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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459517103321

Autore

Siegemund Carsten

Titolo

Blue Ocean Strategy for small and mid-sized companies in Germany [[electronic resource] ] : development of a consulting approach / / Carsten Siegemund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hamburg, : Diplom.de, 2008

ISBN

3-8366-1477-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (85 p.)

Disciplina

658.46

658.8/02

Soggetti

Marketing - Germany

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Blue Ocean Strategy for small andmid-sized companies in Germany Development of a consulting approach; Table of contents; I Preface; II Acknowledgement; 1. Introduction; 2. Market Theory and Business Strategies; 3. Why does Industries Named Red Oceans?; 4. Blue Ocean Strategy; 5. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Germany; 6. Consulting Approach Based on Value Innovation; 7. Conclusion; III Bibliography; IV Appendices

Sommario/riassunto

Why does 'value innovation' play an important role for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)? Innovation, besides imitation, is the foundation to conduct business and produce goods and services. Each company needs at least at one point or another during its lifecycle innovation to stay competitive within a market. Its importance increases throughout time because of new companies accessing existing domestic markets by overcoming the market barriers and the international integration of markets for global trading. Aside the well-known forms of innovation, a new type called 'value innovation'