Innovation beyond blue oceans
Patrick Barwise and Seán MeehanLondon Business School and IMD business school
Patrick Barwise and Seán Meehan take issue with the well-known 'blue ocean' theory of innovation, using as an example one of its claimed successes, Samsung. For the real world of 'red' to 'purplish' oceans, they recommend a more balanced and inclusive framework for innovation.
"Galactic." That's how the Financial Times described Samsung's 2012 first quarter results, with an 81% year-on-year increase in net income.
Samsung is now world market leader in mobile handsets with a 20.7% volume share. More significantly,...