THE RISE OF TONY FERNANDES AND AIRASIA IN MALAYSIA1 SHAHRIL EASHAK ISMAIL Monash Asia Institute, Monash University, Caulfield East Vic 3145, Australia Email: seism1@student.monash.edu 1 This paper was presented to the 18 Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association th of Australia in Adelaide, 5-8 July 2010. It has been peer reviewed via a double referee process and appears on the Conference Proceedings Website
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Low cost airlines Definition of low cost airlines Ryanair is a low cost carrier, well-known in Europe which started in 1991 as a ‘no-frills’ service airline between Ireland and the UK. By 1995, Ryanair spread to more European countries. Nine years later it carried 20 million passengers and 10 years after that, in 2010, the number of passengers doubled to 45 million. This low-fare short-haul airline was no\t the first airline was not the first airline with these characteristics. It was Southwest Airlines
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CSAC05 1/13/07 9:21 Page 123 5 Analyzing Resources and Capabilities Analysts have tended to define assets too narrowly, identifying only those that can be measured, such as plant and equipment. Yet the intangible assets, such as a particular technology, accumulated consumer information, brand name, reputation, and corporate culture, are invaluable to the firm’s competitive power. In fact, these invisible assets are often the only real source of competitive edge that can be sustained over time
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Five Star Value Carrier: Business Transformation Plan (BTP 2) Disclaimer This Business Transformation Plan (BTP 2) document is issued to staff and external stakeholders with the following disclaimer in line with Bursa Malaysia guidelines: 1. These headline Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in the BTP 2 are targets/aspirations set by Malaysia Airlines to reflect transparent performance management practices. To all intents and purposes, financial figures referred to as ‘forecasts’ and ‘estimates’
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Contents South West Airlines 4 Goals and Objectives 5 Their Mission and Vision Statement 5 Strengths 6 Weaknesses 6 Opportunities 8 Threats 8 Analyzing company’s external environment 9 Analyzing the nature and strength of competitive forces 11 Competitive pressure stemming from bargaining power of buyer: 16 Determining whether the collective strength of the five competitive forces is conductive to good profitability: 17 Competitive pressure from seller of substitute
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Building a stronger Qantas Annual Report 2011 4 6 8 10 14 16 22 31 49 110 120 Chairman’s Report CEO’s Report Financial Performance Board of Directors Information on Qantas Review of Operations Corporate Governance Statement Directors’ Report Financial Report Sustainability Report Financial Calendar A STRONG PERFORMANCE IN CHALLENGING CONDITIONS THE QANTAS GROUP IN 2011 In 2010/2011 the Qantas Group reported a strong result in a complex and challenging global operating environment, with
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Adaptability : One of his strong characteristics, besides his charisma, seems to be his adaptability to situations. It is strongly developed and witnessed by him turning the situation named as the “dirty tricks affair” in which he had a battle with British Airways. Sir Richard’s leadership style and characteristics are based on some very simple and down-to-earth rules: Sir Richard’s leadership style and characteristics are based on some very simple and down-to-earth rules: Smile, everything gets
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Exam cases: Kodak Virgin Australia Post Pre-seen exam information Semester 2 2012 Global Strategy and Leadership © CPA Australia Ltd 2012 Case Scenario 1 Kodak case facts Eastman Kodak Company (Kodak) was founded in the late 19th century by amateur photographer George Eastman in Rochester, New York. With the slogan ‘you press the button, we do the rest,’ Kodak gave consumers the first simple camera in 1888, making a cumbersome and complicated process easy to use and readily accessible
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evaluation and review of CSR application programs in eight of the sampled airlines. The chosen airlines where selected by sampling from among three of the largest airline alliances globally. The sampled airlines include British Airways, America Airlines, Qantas, Lufthansa, All Nippon Airways, Air France-KLM, Delta Airlines and Cathay Pacific. The practical part also discussed critical CSR elements as adopted by these airlines subject to an overview of each airline and CSR theory. Notwithstanding, the researcher
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BPO in India – an overview Contents I. Introduction II. What is BPO? • Types of BPO • Key services in various sectors III. Indian BPO Market IV. Market Segments and Trends • Banking sector • Insurance • Healthcare • Media/Publishing • Offshore Software Development • Network Outsourcing Services • HR Outsourcing V. Popular destinations VI. Employment opportunities VII. Key players in the market a. Indian companies
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