One example of this is the Toyota Just-in-time system, where i believe they have a number of suppliers, some of them mom and pop producers in a basement or loft somewhere, that are gathered up and delivered to the factory as needed.
And i think you find a structure somewhat similar on Germany as well, where quite a bit of the parts manufacturing is done by smaller companies dotted around the nation.
As for traditional economic textbooks being wrong by ignorance, no surprises there. Check out Steve Keen's book on the topic, Debunking Economics.
Also, as best i can tell the soviet system was pretty much a perversion of what Marx was musing about back in the day. I think he even told Lenin that the latter was barking up the wrong tree.
And i think you find a structure somewhat similar on Germany as well, where quite a bit of the parts manufacturing is done by smaller companies dotted around the nation.
As for traditional economic textbooks being wrong by ignorance, no surprises there. Check out Steve Keen's book on the topic, Debunking Economics.
Also, as best i can tell the soviet system was pretty much a perversion of what Marx was musing about back in the day. I think he even told Lenin that the latter was barking up the wrong tree.