Value adds transform products, making them unique and allowing higher pricing. A strong value add creates a competitive advantage and market differentiation. Investors should assess companies' value ...

Learn how Cash Value Added (CVA) measures a company's cash flow exceeding investor returns, and how it compares to EVA and EBITDA in assessing profitability.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am the Kester and Brynes Professor at Columbia Business School and a Chazen Senior Scholar at the Jerome A. Chazen Institute for ...

No one likes cost cutting, but that’s only because they’re thinking about it the wrong way: as a lose-lose situation. It’s certainly true that it can turn out that way, but that’s not the only option.

Business-minded entrepreneurs are focused on one path to success: establishing a business and achieving sustainable growth. While the direction is clear and the mission is straightforward, the path is ...

Discover how value chain analysis enhances business efficiency, optimizes costs, and delivers competitive advantage through step-by-step assessment.

Food and beverage startups that lack the space and equipment to get ahead have a new way to scale up production without outsourcing to the mainland. The Wahiawā ValueAdded Product Development Center ...