During 2004, some anticipated sales failed to materialize on time, and different accounting systems that Digimarc had inherited through acquisitions created problems with its treatment of expenses.
Rumors of German machinations in Samoa lengthened Yorktowns stay at Hawaii from a few days to a few weeks; but, when the anticipated trouble failed to materialize, Yorktown resumed her voyage to the Philippine Islands.
Not to mention the likelihood of rising interest rates, inflation and a failure of that much-anticipated corporate profit growth to materialize.
Still, while Djokovic fought his way to the semifinals, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-0, his much-anticipated showdown with Andy Murray failed to materialize.
Combined, the July data show that Beijing's efforts to shore up growth in the face of the global downturn have so far proved insufficient, and that a much-anticipated growth pickup is unlikely to materialize for another few months.
Over the past year-and-a-half, Perot's management team has seen several disruptive rounds of turnover, and the company's long-anticipated initial public offering has yet to materialize despite a strong market.
Also, an anticipated release of political prisoners has failed to materialize, as has a pledge by the junta that Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy, would be allowed to resume activity.
An anticipated backlash against the governing PCs failed to materialize, as Premier Ed Stelmach extended his party's seat total to 72 from 60.
And, to the surprise of many at last week's meeting of the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, anticipated calls for a new destruction date failed to materialize.
Staff might perceive mergers as a breach of the psychological contract (implicit commitments and expectations between employers and employees) when they feel they are not listened to [ 5], when they have to 'suffer' from delays in service development and job uncertainties [ 7, 11], or when the anticipated benefits of mergers such as training fail to materialize [ 12].
