Italy has coal in Sardinia, but it lacks the technological base to do the Sasol trick.

FORBES: Overcoming Isolation

Far from it, senior figures say that domestic consumption can never replace it, and what it more they are happy to make the case that their technological prowess and industrial base benefits all of Europe.

ECONOMIST: European politics

Sydney scored highest in the categories of global integration, having a skilled talent base and for its technological advancement.

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With a whimsically eclectic technique (including musical sequences and special effects), she sets in motion a flashy yet complex superstructure of personal life that rests on a solid, implicit base of quasi-divine technological power and sociopolitical openness and energy.

NEWYORKER: Declaration of War

Hugely ambitious, he modelled the firm on two Italian giants: Fiat, because it was a family firm that had grown huge from a strong domestic base, and Olivetti, for its technological innovation.

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Technological innovation brings transitory gains, unless a company understands how to reinvest to widen its base, as Glaxo has done.

ECONOMIST: Corporate durability