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1. Some of Netflix's capabilities and core competencies are mentioned in this case. Using the firm's Web site (www.netflix.com) and other information sources, see if you can identify additional capabilities and core competencies. Do you think the core competencies mentioned in this case and/or the ones you found are valuable, rare, difficult to imitate, and nonsubstitutable and as such, are also competitive advantages? Why or why not?

2. What do you believe are the primary competitive challenges facing Netflix today? What capabilities and core competencies does the firm require to successfully deal with those challenges?

3. Using the value chain, use the primary activities and support activities to determine where Netflix creates value. In which primary activity and which support activity do you believe the firm creates the largest amount of value for customers? Why?

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1. Some of Netflix's capabilities and core competencies are mentioned in this case. Using the firm's Web site (www.netflix.com) and other information sources, see if you can identify additional capabilities and core competencies. Do you think the core competencies mentioned in this case and/or the ones you found are valuable, rare, difficult to imitate, and nonsubstitutable and as such, are also competitive advantages? Why or why not?

Capabilities and core competencies that are evident within Netflix entail their vast resources both tangible and intangible, the value chain that the organization has constructed over the duration of their existence, and the fact that the company has been able to cultivate a significant competitive advantage over its competitors. The company has vast revenues that have been built over the last 15 years wherein it has been able to exponentially grow for the last 7 years into a major conglomerate that is worth over 2 billion dollars. The company has the largest amount of subscribers in the DVD rental business and its core competencies are ...

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