* Students launch Malaysia’s first weather balloon to Near Space * On 17th of March a group of high school students launch a weather balloon to up to 80‚000feet in the stratosphere to capture a glimpse of earth from near space. The launch is believed to be first of its kind in Malaysia. * This group consist of 8 passionate students from Hin Hua High School‚ they launched a weather balloon equipped with gps navigating systems & a digital camera to stratosphere at Sabak Bernam on
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Ryanair and the External Environment Executive summary This report explores Ryanair’s domain in relation to the external environment and outlines the concerns for the company within these sectors. The environmental uncertainty of Ryanair is dealt with and ways in which it can adapt to this uncertainty are outlined. This report also explores possible strategies for minimizing environmental uncertainty for the organisation. 1. Ryanair’s domain in relation to the external environment and sectors of
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C Houston F S (1986) The marketing concept: What it is and what it is not. Journal of Marketing‚ 52(July) Jaworski‚ B Kohli‚ A. K. and Jaworski‚ B. J. (1990) Market orientation: the construct‚ research propositions‚ and managerial implications. Journal of Marketing 54(April) Kotler‚ P Lusch‚ R. F. & Laczniak‚ G. R. (1987) The evolving marketing concept‚ competitive intensity and organizational performance. Journal of Academic Marketing of Science 15 (3)‚1 – 11 Narver‚ J.C.‚ Slater‚ S Pelham‚ A.
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Chapter Sixteen; Strategic Launch Planning The firm should think of product commercialization in two sets of decisions: 1. Strategic Launch Decisions a. Strategic platform decisions (overall tones and directions) b. Strategic action decisions (define to whom we are going to sell and how) 2. Tactical Launch Decisions a. Marketing mix decisions such as communication‚ promotion‚ distribution‚ pricing‚ etc. b. Strategic givens (already established; difficult or costly to change
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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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Table of Contents Introduction 5 Step 1: Identification of the main problem 5 1.1 Summary 5 1.2The strategic development of Ryanair 6 1.3 The main problem and resulting questions 8 Step 2: Gathering the facts 9 2.1 Environment 9 2.1.1. Macro environment 9 2.1.2 Meso environment 11 2.2 Strategic capabilities 13 2.3 Competitive strategy 14 2.3.1 Robustness 14 2.3.2 Cost efficiency 15 2.4 Economical information 16 2.5 Expectations and purposes 18 2.5.1 Stakeholders 18 2.6 Overview derived facts: SWOT
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and core competences. With using Ryanair as an industrial example‚ this essay would talk about how important strengths and weaknesses are to be used in designing strategy. Ryanair was founded in 1985 by Tony Ryan who already died in 2007. It was originally a full service airline and turned into a low-cost carrier in 1990s. Ryanair used a series of cost-cutting policies to attain to the target as its mission statement (Ryanair Annual Report‚ 1999): “Ryanair will become Europe’s most profitable
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WLD: Weight Loss Drink Executive Summary The following report will give breakdown of WLD‚ a weight loss drink created by Team A for week six team assignment. This product launch purposed is to determine the factors that will influence a successful marketing plan. Team A will introduce WLD and present a situational analysis‚ show WLD’s market growth potential. Team A will show a competitive analysis that will assess WLD strengths‚ weaknesses of their competitors and provide Team A with
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Decisions facing Peter Macdougall • Target segments • Positioning • Marketing Communications • Pricing and Products Targets and Positioning Macdougall knew the younger the audience he targeted the less likely they were to already own a Game Boy product. The teen market was more sophisticated in a variety of ways. First‚ many in this segment already had a black and white Game Boy and a library of five or six games. As a result‚ they viewed the product as “old technology”. Many teens appeared
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Competitor analysis While taking a closer look at the competitors in the European airline market it is visible the there are two main groups of airlines. One group consists airlines with a low cost strategy‚ and the other group are the mainstream carriers. This last group exists of a few companies who have severe problems with the structurally sickness of this industry. Only Lufthansa made a net profit. BA‚ Air France-KLM and Scandinavian Air Systems all made severe losses‚ due to declining traffic
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