{"id":1333,"date":"2019-02-28T11:05:32","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T15:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/?p=1333"},"modified":"2019-02-28T11:09:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T15:09:24","slug":"startups-and-the-remaking-of-the-firm-from-whirligig-to-flying-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entropyeconomics.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/startups-and-the-remaking-of-the-firm-from-whirligig-to-flying-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Startups and the Remaking of the Firm"},"content":{"rendered":"

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See our latest research, in collaboration with the venture firm High Alpha:\u00a0Startups and the Remaking of the Firm<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

On February 5, in San Francisco, Elliott Parker of High Alpha<\/a><\/strong> presented this new research at Alloy, a conference focused on corporate innovation. This research takes the famed Innovator’s Dilemma<\/em> to the next level.\u00a0It\u00a0suggests\u00a0corporate concentration has peaked, argues that firm borders are evaporating, highlights the diminishing returns of traditional R&D and M&A,\u00a0and\u00a0shows\u00a0how\u00a0big firms might harness the unique\u00a0strengths of startups to transform and grow.<\/p>\n

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“The dominant business story of the coming\u00a0decade will be the\u00a0disaggregation\u00a0of the firm. After reaching a peak of\u00a0corporate and industry concentration, the undeniable forces of technology have unleashed a new phase of decentralization . . . Today, thousands of smart people at hundreds of important companies are spending millions of hours and billions of dollars to advance an illusion of innovation. The\u00a0evidence can be seen in the\u00a0individual challenges of big firms and the macroeconomic data\u00a0of a pronounced productivity slowdown in the traditional industries, which make up 70\u00a0percent of the economy . . .”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

” . . . Only startups can reimagine and redeploy resources \u2013 money, technology, and, most importantly, people \u2013 to the radical\u00a0degrees required. Only startups can learn fast enough, discover new products and markets cleverly enough, incentivize and coordinate talent effectively enough, and deliver real value under constraints jarring enough to\u00a0achieve breakthrough innovation. That’s great for startups, but where does that leave big firms?\u00a0In better shape than one might think \u2013 but only if the big firms recognize this shift and aggressively exploit it<\/em>.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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See our latest research, in collaboration with the venture firm High Alpha:\u00a0Startups and the Remaking of the Firm\u00a0 On February 5, in San Francisco, Elliott Parker of High Alpha presented this new research at Alloy, a conference focused on corporate innovation. This research takes the famed Innovator’s Dilemma to the next level.\u00a0It\u00a0suggests\u00a0corporate concentration has peaked, argues that firm borders are … <\/p>\n

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