Southwest Airlines: Using Human Resources for Competitive Advantage Executive Summary Southwest was founded in 1971 with a fleet of three Boeing 737 aircraft. Headquartered at Love Field in Dallas‚ the airline followed a strategy of low fares‚ few frills‚ and excellent customer service. Early on‚ the airline faced many political and regulatory challenges including the Wright Amendment‚ which prohibited the carrier from offering direct service into Love Field from any state other than Texas
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Venture capital (VC) is financial capital provided to early-stage‚ high-potential‚ high risk‚ growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in‚ which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries‚ such as biotechnology‚ IT‚ software‚ etc. The typical venture capital investment occurs after the seed funding round as growth funding round (also referred to as Series A round) in the interest of generating
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global bright spot: while Q3 has seen a decline in overall M&A‚ aggregate deal value climbed to the highest level since the first quarter of last year at US$235.7bn. Even in the private equity arena – a space hard hit by the slowdown of the past year – buyout and exit values witnessed healthy year-on-year increases. It appears that fewer‚ higher-value deals are boosting dealmaking among both financial and strategic investors. Certainly‚ this recent trend is evident in the consumer sector – particularly
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Treasury and Fund Management “Efficacy Of Risk Management in the current Global Crisis” Submitted By Muhammed Zubair I.D. # 7859 Submitted to Sir Syed Maqbool-ur-Rehman Date 18th December‚ 2008 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Primarily‚ I would like to thank Almighty Allah who is the Omnipotent‚ Omnipresent and Sustainer of the universe and who gave me strength‚ ability‚ courage and determination to work on this report and Secondly‚ I would like to thanks to my respectable teacher
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A Case Study of the Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy 100 USD 80 USD 60 USD 40 USD 20 USD 0 USD Financial Risk MVE220 Work distribution: 2010-11-24 Both the members of the project team have contributed equally to the case. Even though several parts have been written individually‚ the analyzing and key concepts have been developed mutually together. Examinator: Holger Rootzén Robin Feng 910911-1675 Niklas Fredriksson 900310-1855 Abstract Lehman Brothers was the fourth biggest investment bank in America
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Reaching for value Strategic opportunism Stuart E. Jackson Stuart E. Jackson is Vice President of L.E.K. Consulting‚ Chicago‚ IL‚ USA. Ralph Waldo Emerson‚ American philosopher and sage of Concord‚ is often misquoted on the subject of consistency. What he actually said was: A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds‚ adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. But is that enough? Sometimes it is not. All too often‚ business leaders get trapped in their strategic
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Firms are aggressively engaging in merger and acquisitions as financial strategies in today’s business world. Merger and acquisitions are a process discussed between two firms each seeking to benefit from the decision of marrying the two companies’. Factors to be considered when combining the firms are their financial benefits and operation efficiency from the transaction. The objective is to reduce the rate of risk to increase value on the firm‚ thus bringing a higher return to its shareholders
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FINly Finance Fortnightly Since 2011 August 19th‚ 2013 - Issue 27 Loans Jargons demystified for you. Companies Bill In News Now Raghuram Rajan‚ NSEL fiasco and more! Growth Rate Dip A snapshot of the causes. What you need to know. Finance Fortnightly Enlighten yourself FINly 3 News Buzz As always‚ we bring to the latest hap- penings from the world of finance. 4 Emerging Economies Losing Luster: A Myth Have the Emerging Market
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MAF302 Corporate Finance Study Guide Important Instruction This study guide provides you of an overview for each of the topic taught in this unit. These overviews however are not sufficient to learn all the materials in each of the topic. I therefore would suggest you to follow the materials in lecture notes and workshops. It is also essential to read and consult the corresponding text book chapters to develop your concept and knowledge in this unit. You will also find some references
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of the stores and using cheaper ingredients. This negatively affected the company and Beatrice sold the company to a group of franchise owners. This group of owners was led by Joseph McAleer‚ who was the first Krispy Kreme franchisee. The leveraged buyout was completed for $24 million in 1982. The new group brought back the original recipe and logo. By 1989 the group was almost debt free and they were beginning to expand. The company CEO‚ Scott Livengood‚ took the company public in April of
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