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AGGLOMERATION: The clustering of several similar or related activities at the same location. Many industries have firms that tend to agglomerate, that is, locate very close to one another, leading to geographic concentration. For example, the motion picture industry is concentrated in California, the fashion industry is concentrated in New York, and the petroleum industry is concentrated in Texas. Agglomeration can be caused by accessibility to a concentrated natural resource (such as petroleum or sunny weather), but if often feeds upon itself through agglomeration economies. Firms in the same industry often have lower production cost when the located near their competitors.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a going out of business sale trying to buy either a coffee cup commemorating the first day of winter or a video game player. Be on the lookout for florescent light bulbs that hum folk songs from the sixties. Your Complete Scope
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John Maynard Keynes was born the same year Karl Marx died.
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"Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new. " -- Albert Einstein, physicist
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