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Collective values, in both senses of the word ‘value’, act as glue in a value chain. Unless the value chain is able to create and sustain collective economic value, for example, it is not viable and will not endure. Collective soci…

The price final consumers are willing to pay drives all value in the value chain. Hence, a value chain needs to understand how different groups of consumers in its markets value different attributes associated with the value chain’…

As the name suggests, a value chain involves a series of linkages between the producers at one end of the chain and the final consumers at the other end of the chain. Thus, the process of delivering the product from producers to co…

A key responsibility of governance is chain leadership. Typically, one of the partners in the value chain acts as chain champion. The chain champion has a deep understanding of the chain’s target consumers and product quality, as w…

In the research programme’s case studies of emerging value chains, scale was one of the key decisions that had to be made by the chain leadership. A higher volume of products might reduce the average cost of production and processi…