The phrase "a need for firm" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to express a requirement for a company or organization, but it lacks clarity and proper structure.
Example: "There is a need for firm leadership in our organization to guide us through these challenges."
Alternatives: "a need for a company" or "a requirement for a business".
In some cases, this reflects a need for firms to raise capital fast; in others, an attempt to raise their share price by becoming more focused.
In their writings, Seely Brown and Hagel point out that there is a need for firms they call service aggregators to step in and collect large amounts of services, solve the integration problems and guarantee quality of service and scalability.
Environ Health Perspect 123:749–758; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1408692 Because community water systems supply water to > 95% of the approximately 300 million people in the United States, there is a need for a firm understanding of the precise contribution of these water systems to the spread of waterborne disease (Craun et al. 2010; Kozicki et al. 2012).
Our results thus suggest a need for Bolivian firms with limited resources for CSR to rethink and to align their CSR activities with consumer priorities for ethical behavior, rather than prioritize environmental CSR.
Sze and Hoffman admits that there's a need for venture firms to offer executive recruiting, design assistance, and other specific services but it's help navigating the day-to-day that makes Greylock special.
Both Mr. Greenberg and Mr. Wolfert said that they saw a need for a new firm with a clean balance and a willingness to lend.
"There may not be a need for another venture firm to fund e-commerce businesses that sell high-fashion clothing," Mr. Greenfield said.
A need for supplementary small firm heuristics (to age, size and sector) and epistemologies (to knowledge as an asset) and research approaches are identified to better investigate this diversity.
There is also a need for big pharmaceutical firms to work together.
The drummers, messengers and concubines returned home with the troops.Yet there is a need for professional-service firms to be international, to a limited extent.
