Moreover, farmers do not generally face more risk than business owners in other sectors, nor do farms fail more often than other forms of business.

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Zyman's message is made clear by his title--companies that try to innovate their way to greater sales and profits will fail more often than those that renovate their way to growth.

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When companies lock down their systems and fail to listen to staff feedback, more often than not the result is that employees take matters into their own hands and find ways getting round their restrictions.

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While it is true that there are successes on a shoestring budget, more often than not underfunded efforts fail.

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And more often than not my guests fail to RSVP.

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The various claims that insurance companies make are often over inflated, misleading and fail to consider other more attractive alternatives.

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So the hardworking person who takes on more projects than he can handle or stays late more often than he should can be set up to fail or burn out.

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Most airlines and airports are only too happy to help travellers in wheelchairs but sometimes fail to spot what is going to make life harder for us, or more often what is likely to rob us of our dignity and independence, like kettling all disabled passengers into a sort of roped-off "disabled ghetto" or bending over us and speaking very, very slowly.

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It has more support among those continental members that profess themselves Euro-enthusiasts, even though their actions often fail to live up to their words.

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