12/7/20151 foundations of strategy psu mgmt #511 dave garten [email protected] week # 5 blue...
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Creativity in Strategy Development1. Conceive of the external environment as
“design space” in which you develop/adapt your business model
2. Market forces, industry forces, key trends and macroeconomic forces – take stock, and apply to the business model. Very inquiry focused.
3. Overlay of SWOT to assess the business model – a long series of evaluation questions.
4. Blue Ocean lens to evaluate business model canvas – what are you reducing or eliminating? What are you raising or introducing? Start with the Cost, value proposition and Customer Impact portions of the canvas.
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Strategy Formulation
Derived from Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, HBS, 2004
Red Ocean Blue OceanKnown boundaries Uncontested market space
Increasing competition for existing demand
Redefine the value proposition (“leap in value for
the buyer”)
Globalization reducing niche/protected opportunities…
Competition becomes “irrelevant”
Bloody … Pull in a whole new group of customers
Examples: Model T, Southwest, Cirque de Soliel,
eBay
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Strategy Formulation
Study of business launches in 108 companies…
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Profit
Revenue
NewInvestment
“Blue Ocean” “Red Ocean”
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Look across: Examples
Alternative industries
Chain of buyers
Complementary products & services
Functional/emotional appeal of buyers
Time
Strategy Formulation
NetjetsHome Depot
InsulinBloomberg
Movies & babysitting
SwatchStarbucks
Cisco
Reshaping boundaries value innovation
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Strategy FormulationLower Cost Increase Value
What can be eliminated?
What can be reduced below industry levels?
What can be created?
What can be raised above industry levels?
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Strategy FormulationRedefine target toward new market spaceSimultaneously pursue differentiation & low cost to achieve a leap in value (utility)Challenge deep reliance on:
Existing customers Finer and finer segmentation
Focus on non-customers Edge of market Unexplored non-customers
Derived from Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne, HBS, 2004 Buyer value
Costs
ValueInnovation
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Strategy Formulation: Mapping
0
20
40
60
80
100
Price Meals Lounges SeatingChoice
Hubconnection
Friendlyservice
Speed Frequencypoint to
point
High
Low
CarSWA
Major Airline