CASE I THE RISING EURO HAMMERS AUTO PARTS MANUFACTURERS Udo Pfeiffer‚ the CEO of SMS Elotherm‚ a German manufacturer of machine tools to engineer crankshafts for cars‚ signed a deal in late November 2004‚ to supply the U.S. operations of DaimlerChrysler with $1.5 million worth of machines. The machines would be manufactured in Germany and exported to the United States. When the deal was signed‚ Pfeiffer calculated that at the agreed price‚ the machines would yield a profit of €30‚000
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Today’s aviation environment is much different then the one we had almost 30 years ago. Our old environment was highly regulated in terms of how the airlines operated economically. Before the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 the CAB (Civil Aeronautics Board)‚ now the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration)‚ regulated all domestic air transport as a public utility‚ setting fares‚ routes‚ and schedules. The CAB was the driving force behind the entire airline industry. If an airline wanted to start
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------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Low-cost carriers: growth expectations After a decade of rapid development‚ low-cost carriers in mature markets are now having to expand their horizons‚ both demographically and by geography‚ to keep their foot on the accelerator Financial results for low-cost carriers over the past 12 months show the sector underlining its continued profitability credentials. After coming out of the 2009 meltdown relatively unscathed compared with
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Chapter 1 : Project Overview Background of the Study The existence of many sophisticated computer systems and various innovations that we find in this Information Age justifies the age old saying that necessity is the mother of all inventions. The need to share information in a so called ‘global network’ and man’s desire to communicate from long distances called for the birth of the World Wide Web (formerly known as ARPANET). With the advent of the internet‚ many of the mundane tasks and businesses
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A CASE STUDY OF DELTA AIRLINES Creative Media Services Research Team: Todd Beals‚ Matt Tucker‚ Mary Vick 12/02/03 Mission – to be an air carrier with superior customer service that provides air transportation for passengers and cargo‚ utilizing low-cost carriers and regional jets throughout the United States and around the world. SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths: 1. 3rd largest mega carrier; established name; excellent reputation; worldwide brand recognition. Delta has been among the DOT’s top
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airplane | No assigned seating | As the southwest airlines continue their success. Many competitors try to follow and/or refine their product and practices to Southwest’s strategies. However‚ fail in doing so. The top three competitor for Southwest are: JetBlue‚ Delta Airlines‚ and AMR Crop.
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buyer approached the company after Virgin America was considering on selling itself. The news of Virgin America selling itself and the approached buyer led to an addition of 13% in its overall gains. A few days later‚ numerous sources had stated that JetBlue and Alaska Air had submitted bids to buy Virgin America‚ sending
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Portland International Airport (PDX) is located 20 minutes to the northeast of downtown Portland near the Columbia River. PDX is the largest airport in the state of Oregon and serves over 13 million passengers annually. Arriving & Departing Public Transfer from PDX Going from PDX to the downtown of Portland using public transport is easy‚ because airport is well connected by public transit. It will take around 40-45 minutes for such trip. MAX train‚ operated by Trimet‚ is a light-rail system‚ which
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Today there are quite a few of large cap companies with variable revenue drivers. This feature makes it challenging to find a relevant peer group‚ company‚ or even industry multiples. In our selected comapnies‚ Delta Air Line’s (DAL)‚ Jetblue (JET) and American Airlines (AAL) are large airline service companies for business and personal use. However‚ both DAL and JET revenue also are derived from the flight service business. AAL is also a competitor in this area‚ but American Airlines
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Southwest Airlines 2002: An Industry Under Siege Case Study “Discussion Format” MGMT 5113 Team 7 Dag Yemenu Sachin Gupta Michelle May Shaun Evans November 22nd 2003 Problem Overview Southwest Airlines has employed unique operational strategies‚ incorporating industry revolutionizing methodologies‚ while developing and sustaining a strong corporate culture that has allowed Southwest Airlines to be profitable for a phenomenal 30 straight years and capture the Airline Industry
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