Western multinationals often find that the best local people leave for a local rival as soon as they have been trained, because the prospects of rising to the top can seem better at the local firm.

西方公司常常会发现，一旦最优秀的当地人才在公司接受过培训，他们便会离职流入本土的对手公司。 因为在本土公司，他们进入高层的前景更加明朗。

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The company has now amalgamated with another local firm.

这家公司现在已与当地一家公司合并了。

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Bradford sold the building and land to a local development firm.

布拉德福德把房子和土地卖给了当地的一家开发公司。

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Aspen Pharmacare is the local firm that is doing most to supply the market with the generic drugs South Africa will need.

ECONOMIST: Pharmaceuticals in South Africa

As an owner of a small regional brokerage firm I can report from the front lines that a primary driver of the demise of the local brokerage firm is a lack of economies of scale to remain competitive.

FORBES: Too Big To Fail, Too Small To Succeed

Austin Ventures was the only local firm funding technology deals.

FORBES: Startup City