Outline the main components of Kim and Mauborgne’s (2004) concept of ‘Blue Ocean Strategy’. Critically assess the strengths and limitations of this approach to pursuing competitive advantage. Use relevant examples to support your argument. Introduction In the contemporary hostile business environment‚ innovation has become part of any company’s paramount strategy for continuous survival. Nokia‚ despite being the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer having a large customer base‚ realized how
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Julian Nicholson MKT/421 January 15‚ 2015 Terry Dunning Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Blue Ocean Strategy Pertinence Blue Ocean Strategy is a concept in which authors W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne devised. They then wrote a bestselling book called you guessed it‚ Blue Ocean Strategy. In this book the authors expound upon at great length‚ the benefits for business owners to leave the red ocean. Red Ocean is a term used for what is known as the waters
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Blue Ocean Strategy Plan MKT/421 Introduction In today’s competitive market where companies attempt to outperform one another by creating a brand new product or adjusting an existing product in attempts to appeal to a larger customer base are referred to as a Blue and Red Ocean strategy plans; “Red Oceans represent industries in existence today‚ and the industry boundaries are defined‚ accepted‚ and the competitive rules of the game are understood. Blue oceans denote all the industries
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familiar with the red oceans and feel accustomed to competition. However the main challenge companies face thereby is their incapacity to create new demand or expand their market share. The Blue Ocean Strategy offers users a framework for creating uncontested market space and change the focus from the current competition to creation of innovative value and demand. The theoretical analysis reviews the core basics of the Blue Ocean Strategy‚ distinguishing between red and blue oceans. Here the focus lies
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Gregory Newfield MKT/421 October 13‚ 2014 Professor Ricci Rizzo MBA Blue Ocean Strategy The Blue Ocean Strategy focuses on the three industries that closely touch people’s lives. Areas they looked at were Autos‚ Computers and Movie and what companies within those fields are doing to managing sustainable profit and growth through the test of time. The creation of a blue ocean strategy places its focus on strategic moves to place their brand in position long
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Blue Ocean Strategy Stephanie Copenhaver MKT/421 December 15‚ 2014 Fritz Beiermeister Blue Ocean Strategy What is Blue Ocean strategy and the importance of it? Blue Ocean Strategy is the creation of a new product that is not used in the market and there will be no competitors for this product. By having no competition in this market place it will help decrease the company’s costs but will give the company new customers so the value will go up. It is a theory that was created by INSEAD professors
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Wikipedia: A Blue Ocean Strategy Section A: Group 4 Analysis of Wikipedia‚ as a Blue Ocean Strategy Wikipedia‚ the collaboratively edited free internet encyclopaedia is a household name. Launched in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger‚ it has now grown to be the seventh most visited website with approximately 365 million users worldwide. How is it that the small encyclopaedia market grew more than a hundred times in the space of 8-10 years and changed its orientation in such a path breaking
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How did CEMEX elect to compete in a Blue Ocean? How might the changes that they undertook be viewed from the perspective of core competencies? CEO Zambrano realized that due to the consolidation and commoditization of the construction products industry‚ traditional concrete manufacturers would struggle to survive if they did not expand into uncharted markets. Until the late 1990s‚ CEMEX had focused almost exclusively on cement. However‚ customers found little use for cement unless paired
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School of Business and Law MODULE TITLE: Strategic Management PROGRAMME: MBA SEMESTER: Semester Two ACADEMIC YEAR PERIOD: August-November‚ 2012 LECTURER SETTING ASSESSMENT: - Mervyn Sookun (Module Leader) DATE ASSESSMENT SET AND LOADED ON TO STUDENT PORTAL:- 8 August 2012 DATE ASSESSMENT TO BE COMPLETED AND SUBMITTTED: • Group presentation will be held during the exam period: 29 October-9 November 2012. (You will be advised of precise date and venue) --------
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper MKT/421 The Blue Ocean Strategy The blue ocean strategy in marketing is an approach to building a customer base looks to build an entirely new market segment that does not currently exist with other firms. Perfect competition consists of a myriad of competitors in the same industry that are fighting with each other over their slice of the market by offering similar products or substitute products for innovations that already exists. A “red ocean” describes a marketplace
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