Competitive Strategy

  1. Sustaining Competitive Advantage
    1. Advantage Sustainability Concepts
      1. The Durability of Advantage
        1. Factors Affecting Sustainability
          1. Resource Characteristics
            1. Industry Dynamics
              1. Competitive Responses
              2. Advantage Erosion Mechanisms
                1. Monitoring Competitive Position
                2. Barriers to Imitation
                  1. Isolating Mechanisms
                    1. Causal Ambiguity
                      1. Complexity of Resource Interactions
                        1. Tacit Knowledge
                        2. Social Complexity
                          1. Organizational Culture
                            1. Interpersonal Relationships
                              1. Team Dynamics
                              2. Path Dependency
                                1. Historical Conditions
                                  1. Unique Development Processes
                                    1. Asset Mass Efficiencies
                                  2. First-Mover Advantages
                                  3. Competitive Response Strategies
                                    1. Responding to Competitor Moves
                                      1. Response Options
                                        1. Response Timing
                                          1. Response Intensity
                                          2. Defensive Strategies
                                            1. Blocking Strategies
                                              1. Deterrence Strategies
                                                1. Fortress Strategies
                                                2. Offensive Strategies
                                                  1. Direct Attacks
                                                    1. Flanking Attacks
                                                      1. Guerrilla Warfare
                                                    2. Innovation and Renewal
                                                      1. The Role of Innovation in Sustaining Advantage
                                                        1. Continuous Innovation Strategies
                                                          1. Building Innovation Capabilities
                                                            1. Protecting and Leveraging Innovations
                                                              1. Strategic Renewal Processes
                                                                1. Organizational Renewal
                                                                  1. Business Model Innovation
                                                                    1. Capability Renewal

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