Well, just seven years before Einstein's death an American scientist called Warren Weaver made exactly this point.

So for example you're making silk and whose going to be your silk and weaver supplier in the value chain or your making still, where are we going to get the iron ore or are you going to need a thousands of square feet of warehouse space if you're going to setup a distribution center and what's really interesting is this kindly obviously a fact where you going to put your company facility.