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Finance
Marketing
Commercial risk-taking

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Patents
Advertising
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Demand
Competition
Productivity

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Research
Technology
Legal protection

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Streaming created a new market.
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Streaming created a new market.
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Streaming created a new product.
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Streaming created a new market.
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Streaming created a new technology.
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Lower entry barriers can fragment markets.
Decisive advantages can concentrate markets.

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