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Time-Space Compression and Transition from Fordism to Flexible Accumulation

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According to David Harvey, what impact has time-space compression had?

No impact at all
Impact on technological advancement
Disorienting and disruptive impact on political-economic practices (correct)
Positive impact on cultural and social life

How was the transition to flexible accumulation achieved?

No change in organizational forms and technologies
Slow deployment of new organizational forms and new technologies
Rapid deployment of new organizational forms and new technologies (correct)
Transition was not achieved

What organizational shift contributed to the speed-up achieved in production during the transition?

Vertical disintegration - sub-contracting, outsourcing, etc. (correct)
No organizational shifts were involved
Vertical integration
Horizontal integration

What did accelerating turnover time in production entail according to David Harvey?

<p>Parallel accelerations in exchange and consumption (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What effect did the new technologies of electronic control, small-batch production, etc., have on turnover times in production?

<p>Reduced turnover times in many sectors of production (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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Time-space compression impact

A disorienting and disruptive impact on political-economic practices.

Transition to flexible accumulation

Rapid deployment of new organizational forms and new technologies.

Organizational shift for speed-up

Vertical disintegration, such as sub-contracting and outsourcing.

Accelerating turnover time

Parallel accelerations in exchange and consumption.

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Effect of new technologies on turnover

Reduced turnover times in many sectors of production.