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<p><b>Switching barriers</b> or <b>switching costs</b> are terms used in <a href="page.php?w=microeconomics">microeconomics</a>, <a href="page.php?w=strategic_management">strategic management</a>, and <a href="page.php?w=marketing">marketing</a>. They may be defined as the disadvantages or expenses consumers feel they experience, along with the economic and psychological costs of switching from one alternative to another. For example, when telephone service providers also offer Internet access as a package deal they are adding value to their service.</p><p>
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