alue. A firms resources and capabilities should add value by allowing the firm to exploit and mitigate its S&W’s. Likewise, adding value as to a firms resources and capabilities will lead to competitive advantage, providing your firm exploits these value added attributes. Taking the example of IP (above) so long as the competition cannot copy your value added or imitate it, your firm will have a Competitive Advantage. But in today’s world sustainable Competitive Advantage is not possible. So yes
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Procurement is An Integral Part of Resource- Based View of An Organization Phuong Duong University College Dublin (12251697) 4112 words ABSTRACT Procurement has become an increasingly widespread practice among organizations and is today of strategic importance that attract
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can be a source of sustained competitive advantage.” In order to understand the sources of competitive advantage firms are using many tools to analyze their external (Porter’s 5 Forces, PEST analysis) and internal (Value Chain analysis, BCG Matrix) environments. One of such tools that analyze firm’s internal resources is VRIO analysis. The tool was originally developed by Barney, J. B. (1991) in his work ‘Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage’, where the author identified four attributes
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the similarities and differences in the ways in which this week’s articles explain performance differences among firms? From the articles describing various theories of a firm’s performance, there are a few common themes and a few minor differences focusing on definitions. In viewing the articles, we find that all of the authors state that the primary difference in performance of firms is the management of internal resources. The management of resources includes the development, acquisition, integration
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differences between firms. Most of the theory base for any such attempts has to be informed by strategic management theory, since the primary question that strategic management seeks to answer is why some firms outperform others over time. This paper synthesizes three major streams of thought in strategic management with the empirical and theoretical literature on strategic marketing to develop an integrative theory-based conceptual framework linking marketing with firms’ business performance
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PORTER'S DIAMOND OF NATIONAL ADVANTAGE What is the Diamond Model? Description The Diamond Model of Michael Porter for the competitive advantage of Nations offers a model that can help understand the comparative position of a nation in global competition. The model can also be used for major geographic regions. Traditional country advantages Traditionally, economic theory mentions the following factors for comparative advantage for regions or countries: 1. Land 2. Location 3. Natural
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Sustainable Competitive Advantage Approach Calveta whish is operating dining services is provide their services in senior living market by managing the food service operation to the senior living facilities (SLFs) in the United States. Calveta is very experience in preparing the healthy and nutritious food for old people that is suitable for the residence in the senior living facilities (SLFs). Other than Calveta, there are several players in the senior living market that providing dining service
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integrated and coordinated set of commitments and actions the firm uses to gain a competitive advantage by exploiting core competencies in specific product markets Capability- the capacity for a set of resources to perform a task or an activity in an integrative manner Competitive action- a strategic or tactical action the firm takes to build or defend its competitive advantages or improve tis market position Competitive Advantage- when it implements a strategy that creates superior value for
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firm’s competitive advantage lies in its resources. It exams the link between a firms resource ans sustained competitive advantage. To sustain a competitive advantage it requires that these resources heterogeneous and immobile. The key point of the theory is to identify the firm’s resources and see if it is VRIN (Value, Rarity, In-imitable and Non substitutable) and then protect them. Formal planning is highly imitable and thus cannot be a source of sustained competitive advantage. An argument for
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Competitive Advantage Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance Author: Michael E. Porter Michael E. Porter's Competitive Advantage explores the underpinnings of competitive advantage in the individual firm. Porter's groundbreaking concept of the value chain disaggregates a company into "activities," or the discrete functions or processes that represent the elemental building blocks of competitive advantage. Giving readers a comprehensive understanding of business strategy and
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