Vienna, Austria is the answer.
Religious and ethnical problems.
It was one of the largest empires of the world with many different ethnicities. The problem was to unite people under one rule.
Another problem was communication. It was hard to transfer knowledge and news to all parts of the empire because it was too large.
The Industrial Revolution made work be more regimented and less skilled. Instead of working for yourself, at your own pace, you had to work for a boss and work when and how hard that boss told you to. This made workers feel much less independent than they once had.
As for conducting business, things also became much more impersonal and regimented. Instead of conducting one's business as boss to a few apprentices and journeymen, a factory owner would now need to manage hundereds of employees.
So, in general, the Industrial Revolution made the workplace much more impersonal and took away the independence of the workers it employed.
-The company is treated as a separate tax entity by law.
-It is possible to raise large amounts of capital by selling company stock.
