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EXHIBIT 3.5 Tangible Resources View of the Firm: Resources and Financial . Firm's cash account and cash equivalents . Firm's capacity to raise equty. . Firm's borrowing capacity. Physical Modern plant and fadlities. Favorable manufacturing locations State-of-the-art machinery and equipment e Trade secrets Innovative production processes. Patents, copyrights, trademarks. .Effective strategic planning processes Excelent evaluation and control systems . Intangible Resources Human . Experience and capabilities of employees Trust . Managerial skills. . Firm-specific pracices and procedures e Technical and scienific skills Innovation and creativity Reputation . Brand name .Reputation with customers for quality and reliability. . Reputation with suppliers for fairness, non-zero- al Capabilities Firm competencies or skills the firm employs to transfer inputs to outputs desred end EXAMPLES: . Capacity to combine tangble and intangible resources, using organizational processes to attain Outstanding customer service Excellent product development capabilties. Innovativeness of products and services Ability to hire, motivate, and retain human capital. e Sources Adapted from Barney. В 1991 Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage Awnlof Markemmrnt. 17: 0l: Grant, R.M. 1991 Contempory Salee Anaysh 100-10Cambridge, England: Blackwell Business; and Him M.A Irdand, R. D.&Hoskisson, RE 200 Su Manant Comptimeness and Glohalcation (4th ed.), Cincinnati: Sout Western Collage Publishing Many firms are finding that high-tech, computerized training has dual benefits: It devel- intangible resources ops more-effective employees and reduces costs at the same time. Employees at FedEx take organizational assets thatcomputer-based job competency tests every 6 to 12 months.The 90minute computer- are difficulit to identybased tests identify areas of individual weakness and provide input to a computer database and account for and are typicaly embedded in unique routines and practices, including human resources, innovation resources, and utatio ded in unique routines and practices that have evolved and accumulated over time. These resources of employee skills-information the firm uses in promotion decisions Intangible Resources Much more difficult for competitors (and, for that matter, a firm's own managers) to account for or imitate are intangible resources, which are typically embed- include human resources (e.g.. experience and capability of employees, trust, effectiveness FORUM Chapter 3 - Resource-Based View In order to address the course learning objective. "...demonstrate the ability to analyze and then create business and corporate strategy options that fit the firm's internal environment.." please address the following assignment. Please Re-read Exhibit 3.5, on Page 82. 1. For each of the four "Tangible Resources", please give an example of a "real-world" firm which is particularly strong (or weak) in that category. Please justify your choices. (4 resources, 4 firms, with an explanation for each) 2. (Likewise) For each of the three "Intangible Resources", please give an example of a "real- world" firm, which is particularly strong (or weak) in that category. Please justify your choices.(3 resources, 3 firms, with an explanation for each)

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Samsung Financial Cash and cash equivalents 3 32,303,752(2018,31 March) Effective interest rate on debt is the usage rate that a borrower actually pays on a debt. It is calculated as the positive value of Interest Expense divided by its average total debt. Total debt equals to Long Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation plus Current Portion of Long-Term Debt. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's annualized positive value of Interest Expense for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $686 Mil. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's average total debt for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $16,216 Mil. Therefore, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's annualized effective interest rate on debt for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was 4.23% PHYSICAL machines, building, land current assest such as inventory Technologies Technology today is evolving at lightning speed, and update all the time. As soon as Samsung foldable phone, release in April 2019, world famous brand released their high end products. Touch screen, high resolution camera inside, foldable applications like internet surfing can be everywhere. Mobile foldable we have never think about before, they all come true now, and it is just simply in your hand. The age when a computer was still a big beige box on the desk and that was what everybody cared about, their emphasis today is on sleeker designs, smaller form factors, and movable Nowadays, new technology achievements are based on more and more resources available, which includes the tangible. Tangible resources can be the material used on a celphgge, make it much lighter, looks nicer, more touchable, foldable and make it possible to put a camera with flashlights inside Organization planning Samsung aims to achieve the world leadership and accomplish great competitive strength. It is targeting to coordinate design and development of product, manufacturing, sales and marketing with effective information management. INTANGIBLE Human Samsung Electro-Mechanics conducts specialized leadership, job and global training to develop globally competitive talents to prepare for the future under the motto of the CIC (Change, Innovation, Challenge). Leadership training takes place with a curriculum to impose commitment to performing current roles according to employment rank and preparing for roles for the future The Samsung committee establishes plans to prevent industrial disasters and measures to prevent their recurrence, documents and changes regulations on the management of safety and health, reviews and improves the working environment, manages the health of workers and selects protective equipment and safety protection gear, etc. Innovation and creativity First foldable phone to capture market and to take first mover advantage Reputation Goodwill is an intangible asset that arises as a result of the acquisition of one company by another fora premium value. The value of a company's brand name, solid customer base, good customer relations, good employee relations and any patents or proprietary technology represent goodwill. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's goodwill for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2018 was $5,197 Mil