Blue Ocean Strategy: Combining Differentiation and Cost Leadership

11 important questions on Blue Ocean Strategy: Combining Differentiation and Cost Leadership

What are Blue Oceans?

They represent untapped(onbenutte) market space.

How do Blue Oceans occur?

Due to the creation of additional demand and the resulting opportunities for highly profitable growth.

What are Red Oceans?

The known market space of existing industries.
Rivalry = cut-throat
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What are the 2 pricing options of a Blue Ocean Strategy?

1) Charge higher price than Cost leader (=higher value, higher profit margins)
2) Charge lower price than Competitors (= gain market share, increase sales)

What is Value Innovation?

Aligning innovation with total perceived consumer price cost and benefits.

What questions are important to ask when talking about: 
Value innovation - lower cost

Eliminate: Which factors should be eliminated?
Reduce: Which factors should be reduced? (below industry's standard)

What questions are important to ask when talking about: 
     Value innovation - Increased Perceived Consumer Benefits

Raise: Which factors should be raised? (above industry's standard)
Create: Which factors should be created? (which industry never offered before)

What is the Value Curve?

A horizontal connection of the points of each value on the strategy canvas that helps strategists diagnose and determine courses of action.

What is the Strategy Canvas?

A graphical depiction of a company's relative performance vis-à vis its competitors across the industry's key success factor.

How to create more Economic Value and Gain&Sustain a competitive advantage?

1) Lowering costs
2) Increase Perceived Customer Value

What are the 4 Key Questions when formulating a Blue Ocean Business Strategy?

Eliminate
Reduce

Raise
Create

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