abstract:A value shop is an organization designed to solve customer or client problems rather than creating value by producing output from an input of raw materials. The principles of value shop were first conceptualized by Thompson in 1967, and properly defined by Stabell and Fjeldstad (1998), who also created the name.
Matt Swaim, managing director at Chicago-based valueshop Advisory Research, says he understands perfectly well why value stock returns will outpace growth this year.