Tag: institutions

All the articles with the tag "institutions".

• Agentic Labour: When Work Becomes Executable

  Published: 20 Feb, 2026 |  at  06:30 PM

  Software first reduced coordination costs. Now autonomous agents begin to execute parts of labor itself. This changes the structure of work without eliminating it.

• The Platform as Proto-Firm

  Published: 19 Feb, 2026 |  at  08:15 PM

  Platforms are not the disappearance of the corporation. They are a reconfiguration of how coordination occurs within a corporate shell.

• The Boundary of the Firm in a Digital Age

  Published: 18 Feb, 2026 |  at  06:30 PM

  If firms exist because coordination is costly, what happens when coordination becomes cheaper again? The boundary of the firm is not fixed.

• The Innovator's Dilemma

  Published: 17 Feb, 2026 |  at  08:15 PM

  When 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.