Striving for sustainable value chain establishment: a multiple feasibility analysis approach

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Ingrid Herman ◽  
Minh Thi Thai
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Feasibility Analysis ◽  
Environmental Drivers ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
A Value ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Sustainable Value ◽  
Cut Foliage

PurposeOver the last decade, value chain for development has shown its bias towards global value chain approaches. This article proposes a holistic framework to carry out feasibility analysis for the establishment of a value chain.Design/methodology/approachA qualitative research approach was used to collect and analyse data from a wide range of stakeholders potentially involved in establishment of a global cut-foliage value chain based on wild harvesting of ornamental ferns in New Caledonia.FindingsMultiple feasibility analyses revealed issues that need to be addressed, priorities for different stakeholders and possible ways forward in the establishment of a value chain.Research limitations/implicationsThe framework supports businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, donors and governments in proceeding with value chain establishment with significant consideration of social, economic and environmental drivers for sustainability.Originality/valueRelevant concepts in several fields are integrated into a single framework that can guide feasibility analysis of value chain establishment.

Tata Wiron: branding galvanized wires

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Vijay Pundalik Bhangale ◽  
Maithili Prashant Dhuri
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Market Segmentation ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Far East ◽  
Commodity Market ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Steel Wires ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Major Player ◽  
Depth Analysis

Subject area Marketing. Study level/applicability MBA Marketing Class. Case overview The case describes the transition of a “Galvanized Wires Business of Tata Steel” into a unique identity, the'Tata Wiron' brand. It focuses on key stages in this journey, including “Understanding the Customers in Galvanized Wires Business”, “Value Chain”, “Challenges Faced”, “Need for Branding”, “Market Segmentation”, “Competition”, “Process of Branding”, “Differentiation”, “Distribution & Sales” and “Promotion”. Tata Steel Wires Business is a major player in the steel wire industry, servicing the discerning needs of its customers across global markets and the leading producer of steel wires in India. A wealth of experience and expertise in the wire industry coupled with latest technology incorporations has enabled Tata Steel Wires Division to constantly meet the most exacting specifications and requirements of its customers. It manufactures a wide range of wires catering to the needs of various industry segments, such as automobile, infrastructure, power and general engineering. The products are well established across the markets of Europe, the USA, Middle East Asia, Australasia, South Asia and Asia and the Far East. Expected learning outcomes The expected learning outcomes are as follows: understanding how in-depth analysis of the competition and value chain establishes the need for branding in a commodity market; understanding how consumer insights help in market segmentation and targeting; and building a brand in commodity market. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes.

Managing integration in infrastructure alliance projects

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna-Maija Hietajärvi ◽  
Kirsi Aaltonen ◽  
Harri Haapasalo
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Complex Projects ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Project Organizations ◽  
Integration Mechanisms ◽  
Organizational Integration ◽  
Time Critical

Purpose The effective management of inter-organizational integration is central to complex projects. Such projects pose significant challenges for integration, as organizations struggle with constantly changing inter-organizational interdependencies and must develop and adapt integration mechanisms to meet new demands. The purpose of this paper is to understand what kinds of integration mechanisms are used and how they are developed and adjusted during the infrastructure alliance projects. Design/methodology/approach This study provides empirical evidence of integration dynamics in project alliancing by analyzing two infrastructure alliance projects – a complex tunnel construction project and a railway renovation project. The research approach is an inductive case study. Findings This paper identifies integration mechanisms adopted in two case projects and three central triggers that led to changes in the integration mechanisms: project lifecycle phase, unexpected events and project team’s learning during the project. Practical implications Integration capability should be a precondition for alliance project organizations and requires the adoption of a wide range of integration mechanisms, as well as an ability to adjust those mechanisms in response to everyday dynamics and emergent situations. Originality/value Although unplanned contingencies and the responses to them represent important influences in organizations, there is limited amount of research on the dynamics of integration. The findings will be of value in supporting the management of inter-organizational integration in complex, uncertain and time-critical construction projects.

scholarly journals The learning organization as a context for value co-creation

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 291-303
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Mastio ◽  
Eng Chew ◽  
Kenneth Anthony Dovey
Keyword(s):  
Learning Organization ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
A Value ◽  
Sustainable Value ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
Relational Capabilities

Purpose This paper aims to explore the relationship between the concept of the learning organization and that of the co-creation of value. Design/methodology/approach The paper is conceptual in nature and draws on data from a case study of a small highly innovative Australian company. Findings The authors show that, from a value co-creation perspective, the learning organization can be viewed as an open, collaborative, social/economic actor engaged in social/economic activities with other interdependent actors (organizations or stakeholders) in a network or ecosystem of actors to serve its mission/purpose and the well-being of the ecosystem. Research limitations/implications As a conceptual paper, the authors rely primarily on previous research as the basis for the argument. The implications of the findings are that, as value co-creation practices are founded upon the generation and leveraging of specific intangible capital resources, more research located in alternative research paradigms is required. Practical implications There are important implications for organizational leadership in that the practices that underpin value co-creation require the leadership to be able to work constructively with multiple forms of systemic and agentic power. Social implications In increasingly turbulent and hyper-competitive global operational contexts, sustainable value creation is becoming recognized as a collective achievement within a broad eco-system of collaborators. This has implications for the relational capabilities of all collaborators. Originality/value The authors introduce a new perspective on the role of power management in the facilitation of the co-creation of value. Arguing that value creation is becoming recognized as a “collective achievement”, they focus on the collaborative practices that enable such an achievement.

Distribution of agricultural productivity gains in selected Feed the Future African countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles B. Moss ◽  
Andrew Schmitz
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Maize Production ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Traded Goods ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Future ◽  
Cassava Production ◽  
Feed The Future ◽  
Productivity Gains

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine investments in selected Feed the Future countries in Africa. Design/methodology/approach The authors examine three investments in Feed the Future countries (e.g. Rwanda and Uganda) in the context of non-traded goods, exports and imports. These investments include research and development in Ugandan cassava production, a value chain intervention in the coffee market channel in Rwanda and a program to increase the use of fertilizer for maize production in Rwanda. The authors also stress the importance of distributional impacts in terms of policymaking. Findings The results show that while there can be net gains from each investment discussed, the distributional effects of each are very different. Originality/value The findings will be useful for the development community and agribusiness policymaking.

The problems and causes of match-fixing: are legal sports betting regimes to blame?

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minhyeok Tak ◽  
Michael P. Sam ◽  
Steven J. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Regulatory System ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Sports Betting ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Policy Problem ◽  
A Value ◽  
Incentive Structures ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
National Boundaries

Purpose Sport match-fixing has emerged as a complex global problem. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, it critically reviews how match-fixing is typified as a policy problem. Second, it advances an analysis of the legal framework and regulatory system for sports betting as a causal source for “routinized” match-fixing. Design/methodology/approach This study extracts and synthesises (cross-national) materials from policies, media releases and scholarly works on the subject of match-fixing and sports betting. The analysis is framed by the contrasts between rational choice and sociological institutionalist approaches. Findings Match-fixing is typically attributed to: criminal organisations and illegal sports betting; vulnerable individuals; and failure of governance on the part of sports organisations. Each cause holds assumptions of utility-maximising actors and it is argued that due consideration be given to the fundamental risks inherent in legal sports betting regimes. Research limitations/implications Match-fixing in sport is a recurrent social problem, transcending national boundaries and involving a wide range of actors and, sporting disciplines and levels of competition. Within such an environment, it may matter little how strong the incentive structures and education programmes are, when betting on human beings is both normatively and cognitively advanced as a value and institutionally permitted as a practice. Originality/value This paper argues that legal betting regimes paradoxically contribute to routinised match-fixing because: for betting customers there is no qualitative, ethical difference between legal and illegal operators; and legalisation serves to normalise and legitimate the view of athletes as objects for betting (like cards or dice).

Behind the veil

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Alexandra Snelgrove ◽  
Ariane Ryan
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Rural Women ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Subject Area ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Development Tool ◽  
A Value ◽  
The Veil ◽  
The Impact

Subject area The case addresses issues related to value chains, sustainable businesses, business environment in emerging economies and cross-cultural issues. applicability/applicability This case would be best addressed by students in upper years of their undergraduate degree or at a Master's level. Case overview The case addresses a project conducted by MEDA in Pakistan which focused on developing a value chain in the embroidery sector with the end goal of improving the livelihood of homebound rural women. The case walks the students through the local cultural constraints, the project design the development of the various value chain actors and the most significant outcomes. The primary issue requires the students to evaluate the most appropriate exit strategy for MEDA which would not harm the existing networks and allow the whole value chain to continue sustainably. Expected learning outcomes To appreciate the complexity of value chain development while understanding the benefits and opportunities they offer. To understand the importance of sustainability and how this can be achieved using market tools. To grasp the concept of exit strategies in the context of development projects and explore various ways these can be structured. To identify the impact of culture on business environment. Integrating the poor into thriving markets. Business as a development tool. Supplementary materials Teaching notes

scholarly journals SATISFACTION EVALUATION OF USING E-LEARNING MEDIAIN FACULTYOF PUBLIC HEALTH UNIVERSITY MUHAMMADIYAH ACEH

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akbar Akbar ◽  
Nugroho Nugroho ◽  
Lazuardi Lazuardi
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Information Technology ◽  
Median Number ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
A Value ◽  
Action Research Approach ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
E Learning

Information technology can not be denied that it has proved to be very large in the advancement and improvement of the quality of education in this country. Development towards e-learning education is a must for the quality standards of education can be improved because e-learning is a use of digital technology that can deliver a wide range of information in learning. The availability of hardware, software and other supporting facilities such as the internet network at the Faculty of Public Health University Muhammadiyah Aceh can be used as much as possible so that the transformation of education from the conventional learning system into a digital learning system by using e-learning is based on information technology.The design of this study was quantitative and qualitative research with action research approach. The subjects in this study purposive sampling determined by the number of 33 people consisting of elements of the leadership, faculty, and students. Instrument research include guidelines for in-depth interviews, observation guides, brainstorming guides, questionnaires, field notes and other devices in accordance with the development course of study. Has developed a digital learning system using the Dokeos. From the aspect of technology has been supported for the hardware and software. Overall the respondents have used e-learning system and no major obstacles. The results of the evaluation of the degree of ease of reaching the average value of 4.25 with a range from 4.18 to 4.36, the willingness of the average utilization reached a value of 3.89 with a range from 2.29 to 4.75 and also the willingness to support an average of value of 4.83 with a range between 4.39 to 5.0. Thus, it can be seen that the whole has a value above the median number = 3, which means the respondents felt a satisfaction which is felt by the high compliance is expected.Keywords: E-Learning, Dokeos Platform, Information Technology, Education

scholarly journals Sustainable management of agriculture products value chain in responses to climate change for South-Eastern coast of Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prabal Barua ◽  
Syed Hafizur Rahman ◽  
Maitri Barua
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Sustainable Management ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sustainable Value ◽  
Agriculture Products ◽  
Combat Climate Change ◽  
Adaptation Options

PurposeThis paper is designed to assess the sustainable value chain approaches for marketing channel development opportunities for agricultural products in coastal Bangladesh to combat climate change through an approach of community-based adaptation options.Design/methodology/approachThe study was designed to select the potential value chain candidate and to analyze and establish a value chain map to benefit the crop farmers. In this connection, the resources of the whole context were evaluated. The approach uses few tools to generate three outputs, the last of which are the final list of value chains selected for in-depth assessment to design interventions as community-based adaptation practices of the study to combat climate change in the study areas.FindingsThe study demonstrated that the difference in the institutional circumstances of the end markets of the agriculture products is connected to the different categories of harmonization and control of the facilitating environment throughout the supply chains. National and local networks improve the value chain in terms of the value addition of the agriculture products, technology improvement, market access and profitability of the products. Strengthening the weak financial structure, focus more on formal financial systems and resolving sociocultural and climate change-induced hazard concerns are the major concerns on the development of value chains in the countries. Apparently, guarantee for good governance, checking illegal and unregulated market contexts, proper mitigation measures to climate change are some paramount important issues for the sustainable management of livelihood, yield, income and development.Practical implicationsAll kinds of stakeholders of the agriculture product value chain should focus on competitiveness and productivity and look for and exploit multiple ways to add value once initial success has been attained with a single deal. Ensuring sustainability within the value chains is an important feature to cater to the challenges and changing demands of the age.Originality/valueThe study will help to established a sustainable value chain approach in response to climate change, which process will help to existent opportunities for firms to manage the issue of climate risk by codeveloping and employing adaptation options that may be more preferred or accepted by consumers across the entire chain for the sustainable management of livelihood, yield, income and development.

Myths of top tourism countries, tourism contribution and competitiveness

2015 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 276-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja Mihalic ◽  
Julio Aramberri
Keyword(s):  
Data Gathering ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Value System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
New Approaches ◽  
A Value ◽  
Limited Applicability ◽  
Tourism Policy ◽  
Opening Up ◽  
Generally True

Purpose – This paper aims to deal with the myths of tourism in regard to the tourism available data and their mythical interpretation in relation to top tourism countries, tourism economic contribution and competitiveness and to argue that there is yet no such thing as globalisation of tourism demand. For many decades, tourism researchers have tried to present the true tourism situation, yet – seduced by the available tourism data and rankings – they might have failed to produce the accurate or generally true description. Design/methodology/approach – This paper uses a transformative research approach which aims to break existing scientific paradigms in the field of tourism knowledge. Thus, this paper challenges the ever going elaboration of established tourism meanings by asking whether tourism understanding of its development, rankings and competitiveness is justified under the present circumstances. Findings – The paper presented some existing anomalies in the understanding of tourism global system which are based on existing data, methodologies, geo-political structure of sovereign states and tourism research values. This implies a limited applicability of current tourism understandings to a universal level. Research limitations/implications – For the time being, the discussion on accuracy of the authors’ tourism knowledge remains under the notion of “tourism myths” and the doors for more research on what new approaches, values and methodologies would enable tourism researchers to obtain the accurate tourism rankings, remain wide open. Practical implications – This paper can mobilise for improvements in data gathering, accessibility, interpretation and methodology to improve tourism policy, planning and management. In this regard, the paper mobilises for “cosmopolitan responsibility” for tourism surveys and understandings which will provide tourism researchers with a value system that meets the globalised tourism development. Social implications – This paper shows the possible impact on tourism knowledge, new tourism paradigms and then on tourism policy and management. Originality/value – This paper’s originality is in opening up new approaches to understanding what tourism researchers a while ago would never have considered relevant.

Branding as innovation within agribusiness value chains

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gemma Lewis ◽  
Stuart Crispin ◽  
Laurie Bonney ◽  
Megan Woods ◽  
Jiangang Fei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Shared Vision ◽  
Organizational Level ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Entrepreneurial Marketing ◽  
Vegetable Products ◽  
Sustainable Value

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how traditional agribusiness firms can differentiate their product through innovation and branding at the value chain level, through the application of entrepreneurial marketing (EM). Traditionally, fresh vegetable products have been marketed as unbranded commodities. Design/methodology/approach – To address the research aim, this paper used a case study, which included semi-structured interviews with managers and personnel and unstructured observation of supply chain processes. Findings – The findings are based on a Tasmanian fresh broccoli value chain and suggest that EM could be effectively integrated at a multi-firm level. Clear communication, knowledge sharing, and trusting relationships are necessary to create a shared vision and a sustainable value chain. Research limitations/implications – An increasing number of firms in the agribusiness sector are looking for strategies that can enhance value for themselves and members of their chain. EM as a strategy can help an entire value chain achieve product differentiation and co-innovation, with flow on benefits to the consumer. Originality/value – There is limited research at the entrepreneurial and marketing interface that explores the application of EM at an inter-organizational level. This paper is one of the first to investigate EM in context of a supply chain management, using a value chain innovation framework.

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