At first Rohan thought it was a good idea to offer a car repair pick-up service at his auto repair shop, but then he realized that most customers called Tow-It-Now Inc. and it would be difficult to match that company's service. Which part of a VRIO analysis helped Rohan evaluate this idea?

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