Cowen: Corporate inertia and veto points set in at 50-100 employees
Tyler Cowen · a16z Podcast | Technology, Mobility, and the American Dream · Jan 2, 2019 · at 15:05
Tyler Cowen is an economist and author of 'The Complacent Class.' He explains how bureaucracy and veto points slow down dynamism in growing organizations.
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“Even at fairly small levels, like 50 or a hundred employees, you observe this setting in, depending on the activity.”
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