What are capabilities? What must firms do to create capabilities? Capability is a capacity for a set of resources to integratively perform a stretch task. It represents the identity of the firm as perceived by both its employees and customers. It is the firm’s ability to perform better than competitors using a distinctive and difficult to replicate set of business attributes. The organization’s capability is comprised of three core assets – physical capital‚ including all tangible assets; technology
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Strategic Management Journal Strat. Mgmt. J.‚ 21: 1105–1121 (2000) DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES: WHAT ARE THEY? KATHLEEN M. EISENHARDT* and JEFFREY A. MARTIN Department of Management Science and Engineering‚ Stanford University‚ Stanford‚ California‚ U.S.A. This paper focuses on dynamic capabilities and‚ more generally‚ the resource-based view of the firm. We argue that dynamic capabilities are a set of specific and identifiable processes such as product development‚ strategic decision making‚ and
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Accredited Tertiary Courses Listing 2013 Accredited Tertiary Courses Listing 2013 – as at 20 March 2013 1 2013 Accredited Undergraduate Courses AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY The Australian National University University of Canberra NEW SOUTH WALES Australian Catholic University Australian Institute of Higher Education Avondale College of Higher Education Charles Sturt University Kings Own Institute Macquarie University Southern Cross University Top Education Institute The University of
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Negative Capability ’The concept of Negative Capability is the ability to contemplate the world without the desire to try and reconcile contradictory aspects or fit it into closed and rational systems.’ Keats was a romantic poet‚ full of intense passion and desire‚ yet shy and reserved. He was a young man with all the determination and melancholy of a teenager on a romantic quest to be among the English poets when he died. He is an inspiration to all of us‚ full of colourful language and imagination
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resources and competences and show how they are creating competitive advantage. This will be illustrated through the identification of the key drivers of competitive advantage. A strategic capability analysis of an organisation‚ namely Marks and Spencer. will be undertaken in order to identify which capabilities meet the criteria of value‚ rarity‚ robustness and non-substitutability. This study will be used to emphasise the impact of these key drivers which are likely to have an impact on the competitive
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[pic] [pic] Safedocs Document Management Services Business Report Part-B TABLE OF CONTENTS: Page No: 1 Executive Summary 03 2 Resource Demands 04 2.1 Financial Resources 2.2 Human Resources 04 2.3 Physical Resources 05 2.3.1 Location 05 2.3.2 Technological Resources 05 2.3.3 Marketing 06 2.3.4 Infrastructure Resources 06 2.4 Intangible Resources 06 2.4.1 Brand
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Kane (2012) “captured the interest of the mainstream press more than any other case during 2011”‚ was the Qantas Airways Limited (Qantas) dispute”. The Qantas dispute involved varying parties. These parties included Qantas employees and their representing unions‚ Qantas Management‚ the Minister for Tertiary Education‚ Skills Jobs and Workplace Relations and Fair Work Australia Qantas employees consisted of pilots represented by the AIPA (Australian and International Pilots Association)‚
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Which environmental factors will have the greatest impact on HR planning in the next five years for Qantas? QANTAS 5 year plan- Introduction – the 5 Year Plan In a press release regarding Qantas’s future in August 2011‚ CEO Alan Joyce stated that Q’s 5-year plan began firstly by “returning Qantas to profitability”‚ and the hope that revenue will “exceed the cost of capital on a sustainable basis”.[1] Joyce’s plan is premised on four pillars: Opening gateways around the world‚ growth in Asia
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ADVICE TO BOARD OF DERECTORS OF VERONICA AIRLINES I INTRODUCTION As in Qantas Airways Ltd v Lucinda Holdforth‚ the case brings the issue of confidentiality in the context of employers and employees.[ Qantas Airways Ltd v Lucinda Holdforth [2015] NSWSC 821] In the second section‚ some relevant legislation protection of confidential information will be listed. In the third section this paper will evaluate the current protection regime‚ in
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Qantas | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | Revenue | 15060 | 15627 | 14552 | 13772 | 14894 | Net income($M) | 673 | 970 | 123 | 116 | 249 | Net profit margin | 4.48% | 6.23% | 0.85% | 0.84% | 1.67% | × Asset turnover | 0.77 | 0.79 | 0.73 | 0.69 | 0.71 | = ROA | 3.45% | 4.92% | 0.61% | 0.58% | 1.19% | × Financial leverage | 3.45 | 3.44 | 3.49 | 3.34 | 3.40 | = ROE | 11.93% | 16.91% | 2.13% | 1.94% | 4.05% | NOPAT margin | 6.48% | 8.72% | 1.40% | 1
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