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13412233128Productionan object that is more valuable than the sum of the raw materials0
13412233129Industrializationthe development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale that are involved with manufacturing1
13412233130production chainThe process that transforms raw materials into a finished product, then distributes that product for consumption by households, government, or industries.2
13412233131Break-of-bulk pointA location where transfer is possible from one mode of transportation to another.3
13412233132optimum locationAccording to economist Alfred Weber, the ideal location for a manufacturing plant: where there is a balance between the locations of the various raw materials, the labor force, and the markets where the final products would be sold.4
13412233133Bulk gainingGAINS size or weight in production -Best to locate close to market5
13412233134Bulk losingraw materials are broken down and made further from market6
13412233135forward linkagesforward to further refined goods7
13412233136backward linkagesto your inputs8
13412233137base employmentEmployment that supports jobs in the service sector and other manufacturing industries.9
13412233138multiplier effectThe direct, indirect, and induced consequences of change in an activity. one job results in two jobs10
13412233139venture capitalistsIndividuals or companies that invest in new businesses in exchange for partial ownership of those businesses.11
13412233140high technology clustersAreas that have a high concentration of specialized labor, specialized inputs, knowledge spillovers, and market/user accessibility that benefits the high-technology industry.12
13412233141Footloose industryIndustry not bound by locational constraints and able to choose to locate wherever it wants.13
13582548936Deterritorializationallows for social and economic activities to occur regardless of where people are physically located14
13582548937Transnational CorporationA firm that conducts business in at least two separate countries; also known as multinational corporations.15
13582548938conspicuous consumptionbuying expensive services and products in order to flaunt your wealth; Thorstein Veblen16
13583418071commodity chainthe design, production, marketing, & retail of a product17
13583418072Hotelling's Model(dealt with locational interdependence) the location of industries can't be understood w/o reference to the location of other industries of like kind; two similar vendors would locate next to each other in the middle of a market area to maximize profit (or beach/street as his model suggests).18
13583418073Bimodalshort distance for basic goods; long distance for luxury goods19
13583418074"the wealth of nations"1776, Adam Smith. founder of modern capitalism20
13584839129Protectionismplacing high tariffs to protect companies & workers21
13584839130embargochoking off supplies of a critical resource22
13584839131Autarkyeconomic independence or self-sufficiency23
13584839132comparative advantagethe ability to produce a good at a lower opportunity cost than another producer24
13584839133competitive advantagea set of unique features of a company and its products that are perceived by the target market as significant and superior to those of the competition25
13584839134currency manipulationbenefits the exporters; strong vs weak is determined over time26
13584839135nodeplaces in their own right or intersection27
13584839136linkroutes that connect nodes28
13584839137congestion chargethe amount of money you have to pay each day to drive into a city centre in order to reduce traffic29

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