Essays Tagged: "core competence"
Core Competence is the secret to success: it cannot be replicated.
In this paper we are going to look at the idea of Core Competences and explain what they are and how they affect an organisation. We will look to see ... nisation. We will look at a few cases where organisations have employed the strategy of seeking out core competences and we shall look to see whether their strategy has been more successful than anoth ... trategy has been more successful than another organisation in their industry which did not focus on core competences.The idea of competence in an organisation is not new, but core competence is relati ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Core competencies of coopers creek - a rough version for presentation
ce profile. Researchers adopting these perspectives have had to define the concept of resources and core competence, as well as the characteristics of these resources that make them strategically rele ... s that make them strategically relevant.Look at Hierarchy of competencies (slide)from - M. Javidan, Core competence: what does it mean in practice? Long Range Planning 31 1 (1998)On the lowest level o ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
The strategic analysis of EasyJet and Easy Group --the analysis of organisational assets and Growth-share Matrix analysis for the Easy Group
l overview on easyJet's assets, then mainly concentrate on its critical capability which formed its core competence. Essentially, historical comparison approach was adopted to evaluate the organizatio ... roup to better understand the balance portfolios of its different Easy companies in it and then the core competence of Easy group will be discussed in detailed.Part One1. The overview of easyJet's ass ...
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Core competency
What is Aardvark's core competence? The general consensus of the reading states it to be Aardvark's creative ability. A ... underlying reasons behind it. "Creativity" seems to be too general of concept to be considered as a core competence. The ability to research and develop a campaign/slogan/jingle that will stay with th ... jingle that will stay with the target consumer and create "brand recognition" for products is their core competency. Simply stated, Aardvark is outstanding with the delivery of an impressionable messa ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Softbank Corporation Case Study - International Business Management
nese companies with significant entrepreneurial potential and future growth prospects. Shift in its core competence and long-term strategies resulted from massive growth in the internet and technology ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
What is SWOT analysis.
. It also uses to assess whether there are opportunities to exploit further the unique resources or core competence of organization. SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.St ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
SWOT Analysis Walmart
al expansion (for example its purchase of the United Kingdom based retailer ASDA).The company has a core competence involving its use of information technology to support its international logistics s ...
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The Core Competence of the Corporation
The idea of competence in an organization is not new, during the 80s and 90s core competence has changed dramatically, but core competence is quite new as it aims to achieve com ... ss Review in 1990 managers now considers almost everything as a potential competence. But what is a core competence? The authors describe it as a bundle of skills and technologies that enable a compan ... cluded NEC, and 3M their article concerned mainly knowledge of technologies, however the concept of core competences has been extended to entail many types of skills and functions, including process e ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
IBM & EMSs Partnerships: An Operations Management Case Study.
AGES AND DISADVANTAGES.The main advantages from outsourcing IBM's computer assembly are focusing on core competencies, reducing costs, and accessing world-class capabilities. However, IBM's decision i ... ed with the disadvantages of losing control and knowledge, and instability.Advantage I: Focusing on Core CompetenciesFocusing on core competencies is the most strategic objective that an OEM seeks fro ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Learning by Doing
With practice and the right process, executive can develop a core competence in strategic thinking.This article presents a methodology executives can employ to c ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
How Can Chinese Shareholding Commercial Banks Create Competitive Advantage and Build Core Competence? A Case Study: Shanghai Pudong Development Bank.
AbstractThis project conducts a case study for the relations of competitive advantage, core competence and critical success factors in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. The aims are to ex ... are to examine how Chinese shareholding commercial banks can create competitive advantage and build core competence.This research reviews a series of analytical theories, including different approache ... reviews a series of analytical theories, including different approaches of competitive strategies, core competence, CSFs and relations of them. Moreover, the literatures of banking strategies, charac ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
SWOT Analysis
have grown substantially over recent years, and has experienced global expansion* The company has a core competence involving its use of information technology to support its international logistics s ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
Wal-Mart major competitive core competence is its superior logistics system
You see it everywhere in magazine articles and advertisements, but what exactly is a core competence? At its simplest, a core competence is a unique capability that affords some type of ... , and involves underlying skills, functions, systems and knowledge. To determine if something is of core competence, one must ask, "Does this 'thing' give the company a unique advantage over its compe ... port a market position that is valuable and difficult to imitate.At Wal-Mart, its major competitive core competence is its superior logistics system. Wal-Mart is one of the biggest global retailers in ...
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Core Competences
1.IntroductionThe emergence of the knowledge economy calls for a new way of competition- core competence that is unique in the development of firms and focuses on the identifying, acquisiti ... s unique in the development of firms and focuses on the identifying, acquisition and development of core competence. An empirical example of Toshiba’s Customer Service illustrates the relation be ... empirical example of Toshiba’s Customer Service illustrates the relation between customer and core competition in the marketing framework of firm and reveals how core competence is finally confi ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
How to build a learning organization in Nokia
In 21st century, more and more people began to ask which the core competence of enterprise is indeed. Then the same answer will be given commonly-human resource. ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
How to Build Brands within Framework of Low Cost Leadership Strategy
of abundant intellectual work. Acknowledging the fact that theory some times not only misrepresent core idea but diverge with practical situation as well, its importance can not be denied.This articl ... d size dimension was illustrated as "Strategic Scope" and internal Supply dimension as "Strength or Core Competence" of a firm. Rational behind it was Empirical research on the profit impact of market ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
How Outsourcing would impact the Pro-Forma Income Statement
estination may offer and thus the benefit for outsourcing will be:- It will help in focusing on the core areas as the secondary work can be contracted outside.- It will lead to optimum utilization of ... h will reduce costs and improve profitability.- It has more flexibility.Additionally looking at the core competence, the organization must also decide what activities of their supply chain should they ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Case study, Airborne Express
usage of their aircraft fleet2. What are Airborne Express' most important capabilities? What is its core competence?Airborne Express targeted the business that focused on the shipping of large volume ... or one of his biggest clients Xerox so that those packages would be delivered first (8 am.)Airborne core competence is to offer a good and fast service at a low price and they can do that because they ...
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Competency Traps
n higher performance (Lee and Van den Steen 2007)"In addition, competency traps are associated with core competences when they become core rigidities. This happens as a result of an overcommitment to ... hese actions will reduce the routine and also eliminate inertias that have impeded action. [10]11) "Core competence and core rigidity: Organizational memory perspective" according to this paper, compa ...
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The IMAX in 1990-2007 Case Study
ew or Positioning School View, should be applied to analysis competitive advantages. In this essay, core competence (corporate level) is seen as the nature and source of competitive advantage (busines ... rce-based View to analysis competitive advantage in business level, and then pass the influences to core competence in corporate level. The analysis is considerate on internal actions of IMAX and thin ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management