Sometimes a tiny head start grows into an enduring advantage. In a "Success to the Successful" situation two positive feedback loops wrestle for dominance. When A gets ahead A gets more resources, which helps it move further ahead of B, which gains it still more resources – and on and on, until B is driven into bankruptcy. (Or until the model breaks down: when external factors intervene, another competitor appears, the market saturates, there's an antitrust lawsuit, technology changes, ...)

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