Some management pundits theorize about the "totally disaggregated corporation," wherein every function not regarded as crucial is stripped away.
I truly believe that America is entering into a post-capitalist era.
Unless you have a quasi-monopoly (as does Microsoft, and to a lesser extent some of the pharmaceuticals on patented medications), the HIGHEST profit margins (not to be confused with TOTAL profits) come from selling fewer goods, not more. (check out your local Foot Locker and look at the prices on numbered, limited edition sneakers).
This means that attracting large sums of capital in order to mass produce items is becoming less important than being able to quickly attack small, niche, high-end markets, which is something that large corporations are generally unable to do (Kodak or Xerox anyone?) but which small teams (maybe coming together for one project before disbanding and re-forming differently for another project) are perfectly suited to.
Unfortunately, this will, of course, have a negative impact on those people who want the security of staying at one company and doing the same job for 40 years. On the other hand, I'm not sure why those people believe that they should have today's standard of living while producing at the rate of 40 years ago.
Let the Asians have the stinky, polluting factories. As long as Americans are telling them WHAT to produce, we'll continue to do just fine.