Value creation as a strategic tool for competitive advantage and growth : the case of Jordanian industrial shareholding companies

الملخص EN

The study aims at evaluating Value creation capabilities o( a -.ample of industnal publicly hold corporations in Jordan.

Special emphasis has been put on strategic use of value creation as a tool for competitive advantage and corporate growth.

Sampled companies have been classified into four categories: significant value cieatois.

normal value creators, modest value creators and finally value destroyers Findings indicate that ninety percent of the study sample is enjoying high or acceptable levels of value creation capabilities.

At the same time a total of five companies have been classified as destroying values rather than creating it.