Competitive Shift in Logistics

The Economy of Agglomeration Marshall's Industrial Perroux's Growth Agglomeration (1920) Pole theory (1955) Porter's Industry Clusters (1990) Industrial agglomeration reduces transportation costs-the cost of moving goods, people, and ideas (Marshall 1920). Growth pole theory (Perroux 1955): growth is not uniform over an entire region, but instead takes place around a specific pole.

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