Decision Sheet Southwest Airlines Problem Statement: With respect to the current situation, Southwest Airlines needs to decide on whether to serve the LaGuardia airport and give a boost to their service in New York. A SWOT analysis of Southwest Airlines reveals the following: STRENGTHS: First mover advantage: The first airline to introduce the low cost, no frills airlines concept. One of the best in the industry in terms of on time arrival. Congenial and unorthodox relationship between the
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growth. All industries are influenced by the external environments, the firm's ability to react quickly tho the changes may help the growth of cripple them. There are 2 main models to help identifying them PESTEL and 5 factors. In the following, I will be discussing the relevant PESTEL tool, with incorporated 5 factor contributions due to the lack of information to plot out the 5 factor model. Politics Rules and legal compliance differs from country to country. In the budget airline segment, the
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that it would be hard to imagine life without it. The airline industry, therefore, certainly has progressed. It has also altered the way in which people live and conduct business by shortening travel time and altering our concept of distance, making it possible for us to visit and conduct business in places once considered remote. Although fuel prices, and numerous external risks associated with the industry, scare many individuals out of airline stocks, the astute investor can still make money in
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Journal of Financial Economics 43 (1997) 275-298 Privatization and efficiency: Industry effects of the sale of British Airways Catherine Eckel, Doug Eckel, Vijay SingaP Virginia Pohechuic lrrrliarv (Received ad Apill!?95; Swe Wm. final v&on &c&q. received VA 2UW. July US.4 1996) We analyze the etkt 04 privatization on the performance of British Airways by examining the privatization’s impa on airfares and competitors’ stock priax We find that stodc prim of U.S. annpetil9rs fell
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Roles of information system in Airline Business Air Asia’s business strategy is centered on cost leadership and targets specific markets which are price sensitive customers (including 1st time fliers) who needing the short haul flights. According to Porter’s generic strategies (1985), cost leadership is one of them. Air Asia has to offer the lowest possible fare amongst all airlines in LCC (Low Cost Carrier) industry whom compete on costs in order to win the competition in current markets as well
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Assignment 1a: Identify and document the strategic business units of two firms (of your choice) from different industries. Each firm should have at least three different strategic groups. Also identify the main competitors (strategic groups of competing firms) of each strategic group of the firms of your choice. (max 1.5 pages) International Business Machines Corporation IBM Business Segments: The company’s major operations consists of five business segments: 1. Global Technology Services
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American Airlines | | Since 2003 American Airlines has struggled to survive economically, with the rise of other low cost airlines such as Jet Blue, Southwest. In 2011 the board of directors finally came to the conclusion that after almost 10 years of bleeding money that filing for Bankruptcy was the only option. During the reorganization and bankruptcy American’s priories were not put in the right place. They unveiled a new paint scheme for their aircraft instead of focusing on getting
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Ratios Analysis – Southwest Airlines Liquidity and Assets Southwest Airlines liquidity ratios currently indicate slight deterioration in the company’s short-run solvency. The low current ratio of 0.8 and quick ratio of 0.7 in 2013 gives an indication of the company’s possible inability to meet “immediate need debt requirements” in a short period of time; both are less than one cycle time or one year. Both the current ratio and quick ratio for Southwest has declined slightly in the prior two periods
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Strategy: Jet Blue Airlines Name: David T. Browne Instructor: Professor Joy Thomas Bus 599: Strategic Management – Crafting & Executing Strategy Date: October 15th, 2011 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to evaluate Jet Blue Airways (JetBlue) company’s crafting and executing of strategy in an industry that has been undergoing challenging changes. These trends are unique to the industry and affect how organizations strategize to remain competitive. To do this analysis, this paper takes
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Introduction This document presents an analysis of one case presented in the textbook (Thompson, A.A., Strickland, A.J., & Gamble, J.E. (2010). Crafting and executing strategy: The quest for competitive advantage: Concepts and cases: 2009 custom edition (17th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill-Irwin.), entitled “JetBlue: A Cadre of New Managers Takes Control”. The case describes the reasons for the success of JetBlue, a three-year-old, low-cost airline, operating in the USA.
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