“…Durand and B.V. Quelin, as well as M. Hülsmann and Ch. Wycisk emphasize that along with the development of various management concepts that are based on the use of competences leading to the achievement of the goals set by a firm, competences are more and more often associated with integrated ("aggregated") sets of capabilities, enabling efficient and effective implementation, both operational and strategic processes and activities that affect the forming of the firm competitiveness, as well as creating a competitive advantage by a firm (Durand, and Quelin, 2000;Hülsmann, and Wycisk, 2008).…”