Dave5

In the short run, enforced dominance can offer rewards, both financial and related to ego, mostly to senior management.

But the short run is fairly short, and the resilience, productivity and utility that come from agility and serving customers and employees more effectively is worth the transition.

The very thing that enabled these companies to succeed disappears once they seek to obtain bigness at any cost. MBAs take over, and the focus that led to success disappears.