University of Applied Sciences Fulda and University of Kassel International Food Business and Consumer Studies Innovation Management for the Food Industry 3D Systems Inc. “ChefJet” first commercial 3D food printer: an innovative new product in the food industry Examiner: Prof.Dr. Tonia Ruppenthal Ing.Agr. Emilio José Martínez Pietri 02.07.1981, Valencia, Venezuela. Matriculation Number: 32253922 emiliomarpie@gmail.com Witzenhausen, 07.02.2014 Student Declaration
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Southwest Airlines Operations – A Strategic Perspective September 1, 2014 by Airline Editor Southwest Airlines Operations – A Strategic Perspective By Mukund Srinivasan Background: Southwest Airlines is the largest airline measured by number of passengers carried each year within the United States. It is also known as a ‘discount airline’ compared with its large rivals in the industry. Rollin King and Herb Kelleher founded Southwest Airlines on June 18, 1971. Its first flights were from Love
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FIELD EXPOSURE AND EVALUATION WITH SWOT ANALYSIS OF CUATRO ISLAS IN INOPACAN LEYTE Abstract The aim of the study is for Cuatro Islas to be known and to have its own destination brand, a brand that the core essence of the place in terms of its values as perceived by consumers is about the emotional relationship between the place and its visitors – how they are going to perceive the enduring nature of the destination in relation to other places. In short, it is about the personality of the place
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Finding the Right Location: Four Dimensions of Successful Foreign Direct Investment. Airbus Assembly Line – Mobile, Alabama Overview With the announcement earlier this year by Airbus that it plans to invest $600 million to build jetliners in Mobile, Alabama, the Southeast U.S is well positioned to attract foreign direct investment and U.S suppliers to the region. Central to the supply chain discussion are location strategies that optimize the value chain, drive innovation through the involvement
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Tony Tyler Director General & CEO International Air Transport Association Annual Report 2012 68th Annual General Meeting Beijing, June 2012 Contents IATA Membership Board of Governors Director General’s message The state of the industry Safety Feature: What is the benefit of global connectivity? 2 4 6 10 18 22 26 30 36 42 48 52 Feature: How safe can we be? Security Feature: Do I need to take my shoes off? Taxation & regulatory policy Environment Feature: What is right for
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Using macro and micro environment analytical techniques provide a comparative analysis of leadership and the external environment for the following four airlines: AirTran, Delta, WestJet and Air Canada. Introduction The drive for lower operational costs and increased efficiency has forced many companies of the world to turn towards mergers and acquisitions. However, even then when companies realize that cost cuts cannot be born out of “corporate marriages”. Instead a new trend in strategic
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JetBlue Airways: Growing Pains A case report prepared for MG 495 Business Policy Spring II 2014 Paige Pence Jamie Neidholdt Tyler Slayton Ja-ir Gooden Jacob Miller May 4, 2014 JETBLUE AIRWAYS: GROWING PAINS I. Introduction A. Executive Summary 1. Summary statement of the problem: JetBlue Airways was a fairly new airline that was going up against such airlines like Southwest, AirTran, and Delta. Started in 1999, JetBlue Airway was able to turn profits fairly quickly;
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OPERATIONS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT www.ibscdc.org 1 Efficient Project Management at TransWorks Information Services Pvt. Ltd., an Indian-based BPO Company This is a real life case taken from a service industry; it discusses the real life problem faced by a BPO Company. It focusess on the problems faced by the calling agents and the management as a whole, many a times it so happens that the management perceives a problem in a
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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 of an analysis of the industry
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The term Business Environment is composed of two words ‘Business’ and ‘Environment’. In simple terms, the state in which a person remains busy is known as Business. The word Business in its economic sense means human activities like production, extraction or purchase or sales of goods that are performed for earning profits. On the other hand, the word ‘Environment’ refers to the aspects of surroundings. Therefore, Business Environment may be defined as a set of conditions – Social, Legal, Economical
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