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- noun An
industry that makes up part of a larger industry.
Etymologies
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Examples
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As with other cases when Google had decimated an entire subindustry by offering a product for free, the company was anything but apologetic.
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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As with other cases when Google had decimated an entire subindustry by offering a product for free, the company was anything but apologetic.
In the Plex Steven Levy 2011
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The software system that failed at AT&T Wireless in 2003 was a product from a multibillion-dollar subindustry of the customer service industry called customer relationship management, or CRM.
Your Call Is (Not That) Important to Us Emily Yellin 2009
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In fact, if the new combinations formed this way are powerful enough, they can found a new industry—or at least a subindustry.
The Nature of Technology W. Brain Arthur 2009
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"The attempted terrorist attacks today, high oil prices and the start of a less seasonally strong travel period cause us to reduce our sentiment on the subindustry."
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Many Fortune 500 companies have entire departments devoted to competitive intelligence, or CI, and there's a whole subindustry of CI-focused management consultants to serve those departments.
Inc.com 2010
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Many Fortune 500 companies have entire departments devoted to competitive intelligence, or CI, and there's a whole subindustry of CI-focused management consultants to serve those departments.
Inc.com 2010
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Accessories designed for Apples iPhone are on an upswing, practically creating a subindustry altogether.
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Gartner recommends that technology and service providers target high-growth industry segments through 2014, as well as undertaking further analysis of large, slow-growth segments for unusual growth opportunities at the subindustry segment level.
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Many Fortune 500 companies have entire departments devoted to competitive intelligence, or CI, and there's a whole subindustry of CI-focused management consultants to serve those departments.
Inc.com 2010
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