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Economy, technology, corporations, networks, platforms and how they fit together
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The Boundary of the Firm in a Digital Age
Published: at 06:30 PMIf firms exist because coordination is costly, what happens when coordination becomes cheaper again? The boundary of the firm is not fixed.
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The Innovator's Dilemma
Published: at 08:15 PMWhen coordination costs shift, firm boundaries should adjust. But mature corporations are optimised for a cost structure that no longer holds — and their own incentives prevent adaptation.
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When Corporations Became Too Big
Published: at 07:15 PMThe managerial corporation solved coordination at scale. But hierarchy has structural limits — and the same mechanisms that enabled growth eventually constrained it.
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The Rise of the Managerial Corporation
Published: at 06:30 PMCorporations did not just reduce transaction costs. In the 20th century, they became the dominant institution for organising production, concentrating capital, and coordinating labour at scale.