Assume you are the CEO and the ultimate decision-maker of this USA company. You are confident your current domestic value chain is solid but you are concerned about what the impact on your value chain might be if you expand to another country or countries. Identify what will need to be changed or modified in your company's value chain prior to the expansion by examining all 21 elements of the Contemporary Value Chain Model. When addressing what changes will be needed for each of the 21 elements, describe what decisions may need to be made, by whom, for what reason, and how the elements are interrelated.

21 Value Chain Elements

1. Budgeting
2. Competitive advantage
3. Corporate social responsibility
4. Culture
5. Customer need
6. External resources
7. Financial
8. Goals
9. Idea generation
10. Information management
11. Infrastructure
12. Leadership
13. People - human resources
14. People - customers
15. People - shareholders
16. Political (external)
17. Political (internal)
18. Product development
19. Strategy
20. Supply chain management
21. Technological considerations