From: Spudboy100@aol.com
Date: Sun Sep 10 2000 - 03:50:01 MDT
In a message dated 9/10/00 2:22:47 AM Pacific Daylight Time, emlyn@one.net.au
writes:
<< What's the point of a CBD? Why do all these companies that do whitecollar
work pay the exorbitant sums to have buildings smack in the center of town,
forcing their employees consequently to either pay sky high rents
themselves, or to commute long distances? What advantage does this confer on
the employer?
Similarly, why is silicon valley the place to be? Why would I set up
business there, with all the attendant cost, if I was running an essentially
whitecollar (knowledge work) business? Is it so important to be
geographically close to my complementors, and my competition?
I realise there's probably a simple answer to this, but for the life of me,
I can't work it out.
Emlyn >>
Ego. In a word, a hunger for a sense of control. Business people are not just
in business to make a profit, any more then police are in business, merely,
to arrest criminals. Ego. Management by ego, where many business thrive in
spite of themselves.
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