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Even so the relation isn't simply a matter of scale. Corporations can do a lot things that people cannot. Notably, corporations can live for hundreds of years,
by sunshinelackof 7y ago
Even so the relation isn't simply a matter of scale. Corporations can do a lot things that people cannot. Notably, corporations can live for hundreds of years, some maybe forever. Simply put it would be nearly impossible for a baker to compete directly with a corporation in the same market. By contrast the baker's assistant could directly compete with the baker given the time and resources.
- stickfigure 7y agoThis is patent nonsense. At least here in the US, bakeries are overwhelmingly small single retail shops. Independent coffee shops are thriving despite Starbucks. Small businesses with <100 employees employ 35% of Americans. Corporations have diseconomies of scale too. If they didn't ycombinator wouldn't exist.
- ABCLAW 7y ago>At least here in the US, bakeries are overwhelmingly small single retail shops. How did you come to that conclusion? My reading of the market data shows the opposite. https://www.bakeryandsnacks.com/Article/2018/10/31/Industry-insight-into-US-bakery-market https://www.bakeryandsnacks.com/Article/2018/10/31/Industry-... Maybe you think retail shops that finish off parbaked goods are actually mom-and-pop shops?