Professor Edward Desmarais BUS 470 Business Policy and Strategy Spring 2004 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CASE ANALYSIS Presented by: The Stategizers Lawrence Bluemmel, Irene Johnson, Dennis Mackey, Dorothea Morgan, Elaine Pereira, Jeff Piecuch, Heather Pontifex, Nicole Soucy TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Executive Summary 3 A. Mission 3
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INTEGRATED ANALYSIS HOW INVESTORS ARE ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE FACTORS IN FUNDAMENTAL EQUITY VALUATION FEBRUARY 2013 Co-funded by the PREPARATION OF THIS DOCUMENT In September 2011 the PRI Initiative convened a working group of signatories to investigate how equity investors and analysts are integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis into their fair value calculations. The members of the ESG Integration Working Group are: Neil Brown
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Aviation on the U.S. Economy August 2011 Contents 3 4 6 6 8 12 18 18 19 19 20 20 25 26 28 30 32 36 38 38 40 40 42 44 48 Foreword Overview Introduction Economic Impact of Civil Aviation Highlights Current Outlook Impact of the Recession on U.S. Airlines, Coping Strategies and Future Outlook National Impact of U.S. Civil Aviation Methodology Types of Economic Impacts Measures of Economic Impacts Update Results Aviation’s Contribution to Gross Domestic Product Real Change from the Previous Year Manufacturing
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1. Discuss the corporate culture at Southwest Airlines and how it leverages its culture to achieve a competitive advantage. Southwest Airlines was incorporated in Texas in June 18, 1971. Southwest started with only 3 Boeing 737 aircraft and they only serviced Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. Today Southwest operates 541 Boeing 737 aircraft and they service 69 cities. Southwest became a major in the airline industry in 1989 when it exceeded the billion dollar mark in
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THE VIRGIN GROUP CASE STUDY QUESTION 1: What examples does the case give of links between Branson’s strategy for Virgin and the environment in which it operates? The Virgin Group Ltd is a group of separately run British companies with the Virgin brand under the leadership of English celebrity business tycoon Sir Richard Branson. The core business areas are travel, entertainment and lifestyle, among others. Richard Branson’s strategy comes from his deepest inner beliefs;
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tool to examine AirAsia’s strategic moves. Keywords: Low-cost airlines, budget airlines, marketing strategy, Asian entrepreneurship In the case study ‘AirAsia: The Sky’s the Limit’, the authors Ahmad and Neal (2006) discussed AirAsia’s comeback from a debt-laden scheduled airline (US$ 10.5 million in December 2001. The airline was bought by Tune Air for a token sum of one ringgit1 or 0.26 US cents) to a profitable low-cost or budget airline that managed to attract US$ 200 million in additional capital
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Strategy Assignment 2 - Individual Assignment July 2012 Presentation By: Tang Jiwei (Z0902316) Introduction: South Beauty Group Founded in 2000, the South Beauty Group has come to be a successful player in China’s catering industry. By 2007, the Group had expanded to 20 outlets in commercially valuable locations in China, with three different brands. Winning a contract to become a food service partner of the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 would bring more revenue than in 2007
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on the organisation itself, in order to formulate strategy’. There are many different tools and analytical methods that are used by companies but there are three main types of analyses: the SWOT Analysis, the PESTLE Analysis, and the Porter’s Five Forces Model. Most companies use these strategic planning systems in order to analyse the information regarding markets and before making any major business decisions. It is these strategies that make a company successful but it can also hinder a company’s
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The Low Cost Airline: AirAsia A study of opportunities, challenges and critical success factors LGT 3007 Air Transport Logistics [pic] Introduction History of low cost airlines The low-cost concept became a moneymaker in the United States, where it was pioneered in the 1970s by Southwest Airlines, the model for budget carriers elsewhere like Ryanair and easyJet in Europe. Definition of low cost airlines A low cost airline generally has many features that differentiate it from the
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