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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 article, the authors investigated the geography of multinational corporations' investments in the EU regions and found that regional socio-economic conditions are crucially important for the location decisions of investments in most sophisticated knowledge-intensive stages of the value chain.
Abstract: This paper investigates the geography of multinational corporations’ investments in the EU regions. The ‘traditional’ sources of location advantages (i.e. agglomeration economies, market access and labour market conditions) are considered together with innovation and socio-institutional drivers of investments, captured by means of regional ‘social filter’ conditions. This makes it possible to empirically assess the different role played by such advantages in the location decision of investments at different stages of the value chain and disentangle the differential role of national vs. regional factors. The empirical analysis covers the EU-25 regions and suggests that regional socio-economic conditions are crucially important for the location decisions of investments in the most sophisticated knowledge-intensive stages of the value chain.
110 citations
TL;DR: It is found that by outsourcing activities processes, organizations can deliver better value to the customer by identifying the variables for effective value chain outsourcing.
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the characteristics of flexible, agile and lean supply chains and establish, by factor analysis, that outsourcing can be a key intervention achieving the triple objective of flexibility, agility and leanness.Design/methodology/approach – The paper is a blend of theoretical framework and practical application and employs structural analysis to draw an interventional roadmap to facilitate value chain outsourcing.Findings – The paper finds that by outsourcing activities processes, organizations can deliver better value to the customer.Originality/value – The paper is of value in identifying the variables for effective value chain outsourcing.
110 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce the biosecurity issues covered by this issue of Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability from a research, policy and industrial perspective, and discuss the international policy opportunities and challenges for sustainable development that it encompasses.
109 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report evidence that concentrated 3-firm supply chains achieve superior financial performance, and that supply chains’ financial performance varies systematically with measures of chain concentration and chain duration.
109 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the author discusses how the Internet is being used in the management of various areas of supply chain by Indian companies.
Abstract: The advent of the Internet and electronic communication has enabled companies to be more responsive to their customers. However, the uses of the same technological advancements in business‐to‐business supply chain management are changing the marketplace itself. Successful supply chain management requires a change from managing individual functions to integrating activities into the key supply chain process. The advantages are far more than the efforts involved in accessing the final product, a seamless chain that operates fluidly and benefits the entire value chain by speeding up communication between customers and their suppliers, improving service quality, and reducing costs. In this article, the author discusses how the Internet is being used in the management of various areas of supply chain by Indian companies.
109 citations