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This 4 page paper looks at the way distribution channels and supply chains in developing countries differ from developed countries and looks are existing research that indicates why these differences exist. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
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the supply chain, when compared to the developed countries, is merely a matter of a lack of resources; physical and non physical. By looking at the management and structure of
supply chains and distribution channels in the developing world we can identify what the differences are and how and why the differences occur.
Increasingly complex goods and the ability of companies to use global supply chains has seen the number of stages and size of supply chains increase as the comparative and
competitive advantages of different companies are utilised by controlling companies, such as major manufactures. The development of global supply chains has impacted on the developing world, but in many instances
they play only a small part supplying primary goods to be exported, or only adding small amounts of value though processing and control over the logistics. This indicates one
of the main influences seen in terms of supply chains and distribution channels in the developing countries, where they are long and extend outside of the country, the members of
the supply chain are likely to suffer from an asymmetry of power, which results in the value created in the supply chain being disproportionately distributed to those with the
power (Mintzberg et al, 2003). This has been the source of a great deal of ethical discussion arguing developed nations are taking advantage of weaker nations that need to accept
terms offered on order to gain currency to develop (Chyssides and Kaler, 1998). The way the supply chains in the developing world to supply external trading partners are influenced heavily
by the trading partners, who will dentine the type of supply needed, the way it is supplied, the processes that may or may not take place and the factors such
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