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It is more complex than that. In some fields there was a culture of labs and special projects. IBM, Bell Labs, Xerox, and many other companies followed that rou
by wslh 2y ago
It is more complex than that. In some fields there was a culture of labs and special projects. IBM, Bell Labs, Xerox, and many other companies followed that route and there were corporations with a lot of bureaucracy.
Good thread in /r/AskHistorians: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1kxnd1/what_led_to_the_downfall_of_big_research_ie_bell/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1kxnd1/what_...