‘Resources underlie competencies‚ whereas competencies build resources’ Discuss this statement and explain under what conditions both resources and capabilities can create a competitive advantage for a company Introduction This essay will discuss how resources and competences are linked with regards to a firm’s performance and under what conditions they can be fully utilized to create a competitive advantage for the company in question. Main Generally it can be found that in a particular
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Synopsis A firm with five co-founders plans to found a Hotel for pets “Kora” in Astana‚ Kazakhstan. The vision is to become a leading service and health care company for citizens of Astana who have pets and willing to leave their loved pets while being away. The firm’s mission is to provide daily services in hotel staying‚ nutritional and health care for customers’ pets. Building the Founding team It is a known fact that entrepreneurs go through an iterative process of founding a team‚ capital raising
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Circuit City developed world-class capabilities in logistics that enabled it to track trends and have inventory in its geographically dispersed stores. Additionally‚ Circuit City developed a core of motivated and knowledgeable sales staff. Circuit City employed a big-box strategy with stores that had a large footprint that stocked a variety of products (selection) and service that relied on economies of scale to achieve high sales volumes. High sales volume enabled competitive pricing‚ but it also
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● Developed and led customers relationships department ● Continuously built. developed‚ and executed on deepening clients relationships ● Worked directly with staff and customers in compliance and business development while offering quality service ● Designed and conducted training programs for teams ● Partnered with other departments on projects to set high standards and gained competitive advantage in the industry ● Demostrated a precise alignment commitment to performance and awareness to customers
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alternative used by the firm Burger King is the world’s largest flame broiled fast food restaurant chain. As of mid-2009‚ it operated about 12000 restaurants in all 50 states and in 74 countries and U.S. territories worldwide through a combination of company-owned and franchised operations‚ which together employed nearly 400‚000 people worldwide. Two major ways in which Burger King differentiates itself from competitors are the way it cooks hamburgers by its flame- broiled method as opposed to grills
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Clean Harbors Inc. External Analysis Clean Harbors was founded in 1980 and is the largest hazardous waste disposal company in North America. They have four business segments: technical services‚ field services‚ industrial services‚ and exploratory services. Field services provide environmental cleanup services and emergency response environmental assistance. Its services involve the cleanup and restoration of buildings‚ equipment‚ and sites that have been contaminated by exposure to hazardous
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EGT1 - Economics and Global Business Applications Course of Study This course supports the assessments for EGT1. The course covers 7 competencies and represents 4 competency units. Introduction Overview You will learn the concepts and tools needed to make optimal decisions such as the following: marginal analysis; supply and demand; competition; anti-trust laws and government regulations; international business environment; international trade; global operations; and cultural sensitivity
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Prevention/Protection Mission Area Core Capabilities On Monday‚ January 17‚ 1994 at 4.31 a.m. an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.7 struck a densely populated area of San Fernando Valley. In spite of Los Angeles County considered as one of the greatest prepared regions for earthquakes‚ Northridge was one of the worse disasters financially. They were around 14‚000 aftershocks reported in the magnitude of 4.0-5.0 range. Because of the earthquake people displaced from their homes are estimated
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Executive Summary: This report provides a detailed company description of the giant automaker Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC)‚ along with an in depth analysis and evaluation of their logistics‚ marketing‚ human resource management and international strategy. What is currently being questioned is the allowance of TMC to cross our borders and begin operations within our country. After reviewing all evidence found for and against allowing TMC to enter our nation‚ it was made clear that TMC provides
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Exploring the Core Components of Dynamic Capabilities Abstract The concept of dynamic capabilities was introduced by Teece & Pisano (1994) and Teece‚ Pisano‚ & Shuen (1997)who asserted that in a dynamic environment a firm’s competitive advantage will rest on the firm’s internal processes and routines that enable the firm to renew and change its stock of organizational capabilities thereby making it possible to deliver a constant stream of new and innovative products and services to customers
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