Mature Firm

  

See: Mature Industry. Same idea. Just with The Firm (not with Tom Cruise).

When a firm is mature, it's already big enough to address more or less all of its client needs. Think: Goldman Sachs. They "are" the market now, already big enough to play banking ball on any playing field, in any country, in any way, shape, or form.

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