The down economy and the rise in social networking have given movement to the concept of crowdfunding (the term crowdsourcing has also been used interchangeably), which combines the resources of a large number of individuals to fund a single business concept.

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Banking scholars also argue that Islamic law blocked indigenous financial modernization in Muslim countries because of an inheritance system that restrained capital accumulation, inhibitions on pooling resources that discouraged investment diversification, and a traditional aversion to the concept of legal personhood for corporations, which hampered the development of financial entities.

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While Facebook is a concept of the mind that can migrate its human capital to the tax climate it deems best, Continental Resources cannot change the location of the Bakken oil field.

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While consumers around the world have adopted Webtop and the concept spurred a lot of innovation in the industry, the adoption has not been strong enough to justify continued resources being allocated to developing Webtop on future devices.

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