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Quincey sector
Includes the highest levels of decision-making in a society or economy
Multiplier effect
Expansion of economic activity caused by the growth or introduction of another economic activity, ( example, new houses, restaurants, and businesses all built near a new factory to serve the workers)
Agglomeration economics
The benefits firms reap by locating in closer geographical proximity to each other
Least cost theory
Different factories desire to minimize the cost of transportation and labor, resulting in an increase in agglomeration
Locational triangle
The market for a good at one end of triangle to resources at the other, and the factory located in the balance of cost for transportation
Bulk reducing industry
An industry in which the final product weighs less or compromises a lower volume than the input
Bulk gaining industry
An industry in which the final product weighs more or compromises a greater volume than the inputs
Energy oriented industry
Energy, the man for an industry is high so it locates production near power source
Labor oriented industry
Very specific skills are needed to do the work so the industry located near universities or trending centers I.E. computer science, medicine, or engineering