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Internal Analysis: Resources, Capabilities and Core Competencies. What is a resource? What is a capability? What’s the difference: Potential vs. Kinetic energy? How do resources and/or capabilities contribute to competitive advantage?. Key Questions. What a firm Has . Resources.
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Internal Analysis: Resources, Capabilities and Core Competencies
What is a resource? What is a capability? What’s the difference: Potential vs. Kinetic energy? How do resources and/or capabilities contribute to competitive advantage? Key Questions
What a firm Has... Resources Resources Resources represent inputs into a firm’s production process... such as capital equipment, skills of employees, brand names, finances and talented managers
Capabilities represent... the firm’s capacity or ability to integrate individual firm resources to achieve a desired objective. What a firm Does... Capabilities
What a firm Does... Core Competencies that is Strategically Valuable Core Competencies must be: Valuable Capabilities that either help a firm to exploit opportunities to create value for customers or to neutralize threats in the environment
What a firm Does... Core Competencies that is Strategically Valuable Core Competencies must be: Valuable Capabilities that either help a firm to exploit opportunities to create value for customers or to neutralize threats in the environment Rare Capabilities that are possessed by few, if any, current or potential competitors
What a firm Does... Core Competencies that is Strategically Valuable Core Competencies must be: Valuable Capabilities that either help a firm to exploit opportunities to create value for customers or to neutralize threats in the environment Rare Capabilities that are possessed by few, if any, current or potential competitors Costly to Imitate Capabilities that other firms cannot develop easily, usually due to unique historical conditions, causal ambiguity or social complexity
What a firm Does... Core Competencies that is Strategically Valuable Core Competencies must be: Valuable Capabilities that either help a firm to exploit opportunities to create value for customers or to neutralize threats in the environment Rare Capabilities that are possessed by few, if any, current or potential competitors Costly to Imitate Capabilities that other firms cannot develop easily, usually due to unique historical conditions, causal ambiguity or social complexity Nonsubstitutable Capabilities that do not have strategic equivalents, such as firm-specific knowledge or trust-based relationships
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