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What are a company's core competences?

What are a company's core competences? Is there a framework to define them?

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Udayan
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bearbeitet am 10. Apr. 2021
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Core competencies are things a company is really good at.

For example, for Coca Cola it would be things like

  • Marketing 
  • Advertising
  • Making and selling Beverages
  • Setting up a cold chain
  • Distribution of goods across all geographies
  • Building a retail network
  • Etc.

It would not be the following that are required for it to be a global competitor in the beverages space 

  • Software development
  • Fiancial modeling
  • Providing consulting services
  • Selling electronics
  • Etc.

Best,

Udayan

Clara
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am 12. Apr. 2021
McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

Hello!

I would make hte following approach:

In my mind, think of the 5 Ps of Porter

Having those elements in mind, mention them, as well as moats and walls.

Furthermore, always see the vission and mission, gives many clues.

Hope it helps!

Cheers,

Clara

Ian
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am 10. Apr. 2021
Top US BCG / MBB Coach - 5,000 sessions |Tech, Platinion, Big 4 | 9/9 personal interviews passed | 95% candidate success

Hi Richard,

Core competencies are anything that I do really well as a company. In particular, it would generally be things I'm especially known for, when being compared against my competition.

Defining them is totally industry/company/case specific! As you'll see in the below list, core competencies can literally be anything!

https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/15792-business-core-competencies.html

https://www.thebalancesmb.com/core-competency-in-business-2948314

https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/tools-and-samples/hr-qa/Pages/corecompetencies.aspx

Raj
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am 30. Apr. 2021
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Basically what is a company really good at. 

What has it been doing from Day 1? What is the cornerstone of its strategy? What is the one thing / function / ability it can't do without?

E.g. Uber/Doordash - best-in-class routing, dynamic pricing; Amazon - operational efficiencies in logistics; Google - search; Disney - franchises and merchandising across formats; McDonalds - process standardisation and consistency

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