對核心競爭能力應從兩個方面來認識：第一，所謂核心，應該是組織內部的；第二，核心競爭能力在競爭能力系統中處於最關鍵、最重要地位。因此，新建地方本科院校的核心競爭能力就是識別和提供優勢的知識體系，它以大學基礎設施為依託、以大學精神為共同願景，在辦學理念、組織管理、學術梯隊、校園文化以及外部資源等競爭力諸要素協同作用下形成，是大學內部一系列互補的知識和技能的積累和整合。高校核心競爭能力的要素不僅包括高校的知識本身，還包括高校的知識組織形式，其特徵可以表現為知識的特徵以及知識的組織形式特徵。

Core competence has two main attributes: first, the so-called core, should be within the organization; Second, the core competence is the most critical, the most important position in the system. The core competence of the new local universities is to identify and provide the advantage of knowledge through the support of university infrastructure shared vision, educational philosophy, organization and management, academic team, campus culture, external resources and other elements of the competitiveness. University core elements of competitiveness not only include the knowledge of the university itself, but also the form of knowledge organization, including colleges and universities. It is characterized by performance characteristics of knowledge as well as knowledge of the form of organization characteristics.