Computer books

[Peter L. Peres]

On Mon, 17 Jan 2005, Christopher Browne wrote:

> Large businesses have a Big Problem when they compete with smaller
> business, namely that smaller businesses can make decisions in a WAY
> more agile fashion.
>
> Big businesses have hide-bound hierarchy that make it particularly
> difficult to make technically-based decisions.
>
> Instead of saying "Here's some new condition that changes how we should
> do things.  OK, no problem, policy changed!"
>
> The big business has to get approvals coming from the top, and it can
> take weeks to get them past the lawyers.
>
> There are cases where large businesses can get compelling economies of
> scale that overcome this lack of agility, and that may be the case for
> bookstores.  But it's important not to forget that business cycles take
> place for many reasons, not just one.

I think that the answer to both problems is a franchise-like network of 
small businesses under a brand name, which benefit from large pooled 
purchases of standard items but have enough leeway to handle local 
demand as required. I am not an expert on this, but it seems to be like 
that.

Peter
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