Competitive Advantage Core Competency, Organizational Performance
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Volume 9 - September 2020 (09)
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to review current literatures concerning competitive advantage, core competencies and organizational performance as well as their impact on organizational performance. A comprehensive review from previous studies was conducted. The review was focused on competitive advantage, indicators of competitive advantage, core competencies, performance indicators, and the relationship between competitive advantage, core competency and organizational performance. The study concludes that there is significant positive relationship exist between core competency and competitive advantage as well as organizational performance. This positive relationship has been stressed and experienced by scholars and managers of organization. Moreover, this unique relationship also leads to superior performance attained by firms
Keywords
Competitive Advantage, Core Competency, Organizational Performance
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