OIM 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Webvan, Netflix, Value Chain
1 Feb 2017
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The most troubling question when talking about strategy and it: Characteristics of assets that may yield competitive advantage (above industry profits for a long period of time) Ex: tivo (special computer that records your shows) Michael powell is the foreman chair of the fcc federal communications. It"s a computer: processor and everything, it actually has a linux operating system which is free. Rivals created reasonably good copies of tivo technology. It lacked access to critical distribution channels (the cable guys) which their rivals leveraged. No giving up on data collection in the information age! They wanted to collect data to know what you"re watching to give a competitive strategic advantage. They are able to know exactly what is going on in the household. Michael porter: is considered as the father of modern strategy and is a professor at. Companies can compete based on one of two approaches:
