Virgin Atlantic Airways came from an idea taken to Richard Branson by Randolph Fields in the early 1980’s. Original called British Atlantic Airways‚ VAA first flew from Gatwick to Newark with their single 747 on 22nd June 1984. Branson took the torch from Sir Freddie Laker’s Skytrain operation - which had been the pioneer of discounted transatlantic air travel‚ but suffered at the hands of BA’s price war to eliminate the competition. Virgin too didn’t have an easy ride with BA‚ and won substaintial
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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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code sharing agreement between Air India and Virgin Atlantic Airlines for the DEL- LON sector. During the last nine months there has been fare wars‚ value added services‚ alliances etc. Suddenly there seems some action in the Aviation Industry‚ where Virgin has acted as a lubricator. There are many other airlines‚ in bid of competition increasing their capacities or increase their flights for the same route. Introduction In the early 80s‚ when Virgin Atlantic was created‚ by Richard Branson was
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Virgin Mobile Paper A Case Study Analysis Presented to: 1 I. CASE SUMMARY Virgin‚ a U.K. based company led by Sir Richard Branson‚ has had a history of brand extension resulting to 200 different corporate entities. One of which is Virgin Mobile which has decided to expand to USA based on their success in the U.K. market. Dan Schulman‚ Virgin Mobile USA CEO‚ is tasked to lead the expansion to the U.S. and has decided to focus on consumers aged 15-29 given that there is low penetration
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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 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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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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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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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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REPORT ON VIRGIN GROUP . Submitted By: - SHANTANU SHARMA JYOTSNA SAIGAL NIKITA NARANG. RUHAAN PARVEZ. SUROJIT DAS. STUTI GARG. Submitted By: - SHANTANU SHARMA JYOTSNA SAIGAL NIKITA NARANG. RUHAAN PARVEZ. SUROJIT DAS.
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