DAF/COMP(2014)14 06-Jun-2014 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ English - Or. English DIRECTORATE FOR FINANCIAL AND ENTERPRISE AFFAIRS COMPETITION COMMITTEE DAF/COMP(2014)14 Unclassified AIRLINE COMPETITION -- Background Paper by the Secretariat -18-19 June 2014 This document was prepared by the OECD Secretariat to serve as a background note for Item IX at the 121st meeting of OECD Competition Committee on 18-19 June 2014. The opinions expressed
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restructuring Consolidation in the electric utility industry in the US Consolidation in the aluminum industry Consolidation in the automotive industry: Fiat+Chrysler, Daimler + Chrysler, Renault + Nissan Alliances in the international airline industry New airlines in Europe, such as Ryanair, Easy Jet, Go, Virgin Express Lenovo (China) in PC and Internet Haier (China) in appliances Ebay’s acquisition of Skype Chipotle’s growth: past, present and future Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm Inditex
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http://www.batimes.com/articles/change-management-101-for-business-analysts.html Business Analysts Times Change Management 101 for Business Analysts 26 September 2012, Jarett Hailes Change is hard for most people. There are a variety of reasons why change is hard, from our inherent need for a sense of security to having to deal with too much change at once to not following a process to increase the change’s likelihood of success. I know I am personally not looking forward to having to adapt my
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BACKGROUND Delta Air Lines is a major United States airline headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. The airline's hub at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic (88 million passengers per year) and number of landings and takeoffs. Delta is the 3rd largest and the oldest airline still operating in the United States. Between 2001 and 2005, Delta airlines lost $10 billion. The firm’s cash assets had significantly fallen
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Dynamic Oligopoly Game of the US Airline Industry: Estimation and Policy Experiments Victor Aguirregabiria∗ University of Toronto Chun-Yu Ho∗ Boston University This version: November 19, 2007 PRELIMINARY AND INCOMPLETE VERSION Abstract This paper estimates the contribution of demand, cost and strategic factors to explain why most companies in the US airline industry operate using a hub-spoke network. We postulate and estimate a dynamic oligopoly model where airline companies decide, every quarter
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Mahasarakham University Mahasarakham Business School Case 20: JetBlue Airways Subject: Business Policy and Strategic Management Instructor: Dr. Olimpia C. Racela Group Members: 1. Miss. Nguon Phuongtepsonich ID: 540101919847 2. Miss. Shi Lilin ID: 54010919850 3. Miss. Ananya Duangthowset ID: 54010919845 Submitted Date: Thursday, September 18, 2014 JetBlue Airways 1. Situation Analysis JetBlue Airways was founded by David Neeleman and lawyer Tom Kelly
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Organizational History and Current State of Affairs This portion of the paper will include key information about Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta): (a) history; (b) culture; (c) important leaders over the years; (d) current products and service offerings: (e) target markets; and (f) methods of product and service delivery. History This section describes the history of Delta. The company was founded in Macon, Georgia, in 1924, as the world’s first crop-dusting service, Huff-Daland Dusters. The
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A PROJECT REPORT ON “CARTELS IN AVIATION INDUSTRY” (Report submitted on July 12, 2011) SUBMITTED TO: COMPETITION COMMISSION OF INDIA BY: PREETI MECHAN Vth YEAR GUJARAT NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY Email: preeti.mechan@gmail.com 1 DISCLAIMER This project report/dissertation has been prepared by the author as an intern under the Internship Programme of the Competition Commission of India for academic purposes only. The views expressed in the report are personal to the intern and do not necessarily
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five years later. In contrast, a $100 investment in the S&P 500 index was worth $182 at the end of the same five-year period. Industry observers quipped that it was better to place money under a mattress than invest in an airline stock. According to the expert, “Airlines are a crummy business, and will always be a crummy business.” Revenue performance JetBlue revenues grew 185%, from $998 million in 2003 to $2,842 million in 2007. Operating expense Operating expenses grew by 222% during
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