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I/O Model Focus

StrengthsStrengths

WeaknessesWeaknesses

OrganizationalOrganizationalanalysisanalysis

OpportunitiesOpportunities

ThreatsThreats

EnvironmentalEnvironmentalanalysisanalysis

I/O Model: Above-Average Returns

Strategy dictated by the external environment of the firm (what opportunities exist in these environments?)

Firm develops internal skills required by external environment (what can the firm do about the opportunities?)

External EnvironmentsGeneral

Environment

““Outside-in”Outside-in”

The I/O Model ofAbove-Average Returns

The External Environment

1. Study the external environment, especially the industry environment.

The general environmentThe industry environmentThe competitor

environment

An Attractive Industry

2. Locate an attractive industry with a high potential for above-average returns.

An industry whose structural characteristics suggest above-average returns

The External Environment

The I/O Model ofAbove-Average Returns

3. Identify the strategy called for by the attractive industry to earn above-average returns.

Selection of a strategy linked with above-average returns in a particular industry

The External Environment

An Attractive Industry

Strategy Formulation

The I/O Model ofAbove-Average Returns

Assets and Skills

4. Develop or acquire assets and skills needed to implement the strategy.

Assets and skills required to implement a chosen strategy

The External Environment

An Attractive Industry

Strategy Formulation

The I/O Model ofAbove-Average Returns

Strategy Implementation

Selection of strategic actions linked with effective implementation of the chosen strategy

The External Environment

An Attractive Industry

Strategy Formulation

Assets and Skills

5. Use the firm’s strengths (its developed or acquired assets and skills) to implement the strategy.

The I/O Model ofAbove-Average Returns

Superior Returns

The External Environment

An Attractive Industry

Strategy Formulation

Assets and Skills

Strategy Implementation

Superior returns: Earning Superior returns: Earning of above-average returnsof above-average returns

The I/O Model ofAbove-Average Returns

Resource-Based Model Focus

StrengthsStrengths

WeaknessesWeaknesses

OrganizationalOrganizationalanalysisanalysis

OpportunitiesOpportunities

ThreatsThreats

EnvironmentalEnvironmentalanalysisanalysis

Resource-Based Model• Each organization is a collection of unique resources

and capabilities that provides the basis for its strategy

• Capabilities evolve and must be managed dynamically (acquired and/or developed)

• Differences in firms’ performances are due primarily to their unique resources and capabilities rather than structural characteristics of the industry

Resource-Based Model – cont’d

Strategy dictated by the firm’s unique resources and capabilities

Find an environment in which to exploit these assets (where are the best opportunities?)

Differences in firms’ performances are due primarily to their unique resources and capabilities rather than structural characteristics of the industry

Firm’s Resources

THE FIRM

““Inside-out”Inside-out”

Criteria for Resources and Capabilities That Become Core Competencies

Core Core CompetenciesCompetencies

Core Core CompetenciesCompetencies

ValuableValuableValuableValuable RareRareRareRare

Costly to ImitateCostly to ImitateCostly to ImitateCostly to ImitateNonsubstitutableNonsubstitutableNonsubstitutableNonsubstitutable

Allow the firm to exploit opportunities or neutralize threats in its external environment

Possessed by few, if any, current and potential competitors

When other firms cannot obtain them or must obtain them at a much higher cost

The firm is organized to obtain the full benefits of the resources

Resources

1. Identify the firm’s resources. Study its strengths and weaknesses compared with those of competitors.

Inputs into a firm’s production process

The RBV Model of Above-Average Returns

Capability 2. Determine the firm’s capabilities. What do the capabilities allow the firm to do better than its competitors.

Capacity of an integrated set of resources to integratively perform a task or activity

Resources

The RBV Model of Above-Average Returns

3. Determine the potential of the firm’s resources and capabilities in terms of a competitive advantage.

Ability of a firm to outperform its rivals

Competitive Advantage

Capability

Resources

The RBV Model of Above-Average Returns

An Attractive Industry

4. Locate an attractive industry.

An industry with opportunities that can be exploited by the firm’s resources and capabilities

Competitive Advantage

Capability

Resources

The RBV Model of Above-Average Returns

Strategy Implementation

Strategic actions taken to earn above-average returns

An Attractive Industry

Competitive Advantage

Capability

Resources

5. Select a strategy that best allow the firm to utilize its resources and capabilities relative to opportunities in the external environment.

The RBV Model of Above-Average Returns

Superior Returns

Superior returns: Earning Superior returns: Earning of above-average returnsof above-average returns

Strategy Implementation

An Attractive Industry

Competitive Advantage

Capability

Resources

The RBV Model of Above-Average Returns

Superior Returns

Strategy Implementation

An Attractive Industry

Competitive Advantage

Capability

Resources

The RBV Model

Superior Returns

The External Environment

An Attractive Industry

Strategy Formulation

Assets and Skills

Strategy Implementation

The I/O Model

SWOT Analysis

StrengthsStrengths

WeaknessesWeaknesses

OrganizationalOrganizationalanalysisanalysis

OpportunitiesOpportunities

ThreatsThreats

EnvironmentalEnvironmentalanalysisanalysis

Framework: RBV Model Framework: I/O Model

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