How Can Chinese Shareholding Commercial Banks Create Competitive Advantage and Build Core Competence? A Case Study: Shanghai Pudong Development Bank.

Abstract This project conducts a case study for the relations of competitive advantage, core competence and critical success factors in Shanghai Pudong Development Bank. The aims are to examine how Chinese shareholding commercial banks can create competitive advantage and build core competence. This research reviews a series of analytical theories, including different approaches of competitive strategies, core competence, CSFs and relations of them. Moreover, the literatures of banking strategies, characteristics and key activities of banking …showed first 75 words of 26425 total…

…showed last 75 words of 26425 total…of Specific Commitments on Services, Compilation of the Legal Instruments on China's Accession to the World Trade Organization, 2001, Law Press, China APPENDIX E: MAIN FINANCIAL INDICATORS OF SPDB FROM 1997-2003 Figure 1: Net profits From 1997-2003 (Unit: RMB'000 Yuan) Source: SPDB Brand Brochure and Annual Report, 2003 Figure 2: Shareholder's Equity From 1997-2003 (Unit: RMB'000 Yuan) Source: SPDB brand brochure and Annual Report, 2003 Figure 3: Total Assets From 1997-2003 (Unit: RMB'000 Yuan) Source: SPDB Brand Brochure and Annual Report, 2003