Skills Within the Firm That Competitors Cannot Easily Match or Imitate

question 25

Multiple Choice

Skills within the firm that competitors cannot easily match or imitate are referred to as:

• A)core competencies.
• B)global competencies.
• C)in-born skills.
• D)competitive threats.

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Definitions:

Significant Influence

A level of control in an investment, usually signifying the ability to participate in financial and operating policy decisions of the investee without having full control.

Equity Method

An accounting technique used to record investments in associate companies, where the investment is initially recorded at cost and adjusted thereafter for the investor's share of the investee's net profits or losses.

Patent

A legal right granted by a government authority that gives an inventor exclusive rights to use, make, and sell an invention for a certain period of time.