Modular Value Chains mean that more specialized value delivery systems can be crafted without running into scale disadvantages. It also means that one-size-fits-all value chains …

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 …

With significantly more modular value chains and plug ‘n play business dynamics, the days of the integrated Strategic Business Unit are numbered. Instead, a more …

Value Chain fragmentation offers new opportunities for making merger integration efforts more effective. Instead of integrating entire companies, it becomes possible to adopt a differentiated …

Corporate governance has been the subject of many and intense discussion in recent years. Spurred by scandals involving companies such as Enron, Ahold, Worldcom and …

Complexity generally has a negative connotation. For some parts of the Value Chain however, complexity represents a true source of value. Better understanding of the …

Fragmentation of Value Chains means hard work for vertically integrated companies as they have to routinely modularize individual parts of the Value Chain. This makes …

Much has been written on the real impact of the Internet: its ability to break up value chains through the interaction efficiency it provides. Although …

Digitization and connectivity have provided a solid source of business process innovation making companies more competitive. In some cases this can be taken even further …