concerns the basic process the company goes through in performing R&D and developing new products.

consists of two broad categories of activities: the primary activities foremost in the company's scheme for creating and delivering value to customers and the requisite$-$support activities that facilitate and enhance the performance of the primary activities.

identifies all of the different activities a company performs and indicates what percentage of the company's total profits is contributed by each of the various activities.

consists of all the activities that it performs in seeking to deliver value to shareholders $($via higher dividends and a higher stock price$).$

depicts all of the different activities a company performs and indicates how much each activity contributes to overall shareholder value.