The deal is an implicit admission of failure: NEC is the top PC maker in Japan, with a 20% market share, but globally its share is less than 1%.

这项交易是对失败的默认：nec公司是日本的顶级电脑制造商，在日本它占有20%的市场份额，但在全球的份额却不到1%。

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In other words, this was a contest where the success of your pet organization to make it to the top 100 was dependent on the failure of millions others.

换句话说，这场比赛的成功在于你喜爱的机构能否进入前100名，而这又取决于数百万其他竞争对手的失败。

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Supplier failure, traditionally among the very top supply chain risks, was ranked low by a community struggling more with excess demand than shaky suppliers.

失败的供给在供应链风险排名中原本是数一数二的，如今超额的需求却使得不稳定的供给显得不那么重要了。

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"The American taxpayers provided billions of dollars,and ultimately, the auto dealers are on the frontlines with the harsh consequences of the failure at the top,".

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The top two complaint categories were failure to follow written supervisory policies and suitability.

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