Biology of Business

Annual Report 2023

Haier Group

Haier Group Corporation (2023)

TL;DR

4,000 autonomous micro-enterprises, zero middle managers, $36B revenue—the world's largest distributed organizational experiment.

By Alex Denne

Primary source documenting the world's largest experiment in distributed organizational architecture. Demonstrates that enterprises can scale to $36B revenue without traditional hierarchy. Central to the book's treatment of how biological distributed processing principles apply to organizational design.

Key Findings from Group (2023)

  • ¥261 billion (~$36B) revenue in 2023
  • ~4,000 autonomous micro-enterprises operating as internal startups
  • 30.6% compound profit growth rate over the decade
  • 100+ micro-enterprises generating >¥100M revenue each
  • ¥10 billion invested in R&D for smart appliance advancement
  • Full P&L responsibility at micro-enterprise level with internal markets

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