Implications: Societal Collective Outcomes, Including Manufacturing
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“Passive” convergence of knowledge and technologies has had an important effect on manufacturing development. Manufacturing enterprises have evolved for the most part as centralized and concentrated urban complexes, primarily driven by the need to minimize manufacturing costs. Examples include the automobile industry of southeastern Michigan and the electronics manufacturing complex in Shenzhen, Chapter 7 Implications: Societal Collective Outcomes, Including Manufacturing
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