Blue Ocean Strategy, Expanded Edition

A new updated and expanded edition of the bestselling classic that has sold over 3.5 million copies worldwide.Kim and Mauborgne (INSEAD) argue that cutthroat competition increasingly results in nothing but a bloody red ocean of rivals fighting over a shrinking profit pool. Based on a study of 150 strategic moves, the authors argue that lasting successcomes not from battling competitors but from creating 'blue oceans' - untapped new market spaces ripe for growth.

W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne are Professors of Strategy at INSEAD and Codirectors of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute. They are the authors of the recently released USA Today bestseller, Beyond Disruption: Innovate and Achieve Growth without Displacing Industries, Companies, or Jobs; the over 4-million copy global bestseller Blue Ocean Strategy, which is recognized as one of the most iconic and impactful strategy books ever written; and The New York Times and #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller, Blue Ocean Shift. Blue Ocean Strategy is being published in a record-breaking 49 languages and is a bestseller across five continents. In 2023, on its 100th anniversary, HBR honored Kim and Mauborgne as two of its four most influential authors for their contribution to management research and ideas. In 2019 they were also named the most influential management thinkers in the world by Thinkers50. They are the founders of the Blue Ocean Global Network. For more on these authors and their new book, BEYOND DISRUPTION, see blueoceanstrategy.com.