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Competitive Advantage in a Commoditized Industry

Moz

Barriers to competitive advantage. The reasons people say it's hard to stay competitive in their industry range from knowing what opportunity is available to own, to challenges being able to innovate rapidly enough, to internal barriers like buy-in or fear of risk-taking. These are table stakes.

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Competitive Strategy for Professional Services

Hinge Marketing

When a firm becomes known as a leading expert in a specialized area of knowledge, it has a sustainable competitive advantage. For example, you could become the leading specialist in 401k programs for government contractors or the leading expert in marketing automation for real estate firms. What qualifies as a business problem?