Preventing blue ocean from turning into red ocean: A case study of a room escape game

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Innovation, Blue Ocean Strategy, Value creation

Abstract

The weariness of competitive business environment has made it one of the hot topics of recent business management literature to find ways to escape from the intense Red Ocean by creating a Blue Ocean where there is no competition. Rene and Mauborgne’s Blue Ocean Strategy (2004) provides a reasonable solution for this issue. Blue Ocean Strategy studies demonstrate that every blue ocean will eventually turn red due to fast entries into the market and the literature leaves a gap in understanding how blue ocean could be turned into blue again after it becomes red. This study addresses this void specifically by exploring the practices of a room escape organization of a new-born entertainment sector showing how they could manage to create their second blue ocean after experiencing their blue ocean turning into red. It is aimed at contributing to Blue Ocean Strategy with a case study in which the process of creating a blue ocean is traced; its immediate turning into red and achieving to become blue again is analysed. This study illustrates the ease of application of Blue Ocean Strategy in practice with the case study of a room escape game organisation. This study aims to generate insights for future research for managers, academics, innovators, entrepreneurs and policy makers who are interested in creating their sustainable blue ocean with innovative moves by presenting a solid case analysis.

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Author Biography

Şafak Gündüz, Maltepe University

Şafak Gündüz, Assistant Prof, Dr, graduated from Istanbul University, American Culture and Literature in 1992. After her experience in private business sector in the companies named Henkel and Eczacıbaşı-Baxter, she started her academic career at Doğuş University, Istanbul as a level coordinator of Foreign Languages Department studying Business Administration meanwhile. She finished her undergraduate degree and then Master’s Degree in Business Administration She completed her doctorate at Marmara University Department of Management and Organization. She works for Maltepe University at the Faculty of Business and Management Sciences and she is the Quality Coordinator of the University as well. She is the author the book entitled “Syndromes at Work” and practices as an Executive coach.    

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2018-01-20

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Gündüz, Şafak. (2018). Preventing blue ocean from turning into red ocean: A case study of a room escape game. Journal of Human Sciences, 15(1), 1–7. Retrieved from https://j-humansciences.com/ojs/index.php/IJHS/article/view/5140

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2018)

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Business Administration

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Uluslararası İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi ISSN:1303-5134
International Journal of Human Sciences ISSN:2458-9489
 
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