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Re:How important are 'economies of scale'? by thaumasiotes on Sunday February 23, 2020 @07:42AM (#22396576)
> stagnation resulting from bigness is a self-inflicted dysfunction that is independent of size (that is, it doesn't only happen when companies get big)

How could stagnation resulting from bigness happen to a company that hadn't gotten big?

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Re:How important are 'economies of scale'? by comicjk on Sunday February 23, 2020 @08:21AM (#22396715)
"Big" is relative. If a company starts falling apart as soon as the founder can't personally manage everyone, it has a disease of bigness, even though it's still small on some absolute scale.
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