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As technology and globalization have disrupted traditional operations along the supply chain, the relationship between suppliers, customers, and competitors has changed dramatically. Examining this issue from several strategic perspectives, Harvard Business Review on Managing the Value Chain outlines key ideas and provides guidance for incorporating shifts in the value chain into your strategic outlook.



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Outlines key ideas and provides guidance for incorporating shifts in the value chain into your strategic outlook. Focuses on the changing relationship between suppliers, customers, and competitors in a globalized market.



Table of content:

* Managing in a n age of modularity by Carliss Y. Baldwin and Kim B. Clark



* Fast, global, and entrepreneurial : supply chain management Hong Kong style - an interview with Victor Fung by Joan Magretta



* How Chrysler created an American Keiretsu by Jeffrey H. Dyer



* The Power of trust in manafacturer-retailer relationship by Nirmalya Kumar



* What is the right supply chain for your product? by Marshall L. Fisher



* Make your dealers your partners by Donald V. Fites



* From value chain to value constellation : designing interactive strategy by Richard Normann and Rafael Ramirez



* From lean production to the lean enterprise by James P. Womack and daniel T. Jones