Blue Ocean is Economics Failure

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In my opinion, the idea of a Blue Ocean hurts the basic principles of economics which results in all economic profits tending to zero. Whenever an industry presents abnormal earnings, it will attract competitors. Even the creation of barriers to these new entrants is costly and soon, if the firm isn't able to create sustainable competitive advantages, the ocean will turn into red. (...) Read more? Sign up for free

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		Ceferino Dulay, Jr., Philippines
	Blue Ocean is Economics Failure You're right in a way if you stay put after you entered a new playing field. But the idea is that you keep on innovating and if that's the culture you have developed in your organization, your "would-be competitors" will end up simply running catching up and never get to you.

		Mauricio Crippa, Manager, Brazil
	Old Wine in a New Bottle? Therefore, what is that new from old Schumpeterian innovative development? Or even from Porter's differentiation? I do believe the search for a market where competition is sustainably irrelevant (as precognized at the blue box above) is the search for the Eldorado (unless you're a state monopoly, of course!). That doesn't mean I disagree from your point, it's just about the concept of BOS that, for me, is just another Harvard's "consulting seller" book.

		BNYa, Consultant, India
	Stagnant BOS Is the monopolistic stance of BOS detrimental to d (...)

		Mauricio Crippa, Manager, Brazil
	Stagnant BOS For sure. The "invisible hand" doens't act on mopo (...)

		Dean Gamache, Student (University), United States
	Blue Ocean Strategy is Necessary in Business Isn't the whole purpose of the Blue Ocean strategy (...)

		Nedyalko Terziev, Student (MBA), Singapore
	Blue Ocean Strategy Does Not Really Contradict Economic Theory Hi Mauricio, standard economic theory teaches that (...)