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competitive advantage
Also known as: competitive advantages
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Business ecosystems as a way to activate lock-in in business models link.springer.com Mar 28, 2025 5 facts
referencePorter, M. E. (1985) published the book 'Competitive Advantage: creating and sustaining superior performance' through Free Press.
claimThomas & Autio (2012) note that while business ecosystem literature examines conditions for ecosystem emergence and success, it has paid less attention to the strategic role of ecosystems in enhancing firm-level competitive advantage.
claimFirms can create self-reinforcing competitive advantages that discourage imitation by implementing complementarity, network effects, and sunk costs within an ecosystem.
claimThis study extends business model theory by integrating business ecosystem theory to explain how firms can activate ecosystem-driven lock-in mechanisms to sustain competitive advantage.
referenceCliment, Haftor, and Staniewski examined AI-enabled business models for competitive advantage in a 2024 study.
Business Model Innovation: a Framework for Assessing Corporate ... link.springer.com Apr 18, 2025 2 facts
claimAn innovative business model is identified when innovation involves key components such as resources, competencies, value creation, value delivery, strategy, or competitive advantage.
claimLüdeke-Freund defined a sustainable business model as one that creates a competitive advantage while contributing to sustainable development for a company.
Managerial marketing and behavioral marketing: when myths about ... link.springer.com Feb 28, 2023 2 facts
claimMichael Porter emphasized that creating competitive advantage requires a focus on product and service features that are important to customers.
claimThe concept of competitive advantage in marketing requires that advantages be important and visible to customers so they can choose the better offer during a purchase.
The Impact of Open Source on Digital Innovation linkedin.com 1 fact
perspectiveThe author of 'The Impact of Open Source on Digital Innovation' argues that companies maintaining private forks of software instead of contributing upstream are creating technical debt rather than gaining a competitive advantage.
Sustainable Business Models | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com Nov 8, 2020 1 fact
referencePorter and Kramer (2006) analyzed the link between competitive advantage and corporate social responsibility in 'Strategy and society: the link between competitive advantage and corporate social responsibility'.