Karina Viewed Her Staff as a Competitive Advantage

Karina viewed her staff as a competitive advantage. They had the necessary academic degrees, the necessary experience, and competitive salaries. Jean, her division manager, said, "Karina, until you have staff with rare and valuable academic research experience and corresponding degrees, and with talents that are world-class and in extremely high demand by your clients, such that they are willing to pay top dollar for that talent, your staff do not represent a competitive advantage. Your staff are too ________ by your competitors."

A) expensive to be recruited
B) academic to be desired
C) hard to replicate
D) easy to imitate
E) experienced to be sought