"We've centralised our payroll, business development and other strategic business functions to keep our costs as low as possible".
Now that we've centralised the waste markets in Chaoyang, crime is down, and we're setting a model for environmental management".A few miles away at Bajia, in the north-west of the city, "Henan village" is filthier and more chaotic, and the rubbish-collectors less cheerful.
"But I don't think it's fair to say that we've centralised the drug scene by opening a consumption facility, where it's most needed.
Nonetheless, team owners in all the main sports have centralised such licensing.
"Wales, Ireland and Scotland – unlike England, Italy and France – all have centralised contracting systems, the union controls the players.
Unlike local retailers, they have centralised purchasing and the resources to set up their own distribution networks from scratch.
To catch up, the Liberals recently bought software used by Barack Obama's campaign in last year's American election, and have centralised fund-raising.
Mr Carney said that it was no coincidence that effective currency unions tend to have centralised fiscal authorities with big budgets, a feature the euro zone conspicuously lacks.
But for Labour and the Conservatives, who, between them, have centralised government to a degree unknown elsewhere in the democratic world, it's quite a new concern.These days, everybody is in favour of "localism".
Mr Carney said "it is no coincidence" that effective currency unions tended to have centralised fiscal authorities.
It is no coincidence that effective currency unions tend to have centralised fiscal authorities whose spending is a sizeable share of GDP - averaging over a quarter of GDP for advanced countries outside the euro area".
