Core competency

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Core competency is an organization's major value-creating capability that determines its competitive weapons.


Definitions

According to Management by Robbins and Coulter (14th edition),

Core competency. An organization's major value-creating capability that determines its competitive weapons.

Aspects

Basics

To be the Competency, it shall:
  1. Benefit customers. The Competency shall be a source of competitive advantage and make a significant contribution to perceived customer benefits.
  2. Help the seller of the marketable access markets. The Competency shall have applications in a wide variety of markets.
  3. Be difficult for the seller's competitors to imitate.

VIRO filter

VIRO stands for Valuable, hard to Imitate, Rare, and an Opportunity to exploit.