CIOs have a new mandate from CEOs: Accelerate innovation and growth as a business-driven thought leader rather than a caretaker of technology. This paradigm shift requires changes in how IT teams work ...

What Is Value Chain Analysis? Value chain analysis is an investigation of a business's value chain, the full range of activities a company conducts to create a product or a service. The purpose of ...

Carla Tardi is a technical editor and digital content producer with 25+ years of experience at top-tier investment banks and money-management firms. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant ...

How do you stand out against overwhelming competition? You need an edge; a value proposition isn’t enough on its own. You need to make sure you’re out-competing the competition by keeping costs down ...

What are the cost drivers in an organization's value chain? The cost behavior of value activities is determined by ten major cost drivers: economies of scale, learning, capacity utilization patterns, ...

Brian Beers is a digital editor, writer, Emmy-nominated producer, and content expert with 15+ years of experience writing about corporate finance & accounting, fundamental analysis, and investing.