Using value chain analysis, which primary and secondary activities would you consider to be most and least valuable for a company like Facebook?

What will be an ideal response?


A value chain analysis for Facebook should reveal resource strengths in the following primary activities:

• Operations 
• Sales and Marketing 

A value chain analysis for Facebook would likely be inconclusive or possibly even reveal weaknesses regarding the following primary activities:

• Supply Chain Management 
• Distribution 
• Service 

A value chain analysis for Facebook should reveal resource strengths in the following secondary activity:

• Product R&D, Technology, and Systems Development 
• General Administration 

A value chain analysis for Facebook would likely be inconclusive or possibly even reveal weaknesses regarding the following secondary activity:

• Human Resources Management

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What will be an ideal response?

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