They could go the way of the local newspaper, fatally shackled to geography, conglomeration, and an expensive labor structure, too dependent on revenues that vanish and never return.

它们可能走上当地报纸之路，受到地理、集团以及昂贵的劳工结构的致命束缚，过度依赖一去不复返的利润。

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All this is particularly important in Italy, where firms are generally makers of traditional consumer goods, small or medium-sized, family-owned, dependent directly or indirectly on exports and, for reasons of geography and history, clustered together.

ECONOMIST: Italy's business clusters

Canvey's unique geography puts it in the strange position of being on the one hand dependent on the surrounding water for its identity, and to some extent economy, and on the other hand always at risk of being submerged again.

BBC: Life behind the sea wall