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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: The role and impact of ICT at the customerlevel, the microfinance institutional level, the donor level, and themicrofinance industry level is discussed, with insights that showcase the value chain impacts and transformations that are occurring as a basis for assessing the extent to which ICT supports the sustainability of microf Finance.
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TL;DR: In this article, the virtual value chain offers a number of distinct advantages over the physical value chain, such as forging alliances between customers and manufacturers, advertising products and services selectively with effects of audio, video, and graphics, and saving time and money in efficiently processing customer orders and enquiries.
Abstract: In electronic commerce, businesses require to integrate two kinds of activities – ones that are embedded into the physical value chains and the others that are built through information into the virtual chain. Although the relative importance of these two kinds of chain depends on the characteristics of the products and services, their integration, nevertheless, plays a critical role in the success of e‐commerce. In e‐commerce, more and more value chain activities are conducted electronically, therefore, businesses should understand the implication of the virtual value chain activities. The virtual chain offers a number of distinct advantages over the physical value chain. Some of these advantages lie in forging alliances between customers and manufacturers, advertising products and services selectively with effects of audio, video, and graphics, and saving time and money in efficiently processing customer orders and enquiries. Besides, e‐commerce offers flexibility in option pricing and customization of products and service, by reducing the constraints of time and space.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the origins and development of the business model concept resulting in a high level definition of the circular value chain and the process by which a business model can be developed taking into account the social dilemma that exists in these type of situations.
Abstract: This article briefly discusses the origins and development of the business model concept resulting in a high level definition. Against this backdrop, frameworks from the literature around green business models with examples of green business models and the business model innovation process are presented. The article then discusses the origins and meaning of different "green" concepts relevant for the circular value chain concluding with a high level definition. The article finally outline the process by which a business model for a circular value chain can be developed taking into account the social dilemma that exist in these type of situations. The article concludes with the specific questions that need to be answered in order to create an appropriate business model for a circular value chain.
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TL;DR: The transformation of aquaculture in Bangladesh is a dynamic sector that has been driven by investments of hundreds of thousands of mainly small actors in the fish value chain, which has bolstered the diversification beyond the production of carps, into production of new commercial species, raising yields and then reducing the price of consumed fish over time.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors adopt a multiple case study design based on secondary data analysis in order to investigate supply chain concepts of 18 successful products and develop sustainable supply chain models in the areas of sourcing, making and delivering.
95 citations