Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage Jay Barney Texas A&M University TABLE OF CONTENT I. Introduction Understanding sources of sustained competitive advantage has become a major area of research in strategic management. II. Defining key concepts 1) Firm resources 2) Competitive advantage 3) Sustained competitive advantage III. Competition with Homogeneous and Perfectly Mobile Resources Examining the role of immobile form resources in creating sustained competitive
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American Prairies: Change in Ecosystem Structure and Function Introduction Stretching approximately two million acres of land‚ the North American Prairies cover a large portion of the continent. From Montana to Oklahoma to Colorado and to the provinces of Alberta‚ Manitoba‚ and Saskatchewan in Canada‚ the Great Plains‚ having moderate temperatures and suitable rainfall conditions‚ provide a valuable resource to society. Due to the expanse of land and the varying habitats within the prairies ecosystem
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beliefs. This caused most of native cultures to die out and was the aftermath of an even closer connected homogeneity. Despite assimilation robbing various cultures of their beliefs and views an increased acceptance of heterogeneity has begun to renew these marginalized
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Pleasure is a key concept insuring feeding‚ survival and procreation of a specie (Kringelbach‚ M.L.; Berridge 2010). Impairment in the experience of pleasure is known under the term “anhedonia” and represents an obstacle to the completion of these essential functions. The dominant definition of anhedonia has remained unaltered since 1869 (Ribot 1896) when it was first described as “the inability to experience pleasure”. This definition limits anhedonia to an impaired consummatory process (liking)
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1.0 Introduction In ecology‚ a species-area curve is a relationship between the area of a habitat‚ or of part of a habitat‚ and the number of species found within that area. Larger areas tend to contain larger numbers of species‚ and empirically‚ the relative numbers seem to follow systematic mathematical relationships. The species-area relationship is usually constructed for a single type of organism‚ such as all vascular plants or all species of a specific trophic level within a particular
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outcomes and firm performance. Hypotheses are tested on a sample of goods manufacturers using a combination of survey data‚ document analysis‚ and objective capital market data for firm performance. Results indicate that TMT diversity‚ measured as heterogeneity in educational‚ functional‚ industry‚ and organizational background‚ has a strong positive effect on a firm ’s innovation orientation. A strong proactive focus on emerging customer needs and on novel technologies then lead to a portfolio of new
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quality (as good as promised?) Variety Time ▪ Customer heterogeneity ▪ Responsiveness to demand Important for - Performance measurement - Defining a business strategy Prof. Christian Terwiesch Four Dimensions of Performance: Measurements for a Sandwich Store Cost Quality ▪ Efficiency ▪ Product quality (how good?) ▪ Process quality (as good as p promised?) ) Variety Time ▪ Customer heterogeneity ▪ Responsiveness to demand Prof. Christian Terwiesch
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Strategic Management & Business Analysis “The Critical Assessment of the Resource-Based View of Strategic Management: The Source of Heterogeneity of the firm” Tokuda Akio Ritsumeikan International Affairs Vol.3‚ pp125-150 (2005) Paper Review Introduction: The paper in hand is discussing the resource based view (RBV) while highlighting the entrepreneurial view point as a competitive advantage. It also formulize the conceptual framework of the resource based view
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population is lower. |Size of community is large in size. Urbanity and size of| | |Density and rurality are negatively co-related. |community are positively co-related. | |5 |Homogeneity and heterogeneity of population: More |More heterogeneous than rural.
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“Hybrid theory” What is colonialism? Slavery & subordination The roman concept of “Colonia” The colonial Rationale The “Other” as uncivilized Colonial power as superior Subaltern consciousness/ culture is misguided/inferior Colonial power as a civilizing force Subaltern: the “OTHER” Colonial and imperial rule was legitimized by anthropological theories which increasingly portrayed the peoples of the colonized world as inferior‚ feminine‚ childlike‚ incapable of looking after themselves
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