Megacorp

In the period following World War II, the diversification strategy became a more common one for megacorps, the technique being refined so that expansion was no longer limited to industries with a similar technology.

The gel is a genetically-engineered bioplasm created by the Sirta Foundation, a medical technology megacorp based on Earth. Technically, medi-gel violates Council laws against genetic engineering, but so far, it has proved far too useful to ban.

If he were alive to study these changes, I think he would have focused his attention on how these changes affect the investment behavior of megacorps, for it is through investment that megacorps are able to grow over time.