Cottage Industry — definition?
Small-scale, home-based manufacturing relying on manual labor.
Industrialization Types — focus?
Methods and strategies of developing industrial economies.
Industrial Revolutions — key change?
Technological breakthroughs transforming industry over time.
Industrial Clusters — benefit?
Shared resources and innovation through geographic concentration.
Site Factors — influence?
Resources like land, labor, capital affecting industry location.
Situation Factors — focus?
Proximity to transportation, raw materials, markets.
Fordist Production — characteristic?
Standardized mass production on assembly lines.
Post-Fordist Production — feature?
Flexible, technology-driven, customizable manufacturing.
Bulk-Reducing Industry — location?
Near raw materials to minimize transportation costs.
Break-of-Bulk Point — purpose?
Transfer location between transportation modes.
Test your knowledge with 5 questions on Industrial Development and Location Strategies.
1. Who is credited with founding or formalizing the concept of cottage industry according to the source?
2. Which statement accurately distinguishes Fordist from Post-Fordist production methods?
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