They grow in acidic soils, with different species in wet acid bog habitats (K. angustifolia, K. polifolia) and dry, sandy soils (K. ericoides, K. latifolia). Kalmia was named by Linnaeus to honour his friend the botanist Pehr Kalm, who collected it in eastern North America during the mid-18th century.Earlier Mark Catesby saw it during his travels in Carolina, and after his return to England in 1726, imported seeds.hey grow in acidic soils, with different species in wet acid bog habitats (K. angustifolia, K. polifolia) and dry, sandy soils (K. ericoides, K. latifolia). Kalmia was named by Linnaeus to honour his friend the botanist Pehr Kalm, who collected it in eastern North America during the mid-18th century.
Michael Porter discussed this in his influential 1985 book  Competitive Advantage , in which he first introduced the concept of the value chain. A value chain is a set of activities that an organization carries out to create value for its customers.
A business must use its value chain activities to create value, and then capture that value. The value created by this chain should exceed the sum of the values added by each individual activity. Porters Value Chain Analysis. Value chain analysis is an important strategic tool for business management. The value chain analysis model allows a business manager to identify the activities that add value to the business and those that do not.