Blue Ocean Strategy Paper February 2, 2015 MKT/421 Ellen Carter Within the world of business it can be considered a battlefield. Companies in the same industry are in constant battle with each other. They are competing every day for the same customers, trying to outwit the other with every move they make. This strategic way of business is referred to as the red ocean strategy. Companies focus on building advantages over their competition, taking whatever a competitor does and attempting to
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Introduction The blue ocean strategy in the environment of marketing is an extraordinary way to embark on creating a monopolistic customer base. It describes how the blue ocean strategy looks to find ways to build a new market segment that has no current existing businesses and without competing in a crowded marketplace with existing companies. As new technological innovations emerge daily, blue ocean strategy is rapidly growing. The paper will intel the characteristics of the blue ocean strategy while providing
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Roberta Willis Marketing/ MKT 421 Nick Okoro July 28, 2014 Today’s society is among one that is very competitive, and always trying to discover ways to beat out competition. This is typically done by advertising their products by celebrities so the consumers are more likely to buy. Due to the way products are promoted and advertised, it makes it harder for the consumer to make a decision on what to buy. Competing in over-crowded industries is not way to sustain
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Roberta Willis Marketing/ MKT 421 Nick Okoro July 28, 2014 Today’s society is among one that is very competitive, and always trying to discover ways to beat out competition. This is typically done by advertising their products by celebrities so the consumers are more likely to buy. Due to the way products are promoted and advertised, it makes it harder for the consumer to make a decision on what to buy. Competing in over-crowded industries is not way to sustain
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper The Harvard Business Review “Blue Ocean Strategy” by W. Chan Kim and Renee describes the “business universe” and its two “distinct kinds of space,” the red ocean and the blue ocean. The article explains how the market space if divided by these two oceans. The red ocean symbolizes the industries that are currently in present in the market. These industries serve as models for current competitors as well as future ones. On the other side, blue oceans are industries that are
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Jamie Carbary MKT 421 Professor William Alan McIntyre November 23rd, 2015 Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Introduction In the current competitive market, businesses often adopt several strategies so as to compete effectively. These strategic moves are usually derived from market – competing strategies. Innovation and creativity are the keys whereby organizations can focus on finding and creating new market spaces resulting in the opening of the new market and increasing
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Sarah Van Wyk MKT/421 April 19, 2015 Professor Phyllis Levith Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Blue ocean strategy is a business tactic that separates the market into “blue” and “red” oceans. Blue oceans relate to all of the industries that do not currently exist in today’s society. They are the “unknown market space, untainted by competition, where demand is created rather than fought over” (W. Chan Kim, 2004). In direct contrast to this notion are red oceans, which relate
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper Julian Mackie MKT/421 November 24, 2014 Stephen Grothe Blue Ocean Strategy Paper When you think about a Blue Ocean Strategy, there are three words that come to mind. The first one is innovative. 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 while decreasing costs. It was introduced by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne in their best-selling book
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper The blue ocean strategy in marketing is a business theory that helps search for ways to gain uncontested market space, this is seen as a unique approach to building a customer base. The following essay will analyze the blue ocean strategy and its importance, while providing a product or service that might be considered a blue ocean strategy. Lastly, an alternative red ocean move for the same product or service along with the pros and cons of that strategy will be discussed
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Blue Ocean Strategy Paper The Blue Ocean Strategy is a book written by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne. The Blue Ocean Strategy focuses on a company searching for products where the company will lead the market uncontested to capture demand for a product. Leading the market requires the company to enter a market that has a need of a service or product. The strategy focuses on creating new products to meet the demands of the public. Introducing a product in a blue ocean leaves room for easy
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