Computer security, analysts say, increasingly lends itself to being delivered as an integrated service instead of as a collection of separate software products.
Their share of the financial system, measured in terms of assets, rose from about 10% in the 1960s to nearly half by 2010, increasingly lending outside their region of origin.
"We thought, 'Wouldn't it be great to have him in the boardroom for these major decisions?'" Mr. Drexler, whose successes at Gap and then J. Crew have made him a guru of retailing, has increasingly lent his insights and famous attention to detail to Warby Parker's development.
As the cruising industry grows, experts say that it increasingly lends itself to themed trips.
Because most people watch football to see touchdowns, and because head injuries have become an urgent concern, the professional game's current rules regarding both pass protection (increasingly liberal) and physical contact (increasingly restrictive) lend a significant advantage to teams with a preëminent quarterback — players on the level of Brady, Aaron Rodgers, Drew Brees, and the Mannings.
Things became worse in the early 2000s when banks began increasingly to lend to other financial institutions, via wholesale markets, to make loans not matched by deposits.
Unemployment is climbing and banks are increasingly reluctant to lend.
Even state-controlled banks are increasingly reluctant to lend to them.
As a result, jaded investors have become increasingly reluctant to lend to faltering countries like Portugal and Spain.
In recent weeks, the Libor has shot up as banks have become increasingly unwilling to lend to each other.
