Value Chain Analysis

Author : Michael E. Porter
Publisher : Free Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0743260872

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Competitive Advantage by Michael E. Porter Pdf

Now beyond its eleventh printing and translated into twelve languages, Michael Porter’s The Competitive Advantage of Nations has changed completely our conception of how prosperity is created and sustained in the modern global economy. Porter’s groundbreaking study of international competitiveness has shaped national policy in countries around the world. It has also transformed thinking and action in states, cities, companies, and even entire regions such as Central America. Based on research in ten leading trading nations, The Competitive Advantage of Nations offers the first theory of competitiveness based on the causes of the productivity with which companies compete. Porter shows how traditional comparative advantages such as natural resources and pools of labor have been superseded as sources of prosperity, and how broad macroeconomic accounts of competitiveness are insufficient. The book introduces Porter’s “diamond,” a whole new way to understand the competitive position of a nation (or other locations) in global competition that is now an integral part of international business thinking. Porter's concept of “clusters,” or groups of interconnected firms, suppliers, related industries, and institutions that arise in particular locations, has become a new way for companies and governments to think about economies, assess the competitive advantage of locations, and set public policy. Even before publication of the book, Porter’s theory had guided national reassessments in New Zealand and elsewhere. His ideas and personal involvement have shaped strategy in countries as diverse as the Netherlands, Portugal, Taiwan, Costa Rica, and India, and regions such as Massachusetts, California, and the Basque country. Hundreds of cluster initiatives have flourished throughout the world. In an era of intensifying global competition, this pathbreaking book on the new wealth of nations has become the standard by which all future work must be measured.

Author : Gary Gereffi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781108471947

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Global Value Chains and Development by Gary Gereffi Pdf

Studies conceptual foundations of GVC analysis, twin pillars of 'governance' and 'upgrading', and detailed cases of emerging economies.

Author : 50MINUTES,
Publisher : 50 Minutes
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9782806265906

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Michael Porter's Value Chain by 50MINUTES, Pdf

Understand Michael Porter’s value chain in no time! Find out everything you need to know about this valuable business tool with this practical and accessible guide. The Harvard Business School professor Michael E. Porter has dedicated much of his career to studying competitive advantage. One of his best-known concepts is the value chain, which is used to deliver a product or service to the market and has three key objectives: to improve services, to reduce costs and to create value. The model can be applied to virtually any business in any sector, making it a vital tool for companies looking to make the most of their competitive advantage in an increasingly crowded market. In 50 minutes you will be able to: •Identify the nine functions that generate value within a business •Analyse your company’s activity to make the most of your competitive advantage •Find areas for improvement and take concrete steps to maximise performance ABOUT 50MINUTES.COM | MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING The Management and Marketing series from the 50Minutes collection provides the tools to quickly understand the main theories and concepts that shape the economic world of today. Our publications will give you elements of theory, definitions of key terms and case studies in a clear and easily digestible format, making them the ideal starting point for readers looking to develop their skills and expertise.

Author : Stein, C.,Barron, Jennie
Publisher : International Water Management Institute (IWMI). CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE).
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-12-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789290908579

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Mapping actors along value chains by Stein, C.,Barron, Jennie Pdf

Author : Jonathan Mitchell,Christopher Coles
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849713139

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Markets and Rural Poverty by Jonathan Mitchell,Christopher Coles Pdf

First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Hubert Schmitz
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Globalization
ISBN : 9221177386

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Value Chain Analysis for Policy-makers and Practitioners by Hubert Schmitz Pdf

Author : Thales S. Teixeira,Greg Piechota
Publisher : Currency
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781524763091

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Unlocking the Customer Value Chain by Thales S. Teixeira,Greg Piechota Pdf

Based on eight years of research visiting dozens of startups, tech companies and incumbents, Harvard Business School professor Thales Teixeira shows how and why consumer industries are disrupted, and what established companies can do about it—while highlighting the specific strategies potential startups use to gain a competitive edge. There is a pattern to digital disruption in an industry, whether the disruptor is Uber, Airbnb, Dollar Shave Club, Pillpack or one of countless other startups that have stolen large portions of market share from industry leaders, often in a matter of a few years. As Teixeira makes clear, the nature of competition has fundamentally changed. Using innovative new business models, startups are stealing customers by breaking the links in how consumers discover, buy and use products and services. By decoupling the customer value chain, these startups, instead of taking on the Unilevers and Nikes, BMW’s and Sephoras of the world head on, peel away a piece of the consumer purchasing process. Birchbox offered women a new way to sample beauty products from a variety of companies from the convenience of their homes, without having to visit a store. Turo doesn't compete with GM. Instead, it offers people the benefit of driving without having to own a car themselves. Illustrated with vivid, indepth and exclusive accounts of both startups, and reigning incumbents like Best Buy and Comcast, as they struggle to respond, Unlocking the Customer Value Chain is an essential guide to demystifying how digital disruption takes place – and what companies can do to defend themselves.

Author : Intan Suwandi
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781583677834

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Value Chains by Intan Suwandi Pdf

Award-winning book showcases case studies uncovering the exploitation of labor and class in the Global South Winner of the 2018 Paul M. Sweezy—Paul A. Baran Memorial Award for original work regarding the political economy of imperialism, Value Chains examines the exploitation of labor in the Global South. Focusing on the issue of labor within global value chains, this book offers a deft empirical analysis of unit labor costs that is closely related to Marx’s own theory of exploitation. Value Chains uncovers the concrete processes through which multinational corporations, located primarily in the Global North, capture value from the Global South. We are brought face to face with various state-of-the-art corporate strategies that enforce “economical” and “flexible” production, including labor management methods, aimed to reassert the imperial dominance of the North, while continuing the dependency of the Global South and polarizing the global economy. Case studies of Indonesian suppliers exemplify the growing burden borne by the workers of the Global South, whose labor creates the surplus value that enriches the capitalists of the North, as well as the secondary capitals of the South. Today, those who control the value chains and siphon off the profits are primarily financial interests with vast economic and political power—the power that must be broken if the global working class is to liberate itself. Suwandi’s book depicts in concrete detail the relations of unequal exchange that structure today’s world economy. This study, up-to-date and richly documented, puts labor and class back at the center of our understanding of the world capitalist system.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1949373940

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Strategic Management (color) by Anonim Pdf

Strategic Management (2020) is a 325-page open educational resource designed as an introduction to the key topics and themes of strategic management. The open textbook is intended for a senior capstone course in an undergraduate business program and suitable for a wide range of undergraduate business students including those majoring in marketing, management, business administration, accounting, finance, real estate, business information technology, and hospitality and tourism. The text presents examples of familiar companies and personalities to illustrate the different strategies used by today's firms and how they go about implementing those strategies. It includes case studies, end of section key takeaways, exercises, and links to external videos, and an end-of-book glossary. The text is ideal for courses which focus on how organizations operate at the strategic level to be successful. Students will learn how to conduct case analyses, measure organizational performance, and conduct external and internal analyses.

Author : A.H.J. (Bert) Helmsing,Sietze Vellema
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136724718

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Value Chains, Social Inclusion and Economic Development by A.H.J. (Bert) Helmsing,Sietze Vellema Pdf

Lead firms, development organisations, donors and governments view value chains and voluntary standards as vital instruments for achieving millennium development goals through trade and market-related interventions. The precise foundations for these development strategies, which suggest positive development outcomes from integration of poor actors into value chains, are as yet underdeveloped. The interdisciplinary work in this volume shows how trade is managed and asks theory-driven questions about how value chains relate to locally-rooted development processes. Policy makers and development practitioners are increasingly using value chain analysis to frame pro-poor development interventions. This book offers multiple conceptualizations of development outcomes of inclusion of small producers, firms and workers in value chains. Processes of inclusion at different scales are unpacked in order to identify the terms of participation of small producers, firms and workers. As value chains are embedded, the book further argues that inclusion can be conceptualized as the degree of alignment between value chain logics and the institutions and capacities in the local business system. The combination of inclusive governance and endogenous development informs a grounded debate on roles of development-oriented partnerships. Chapters in this volume draw on multiple strands of economics, sociology, political science, geography and management studies; and for empirical grounding engage in comparative analysis of cases from Latin America, SubSaharan Africa and East and South East Asia. These are combined with processes taking place at a global level, such as the proliferation of standards and the growth of roundtables and multi-stakeholder partnerships. The contributions explore contrasts – between contexts, between industries or commodities/products, and between conceptual frameworks; and the context dependency of development impact necessitates cross-case investigations. This collection will be of interest to scholars in development studies, economics, business studies, as well as to development policy makers.

Author : Joachim Reese,Kateryna Gerwin,Marco Waage,Stefan Koch
Publisher : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Industrial management
ISBN : 3848735555

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Value Chain Analysis by Joachim Reese,Kateryna Gerwin,Marco Waage,Stefan Koch Pdf

Business collaborations have become complex; hence, the exchange of goods on markets does not always work. The central causes of this are specific customer demands, global sourcing opportunities and non-economic objectives that require a variety of refined cooperation processes. This is why value chains are gaining in importance for companies attempting to deal with these challenges. This book addresses the optimal design of value chains. It identifies problems that affect the overall business environment, information systems, production processes and customer demands. It develops a general simulation model in order to verify the effects of any disruption to the collaborative process and the effectiveness of management measures.

Author : Billy George
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783656615200

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Apple Value Chain analysis by Billy George Pdf

Seminar paper from the year 2013 in the subject Business economics - Operations Research, grade: B, Monash University Melbourne, language: English, abstract: Value chain analysis goes a long way in the categorization of the value adding activities in an organization. This aspect is important with the fact that, firms now increasingly look towards the development of their Sustainable Competitive Advantage based on the value addition to the company’s output at each level of the company (Kaplinsky & Morris, 2001). As the value chain, as explained later in this paper, encompasses the entire organization- classified as the inputs for the primary and secondary activities, the proper analysis of the same is very crucial to the overall development of the organization and its long term sustainability in this competitive world. The analysis of the value chain of the Apple Inc. showed a very critical aspect in the manufacturing and production sector of the company. This is due to the fact that Apple Inc. does not have any manufacturing facilities to produce the hardware for its products. They, instead rely on the outsourcing of the manufacturing to Chinese corporations. This can be very detrimental to the company in the long run. Another aspect that could be improved is the Human resource aspect that makes a part of the support activity of the value chain. Our recommendations would include to build manufacturing units to buffet the firm from external influences, to make changes in the technology aspect by making the operating system open sourced and to have more robust human resource policies to make it very employee friendly.

Author : Joseph G. San Miguel,Institute of Management Accountants,Society of Management Accountants of Canada,Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing-International/Cost Management Systems
Publisher : Hamilton, Ont. : Society of Management Accountants of Canada
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Managerial accounting
ISBN : 1896207545

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Value Chain Analysis for Assessing Competitive Advantage by Joseph G. San Miguel,Institute of Management Accountants,Society of Management Accountants of Canada,Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing-International/Cost Management Systems Pdf

Author : Raphael Kaplinsky
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : UOM:39015049679148

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Spreading the Gains from Globalisation by Raphael Kaplinsky Pdf

Author : Sarah Faust
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-23
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 1536177288

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Understanding Value Chains by Sarah Faust Pdf

Understanding Value Chains first examines the process of the institutionalization of the main theoretical foundations of the global value chain since its conception in the academic field and, subsequently, in international organizations. The authors analyse the evolution of Mode 5 services jobs and salaries in the EU, assessing whether there are signs of functional upgrading and how it affects female jobs and the gender pay gap. The coffee global value chain is broken down into five segments: primary production, processing, trade, roasting, and marketing. An investigation of 34 Indonesian provinces was conducted in an effort to reformulate the policies relating to circular sustainable reverse logistics. Four new components: vision, mission, and managerial orientation; infrastructure capabilities; human resource and organizational commitment; and regulation are used to assess the readiness of each level of government. The authors discuss how, as the UK had no trade agreement with the African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries immediately after the referendum vote, this transition period presents an excellent opportunity to negotiate a new trade agreement. Value chain analysis is used to help understand how Guyana participates in the gold value chain, and to help develop appropriate policies to address its supply-side limitations. Guinéa-Bissau's position in the cashew value chain is assessed, and recommendations to address challenges are proposed. This compilation presents the agricultural value chain framework, introducing the main ideas of the system dynamics methodology and demonstrating the application of system dynamics modeling to a real-world case.