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The industry lacks much in the way of standardization, and many developers have agreed to localize various aspects of their supply chains across innumerable states, provinces, and cities to win political backing for new projects. As a consequence, benefits from economies of scale have been difficult to realize

Supima, the luxury brand promoting the use of American-grown Pima cotton

The region-beta paradox describes the phenomenon whereby, sometimes, a person may benefit from being worse off versus just mildly off, because being worse off may mobilize them to take action to address the problem, whereas being mildly off can lead them to stagnancy.