Resource Based View - The VRIN Characteristics
Introduction
The resource-based view (RBV) is a way of viewing the firm and in turn of approaching strategy. Fundamentally, this theory formulates the firm to be a bundle of resources. It is these resources and the way that they are combined, which make firms different from one another. It is considered as taking an inside-out approach while analysing the firm. This means that the starting point of the analysis is the internal environment of the organization.
Resources
Resources of the firm can include all assets, capabilities, organizational processes, firm attributes, information and knowledge. In short resources can be considered as inputs that facilitate the organization to perform its activities.
All resources that an organization has may not have strategic relevance. Only certain resources are capable of being an input to a value creating strategy which put the organization in a position of competitive advantage. An organizations resource should have four attributes to provide the potential for competitive advantage. These form the VRIN characteristics.
The VRIN characteristics
The important features for a resource to be strategically important are as below
The VRIN characteristics mentioned above are individually necessary for the resources to be valuable.
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