Talk:Megacorporation/Archives/2013
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British East India Company, Dutch East India Company, etc. vs Zaibatsu
If the BEIC, DEIC, etc. don't deserve mention in the article, why does/do Zaibatsu?ZFT (talk) 04:05, 5 June 2013 (UTC)
- Not saying they should to stay, but at the very least they qualify as very large and influential modern corporations, which is what the term refers to. It has never referred to historical entities like the East India Companies.
- Peter Isotalo 21:22, 6 June 2013 (UTC)
- The zaibatsu are virtually defunct; they have (largely) been replaced with keiretsu. Also, I don't see any reason why the term megacorporation couldn't be extended to include historical companies.ZFT (talk) 05:46, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
- The zaibatsu were active during the modern period. That clearly sets them apart from early modern East India Companies. You can add any example you want as long as you can confirm it with sources written by historians who actually use the term "megacorporation". Making your own analysis, however, would be original research.
- Peter Isotalo 17:04, 17 June 2013 (UTC)
- The zaibatsu are virtually defunct; they have (largely) been replaced with keiretsu. Also, I don't see any reason why the term megacorporation couldn't be extended to include historical companies.ZFT (talk) 05:46, 13 June 2013 (UTC)