Sentences with phrase «competitive barrier to entry»

It is enough of a competitive barrier to entry to scare away any ambitious startup.

Not exact matches

Citing the benefits of more competition for consumers and competitive pressure for firms, they recommended that foreign ownership restrictions and barriers to entry by foreign firms be relaxed.

Given the low barrier to entry, this field is competitive.

I think we're on the cusp of a generation of government, political and social leadership that come from the «outside» as barriers of entry to these fields are lowered and we see more competitive elections, which will hopefully be more content - driven.

Plunkett cautions that low barriers to entry make this market highly competitive, which could make starting a venture here risky business.

The trend toward vertical integration — control from the raw material to the shop shelf — gives luxury brands a competitive advantage, raises barriers to entry and helps them defend the high - quality image they want associated with their products.

Finally, it could be argued the MasterCard intends to create a barrier to entry for competing networks through regulation — but the purpose of regulation is to protect consumers, not the competitive advantage of corporations.

Are there barriers to entry, like tariffs, or challenges with delivering your product, that would make your company less competitive in the new market?

«As with most industries, the rapid introduction of technology is lowering barriers to entry, only making the space more competitive,» says Jenkins.

Teams should understand their competitive landscape and barriers to entry.

The two great forces of the modern age — globalization and digitization — are sweeping away old barriers to entry and combining to make design a decisive source of competitive advantage for Fortune Global 500 firms.

Strong competitive advantages: high customer retention, high switching costs, strong brand, excellent economies of scale / high barriers to entry.

Michael Porter calls a company's barriers to entry a «sustainable competitive advantage.»

One key feature I look for is companies with a strong «moat,» or barrier to entry, that can make it difficult for competitors to threaten their business — for instance, a business that operates in a very specific niche or that possesses a strong competitive position.

and the substitutability of bricks and mortar agents and direct booking channels) and competitive dynamics in the market (including how closely Expedia and Wotif compete with other online distributors of accommodation and barriers to entry).

Barrier to Entry: If you have a provisional patent, if you've developed proprietary information, if you have a sustainable competitive advantage, if you have previous industry experience, mention it right away

By doing this, M14 aims to break down one of the biggest barriers of entry into the dating space — the large setup cost required to build a great product — therefore making the space more accessible to people with good ideas, but financial constraints, by enabling them to focus on building a competitive brand without having to be weighed down by the costly demands of tech & infrastructure.

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Because no single retailer, no matter how effective, no matter how much first mover advantage they have, can hold a completely dominant position in the marketplace if the barriers to entry by competitors are low and the competitive marketplace is broad.

But the solution is to become more competitive, not to advocate for artificial barriers to entry.

Even if Amazon absorbs the costs, is this not exploitation of a monopoly by bundling at a price point only Amazon can achieve, thus a barrier to competitive entry?

Amazon on the other hand is in a fiercely competitive market with no barriers to entry for ebook selling.

There are other sources of competitive advantage: sheer capital size barriers to entry.

He targets companies with barriers to entry and sustainable competitive advantage.

Competitive advantages can protect a company by creating barriers to entry for potential competitors.

CAH competitive advantages include economies of scale, being a low cost provider (deep pricing discounts from drug manufacturers), and barriers to entry (enormous distribution system).

3) Selling investment opinions is a very competitive business, with low barriers to entry.

That is the competitive advantage; it is the barrier to entry.

The industry AFE competes in is highly competitive due to price competition and low barriers to entry.

Competitive advantages include economies of scale, an adapting product line, strategic assets, and barriers to entry.

Look for healthy and growing companies (i.e. ones with little or no debt), competitive advantages (such as a strong brand and barriers to entry for would - be competitors, and plenty of room to grow), and focus on the dividend growth rate as much as the dividend.

Today we look at Chapter 1 of Michael Porter's Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors where he evaluates major barriers of entry, and how to identify them.

Professor Michael Porter calls barriers to market entry that a business may have a «sustainable competitive advantage.»

+ An economic moat is a perceived competitive advantage that acts as a barrier to entry for other companies in the same industry.

Finalists were evaluated based on business plan credibility, management experience, high barrier to competitive entry, large addressable market, and the probability of obtaining a fully funded business plan.

If the D.C. Circuit decision holds, «competitive generators are likely to maintain a greater premium on generation during peak periods and higher barriers to entry from DSM into any market,» Kellison said.

The Act mandates a competitive effects analysis, including factors such as foreign competition, barriers to entry, removal of a renegade competitor, and change and innovation.

You can land the easy gigs anyone can do — greeter, line stander, grill master — but as with any job marketplace (like Upwork), those lower - barrier - to - entry jobs are saturated, competitive and generally don't pay much.

It will likely be a brutally competitive fee market as barriers to entry are minimal and there is not much to distinguish one node from another other than the available liquidity and the fee charged.

However, being a position with little barriers to entry, many drivers are readily available to fill the vacant positions, making it a competitive position as well.

«As with most industries, the rapid introduction of technology is lowering barriers to entry, only making the space more competitive,» says Jenkins.

We view entry - fee CCRCs as an extension of the seniors housing asset class with a premium yield and high barriers to competitive entry.