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The resource and capability strengths/importance matrix (Grant)

This tool will help you:

  • Identify the resources and capabilities needed for success in your business
  • Assess whether these are areas of strength for your firm
  • Pinpoint where further investment should be directed

About this tool

How strategically important is whatever your firm does well?

Rob Grant’s essential tool puts your firm’s resources and capabilities into perspective. It assesses them by two criteria – how important they are relative to each other and how strongly you are placed relative to the competition.

You should start by differentiating between your firm’s resources and capabilities. Resources are the productive assets owned by the firm, whether tangible, ...

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