It is, but I don't like it because it suggests that things happened to affected companies due to purely external reasons. It is like my daughter saying "the gl

It is, but I don't like it because it suggests that things happened to affected companies due to purely external reasons. It is like my daughter saying "the glass fell from the table and broke". No, it was you who dropped the glass or at least placed the glass in vulnerable position where it can tip off the table easily. Blaming the glass for it breaking is not very useful because it elicits no correction and same for companies -- suggesting companies were innocent bystanders suggests nothing has to or can be done about it.