It is not only that owners of small businesses often lack the time, expertise and marketing budgets to compete with bigger companies.

Most Hispanic businesses are small and their owners often lack the resources to grow.

Various owners lacked the money or the commitment to revive what was once a dynasty.

Mr. Freeman said changing owners lacked appeal because "there are always trade-offs."

Most owners now lack either the money or the inclination to restore the buildings.

Although intended as another interurban, its owners lacked the capital for electrification.

If the owner lacked charm, however, his farm didn't.

Their tools survived, but they wouldn't have done the owners any good if they lacked a power source.

It helps if the owner lacks either the resources or the patience to lose money for a while.

And owners lacked the marketing skills to bring them in.