Buyer-Supplier Power
Strategically managing the power dynamics between buyers and suppliers as a market evolves to gain a competitive advantage.
Strategically managing the power dynamics between buyers and suppliers as a market evolves to gain a competitive advantage.
Creating a unique value proposition by focusing on unmet user needs in less-evolved market spaces.
Splintering a rival's market to erode their stronghold.
Scaling innovation by observing a platform's ecosystem, identifying successful third-party offerings, and then acquiring, replicating, or integrating them.
A strategy of outlasting competitors in a commoditizing market to capture remaining market share.
Actively encouraging the growth of a competitive market around a component or service to accelerate its evolution and adoption.
Profiting from or hedging by engaging with two opposing sides in a market or standards war, so that whichever side wins, you benefit.
Using pricing as a strategic tool to manipulate demand, shape markets, and gain competitive advantage.
Manipulating market signals to mislead competitors and influence their strategic decisions.
Driving adoption of your technology or process until it becomes the dominant standard, locking in customers and constraining competitors.