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Dr. Aftab Ahmad · Learning Decks · 05 June 2026

Value Chain & Strategy Decks

Five newsletter-style decks for college & MBA students. Each opens with a dashboard of thumbnails, flows through the full subject with high-impact pictures, and closes with a lessons-learnt questionnaire. Play online, or download the matching PowerPoint.

5 decks Play online in the browser Download as PowerPoint For college & MBA students
The Collection

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Click Play Online to read the deck in your browser, or Download PPT to get the PowerPoint file. Every deck carries the same content as the source document — now with a thumbnail dashboard, relevant pictures, and an open-question questionnaire.

Deck 1
Value Chain Management · Digital Channels · 05 Jun 2026

The End of Email?

How the UAE Is Leaving Legacy Channels Behind

A citation-grounded reading of the BusinessToday.me article (Fares Akkad, May 2026), drawn from the BCG–Meta study of April 2026 — reframed through value-chain management for UAE business students.

College & MBA students · Value Chain Management10 slides + dashboard + Q&A
Deck 2
Value Chain Management · Digital Operations · 05 Jun 2026

Goodbye Inbox

The Exact Email Steps UAE Firms Replace with WhatsApp + AI

Short, sharp and value-chain-focused: the precise email-based steps in each activity that UAE companies can replace with WhatsApp + AI — and the KPIs that improve the moment those emails disappear.

College & MBA students · Operations & Value Chain8 slides + dashboard + Q&A
Deck 3
Strategy · Business Models · 05 Jun 2026

Platform Businesses

Why They Are Dominating the Global Economy

One of the most important strategic shifts of the last 25 years is the move from pipeline businesses to platform businesses. An MBA-level reading with UAE and global examples — Careem, Noon, Amazon, Airbnb, Uber, Apple.

MBA & college students · Strategy18 slides + dashboard + Q&A
Deck 4
Value Chain Management · Comparative Case · 05 Jun 2026

Careem vs IKEA

Platform Value Chain vs Supply Chain Value Chain

Two companies, two ways to create value. Careem builds a digital ecosystem; IKEA redesigns a physical supply chain and makes customers part of value creation. The MBA-level contrast where the real learning lies.

MBA & college students · Value Chain Management21 slides + dashboard + Q&A
Deck 5
Value Chain Management · Digital Transformation · 05 Jun 2026

From Inbox to Instant

How AI-Driven Messaging Is Transforming the UAE Value Chain

For UAE & Dubai business students: the UAE is shifting from email-based workflows to AI-powered WhatsApp communication. Messaging is becoming the core infrastructure of business operations — a value-chain revolution.

UAE & Dubai business students11 slides + dashboard + Q&A
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