The Strategic Position

The Strategic Position Chapter 3: Strategic Capabilities Gokhan Turgut

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Strategic capabilities: the key issues

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Strategic capabilities: the key issues
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Resources and competences
• Resources are the assets that organisations have or can call upon (e.g. from partners or suppliers),that is, ‘what we have’ . • Competences are the ways those assets are used or deployed effectively, that is, what we do well’.

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Components of strategic capabilities

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Components of strategic capabilities
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Redundant capabilities
• Capabilities, however effective in the past, can become less relevant as industries evolve and change. • Such ‘capabilities’ can become ‘rigidities’ that inhibit change and become a weakness.

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Dynamic capabilities
Dynamic capability is the ability of an organisation to renew and recreate its strategic capabilities to meet the needs of changing environments.

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Threshold and distinctive capabilities (1)
• Threshold capabilities are those needed for an organisation to meet the necessary requirements to compete in a given market and achieve parity with competitors in that market – ‘qualifiers’. • Distinctive capabilities are those that critically underpin competitive advantage and that others cannot imitate or obtain – ‘winners’.

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