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Value chain
About: Value chain is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 7206 publications have been published within this topic receiving 224183 citations.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors apply convention theory to the analysis of governance in the value chain for South African wine, and analyse how wine quality conventions applied in the UK are translated in South Africa into specific functional divisions of labour and supply relations, themselves underpinned by local configurations of quality conventions.
Abstract: Global value chain (GVC) analysis examines the dynamics of economic globalisation and international trade. The concept of GVC governance illustrates how ‘lead firms’ achieve certain functional divisions of labour along a value chain ‐ resulting in specific allocations of resources and distributions of gains. In this article I argue that agro-food lead firms do not govern chains solely on the basis of buyer power, market share, and/or economies of scale or scope but also through normative work. In order to do so, I apply convention theory to the analysis of governance in the value chain for South African wine. I analyse how wine quality conventions applied in the UK are translated in South Africa into specific functional divisions of labour and supply relations, themselves underpinned by local configurations of quality conventions. The case study of wine suggests that lead firms are able to drive a value chain only when industrial and market conventions are dominant, such as in basic quality wine. These conventions are more portable and thus easier to transmit at a distance. Where other, less portable, conventions are more important in discovering quality, as in mid-range and top quality wines, the value chain is much more fragmented and less driven.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the new opportunities that business model innovations are creating in electricity supply markets at the sub-national scale, and defined complex value as a key concept in understanding business model innovation in the energy sector.
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TL;DR: The supply chain design is becoming an important management discipline in the United States as mentioned in this paper and the millennium will present many challenges for the supply chain manager, these range from the need for agility to more accurate forecasts.
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TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors examined the relationships of supply chain collaboration value innovation, supply chain capability and competitive advantage in the global networking communication manufacturing network and found that the relationships among supply chain collaborations value innovation and supply chain capacity can have a positive impact on the competitive advantage of Taiwan's networking communication industry.
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TL;DR: The results of a major international survey into the relationship between corporate strategy, supply chain strategy and supply chain performance management are reported and there is evidence of inconsistency in the way many businesses relate their supply chain, corporate, and investment strategy.
Abstract: The results of a major international survey into the relationship between corporate strategy, supply chain strategy and supply chain performance management are reported. Five clearly defined groups are identified: Supply Chain Leaders, Strong and Weak Players, Lagging Players and Non-players. Those business units that report a close link between their supply chain strategy and their supply chain technology, in comparison with those that report a weaker link, displayed a consistent set of characteristics. They rate supply chain strategy as more important for corporate strategy. They have a relatively sophisticated definition of their supply chain strategy. They think their supply chain is more important in achieving competitive advantage, they have invested more in supply chain infrastructure and IT support and they have more formal means of assessing their supply chain performance. There is evidence of inconsistency in the way many businesses relate their supply chain, corporate, and investment strategy.
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