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Yeah, because that's what Google, Twitter, Facebook and all do "cross border commerce"... Not to mention the fact that before the digital age, when all interna

Yeah, because that's what Google, Twitter, Facebook and all do "cross border commerce"... Not to mention the fact that before the digital age, when all international commerce actually involve moving physical goods across physical borders, Europe had no problem scaling up to multinational corporations.

blfr 11y ago
Look through that linked article. Ebay and Amazon dominated German and British markets. Their business includes getting physical goods to customers. European giants are largely hold-outs from a different age[1] (full article[2]). The decline didn't start with the Internet. [1] https://media.economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/290-width/images/print-edition/20120728_FBC674.png https://media.economist.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/2... [2] http://www.economist.com/node/21559618 http://www.economist.com/node/21559618