Dato’Sri Anthony Francis Fernandes (also known as Tony Fernandes) is a Malaysian Entrepreneur and the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd.‚ who introduced the first budget no-frills airline‚ AirAsia‚ to Malaysians with the tagline "Now everyone can fly". 30 April 1964 1977 ~ 1983 1987 1987 ~ 1989 1989 ~ 1991 Born in Kuala Lumpur Educated at Epsom College (London) Graduated from the London School of Economics Work as Finance Controller in London Became the youngest-ever Managing Director of Warner
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understand their current situation and strategies so that they can improve company performance. Table 1 McKinsey’s 7s framework 2.1 Shared values The common shared value of AirAsia is to be the largest low cost airline in Asia by continually insisting on the development of the low-cost carrier model. AirAsia always tries to attain the lowest cost so that a majority of people can afford to fly through its planes and hubs. Although AirAsia expanded its business to many countries
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AirAsia is a Malaysian low-cost airline. It operates scheduled domestic and international flights and is Asia’s largest low fare‚ no frills airline. AirAsia was a pioneer of low cost flights in Asia. It is also the first airline in the region to implement fully ticket-less travel and unassigned seats. The airline was established in 1993 and started operations on 18 November 1996. It was originally founded by a government-owned conglomerate DRB-Hicom. On 2 December 2001‚ the heavily-indebted airline
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International Element/ Global Condition The main global competitors of AirAsia are Firefly‚ Tiger Airways and Jetstar Asia. All these international airlines have adapted the AirAsia’s low cost concept and can be a threat to AirAsia. “Knowing the increase of competition in the market‚ AirAsia applied the adaptation process (Hanan & Freeman‚ 1984) by expanding its operation to long haul services to various destinations. Moreover‚ AirAsia realised the price is destructive and try to avoid direct price
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Introduction to AirAsia Established in 1993 and officially started its operation on 18 November 1996‚ AirAsia is a low cost carrier (LCC) airline in the aviation industry. On 2 December 2001‚ the heavily-indebted government-linked commercial airline was bought over by the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AirAsia‚ Tony Fernandes. From then‚ AirAsia cleared its former debts which worthed USD 11 million and became a profit-making low cost carrier. The main hub of AirAsia is in Kuala Lumpur
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Strategic Analysis of AirAsia 20442396 MGMT8700: Strategic Management 1 Strategic Analysis of AirAsia 20442396 MGMT8700: Strategic Management 2 Strategic Analysis of AirAsia 20442396 Contents Executive Summary 1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose 1.2 Scope 1.3 Method 1.4 Background 4 5 5 5 5 5 2. Findings 2.1 Stakeholder Analysis 2.2 Strategic Transformation 2.3 Core Foundation 2.3.1 Mission 2.3.2 Values 6 6 8 9 9 10 2.4 Strategic Intent 2.4.1 Vision 2.4
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of the specific threats and opportunities confronted by AirAsia besides that‚ this analysis also helps to identify AirAsia’s competitive strategy and analyse how the strategy is implemented to gain competitive advantage. Background on AirAsia AirAsia was set up by Dato’ Tony Fernandes in 2001. In December 2001‚ Fernandes and his partners set up Tune Air Sdn Bhd (Tune Air)‚ an airline holding company then bought over AirAsia. Now‚ AirAsia has become one of the most successful airlines in the Southeast
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Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy 1. What are the factors that likely explain the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity and its reported book value of equity? One of the factors that explain the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity and its reported book value of equity is the lack of effectiveness to record certain intangible assets such as stock of knowledge (i.e.‚ human capital) customer loyalty‚ and brand value. These former intangible assets mentioned
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the form of buying of aircrafts‚ staff hiring‚ pilot hiring‚ etc. Thus‚ the threats of new entrants for AirAsia are very low. AirAsia uses a very simple and effective strategy of selling tickets. People have to buy tickets from AirAsia’s website which they do very easily. Thus‚ through this process‚ AirAsia saves a lot of money by not being liable to pay any travel agent. This Strategy of AirAsia is hard to imitate and makes them less vulnerable to new entrants. It also provides facilities to people
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INTRODUCTION TO FINANCIAL STRATEGIES OF A COMPANY It is important for a business to have a clear financial strategy. This is true for both new companies and those with a long history. The strategy constitutes your company ’s guiding principles in all its financial decisions. Different scenarios demand varying strategies for the business. Of course the strategy must be re-evaluated whenever the business undergoes changes in its financial circumstances. Factors involved When you plan your
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