Uh, I doubt it. At the companies that would be affected, they would simply divest. Shareholders would not tolerate the destruction of value so new companies w

Uh, I doubt it. At the companies that would be affected, they would simply divest. Shareholders would not tolerate the destruction of value so new companies would be created, spinning off parts of the original company (products and employees) into new companies. In fact employment might increase as these new companies would need administrative functions that were previously shared in the larger original company (HR, accounting, etc)