Resource Based View, Core Competence and Innovation: A Research on Turkish Manufacturing Industry

Scirj Volume I, Issue III, October 2013 Edition
ISSN: 2201-2796

Resource Based View, Core Competence and Innovation: A Research on Turkish Manufacturing Industry

Gönül Kaya Özbağ

Abstract: The importance of organizational resources and capabilities are realized by business practitioners and researchers as they support organizational performance and competitive advantage. However, what exactly core competence is not clearly understood since terms such as resource, capability and competence are used interchangeably by researchers. From this point forth, this article provides a framework for seperating organization's core competencies from resource and capability. According to the research and analysis framework, the first step is to explain the relations and interactions among resource, capability and competence. Second we propose three emprical determiners such as uniqueness, inimitability and extendibility to the research model which Hamel and Prahalad’s suggest to evaluate a capability as core. Third, the proposed core competence framework serves as a tool for assesing the relationship between core competencies and innovation.

Reference this Paper: Resource Based View, Core Competence and Innovation: A Research on Turkish Manufacturing Industry by Gönül Kaya Özbağ published at: "Scientific Research Journal (Scirj), Volume I, Issue III, October 2013 Edition, Page 9-17 ".

Search Terms: Core Competence Determiners, Innovation, Resource-based view

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