{
  "handle": "IncumbentSlackTest",
  "ref": "IncumbentSlackTest#62d2",
  "stub": "62d2",
  "semaId": "sema:IncumbentSlackTest#mh:SHA-256:62d2f2d2edcbad3f8f568aab909f283d860add11b7a4648b0572686a44010731",
  "layer": "Society",
  "category": "Economics",
  "gloss": "Predict what an incumbent will not pursue by asking where it is not spoiled for resources",
  "mechanism": "Incumbents skip domains where they have abundant substitutes and pursue those where they are constrained. Ask on which resource the incumbent has effectively infinite supply and where it is scarce. A niche is defensible where a small team's efficiency counts for more than the incumbent's ability to buy more of a resource such as annotation.",
  "invariants": [
    "Abundance of the incumbent's inputs is checked, not assumed",
    "Constraints are tested per resource"
  ],
  "failureModes": [
    "Resource treated as scarce that the incumbent can buy",
    "Assuming today's constraints persist"
  ],
  "ring": 2,
  "tier": 3,
  "aliases": {},
  "buildsOn": [],
  "usedBy": [],
  "sources": {
    "research": [],
    "works": [],
    "homePage": false
  },
  "url": "/knowledge-graph/IncumbentSlackTest/",
  "graphUrl": "/knowledge-graph#IncumbentSlackTest",
  "directory": "/knowledge-graph/patterns.json"
}