Leveraging Resources and Capabilities Flashcard-3

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Which aspect of outsourcing specifically involves the outsourcing of things such as loan origination and call center operations?

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Business process outsourcing

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Having valuable, but common, resources/capabilities leads to:

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competitive parity.

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When resources are valuable, rare, and exploited by the organization, but is not costly to imitate, what will the firm's performance most likely be?

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Above average

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Critics of offshoring make all of the following arguments EXCEPT which one? If even core functions such as engineering, R&D, manufacturing, and marketing can—and often should—be moved outside the country, what is left of the firm?, In some cases, it undermines national security., Offshoring increasingly results in job losses and leads to income inequality., Many large US firms claim that they are “global companies” but they seem to be bound by “American values.”

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Many large US firms claim that they are “global companies” but they seem to be bound by “American values.”

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The ability to sense and seize opportunities or to reconfigure existing assets is referred to as:

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dynamic capabilities.

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One of the ways in which a firm makes it more difficult for other firms to imitate its resources and capabilities is by establishing:

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causal ambiguity.

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Which of the following is associated with hypercompetition? A shortened window of competitive advantage, Static yet deliberate maneuvering, Unleashing a series of large, visible actions, Linear application of resources

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A shortened window of competitive advantage

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The terms outsourcing and offshoring are:

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closely related but not identical in meaning.

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The relationship between valuable resources and capabilities and firm performance is:

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the basis for determining whether activities are value-adding or non-value-adding.

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When a company’s product is easy to imitate:

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valuable and rare resources are not really a source of competitive advantage.