“It is not size that counts in business. Some companies with $500,000 capital net more profits than other companies with $5 million. Size is a handicap unless efficiency goes with it.”

—  Herbert N. Casson

Herbert N. Casson cited in: Alfred Armand Montapert (1964) Distilled Wisdom. p. 68
1950s and later

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