitivas

English translation:

acquiring a competitive edge

Added to glossary by tazdog (X)
Feb 9, 2002 09:26
22 yrs ago
Spanish term

adquisición des ventajas competativas

Spanish to English Marketing Environment & Ecology Environment
environmental science exam

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acquiring a competitive edge


How you say the “adquisición” part would very much depend on the rest of the sentence, but “acquiring” is one option, if it’s similar to the following examples. I would say “edge” rather than advantage (see no. 5, below).

edge adj : at or constituting a border or edge; "the marginal strip of beach" [syn: {edge(a)}, {fringe(a)}, {fringy}, {marginal}] n 1: the boundary of a surface [syn: {border}] 2: a line determining the limits of an area [syn: {boundary}, {bound}] 3: a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object; "he rounded the edges of the box" 4: the attribute of urgency; "his voice had an edge to it" [syn: {sharpness}] 5: a slight competitive advantage; "he had an edge on the competition

In this environment, size alone will not be the decisive means for
acquiring a competitive edge. Rather, success will come through the
ability to secure new markets speedily and resolutely by focusing the
business and reshaping products and channels to market.
http://www.pwcglobal.com/extweb/service.nsf/8b9d788097dff3c9...$FILE/act_now.pdf

A well-designed, systematically executed account profile form can be one of your most powerful strategies for acquiring a competitive edge. http://www.davekahle.com/profile.htm

Hope it helps.
Peer comment(s):

agree Virginia Ledesma Tovar
17 mins
agree Parrot
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agree AnneM (X)
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agree Andrea Bullrich
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agree swisstell : brief and elegant
3 hrs
thanks everyone! :-)
agree Marian Greenfield : very nice
5 hrs
thanks :-)
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acquisition of competitive advantages

Declined
It should be "ventajas competitivas"

Self explanatory.
Many references in the Internet.

HTH
Patricia Ferreira
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Comment: "negative comments not required thank you. been a long night"
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acquiring/attaining competitive advantages/a competitive edge

Actually, both answers are correct. competitive advantage/edge is one of the buzzwords of the new globalized capitalism.
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