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1. After hearing a seminar on organizational learning, a mining company executive argues that this perspective is relevant to software and other knowledge businesses, but it ignores the fact that mining companies cannot rely on knowledge alone to stay in business. They also need physical capital (such as extracting and ore-processing equipment) and land (where the minerals are located). In fact, these two may be more important than what employees carry around in their heads. Evaluate the mining executive’s comments.

2. A. Which elements of Zara's strategy do you believe best explains its sucess

B. Assess the fiddiculty a competitor, such as Gap, faces trying ot recreate the resources, capabilities, and core compentencies that define Zara.