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Value chain

A value chain is a sequence of activities that an organization performs to design, produce, market, deliver, and support goods or services for customers. The concept was introduced by Michael Porter in Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance (1985) as a framework for analyzing how firms create value and achieve competitive…

Products, Role of the business unit & Global value chains

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Role of the business unit

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Global value chains

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Value chain

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Triples78
Avg. degree1.96
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Components1

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Value chain

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related to Further reading · 17
Value chain → Archived, August, Brighton, Development Studies, England, Institute, International Development Research Centre, Kaplinsky, Mike, Morris, November, OCLC, PDF, Prepared, Raphael, Sussex, University
related to Global value chains in development · 10
Value chain → Gereffi, In, LeBlanc, Matthews, Mellbye, MNEs, OECD, Through, Unctad, World Bank
related to Cross border / cross region value chains · 8
Value chain → China, Gurría, GVCs, Mexico, MNEs, Often, The, To
related to External links · 6
Value chain → Media, Project Management, Value, Value Chain Analysis, Wikimedia CommonsUsing, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Virtual value chain · 6
Value chain → Extended Enterprise, It, Jeffrey Rayport, John Sviokla, The, This
related to Industry-level · 5
Value chain → An, It, The, The French Physiocrats' Tableau, Wassily Leontief's
related to Role of the business unit · 4
Value chain → According, Porter, Products, The
related to Significance · 3
Value chain → It, Porter, The
is a · 2
Value chain → business unit within a business, sequence of activities that an organization performs to design
see also · 1
Value chain → Agricultural

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value chain activities development management business chains analysis global porter framework support logistics goods services also primary products operations marketing

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Value chainis asequence of activities that an organization performs to design0.90text
Value chainis abusiness unit within a business0.90text
infrastructureinstance ofThe framework also includes supporting functions0.80text
human resource managementinstance ofThe framework also includes supporting functions0.80text
technological developmentinstance ofThe framework also includes supporting functions0.80text
and procurementinstance ofThe framework also includes supporting functions0.80text
which enable primary activities to operate effectively.Beyond individual firmsinstance ofThe framework also includes supporting functions0.80text
the value-chain concept has been extended to industryinstance ofThe framework also includes supporting functions0.80text
nationalinstance ofThe framework also includes supporting functions0.80text
and global levelsinstance ofThe framework also includes supporting functions0.80text
where interconnected production networksinstance ofThe framework also includes supporting functions0.80text
accountinginstance ofconsists of activities0.80text

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