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Judd Kahn is a business consultant and co-author specializing in corporate analysis and management theory.

Known for: Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy

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Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy

Competition Demystified: A Radically Simplified Approach to Business Strategy

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Competition Demystified presents a simplified framework for understanding business strategy and competitive advantage. Bruce Greenwald and Judd Kahn challenge Michael Porter's complex models by focusing on barriers to entry as the central determinant of competition. The book provides practical tools for analyzing industries and developing strategies based on real-world competitive dynamics.

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Defining Competition

The business world loves the language of rivalry—the race, the battle, the fight. Yet beneath this drama lies a simpler structure that economics captures elegantly: firms compete through entry and exit. When profits in a market are high, new competitors are drawn in until returns normalize. When con...

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Barriers to Entry

Barriers to entry come in various forms, but they share one effect: they make imitation costly or slow. The most familiar barrier is scale. When large investments reduce per-unit costs, and when markets are local or finite, incumbents can enjoy lower costs than new entrants. Think of Wal-Mart’s earl...

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Judd Kahn is a business consultant and co-author specializing in corporate analysis and management theory.

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