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W. Chan Kim
Blue Ocean Strategy
W. Chan Kim is a South Korean business theorist. He is a Professor of Strategy and Management at INSEAD, and co-director of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute in Fontainebleau, France. He is known as co-author of the 2005 book Blue Ocean Strategy.
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Frameworks
Attributed to W. Chan Kim
Mental models, principles, and operating frameworks extracted from sources where W. is the credited author or speaker.
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Blue Ocean vs. Red Ocean Thinking
Stop competing in bloody waters; create uncontested market space instead
Strategy·from Blue Ocean Strategy From Theory to Practice - W Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne
The Four Actions Framework
Create blue oceans by eliminating, reducing, raising, and creating across industry factors
Strategy·from Blue Ocean Strategy
The Four Actions Framework (ERRC)
Eliminate, Reduce, Raise, Create: four moves to break the value-cost trade-off
Strategy·from Blue Ocean Strategy From Theory to Practice - W Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne
The Noncustomer Analysis
Your biggest growth opportunity is the people who refuse to buy from you
Strategy·from Blue Ocean Strategy From Theory to Practice - W Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne
The Reconstructionist View of Strategy
Market boundaries are mental constructs, not physical constraints
Mindset·from Blue Ocean Strategy From Theory to Practice - W Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne
The Strategy Canvas
Visualize your competitive landscape to see where the real opportunity lies
Strategy·from Blue Ocean Strategy From Theory to Practice - W Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne
The Three Characteristics Test (Focus, Divergence, Tagline)
Test your strategy for commercial viability with three visual criteria
Strategy·from Blue Ocean Strategy From Theory to Practice - W Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne
Value Curve Diagnosis
Read your strategy's health from the shape of your value curve
Strategy·from Blue Ocean Strategy From Theory to Practice - W Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne
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Framework distribution
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Strategy7 frameworks · 87.5%
Mindset1 framework · 0%
Bibliography
Sources by W. Chan Kim
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Book
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Blue Ocean Strategy
Book·2 frameworks extracted
Blue Ocean Strategy: From Theory to Practice
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Blue Ocean Strategy From Theory to Practice - W Chan Kim, Renée Mauborgne
Book·14 frameworks extracted
Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant
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Appears alongside
Top neighbors of W. Chan Kim
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Adam Brandenburger
Co-opetition, value nets, game-theoretic strategy
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02Alfred Chandler
Strategy and Structure ("structure follows strategy")
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03Andrew Campbell
Parenting Advantage, corporate-level strategy
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04Andy Grove
Strategic Inflection Points, Only the Paranoid Survive
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05Anita McGahan
Industry change trajectories (radical, progressive, creative, intermediating)
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06Annabelle Gawer
Platform Leadership, industry platforms (with Cusumano)
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07Barry Nalebuff
Co-opetition, game theory in business
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08Bharat Anand
Content Trap, connections-over-content strategy
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Last updated
10 May 2026