Using Dynamics

 How do you attain such an advantaged position in the first place?

In classical military strategy the defender prefers the high ground.  It is harder to attack and easier to defend.  The high ground constitutes a natural asymmetry that can form the basis of an advantage.

Much of academic strategy theory concerns more and more intricate explanations for why certain types of economic high ground are valuable.  But such discussion sidestep an even more important question: How do you attain such an advantaged position in the first place?

ACTION POINT: As valuable as advantaged positions are, the cost of capturing them is even higher.  And an easy to capture position will fall just as easily to the next attacker.