Core competence matters Preparing for a new agenda

Project: Core competence matters Preparing for a new agenda

The core competence concept describes how big firms can prosper and get competitive advantage. It’s a well-known concept inside the strategy domain, frequently practiced in agencies and cited within the literature. Regardless of this, recent studies have shown that in-depth knowledge of the thought is scarce. Within this dissertation, some shortcomings of the concept are recognized: The vagueness of the original definition, divergence of the existing literature, and invalid appliance.Straightforward core competence identification and verification processes are put forward, applicable to both research and exercise. The processes focus on advancing beyond mere identification.Three different core competencies were identified and verified in the empirical thing about this thesis….

Contents: Core competence matters Preparing for a new agenda

1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Problem formulation
1.3 Research questions
1.4 Purpose formulation and delimitations
1.5 Structure of the thesis
2 Theory
2.1 Specification of theories: The core competence concept
2.2 Specification of theories: The associated concepts
2.2.1 Competence
2.2.2 Capability
2.2.3 Resource
2.3 The theoretical basis of the thesis
2.3.1 Definitions
2.3.2 Research question 1
2.3.3 Research question 2
2.3.4 Research question 3
2.3.5 Research model
3 Method
3.1 Research process
3.1.1 The theoretical process
3.1.2 The empirical process
3.2 Research design
3.3 Data collection
3.3.1 Interviews
3.3.2 Study of annual reports
3.3.3 Direct observations
3.3.4 Study of archival documents other than annual reports
3.3.5 Telephone survey of customers
3.3.6 Telephone survey of employees
3.3.7 Summary of data collection
3.4 Data analysis
3.5 Validity and Reliability
4 Summary of the papers
4.1 Relations between the papers
4.2 Abstract for Paper I
4.3 Abstract for Paper II
4.4 Abstract for Paper III
5 Discussions and conclusions…