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Renée Mauborgne

Affiliate Professor of Strategy

The Marvel Way: Restoring a Blue Ocean explains one of the greatest turnarounds in modern business history. This case comes with a two-part video interview with then Marvel CEO Peter Cuneo who turned around the business and launched a blue ocean. Founded in 1939, Marvel Comics initially struggled in a red ocean producing primarily me-to knock-off comic books.

Published 26 Jan 2018

Reference 6205

Topic Strategy

Industry Motion Pictures and Film

Region North America

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The Marvel Way: Restoring a Blue Ocean explains one of the greatest turnarounds in modern business history. This case comes with a two-part video interview with then Marvel CEO Peter Cuneo who turned around the business and launched a blue ocean. Founded in 1939, Marvel Comics initially struggled in a red ocean producing primarily me-to knock-off comic books.

Published 26 Jan 2018

Reference 6205

Topic Strategy

Industry Motion Pictures and Film

Region North America

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This is the first of a two-case series. The first Case (A) discusses the evolution of the circus industry up until the emergence of Cirque du Soleil. This case provides a detailed discussion on the structure of the circus industry to make possible a rich analysis of how its industry attractiveness has changed over time and the challenges the industry now confronts.

Published 26 Jan 2018

Reference 4999

Topic Strategy

Industry Entertainment

Region Global

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For several decades, the classical music industry has been in decline with demand down, costs up and profits shrinking as many orchestras struggle for survival. Against this backdrop, André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra stand apart.

Published 11 Dec 2017

Reference 6304

Topic Strategy

Industry Entertainment Music

Region Global

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‘Crafting Winning Strategies in a Mature Market: The US Wine Industry in 2001’ examines the competitive environment of the US wine industry in 2001, prior to [yellow tail]’s launch as well as the strategic move executed by [yellow tail] that made it the number one imported wine and the fastest growing brand in the history of the US and Australian wine industries.

Published 12 Nov 2017

Reference 5626

Topic Strategy

Industry Food and Beverages Production Wine and Spirits

Region Global

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On 30 May 2017, Amazon shares traded at a record high - above $1,000 - surpassing the share price of Google parent Alphabet. Started as an online bookstore 22 years earlier, Amazon has achieved uninterrupted growth by becoming the largest internet bookstore, the largest online marketplace, a media company, and the most successful IT service provider.

Published 12 Nov 2017

Reference 6340

Topic Strategy

Industry E-Commerce

Region North America

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On 30 May 2017, Amazon shares traded at a record high - above $1,000 - surpassing the share price of Google parent Alphabet. Started as an online bookstore 22 years earlier, Amazon has achieved uninterrupted growth by becoming the largest internet bookstore, the largest online marketplace, a media company, and the most successful IT service provider.

Published 25 Sep 2017

Reference 6340

Topic Strategy

Industry E-Commerce

Region North America

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For several decades, the classical music industry has been in decline with demand down, costs up and profits shrinking as many orchestras struggle for survival. Against this backdrop, André Rieu and his Johann Strauss Orchestra stand apart.

Published 28 Aug 2017

Reference 6304

Topic Strategy

Industry Entertainment Music

Region Global

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This case analyses Tata Motors' strategic move to create and launch the Tata Nano, exploring the factors behind the project's earlier success and the reasons for its execution failure. It illustrates the importance of having a strong and aligned set of value, profit and people propositions in order to create and capture a blue ocean.

Published 30 Jan 2017

Reference 6275

Topic Strategy

Industry Automotive Transportation/Trucking/Railroad

Region Asia

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Drybar was launched in 2010 with the tagline “No cuts. No color. Just Blowouts!” by hair stylist Alli Webb and her brother Michael Landau. Blow-drying had long been provided in most hair salons, but was considered an add-on or infrequent stand-alone service that did not incur a significant and consistent revenue stream.

Published 26 Aug 2016

Reference 6237

Topic Strategy

Industry Consumer Services

Region North America

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Disciplinary Research: Nondisruptive Creation, Growth Theory, Market-Creating Innovation, Procedural Justice., General Research: Strategy, Management and Innovation in the Knowledge Economy