The chip shortage could lead to an era of hardware innovation

Re:The chip shortage could lead to an era of hardware innova... by ineedasername on Sunday May 16, 2021 @11:16AM (#27174254)

Stock markets help allocate resources to the companies that will make good use of it. We can't say something similar about crypto until speculation stops being 99.9% of the use case and it starts being used for something more practical. We may get to that point, but that's still not a certainty.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The chip shortage could lead to an era of hardware innova... by wizzwizz4 on Sunday May 16, 2021 @02:10PM (#27175720)

… Do they? After an IPO, how is the glorified trading card game of stocks actually helping the companies themselves?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The chip shortage could lead to an era of hardware innova... by shard on Sunday May 16, 2021 @02:45PM (#27175977)

By making stock grants valuable and thus aligning the incentives of the employees with the company?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The chip shortage could lead to an era of hardware innova... by kevinventullo on Sunday May 16, 2021 @03:03PM (#27176092)

In many cases, shareholders are represented by a board of directors, to whom the CEO is beholden. Also, executives often see much of their compensation via equity in some form.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The chip shortage could lead to an era of hardware innova... by yuliyp on Sunday May 16, 2021 @03:19PM (#27176204)

Companies can issue stock (whether through employee grants or secondary offerings). They can also buy other companies with stock.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The chip shortage could lead to an era of hardware innova... by Nasrudith on Monday May 17, 2021 @09:43AM (#27183273)

Plus the value can effectively act as a form of collateral for loans explicitly or otherwise.

[ Parent | on HN ]