Montgomery, "Resources: The essence of Corporate Advantage", Harvard Business School Case N1-792-064. ? Cannot be imitated : Patents, unique assets, unique locations ? Difficult to imitate : Brand loyalty, employee satisfaction, reputation for fairness ? Can be imitated (but may not be) Capacity preemption, economies of scale ? Easy to imitate : Cash, commodities ORGANIZING to exploit competitive potential of resources and capabilities The following elements must be in place in order to effectively exploit the resource(s) and/or capability(s): o Structure o Management and control systems o Compensation policies o Business processes o Complementary resources and capabilities ? Examples : o Caterpillar : Global formal reporting structure, global inventory systems o Wal-Mart: Inventory control system o Xerox: Highly bureaucratic product development process - failed to exploit enormous opportunities (e...
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Montgomery, "Resources: The essence of Corporate Advantage", Harvard Business School Case N1-792-064. ? Cannot be imitated : Patents, unique assets, unique locations ? Difficult to imitate : Brand loyalty, employee satisfaction, reputation for fairness ? Can be imitated (but may not be) Capacity preemption, economies of scale ? Easy to imitate : Cash, commodities ORGANIZING to exploit competitive potential of resources and capabilities The following elements must be in place in order to effectively exploit the resource(s) and/or capability(s): o Structure o Management and control systems o Compensation policies o Business processes o Complementary resources and capabilities ? Examples : o Caterpillar : Global formal reporting structure, global inventory systems o Wal-Mart: Inventory control system o Xerox: Highly bureaucratic product development process - failed to exploit enormous opportunities (e...
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