This is incoherent, industrial categories are a convenience, not a natural component of economic activity. Is automation an industry? Because an automation inn

This is incoherent, industrial categories are a convenience, not a natural component of economic activity. Is automation an industry? Because an automation innovator might be built on the assumption that it can influence another industry. Can a manufacturer of one thing decide that they have the internal capacity to manufacture something at a lower cost than the existing competitors and then not share that methodology with the existing competitors?