The analog to the power plant’s energy output is the gross amount of liquidity services created by a bank – via its deposits, the credit lines it provides to its customers, the prime brokerage services it offers, and so forth. The analog to the mitigation technology – the scrubbers – is the stock of HQLA that the bank holds.
This can allow innovative start-ups to grow and gain market share rapidly once they bring a product to market, often with few employees, few tangible assets and a 6 3/5  BIS central bankers' speeches  limited geographical footprint.6 At the same time, the development of digital technologies may entail high upfront research and development costs.