Question 3: What do you identify as Sony’s resources‚ capabilities and core competencies? Does Sony have a sustainable competitive advantage? Sony Corporation is considered one of the world’s most successful companies‚ operating in the “electronics‚ games‚ music‚ films and financial services” industry (Hanson et al‚ 2001). Sony is known for creating “products that stimulate the senses and refresh the spirit” (Sony‚ 2007). Effectively managing a combination of its resources‚ capabilities and core competencies
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capacity for leveraging resources and competences is a prerequisite for creating competitive advantage. Discuss‚ with references to theory and real world organization of your choice”. Strategic management is a multi faced and vast area of study with many theorists presenting differing views as to what is crucial to the successful formulation of strategy. This essay will present an explanation of the internal capacity of leveraging resources and competences and show how they are creating competitive
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Nor is Parliament’s legislative competence limited in time. It can legislate retroactively‚ changing the legal consequences of past actions. The War Damage Act 1965 is the Act usually cited as proof‚ but the War Crimes Act 1991 makes the point just as well. That Act also shows Parliament’s lawmaking power is unlimited in space: it can legislate for things done anywhere. This has very real-world applications‚ as shown by legislation against child sexual abuse committed abroad and against torture
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and one of the most important elements is the innovation. “Not to innovate is to die” (Freeman‚ 2005‚ p.266). We could define the innovation as “… (innovation) life cycle is an S-shaped logistic curve consisting of three distinct phases: emergence (the development of the product or service‚ its manufacturing capabilities‚ and its place in the market)‚ growth (where the product family pervades the market). and maturity (where the market issaturated and growth slows)” (William G. Howard‚ 1992). The
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In marketing there is‚ what is) called a Unique Selling Proposition (USP. This is an important tool available for marketing‚ to differentiate the position and competition. Some vendors position their products based on price‚ durability‚ quality‚ easy to use and so on‚ as their USP. And you as a person? What makes you different? What is your area of excellence? Should it be regarded as a product‚ why shouldsomeone to buy the other person? To be more precise‚ what is truly unique and special about
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CSAC05 1/13/07 9:21 Page 123 5 Analyzing Resources and Capabilities Analysts have tended to define assets too narrowly‚ identifying only those that can be measured‚ such as plant and equipment. Yet the intangible assets‚ such as a particular technology‚ accumulated consumer information‚ brand name‚ reputation‚ and corporate culture‚ are invaluable to the firm’s competitive power. In fact‚ these invisible assets are often the only real source of competitive edge that can be sustained over time
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1a) Dynamic capabilities are abilities which enable the organisation to renew and recreate its strategic capabilities to meet the needs of the changing environment. It is the capacity of an organisation to change which enables them to adapt more readily. Sustainable competitive advantage relies on resources‚ competencies and capabilities evolving with the dynamics of the industry. Sustainable competitive advantage is achieved when an organisation’s capabilities are of value to customers‚ unique
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www.hbr.org The Core Competence of the Corporation by C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 The Core Competence of the Corporation 15 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Reprint 90311 The Core Competence of the Corporation The Idea in Brief
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LESSON PLAN Grade: IX Unit V Lesson II “FAMILY VALUES” Materials: computer‚ projector‚ textbook‚ pictures‚ board‚ felt-tip-pens Competences: I.1 Reception of spoken messajes I.2 Production of spoken messages and interaction I.3 Reception of written messajes II knowing customs‚ traditions‚ historical and cultural personalities. V. awareness in the formation of attitudes and values Subcompetences: I.1.3 . Determining the type of message by identifying the details of evaluation and selecting
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of Historian Dexter Perkins‚ the main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine‚ or the non-colonization principle‚ was a foreign policy that was intended to stop European colonization in the Western Hemisphere. President James Monroe established this doctrine in a speech to Congress in 1832. While the doctrine is named after the President that wrote the 1823 message to Congress‚ the Monroe Doctrine was originally the idea of Secretary of State‚ John Quincy Adams. Two main events convinced Adams that such
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