Organizational Structure Differentiation and Evolution of International Corporations Based on Company-Atom Analogy in the Mobile Internet Era

Table 1

Comparison of some classic structures of atoms and companies.

Atom			Company
Name and symbol	Number of electrons	Electron orbiting configuration	Number of humans (type)	Typical organization	Characteristics
Hydrogen (H)	1	1s^1	1 (H-type)	Self-employed individual	Job hunting
Helium (He)	2	1s^2 (saturated)	2 (He-type)	General store, “mom-and-pop” store	Simple general business with a limited geographical area
Lithium (Li)	3	1s^22s^1	3 (Li-type)	Transitional stage to micro-enterprise	Entrepreneurial stage (local recruitment)
Carbon (C)	6	1s^22s^22p^2	6 (C-type)	Micro-enterprise	Entrepreneurial stage (stable period)
Oxygen (O)	8	1s^22s^22p^4	8 (O-type)	Micro-enterprise (branch store)	Entrepreneurial stage (local expansion)
Neon (Ne)	10	1s^22s^22p^6 (saturated)	10 (Ne-type)	Small- or medium-sized enterprise	Middle-scale with simple and clear hierarchy
Sodium (Na)	11	1s^22s^22p^63s^1	11 (Na-type)	Small- or medium-sized enterprise	Growth stage (cross-border expansion)
Uranium (U)	92	1s^22s^22p^63s^23p^63d^104s^24p^64d^104f^145s^25p^65d^105f^36s^26p^66d^17s^2	92 (U-type)	Multinational enterprise	Bureaucratic stage