CHAPTER 1 ACCOUNTING: INFORMATION FOR DECISION MAKING OVERVIEW OF BRIEF EXERCISES, EXERCISES, AND CRITICAL THINKING CASES Brief Exercises B. Ex. 1.1 B. Ex. 1.2 B. Ex. 1.3 B. Ex. 1.4 B. Ex. 1.5 B. Ex. 1.6 B. Ex. 1.7 B. Ex. 1.8 B. Ex. 1.9 B. Ex. 1.10 Learning Objectives 1, 3, 5 2, 5 3, 4 5, 6 1, 3, 5, 6 5, 6 2, 5, 6 7, 8 5, 7 1 Topic Users of accounting information Components of internal control Inexact or approximate measures Standards for the preparation of accounting information FASB conceptual
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JETBLUE AIRLINES The Basics of JetBlue Airlines JetBlue was founded in 1998 by David Needleman and many of the first executives, including Needleman were former Southwest Airlines employees. First flight was from Buffalo, NY to Fort Lauderdale, FL in February 2000. One operating base: JFK International Airport Five focus cities: Orlando International, Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (San Juan) International, Logan International (Boston), Long Beach and Fort Lauderdale
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.....................................................................6 3.2 The modern industry....................................................................................................................8 4. The effect of globalization on airline markets
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Case Study 13: JetBlue Airways External Environment Analysis: * PESTEL(Macro-level environment) * Political: September 11 terrorist attack, tons of new flying rules and regulatory factors, political stability, competitive industry, * Economic: Improved purchasing power, rise in oil prices & inflation * Sociocultural: Increased entertainment level, greater customer awareness, security level of customers, bad service & lost baggage * Technological: Automated
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No. 24; 2013 ISSN 1833-3850 E-ISSN 1833-8119 Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education Transactional and Transformational Leadership: A Comparative Study of the Difference between Tony Fernandes (Airasia) and Idris Jala (Malaysia Airlines) Leadership Styles from 2005-2009 Arif Kamisan, P1 & Brian E. M. King1 1 School of Hotel and Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China Correspondence: Arif Kamisan, P, School of Hotel and Tourism Management
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STRATEGIC ALLIANCES IN THE GLOBAL AIRLINE INDUSTRY Abhishek Goel1 Abstract Strategic alliances are common to any industry. Their presence is felt quite significantly in the airline industry. Starting in the US in 1978 deregulation of airline industry has since brought about sea changes in functioning of the industry. This paper attempts to understand the developments and strategic alliances that have occurred in the airline industry since deregulation. These strategic alliances exist in various
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1.0 Introduction Singapore Airlines (SIA) flew its first flight way back in the year 1947. It was then known as Malaysian Airlines, which became two separate entities – SIA and Malaysian Airline System (MAS) in 1972. In between that period from 1947 till 1972, the airline was named MAS when the Federation of Malaysia was born after gaining independence from the British government in 16 September 1963 and later renamed as Malaysia-Singapore Airlines in May 1966. The airline’s key advertising
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Southwest Airlines Operations – A Strategic Perspective September 1, 2014 by Airline Editor Southwest Airlines Operations – A Strategic Perspective By Mukund Srinivasan Background: Southwest Airlines is the largest airline measured by number of passengers carried each year within the United States. It is also known as a ‘discount airline’ compared with its large rivals in the industry. Rollin King and Herb Kelleher founded Southwest Airlines on June 18, 1971. Its first flights were from Love
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DARDEN CONSULTING CASE BOOK 2012-2013 EDITION TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. The Consulting Case Interview 1. Structure of the Case Interview 2. Frameworks 3. The Math 2. Company Overviews & Interview Processes 3. Practice Cases 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Bike DVD Rental Service in NYC Dry Wall Competitive Threat Organ Donation Case Central Power Chemicals, Inc. Hospital Profitability Contact Lens Manufacturer Growth TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT’D) 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. E-commerce
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Executive summary The HRM issue I choose to write about is job analysis and design and the organisation reflected in this paper is Qantas engineering (QE) which resides under the Qantas Airways Ltd Group. Qantas has recently undergone a huge transformation with the reduction of 5000 jobs. Competition paves the way to downsizing and reorganisation changes which meant that QE was going to reduce its workforce from 500 to 180 engineers. The main cause for this reduction in engineering was benchmarking
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