seven-powers

Use when diagnosing whether a business has, can build, or is falsely claiming durable strategic power using Hamilton Helmer's Seven Powers: scale economies, network economies, counter-positioning, switching costs, branding, cornered resource, and process power. Do NOT use for industry-structure analysis alone (use porters-five-forces), integrated strategy-cascade formulation (use playing-to-win), generic prioritization, or surface-level SWOT lists. Covers power as benefit plus barrier, moat-source classification, power progression by company phase, false-positive checks, and strategy implications. Do NOT use for analyze the attractiveness of this industry using entrants, suppliers, buyers, substitutes, and rivalry. Do NOT use for turn this market-entry plan into a winning aspiration, where to play, how to win, capabilities, and systems. Do NOT use for rank these roadmap items by impact and effort. Do NOT use for make a SWOT table for this company.