Appendix A: A Sketch of the Historical Pattern of Blue Ocean Creation

According to the patterns observed in Appendix A, what is a key determinant of a company's rising trajectory of strong, profitable growth?

What was the approximate cost of an automobile around 1893 in the US, as mentioned in Appendix A?

What was the initial cost of the Ford Model T when it was introduced in 1908?

How did Ford's revolutionary assembly line impact the production of the Model T?

What was the core strategic difference between General Motors (GM) and Ford in the 1920s?

What was the impact of General Motors' strategy on its market share between 1926 and 1950?

How did Japanese automakers create a new blue ocean in the US automobile industry in the 1970s?

What major concern led Ford and GM to not initially pursue the minivan concept, leaving the opportunity for Chrysler?

In the computer industry's early history, what problem did Thomas Watson of CTR (later IBM) solve to unlock the blue ocean for tabulators?

What pricing model innovation did Thomas Watson introduce for tabulators that helped create a blue ocean?

How did the price of the IBM 650, the first intermediate-sized computer for business, compare to the UNIVAC?

What was a major flaw of the Altair 8800 computer that prevented it from creating a blue ocean, despite being an early personal computer?

How did Compaq create the blue ocean of the PC server industry with its ProSignia server?

What was the key blue ocean strategic move made by Dell Computer in the mid-1990s?

What was the price of admission to Harry Davis's first nickelodeon theater in 1905?

How did Harry Davis keep the price of his nickelodeon theaters at a nickel?

What was the key strategic combination that made the Palace Theaters successful in creating a new blue ocean?

According to a 1924 poll mentioned in Appendix A, what was the least cited reason for moviegoers' attraction to a cinema?

What strategic move did Stan Durwood of American Multi-Cinema (AMC) undertake in 1963 to revitalize the movie theater industry?

What was a primary advantage of the multiplex model for theater owners?

How did the megaplex, introduced by AMC in 1995, differ from the earlier multiplexes?

According to Appendix A, what is a key finding regarding the role of incumbents versus new entrants in creating blue oceans?

By 1923, what percentage of American households owned an automobile, following the success of the Model T?

What was the final conclusion of Appendix A regarding the pattern of blue ocean creation across the three industries studied?

By 1980, what was the approximate aggregate loss for the Big Three US automakers after the Japanese entered the market with small, fuel-efficient cars?

What major IBM strategic move in 1969 gave birth to the multibillion-dollar software and services industries?

How many personal computers did some two dozen firms sell in 1980, following the success of the Apple II?

How much faster was Dell Computer's average order-to-delivery time compared to its competitors in the mid-1990s?

By 1914, how many nickelodeons were in the United States, and what were their estimated daily admissions?

What was the main reason the Palace Theater concept faced limitations for further growth in the late 1940s?

By the late 1990s, what percentage of US movie screens did megaplexes constitute, and what percentage of box-office revenues did they account for?

What does Appendix A identify as a pivotal determinant for a company's rise in profitable growth?

What was the primary mode of transportation in the US when the Duryea brothers launched the first auto in 1893?

From what industry did Ford derive the concept for its revolutionary assembly line?

Who was the chairman of General Motors that devised the 'mass-class' market strategy?

What event in the 1970s accelerated the success of the Japanese automakers' blue ocean of small, fuel-efficient cars in the US?

Who invented the punch card tabulating machine in 1890, an invention that marks the origin of the US computer industry?

What was the name of the company Herman Hollerith formed, which was later merged to become CTR and then IBM?

What was the key value proposition of the Apple II that allowed it to create a blue ocean in home computing?

How long did it take for the Compaq PC server industry to grow into a 3.8 billion dollar industry?

What was the name of the first movie viewing device unveiled by Thomas Edison in 1893?

Which company does Appendix A credit with twice resetting the course of the movie theater industry, first with the multiplex and then with the megaplex?

What was the key defining feature of blue oceans across all industries studied in Appendix A?

How did IBM's strategy for its PC in 1982 differ from Apple's strategy for the Apple II?

What happened to Ford's market share between 1926 and 1950, during GM's rise?

In the evolution of the auto industry, the SUV boom of the 1990s was an expansion of the blue ocean created by which earlier innovation?

Which company's blue ocean move is credited in Appendix A with replacing the horse-drawn carriage as the primary means of transport in the US?

By the mid-1920s, what was CTR's (IBM's) market share of the tabulating market in the United States?

What was the key reason that early automobiles before the Model T were 'enormously unpopular'?

The emergence of what type of theater in suburban locations running one movie per week was a sign of the decline of the Palace Theater concept?