A Value Chain is a set of activities that a company performs in order to deliver its product or service for the market. The concept was introduced by Michael Porter in his 1985 best-seller, ...

Written by Nicholas Little, Director Railway Education, Center for Railway Research and Education, Michigan State University Eli Broad College of Business (ret.) Railways, passenger and freight, need ...

From reducing its own energy consumption and emissions to strengthening supply chain collaboration, and from upholding the highest global standards to driving green development through technological ...

To understand Global Value Chains, consider the bicycle. Bicycles are not solely produced in one place, rather they are created across countries—a collection of regions delivering components and ...

WASHINGTON, March 29, 2021—The World Bank has approved a $250 million International Development Association (IDA*) credit for a new National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) that ...

The African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has officially launched the Multinational Rice ...

Cocoa has defined Ghana's economic identity for over a century. The crop accounts for nearly a fifth of export earnings, making the country the world's second-largest producer. Yet this concentration ...

Traceability has become an imperative for fashion brands, particularly in the light of fast evolving environmental regulations. According to the State of Fashion 2024 report, 87% of fashion executives ...