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In my sector, there are lots of small companies, with frequent mergers and acquisitions, and high staff turnover.
在我所处的行业中，有很多小公司，频繁的兼并和收购，员工离职率高。
Of course, that can be a disadvantage, but on the other hand, ideas for new products tend to grow,
当然，这可以是缺点，但另一方面，新产品的想法也更容易增长，
not just from internal research and development, but through the informal contacts that staff have with people at other firms.
不仅仅是从内部研究和开发上，而是通过员工和其他公司的员工的非正式接触中获得想法。
We really couldn't create those links where we were, because we were geographically isolated,
我们真的无法创造出这些连接，因为我们在地理位置上是隔离的，
so to get close to a cluster of similar companies meant we had to move. Rents were so high that the boss decided to invest in having something built.
所以为了接近类似公司群，这意味着我们需要搬走。租金过高，因此老板决定寄希望于建造。
Initially, he hired a small building firm, which went under just after they'd started the work.
最初，他雇佣了一家小型建筑公司，这家公司刚营业就倒闭了。
Apparently they'd overstretched themselves by taking on too many jobs, had serious cashflow problems, and couldn't pay their creditors,
显然，他们接了太多工作，对自己的要求太高了，因而出现了严重的现金流问题，无法支付他们的债权人，
but he found another firm straightaway, who managed to meet the original deadline.
但是他发现了另一家公司，这家公司按原定日期完成了任务。
