"Whereas personality similarity is likely to facilitate this process, personality differences may result in more friction and conflict in daily life, " she said.
They worry about the growing power of the Sunni sheikhs within the police force, that could lead to more friction with the Shiite-dominated government in Baghdad.
Or is Yahoo so far gone, corporate culture-wise, that any attempt at reform, no matter how well designed and well intended, is bound to yield more friction than forward progress?
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The stylus itself has been fattened out and lengthened to three-quarters of the device's length, making it easier to write with and its end is now rubberized to give it more pen-like friction on the glass screen.
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Even though I can work well on projects with folks whose profile is dramatically different, there seems to be something about the nature of partnership that requires less friction and more understanding, both of which are naturally easier with someone who shares certain personality traits.
Eliminating this friction, or more generally barriers to opportunity, is the next phase of economic acceleration.
If men and women can acknowledge these differences, empathize with one another and come up with ways to cope with their different responses to workplace challenges, they will work together more productively and with less friction.
But with Japan, for one, now welcoming more foreign investment, there may be few friction points over which the next Democrat-versus-Republican tiff can begin.
Despite those benefits, Americans are more likely to be familiar with the sources of friction.
In particular, Kuroda is a fluent English speaker and, after eight years at the helm of the Manila-based ADB, may be seen as a more effective ambassador for policies that have already caused friction among Japan's trading partners.
Sachs straight-up confesses that Google didn't predict the current level of smartphone adoption back in 2008, but now realizes that utilizing mobile hardware and apps as friction points for logging in makes a lot more sense.
Just as Apple has managed phenomenal growth through semi-anonymous business relationships that radically reduce business friction (300, 000 developer relationships and counting), the same principle of using the web to reduce business friction in copyright transactions should make for a more nimble economy and faster growth.
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But on a high friction surface like clay, the ball will grip more and change the trajectory of the ball quite significantly.
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What's more, a machine-made surface produces the wrong kind of friction: to do its job precisely, the plate's surface needs minute scorings, of only a few microns each, where machine oil can reside.
An extra benefit: Locating more of its suppliers at a park helps Flextronics circumvent some of the added friction.
However, if Spain ends up with more favorable terms than other bailed out eurozone countries, then that could cause friction in places like Ireland.
For every company that fails for business reasons, ten more fail because like so many rock bands, they are overwhelmed by the friction of conflicting agendas, personal animosities, and pervasive mistrust.
The Obama administration fears that whenever Rokkasho starts operating, it will add a new dimension of friction in the region, prompting other countries to seek greater nuclear capabilities and more control over them.
Transatlantic friction between companies and regulators has grown as Europe's data guardians have become more assertive.
Professor DOHU ARGAIL (Ankara University): While there is a political friction between Turkey and Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan's economy has become much more vibrant by Turkish and Kurdish investment from Turkey.
Smartphone manufacturers want to reduce the time, or "friction" needed to input data, as a way of freeing up users to do more browsing, buying, and watching.
We appreciate it the way we do a finely tuned touchpad: you wouldn't want too much friction while swiping around, but that little bit of traction makes finger input feel a little more controlled, a little more precise.
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