Is this due to the Internet or to deregulation?
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The crisis may have turned our economy into small pieces, loosely joined, but it will be the collective action of millions of workers hungry for change that keeps it that way.
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Think TellWhat we have discovered over the past nine months are growing diseconomies of scale. Bigger firms are harder to run on cash flow alone, so they need more debt. Bigger companies have to place bigger bets but have less and less control over distribution an
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In a series of papers, he predicted that the big top-down companies of the 20th century would soon "decentralize and externalize" into industry ecosystems.
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virtual flash firms of suppliers and workers
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Add Sticky NoteBut out in the reality of the world's great industries, the opposite seemed to happen. Corporations just kept getting bigger.
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So now, in the graveyard of giants, it's worth asking: Was Malone right? Was his age of nimble mammals simply delayed by the final march of corporate dinosaurs into the tar pits
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the company deploys a bottom-up model for ad sales, dictated not by firm handshakes but by hard math.
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A century ago, mass collective action could be organized only by the state. Now we have the Web.
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Martin LindnerAs the Internet was taking shape in the late 1980s, an MIT professor named Tom Malone started thinking about how it could change the structure of industries. In a series of papers, he predicted that the big top-down companies of the 20th century would soo
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Nick CobbRT @emilynave12 - @wired defines the new "new" economy - More Startups, Fewer Giants, Infinite Opportunity http://bit.ly/zjC7w [from http://twitter.com/NickCobb/statuses/1924243811]
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"It turns out the rule 'large and disciplined organizations win' needs to have a qualification appended: 'at games that change slowly.' No one knew till change reached a sufficient speed."
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The crisis may have turned our economy into small pieces, loosely joined, but it will be the collective action of millions of workers hungry for change that keeps it that way.
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MIT professor
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predicted that the big top-down companies of the 20th century would soon "decentralize and externalize" into industry ecosystems.
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"This sort of voluntary, radical disaggregation is an attractive alternative for some large organizations."
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"Small pieces, loosely joined" was the mantra.
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now, in the graveyard of giants, it's worth asking: Was Malone right?
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This crisis is not just the trough of a cycle but the end of an era. We will come out not just wiser but different.
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bigger companies are going to get more regulated, limiting their flexibility
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The result is that the next new economy, the one rising from the ashes of this latest meltdown, will favor the small.
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harness the innovation
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deploys a bottom-up model
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why small companies have an advantage
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from nimbleness to risk-taking, add
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rise of cloud computing
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webification of the supply chain
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"Involuntary entrepreneurship" is now creating tens of thousands of small businesses and a huge market of contract and freelance labor.
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crisis may have turned our economy into small pieces, loosely joined, but it will be the collective action of millions of workers hungry for change that keeps it that way.
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eclipse phaseThe rise of cloud computing means that young firms no longer have to buy their own IT equipment, which helps them avoid having to raise money or take on debt. Likewise, the webification of the supply chain in many industries, from electronics to apparel, means that even the tiniest companies can now order globally, just like the giants. In the same way a musician with just a laptop and some gumption can accomplish most of what a record label does, an ambitious engineer can invent and produce a gadget with little more than that same laptop.
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Luis OopshAs the Internet was taking shape in the late 1980s, an MIT professor named Tom Malone started thinking about how it could change the structure of industries. In a series of papers, he predicted that the big top-down companies of the 20th century would soo
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Raúl Hernández GonzálezLas deseconomías de escala y cómo están dando lugar a un nuevo ecosistema empresarial compuesto por muchas unidades pequeñas que interactuan entre ellas
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lilian ricaudAs the Internet was taking shape in the late 1980s, an MIT professor named Tom Malone started thinking about how it could change the structure of industries. In a series of papers, he predicted that the big top-down companies of the 20th century would soo
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he predicted that the big top-down companies of the 20th century would soon "decentralize and externalize" into industry ecosystems.
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"This sort of voluntary, radical disaggregation is an attractive alternative for some large organizations."
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"Small pieces, loosely joined" was the mantra.
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But out in the reality of the world's great industries, the opposite seemed to happen.
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Was his age of nimble mammals simply delayed by the final march of corporate dinosaurs into the tar pits?
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This crisis is not just the trough of a cycle but the end of an era. We will come out not just wiser but different.
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growing diseconomies of scale
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Bigger companies have to place bigger bets but have less and less control over distribution and competition in an increasingly diverse marketplace.
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"It turns out the rule 'large and disciplined organizations win' needs to have a qualification appended: 'at games that change slowly.' No one knew till change reached a sufficient speed."
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The result is that the next new economy, the one rising from the ashes of this latest meltdown, will favor the small.
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A century ago, mass collective action could be organized only by the state.
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small companies have an advantage, from nimbleness to risk-taking
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The rise of cloud computing means that young firms no longer have to buy their own IT equipment, which helps them avoid having to raise money or take on debt.
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tiniest companies can now order globally, just like the giants
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The crisis may have turned our economy into small pieces, loosely joined, but it will be the collective action of millions of workers hungry for change that keeps it that way.
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In a series of papers, he predicted that the big top-down companies of the 20th century would soon "decentralize and externalize" into industry ecosystems.
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But out in the reality of the world's great industries, the opposite seemed to happen. Corporations just kept getting bigger.
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And then last September it all came toppling down.
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The result is that the next new economy, the one rising from the ashes of this latest meltdown, will favor the small.
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The only way for the Big Three to survive, Charles C. Mann writes in "Beyond Detroit", is to harness the innovation of the myriad startups working on automotive technology.
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A century ago, mass collective action could be organized only by the state. Now we have the Web.
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The rise of cloud computing means that young firms no longer have to buy their own IT equipment, which helps them avoid having to raise money or take on debt. Likewise, the webification of the supply chain in many industries, from electronics to apparel, means that even the tiniest companies can now order globally, just like the giants. In the same way a musician with just a laptop and some gumption can accomplish most of what a record label does, an ambitious engineer can invent and produce a gadget with little more than that same laptop.
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The crisis may have turned our economy into small pieces, loosely joined, but it will be the collective action of millions of workers hungry for change that keeps it that way.
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perfectlyGoodInk"As venture capitalist Paul Graham put it, 'It turns out the rule 'large and disciplined organizations win' needs to have a qualification appended: 'at games that change slowly.' No one knew till change reached a sufficient speed.'"
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Mike O'ConnorFascinating! Predictions from an MIT professor on how the internet would change the structure of business and economy
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Adam Crowe'As the Internet was taking shape in the late 1980s, an MIT professor named Tom Malone started thinking about how it could change the structure of industries. In a series of papers, he predicted that the big top-down companies of the 20th century would so
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jplamondonWhat we have discovered over the past nine months are growing diseconomies of scale. Bigger firms are harder to run on cash flow alone, so they need more debt (oops!). Bigger companies have to place bigger bets but have less and less control over distribu
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Dan ThorntonNice article by Chris (Long Tail) Anderson - someone who I have a lot of time for, (And who took the time to answer some Long Tail questions for me in the past by email, despite not knowing me from Adam).
For the record, I think he and Umair Haque are definitely tying up the various bits of evidence pointing towards a different business world for the future... -
Stephen TurnerInteresting take on the way the economy is heading, and one I hope to be part of in a lot of ways.
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This crisis is not just the trough of a cycle but the end of an era. We will come out not just wiser but different.
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