12. Cheap
communication
Cheap
transportation
Cheap
automation
For other physical and
information tasks
More
innovation
More digital
businesses
More
outsourcing
More scale
economies More globalization
More freedom
New ideas travel faster.
Change is faster. Innovation
is more important.
More people can have more information and
make more decisions for themselves.
People are more innovative when
making decisions for themselves.
More tasks can be done
anywhere in the world.
Coordinating across
firm boundaries
becomes easier.
More natural
monopolies More small
companies
More large
companies
More
hyperspecialization
A larger market can be served
from the same location.
More division of labor is economically feasible.
More work can be outsourced to
innovative small companies.
More work can be done more
economically by large companies.
Larger portion of economy is
based on digital technology.
Digital technologies often lead
to increasing returns to scale
and network effects.
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Thomas W. Malone – MIT - What environmental shifts are driving organizational structure changes?
