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Aug 14 2008

An Exploratory Empirical Verification of Blue Ocean Strategies: Findings from Sales Strategy

Published in Conference Paper by GloStra Team  

Authors: Aspara, Jaakko; Hietanen, Joel; Parviainen, Petri; Tikkanen, Henrikki (2008).Download file: 'An Exploratory Empirical Verification of Blue Ocean Strategies: Findings from Sales Strategy' Proceedings of the Eighth International Business Research (IBR) Conference, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 27-28 March, 2008.

Abstract

This paper reports on a study on sales management organization in a survey of CEOs and sales directors of Finnish companies across industries. The study investigates the role of totally new value creation mechanisms in a company’s sales strategy. Using value creation and strategic marketing as theoretical approaches, the survey finds that active strategic networking aiming at creating totally new a) network roles, b) value creation logics and c) benefits feeds into profitable growth among respondents. This is one of the first empirical verifications of so-called ‘blue ocean strategies’ globally.

Field of Research: Sales Strategy, Sales Management, Strategic Marketing, Value Creation, Business model transformation, Blue ocean strategy


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