It's worth pointing out that huge scale, or even perceptions of institutional arrogance, are not necessarily impediments to future growth — see Google or Apple.
The patent system and the standards system, which have together kindled a generation of unparalleled technological advancement, are being wrongly targeted as impediments to future progress.
Disadvantages of NGV like limited range, trunk space, higher initial cost, lack of refueling infrastructure are impediments to future spread of NGV.
If these amendments come to effect, they may in the future lead to substantial impediments for public health research [ 25, 26, 28].
The estate tax is one impediment to future success.
Once there, they acted as an impediment to future sales and often had to be dumped later at low prices.
Analyst Jerry Dellis said cut his rating from buy to hold, saying: Structural revenue pressure is a major impediment to future re-rating.
A big impediment to future Abraxane sales in pancreatic cancer could be that its median survival was almost three months less than that of Folfirinox, a combination of four generic cancer drugs.
"Natural gas is part of the solution for a low-carbon future, and not an impediment," said Chris McGill, the managing director for policy analysis at the American Gas Association, a trade group.
Second, there was an obvious impediment to future investment in the fact that a merged O2 and Three would have a foot in both the industry's network-sharing arrangements.
While Clinkle had a number of factors that led to its failure, some point to its fundraising strategy as a major impediment toward future success.
