touchpaper

noun

1. （焰火的）火硝纸，导火纸
   a piece of paper that burns slowly, that you light in order to start a firework burning

1. But it needs people to light the touchpaper, and incompetent or unprincipled managers can blight a mutual or a partnership as surely as they can lead a quoted company to the brink.
   但是，导火索是人点燃的，无能或无原则的管理者可能会扼杀一家互助或合伙制企业，就像他们可能把一家上市公司带向破产边缘一样。