It gives such firms leeway to put in keener bids for contracts where there is a chance of repeat business.The risk is that tight planning laws, miserly banks and skill shortages will limit growth and offset any benefit from a weaker pound.
The final conflict mineral rule gives firms leeway on recycled or scrap materials they use.
Such inertia on the part of consumers gives firms more leeway to raise prices.
Under accounting rules adopted in recent years, private equity firms have leeway in valuing their investments, and the results can vary widely.
At the largest firms, multiple layers of compliance officials oversee the calculation, though it is not due until noon the following day, giving firms significant leeway with reporting, industry officials say.
For example, Wipro's revenue from its deal with Unitech Wireless, a mobile-phone company, depends on Unitech's subscriber growth.In return, Indian customers allow outsourcing firms greater leeway in how they meet their commitments.
Among voters' worries, the cost of driving easily eclipsed the war in Iraq, unemployment, health care or terrorism.The Republicans argue that allowing oil firms more leeway to drill offshore will help to bring the price of petrol down.
Spain, where the labour market has long been notoriously blocked, introduced a reform in 2012 that made life less cosy for permanent staff by giving firms more leeway to get rid of workers on economic grounds and reducing severance pay.Although the index (see chart) is a useful guide, it has limitations.
Giving railway firms greater leeway to set their own prices would let them spread demand around peak times, cutting congestion.The only way to reduce congestion and prices together is to do things like lengthening platforms and upgrading signals, which would mean more people could be carried in the busiest areas.
These two countries' national currencies depreciated during the crisis, which gave firms more leeway to optimise costs and reduced the need to cut wages.
