Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

Eric  Van den Steen

Background Note | HBS Case Collection | February 2017 (Revised June 2020)

Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

Abstract

This note gives students a systematic and comprehensive framework for analyzing and managing competitive advantage. It pays explicit attention to both creating and sustaining advantage and considers both alignment and assets (or resources) as sources of advantage.

Keywords: Assets; scope; Scale; Competitive Advantage; Alignment; Business Strategy; Design;

Language: English

Format: Print

28 pages

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Citation:

Van den Steen, Eric. "Creating and Sustaining Competitive Advantage." Harvard Business School Background Note 717-479, February 2017. (Revised June 2020.)