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A winemaker in California finds it difficult to duplicate a French winery's key resources of land and climate.This is an example of

A) transferability.
B) transparency.
C) replicability.
D) tacit knowledge.
E) explicit knowledge.

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The ability of competitors to use duplicated resources and capabilities to imitate the other firm's success is called

A) imitability.
B) durability.
C) transferability.
D) transparency.
E) replicability.

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When a company's core competencies are superior to those of competitors,these are known as

Discuss the three basic organizational structures.

Transferability is the ability of competitors to use duplicated resources and capabilities to imitate the other firm's success.

New product development would be a core competency if it goes beyond one division.

A core competency can be easily imitated to the extent that it is transparent,transferable,and replicable.

Historically,competitive leadership in a market changes hands as one technology nears the end of its S-curve.

Through market research,corporations are able to practice ________ with various products or services so that managers can discover what niches to seek,which new types of products to develop,and how to ensure that a company's many products do not directly compete with one another.

FedEx's application of information technology to all its operations is an example of