This paper presents the main advantages of creating a meta-value chain, as a source of sustainable competitive advantage in today’s markets. This is not an easy task, as complete collaboration between the enterprises forming the value-chain as well as a proper interaction of the collaborative and technological processes must take place. The final objective of offering to customers an extended v...

It is unquestioned that the growth of the Internet is a significant phenomenon. Not only is there an exponential growth in the exchange of goods and services over the Internet, the Internet has changed the way information can be accessed and used. This paper posits that the Internet has made a fundamental change in the nature of the information value chain. The Internet has changed the visibili...

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...

The International Labor Organization (ILO) states that most agricultural work carried out by children occurs within the family unit, is generally unpaid and often hazardous in its nature and/or circumstances which it out. At same time, some scholars nuance this view positing who agriculture spheres of their own household are not necessarily exploited. Making progress addressing (worst forms of)...