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The Business Model Navigator, 2nd Edition
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The Business Model Navigator, 2nd Edition

by Oliver Gassmann, Karolin Frankenberger, Michaela Choudury, Michaela Csik
August 2020
Intermediate to advanced
425 pages
11h 12m
English
Pearson Education
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Chapter 27

Lock-In

Forcing loyalty with high switching costs

A woman sitting under a coconut tree in a lone island surrounded by gadgets like a laptop, a camera, a Walkman with headphones and an L-board. A half set sun is visible in the horizon.

The pattern

In this business model, customers are ‘locked in’ to a vendor’s world of products and services in such a way that changing to another provider would incur substantial costs or penalties. It should be noted that, in this context, the term ‘costs’ does not refer to monetary costs alone: the time needed to switch to a new option and learn how to use it may be just as relevant for some customers.

A triangular model with its vertices labelled what, how and value, while its centre is labelled who. Line segments from the centre meet the arms of the triangle forming three parts. How and value vertices are highlighted.

Customers can be tied down to a company through various means. They may, ...

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ISBN: 9781292327143