In a book that challenges everything you thought you knew about the requirements for strategic success, Kim and Mauborgne argue 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 a hundred years and 30 industries, the authors argue that lasting success comes not from battling competitors, but from creating "blue oceans"--Untapped...

"W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne changed the field of strategy and the language of business forever with their path-breaking "blue ocean strategy," a new model for creating uncontested markets that unlock all new demand and growth. This book brings together three of their classic Harvard Business Review articles that upend traditional thinking for creating and capturing lasting value. In Blue Ocean Strategy, Kim and Mauborgne introduce the idea of...

Fanboys. Pork dorks. Tech nerds. These consumers have a lot in common: they care a lot about a specific brand, product, or market; they pursue their passions with fervor; and they spend a lot of money in the process. They're superconsumers. Superconsumers are everywhere, and they span categories, countries, and age groups. There are superconsumers of sneakers, bacon, cars, wine, and sports memorabilia. There are even superconsumers of white bread...

"In a world of limitless media noise, how can businesses break through to customers? Context. We are in the midst of a massive media revolution. For the first time in history, ordinary people around the world have the ability to create, distribute, and consume content instantly, from anywhere, using connected devices. The massive increase in media "noise" created by these consumers and devices creates an entirely new situation that conventional marketing...

Joel Polodny offers a sociological examination of how concerns about status affect market competition and shows how anxieties about status influence partner relations, price and perception in the marketplace.

Drawing on more than a decade of new work, the authors demonstrate how to move beyond competing, inspire confidence, and seize new growth, discussing how to take an organization into an uncontested market space.

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