They seized upon management as the central force and the critical factor.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGEMENT: task, responsibilities, practices (1974)
The critical factor was the fact that the first defendant was employed by the club.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The critical factor is whether organized labour will form a part of the first, future, democratic government.
Tomlinson, Richard Urbanization in Post-Apartheid South Africa (1990)
A growing thirst for oil from the emerging economies of Asia is one critical factor.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)