Productivity may be higher in Japan, but factories struggle with high taxes, high utility costs and costly shipping.
But the response process can nonetheless be tedious and costly if not properly managed.
It turns out that giving buyers too many choices is impractical and costly for carmakers.
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Changing the way we pay hospitals, to discourage mistakes and unnecessary and costly readmissions.
Some serve society--and taxpayers--well, while others are so wrongheaded and costly that they are actually harmful.
He also said a new law would make business complicated and costly for small sellers.
Creating an exam-lite system based largely on teachers' assessments will be a huge and costly task.
However, traveling on your own or with your spouse can be difficult and costly.
Existing competitor wind turbines were unreliable, inefficient, and costly because of short production runs.
Newer drugs, with advantages such as fewer side effects, were more complex and costly to make.
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In the UK, as all around the world, alcohol-related violence is a dangerous and costly menace.
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In such circumstances, an accommodation is the only realistic alternative to an endless and costly war.
The result was a huge array of choices that became almost overwhelming and costly.
Due to underdeveloped and severely damaged infrastructure, transporting money was both dangerous and costly.
So far the pirates seem well ahead in an increasingly lethal and costly game.
It's too hefty and costly and power-hungry to best the leading tablet, Apple's full-size iPad.
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The programmes available for the poor are at once limited and helpful, meagre and costly.
The broader overhaul of welfare has barely begun, and will be complex and costly.
Some are quietly relieved that the time-consuming and costly dispute may soon be over.
Acts passed in 1996 and 1997 make it cumbersome and costly to fire workers.
It is commonly believed that traditional companies and services get disrupted because they are inefficient and costly.
These are the things you would never record if the barriers to entry were large and costly.
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This was the Swedish automobile company that had a long, painful and costly relationship with General Motors.
The blackout and the threat of broken glass made ordinarily benign windows dangerous and costly to protect.
Some areas are so badly affected that residents will have to be relocated and costly cleanups undertaken.
This can be difficult to prepare and costly, especially when it is contracted out to carbon project consultants.
Women may be pushed into a burdensome and costly medical procedure that cannot provide guaranteed future fertility outcomes.
It could prove difficult and costly for an incoming government to turn off the tap in such cases.
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