1. World problems
  2. Growing size and impersonality of firms

Growing size and impersonality of firms

  • Overemphasis of governments on large firms
  • Large industry syndrome

Nature

There is increasingly a universal tendency for commercial institutions to expand, merge and aim at large size as a measure of success.

Counter-claim

In the 1990s of contracted economic growth and high unemployment, business success is being redefined as the combination of superior information, identifying opportunity with temporary packages of capital, labour and appropriate technology used to exploit the opportunity, and then dispersed. This militates against large, even moderately large, firms with stable labour forces, research and training programmes.

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Syndrome
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Overemphasis
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Impersonality
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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #11: Sustainable Cities and CommunitiesSustainable Development Goal #12: Responsible Consumption and ProductionSustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Ekistics » Ekistics
  • Government » Government
  • Industry » Industry
  • Medicine » Pathology
  • Policy-making » Policy
  • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E8706
    DOCID
    11587060
    D7NID
    143552
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020