Competitive advantage is based on the possession of distinctive competencies. by definition, distinctive competencies are:
a. resources available to all firms operating in a given industry and easily shared and copied by rivals.
b. differences between companies in how they structure their companies and compensate their employees.
c. characteristics, skills, or knowledge that cannot be written down and must be understood through experience or intuition.
d. firm-specific strengths that allow a company to differentiate its products from rivals or achieve lower costs than rivals.

Kendra knight took part in a friendly game of touch football. she had played before and was familiar with football. michael jewett was on her team. in the course of play, michael bumped into kendra and knocked her to the ground. he stepped on her hand, causing injury to a little finger that later required its amputation. she sued michael for damages. he defended on the ground that she had assumed the risk. kendra claimed that assumption of risk could not be raised as a defense because the state legislature had adopted the standard of comparative negligence. what happens if contributory negligence applies? what happens if the defense of comparative negligence applies?