Resources and Capabilities

Resources and capabilities underpin organizations and allow firms to enact their strategy. They also separate firms from one another. If you pose different resources to your competitors, you can undertake different activities and give customers specific reasons to come to your firms over those of your competitors. 

This collection of articles unpacks the importance of resources and capabilities to organizational success – including different resources that are important for firms, ways of acquiring, and barriers to other firms being able to imitate your resources. 

Latest Articles on Resources and Capabilities

What is competitive parity?

This article explores what is meant by competitive parity – and why firms may not be able to gain a competitive advantage over others

What is the VRIO framework?

This article unpacks the VRIO framework – and why it is important to consider whether resources are valuable, rare, hard imitate, or substitute, and the organization is organized to support the resource.

What is competitive parity?

This article explores what is meant by competitive parity – and why firms may not be able to gain a competitive advantage over others

What is the VRIO framework?

This article unpacks the VRIO framework – and why it is important to consider whether resources are valuable, rare, hard imitate, or substitute, and the organization is organized to support the resource.