One of the strengths of this book is that it succeeds where most studies of local knowledge fail, "scaling up" and providing generalizations about the nature of local knowledge, how it is acquired, the typical problems that occur when local and scientific knowledge conflict and why.
All frailty categories were marked on a "one" (pass) or "zero" (fail) scale.
Companies launch, fail, scale, and become acquired at light speed as technology accelerates the growth cycle of businesses.
However, the third pioneer, Scientific Data Systems, failed to scale up and quickly disappeared from the scene after it was acquired by Xerox in 1969.
Ms. Tsogbe has learned to climb the common London plane trees, but on a recent morning she failed to scale the more difficult oak.
In 2005, the Texas Legislature, which meets every two years, reconvened and members tried but failed to scale back the project.
Fox, whose comic book movies have often failed to scale the critical or commercial heights attained by those from rivals Marvel or Warner Bros, has X-Men: Days of Future Past arriving next year, with Fantastic Four debuting in 2015.
The breadth of Patten's career has been extraordinary: that he failed to scale the greatest political heights leaves his detractors free rein to deliver a verdict of journeyman rather than Everyman.
In Europe, another startup called Hassle also failed to scale and was acquired by Rocket Internet-backed Helpling.
Apple also failed to scale 3D Touch so it never became part of the iPad range where the iPad Pro, in particular, would have benefited.
