This question for perspective on strategy the text book is strategic management theory and cases an integrated approach 11th edition by hill, Charles so the question is:
You are the management team of a start up company that will produce hard drives for the personal computer (PC) industry. you will sell your product to manufactures of PC's( original equipment manufacturers {OEMs}. the disk drive market is characterized by rapid technological changes, product life cycles of only 6 t 9 months, intense price completion, high faced costs for manufacturing equipment, and substantial manufacturing economies of scale. your customers, the OMEs , issue very demanding technological specifications that your product must comply with. they also pressure you to deliver your product on time so that it fits in within their company's product introductio schedule.1
1- In this industry, what functional competencies are the most important for you to build?
2- How will you design your internal processes to ensure that those competencies are bulit within the company?