Exploring Economies of Scale and Competitive Advantages in E-Commerce

This week’s podcast is about Amazon's competitive advantages. We can see clearly growing moats in ecommerce. But increasing competition is revealing the lack of defenses in video streaming. Netflix has the same problem.

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From the Concept Library, concepts for this article are:

• Economies of Scale: Purchasing Economies
• Economies of Scale: Fixed Costs
• Digital Operating Basics

From the Company Library, companies for this article are:

• Amazon
• Netflix

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My book Moats and Marathons details how to measure competitive advantage in digital businesses.

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