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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INTRODUCTION TO THE BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY The Blue Ocean Strategy (BOS) concept is known to us since 1995 on a book titled “Blue Ocean Strategy” written by W. Chan Kim in which the book was a success and being translated into over 40 languages (Bryan‚ 2006). However‚ the concept that the author described had been used in practice decades ago. In this write up‚ focus will be given on introducing the blue ocean strategy concept and examples from Crocs incorporation and Nintendo incorporation
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The metaphor of red and blue oceans describes the market universe. Red Oceans are all the industries in existence today—the known market space. In the red oceans‚ industry boundaries are defined and accepted‚ and the competitive rules of the game are known. Here companies try to outperform their rivals to grab a greater share of product or service demand. As the market space gets crowded‚ prospects for profits and growth are reduced. Products become commodities or niche‚ and cutthroat competition
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Advantate - Blue and Red Ocean Strategy Orla.Fahy@ul.ie Class Discussion: Is a Blue Ocean strategy always superior to a Red Ocean Strategy? Why do companies get trapped in a Red Ocean? Icarus Paradox Red Queen Effect Blue Ocean Pioneering Costs: First Mover Advantage and Fast Followers/Late Movers Isomorphism Assignment 2 2 1 MG4037 Tutorial 3 Week 6 Competitive Advantate - Blue and Red Ocean Strategy Class Discussion: Is a Blue Ocean strategy always superior to a Red Ocean Strategy? 3 Organizational
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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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Between Ocean Strategies Prof.V.Raghu Raman Sr.Fculty IBRA College of Technlogy OMAN 44 ISSN: 2348 9510 International Journal Of Core Engineering & Management (IJCEM) Volume 1‚ Issue 8‚ November 2014 Abstract This paper aims to justify the arguments made concerning to different ocean strategies with regard to the marketing environment. In this paper the theories and articles of Kim & Mauborgne are highlighted in order to shed light on the specifications of the strategies. These strategies include
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Blue ocean strategy generally refers to the creation by a company of a new‚ uncontested market space that makes competitors irrelevant and that creates new consumer value often while decreasing costs. The following guidelines may be proposed to companies seeking to create blue oceans: 1. Identify the key features/ dimensions that currently define a product/ service.2. Identify a group of customers who only value a subset of these features. These customers may be currently using lower end alternatives
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Blue Ocean Strategy MKT 421 Name Date Instructor Blue Ocean Strategy Description and Significance According to Cham Kim and Renee Mauborgne (2004)‚ the Blue Ocean strategy involves the description of how the organization should try and proceed to find some way to work in the marketplace that is not bloodied by the competition and also that is free of competitors. The strategy is against working in conditions such as Red Ocean‚ where businesses are ferociously fighting each other for some share
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The impact of Blue Ocean Strategy In the earlier work (See Blue Ocean Strategy: how to create uncontested market ‚ 2005) it has been argued two types of strategies: blue ocean strategy and red ocean strategy. Red ocean strategists compete to win market share in traditional mature markets and pursue either a differentiation or cost leader strategy. On the other hand‚ Blue ocean strategists‚ create new environments‚ redefine products or services or the nature of competition‚ make competition irrelevant
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper A Descriptions of Blue Ocean Strategy and it’s Importance Blue ocean is a slang term that comes from the book "The Blue Ocean Strategy‚" by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne. Blue ocean describes the opportunities of vast‚ untapped market spaces that can be developed by expanding market boundaries or launching new industries. In any established market‚ many businesses are in constant battle with each other for sales and customers. This is compared by a blue
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