In other cases, the rate of return is high enough to justify the deal, but only if initial estimates of costs and production volumes turn out to be correct.

Developers don't want to offer lopsidedly high initial estimates even when they know that customers, marketers, or bosses will start with lopsidedly low bargaining positions.

European markets had equally high expectations, especially with new figures showing the U.S. economy grew at a slower pace than initial estimates in the first half of this year.