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In my sector, there are lots of small companies, with frequent mergers and acquisitions, and high staff turnover.
在我所處的行業中，有很多小公司，頻繁的兼并和收購，員工離職率高。
Of course, that can be a disadvantage, but on the other hand, ideas for new products tend to grow,
當然，這可以是缺點，但另一方面，新產品的想法也更容易增長，
not just from internal research and development, but through the informal contacts that staff have with people at other firms.
不僅僅是從內部研究和開發上，而是通過員工和其他公司的員工的非正式接觸中獲得想法。
We really couldn't create those links where we were, because we were geographically isolated,
我們真的無法創造出這些連接，因為我們在地理位置上是隔離的，
so to get close to a cluster of similar companies meant we had to move. Rents were so high that the boss decided to invest in having something built.
所以為了接近類似公司群，這意味著我們需要搬走。租金過高，因此老板決定寄希望于建造。
Initially, he hired a small building firm, which went under just after they'd started the work.
最初，他雇傭了一家小型建筑公司，這家公司剛營業就倒閉了。
Apparently they'd overstretched themselves by taking on too many jobs, had serious cashflow problems, and couldn't pay their creditors,
顯然，他們接了太多工作，對自己的要求太高了，因而出現了嚴重的現金流問題，無法支付他們的債權人，
but he found another firm straightaway, who managed to meet the original deadline.
但是他發現了另一家公司，這家公司按原定日期完成了任務。
