Looking back at history, many major companies that supported the economic growth of the 20th century, such as those in the iron and steel, automobile and petrochemical industries, were established after 1900. For example, U. S. Steel was established in 1901, Ford in 1903, Royal Dutch Shell in 1907, and GM in 1908, and they quickly grew to lead the economy.
This suggests that, when new technologies reach a take-off stage at which they can be used for business, they have the potential to completely and rapidly change the economic landscape far beyond what could have been expected at the infancy stage of innovation.