Cut Right Landscapers, LLC decided to focus on three core competencies of customer service, innovation, flexibility, and responsiveness for their competitive advantage in a heavily saturated market. The relationship between core competencies and competitive advantage is best described by which statement?

Strengthening a company's competitive advantage strengthens its core competencies.

A company's core competencies become the nucleus of its competitive advantage.

As a company's core competencies become stronger, its competitive advantage becomes weaker.

There is no relationship between core competencies and competitive advantage.