Modular Value Chains means plug ‘n play strategy deployment. This also means that having access to competitive resources becomes more important than owning them. New entrants can save time, existing players will have to review their resource bases.
Value Chain fragmentation creates attractive business opportunities. For example, new business opportunities can be pursued by accessing complementary external resources. Business can be optimized not by redesigning the in house processes, but by accessing more competitive external processes and capabilities directly. This creates the need for a “resources shopping list” or resource portfolio strategy guiding corporations in managing their resource base.

This has become a truly strategic issue. Not only will such resource strategies allow companies to become more competitive, it will also help them pursuing new business opportunities out of reach from their own resources.

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