Corporate culture plays a crucial role in the success of a company. However, there is currently no model in strategic competence management that explains the impact of corporate culture on the creation and utilization of resources and competencies within the company. Hanno Fichtner develops an impact model that integrates insights from various disciplines. He presents the different directions of corporate culture research, details the processes that lead to success, and thereby highlights where the influence of corporate culture begins. The author identifies the characteristics that positively affect the success of companies. Within the framework of a theory of the enterprise, he illustrates how corporate culture helps explain why companies exist as institutions at all.