What is Blue Ocean Strategy?

The concept comes from the book "Blue Ocean Strategy" written by W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne from the business school INSEAD in France, and is about developing a strategy that makes the company unique in the market.

The theory is that the blue ocean exists forever, but is constantly changing. And with the blue ocean also comes a red ocean.

So what is the definition of a blue and red ocean?

The Blue Ocean is the unknown market symbolizing all non-existent industries. It must meet 3 things:

1. The market must be untapped


2. There must be demand creation


3. There is an opportunity for high growth

The Red Ocean is the well-known market representing all existing industries.

In other words, it is a question of constantly freeing ourselves from competition and thus creating a market in which competition is irrelevant.

Source: "Strategy in winning companies"

And how do we get to the Blue Ocean? According to W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne, it is about 6 conditions as seen in the figure below.

Source: "Strategy in winning companies"


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