Sentences with phrase «higher switching costs»

This type of economic moat, by virtue of higher switching costs, can be very powerful and long - lasting.

Examples he cited include: high switching costs, strong brands, patent protection, etc. (See To Keep Your Customers Build More Moats.)

Do you hold your customers hostage with high switching costs or complicated account - closing rules?

Common examples would be natural monopolies or oligopolies, razor / razorblade businesses, enduring brands, network effects, high switching costs and economies of scale.

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

FCA's 80 % plus market share in the North American coal car market is protected by high switching costs and 100 plus years of market share and technological dominance.

This is reinforced by relatively high switching costs between platforms which altogether makes it hard to imagine anything that could disrupt FAMGA (Hill, 1997).

The other four are High Switching Cost, Cost Advantage, Intangible Assets — i.e. powerful branding — and Efficient Scale.)

A moat can come in the form of intangibles, low - cost structures, and high switching costs (or stickiness).»

Your relationships with your primary providers most likely resemble long - term supplier commitments with high switching costs and intermittent price renegotiation.

High switching costs may create market power for the owners of patents that cover the standard due to the inability of firms using the standard to easily substitute other technologies to avoid high royalties.

Not exact matches

In 2008, Express Scripts paid $ 9.3 million to settle a suit by New York and 28 other states that claimed it deceptively inflated costs for state employees, in part by secretly switching to higher - cost drugs, and that it allegedly pocketed millions in manufacturer rebates.

Because of the high cost of switching to a new software provider, its clients are often there for life.

«The switching cost from just using bitcoin to using Monero is going to be high, since not only is there a tech shift, a trust issue, there is also greater volatility,» Levin wrote.

Shop owners can either increase the prices of what they sell for all customers, or can pass on the cost directly to customers that use high - cost methods by adding a surcharge, which encourages people to switch to low - cost methods.

Although competition for online services may seem to be «just one click away,» research drawing on behavioral tendencies shows that the «switching cost» of changing web services can, in fact, be quite high.225

For once, this is a good cost as it's designed to penalise market - timers switching in and out of funds like manic high - frequency traders.

If not, you will no longer be able to rest on the laurels of barriers to entry, high distribution costs, incumbent advantages like shelf space, bigger advertising budgets, switching costs, or just about any other advantage that you used to enjoy in years past.

And since the switching costs are much higher for checking accounts, they provide something of a protective moat for banks.

Switching costs are high, and even modest levels of new licenses lead to a growing stream of maintenance income.

Young children in Western New York suffer from the highest rate of lead poisoning in the upstate region — a rate that's more than three times higher than that in Flint, Mich., where a cost - driven switch to an alternate water system left 4 percent of children tested with signs of lead exposure.

Although glass that uses an applied voltage to switch from clear to an opaque or tinted state is commercially available, its high cost — around $ 100 per square foot — has hindered widespread use.

In this context, switching from high - cost diesel to a low - carbon alternative fuel isn't just the green thing to do; it's key to ensuring consumer products stay at affordable prices, Elizabeth Fretheim, director of business strategy and sustainability logistics at Wal - Mart Stores Inc., explained at a symposium last week hosted by the nonprofit group Business for Social Responsibility (BSR).

«And as employers are switching to more consumer - directed health plans with higher deductibles and co-pays, the out - of - pocket costs of even insured patients can be affected by these charges.»

Switching back is less common, perhaps because there are higher costs involved, but it does happen.

When the time comes to switch insurance at the end of the year, the patient can also switch to the lowest - cost insurance plan available or an HSA plan with a high deductible.

Loyal repeat customers who become locked in by a high cost of switching are the dream of every investor and smart business.

Nintendo is going to wait too long after releasing the app that the hype will die down, and when combined with the higher cost, fewer will buy Animal Crossing: Switch than those who bought New Leaf - mark my word right now, AC: Switch will have a lower lifetime tally than New Leaf.

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The report doesn't just stop at sapphire home buttons, but also goes on to claim that Apple has been considering a switch to sapphire crystals for the glass on its iPhones» displays, but has refrained from doing so because of higher costs.

First, I believe that Broadridge Financial Solutions will have a sustainable competitive advantage due to the high customer switching costs associated with their integrated security processing and investor communication services.

I'll come up with some better guidelines next week but the short answer is that for most people, it is not worthwhile to switch to RBC unless you have total assets of $ 100k (by household) because the higher trading costs ($ 29 if your assets are less than $ 100k) will negate the rebate.

You can compare the costs under a variety of scenarios, including the possibility of starting off with a lower income and later switching to job with a higher salary.

Another strength is that many of Emerson's businesses have high customer switching costs.

If your portfolio is undiversified, spread out; if your investments are high - cost, switch to cheaper options.

The cost of switching is far higher if you'll face capital gains taxes — almost all equity ETFs are sitting on gains now if purchased in the last five years or so.

Switching from high - cost mutual funds to a low - cost Couch Potato portfolio can boost your long - term performance by one or two percentage points all on its own.

When people first make the switch to DIY investing from high - cost mutual funds, there is usually a bias towards industries and companies that they know and are familiar with.

Many are switching from high - fee funds or wraps to low - cost index funds or ETFs, either via fee - based advisers (charging maybe 1 % of assets) or directly through discount brokerages.

She has also sold off her tangle of high - priced mutual funds and switched to our low - cost Couch Potato Portfolio of index funds.

It could be a bait and switch tactic or entail high closing costs.

It also seems like the nature of the company and the projects that are taken on by PX make the switching costs high for their customers.

Cable television (Switch from high - end cable or satellite to a free or low - cost streaming service)

Sometimes switching costs can be exorbitantly high and by far outweigh the benefit of a lower interest rate.

Investors clearly understand that higher fees can have a negative impact on their net return, as is evident in the price war in mutual fund fees, but a few basis - points difference in visible fees is far less meaningful in performance impact than the often - large hidden costs.14 For example, switching from a low - turnover strategy to a sloppily constructed strategy that spends scores of basis points in incremental trading costs can cost the investor dearly in performance.15 The same holds true for the buyers of opaque high - fee products (hedge funds and illiquid private investments), for which substantial costs may be hidden from sight.

Many of them seem to have switched from the higher - priced food because of the cost, and are very pleased with the formula.

«Switching to solid - state drives offers significantly better read performance — at higher dollar cost per GB — but you're still fighting against dramatic increases in the size of game data,» Dieterich said.

As much as we tried to keep the retail price down, the reality of the Switch's increased cartridge manufacturing costs meant that the MSRP had to be higher as well.

- the price devs / pubs have to pay for physical Switch games is around $ 8 US dollars per unit - one unit is the case and game card - PS4 games are about $ 5 dollars per unit - minimum number of units the publisher / developer is required to purchase is 6,000 - the 6,000 units are just for one region - there are special guidelines that need to be passed, QA checks and the signing of a Distribution of Physical Goods form, - devs / pubs make less reveue due to the costs of manufacturing and distribution - this is why retail games need to be sold at a higher price

And two, the overhead cost of switching from Xbone to PS4 and vice versa is way higher, so there is less threat of customers switching.