A crença na concorrência imperfeita

"the majority of large companies do not successfully maintain their current revenue streams, let alone grow them over time
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I found that in the period from 2000 to 2009, over half of the firms in the sample [publicly traded firms with market capitalizations of greater than US 1 Billion as of 2009]  shrunk their revenue by 10% or more in at least one of those years, clear evidence of eroding competitive advantage.
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In that same study, there is also striking evidence of the rise of global competition.  In the 2004 sample, roughly 20% of the firms came from emerging markets.  Just five years later, fully 38% of the sample was from emerging markets,
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the lifespan of companies in the Standard and Poors 500 (an index chosen to represent the total economy) has been steadily shrinking for decades"

O destino dos Golias.
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É deles que me lembro ao ler a previsão de Rifkin acerca do fim do capitalismo.
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O que falta aos Golias e a Rifkin? A crença na concorrência imperfeita
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Trechos retirado de  "Research: Most Large Companies Can’t Maintain Their Revenue Streams"