Answer:
b. uses a company's valuable and rare resources and competitive capabilities to deliver value to customers that rivals have difficulty matching.
Explanation:
Resources refers to competitive and valuable assets, organizational processes, capabilities, information, attributes, and knowledge that are acquired, owned and controlled by an organization. These resources are classified into two (2) main categories;
1. Tangible resources: these are physical assets such as equipments, financial assets, plants, raw materials, inventory etc that are owned and controlled by an organization.
2. Intangible resources: these are assets that are abstract in nature such as knowledge, customer loyalty, skills, experience, stakeholders, patent, culture, buyer recognition etc.
Hence, a resource-based strategy uses a company's valuable and rare resources and competitive capabilities to deliver value to customers that rivals have difficulty matching. This ultimately implies that, resource-based strategy avails a company the ability or opportunity to use their tangible and intangible assets to provide finished goods and services to meet the needs or wants of customers, as well as creating a competitive advantage over rivals in the same industry.
Answer:
D. Should Shut Down
Explanation:
A perfect competition firm is at profit maximising equilibrium where : Marginal Revenue [Price] = Marginal Cost .
If MR > MC : Firm's additional production is profitable, it tends to increase production. If MR < MC : Firm's additional production is loss making, it tends to decrease production.
However, If firm's Price i.e MR < Average Variable Cost : The firm's per unit price is even unable to cover it's per unit average variable cost. This situation is referred to as 'Shut Down' point & firm should close down its production in the case.
Given : MR = P = 3 ; MC = 4 ; AVC = 3.5 . The firm's price P (3) is not only lesser by its Marginal Cost MC (4), to decrease production ; but also lesser than its Average Variable Cost AVC (3.5) . So, the firm should shut down.
