However, groups such as Citi or Merrill appear to have developed a more hierarchical pattern, in which the different business lines have existed like warring tribes, answerable only to the chief.

• 然而，花旗或美林等其它集团似乎发展了一种等级更为分明的制度，不同业务分支仿佛像是正在交战的部落，只服从最高首领一个人。