The value chain approach brings into concept the value adding elements that represent an organization's competitive advantage. The worldwide working experiences shared by the international professors highlight the program. The program case studies allowed us to analyze actual problems faced by businesses and to learn the outcome of their applied strategic approaches.

The city of Le Havre is a peaceful place on the seaside with a beautiful scenery and friendly people who are welcoming to foreigners. Student life is comfortable since the business school is centrally located and most things are within walking distance. The course was a great experience for me. No doubt the whole engagement was… "value adding"!

In todays's business environment, companies can no longer afford to operate in silos. Competition nowadays is increasingly manifesting itself on a global value chain and network level. This program taught me that the value chain is not just a matter of costcutting. It is much more than that. It is a business paradigm in which shareholders', customers', employees', suppliers' and community's interests have to be matched and satisfied in an optimal way. This forward-looking program requires you to think "out of the box" in order to be able to manage diverse and complex operations within a company. Taught by world leading faculty and professionals in the field, the value chain management program changed my business perspective, and provided me with a cross-functional view of the firm, as well as valuable Marketing, Finance, Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain Management and Operations Management-skills to manage in a fast moving economy.