This spill-over fear thus reduces the first-mover advantages that private firms would otherwise expect.
The rapid dissemination of innovation through the economy via spill-over effects has a hugely positive impact on economic growth, he says.
This problem is compounded by the fact that private firms and investors fear that energy technologies will be reverse-engineered and their value will be lost due to knowledge spill-over.
The dangers of a wider spill-over of the crisis have also increased with bombings in Turkey, Israeli air strikes on alleged weapons supplies going from the Syrian regime to Hezbollah, and a growing role for Lebanese Hezbollah fighters in the fighting.
He has previously expressed concern that the two-year-long conflict in Syria could spill over the 600km (372-mile) shared border.
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That calls for more centralized distribution, where the cost benefits can spill over to the store-bound inventory that's sharing the facility.
Since population growth in London tends to spill over into the surrounding region, the furious debate over house-building in the south-east is likely to intensify.
But van der Kamp thinks the market will be fine so long as the red-chip frenzy does not spill over into the rest of the bourse.
The anti-incumbent feeling may also spill over to Republicans.
Just last week, I had watched the slow, quiet spill of daybreak over the soft, fir-topped spine of the Pioneers.
Further, this administration slammed the door on offshore activity in a gross over-reaction to the BP oil spill, and has refused to open it more than a crack since.
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Mr Obama's blunt criticism of BP over the spill has prompted accusations of "anti-British" language.
Mr. MOUWAFAK AL-RUBAIE (Iraqi National Security Adviser): To reach out and tell them that, look, if you don't engage constructively and positively in Iraq, if you do not help the national unity government in controlling the violence and defeating al-Qaida and its affiliates, this violence will spill over across the borders.
But some doctors are worried that harm will spill over to other patient groups, given the rampant off-label use of antipsychotics for treating ailments such as depression, Alzheimer's symptoms and anorexia.
Thankfully, that sentiment doesn't spill over into its performance, as the 1.5GHz dual-core S4 powering the device does an admirable job keeping navigation brisk.
Absent a game changer that will tip the balance in favor of one side or the other, the crisis in Syria will become a full-blown sectarian war pitting Sunnis against Alawites, which will likely spill over into the neighboring countries of Iraq and Lebanon.
Despite the public outcry over the BP oil spill earlier this year and an extraordinarily active lame-duck Congress within the last month, oil companies managed to wriggle free of some big tax hikes aimed at the industry.
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He took over for British-born Tony Hayward, whose public performance during the spill was not a PR masterpiece.
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For now it is the Israel-Hezbollah-Syria triangle that represents the most dangerous front where the Syrian crisis could spill over into regional war.
The second way in which East Asia's financial traumas will spill over into rich industrial economies is that manufacturers in the region have become super-competitive thanks to devaluations of up to 40% against the dollar (see article).
Even by modestly de-emphasizing areas of disagreement, the US can limit the extent to which tensions spill over into other areas.
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Breyer suffered a spill on his two-wheeler in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where Breyer has a second home, over Memorial Day weekend in 2011.
Companies had feared that the lockout would spill over into the crucial holiday shopping season and take a chunk out of their pre-Christmas sales.
When Hayward, a geologist, took over in 2007--after the Texas City refinery explosion and Alaska pipeline spill--he emphasized safety with a far greater sense of urgency.
The BP Oil Spill was unique in that it was a man-made disaster, played out in slow motion over months and televised from the bottom of the sea.
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But the closed political systems of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, the uncertainties of dynastic power-mongering and the corruption inherent in patronage-ridden autocracies still often leads to plotting at the top and frustration that could spill over into anger at the bottom.
On Wednesday, Canada will take over the council chairmanship in a meeting that will include signing a treaty on oil-spill preparedness and response as well as the decision on whether to increase the roster of permanent observers, with India, Japan, Italy and the European Union joining China and others on the list.
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