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7 Powers (Hamilton Helmer)
A rigorous strategy framework: Power = benefit + barrier. Scale economies, network economies, counter-positioning, switching costs, branding, cornered resource and process power, with Netflix examples and the 'power progression' over a company's life.
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Prereqs: Moats; Zero to One; Innovator's Dilemma. Next: Great Firms case studies. Book: Hamilton Helmer, *7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy* (2016).Next: 1. Definitions