Products that miss the sweet spot by arriving too early or too late, often fail miserably.
Big Korean companies often fail by getting into businesses they dont understand, says Lim.
Acquisition rumors often fail to pan out, or can take years longer than anticipated.
Blabbermouths often fail to close the deal, win the capital, or get the girl.
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Some states require banks to offer basic accounts, but banks often fail to publicise such services.
Trials often fail because of a hasty rush to test drugs in the biggest possible patient group.
And if they stand firm, which they quite often fail to do, none of it may become law.
UNCTAD's project on market access, notes that poor countries often fail to fill Europe's existing preferential import quotas.
The problem is one of delivery: in many poor countries available supplies very often fail to reach the poor.
And, sadly, even those who accept this fundamental uncertainty often fail to see that it is a good thing.
Investors often fail to measure from a zero baseline when they are considering investment decisions and their potential risk.
Studies suggest that internationally traded carbon credits often fail to deliver genuine cuts.
Doctors often fail to diagnose the disease, and sometimes suggest extreme (and useless) remedies such as removing sweat glands or hysterectomy.
Even the most sophisticated calculations often fail to reflect future market behavior during a crisis, when historical relationships frequently break down.
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Job seekers are so caught up in conveying a certain message and image to the employer that they often fail to listen.
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But many web services remain unencrypted, and users often fail to enable encryption or browse away from sites with fake encryption certificates.
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It is clear to us that independent fiduciaries often fail to detect corrupt industry practices and may even be parties to such wrongdoing.
Campaigners are calling for tougher rape laws and reforms to the police, who critics say often fail to file charges against accused attackers.
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.
Instead, angry former employers often fail to resist the temptation to use the U5 as a way to get in a few parting shots.
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Campaigners are calling for tougher rape laws and reforms to the police, who - critics say - often fail to file charges against accused attackers.
The capped rates the central bank can offer on its bills are not very attractive to commercial banks, which often fail to bid for them.
He says clients often fail to take that into account, and so think their mortgage is costing them far less after tax than it really is.
And those prosecutors who take race-hate crimes seriously often fail to make charges stick: it is frequently hard to find witnesses or persuade them to give evidence.
McCaskill question whether U.S. military operations benefit from spending billions of dollars on major infrastructure projects that often fail when they are turned over to local officials.
They cannot ensure humanitarian workers secure access to the region, so the food and medical handouts on which some 2.7m Darfuris survive often fail to get through.
But that, too, points to a discouraging fragmentation in Indian politics: politicians and parties wildly popular in one state often fail utterly to appeal beyond their home regions.
Just 14.8% of German children but 45.4% of Turks end up in Hauptschulen, which ought to prepare them for simple trades but often fail to do even that.
There is much talk of cost synergies, but these often fail to materialise because cultural differences between the different personalities of the merging organisations clash and subvert the process.
Psychologists Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris are co-authors of "The Invisible Gorilla, " a forthcoming book explaining why humans so often fail to observe information that should be obvious.
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