To better understand the opportunities and upgrading possibilities that value chains offer to SMEs, one needs to consider that value chains are not homogeneous, and that the opportunities for rent appropriation by different parties can vary from chain to chain. Essentially, however, there are four paths economic actors can follow when threatened by competition (Kaplinsky 2000).

Since value chains do not focus merely on the physical transformation of inputs within one firm, they offer the possibility of capturing economic returns that can be found in different links in the value chain.

The matrix further identified the sphere of influence of the company, identifying layers of responsibility within the company, within the value chain and within society.

So it takes the reconfigurability and programmability and makes it a completely passive system.

A co operative, at least an input supply and marketing co operative, Is an open compa ny.

Anchor chains

The challenge for producers within value chains is to determine how and where (in which markets) to position themselves so as to best reap the benefits of globalization.

Fixing the Food Chain

Is the dog chained?

The majority of the world's people today are in chains the chains of poverty and underdevelopment.

The most common way to divide sales responsibilities is on the basis of sales specialisa tion. The key strategic question is the basis for the orientation on the first level to be used.

Table 7 Co operatives which mix machinery pooling and input supply market ing activities

They tether us all to a chain.

any of the fences, chains and guards

The prisoner is in chains.

Transform the entire supply chain.

Look at these old slave chains.

All right, I reconnected the circuits.

It's a link in a chain.

If we want the systematic name, we can start at where we are attached to the main chain and view that as one and then make the longest chain with that as one.

There will be fewer delays along the supply chain, and less room for corruption.

Also, attaining competitiveness will require an increase in efficiency in the whole supply chain management.

Harvest collection and storage are key factors for a co operative dealing with marketing and processing.

Europe s German Ball and Chain

They un chain us.

They cover our heads and untether the chain.

The dog should be on a chain.

A link joins two parts of a chain.

Four chains making up a single structure

How long is it?

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And notice that it almost behaves like an open circuit.

Lift your chains, I hold the key

Several views were expressed on this issue. It was observed that a short product life cycle and deverticalization of the industry would create better opportunities for African countries and LDCs to participate in the electronics production value chain and trade.

Of course, upward pressure on commodity prices also stems from supply side challenges.

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Japan is made up of volcanic islands.

Also, it is the first link of the chain.

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So they're complementary strands.

You have all the links in the chain.

You ever tried to break up a game of Red Rover?

The use of electronic trade documents is still confined to a specific geographic or functional context such as an automated customs declaration system or a national logistics platform, meaning that information exchange in the supply chain operates simultaneously on a dual system.

This is called fishing down the food chain.

Other feedback loops pose a similar danger.