Take your value chain and plot the components along an evolution axis covering genesis, custom built, product (+rental) and commodity (+utility). This is what I’ve done in Figure 4 below for the ...

Value Chain in Telecommunications [value chain diagram] The diagram above illustrates the basic value chain for residential broadband providers. In terms of the three broad areas of innovations ...

The value chain was first developed as a business idea in the second chapter of “Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance” by Michael Porter, first published in 1985 ...