De Beer was one of several people I talked to at the show who have some concerns about both the concentration in the drive industry, which is down to basically two major players in Seagate and Western Digital, and the lack of geographic diversification in the supply chain, which is heavily weighted toward Thailand.
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Though the answer to this question can vary from one region of the country to another, the most plausible answer is lack of competition on the supply side and high switching costs on the demand side.
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One thing that has kept commodity prices high has been the lack of supply to meet a huge growth in demand.
Housing Minister Caroline Flint said communities often opposed house building in their areas, which was contributing to the lack of supply.
Ms. Cohen and others see prices on existing BABs climbing or at least maintaining their value because of the lack of supply going forward.
The lack of supply, in turn, has put upward pressure on rents, which rose in Berlin by 8.1% in 2012 and in Munich by 9.1%, according to a recent report by J.
Physicians came up with all sorts of theories, blaming Alzheimer's on factors as varied as aluminum in the water supply and a lack of key brain nutrients and attributing Parkinson's disease to pesticide exposure or drug abuse.
Doctors came up with all sorts of theories, blaming Alzheimer's on factors as varied as aluminum in the water supply and a lack of key brain nutrients, and attributing Parkinson's disease to pesticide exposure or drug abuse.
Yet, although such agencies have good access to consumers in the developing world, they often lack a steady supply of product to fill the demand they create.
The lack of power and limited food supply have put her in the same boat as millions of others this week.
The most important aspect of the current market is the lack of new supply.
The shifting of the river and lack of other sources of water supply with consequent loss of vegetation has worsened the site conditions.
The court was told on Friday that Mr Macia had suffered extensive injuries, culminating in hypoxia - a lack of oxygen supply to the body - causing his death.
But even in Malaysia, it is not just at the top of the ladder that rungs are missing 15% of schools lack a stable electricity supply, let alone access to the Internet.
In an interview for the Aberdeen Press and Journal at the weekend, the Bank's chief economist, Spencer Dale, said it would not be appropriate for the BoE to restart its quantitative easing programme if supply-side problems, rather than a lack of demand, were the reason for the UK's weak economic recovery.
There is already a backlog of unserved urban populations, and the number of people in cities who lack access to improved water supply and sanitation is estimated to have grown some 20% since the Millennium Development Goals were established.
Legislators and activists, however, slammed Leung for a lack of measures to boost the supply in the short term.
Panama derives more than half of its energy from hydroelectric power and a lack of rain has hit the supply hard.
Gero said redemptions in ETFs like SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD) has created a lot of supply in the market place, which, with the lack of demand, will take a while to work its way through.
Scottish Fuels' move comes after claims about a lack of competition in supply of fuel to the isles.
It said both should be placed in special measures - a status applied by Estyn when it considers that schools fail to supply an acceptable level of education and appear to lack the leadership capacity to improve.
It also said the council should be placed in special measures - a status applied by Estyn when it considers that schools fail to supply an acceptable level of education and appear to lack the leadership capacity to improve.
The main problem of these successful entrepreneurs and the other weavers of Varanasi is lack of capital supply.
This has seen a succession of married priests coming over, so providing a ready supply of candidates to fill the growing number of vacancies, due to lack of celibate males, in the Catholic Church.
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Farmers lack the right to sell their land, and the supply of land for residential development near urban areas is tightly controlled.
It found a good supply of medium-grade crude but had to shut in the well for lack of a pipeline to get the oil to market.
But Russia's Vitaly Churkin described as a significant shortcoming the lack of a clause in the draft treaty about banning the supply of weapons to non-state entities.
Strong regional tastes and lack of national scale stymie the development of national brands and efficient supply chains.
On top of all that, there is the lack of clarity over the rule of law, an intermittent electricity supply, crumbling infrastructure and what Mr Thein calls the practice of paying "tea money" - small bribes to expedite the cumbersome bureaucracy.
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