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Value Chain Innovation Initiative

The Value Chain Innovation Initiative brings together faculty, staff, students, and practitioners to advance the theory and practice of global value chain innovation through research and knowledge dissemination.

We seek to understand the economic and social impacts of the global dynamics and digital communications that are reshaping business, industries, and ecosystems. Our research focuses on solving problems that are highly relevant to the greater global business community.

Hau Lee: Value Chain Innovation in Developing Economies
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Benefits of Value Chain Innovation
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The VCI Initiative's co-director, Hau Lee, explains how value chain innovations can help entrepreneurs in developing economies grow their businesses.
Meet Haim Mendelson
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Meet Professor Mendelson
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Haim Mendelson, co-director of the Value Chain Innovation Initiative, gives an overview of how electronic communication has influenced business.

Featured Research

Supply Chain Insights by Stanford Business

July 6, 2017
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The Internet of Changing Things

How the spread of computerized gizmos is shifting business models big and small.
Internet of Things. | iStock/macrovector
October 31, 2016
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How Big Brands Can Cultivate Ethical Suppliers

To ensure that contract manufacturers act responsibly, employ a mix of strategies — and don’t skimp.
A worker carries a stack of clothes in a garment factory | Reuters/Andrew Biraj
August 10, 2016
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How to Improve Working Conditions in the Developing World

A major sporting goods manufacturer found a surprising way to improve workers’ lives while maximizing productivity.
Labourers work at a large garment factory | Reuters/Kham
August 1, 2016
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A Way to Fix the “One Bad Apple” Dilemma in Untraceable Supply Chains

Regulating quality standards for “untraceable goods” benefits consumers and producers alike.
Farmers husk corn at a farm village in China. | Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
May 26, 2015
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Paul Auerbach: Lessons from the Disaster Zone

A Stanford doctor who’s worked in Nepal and Haiti explains what leaders should know before the next natural disaster strikes.
An earthquake in Nepal in April injured more than 19,000 people. | Courtesy Paul Auerbach

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Strategies and Leadership in Supply Chains

Taught by supply chain pioneers and thought leaders, this program focuses on the innovative ways in which organizations can leverage the supply chain to create and capture value.

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