A Theoretical And Positive Study On The Core Competence Of Corporation

The core competence of corporation ,which is essential in corporation's sustainable development and competitive advantage, has been becoming a new view and issue since 1990s. This dissertation, recalling its theoretical origins and its measuring methods, systematically identifies its connotation and extension, and analyses, both theoretically and positively, its discerning methods, working mechanism as well as fostering approaches under present circumstance of the entry into WTO of China .The author hold that the core competence of corporation is embodied in the evolution of an corporation's competences . The core competence of corporation is the inevitable result of integrating and improving various competences in the course of a corporation's struggle for sustainable competition advantage. In order to make the theory, which is originated in developed countries, available to guide Chinese corporations, the author puts forward the four-level growth model of the core competence of Chinese corporations, which is based on the division of the market scope of a corporation's competitive advantage. Having distinguished between a corporation's core competence and a corporation's comprehensive competence , the dissertation, based on existing researches , expounds the characteristics and framework of discerning core competence, in which methods and indexes are especially concerned. This dissertation also summarizes the model for fostering the core competence of corporation, probes into the working mechanism of technological innovation , interior integration, acquisition and strategic alliance. Based on the investigations of corporations in Sichuan province, the author finally researches into the approaches to foster and enhance the core competence of Sichuan corporations against the challenges of the entry into WTO of China.