There are countries with such little regulation, and thus not enough of a reliable economic or market framework that the economy can't even work it's way up to

There are countries with such little regulation, and thus not enough of a reliable economic or market framework that the economy can't even work it's way up to the point where companies can make good medium and long term decisions that payoff. Microsoft evading all sorts of anti-monopoly regulation (in a scene of waning anti-monopoly enforcement), caused them to destroy all sorts of smaller businesses.