Certainly the reliance on primary industries has gone, to the point where ranchers and farmers feel they are constantly on the defensive.
These raw material inputs are used to make many processed products in a number of primary manufacturing industries, including steel, aluminum and various chemical industries.
Over the period of the next three decades following the introduction of Package A, it is reported that the illiteracy rate was halved from approximately 21 per cent in 1970, to approximately 11 per cent in 2000, and that increased productivity of newly-literate people in various primary and secondary industries was observed.
Richard Tortoriello also observed that ROE does not work well as a primary indicator within all industries.
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Even in industries whose primary customers are women, men have been holding the reins with no intention of including beardless pretty faces in strategic planning and leadership.
Calabria remains the epicenter of production, and the cosmetics and tea industries are the primary customers.
Taking into account labor, materials, transportation, and energy costs, the chemicals, primary metals, and heavy equipment manufacturing industries stand to benefit most from maintaining or expanding facilities in the U.S. Companies in wood, plastic, and rubber products could also benefit significantly, but their lower net imports might limit their benefits from on-shoring.
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This tendency is now so strong that many people in the creative industries see open innovation as a primary threat to their professions and are looking for a new, more protective culture around open innovation.
As industries like the automotive sector rebound, the demand for primary and secondary aluminum metal also has risen.
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Like it or not, in the oil and gas industry and in other industries with catastrophic potential, the CEO must take on the primary leadership role in safety.
One of the primary ways I do that is participating in CEO roundtables with peers in a host of industries.
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Despite election-year speeches from Republican primary candidates and President Barack Obama about jump-starting a renaissance in American manufacturing, the BLS forecasts that 11 industries in that sector will experience among the largest job declines over the next ten years.
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