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Blue ocean strategy
Most firms compete in established ‘red ocean’ markets, with well-entrenched competitors and a clearly-defined set of customer expectations.
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Blue ocean strategy vs Porter’s generic strategies
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Porter’s generic strategies
Pinpoint the strongest competitive position.
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To determine whether the current strategy is meaningfully different from competitors’ strategies.
Clarify the intended basis and scope of competitive advantage.
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Strengths, limits, and pitfalls.
Blue ocean strategy
- The tools organise analysis, but the decisive step is a creative insight about an offer that does not yet exist. Break the hold of industry experience by studying alternatives, observing noncustomers and assembling a heterogeneous team that includes newcomers able to question established rules.
- The canvas describes the known market by showing what competitors invest in and the value buyers receive. It also prompts redesign: where is the industry over serving customers, where is it failing them and what source of value is entirely absent? The four actions framework structures that discussion:
- Which taken for granted factors should be eliminated ?
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- Do not confuse novelty with a valuable market. Many apparent blue oceans are mirages or small niches. Test noncustomer demand, willingness to pay, delivery cost and imitation risk before treating an imaginative value curve as a growth opportunity.
Porter’s generic strategies
- Name the target customer, the intended advantage, the activities that create it and the trade offs that protect it. If the team cannot state all four, the generic strategy label is premature.
- Start with the target customer and the alternatives they consider. Identify the attributes that determine willingness to pay, the cost drivers that shape the industry and the segment boundaries that change either. Then test three questions:
- Is the intended advantage cost, differentiated value or a focused version of either?
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- Do not confuse combining strengths with a coherent hybrid strategy. Promising premium differentiation and the lowest cost without a reinforcing activity system usually creates complexity rather than advantage.
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