1. Competitive advantage A distinctive competence is a unique firm-specific strength that allows a company to better differentiate its products and/or achieve substantially lower costs than its rivals and thus gain a competitive advantage. Resources are financial‚ physical‚ social or human‚ technological‚ and organizational factors that allow a company to create value for its customers. Company resources can be divided into two types: tangible and intangible resources. Tangible resources are something
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INTRODUCTION Competitive advantage(CA) is an advantage competitors gain by providing or offering customers or consumers greater value for their money through product and service differentiation or through lower prices. Maintaining competitive advantage is crucial to many businesses or organizations’ success in order to survive in the market. Competitive advantage is characterized by superior performance which could be an attribute to outperform the competitors whether current or potential; or gaining
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Corporate Strategy "Sources of competitive advantage rarely yield added value that can be sustained over time." The following essay is going to attempt to assess the above proposition and try to find if it is possible to add value continually over a period of time. I will first discuss what competitive advantage is and what it means to a firm. Then I will explain the sources of competitive advantage and how the distinctive capabilities of a firm allow it to sustain added value. The discussion
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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE Companies all seek a competitive advantage‚ as that will give them the opportunity to sustain profits that exceeds the average in their industry. The three major competitive advantages are differentiation‚ cost and response. Companies can therefore either gain a competitive advantage by offering a unique product differentiation‚ by offering similar products at a lower cost or by offering products at a time and place where the customer are in need of the product. Differentiation:
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Competitive advantage and strategies are important for companies to understand and utilize. Competitive advantage allows a company to stay ahead of its competition. Strategy on the other hand allows a company to have a plan for success. According to the article “Winning strategy for business‚ Response books”‚ “Strategy comes to be defined in every company with two independent and simultaneous processes” (Gorapaj‚ 2010‚ p.334). In order for Napster to see success and longevity in the online music
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HBC 229N Analysis for Competitive Advantage Group Assignment Semester 1‚ 2012 Australian Company: Qantas Airways Ltd and Billabong International Limited Group Member: Erica Wee 418 5641 Deborah Kusiima 743 4006 Sabbir Ahmen 743 3840 Christina Chin Fung Fung 4201434 Executive Summary This report comprises of specific research on Qantas Airways Ltd. and Billabong International Ltd. (BBG) and their industries. In addition‚ primary sources such as the company’s official website
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Riordan’s Competitive Advantages The research will describe which competitive advantages Riordan has in common with McDonald’s and Burger King. This study will estimate‚ which competitive strategies Riordan could use to improve innovation and sustainability of business operations both in the United States and in the global market. Research will explain why those competitive strategies were chosen and estimate how they may affect sustainability of long-term organizational performance. The examination
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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE 1) The petrochemical industry produces goods that are largely undifferentiated. To be profitable‚ PCG need to be the lowest cost producer. Raw materials form the majority of PCG cost of revenue. PCG competitive advantage is‚ it has access to very low cost natural gas compared to its competitor‚ which in turn‚ means a higher gross profit margin. 2) PCG is backed by PETRONAS group‚ which also owns other 4 PLC units: i) MISC Bhd ii) Petronas Dagangan Bhd iii) Petronas
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Very simply‚ the term competitive advantage means the positioning a firm takes in relation to other firms in its industry. According to Michael Porter‚ there are three different way to sustain a competitive advantage. These three different strategies are cost leadership‚ differentiation‚ and focus. The term cost leadership describes when a firm provides the same or similar services or products as other firms but does so at a lower price. The term differentiation means a firm offers a superior
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Competitive Advantage: Question 1/2: A competitive advantage is a position that a firm occupies in its competitive landscape. Cost advantage Cost advantage A firm possesses a sustainable competitive advantage when it has value-creating processes and positions that cannot be duplicated or imitated by others‚ that lead to the production of above normal rents‚ in that it provides a long-term advantage that is not easily replicated. Sources of competitive advantage: Competitive advantage Competitive
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