26.1.181 A Case Study on Cost Estimation and Profitability Analysis at Continental Airlines Francisco J. Román ABSTRACT: This case exposes students to the application of regression analyses to be used as a tool pursuant to understanding cost behavior and forecasting future costs using publicly available data from Continental Airlines. Specifically‚ the case focuses on the harsh financial situation faced by Continental as a result of the recent financial crisis and the challenges it faces to
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Porter’s five forces framework 1. The threat of new entrants. In terms of economies of scale‚ Southwest fleet grew to 537 Boeing 737 aircraft providing service to 64 cities in 32 states throughout the United States‚ with 397 city pairs being served nonstop‚ by the end of 2008‚ thus has reached sufficient economies of scale. And Southwest Airline gains its cost advantage through the implementation of “low-cost strategy”. It not only flew planes point-to-point—short-haul flights bypassing the
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A Case Study on Cost Estimation and Profitability Analysis at Continental Airlines Francisco J. Román Introduction In 2008‚ the senior management team at Continental Airlines‚ commanded by Lawrence Kellner‚ the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer‚ convened a special meeting to discuss the firm’s latest quarterly financial results. A bleak situation lay before them. Continental had incurred an operating loss of $71 million dollars—its second consecutive quarterly earnings decline that year
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AirTran 5 forces analysis New Entrant * The 1978 deregulation of the U.S. airline industry * The increasing of fuel price and labor costs * High competition * Brand loyalty The 1978 deregulation of the U.S. airline industry has attracted many new entries of low-cost airlines. However‚ as the competition in low-cost airline industry is very high‚ as well as the price of jet fuel and labor costs‚ many airline companies declared bankruptcy. Moreover‚ consumers start to have brand loyalty
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which dominates the classical teorier3 (red ocean). Strategic Developments in Blue Ocean Strategy is focused on making it cheaper and better. Normally is firm theoretical and practical need to make a choice between these two factors. Michael E. Porter describes particular in his book Competitive Strategy - Techniques for Analyzing Industries and competitor‚ it’s about the company is either highly differentiated or have a low pris.4 Blue Ocean Strategy’s thinking is to remove cost value barrier
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Table of Contents The Five Forces Model of Competition………………………………..pg.1 Driving Forces…………………………………………………………..pg.2 Marketplace changes……………………………………………………pg.3 Strategic Map…………………………………………………………....pg.3 Attractive or Unattractive……………………………………………….pg.3-4 Strategic Map Model……………………………………………………pg.5 1 * The Five Forces Model of Competition The five forces analysis of competition consists
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Porter’s Five Forces Threat of New Entrants Grocery market in UK is primary dominate by few big organisation which including Tesco‚ Asda‚ Safeway and Sainsbury’s. Nowadays‚ grocery market has transformed into supermarket business. Customers prefer one stop shopping and supermarket usually provide more selection of products and products quality can be assure. Hence‚ it is hard and strong barrier for the new organisation to enter the market. New entrants need to have sufficient capital to set up
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Porter’s Five Forces Model Porter five forces model is basically a framework for industry analysis. It helps in business strategy development. It was presented by Micheal Porter. According to this framework‚ there are 5 forces that determine the competitiveness of a market and its attractiveness and profitability. These forces are threat of substitute products‚ bargaining power of buyers‚ bargaining power of sellers‚ threat of new entrants‚ competitive rivalry within an industry. Any industry can
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A. Choose a specific industry (e.g.‚ grocery retailing‚ the airline industry‚ etc.)‚ and apply Porter’s Five Forces Model to discuss that industry’s competitive forces and their relative influence. Proctor and Gamble is one of the America biggest markets of household products with at least 250 brands in six main groups. These are the categories laundry‚ and cleaning‚ paper goods‚ beauty care‚ feminine care‚ and health care. P&G also makes pet food and pure filters. So far P&G market its products
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now lowering its price‚ they are trying to compete with x box 360 and the Nintendo Wii. The Bargaining Power of buyers in regards to Sony’s Playstation 3 and in this industry is very high. As more competitors enter the market with newer games and models‚ the consumer has to decide between which gaming console they want and weigh benefits each console has to offer them The competitive Rivalry in this industry is very high mostly due to the bargaining power of the bargaining power of the buyers
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