He said the companies could create a system to serve several countries much faster by working together than either company could on its own.

If it's clear that Amazon can fix problems faster than a smaller company could then it may win more business from startups.

How could a company with such a sterling reputation stub its toe so badly?

Without incorporation, the company could neither sue nor be sued at law.

Google recently developed a new system that can hold far more data and search through it far faster than the company could before.

The problem is, could a company like Caterpillar survive the five to eight years without losing too much market share.

The company could, and had, cut down most of the secondary growth trees to improve their perimeter and fire lanes, but that was about it.

"If Microsoft cannot afford to treat all its employees well," she said, "then no company in the history of the world could."

Although a single firm could not supply the necessary capital, several companies acting together could.

But in the long run, what has worked best is what the company could not at all provide, except inadvertently: conflict and difficulty.