This case may be relevant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_v._Ford_Motor_Co.

Henry Ford, in his 3rd attempt at starting a car company, began what we know as Ford Motor today. His previous two ventures had failed; the first was run by the Leland team and renamed Cadillac; the second dissolved; the third made cars using Dodge Brothers engines, transmissions and differentials. According to "Wheels for the World" by Brinkley, the 3rd company of Ford's had run up quite a debt to the Dodge Brothers while getting the Model T going. Henry cut them in as shareholders in order to pay off his parts bill. Once it was a sales hit, Henry Ford resented giving the Dodge Brothers such a high percentage of the profits and did not want to purchase the drivetrain from them anymore. He started manufacturing his own drivetrains to cut them out of the picture.

So there is a lot of case history built upon Dodge V Ford, and the actual story is a fascinating thing to compare to modern day Silicon Valley.

My main takeaway from reading "Wheels for the World" by Brinkley was the similarity between the tech boom and the auto boom in the early 1900s. Many startups, a few succeed, and then consolidation as the industry matures - Microsoft acquires LinkedIn, Facebook buys WhatsApp, etc.

https://www.amazon.com/Wheels-World-Company-Century-Progress...

Henry Ford was the Foxconn of his day. When the average turnover at his factories dropped to 9 months because people would leave over low pay and bad work conditions to go work at another automaker, he implemented the $5 day. It roughly doubled pay for the workers at the time but it came with a cost. The workers had to have their home life inspected, couldn't be drunks, drug users or abusive to their spouses, their kids had to be in school - essentially he used the wage increase to give license to tighter screening of employees lives both at work and home.

It worked, productivity went up, lots of free press, and sales went up. The common belief was the raise was about the worker being able to buy his own car, but there was more to the story. I recommend "Wheels for the World" as an excellent book about this. http://www.amazon.com/Wheels-World-Company-Century-Progress/...