Subject category:
Strategy and General Management
Published by:
INSEAD
Version: 03.2008
Abstract
The objective of this note is to help students understand the criteria according to which they can identify value innovations, that is products or services suitable for implementation of a Blue Ocean Strategy. Not every innovation will represent a value innovation. A company can introduce a new technology or be the first to enter a market with a new offering, but neither of these constitutes a value innovation. The sequence of diagnostic steps contained in this note can help students identify whether a particular offering represents a value innovation, using the example of McDonalds Restaurants.
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The objective of this note is to help students understand the criteria according to which they can identify value innovations, that is products or services suitable for implementation of a Blue Ocean Strategy. Not every innovation will represent a value innovation. A company can introduce a new technology or be the first to enter a market with a new offering, but neither of these constitutes a value innovation. The sequence of diagnostic steps contained in this note can help students identify whether a particular offering represents a value innovation, using the example of McDonalds Restaurants.
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