Strategic Value Chain Management

Prof. Dr. Sc. Qeis Kamran (MBA-GM, MBA- PPM, MBL-HSG, LLM, PhD Scholar and researcher at University of Twente, the Netherlands) is the full Professor of Strategy, Cybernetics and Design Science at ISM International School of Management, Dortmund, Germany. He previously worked in sales, management, entrepreneurship and leadership roles in retail, energy, oil, petrochemicals and consulting industries.

Chapter - 00: Introduction;
Chapter - 01: Michael Porter – the founder of competitive strategy;
Chapter - 02: A treatise of cybernetics, system sciences and complexity sciences;
Chapter - 03: Introducing the six forces model;
Chapter - 04: Global value chain management strategies and models for competitive advantage;
Chapter - 05: Economic dimension of the six forces model and practical implications;
Chapter - 06: Conclusion;
Chapter - 07: Appendix – Economic layer, supply chain and collaboration;
Chapter - 08: Index

"Finally, the long-awaited synthesis of strategy and the systems approach! The benefit of reading Kamran's innovative, insightful book is a deeper systemic understanding: it enables superior strategies for complex value networks."

"With his innovative, holistic and interdisciplinary approach, Prof. Kamran delivers significant added value for research and practice. The combination of theory and practice by explaining different concepts and models and the corresponding illustration through case studies completes this worthwhile book."

"As a philosopher, not an economist, I am deeply impressed by Professor Kamran's book and his endeavour to host a dialogue between business strategy on the one hand and cybernetics, system thinking, and complexity sciences on the other. His language is lucid, his argumentation persuasive even for the layperson, and his interdisciplinary focus exemplary."