2.Evaluation of Business Environment (SWOT/5-Forces Model) 1. Evaluate the progress Cathay Pacific has made on outsourcing their IT activities. Do their ideas make sense to you? Why? 1. Threat of new entrants--LOW * Large capital requirements * Industry regulation * Technical requirements * Pilot shortages * Government control () The airline industry requires large capital and high technical. Also, there are a lot of regulations within the industry. And many government
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Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is one greatest naval commanders of World War II to the Japanese people and is idolized as hero. His legacy span’s from service during the battle of Tsushima Strait to the battle of Midway. Not only was he a brilliant naval commander he was an innovator and saw that the air power is the future of naval warfare and saw to the better aircraft for the Japanese navy. His methods to attack were unique and his opinions were always valued by those around
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Background of Emirates Airlines History: In 1974 after its independence, DUBAI along with the other Emirates was served in the airline service market by a major airline player GULF AIR. Although there were growing tensions in the relationship of the airlines and DUBAI from the beginning due to some inflexible protocols pertaining to sky policies. Due to these reasons GULF AIR in 1985 reduced the number of flights to and from DUBAI by two-third thus straining the relations furthermore. The ruling
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Problems: 1. Was not prepared for competition it started getting after the liberilastion of the economy in 1990. 2. Bloated workforce. Air india has 28000 permanent work staff , doubles jets head count. It operates 127 aircraft , compared with jets 115. 3. Highest employees per aircraft in the world. 200:1 whereas desirable is 130-170 :1 4. Bad management and faulty policies has brought air india to this crisis level. 5. A culture of complete sloth in administration. 6. Complete
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acquisition of LNG carriers, the establishment of infrastructure and amenities and the training of human resource. Through hard work and perseverance, the partners in the initial venture succeeded in transforming the sleepy fishing village of Bintulu into the site of Malaysia's first gas liquefaction plant, which was completed on schedule on 7 August 1982. The LNG complex saw its first cargo destined for the Japanese market leaving Bintulu on 29 January 1983 on board LNG carrier Tenaga Satu. Escalating
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1) Which of Drunker's "7 tasks of tomorrow's manager" does Wolfgang Mayrhuber undertake? Are there any he doesn't undertake and should? ANSWER Manage by Objective : He is expecting operating profits of €1bn in 2008. As part of the treatment, Mr Mayrhuber acquired Swiss, the national airline, in 2005, and improved Lufthansa’s business and first class offerings with better seats and a raft of extra services, including a bespoke first-class terminal at its Frankfurt hub. As a result, premium revenues
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flights all over India were cancelled and passengers were left stranded at major airports causing them to vent their anger against the “National” carrier. The Air India Management had mustered all available resources to minimize the impact on the scheduled operations. The timing of this strike has also caused grave repercussions to the National carrier amidst the fatal air crash at Mangalore Airport killing most of the passengers and crew onboard. Air India issued a statement saying that, a large
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Don MCcauley NT1220 10/28/14 Ch7 1. A user of a home telephone picks up her phone and makes a telephone call to a friend’s home telephone in another part of town. Which of the following is likely to be true about this call? b. It uses a telco service called packet switching. 2. Which of the following are services that telcos have offered as WAN services over the years? (Choose two answers.) a. Switched analog circuits b. Dedicated digital circuits 3. This chapter claims that
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Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Case A In this case, Hong Kong Dragon Airlines was trying to figure out the appropriate discount rate in order to determine whether purchase or lease an engine for replacing the spare one. Since Dragon Airlines was acquired by another main Hong Kong airline company ‘Cathay Pacific’, we shall use the data of Cathay pacific to find out the weighted average cost of capital. Unfortunately, Cathay Pacific does not issue any bonds that there is no bond or credit rating to assist
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packet-switching technologies. Describe the characteristics and performance of dial-up connections, including POTS and Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN). Describe the characteristics and performance of direct connections, including leased T-carrier and E-carrier lines, cable Internet, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), LAN connections, and fiber to the x (FTTx). Describe the characteristics and functions of Synchronous Optical Network (SONET). Describe the characteristics and functions of Asynchronous
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