Fiat is betting that Mr Pugin's back will be broad enough to shield the new plant from those extraneous pressures, and let it get on with the difficult enough business of making cars.The Italians could scarcely have placed their bet more shrewdly.
We are in a post "magic" era, when we are beginning to understand two things: first, that the business of making hardware is difficult, dirty, and boring and second that we have outsourced so much of our manufacturing might and we are trying to understand the implications of walking it back.
A recent set of regulations which would have done nothing to prevent the spread of mad-cow disease put many small rural abattoirs out of business, making life difficult and expensive for farmers with only a few animals to slaughter.
The U.S. housing crisis, disappearance of easy credit and deteriorating job market have made for a difficult business environment especially for the consumer-dependent leisure industry.
The Mead Corp. deserves recognition merely for consistently making money in this difficult business.
The mistake I made with Select Comfort, first of all, it's a difficult business, mattresses.
"I'm succeeding at making money, although it's a difficult business model".
"Making games is a complicated and difficult business, in fact it's brutal," he clarifies.
Worsening credit ratings make borrowing more expensive, exacerbating already difficult business conditions.
Estimating the size of a crowd is a difficult business.
