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afs-5790	FORSMAN, S.	How do small rural food-processing firms compete?A resource-based approach to competitive strategies	2004	156	.pdf	application/pdf	82922	4316	58	Industry-based approach Resource-based view Analogy with the SWOT framework Opportunities and threats Strengths and weaknesses View of the firm As a bundle of strategic activities As a bundle of resources Unit of analysis Industries, firms, products Firms, resources Role of industry structure Exogenous Endogenous Characteristic to resources Identical, high mobility Heterogeneity, immobility Nature of strategies Generic Unique Time line of strategy Ex ante Ex post Determinants in the choice of Attractiveness of industries, a firm’s Internal firm factors competitive strategy relative position within the industry Source of rents Profits from product market Unique firm-specific resources and positioning capabilities Nature of rents Monopoly-type rents Ricardian rents 27 A G R I C U L T U R A L A N D F O O D S C The extent to which differentiation impacts on de- mand depends on three aspects: a firm’s ability to differentiate its products, the competitive na- ture of the market environment and consumers’ commitment to the products of competitive firms.	cache/afs-5790.pdf	txt/afs-5790.txt