...Yung‐Ta Li; Mu‐Hsuan Huang; Dar‐Zen Chen Purpose Foundry, Design House, and integrated device manufacturers (IDM) are major characters in the semiconductor industry value chain. The purpose of this paper is to discuss patterns of characters' evolution in technology through patents classified...

...Kongkiti Phusavat; Pekka Kess; Kris M.Y. Law; Rapee Kanchana Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe key factors in sustaining effective business value chains for companies operating in the electronic industry and identify their potential future challenges. Design/methodology/approach...

...Pekka Kess; Kris M.Y. Law; Rapee Kanchana; Kongkiti Phusavat Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify critical factors for effective business value chains in the electrical and electronic industries. This knowledge can benefit private firms as well as their supplier management and customer...

... applications. Competitive strategy Value chain Strategic manufacturing Supplier relations Productivity rate Thailand The study stems from a necessity to strengthen productivity measurement among manufacturers belonging to the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI). The FTIs policy focuses...

.... Practical implications The findings illustrate the shift in competitive priorities from cost into quality and customer‐focus. This shift reflects intense campaigns by relevant public agencies as well as the FTI. The awareness on these priorities is critical so that companies in the value chain can properly...

...Chang E. Koh; Kyungdoo “Ted” Nam; Victor R. Prybutok; Seogjun Lee Purpose The internet has become a ubiquitous technology for business and it possesses the potential to make the concept of value chain into a more attainable reality. The purpose of this paper is to conjecture that the way...

... suggests that industrial management might expand from value chain management to value shop management, as firms become electronic businesses. The knowledge intensity of systems in the different activities can be illustrated by different shading, where dark shading indicates high knowledge intensity...

...Ray Tsaih; Wan‐Ying Lin Purpose To manage linkages amongst value activities, this study seeks to explore to a greater extent the underlying information‐processing infrastructure of the value chain, and then to derive a corresponding business process analysis framework. Design/methodology...

... not in the iTV value chain, and thus opens up a practicability for the firm which wants to play an active role in the iTV commerce. The following discussions are applied to the firm that utilizes the available feasibility of direct interactivity with viewers and directly manages viewers' viewing experiences...

... the loan application periods and also offer quick loans with low‐cost capital to domestic small and medium satellite vendors at different operating stages. Originality/value This framework integrates a value chain product view to stress that all value chain activities be coupled together including...

...Chang E. Koh; Kyungdoo “Ted” Nam Purpose This study explores the relevance of the value chain concept in internet‐driven business and assesses the extent to which businesses utilize the internet from a value chain perspective. It attempts to answer the following three questions: is the value chain...

... the customer perspective, trying to understand why the end‐user did not endorse the application service provision (ASP) model. This paper examines the ASP value chain and identifies the winners and risk takers within it. The supply side of ASPs is analysed and an alternative model for ASP adoption propagated...

...H.C.W. Lau; W.B. Lee; P.K.H. Lau Notes that a flexible workflow, which is characterized by its fast responsiveness in dealing with customer demands through the integration of various value chain activities, is fundamental to achieve efficient information interchange among companies. Flexible...

..., communication, and collaboration. 3. 3 Customer service: Provide customer service, help, handling complaints, tracking orders, etc. (Senn, 1996). Internet Business development Value chain Supply chain Electronic business (e‐business) today plays a major role in the world economic...

... process reengineering and holistic outsourcing and rethink its business from an integrated, systematic “whole” and value chain viewpoint to beat competition with flexibility and innovation. © MCB UP Limited 2002 BPR is the fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes...

...Murugan Anandarajan; Asokan Anandarajan; H. Joseph Wen The purpose of this research is to show through a case study how the extranet has been used by one specific company to significantly reduce operating costs. The activities of the company are analyzed within the framework of the value chain...