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Cost leadership

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  • October 11, 2022 at 5:38 pm #668333
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    There is no fall back if the leadership position is lost.
    What does this mean?

    October 11, 2022 at 5:58 pm #668334
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    Cost leadership means you are using your uniquely low costs to beat competitors, do well and make good profits. But what would happen if one of your competitors discovered a way of making the product using a new process that meant their costs were even lower than yours. How could you respond (assuming their method is protected by patents)?

    There is little merit in being the second cheapest – the fall-back position: the cost leader will win.

    So, you have no way of easily fighting the competitor’s dominance.

    October 12, 2022 at 6:27 am #668359
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    Got it, Thank you.

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