Younger and smaller firms would be more likely to adopt the MDF (Multidivisional Form) than older and larger ones. - Neil Fligstein

... did not set out to destroy the large corporation. Instead, each attempted to protect the legitimacy of the system by using existing law against the worst offenders or proposing new laws to change the rules of the system.

A leading firm that controlled a large portion of the output of a given organizational field operated as a price setter. To set prices, the actors in that firm had to control their suppliers and marketing in order to increase their own efficiency and have the potential to cut off other firms from supplies or customers.

The main problem actors face is uncertainty caused by difficulties in finding suppliers and customers and in controlling their own firm.