The idea of competence in an organization is not new, during the 80s and 90s core competence has changed dramatically, but core competence is quite new as it aims to achieve competitive advantage every now and then. Authors C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel introduced the concept in an article in the May-June issue of Harvard Business Review in 1990 managers now considers almost everything as a potential competence. But what is a core competence? …
