Cyd viewed her staff as a competitive advantage. They had the necessary academic degrees, the necessary experience, and competitive salaries. Miranda, her division manager, said, "Cyd, 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."

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The sentence "Your staff are too easy to imitate by your competitors" best fits the context of Miranda's statement. This means that the skills and qualifications of Cyd's staff can be easily replicated by their competitors, which takes away from their value as a competitive advantage.

Cyd Viewed Her Staff as a Competitive Advantage