JetBlue Case Study JetBlue is not the airline that everyone thinks of when they consider low cost airlines. Yet it stands as one of the more profitable airlines. This is due to a variety of factors, but it also faces some issues. The company has to adapt to the departure of the founding CEO. Depending on the organizational view of leadership that the firm has this could be problematic. If the view they take is external and most decisions are made based on market conditions, external environmental
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OVERVIEW OF THE CASE In 2002 Delta airlines faced the unfortunate realization that the competition from low cost carriers like Southwest and JetBlue was becoming a serious problem. Even though Delta had been looking at this problem for a long period of time, the business model of Delta Airlines was organized by function and their solutions generally focused on individual aspects of the firm. For example, the marketing department provided marketing ideas, the customer service department offered customer
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© 1997 American Accounting Association Accounting Horizons Vol. 11 No. 2 June 1997 pp.12-32 Operating Leases: Income Effects of Constructive Capitalization Eugene A. Imhoff, Jr.. Robert C. Lipe and David W. Wright Eugene A. Imhoff, Jr. is Professor at University of Michigan, Robert C. Lipe is Associate Professor at University of Colorado at Boulder and David W. Wright is Associate Professor at University of Michigan. SYNOPSIS: Lease contracts written in 1994 in the U.S. have been estimated
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Marketing Excellence Southwest Airlines Introduction Southwest Airlines Co. is the largest low-cost carrier in the United States, and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The airline was established in 1967, by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher. Southwest begins flying within the state of Texas (between Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio) with three Boeing 737 aircraft. Today Southwest operates nearly 400 Boeing 737 aircraft to 59 U.S. cities. Southwest has the lowest operating cost structure in the
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21715 - Strategic Management (Summer Session 2012) Individual Written Case Analysis Case 32 – JetBlue Airlines: Getting “Blue” Again? Sam Lui (00039469) 21715 – Individual Case Analysis Table of Contents Executive Summary................................................................................................................................. 3 1. General and Industry Environment.............................................................................................
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Suggested Format for Case Analyses: 1. Executive Summary: brief 1 paragraph stating key problem(s) and your main recommendation(s)/decision(s). 2. Problem Identification: 1-2 page write-up of the key problem(s) you have identified within the case. This should not be a re-hash of the case itself. The Case Study questions should help you address the issues in this section. 3. Action Plan: 1-2 page write-up of your proposed solution to the problem(s) with detailed steps as to how to proceed
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JET BLUE - CASE STUDY EBS 5103 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Analyzing Strategic Management Cases “JETBLUE AIRWAYS” UFUK CANDAR FOYA BAHÇEŞEHİR UNIVERSITY Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 BRIEF SUMMARY 3 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSES: 4 VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS: 10 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS: 13 SWOT ANALYSIS: 19 SPACE MATRIX: 21 TOWS MATRIX: 24 QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIC PLANNING MATRIX (QSPM): 25 CONCLUSION: 26 INTRODUCTION Within case analysis assignment, the JetBlue case is analyzed
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of capital investment relative to personnel employment. It also demonstrates less customer interaction along with providing a service standardisation rather than customsation. For example, all inter-city train service providers, in accordance with airline services, offer customers similar services and basic infrastructures such as train capacity, facilities and security; they are described in the nature of Service factory. Whilst fast food services provide less customised services but there are more
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Malaysian Domestic Airline Market: Empirical Analysis Of Strategy Mok Kim Man, (Email: mkimman@ums.edu.my),Universiti Malaysia - Sabah, Malaysia Jainurin Bin Justine, (Email: Jainurin@ums.edu.my), Universiti Malaysia - Sabah, Malaysia ABSTRACT This paper will examine the results of the strategic actions of AirAsia in the Malaysian domestic airline market. Firstly, the paper will provide a general background of the airline industry, in particular the Malaysian domestic airline market and a summary
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“To Hedge or Not to Hedge: The Dilemma Airlines Face when it comes to Jet Fuel” “GLOBAL FINANCIAL STRATEGIES” Instructor: Dr. William Hardin III FLORIDA INTERNACIONAL UNIVERSITY Professional Master’s in Business Adminstration Program- Panama May 5th, 2012 Project Outline Introduction 1. “Hedging” Defined 2. The Hedging Process 1. The Fuel Hedging Decision-making 2. Steps in the Hedging Process 3. Different types of Hedging Strategies 4. The
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