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Quincey sector

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Includes the highest levels of decision-making in a society or economy

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Multiplier effect

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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)

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Agglomeration economics

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The benefits firms reap by locating in closer geographical proximity to each other

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Least cost theory

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Different factories desire to minimize the cost of transportation and labor, resulting in an increase in agglomeration

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Locational triangle

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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

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Bulk reducing industry

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An industry in which the final product weighs less or compromises a lower volume than the input

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Bulk gaining industry

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An industry in which the final product weighs more or compromises a greater volume than the inputs

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Energy oriented industry

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Energy, the man for an industry is high so it locates production near power source

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Labor oriented industry

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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

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