1) Economic condition 2) Elimination of the weak link 3) Financial condition 
Shakeout is a term used in business and economics to describe the consolidation of an industry or sector, in which businesses are eliminated or acquired through competition. It may also refer to a situation in which many investors exit their positions, often at a loss, due to uncertainty in the market or recent bad news circulating around a partic...
A dramatic change in market conditions that forces speculators to sell their positions, often at a loss.
A period when the failure rate or exit rate of firms from an industry is unusually high. Source: Philip Anderson and Michael L. Tushman, Research-Technology Management, May/June 1991, pp. 26-31. Contexts: IO; business history
A dramatic change in market conditions that forces speculators to sell their positions, often at a l
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[n] - a financial condition that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry
1) The operation of removing castings from the mold 2) a mechanical unit for separating the molding materials from the solidified metal casting.
noun a financial condition that results in the elimination of marginally financed participants in an industry; `they glutted the market in order to cause a shakeout of their competitors`
1) The operation of removing castings from the mold 2) a mechanical unit for separating the molding materials from the solidified metal casting.