Competitive Advantage
A competitive advantage is whatever allows a company to earn better returns than its rivals for a sustained period.
Why It Matters
Most advantages erode. The question for any strategy is which ones compound and which merely delay the arrival of competition.
Related Terms
- Economic MoatAn economic moat is a structural barrier that keeps competitors from taking a company's profits: scale, brand, network effects, switching costs or regulation.
- Network EffectA network effect exists when a product becomes more valuable to each user as more people use it.
- Scale AdvantageA scale advantage is a cost or capability benefit that comes from being larger: better purchasing terms, fixed costs spread wider, or investments rivals cannot match.
- Data MoatA data moat is an advantage built on data a competitor cannot obtain: proprietary records, exclusive feeds or data generated by a company's own customers in use.
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