Designing Autonomous Companies

Explore theory of the firm & transaction costs, process mapping & queueing, agent org charts & role design. Work through applied exercises and develop a project you can explain, test, and improve.

10 modules≈135 learner hoursSelf-paced

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YOUR TAKEAWAYS

What you will practice

Explain the core theory of theory of the firm & transaction costs.
Apply methods from agent org charts & role design.
Analyze trade-offs in systems dynamics of growth.
Evaluate solutions involving legal entity, liability, contracts with ai.
Design and build scaling & exit.
Produce the capstone: operating manual + simulation of an agent-run business unit, defended to a human reviewer.

THE LEARNING PLAN

Inside the course

01Theory of the firm & transaction costs
02Process mapping & queueing
03Agent org charts & role design
04Human-in-the-loop controls
05Systems dynamics of growth
06KPI design & feedback loops
07Legal entity, liability, contracts with AI
08Security & failure modes
09Finance automation & audit trails
10Scaling & exit

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EXCERPT FROM THE STUDENT MATERIAL

In 1937 the economist Ronald Coase asked something that seems almost silly: if markets coordinate economic activity so well through prices, why do firms exist at all? Inside a firm, nobody negotiates a price every time a manager asks an employee to write a report. Resources are moved by command, not by bargaining. Coase's answer was that using the market has costs. You have to find a counterparty, learn what they offer, negotiate, write a contract, monitor performance, and enforce the deal if it goes wrong. When those costs are high, it is cheaper to bring the activity inside an organization and direct it. When they are low, it is cheaper to…

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