We think that this concern is overblown because of the large size and fragmentation of the commercial reverse supply chain segment, high barriers to entry for successful penetration into the market, and the incompatibility of an online surplus liquidation business with the aforementioned potential competitors.

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But it was widely thought that a successful Commonwealth Games would lead to a third entry into the bidding process.

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If successful, this could lower the cost of entry into the mobile-telephone business and turn handsets into commodities, much like PCs are now.

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Not every entry into a foreign country is successful.

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But, as Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, author of an extensive study of the subject, points out, even successful departing bosses often try to ease the pain of re-entry into normal life by demanding to keep the trappings of their heroic stature: limousines, offices, private jets.

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Further, limiting or eliminating inmate programs such as drug treatment and vocational education would, in fact, lead to higher costs to taxpayers and communities in the long run as the lack of such inmate re-entry training makes it less likely that released inmates will be successful at reintegration into society upon their release.

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