Barriers to effective value chain management in developing countries: new insights from the cotton industrial value chain

Value chain strategies in developing countries

“Food production and distribution in South Africa, as in most other countries, is undergoing major structural changes caused by changing and diverse consumer demands, new technologies (e.g. bioand information technologies), new product characteristics, changing firm sizes and more exposure to world markets... the structural realignment in agriculture and the formation of new supply chains are p...

Assessment of Industrial Cluster with Value-Chain DEA model

  Every country actively and initiatively takes all kinds of policy steps to improve the international competitiveness of its industries and therefore improve national integrated competitiveness for the purpose of gaining economic benefits under the context of economic globalization. Therefore, studies of moreover, projects launched by the cluster had to be endorsed by the growers and one crit...

Value Chain Analysis in Quality Management Context

Based on the description of value chain analysis, which is a strategic management tool attributed to Michel Porter, the paper aims to demonstrate that quality management applies this method, under specific forms. The paper's specific objectives are: to redefine the functions of value chain analysis in the context of quality management; to clarify the significance and the possibilities of measur...

Characterizing the Ideal Model of Value Chain Management and Barriers to its Implementation

Benefits, barriers, and bridges to effective supply chain management

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to provide academics and practitioners a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the benefits, barriers, and bridges to successful collaboration in strategic supply chains. Design/methodology/approach – A triangulation method consisting of a literature review, a cross-functional mail survey, and 51 in-depth case analyses was implemented. Senior managers...