Blue Occean Strategy

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Blue Ocean Strategy

Blue Ocean Strategy
How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant

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

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W. Chan Kim Renée Mauborgne

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Contents
Preface Acknowledgments

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Part One: Blue Ocean Strategy
1 2 Creating Blue Oceans Analytical Tools and Frameworks 3 23

Part Two: Formulating Blue Ocean Strategy
3 4 5 6 Reconstruct Market Boundaries Focus on the Big Picture, Not the Numbers Reach Beyond Existing Demand Get the Strategic Sequence Right 47 81 101 117

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Part Three: Executing Blue Ocean Strategy
7 8 9 Overcome Key Organizational Hurdles Build... [continues]

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