In the late 1990s the seemingly boundless corporate spending on servers and computers in the heady days of the dot-com bubble fueled the growth of the semiconductor industry.
The monthly numbers coming out of the Association of American Publishers that track the size and growth of the publishing industry have been charting a slowdown in e-book growth for much of 2012.
Economists still argue whether its aggressive buying of rivals and cut-throat pricing accelerated or retarded the growth of the industry and the ready availability of cheap fuel.
The administration also wants to encourage the growth of the nuclear power industry and exploration of new stores of coal, oil and natural gas -- notably in the now off-limits Arctic National Wildlife refuge.
The rapid growth of the Greek yogurt industry at a time when growth is hard to come by highlights the importance of entrepreneurship in revitalizing the country.
"The growth of the resource industry and the extreme nature of that growth - it wasn't just the town of Port Hedland, it caught the world out, " Ms Howlett says.
Predicting the future growth of the industry means predicting which way politicians will lean.
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Mr Huhne replied that ministers were pursuing "the best way forward for the sustainable growth of the industry".
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While such initiatives are certainly helping to reduce aviation's environmental footprint, however, the rapid growth of the airline industry, with an ever-increasing number of flights catering to an ever-increasing demand for air travel, means that their impact is at best limited.
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The semiconductor industry is undergoing a shift with tablets and smartphones replacing PCs as the growth engine of the semiconductor industry.
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There were a lot of these companies this year, caught flat-footed by the explosive growth of both the industry and the conference.
Lousy companies that are limping along on subsidies will slow the growth of the industry.
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He said Microsoft can grow revenues at a double-digit rate for the '09 fiscal year--outpacing the growth of the worldwide software industry.
"We are fully committed to spurring on the growth of this industry and have already taken great strides to make this happen, " she said.
It begins with producers rather than consumers, with government initiatives to foster the growth of one industry over another by providing various incentives and guarantees.
Then in the late 19th Century the explosive growth of the coffee industry fuelled a building boom across Rio, with wealthy industrialists erecting huge mansions in Santa Teresa.
The explosive growth of the adoption industry in Uganda has fueled fears that children are being exploited for profit and that the best interests of the child is not paramount.
There are no reliable figures for the phenomenal growth of the fashion industry, chiefly because its reach is so wide, not just clothes, but everything that goes with them, from buttons to scent.
The group's remit also includes an effort to encourage diversification, including the growth of renewable energy industry on the isles.
"In the past decade, with the growth of the internet, our industry has changed dramatically, " said Neil Austrian, chairman and chief executive of Office Depot.
Hartz suggests that the limited supply of real estate is limiting the growth of the tech industry.
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The statement follows criticism from the opposition Congress party that the claims of chief minister Chandra Babu Naidu about the growth of the IT industry were dubious.
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This year the growth is expected to be quite a bit slower, but still it should easily double the 10% unit growth of the semiconductor industry as a whole.
Other trends highlighted in the report included large rises in Northern Ireland, which was put down to a relaxation in the licensing laws and growth of the leisure industry since the peace process began, and changes in children's drinking habits.
Analysts IDC predicted that from 2012-2016 public IT cloud services will enjoy a compound annual growth rate of 26.4%, some five times the growth of the IT industry overall.
But over time, approximately half of the profit growth in the industry comes from the rising cost of health care.
The wireless segment, which has been the primary source of growth through the industry, has been rapidly decelerating.
IBM's travails helped spur the dynamic growth of the new disaggregated computing industry led by the likes of Intel, Compaq and Microsoft itself, some of its consequences may even have been benign.
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