Tag: networks

All the articles with the tag "networks".

• The Firm in 2026

  Published: 17 Mar, 2026 |  at  10:00 AM

  Returning to Coase's original question — why do firms exist? — with fifteen posts of new machinery. The answer has not changed. The composition of the costs has.

• The Agentic Ecosystem

  Published: 15 Mar, 2026 |  at  10:00 AM

  The shift from hierarchy to protocol-governed agent coordination is not theoretical. Over fifty companies are engineering it now. Here is what the early evidence tells us.

• The Physics of Flow

  Published: 12 Mar, 2026 |  at  10:00 AM

  Queuing theory reveals the hidden physics governing how work flows through organisations. Every boundary is a queue. High utilisation destroys responsiveness. And AI agents change the service rate — but not the dynamics.

• The Protocol Layer

  Published: 11 Mar, 2026 |  at  10:00 AM

  How networked firms coordinate work through protocols instead of hierarchy.