incumbente

English translation: dominant undertaking / dominant firm

15:35 Mar 28, 2015
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Business/Commerce (general)
Portuguese term or phrase: incumbente
Revela-se também na culpabilização simbólica da companhia por qualquer perturbação no mercado de energia e na associação a uma perceção de uma história de benefícios e privilégios, que o antagonismo recente e público com o Estado nas questões fiscais só acentua.
“Temos um passivo em Portugal com o Estado Português, que é inqualificável: somos mal tratados.”
“A xxxxx ainda tem alguma coisa de estático, vindo do tempo da incumbente.”
Monica Merrill
United Kingdom
Local time: 01:20
English translation:dominant undertaking / dominant firm
Explanation:
Incumbente - uma empresa com uma quota de mercado significativa ou até dominante.

Dominant Firm = Firm that controls at least half of the market in which it operates and has no significant competition. Its competitors are mostly small firms who compete with each other for the remaining market share.


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Daniel de Carvalho
Brazil
Local time: 21:20
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1incumbent
Marcelo Carvalho Ambrósio
4 +1dominant undertaking / dominant firm
Daniel de Carvalho
3empresa anterior/empresa responsável a época
patricia maltez


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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
incumbent


Explanation:
Sugestão.

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Note added at 14 mins (2015-03-28 15:49:25 GMT)
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Poderia complementar com "incumbent company". Significa uma empresa privada que recebeu concessão.

Marcelo Carvalho Ambrósio
Brazil
Local time: 21:20
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Nick Taylor
8 mins
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
dominant undertaking / dominant firm


Explanation:
Incumbente - uma empresa com uma quota de mercado significativa ou até dominante.

Dominant Firm = Firm that controls at least half of the market in which it operates and has no significant competition. Its competitors are mostly small firms who compete with each other for the remaining market share.





    Reference: http://expresso.sapo.pt/ha-muitos-incumbentes-inovadores=f34...
    https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/284422/oft402.pdf
Daniel de Carvalho
Brazil
Local time: 21:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 15

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
48 mins
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2 days 2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
empresa anterior/empresa responsável a época


Explanation:
sug.

patricia maltez
Local time: 21:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 17
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