Network effects: related pages

Anything that makes it difficult for a new entrant to break into a market.

The competitive advantage that the first company to launch a new type of product should have over those that start later.

A monopoly that arises from the nature of the industry, rather than being imposed by law or resulting from anti-competitive practices.

Making a product or service look different in the eyes of consumers.

A patent that is deliberately kept quite, in the hope of extracting money later from those who use an idea believing it not to be patented.

Exchange rights to patent portfolios, which reduces litigation and R & D costs, while simultaneously erecting barriers to entry.

A razor-blade model is a business model based on selling a product at a loss in order to profit from the sale of consumables necessary for its use.

The dominance of regulators by those they regulate rather than the public good they ostensibly serve.