Porter ’s Generic Strategies If the primary determinant of a firm ’s profitability is the attractiveness of the industry in which it operates‚ an important secondary determinant is its position within that industry. Even though an industry may have below-average profitability‚ a firm that is optimally positioned can generate superior returns. A firm positions itself by leveraging its strengths. Michael Porter has argued that a firm ’s strengths ultimately fall into one of two headings: cost
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blue ocean strategy ® Go where profits and growth are – and where the competition isn’t www.blueoceanstrategy.com © Kim & Mauborgne R esearching the history of blue ocean
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competitive strategy in order to survival and develop. If Red Ocean is the term used to call the traditional market‚ Blue Ocean is a new term which implies the market spaces that companies need to exploit to become a winner in the market. What are the differences between Red Ocean and Blue Ocean which the firms need to know to have a lucid choice? In this essay‚ the first part will provide an overview of Blue Ocean strategy. How to create a Blue Ocean and what a cornerstone of Blue Ocean strategy is are
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Blue Ocean Strategy MKT/421 August 11‚ 2014 Blue Ocean Strategy The Blue Ocean Strategy is a slang term for the uncontested market space for an unknown industry or innovation (Investopedia‚ 2014). Take the circus industry‚ for example‚ its appeal is in rapid decline as technology becomes more interesting than seeing chained animals perform. When the circus first came out‚ it was the 1700 where no one had ever seen performances of its kind. Now the traditional circus’s audiences are in
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Statement of the purpose of the book: “Blue Ocean Strategy” Blue Ocean Strategy (BOS) is the result of a decade-long study of 150 strategic moves spanning more than 30 industries over 100 years (1880-2000) by authors Kim‚ W. C.‚ Mauborgne‚ R. BOS is the simultaneous pursuit of differentiation and low cost. The aim of BOS is not to out-perform the competition in the existing industry‚ but to create new market space or a blue ocean‚ thereby making the competition irrelevant. BOS offers a set of
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Last week lesson‚ we talked about the difference of Red Ocean strategy and Blue Ocean strategy. Red ocean is all about competition‚ companies in Red Ocean have to squeeze profit margin in order to survive in their industries. There is no one market that is never saturated‚ once more and more competitors approach to the market and share the pie of profit; profit margin of each company would goes down. Then‚ company may have to cut cost or lower product selling price to sustain profit‚ besides consumers
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Blue Ocean Strategy While traditional approaches to corporate strategy‚ such as those presented by Porter‚ Oster‚ and Duggan emphasize victory through direct competition in existing markets‚ blue ocean strategy stresses the avoidance of conflict as key to long term commercial prosperity. By creating new demand rather than battling for existing market space‚ a firm can position itself for rapid growth‚ profitability‚ and dominant brand equity. While certain organizational traits ease the implementation
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TLFeBOOK Blue Ocean Strategy ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( Blue Ocean Strategy How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant W. Chan Kim Renée Mauborgne H A R VA R D B U S I N E S S S C H O O L P R E S S BOSTON‚ MASSACHUSETTS Copyright 2005 Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 06 05 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in or introduced
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global strategy in branded footwear or a strategy that varies significantly from geographic region to geographic region? If the latter‚ what are the specific strategy differences from region to region? Our company employs global strategy. 3. Is your company employing a global strategy in private-label footwear or a strategy that varies significantly from geographic region to geographic region? If the latter‚ what are the specific strategy differences from region to region? Same strategy in this
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CHAPTER 11: FORWARD AND FUTURES HEDGING‚ SPREAD‚ AND TARGET STRATEGIES END-OF-CHAPTER QUESTIONS AND PROBLEMS 1. (Short hedge and long hedge) Another type of hedge situation is faced when a party plans to purchase an asset at a later date‚ such as a bread maker. Fearing an increase in wheat prices‚ the bread maker would buy futures contracts. Then‚ if the price of wheat increases‚ the wheat futures price also will increase and produce a profit on the futures position. That profit will at
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