Using MIS (10th Edition)
10th Edition
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Author: David M. Kroenke, Randall J. Boyle
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.2UYK
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Eight principles of competitive advantage:
Eight principles of competitive advantage have been categorized into product implementations and process implementations.
Applications:
Product Implementations:
- Create new products or services:
- To offer new products or services to the customer, this is better than the competitor’s product.
- Enhancing products or services:
- Improving the currently offering products by implementing the upcoming ideas.
- Differentiating products or services:
- Making the products stand in the market by implementing upcoming ideas.
Process Implementations:
- Lock in customers and buyers:
- Holding the customers and buyers to buy their products by providing good customer service and fulfilling the wishes and needs of the customer
- Lock in suppliers:
- Holding the suppliers on their side makes them always available and ready to help.
- Raising the barriers to market entry:
- Making some barriers, this will create a difficulty in startup business...
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