It is the only economic resource that cannot betransferredacross corporate boundaries, and, therefore, the ultimate source of competitive advantage in global industries where imitation, market saturation, and lower entry barriers quickly eliminate market rents.
Recently, in order to further improve profitability, flat-screen TVs from Hitachi Consumer Electronics business, which will betransferred to Hitachi CM group responsible for overall sales across the Hitachi brand home appliances.
The system will be "piloted" in parts of north-east England next April and will come into force across Britain for new claimants from October 2013 while existing claimants will betransferred to the new system in stages until 2017.