We've seen leaders in brownout spread the malaise by, for example, subconsciously protecting their own turf, shutting down brave new ideas for growth, losing track of talented staff (especially "B" players), and by being a role model that the next generation grudgingly respects, but finds deeply unappealing.
David Dewhurst, the state's lieutenant governor during more than a decade of robust economic growth, lost to Daniel Patrick, who accused him of being insufficiently flinty.
Premier Growth lost 14.5percentt of its value in the first half of 2001 after losing 20percentt last year.
Small cap growth lost an average of 22.38%, while small cap value funds lost 17.52%.
The 10 metros with the worst job growth lost a total of 286,000 jobs during the past five years.
"In my experience," Reilley says, "chief executives, in their zest to find growth, lose sight of the details that are necessary to understand profitable growth from unprofitable growth".
Tang et al. [ 125] have recently reported that knock-out mutants of FHY3 and/or FAR1 have reduced sensitivity to ABA-mediated inhibition of seed germination and seedling growth, lose water faster, and are less tolerant to drought stress than are wild type plants.
But there is growing evidence that the engine of growth is losing steam, with retail sales slowing.
Unfortunately, in the pursuit of growth, people lose focus on the costs until it's too late.
