The companies involves have invested too much in the future - and IT has too much to gain from a cost and management perspective - for these issues to not be resolved.

参与的公司对未来的投入如此之多—而IT对成本和管理的目标要求又那么高—都将迫使这些问题不得不解决掉。

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Falling in love comes at the cost of losing close friends, because romantic partners absorb time that would otherwise be invested in Platonic relationships, researchers say.

研究人员称，坠入爱河的代价是失去两个亲密的朋友，因为你的恋人会占据本该被投入朋友之间相处的时间。

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I invested the cost and time to get a college education.

而我投入了金钱和时间来获得大学教育。

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Money should be invested to bring down the cost of de-salination for people's water supplies as population grows.

BBC: Harrabin's Notes: Population overload?

An investment in oil futures and perhaps gold would provide a hedge, but if the governmental transitions turn out to be peaceful, you lose both dollars invested in the hedge and the opportunity cost of not investing your money elsewhere.

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Adding the Lucasfilm IP to our existing Disney, Pixar and Marvel IP clearly enhances our ability to serve consumers, strengthening our competitive position -- and we are confident we can earn a return on invested capital well in excess of our cost of capital.

ENGADGET: Disney acquires Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, plans more Star Wars movies