Competitive Strategy

  1. Internal Analysis: Resources, Capabilities, and Core Competencies
    1. The Resource-Based View of the Firm
      1. Key Assumptions of RBV
        1. Heterogeneity of Resources
          1. Resource Immobility
            1. Implications for Strategy
              1. Criticisms and Limitations
              2. Resource Classification and Analysis
                1. Types of Resources
                  1. Tangible Resources
                    1. Financial Resources
                      1. Physical Assets
                        1. Technological Assets
                        2. Intangible Resources
                          1. Intellectual Property
                            1. Brand Equity
                              1. Reputation
                                1. Organizational Culture
                                  1. Human Capital
                                  2. Organizational Resources
                                    1. Processes and Routines
                                      1. Information Systems
                                        1. Organizational Structure
                                      2. Resource Interdependencies
                                        1. Resource Accumulation Processes
                                        2. Capabilities Development
                                          1. From Resources to Capabilities
                                            1. Defining Capabilities
                                              1. Combining Resources for Capabilities
                                                1. Capability Hierarchies
                                                2. Dynamic Capabilities
                                                  1. Adapting to Change
                                                    1. Innovation Capabilities
                                                      1. Learning Capabilities
                                                        1. Reconfiguration Abilities
                                                        2. Capability Life Cycles
                                                          1. Development Stages
                                                            1. Renewal and Upgrading
                                                          2. Strategic Resource Analysis Tools
                                                            1. The VRIO Framework
                                                              1. Value Assessment
                                                                1. Customer Value Creation
                                                                  1. Cost Reduction Potential
                                                                  2. Rarity Evaluation
                                                                    1. Uniqueness of Resources
                                                                      1. Scarcity Factors
                                                                      2. Inimitability Analysis
                                                                        1. Barriers to Imitation
                                                                          1. Causal Ambiguity
                                                                            1. Social Complexity
                                                                              1. Path Dependency
                                                                              2. Organization Alignment
                                                                                1. Organizational Systems
                                                                                  1. Exploiting Resources Effectively
                                                                                    1. Complementary Assets
                                                                                  2. Resource Audit Techniques
                                                                                    1. Benchmarking Resource Performance
                                                                                    2. Value Chain Analysis
                                                                                      1. Overview of the Value Chain Concept
                                                                                        1. Primary Activities
                                                                                          1. Inbound Logistics
                                                                                            1. Operations
                                                                                              1. Outbound Logistics
                                                                                                1. Marketing and Sales
                                                                                                  1. Service
                                                                                                  2. Support Activities
                                                                                                    1. Firm Infrastructure
                                                                                                      1. Human Resource Management
                                                                                                        1. Technology Development
                                                                                                          1. Procurement
                                                                                                          2. Value Chain Linkages
                                                                                                            1. Internal Linkages
                                                                                                              1. Vertical Linkages
                                                                                                                1. Horizontal Linkages
                                                                                                                2. Value System Analysis
                                                                                                                  1. Linking Value Chain to Competitive Advantage
                                                                                                                    1. Identifying Value Drivers
                                                                                                                      1. Cost Drivers Analysis
                                                                                                                        1. Differentiation Drivers Analysis
                                                                                                                      2. Core Competencies Framework
                                                                                                                        1. Identifying Core Competencies
                                                                                                                          1. Criteria for Core Competencies
                                                                                                                            1. Assessment Methods
                                                                                                                            2. Leveraging Core Competencies
                                                                                                                              1. Market Extension
                                                                                                                                1. Product Development
                                                                                                                                  1. New Business Creation
                                                                                                                                  2. Sustaining Core Competencies
                                                                                                                                    1. Continuous Development
                                                                                                                                      1. Protection Mechanisms
                                                                                                                                      2. Core Rigidities and Renewal

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                                                                                                                                    5. Formulating Business-Level Strategy