Still, successful programmes tend to be on a small scale and run by private groups.
The vast majority of injuries or deaths due to guns are carried out on a small scale.
Now China is one of the bank's top borrowers, and in December it became a donor, on a small scale.
They would rather profit on a small scale, selling tapa cloth and betel nuts, without losing control of their land.
America's new rich are already beginning to do so, but mostly (with Mr Gates a notable exception) on a small scale.
Car-sharing services such as Zipcar are already doing this on a small scale in places like Boston, New York and Washington, D.
Its dense texture creates visual interest on a small scale, and it keeps plants moist like mulch would for an outdoor garden.
So he switched from residential lending to homebuilding, albeit on a small scale: He erected some apartment buildings and operated them himself.
Magna intends to use Opel's plants to build vehicles for other carmakers (it already does this on a small scale in Austria).
Despite the electric buses project in Italy being a success on a small scale, the company has found it tricky to expand the operation.
Despite being on a small scale so far, the problems have turned the spotlight towards 2018 -- when Russia will host the planet's biggest soccer spectacle, the World Cup.
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He has focused on building the Tokyo-based firm into a one-stop shop for leases, loans, commodity funds, insurance and other services not unlike a GE Capital or Citigroup on a small scale.
Yet there may be only limited opportunities for arbitrage, so that what is profitable on a small scale becomes much less profitable as the bet grows and more funds are involved.
When someone comes up with an idea, no matter what you might think of it initially, encourage the person to try it out on a small scale to see if it works.
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He has focused on building the Tokyo-based firm into a one-stop shop for leases, loans, commodity funds, insurance and other services -- not unlike a GE Capital or Citigroup on a small scale.
But we also must look for big ideas on a small scale that can provide viable livelihoods for those in the greatest need while creating incentives to preserve the most threatened habitats in the world.
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Along to Cromarty, 25 miles north-east of Inverness, I met Kirsty Pryer, one of six people who work for Calico, an internet service provider on a small scale but one that's hardly noticed the downturn.
Lower start-up costs and less strict worker protection make it easier for innovative entrepreneurs in America to experiment on a small scale (hence the smaller size of new firms), to test the markets and to expand.
This includes being able to secure territory and populations and facilitate a transition to stable governance on a small scale for a limited period using standing forces and, if necessary, for an extended period with mobilized forces.
It is time that the medical profession and the medical education system gave top priority to solving them, not on a small scale, but across the board. 200, 000 preventable deaths per year in US hospitals are 200, 000 deaths too many.
While many people seem to want to just jump in with both feet, it made sense to reach out to a few small employers to help work out the kinks in the technology on a small scale before going fully live.
The result, as they recently reported in Biomacromolecules, is that they can spin bovine serum albumin into long, even fibres that are perfect for creating both suture threads and thick mats similar to conventional wound dressings, but on a small scale.
United Technologies is a fuel cell leader, and David Parekh, director of the United Technologies Research Center, says that expertise has allowed the company to improve the energy density of a standard flow battery by 10 times, albeit on a small scale.
After leaving the liver, the prohormone can be converted in the kidneys to the hormone form of vitamin D on a (relatively) large scale to be distributed throughout the body, or it can be converted on a small scale in local tissues.
The complexities of large cities present a myriad of challenges as much as developing the car and technology itself, but there have already been early discussions with Singapore and Hong Kong to test drive the cars and system on a small scale.
"It reminds me of a quote from ' The Night Of The Generals' that went something like 'What is admirable on a grand scale is abhorrent on a small scale', " commented another CNN reader known as Davidji, referring to the 1967 movie about a Nazi murder investigation during World War II.
And there could be retailing of equity stakes - that is, aimed at the small-scale investor wanting to take a punt on a small-scale company with a big idea.
And there, on a very small scale, is how great customer service contributes to the organic growth of a business.
Ninety minutes south of the Jim Beam Distillery, Corsair Artisan Distillery is making unique spirits on a very small scale.
In three years, Ebay stock has been up and down in on a very small scale compared to other companies such as Amazon.
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