Sustaining competitive advantage

4 important questions on Sustaining competitive advantage

What are the threats of sustainability?

Imitation & substitution for added value
Holdup & slack for captured value

What are barriers to imitation?

Economies of scale and scope
Learning / private information
Contracts and relationships, legal restrictions
Network externalities, switching costs
Threats of retaliation
Causal ambiguity / social complexity
Upgrading / crowding the market

Definition + What are responses to subtition?

Subtitution reduces the demand by shifting it elsewhere

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On what dimensions should you test your strategy?

1. Internal consistency - coherence
Do the elements of the strategy fit together. Are there complementarities between different elements.

2. External consistency - coherence
Does the strategy neutralize the threats posed by external environment. Does it take advantage of opportunities

3. Dynamic consistency   
Is the strategy set up to help sustain competitive advantage over time?

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