I am about to work on value chain analysis and I want guides on it.
It is a relatively new area of research in Nigeria and is usually a descriptive process. But you must remember that it has connections with marketing and therefore, one can adopt marketing techniques. The other thing to say is that most quantitative tools can be applied. It all depends on what your objectives are.your
Thank you for your suggestion. However, could you do me a favour by letting me know any literature that may help?
This is an interesting area. You may also like to look at "Value stream mapping" . This is an interesting framework for value analysis.
Your objectives are important before any particular article can be suggested. Why not try scholar google. Our work on it is still at the early stages and has not been published yet.
Value chain analysis involves analysis of all supporting & primary activities in the process of transforming input into output which is value to the customer. Since in the value chain competitive advantage is created through cost structure and product differentiation which ultimately leads to value creation, performance analysis and the process synergy is required to be assessed.
value chain analysis is a way of assessing competitive advantage by determining and understand the various segments like costs related to every single activity,price points ,product differentiation, selling propositions etc.activities with in the company and out side the company will yield the greatest competitive advantage. Research point of view take the help of statistical tools like factoring analysis, chi-square test,regression analysis and other measures of dispersions are used for getting better results
Could I request that you send titles of articles that have been published to Olugbenga Egbetokun via this network.
Maybe my answer could be obvious but: Balance Sheet and profit and loss account must be the real metric...
I am developing new survey tools for value chain analysis, which I will apply on the rice sector in Asia. You may contact me personally for more details and papers.
Thanks everyone. Demont, how could i have access to your papers?
You can download my articles on my RG account. The first step in VC research is assessing the value in end-markets. What are the important end-markets of the commodity in question and what are end-market users (exporters, consumers, industrial users) willing to pay for quality attributes.
This information will give you an idea of the value and expected impact of value chain upgrading. Next step is to analyze upgrading activities and business models that may link farmers better to end-markets and make them more responsive to end-market requirements (consumer preferences).
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Matty_Demont/?ev=hdr_xprf
Choice experiments are definitely among the tools that can be useful for value chain research. You may want to assess farms' and firms' preferences for alternative business models. This may provide information on which institutional innovations are needed for value chain upgrading.
Hear are a few useful resources on value chain analysis found on the web.
ftp://ftp.fao.org/es/esa/lisfame/guidel_valueChain.pdf
http://www.unido.org/fileadmin/user_media/MDGs/IVC_Diagnostic_Tool.pdf
http://www.prism.uct.ac.za/papers/vchnov01.pdf
https://www.kpmg.com/Global/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Documents/agricultural-and-food-value-chain-v2.pdf
It also depends on whether you are analyzing the whole industry value chain or a firm's internal value chain.
The methods may also vary across industries.
i am about to work on value chain analysis of fish seed production in ma state . As a beginner i am getting confused what to choose or not .Can anyone guide me to set the things in the right way ?