Brief Description
"With a new preface, fresh chapters, and updated case studies" --Back of jacket.
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The global phenomenon that has sold 3.5 million copies, is published in a record-breaking 43 languages and is a bestseller across five continentsnow updated and expanded with new content. This global bestseller, embraced by organizations and industries worldwide, challenges everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success. Now updated with fresh content from the authors, Blue Ocean Strategy argues that cutthroat competition results in nothing but a bloody red ocean of rivals fighting over a shrinking profit pool. Based on a study of 150 strategic moves (spanning more than 100 years across 30 industries), the authors argue that lasting success comes not from battling competitors but from creating blue oceans untapped new market spaces ripe for growth.
Blue Ocean Strategy presents a systematic approach to making the competition irrelevant and outlines principles and tools any organization can use to create and capture their own blue oceans. This expanded edition includes:
A new preface by the authors: Help! My Ocean Is Turning Red
Updates on all cases and examples in the book, bringing their stories up to the present time
Two new chapters and an expanded third oneAlignment, Renewal, and Red Ocean Trapsthat address the most pressing questions readers have asked over the past 10 years
A landmark work that upends traditional thinking about strategy, this bestselling book charts a bold new path to winning the future. Consider this your guide to creating uncontested market spaceand making the competition irrelevant.
To learn more about the power of blue ocean strategy, visit blueoceanstrategy.com. There you ll find all the resources you needfrom ideas in practice and cases from government and private industry, to teaching materials, mobile apps, real-time updates, and tips and tools to help you make your blue ocean journey a success.
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Review Quotes
1. "Blue Ocean Strategy" A bestseller across 5 continents. More than 3.5 million copies sold worldwide. Translated into 43 languages. "A Wall Street Journal," "BusinessWeek," and "Fast Company" bestseller.
2. Thinkers50 Strategy Award for Best Business Book of the decade
The "Fast Company" Leadership Hall of Fame
Winner of the Carl S. Sloane Award for Excellence in Management Consulting
3. Praise for "Blue Ocean Strategy"
- A bestseller across 5 continents
- More than 3.5 million copies sold worldwide
- Translated into 43 languages
- A "Wall Street Journal," "BusinessWeek," and "Fast Company" bestseller
- Thinkers50 Strategy Award for Best Business Book of the decade
- The Fast Company Leadership Hall of Fame
- Winner of the Carl S. Sloane Award for Excellence in Management Consulting
4. Praise for "Blue Ocean Strategy"
A bestseller across 5 continents
More than 3.5 million copies sold worldwide
Translated into 43 languages
A "Wall Street Journal," "BusinessWeek," and "Fast Company" bestseller
Thinkers50 Strategy Award for Best Business Book of the decade
The Fast Company Leadership Hall of Fame
Winner of the Carl S. Sloane Award for Excellence in Management Consulting
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5. A great read for any leader looking to get a real edge in business and establish a real competitive advantage in the market. "Qantas The Australian Way"
Praise for "Blue Ocean Strategy"
A bestseller across 5 continents
More than 3.5 million copies sold worldwide
Translated into 43 languages
A "Wall Street Journal," "BusinessWeek," and "Fast Company" bestseller
Thinkers50 Strategy Award for Best Business Book of the decade
The Fast Company Leadership Hall of Fame
Winner of the Carl S. Sloane Award for Excellence in Management Consulting
"
6. "Blue Ocean Strategy" is the most successful book on business master-planning in recent years. "The Economist"
A great read for any leader looking to get a real edge in business and establish a real competitive advantage in the market. "Qantas The Australian Way"
Praise for "Blue Ocean Strategy"
A bestseller across 5 continents
More than 3.5 million copies sold worldwide
Translated into 43 languages
A "Wall Street Journal," "BusinessWeek," and "Fast Company" bestseller
Thinkers50 Strategy Award for Best Business Book of the decade
The Fast Company Leadership Hall of Fame
Winner of the Carl S. Sloane Award for Excellence in Management Consulting
"
7. Blue Ocean Strategy is the most successful book on business master-planning in recent years. The Economist
A great read for any leader looking to get a real edge in business and establish a real competitive advantage in the market. Qantas The Australian Way
Praise for Blue Ocean Strategy
A bestseller across 5 continents
More than 3.5 million copies sold worldwide
Translated into 43 languages
A Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, and Fast Company bestseller
Thinkers50 Strategy Award for Best Business Book of the decade
The Fast Company Leadership Hall of Fame
Winner of the Carl S. Sloane Award for Excellence in Management Consulting
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