less innovative industries are Bank of America (has a formalized research program to try out new customer services/amenities such as video screens in next to teller lines)‚ Intuit (e.g.‚ putting Quicken money management software online)‚ Ikea‚ JetBlue Airlines‚ and Progressive Insurance (discussed later in the book). 6. What are Value-added services and what are the benefits to external customers? Value-added services make the external customer’s life easier and help carry out their particular
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Illustrate the meaning of “Sustainable Competitive Advantage”. What was the main strategy adopted by Southwest Airlines that made it successful in the airline industry? Competitive advantage is a position of a company in a competitive landscape that allows the company earning return on investments higher than the cost of investments. Competitive advantage should be relevant‚ unique and sustainable. Therefore sustainable competitive advantage‚ it’s a long-term competitive advantage that a company
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1. Eric Brinker of JetBlue noted that the database developed during the crisis had not been needed before since the company had never experienced a meltdown. What are the risks and benefits associated with this approach to IT planning? Provide some examples of each. Answer: In one hand‚ there are a lot of risk associates with the approach of an IT planning. For instance‚ in order to make an IT planning a company may need plenty of well-trained employee which require higher pay. Thus‚ the risk of
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uth-West AirlineA07-05-0006 Southwest Airlines 2005 You are now free to move about the country.™ In 2005‚ Southwest Airlines (Southwest)‚ the once-scrappy underdog in the U.S. airline industry‚ carried more domestic passengers than any other U.S. airline. The company‚ unlike all of its major competitors‚ had been consistently profitable for decades and had weathered recessions‚ energy crises‚ and the September 11 terrorist attacks. In recent years‚ Southwest had become more aggressive with its
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Final Analysis Evaluate and assess the strategic implications of your company’s finances vis-à-vis the other companies in the industry. Are there particular financial results that could impact‚ positively or negatively‚ the company’s ability to compete? How can the company leverage strong financial results or lessen the impact of weak financial results in order to compete successfully? The strategic implications of United Airlines have similarities and differences when comparing them to
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Management 4723 - Strategic Management Fall 2013 INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Lindy Archambeau‚ Visiting Assistant Professor Office: STZ 211H Tel.: 352-392-1734 Fax: Email: lindy.archambeau@warrington.ufl.edu Website: Sakai Office Hours: MW 2:00 to 3:00 PM and by appointment RESOURCES: Required Text: Strategic Management and Competitive Advantage: Concepts and Cases‚ 4nd Edition; Barney and Hesterly Class Materials available at Sakai Site COURSE DESCRIPTION This course focuses on the analysis
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Chapter 1 Introducing Financial Accounting Learning Objectives – coverage by question | |Mini-exercises |Exercises |Problems |Cases | | |25 |29‚ 33 | |45‚ 46 | |LO1 – Identify the users of accounting information | | | |
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Chapter 2 E:Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems Student Objectives 1. Identify and describe the major features of a business that are important for understanding the role of information systems. 2. Describe the information systems supporting the major business functions: sales and marketing‚ manufacturing and production‚ finance and accounting‚ and human resources. 3. Evaluate the role played by systems serving the various levels of management in a business and their relationship
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and expectations‚ but don’t interfere in how people do their jobs”‚ lead by example ( “actions of executives”) ‚ focus on empowerment and trust‚ “ opportunity culture”‚ teamwork. Growth: Fleet size expansion; destinations expansion; alliance with JetBlue. Alternatives. Flying larger
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Situational 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
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