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Rank USC Aiken School of Business (SOBA) relative to the top three rival schools in terms of the following six dimensions. If you were the dean with a limited budget, from a VRIO standpoint, where would you invest precious financial resources to make your school number one among rivals? Why?

Note: You may compare SOBA to any 3 universities of your choosing. The answer is not as important as the thought process and the ability to clearly articulate. Your answers must address value, rarity, imitability, and organization. As a part of your discussion, you can use the attached Excel spreadsheet to summarize your conclusions.

SOBA Competitor 1: Competitor 2: Competitor 3:
Perceived reputation
Faculty strength
Student quality
Administrative efficiency
Information systems
Maintenance of Website
Note: List the name of computing universities in the headings

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USC Aiken School of Business ranks third when compared to three rival schools in terms of six dimensions. SOBA, when compared to the University of California San Deigo, and Rice University is a University with a personal touch. Seton Hall University in comparison does not have student-friendly pacing when compared with SOBA.

Six Dimensions
The perceived reputation of SOBA is medium when compared to the University of California San Deigo and Rice. These two universities have a reputation that is not reflected by the differences in ranks given by US News. The reputation of SOBA is higher than that of Seton Hall University. The difference in reputation and rank is also related to the difference in size.
The faculty strength of SOBA is ...

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