“JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth” Samuel Natkovitch I. Introduction The airline industry is one of a highly complex and unpredictable nature. “JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth” presents a case about a brand that can attest to this fact‚ a brand that also happens to be one of the big airline corporations of America- JetBlue. Former Executive Vice President of Morris Air‚ David Neeleman‚ founded JetBlue in 1999. Neeleman entered the market with 10 planes and in just under 6 years‚ the JetBlue fleet
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SUBJECT: JetBlue Airways Key strategic issues faced by JetBlue Airways JetBlue Airways was established in USA as a low-cost domestic airline carrier. The company started operating as a point-to-point carrier‚ providing quality customer service at competitive prices. Basically‚ the main strategy of JetBlue is to offer its clients a combination of low fares and product differentiation. In terms of strengthening its market positions‚ the following key strategic issues
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT & POLICY COMM 4005 / SP1 MODULE 3 JETBLUE AIRWAYS: A CADRE OF NEW MANAGERS TAKES CONTROL JETBLUE AIRWAYS Question 1 David Neelman’s original strategic vision was to ‘bring humanity back to air travel’ through combing low fares of a discount airline carrier with the comforts of a small cozy den in people’s homes. David’s strategic vision is a good one‚ but the strategic objectives‚ strategy development‚ and implementation and execution should be modified to
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JetBlue Airways David Slade BUS 630 Ashford University Milan Havel January 28‚ 2012 JetBlue Airways 1.) What is JetBlue’s strategy for success in the marketplace? Does the company rely primarily on a customer intimacy‚ operational excellence‚ or product leadership customer value proposition? What evidence supports your conclusion? JetBlue’s strategy for success in the marketplace can be summed up‚ as “a leading low-fare‚ low-cost passenger airline by offering customers high-quality
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Initial Public Offering is the first sale of stock by a private company to the public. The private company as an issuer entrusts an underwriter firm or a group of firms who help the issuer going public. IPOs are such a big deal because any investors who hold stock at initial offering price would make a significant capital gain when the company goes public. Numerous cases of new issues have proved that investors rise in value. Mr. Schwartz (1999) listed some advantages of going public in his article
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Introduction JetBlue Airways Corporation‚ or JetBlue‚ is New York’s Hometown Airline. The airline was‚ incorporated in‚ 1998‚ is a passenger carrier company. The Company operates various kinds of aircrafts‚ including Airbus A321‚ Airbus A320 and Embraer E190‚ providing air transportation services across the United States‚ the Caribbean and Latin America. JetBlue is the sixth largest passenger carrier in the U.S. (ref). The airline’s business model places emphasis on product and culture differentiation
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Left of College Card) 100748166‚100747716‚100748397‚ 100746205‚ Year: 2 Course Code MN2201 Course Tutor: Ailson de Moraes Assignment No.: 1 Degree Title: Strategic Management Question No. & Title: 3. JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth Report 1. Describe JetBlue’s business-level strategy and the value and cost drivers it uses to create and maintain tis competitive poison. A successful business level
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corporate valuation skills KEY QUESTIONS FOR CONISDERATION 1) What are the advantages and disadvantages of going public? 2) What different approaches can be used to value JetBlue’s shares? 3) At what price would you recommend that JetBlue offer their shares? Potential Questions to be addressed in report submission * What is an Initial Public Offering and why is it such a big deal? * Is going public‚ particularly at the time they did‚ a good idea for JetBlue? * What do you
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Introduction: JetBlue is planned to establish by David Neeleman in July 1999. Although the terrorist attacks of 9/11 made the huge loss of the whole airline industry‚ JetBlue airways try to publish its own IPO after 2 years of profitable operation in 2002‚ This case study is summarizing the step to publish the IPO. Following this‚ it will discuss the disadvantage and advantage to publish the IPO and use the financial data to evaluate the price is suit for the first publish. In this case‚ there are
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JetBlue Airways IPO Valuation Background Started in 1999 with the promise to “bring humanity to air travel‚” JetBlue entered the “Discount Fare Airlines” to join the likes of Southwest‚ ATA‚ Frontier and others (Bruner 2002). With a strong and experienced management team‚ having Continental Airlines’ former vice-president as president and COO‚ and Southwest Airlines’ former executive vice-president and treasurer as CFO‚ David Neeleman believed that his new airline would thrive. Neeleman built
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