ICOVACS 2008 (International Conference on Value Chain Sustainability) is the first of conference series that aim to bring academia, professionals, decision-makers and practitioners together, who work in various fields of business and strive for creating and maintaining sustainable value chains.
Increasingly competitive and global climate of the third millennium inevitably leads organizations into new directions, in which we have to adapt to a new understanding of doing business. In this context, structures of the old are being abolished and replaced with new phenomena, highlighted by the concept of sustainable value chains. A perspective of value chain sustainability obviously calls on businesses to recognize the importance of integration of all activities and operations undertaken inside and outside the boundaries of the organization.
We believe that the founding stone for today´s value chains is the integration of three key areas, namely design, logistics and branding. These activities not only constitute the most solid grounds for differentiation, but in an integrated framework they also lead to a better management of other processes. From this standpoint, the theme of ICOVACS 2008 is identified as "Integrating Design, Logistics and Branding for Sustainable Value Creation". More on theme and topics»
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