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Outline of industry

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to industry:

Industry, in economics and economic geography, refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.[1]

Essence of industry

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  • Business, practice of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services), i.e. any activity or enterprise entered into for profit.
  • Cottage Industry, an industry—primarily manufacturing—which includes many producers, working from their homes, and originally was often organized through the putting-out system
  • Heavy industry, an industry that involves one or more characteristics such as large and heavy products; large and heavy equipment and facilities (such as heavy equipment, large machine tools, huge buildings and large-scale infrastructure); or complex or numerous processes.
  • Light industry, an industry that usually is less capital-intensive than heavy industries and is more consumer-oriented than business-oriented, as they typically produce smaller consumer goods
  • Manufacturing, creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of the secondary sector of the economy.

In some cases, industries can be harmful, such as those where harmful waste chemicals are dumped in bodies of water, or even those where pesticides and similar inadvertently leak into water sources.

Industry sectors

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Major industries

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Agriculture

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  • Fishing industry, any industry or activity that takes, cultures, processes, preserves, stores, transports, markets or sells fish or fish products.
  • Horticulture industry, production, processing and shipping of and the market for fruits and vegetables
  • Tobacco industry, persons and companies who are engaged in the growth, preparation for sale, shipment, advertisement, and distribution of tobacco and tobacco-related products
  • Wood industry, industry concerned with forestry, logging, timber trade, and the production of primary forest products and wood products (e.g. furniture) and secondary products like wood pulp for the pulp and paper industry

Manufacturing

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Services

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History of industry

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General industrial concepts

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Industrial output

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Industry | Define Industry at Dictionary.com". Dictionary.reference.com. Retrieved 2014-02-01.
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