Instructions:

1. Expand the case as possible.

2. Read the case study below and cite two competencies that helped Huawei to keep its company afloat despite losing Google applications. Explain how each competency is manifested by Huawei.

It's been two years since Google services got yanked from Huawei devices, following the US government, putting the Chinese company on its entity list. For Huawei smartphone users, that meant losing essential apps like Gmail, Maps, YouTube, and Play Store from their phones (or no more updates after May 16, 2019). In the preceding months, Huawei took a huge hit sales dropped and interest in Huawei phones slumped. Huawei immediately hatched a "Plan B", their very own operating system called Harmony OS launched on August 19, 2019. With no Google Play Store pre-installed, Huawei introduced the App Gallery and tried to attract as many developers to sign in and add their apps and games.

Despite that, Huawei remains to be a contender in the smartphone market. They were still able to launch new phone models and were all doing good in the market despite the absence of Google's Mobile Services. Huawei went thru a very rough patch these past two years but it's still here, very much alive and thriving. Many other smartphone vendors would have crumbled and left to ashes if they went through the same trouble as Huawei. But Huawei is just too big to concede defeat.