Deployment of intangible assets International marketers essentially have two types of resources at their disposal: generic and strategic.
Generic resources are process-specific and obtainable from the market. Examples are production technology, hardware, software, capital, and labor.
Strategic resources are company-specific or idiosyncratic to their owners.
They are not directly transferable. Companies can either develop them organically or acquire them by acquiring their holders.
By their very nature, strategic resources are complex and tacit, and they generate advantages that are critical for competitive superiority