This will result in a nasty bout of price-cutting, middle-man slaying and industry reputation tarnishing.
In 2007, Toyota and Honda sat atop the auto industry in reputation and quality.
Kirk, a widely known leader in the life sciences industry whose reputation as a founder of several successful biotech companies and savvy deal maker is almost unmatched.
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Without masses of experience and without an established name in an industry where reputation is everything, he was still confident he would get the business off the ground.
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At the same time, a slew of safety fears, including those over Vioxx, has further sullied the industry's reputation.
He says while the insurance industry has a reputation for being dull, he's managed to hire some talented students by pointing out the benefits of being an entrepreneur.
But perhaps what is most important about all of this is that it is another shattering blow to the reputation of the banking industry, at a time when that reputation - many would say - is already at rock bottom.
Just three decades later, its technology firms were obliterating America's consumer-electronics industry and enjoying a reputation for the highest quality.
The reputation of the industry was unblemished and allegations of wrongdoing were considered preposterous.
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Krafcik also has flashed his iconoclastic side in external settings, gaining himself a bit of an edgy reputation in the industry.
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Like other industry titans it has a reputation for bullying smaller competitors.
Caterers who create a name for themselves in the U.S. industry can earn a trusted reputation and follow clients to overseas events.
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Family-controlled, secretive even by the standards of the drug industry, and with a reputation for arrogant management, Roche was never an attractive marriage partner.
In our conversation, Shiller argued that these sorts of studies have tainted the reputation of an industry that, on the whole, is a positive force in the world.
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Each company must operate with the understanding that its reputation, and the reputation of the industry as a whole, is only as good as the last well completed.
Loach has long been considered one of the leading lights of the UK film industry, building a strong reputation for harsh, gritty films that do not shy from showing the harsher sides of reality.
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Fred Hassan, a 58-year-old Pakistani-born chemical engineer, has a reputation in the drug industry for playing a poor hand well.
Fred Hassan, a 58-year old Pakistani-born chemical engineer, has a reputation in the drug industry for playing a poor hand well.
Were a leveraged ETF to suffer huge losses, the reputation of the entire industry might be affected, particularly among private investors.
But the long legal battle seems likely to continue to tarnish what was once the most sterling scientific reputation in the drug industry.
The scale of Merck's problems will spread alarm through an industry that has seen both its reputation and money-making potential take several heavy hits of late.
Over the years, SIM2 has gained a reputation for meeting the industry's demands for new, emerging technologies, offering high-quality and reliable products that meet the customer's need in any application.
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"Sun has become a premier software provider to the set-top box market, and enjoys a good reputation in the cable industry, " says Cynthia Brumfield, a senior analyst at Paul Kagan Associates.
But if industry wants to shine up a reputation dimmed by suspect behaviors of some of its own, voluntarily turning to independent evaluation and reporting of transparent data sets is one step toward polishing away some of that tarnish.
Investors would learn that the reputation of the money management industry is largely undeserved.
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And if this reputation spreads to a whole industry or country, so much the better.
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"Folz has the best managerial reputation in the European automobile industry, " says Gianluca Pediconi, an auto industry share analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston in London.
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