Strategic choices & advantage · Core
Resource
Also called: strategic resource
ELI5
Something the organisation can use to create value.
Used in conversation
“The brand is a resource only if it changes behaviour or economics.”
Definition
An asset, relationship, right, skill or other input an organisation can deploy.
Here “Resource” means: An asset, relationship, right, skill or other input an organisation can deploy.
Pitch context
You will see “Resource” in strategy decks, market analyses, business plans and planning workshops when the discussion reaches strategic choices & advantage.
Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret strategic choices & advantage without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.
Sources & evidence · 5
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Strategyzer — Business Model Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- Strategyzer — Value Proposition Canvas resourcesSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- LEANSTACK — Lean CanvasSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division — Herfindahl-Hirschman IndexSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16
- U.S. Census Bureau — Business and economy dataSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-16