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 advantage. 1) Resource
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Financial Analysis of Woolworths Limited 10 October 2011 By: Huatong (Claire) Liu To: Potential investors Executive Summary The primary purpose of this report is to determine whether Woolworths Limited is an appropriate and profitable company to invest in. Specific objectives include analysis of annual reports of Woolworths and its competitors (Wesfarmers) as well as interpretation of relevant government and industry statistics‚ stock exchange‚ market information and media comments
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Case study 1: Resource based view of competitive Advantage 1. How specific would the identification of strategic capabilities need to be to permit them to be managed to achieve competitive advantage? Business strategy is all about competitive advantage. Businesses need strategies in order to ensure that resources are allocated in the most effective way.A firm is said to have a competitive advantage when it is implementing a value creating strategy not simultaneously being implemented
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Strategies for Competitive Advantage in Value Added Tea Marketing H.M.U.N. Herath and S. De Silva1* Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture University of Peradeniya Sri Lanka ABSTRACT. At present the world tea market is rapidly growing with emerging customer needs. The importance of a change from bulk tea exports to value added tea products is highlighted in literature to face the challenges in an increasingly competitive beverage market. Firms failing to address the competitive forces by developing
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What‚ historically‚ have been Apple’s competitive advantages? Apple since its inception was driven by mission to bring easy-to-use computers to market. But during Sculley years (1985-1993)‚ Apple targeted low cost computer and forge an alliance with IBM for OS development on Intel platform‚ both of which didn’t bear any results. Spindler‘s (‘93-‘96) strategy to expand to international market gave short-term results‚ but did not help Apple in long term. Amelio (‘96-’97) decided to go back to premium
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and increasing product range‚ is Woolworths diluting its value proposition? Woolworths is not diluting its value proposition by dropping prices as they still intend to deliver good quality products‚ superior packaging and excellent customer relations. They still intend to deliver on that promise and ensure that the consumer prefers its products and services above their competitors in the long run‚ thus maintaining the key to a sustainable competitive advantage (Hough‚ 2011). In the case study
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Has Airborne Express Achieved a Sustainable Competitive Advantage? Base on financial power and company size‚ Airborne cannot be aligned with FedEx and UPS. However‚ Airborne could successfully grow faster than its competitors for series period of time and positioned itself behind those two giant firms. The keys successes are resulted from Airborne’s abilities to discover its competitive advantage. However‚ to label Airborne for achieving sustainable stages‚ we need to analyze of Airborne’s external
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1) Introduction Competitive Advantage of Nations is a largely reputable yet often criticised work by Michael Porter (1990). The framework of competitiveness by Porter explained the achievements of industries and their contributions to the success of nations worldwide. Firstly‚ the concept of National Competitiveness and the Diamond Model will be briefly explained. Secondly‚ the varying criticisms of Porter’s theory by other academics will be discussed. Thirdly‚ the crucial missing dimensions in
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Southwest Airlines: Using Human Resources for Competitive Advantage Executive Summary Southwest was founded in 1971 with a fleet of three Boeing 737 aircraft. Headquartered at Love Field in Dallas‚ the airline followed a strategy of low fares‚ few frills‚ and excellent customer service. Early on‚ the airline faced many political and regulatory challenges including the Wright Amendment‚ which prohibited the carrier from offering direct service into Love Field from any state other than Texas
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Revolutionizing an Industry’s Supply Chain Model for Competitive Advantage Crocs is one of leading manufacturer and the fastest growing company in the footwear industry. While it sold its first shoe in 2003‚ it has reported revenue of $143 million in the second quarter of 2007. This phenomenal double digit compounding growth rate is because of its policies over its product and supply chain; eventually leading to competitive advantages over its competitors. The case opens up with a brief discussion
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