TY - BOOK AU - Kim,W.Chan AU - Mauborgne,Renée TI - Blue ocean strategy: how to create uncontested market space and make the competition irrelevant SN - 9781625274496 (hbk.) : U1 - 658.8'02 23 PY - 2015///] CY - Boston, Massachusetts PB - Harvard Business Review Press KW - New products KW - Market segmentation KW - Business and Management KW - eflch KW - ukslc N1 - Previous edition: 2005; Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - Now updated with fresh content from the authors, this book 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. The text 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 ER -