Case 5 - A Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair Key Issue: The key issue in this case is that Ryanair’s competitive advantage is based on offering customers an easy-to-imitate low price. While it may be operationally effective‚ they have no strategic positioning. Supporting Arguments: Ryanair’s low prices were not a strategy to gain market share. They were simply out of necessity to stay afloat as their sales plummeted. However‚ as their prices dropped to increase sales‚ they did manage to generate
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Explain how the ‘Ansoff matrix’ can be applied to help develop strategic marketing options for an enterprise. What other analytical tools and techniques can be employed to develop alternative marketing strategies? Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. The Ansoff Matrix 3. Market Penetration 4. Product Development 5. Market Development 6. Diversification 7. Limitations of the Ansoff matrix 8. Other analytical tools and techniques 9. Conclusion 10. References Introduction
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MGT 472; Strategic Mgt. Ryanair Case Study 1.) What are the characteristics of the European aviation environment at the time of the case? (20 points) When Ryanair was established in April of 1986‚ there were many factors to consider in order to properly assess their current environment. In order to attain a firm grasp of their current atmosphere‚ we must delve deeply into its external‚ general‚ industrial‚ and competitive facets. European aviation at the time was dealing with different
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opportunities‚ it is also essential to analyze the internal environment of the company‚ to identified the types of activities that form the production process. An analysis tool that helps identify what are the key activities of the production process of Ryanair and which are auxiliary or complementary is the analysis of the value chain (value chain). The value chain‚ in fact‚ lets to consider the enterprise as a system of value-generating activities. This value is defined as the price that the consumer is
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INTRODUCTION This critical review of the article of Briner‚ B and Conway‚ N (2006) "Protecting the psychological contract" will briefly consider the problem formulation‚ the place of the theory‚ methodology‚ Standard of analysis and presentation. The writers show that an employment contract is vital in the relationship between the employee and the organisation. That a psychological contract is as equally important but is less well known. They further highlight that the psychological contract
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Do a five forces analysis of the airline industry in 1999 with the information available in the case study - Threat of new entrants o Airport slot availability • There is limited access to airport slots as national airlines had access to the best slots in the major airport hubs and new entrants to the market would only have little success as they would be given none or off-peak slot allocations at the airports • So-called grandfather rights at certain airports. • For instance in Heathrow
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the business environment. Ryanair operates in a very competitive market with in Europe. Considering the current economic climate this market has become increasingly more competitive with a far greater emphasis on value for money. It is evident from Ryanairs records that they hold a competitive advantage in their area of business. This is proven from the profitability percentage which is close to 15% considering the average figure is 3%. This is achieved by Ryanairs low cost business module. CEO
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low-fares service. Ryanair aims to offer low fares that generate increased passenger traffic while maintaining a continuous focus on cost-containment and operating efficiencies. The key elements of Ryanair’s strategy are: Low Fares. Ryanair’s low fares are designed to stimulate demand‚ particularly from fare-conscious leisure and business travelers who might otherwise have used alternative forms of transportation or would not have traveled at all. Ryanair sells seats on a one-way
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focused on a S.W.A.T. analysis on Ryanair‚ was fully based on internet web sites. For full information‚ refer to the bibliography at the end of he report. 3. Findings 3.1 Strengths a. Leadership in the low-cost sector • “Ryanair was Europe’s original low fares airline and is still Europe’s largest low fares carrier. Currently the company carries over 35m. passengers on 325 low fare routes across 21 European countries”( Ryanair). As a matter of fact Ryanair is currently the largest low-cost company
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The Matrix The matrix will forever hold a place as one of my favorite childhood movies as the action and computer generated imagery back in 99’…were ahead of its time. Today‚ I’m twenty years old‚ in college and assigned to re-watch this bad-ass movie and utilize my mature adult intelligence to “critically” think about the socially constructed reality at a college level. Therefore‚ I shall proceed to say that after watching the Matrix‚ the movie pertains to the socially constructed reality as a
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