"In the worst of times for the restaurant industry, it's the best of times for McDonald's, " says Burt Flickinger III, managing director of the Strategic Resources Group, a retail-consulting company.

餐馆业最艰难的时候恰是麦当劳的最好时光，”一家零售咨询公司的主管说。

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"The company has the intimate feel of a small, local team combined with the resources and strategic approach of a global business," says an employee.

一名员工表示，“在公司既能感受到小型本土化团队的亲密感，也能拥有全球性大企业的资源和战略方法。”

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Then there is the added strategic advantage of focusing all the resources, staff and leadership on a single brand.

接下来，将所有的资源、人力和注意力放在一个品牌上，也可带来额外的战略优势。

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The bigger the prizes get, the more strategic control of resources tightens across the region.

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The second is that the Chinese have promised many such loans in their efforts to gain access to strategic resources around the world, and are now thinking carefully about which loans they should actually commit to.

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"Recent developments in the U.S. wireless industry serve as a direct reminder of the key strategic role deep spectrum resources and a global LTE ecosystem will play in the long-term success of any 4G mobile broadband operator, " said Erik Prusch, President and CEO of Clearwire.

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