“Anyone who says that a particular company has all 7 Powers (of Hamilton Helmer fame) is full of it.”
“Apple has all 7 Powers.”
“No they don’t.”
“Go on, have a think.”
“I … Well they don’t have network eff- … or cornered res- … but they can’t possibly … god dammit.”
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I mean seriously.
Scale economies — iPhones and chips
Network effects — App Store and iMessage
Cornered resource — their chip design team
Switching costs — duh
Branding — duh
Process Power — their JIT manufacturing process
Counter Positioning — I guess their in-house content?
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The smirk on my friend’s face was very irritating.
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We’ve had this discussion before but process power is defined as requiring manufacturing control, not just supply chains
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