KENYA FACULTY OF BUSINESS BACHELOR OF COMMERCE YEAR 2 UNIT: INFORMATION SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN NAME: MARYANN WAMBUI REG NO: BUS-241-088/2012 ASSIGNMENT 1 TITLE: HOW COMPANIES USE BUSINESS SYSTEMS TO ACHIEVE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: KENYA AIRWAYS CASE STUDY DUE DATE: 26th MAY 2013 LECTURER: PIUS WALELA Introduction: An information system refers to an arrangement of people‚ data processes and interfaces interacting to support and improve day-to-day business operations. Information
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Introduction Tiger Airways is a company that based in Singapore‚ which founded in 2003 and started operations after the half passed of 2004. Tiger Airways is the subsidiary company of Singapore Airlines and it was the first Budget airline that went into Changi Airport (Changiairport.com‚ 2014). Within two years of operation‚ Tiger Airways has successfully flews 1.2 millions of passengers and achieve a major growth of 75% in 2006. Followed by‚ the business then expanded into Australia in 2007 and
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Each time a cigarette is smoked the detrimental chemicals pass through the airways to the lungs. A person may start with just a cough‚ but as time goes on they can come to develop asthma‚ COPD‚ emphysema‚ and then even cancer. When the lungs become irritated from the smoke‚ the cells that produce mucus will grow in quantity and size. This causes thicker and greater amounts of mucus in the lungs and airways. When there is an overproduction of mucus‚ your system has a hard time clearing it out. The
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OF JET AIRWAYS UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF FACULTY DEEPIKA SINGH -SUBMITTED BY NIPUNIKA.S 1221552 COMPANY PROFILE * Jet Airways is the second largest Indian airline in terms of market share and passengers carried. It is based in Mumbai‚ Maharashtra. * The founder and the chairman of the company is Naresh Goyal. Mr. Nikos Kardassis is the CEO of the company. * The company operates over 400 flights on an everyday basis to 70+ destinations around the world. Jet Airways has its
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Pfizer Inc.’S Cost of Capital and Capital structure - Xiaoyue Shi The costs of capital and capital structures for Pfizer Inc. and its two competitors Merck & Co. Inc. and Johnson & Johnson in the pharmaceutical industry are analyzed in this memo. When calculating the cost of common stock for the three companies‚ three different approaches including Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)‚ Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) and the bond yield plus risk premium are applied (Appendix A). For CAPM approach
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BRITISH PETROLIUM Executive Summery British petroleum is one of the largest oil and gas company which is spread within eighty countries and across six continents. In this project we are going to talk about BP on the whole. We will apply frameworks such as pestel‚ potters five forces‚ value chain‚ ansoffs matrix‚ the bcg matrix and also the SWOT and TOWS matrix to see where BP stands in the market. Will also talk about the competitive advantage it has got and how are they making use of it in the
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Etihad Airways is constantly improving its branding strategy in order to strongly differentiate itself from its competitors. The airline became the official airline of 2017 New York Fashion Week (Garcia‚2016). Etihad also became one of the Principal Partners of New York City FC since 2014 (Etihad‚n.d.). In a 5 year agreement‚ the brand of the airline will feature on the playing jerseys of the club during matches in the Major League Soccer. Etihad Airways is renowned for its Residence flying apartments
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Running Header: JetBlue Airways IPO Valuation JetBlue Airways IPO Valuation Borislav Belenov‚ Wade Brashear‚ Jamie Clausen‚ Paul Collier‚ Nicole Hagan and Melissa Lein Managerial Finance Chadron State College Professor Steve Stoner May 2009 David Neeleman is the founder of JetBlue Airways‚ which began under the name of “New Air” in 1999. Many JetBlue executives were previously employed by Southwest Airlines‚ a competitor in the area of low cost travel. However‚ Mr. Neeleman’s vision was
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Case study—JetBlue airways IPO valuation Introduction: As a leader of airways industries‚ JetBlue is successful because of professional services and a good management team. In 2002‚ JetBlue became a public company. Despite the fact that US airline industry had witness 87 new airline failures over the previous 20 years‚ Jetblue overcame difficulties and expressed confidence in the bright future. Before going public Before going public in 2002‚ JetBlue has outstanding advantage in the whole
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“To catch a cartel” Author: Elisabeth Sexton. Date: 21 March 2008 Source: The Sydney Morning Herald The competition watchdog ’s tactic of offering corporate whistleblowers legal immunity to expose cartels is under threat as the government moves to make price-fixing a criminal offence. Elisabeth Sexton reports. Graeme Samuel has a clear recollection of the events of November 22‚ 2004. In the morning‚ the chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission received the phone
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