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Closing the Gap Between Blue Ocean Strategy and Execution

Harvard Business Review

As the ultimate outputs of an organization’s activities are value for the buyer and revenue for itself and its inputs are the costs to produce them and the people to deliver them, the three strategy propositions of buyer value, profit (revenue minus costs), and people capture the essence of what an organization’s activity system does.

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Apple Versus the Strategy Professors

Harvard Business Review

Or actually, maybe strategy is really about finding blue oceansmarkets that come into existence as a company defines them. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne , and it certainly sounds like what Apple has been up to. Hustle is their style and their strategy." That's the path to riches described by W.

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World Business Forum – Top 10 Speakers | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Renee Mauborgne - Co-author of Blue Ocean Strategy , Renee offered great insights on creating demand, most particularly on creating consumer demand where little or none previously existed. My favorite quote from Martin was: “ great brands are emotional bookmarks.&#

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