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The Core Competence of the Corporation. C.K. Prahalad & Gary Hamel Harvard Business Review, May-June, 1990. The Core Competence of the Corporation C.K. Prahalad & Gary Hamel Harvard Business Review, May-June, 1990.
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The Core Competenceof the Corporation C.K. Prahalad & Gary HamelHarvard Business Review, May-June, 1990
The Core Competenceof the CorporationC.K. Prahalad & Gary HamelHarvard Business Review, May-June, 1990 • The collective learning and competence of an organization, at the production / operations / technology level.
Core Competence Perspective • Production / Operations / Technology should not be thought of as end-product specific. • Core Competencies infuse the majority of an end products’ benefit, but are not specific to any particular product
Competing through Competencies • Competitive Advantage stems from leveraging Core Competencies across varying products and markets, and in new ways. • “In the core competencies underlying them, disparate businesses become coherent.”
Core Competences are… • The appropriate level for top management strategic attention, and for global competition. • The foundation for new business development.