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| location where transfer among transportation is possible |
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| gains volume or weight during production |
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| an economic industry in which the product weighs less than its inputs |
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| the view that each worker should be assigned a task to perform repeatedly, developed by ford motor company |
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| the process of change that began in the 1700s in the United Kingdom |
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| labor cost is a high percentage of the expense |
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| factories built by US companies in Mexico near the US border, to take advantage of much lower labor costs in mexico |
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| New International Division of Labor |
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| the new spatial division of labor when production is no longer confined to national economies |
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| contracting to a third party |
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| Adoption by companies of flexible work rules, such as the allocation of workers to teams that perform a variety of tasks |
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| prevents a union or company from negotiating a contract that requires workers to join a union as a condition of employment |
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| unique characteristics of a place |
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| location factors related to the transportation of materials into and from a factory |
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| What is the distribution of industry in Western Europe? |
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| United Kingdom, France, Germany, Northern Italy |
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| What is the distribution of industry in Eastern Europe? |
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| Moscow, Ukraine, Urals, and the Volga River Area |
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| What is the distribution of industry in the US? |
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| What is the distribution of industry in Canada? |
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| St. Lawrence Valley, ontario peninsula |
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| What is the distribution of industry in East Asia? |
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| Eastern China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan |
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| What is an intraregional shift? |
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| from cities to suburban or rural areas |
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| What is an interregional shift in the United States? |
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| from the northeast to the south and west |
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| What is an interregional shift in Western Europe? |
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| when businesses were urged to relocate to distressed peripheral areas |
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| WHat is a new industrial area in asia? Why? |
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| China, low cost labor, worlds largest market for ... |
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| What are the new industrial areas in Latin America? |
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| What are the new industrial areas in Central Europe? |
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| Countries between Germany and Russia |
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| What are two reasons the location factors are changing? Why? |
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| Atrraction to new industrial regions (proximity to low-cost labor, outsoucing) and Renewed attraction to traditional industrial regions (proximity to skilled labor, just in time delivery |
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