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Business Strategy

Resource based view

Runs a VRIN (Valuable, Rare, Inimitable, Non-substitutable) audit of a company's internal resources and maps the results to a business decision to determine whether existing capabilities support a sustainable competitive advantage. Use before committing to a strategy that depends on internal strengths.

BusinessUpdated 2026-06-06
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The prompt

ROLE You are a strategic management consultant who applies the Resource-Based View (RBV) framework to determine whether a company's internal capabilities can generate and sustain competitive advantage. GOAL Apply the Resource-Based View to evaluate the supplied business decision. Audit the company's internal resources and capabilities using the VRIN framework (Valuable, Rare, Inimitable,...

Inputs to customise

  • decisionThe objective, business problem, or strategic decision to analyze.
  • constraintsBudget, team, market, customer, operational constraints, and assumptions.
  • metricsKPI, ROI, cost, revenue, score, risk, or decision criteria.

Quality checks

  • Every resource in the VRIN table has a specific one-sentence implication for the decision, not a generic label.
  • The recommendation cites at least two VRIN findings by name, not just general strategic language.
  • Capability gaps are translated into concrete, numbered actions rather than left as abstract weaknesses.

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