Podcast
Questions and Answers
What technological constraints delayed Netflix's entry into the market?
What technological constraints delayed Netflix's entry into the market?
- Technological limitations in streaming technology
- Storing movies and the need for internet
- High real estate costs for distribution centers
- Lack of distribution centers and high DVD shipping costs (correct)
What was Netflix's value proposition?
What was Netflix's value proposition?
- Low-cost distribution centers and real estate
- High economies of scale and low willingness to pay
- Competing on price with other DVD rental stores
- Differentiation and high willingness to pay (correct)
How did Netflix dominate two 's-curves'?
How did Netflix dominate two 's-curves'?
- By expanding into international markets
- By acquiring other DVD rental companies
- First with DVDs, then with streaming (correct)
- First with VHS, then with DVDs
In the streaming industry, what are the substitutes as compared to the DVD industry?
In the streaming industry, what are the substitutes as compared to the DVD industry?
Why was Blockbuster slow to respond to Netflix's disruption?
Why was Blockbuster slow to respond to Netflix's disruption?
What were the two technologies that enabled Netflix's original business model?
What were the two technologies that enabled Netflix's original business model?
What resources allowed Netflix to deliver value?
What resources allowed Netflix to deliver value?
What was the impact of DVD shipping costs going down for Netflix?
What was the impact of DVD shipping costs going down for Netflix?
How did Netflix's distribution centers contribute to their competitive advantage?
How did Netflix's distribution centers contribute to their competitive advantage?
What was the reason for the delay in Netflix's entry into the market?
What was the reason for the delay in Netflix's entry into the market?
What differentiated Netflix from its competitors?
What differentiated Netflix from its competitors?
What allowed Netflix to disrupt themselves with the streaming industry?
What allowed Netflix to disrupt themselves with the streaming industry?
Why did Blockbuster’s total access fail?
Why did Blockbuster’s total access fail?
How did Netflix make the leap from an old technology s-curve to a new technology s-curve?
How did Netflix make the leap from an old technology s-curve to a new technology s-curve?
Where does eHarmony lie in determining the competitive scope?
Where does eHarmony lie in determining the competitive scope?
What are complements in the context of Porter's Sixth Force?
What are complements in the context of Porter's Sixth Force?
Why do companies like PlayStation reveal the console cost months before release?
Why do companies like PlayStation reveal the console cost months before release?
What is the reason that a three-sided platform is difficult in the gaming industry?
What is the reason that a three-sided platform is difficult in the gaming industry?
Why does Xbox charge royalties while Windows does not?
Why does Xbox charge royalties while Windows does not?
What is the correlation between gamers' willingness to pay and the number of games they buy?
What is the correlation between gamers' willingness to pay and the number of games they buy?
What is the impact of indirect network effects in the gaming industry?
What is the impact of indirect network effects in the gaming industry?
What is the challenge with a three-sided innovation platform in the gaming industry?
What is the challenge with a three-sided innovation platform in the gaming industry?
Why does Windows not charge royalties for gaming, unlike Xbox?
Why does Windows not charge royalties for gaming, unlike Xbox?
