I don't think it requires explicit conspiring. I don't think the corporate executives who make decisions are necessarily aware of this effect. For the most part

I don't think it requires explicit conspiring. I don't think the corporate executives who make decisions are necessarily aware of this effect. For the most part, it's probably a case of "this strategy seems to have been working so far, or at least it's not a problem, so let's keep doing it... And the people over at McKinsey insist this is the right way."