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But TMS is privately held and that makes it difficult to compete with Fusion-io, which had its IPO last year and now has revenues approaching $700 million.

Such late graduation not only makes it difficult to compete in the job market with graduates from other countries, it also, naturally, affects the age at which doctoral studies are started.

Garcetti said he would like to look for ways to loosen restrictions on the DWP stemming from the city's ponderous civil service code, which slows the hiring process and makes it difficult to compete with private-sector utilities trying to recruit the same workers.

Moreover, two interviewees explained that it is challenging to develop competitive food prices because Fiji has a small market (881,065 citizens in 2013), which makes it difficult to compete with multinationals on worldwide access to markets.

Not only did Serbia suffer from the loss of established markets and sources of raw materials in the other republics, but its labour forces exhibited markedly low discipline and productivity, which made it difficult to compete in world markets.

Many states have begun to require online retailers to pay sales tax, making it difficult to compete with brick-and-mortar stores on price.

"A location that doesn't have ready access to a talented and able labour force will make it difficult to compete".

In Germany, for example, big companies face daunting labour regulations that make it difficult to compete against more flexible foreign competitors.

"The proposed changes were designed to remove outdated and uncompetitive terms and conditions that make it difficult to compete with other Toyota plants throughout the world".

Islamic partnerships dissolved whenever any member died, and so they tended to include only a few partners — making it difficult to compete with European industrial and financial corporations backed by hundreds of shareholders.

That made it difficult to compete against Ferrari's reputation for performance, and while there was a somewhat successful Formula One engine program from 1989 to 1993 (and limited participation in current sports car championships), racing has not been a Lamborghini priority.