Diego Rodriguez‚ Deema Alomar‚ Seungyeon lee 10/05/09 Case Analysis Southwest Airline final draft Jennifer Uhler BPE reading‚ writing research Background Summary Southwest Airlines based in Dallas was founded in 1967 by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher. It is one of the major domestic airliners which provides carrier and transportation service. This company has 35‚499 employees and it runs over 500 Boeing 737 aircraft in 67 cities in the US. Southwest’s principal values are: Providing low-fare and
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increases the liquidity of the company. Moreover‚ employees could be more motivated if company made some employee benefit policy based on stocks. At last‚ going public could increase company’s goodwill. Thus it would bring more business. In the case of “Jetblue airways IPO valuation”‚ the motivations of JetBlue’s management board also prove the advantages listed. Based on some analysis of the case‚ three clear disadvantages reflect going public does not seem such fine. Firstly‚ the initial and ongoing expenses
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Analysis: Internal factors: Strengths: Joint Venture with Japanese Airline Partnership with JetBlue Member of oneworld alliance International - Flies to North America‚ the Caribbean‚ South America‚ Europe and Asia Number of routes AAdvantage frequent flyer program Weaknesses: Older airplanes Unstable chairs on their airplanes Current financial situation External factors: Opportunities: Merge with another airline Reorganization of their company Successful retrenchment strategy
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In this competitive airline industry ‚airlines are competing on pricing strategies due to the competitive substitute in the industry ‚ price is the main factor influencing customer choice however Malaysia airlines are able to compete with other airlines company ‚ putting more effort in winning customer interest is one of the important factor. In order to win customer trust and confidence‚ giving deals‚ promotions‚ and brand loyalty are of the fundamental pillars of any organization. Giving
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3110 L1 Case Report: Southwest Airlines What is SWA’s competitive strategy? What does it take to execute the competitive strategy? The SWA has adopted ‘Cost Leadership’ as its competitive advantage. And it has achieved low cost through numerous ways. To commence with‚ the Southwest workforce routinely turn around an aircraft in only 15 minutes and its gates are manned by a single agent and have a ground crew of six or fewer‚ which are much lower than other airlines. In other words‚ the SWA needs
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Rachel Figueroa Lauren Grant ENC 1101 10 December 2012 Just How Important Is Sex‚ Really? Humans are sexual beings. Regardless‚ if we are young or old‚ female or male‚ American or Chinese‚ sex is an integral part of what we do and who we are. Next to sleeping and eating‚ it seems that it is one of the most important drives we have as humans. It takes up so much of our time in thought and behavior that it sometimes seems that every facet of our life revolves around this to some extent. Let us be realistic
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The cardiovascular system plays a very important role in keeping the body alive. It is responsible for transportation of blood around the body. Blood carries many important things such as oxygen and nutrients to various organs allowing them to function properly. Blood also carries waste such as carbon dioxide to the lungs for gas exchange and metabolic waste to the kidneys for filtration and excretion. The cardiovascular system comprises of three different parts these being the heart‚ blood and
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Continental airlines case The biggest challenge that the continental Airlines is grappling with is with regards to their operational efficiency. Their previous decision of oursourcing key functions like reservations‚ payroll and EDS were causing a delay in flow of information thus hindering data based decision making in the company. Most decision thus were being made not by what data said but by the “hunch” or “intuition” which often proved wrong. Lack of real time data‚ complex system of booking
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