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Showing 1 to 20 of 425 for “"Value chain"”.
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Sustainability within the polyester value chain
… were smaller when using willow. From supply chain analysis, the transport of finished and intermediate products only made a minor contribution to the environmental impacts. The principal raw material for terephthalic acid is p-xylene, conventionally made from naphtha. It is feasible, however, …
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The dynamics of Zambia's copper value chain
… patterns. My aim is to examine whether the new value chain drivers, China and India, are characterised by distinctive value chain governance patterns and whether this impact on the opportunities and constraints for the localisation and development of a mining supply industry. I also analyse the …
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ComfortChoice : bringing value to the value chain
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2002.
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Value chain dynamics in the RFID technology
… adopters were found to be in the retail supply chain industry followed by many interesting applications in areas ranging from Fish Tracking to authentication of currency notes. Projects implemented till 2006 were mainly pilot in nature with a desire to understand the technology, given its …
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Pakistan’s Food Security from Wheat Value Chain Perspective
… identify the key actors in the Pakistani Wheat Value Chain (PWVC), the key relations among them, how these are governed, and to what effects. To understand the PWVC, the study focuses on the functioning of the wheat economy and its complex set of relations between actors. The wheat economy of …
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Value creation in the agri-food value chain
… product differentiation and the potential to add value to raw commodities (Goldsmith et al., 2002; Humphrey and Memedovic, 2006).Greater differentiation and value adding have in turn dramatically changed the price spread or marketing bill between the farm value of products and the retail value …
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Value chain analysis along the petroleum supply chain
… industry's products as well as the varied value of these products coupled with the global nature of the petroleum industry presents both challenges and opportunities within the petroleum supply chain. It is along this supply chain that challenges for creating value for the customer exist as …
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Value chain concept for power electronics based products
… to provide MR suggestions for the design of a value chain for power electronics based products for the mid-voltage distribution grid market. Such suggestions have been developed based on the analysis of external market forces with Porter's Five Forces Model, the assessment of a possible level …
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The evolution of the wireless equipment value chain
… these firms compose the "Wireless Equipment Value Chain." As in many industries where technology is changing rapidly, wireless telephony has seen waves of change in industry structure. This thesis surveys the forces currently driving change in the industry, outlines scenarios that describe …
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Exploring the global value chain of gold beneficiation in Zimbabwe
… research that has been done around the global value chains (GVCs), and their importance as a means of achieving or maximising the value earned along the global value chain. Additional work has also been done on GVC configuration and upgrading. However, existing literature does not explore …
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Rice Value Chain Development and Policy Sequencing in Southern Africa
… 23 CARD member countries drafted a comprehensive value chain upgrading strategy called the National Rice Development Strategy (NRDS). This study intends to evaluate through simulations the feasibility of the NRDS goals for four southern African countries, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia …
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Understanding the value-chain of counterfeit products: A multimethod investigation
The student, - Sreekumar Arun, accepted the attached license on 2021-04-13 at 23:09.
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Telecom value chain dynamics and carriers' strategies in converged networks
This thesis predicts the dynamics of value chains in the telecommunication industry and proposes telecommunication carriers' strategies in future converged networks. It predicts that large carriers will vertically integrate chains for the supply and management of network services. This will …
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Industry dynamics within semiconductor value chain : IDM, foundry and fabless
This thesis intends to analyze the semiconductor value chain and identify critical factors, which impact the future industry structure. The main focus is in the dynamics among IDM (Integrated Design Manufacture), foundry and fabless companies. This analysis will utilize double helix [1] model with …
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Assessing the Impact of the Jepara Furniture Value Chain Project
… assesses the impact of the Jepara Furniture Value Chain (FVC) project, which was conducted by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) to address challenges faced by small-scale furniture producers in Jepara, Indonesia. This assessment focuses on the effect of membership in the …
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Vocational Survival: Expanding the Film Value Chain for the Independent Filmmaker
… an argument for expanding the traditional FilmValue Chain model in order to address what it means to be an independent filmmaker. The research focuses specifically on the filmmaker’s journey or course of action, rather than on film aesthetics or artistry, and ultimately presents this as a …
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Design houses in the Cape Town clothing value chain of production
… design houses play in the Cape Town clothing value chain of production. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with key informants, buyers in clothing retail companies, heads of design rooms in design houses, and homeworkers. Findings reveal that design houses act as intermediaries between …
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Study of change of power balance in mobile telecom value chain
… for the study of the balance of power in the value chain. Three dynamic factors are keys that can change the balance of power in the mobile operator's industry: sociopolitical factors, technological factors, and alliance factors. These factors collectively increase the bargaining power that …
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Battery Blueprint: Saudi Arabia’s Strategic Foray into the Battery Value Chain
… provide a foundation for entry into the battery value chain. However, the Kingdom must navigate barriers such as market competition and the need for technological expertise in advanced battery production, a market led by heavyweights like China and innovators across the globe. This study assesses …
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