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: Blue Ocean Strategy is not about out-performing the competition in the existing industry‚ but to create new market space or a blue ocean‚ thereby making the competition irrelevant. In the assignment we will try to analyze the success of Yes Bank through the framework of Blue Ocean Strategy 1. Value Innovation: Value innovation is the simultaneous pursuit of differentiation and low cost. Yes Bank‚ which started in 2004 without any institutional‚ has a formidable task
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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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companies who only focus on operational effectiveness‚ also strategy is worthless without another important element. Strategy will and must be followed by a constant strategy positioning and implementing in order to reach success. Question two: Blue Ocean Strategy is basically re-defining the meaning of an” Industry”‚ thus creating something new‚ making competition irrelevant. Rather than finding ways to compete with companies that are already established in the market‚ you seek to find consumers
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According to Mr Tony Fernandes‚ they are in a huge market and they are only 5 yrs old company. Southwest Airlines has 400 planes in a market of 350 million people. AirAsia in a market that’s double‚ triple that. Because of that AirAsia has a lot of potential to grow‚ but grow sensibly and grow at the right pace. AirAsia have been aggressive on branding. They also put a lot of money into sports branding such as Manchester United. Many Asian companies don’t value branding as much because they don’t see
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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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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Ingrid Dillard MKT/421 December 22 2014 Dianna Iobst Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Blue Ocean strategy is an opportunity to create new and unique ways in an uncontested market space. This important strategy focuses on making competition irrelevant through creating a new innovative product or service. This paper outlines a product service that is considered a Blue Ocean move and the alternative Red Ocean strategy will also be covered. Blue Ocean Description and
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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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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Abdullah Durani MKT/421 9/3/14 Gwendolyn Mclain Introduction In a marketplace that is always changing and very competitive‚ it can be very hard for a company or organization to set themselves apart from the competition. Companies are constantly aiming to beat out their competitors‚ win over customers‚ and obtain a product that is more desirable than the next companies. These companies are involved in a constant back and forth battle that can be very costly
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