Analysts say the safety record of Turkey's coal mining industry lags behind that of most industrial nations.
The money-driven behemoth film industry lags behind.
Overall, Russia's chemical industry lags in scale and diversity compared with those of the United States, Canada, China, and the countries of the European Union.
America's mobile-phone industry lags behind Europe and Asia; third-generation auctions are not expected for two years but demand will probably be high as America tries to catch up with other wireless countries.See article: Big telecoms in big troubleVodafone, the world's largest mobile-phone operator, bought a 15% stake in Japan Telecom for around £1.7 billion ($2.5 billion).
Oddly enough, the adoption of energy-efficiency improvements in this industry lags behind many others.
His study determined that from 1997-2007 venture industry lagged the small-cap Russell 2000 Index by 10percentthishincludesdes returns from the dot-com hey-days).
Martin Shen, CEO and founder of XingRen, notes that for the middle class, "China … is still primarily a domestic inward looking market" where the healthcare industry lags in meeting consumer demand for more personalized services and technologies.
But Tu says that while consumers have benefitted tremendously from tech innovations by companies like Google, Facebook, Alibaba and Tencent, the financial industry lags behind because many financial service firms rely on in-house tech teams, which means that "fintech continues to be more 'finance' than 'tech,' especially in Asia".
Their latest effort, Launchpad Studio, targets one vertical at a time, fostering startups looking to make deep changes to industries lagging behind the cutting edge; the first batch is aimed at the data-rich medical world.
As the Massachusetts cotton industry lags, beleaguered workers protest pay cuts and factory conditions, and Frankie's father finds his calling in agitating for their cause.
Puerto Rico Tourism Industry Lags Rivals, Offers Little Relief From Debt Crisis.
