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KUALA LUMPUR: Penyanyi Haqiem Rusli, 20, menjelaskan tindakannya 'merampas' mikrofon peserta program, I Can See Your Voice Malaysia yang bersiaran Sabtu lalu sekadar gurauan dan bukan sengaja mencetuskan kontroversi. Peter Pan Syndrome What is 'Peter Pan Syndrome' Peter Pan syndrome refers to a regulatory environment that gives firms incentive not to grow. Next Up SMALL FIRM EFFECT SMALL TRADER IRS PUBLICATION 334: TAX GUIDE ... FIRM BREAKING DOWN 'Peter Pan Syndrome' Peter Pan syndrome is a type of regulatory environment in which firms prefer to stay small rather than grow. The environment that typifies a Peter Pan system is an environment where a significant portion of firms remains small, even though the firms could potentially be more productive and profitable if they became larger. The term references Peter Pan, the fictional character and cultural icon of a boy who never grows up. Psychologists also use the term, but somewhat casually as it is not listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Peter Pan syndrome occurs in both developed and developing economies. There are several reasons a firm may decide to stay small, or exhibit Peter Pan syndrome. One reason is that a firm may want to remain small in order to avoid reaching certain threshold that could expose them to a different set of regulations. For example, manufacturing firms in France typically employ fewer than 50 employees, as heavily regulated economies tend to have smaller firms. Peter Pan Syndrome and the Argument Against Small Companies and Small Economies Because it is often associated with the idea of the small business, many think that the persistence of the Peter Pan syndrome is because in our society we generally romanticize small business with images of mom and pop stores in small towns providing locals with personalized goods and services. The Peter Pan syndrome carries a slightly pejorative connotation, conjuring the image of the boy who would not grow up and deal with reality. Those who deploy the term see the efficient combination of capital and labor in larger companies as the ideal, and they value productivity and profit margins over the other benefits of small companies and smaller economies. This stance also suggests that governments which enact onerous regulations based on the size of firms risk forcing the misallocation of resources in less-efficient firms, which can negatively impact productivity and depress economic growth. Those who use the term think that countries looking to develop industries capable of global trade should deregulate their rules around business size. The argument here is that if a country maintains regulations that favor small businesses, the country will find it difficult to compete in a global economy. Another implication behind Peter Pan syndrome is that emphasizing small firms may lead to the growth of informal or illegal firms that don’t contribute to a country’s income via taxes. Read more: Peter Pan Syndrome Definition | Investopedia https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/peter-pan-syndrome.asp#ixzz5NdL9pPko Follow us: Investopedia on Facebook