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by anticensor 2248 days ago
> Finding an appropriate n might be a delicate, many big (legitimate) businesses have really complicated ownership structures

It is something between 10 and 13, if you accept that governance structure of an organisation must match its social communication structure. It is something between 14 and 16, if you accept that governance structure of an organisation must match its business divisions. Any n>16 is prone to communication shortcutting.