The motion
picture business had been taken after the fire, when
competition this industry reached new peaks after the demise
of the Motion Picture Patents Company. the words one
manager, "we were suffering from having the brains all top
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and the labor all underneath with nothing between.
The surge innovations from the laboratory had created
many different businesses the Edison enterprise and each one
had its own unique technology and market. The
centralized organization TAE Inc.
It was recognized TAE Inc.9
dictating machine market, and the Electric Storage Battery
Company was still the one beat this industry." The
men who were closest the points manufacture and sale did
not have the initiative the company. that each the diverse
. The administration TAE Inc. Each the Edison
products had different market: primary batteries were sold
largely the railroad industry, storage batteries went to
industrial users and delivery companies, the dictating machine
was marketed the business community, and the phonograph and
motion picture were articles mass consumption which demanded
a special knowledge the world entertainment. The Portland Cement
Company faced falling prices overcrowded business. had become top heavy
and this was perceived disadvantage selling broad
range products different markets. was not suited this
broad range products because concentrated power the
upper level management and distanced from day-to-day
activities
