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.
It also provides an analysis of the effectiveness of the value chain actions. A value chain is a way to look at two different types of business activities: the first action that creates value for a customer and the following action that supports the execution of the first action. For instance, a grocery store may determine that offering grocery delivery is the first action that will create value for the customer.