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ACADEMIC PAPER · SSRN · 30 APRIL 2026 · 145 PAGES

The Agentic Profit Paradox and the Reorganisation of Value Capture

Establishes Autonomy Economics as the field that examines how autonomous capability affects value capture, revenue durability, and commercial defensibility. Develops the formal representation of the Agentic Profit Paradox, the Three Laws of Autonomy Economics, the Three Axes of Exposure, and the Revenue Durability and Capability Durability Frameworks. Draws on two centuries of historical precedent to show that the migration of value is a recurring structural condition across transformative technologies.

AUTONOMY ECONOMICSAGENTIC PROFIT PARADOXVALUE CAPTUREREVENUE DURABILITYBUSINESS MODEL REDESIGN

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AUTHOR
Elemi Atigolo
POSTED
30 April 2026
PAGES
145
JEL CLASSIFICATION
B41, B59, O33, L20, M21, D21
REPOSITORY
SSRN
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