Blue Ocean Strategy Rebecka McCollough MKT/421 January 21‚ 2015 Nikki Butler Blue Ocean Strategy When thinking about opening a business‚ you have to look at whether you want to compete in existing markets or create a new market for your product. When you compete in existing markets‚ you will find many of them are overcrowded and your business will not flourish in this environment. You should want your business to stand out and become profitable‚ that is what Blue Ocean Strategy encompasses
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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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important‚ as a part of any companies’ Blue Ocean Strategy‚ to explore the three tiers of non-customers‚ the buyers’ utility map and experience cycle‚ and uncover the blocks to buyers’ utility. As companies explore the three tiers of their non-customers they may be able to uncover an untapped potential for customers. The three tiers of non-customers identifies what customers are not purchasing a product or service you offer‚ as well as why they may not be part of your current consumer group. The buyers’
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Karina Visloukh Marketing/421 April 13‚ 2015 Creig Foster Blue Ocean Strategy Paper The Blue Ocean Strategy In blue ocean strategy the demand is created instead of fought over. The rules are not is well defined and the opportunity for the profitable growth exists. The competition is made irrelevant. The blue ocean strategy breaks the value-cost trade off. Value innovation is the cornerstone of the blue ocean strategy. Value innovation is innovation is more than innovation
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Question one: The most important thing when identifying strategy is to distinguish it from operational effectiveness. For the failure to distinguish between operational effectiveness and strategy is in many cases the main cause to why a company can’t sustain their competitive advantage between its rivals. The mix up is understandable; they are both essential to superior performance‚ however in the same time they work in very different ways. Operational effectiveness is performing different activities
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Michael porter developed 3 generic strategies: cost leadership‚ differentiation and focus. They are developed to create a defendable position in the long-run‚ outperforming competition and establish a competitive advantage. However does the generic strategy lead to sustainable competitive strategy? This analysis will explain in detail. Cost leadership means setting out to become the low-cost producer of its industry. Each industry is different and provides with diverse problems. Cost leadership
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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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Porter’s Generic Strategies Porter’s notion on “stuck in the middle” or “hole in the wall” is debatable‚ it being mutually exclusive. It might be true in some cases but not all the time. Even beyond Porter’s generic strategies‚ Toyota has been operating and already proven that it’s possible to be a low cost producer of a differentiated product. It was able to achieve leadership in North America‚ surpassing General Motors. They continuously find ways to reduce production costs and at the same optimize
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attractiveness of the industry which is easily measured using the Porter’s 5 tools and more importantly‚ the position the firm takes within the industry to leverage on its strengths. To compete properly‚ a firm must address two fundamental questions. Should it focus on identifying a microcosm of the industry or serve the entire market? According to Michael C. Porter‚ the porter’s three (3) generic strategies are very important strategies‚ which can be applied to products and services in any industry
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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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