Read the following SAGE Business Case: Mathe, K., Finnell, L., & Peterman, P. (2

Read the following SAGE Business Case:
Mathe, K., Finnell, L., & Peterman, P. (2020, January 15). Emirates Airline: The new norm of air travel? (Links to an external site.) Sage Publications.
Recent customer-related events in the global airline industry have gone viral with videos of passengers being injured while dragged off a flight and an American Airlines employee challenging a male passenger to a fight. Emirates Airlines is well aware of the negative customer perceptions of air travel that have arisen as a result of events such as these. The company has adopted a strategy to leverage its internal capabilities to provide outstanding customer service along with associated amenities with the goal of creating a much higher quality travel experience than any offered by U.S.-based airlines.
In this case study, you will review these internal capabilities and assess how they might align with external conditions to create a competitive advantage. After reviewing the case, respond to each of the following items:
Summarize what you consider to be Emirates’ strategic internal capabilities.
How has Emirates leveraged these capabilities to create core and distinctive competencies? Assess each competency according to the four criteria of the VRIO framework defined on p. 135 of your text in your response to this question.
What is your assessment of the imitability of each of these competencies?
Will Emirates’ current strategy of high-quality customer service and focus on customer needs generate a lasting competitive advantage in the airline industry? Why or why not?
Your paper should meet the following requirements:
Be 4 to 6 pages in length not including the required title and references pages.
Be formatted according to APA style. The CSU Global Writing Center offers resources on how to format your assignment (Links to an external site.) and cite sources (Links to an external site.) in APA style.
Include at least three scholarly or peer-reviewed articles in addition to the case study and class text. The CSU Global Library is a good place to find these resources.
Include a title page, section headers, introduction, conclusion, and references page.