Every retailer that has reached a certain size--Wal-Mart, Sears, McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people )--inevitably plateaus.

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Every retailer that has reached a certain size--Wal-Mart, Sears, McDonald's--inevitably plateaus.

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Historically, the technology industry has been sized at a certain size.

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That said, there might actually be benefits for taxpayers and others shareholders: as Andy Haldane of the Bank of England has argued, once banks get to a certain size, diminishing returns may set in.

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WSJ:The main challenge in finding investments in China seems to be that many companies have grown rapidly to a certain size, but governance has not kept up pace.

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The coalition government has announced a cap on benefits which would prevent payments increasing when families increase beyond a certain size.

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