Strategic Analysis of Japanese Megabanks – Core Competency Development for Competitive Advantage

Abstract

We perform a series of five strategic analyses of Japanese Megabanks. This paper is the third analysis in the series, where we explore to what extent Japanese Megabanks and RUFG have a ‘core competencies’ that are valuable, rare, inimitable, non-substitutable and whose benefits are organisationally appropriable? How is this core competence different from that of key competitor’s? How do we see this core competence being developed to match strategic challenges over the next five years?

Keywords: Corporate Finance, Japanese Megabanks, Core Competence, Sustainable Competitive Advantage, VRINO Analysis, Value Chain Analysis, Resource and Capability Assessment, SWOT Analysis

JEL Classification: D01, D02, D03, D04, D20, D21, G20, G21, G24, G28, F30