The steel industry has long used blast furnaces to smelt iron.
Classification of a particular kind of establishment based on type of economic activity, e g , manufacturing, trade, services, government, etc The Standard Industrial Classification Manual (SIC), 1987, provides a system for numerical classification of these activities
The manufacturing (making) and selling of a particular type of good or service - for example the auto industry
the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade publications"
Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business; especially, one which employs much labor and capital and is a distinct branch of trade; as, the sugar industry; the iron industry; the cotton industry
{i} manufacturing, trade; group of companies which produce a particular product; diligence, perseverance, tendency to work hard
a large system in which products, or goods, are manufactured or made in a systematic and mechanical method
Horizontal array of firms at a particular stage or level in a marketing channel An industry is composed of firms on only one side of a market The firms in the same industry are rivals and competitive relationships exist among them
persevering determination to perform a task; "his diligence won him quick promotions"; "frugality and industry are still regarded as virtues"
Habitual diligence in any employment or pursuit, either bodily or mental; steady attention to business; assiduity; opposed to sloth and idleness; as, industry pays debts, while idleness or despair will increase them
A generic term for a distinct group of economic activities Industries are described and classified by their primary activity or product NHetwork: Industry
the nature or character of the business or enterprise or the place wherein a person works
Market Guide has grouped its company universe into more than 100 distinctive industries These industries have been developed to contain those companies that operate along similar lines of business The Market Guide Industry is displayed as a six character mnemonic
Choose One banking/finance/real estatecomputer-related IS, MIS, DPcomputer-related Internetcomputer-related hardwarecomputer-related softwareeducation, researchengineering/constructionmanufacturing/distributionbusiness supplies or servicesmedical/health servicesentertainment/media/publishinghospitality- travel/accommodationsconsumer retail/wholesalenonprofit/membership organizationsgovernmentlegal services
The category describing a company's primary business activity This category is usually determined by the largest portion of revenue
University classification capturing the type of organization to which the sponsor belongs For example, Federal Government, Provincial Government, Corporation, etc
the organized action of making of goods and services for sale; "American industry is making increased use of computers to control production"
Industry is the work and processes involved in collecting raw materials, and making them into products in factories. British industry suffers through insufficient investment in research