The Impact of Core Competencies on Competitive Advantage 1. Introduction Companies need to learn to manage tomorrow’s opportunities as competently as they manage today’s businesses. The discovery of new competitive space is helped when a company has a class of technology generalists that can move from one discipline to another. The new market development can be geared up by developing the capability to redeploy the human resources quickly from one business opportunity to another. It is the top
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Study Corporate success of EasyJet EasyJet focuses on a cost leadership strategy and differentiation strategy. Central to the ’easy’ philosophy is yield management. The Easy model provides to the customer functional services at the lowest possible price‚ on the basis of the "real value" of the basics of the service provided‚ avoiding any unessential frills. EasyJet was launched in 1995 and was the pioneer in the economical airlines segment. The PESTEL analysis of EasyJet airlines shown in figure 1
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going to discuss what competency is and compare with portfolio of individual business units. A core competency is something a firm can do well and meets the following three conditions pointed out by Hamel and Prahalad. Firstly‚ it can provide customers benefits. Secondly‚ it is hard for competitors to imitate. Finally‚ it can be use widely in many products and markets. Hamel and Prahalad introduced this concept in 1990 Harvard Business Review article. A core competency is a bundle of skills
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report from your nurse collegue a nurse can than gather that information to develop their goal for the day. Goals are important‚ they determine the focus of the nurse and allow them to accomplish their tasks efficiently and in a timely manner. Core Competency: Managing Patient-Centered Care Let’s face it‚ a nurse would not have a career if it were not for patients‚ this does not mean I wish for people to get sick‚ instead it means that all of my efforts during my shift are geared towards the patient
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EasyJet is originally discovered by a Greek named Sir Stelios - Loannou in 1995. Initially‚ they started off with two leased aircraft that only flied from Luton to Edinburgh and Glasgow. (Jones‚ 2007) In 1996‚ they replaced the leased aircraft by purchasing four second-hand aircraft. They contracted to buy 12 brand new 737s from Boeing in 1997. They successfully bought 40% of Swiss charter operation‚ Tea Basel AG in 1998.( Sull‚ Kuemmerle and Cabral‚1999‚20-38) In the year 2000‚ easyJet succeeded
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Amazon was a company that started out selling books. Jeff Benzo saw a way to deliver books to customer. He wanted to “provided a way for customers to browse for‚ order and receive books” (Grundy). One core competencies of Amazon are the use of management. Amazon is able to build and maintain an effective customer relationship by having an effective management. This leads to customer satisfaction and brand loyalty due to their ever advancing strive to offer
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INTRODUCTIONS EasyJet was founded by Haji-Loannou in 1994. EasyJet‚ the company‚ is a low cost airline‚ looking to undercut traditional carriers that were already known and established in the industry. Originally‚ the company ran its operations absolutely on direct phone sales. In April 1998‚ EasyJet went online. It was a shaky start but one that would grow into a stable foundation. Since its launch‚ the site had taken more than 800‚000 bookings by March 2000. By September 2000‚ 85% of total
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Kourtney – I followed your logic as well‚ using the seven core competencies to illustrate aviation support. It’s important to remember that in most aspects of operations in the Army Aviation community that not only do we primarily focus the missions for the ground force commanders but to each other and logistical aspects as well. In most cases‚ Army aviation cannot do one without the other‚ as you described when you mentioned the specific tasks in an air assault. Although each airframe has a unique
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Britain S0263-2373(98)00059-0 0263-2373/99 $19.00 0.00 Case Study easyJet’s $500 Million Gamble DON SULL‚ London Business School‚ and Commentators‚ Constantinos Markides‚ Walter Kuemmerle‚ Luis Cabral. This Case Study details the rapid growth of easyJet which started operations in November 1995 from London’s Luton airport. In two years‚ it was widely regarded as the model low-cost European airline and a strong competitor to flag carriers. The company has clearly identifiable operational and marketing
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look of easyJet and will also discuss an analytic research that was made to demonstrate aspects of the history of the airline‚ along with the marketing strategy and brand strategy used and implemented by the low-budget airline. The strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats‚ known as SWOT analysis‚ will also be illustrated along with the external environment better known as PEST analysis which consists of the political‚ environmental‚ social/cultural and technology factors of easyJet. In addition
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