Porter’s value chain and value system

The ability of your company to compete successfully is about everything the company does and how everything is organised. The value chain is a useful way of looking at the whole organisation while the value system helps you to look at how you fit into a bigger picture.

Porter’s value chain

Porter’s value chain

Source: Adapted with the permission of The Free Press, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. from Porter, M. E., Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance, The Free Press, 1985. Copyright © 1985. All rights reserved.

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