Creating Constraints
Purposefully introduce new bottlenecks to constrain competitors by shaping market, legal, or technical environments.
Purposefully introduce new bottlenecks to constrain competitors by shaping market, legal, or technical environments.
A defensive strategy where an incumbent company uses government regulation and lobbying to create barriers to entry and hinder competitors.
Structurally reducing or preventing competitive pressure through regulatory, legal, or environmental barriers.
A defensive strategy of increasing the complexity and scope of a product or service to make it more difficult for new competitors to enter the market.
Establishing a dominant position in a future market (the Tower) and building defensive barriers (the Moat) to prevent competition.
An offensive strategy focused on identifying and dismantling a key barrier that protects an incumbent, thereby opening the market to new competition.