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  • the shift from water-powered to coal-powered factories, which freed manufacturers to locate their plants nearer to markets and suppliers.
  • transportation improvements that meant that firms could distribute their products to regional or national markets.
  • the development of new financial institutions--such as the stock market, commercial banks, and investment houses--that increased the availability of investment capital.
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