Does size matter: at what point does a company lose its edge?

Re:Does size matter: at what point does a company lose its e... by run4yourlives on Saturday May 17, 2008 @02:14AM (#192487)

There's a company mentioned in The Tipping Point whose founder surmised that the opitmum number was around 100. He kept all his locations as self sufficient entities of no more that 100 people.

The details escape me now, but some other hacker that has read Gladwell will no doubt fill in the blanks.

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Re:Does size matter: at what point does a company lose its e... by DaniFong on Saturday May 17, 2008 @02:40AM (#192492)

W.L. Gore & associates.

http://www.gore.com/en_xx/

The later Roman army was made up of eight (in the early republic, ten) soldiers per contubernium, which shared a tent and ate together. There were ten contubernia in a century. These numbers seem awfully familiar.

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Re:Does size matter: at what point does a company lose its e... by run4yourlives on Monday May 19, 2008 @04:30PM (#194412)

Modern armies share structure that is essentially identical. Section/Squad (8-10) -> Platoon (30-40) -> Company (100-120)

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Re:Does size matter: at what point does a company lose its e... by lanej0 on Saturday May 17, 2008 @09:12AM (#192608)

I've been meaning to read The Tipping Point... now I really have to check it out (thanks)!

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