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by robbintt 1663 days ago
> Considering that corporations are basically internally run like communist planned economies

This is interesting not because of accuracy but because thinking of counter examples is really interesting. I don't study businesses much, do you know of any counter examples?

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You’ll find more of the independent moving parts thing in larger orgs that Katamari Damacy like Cisco.

But Coase’s Nature of the Firm postulates that a reason for a firm is to reduce transaction costs. Running as a planned economy inside is intentional.

Since Twitter is large, you’ll see that they’re counteracting this with the GM structure. Smart imho.