BU.450.710.52 – Tesla’s Blue Ocean Strategy – Page 1 TESLA: A BLUE OCEAN MARKETING STRATEGY Matthew Gazda‚ Vanessa Granville‚ and Ryan Schupp Marketing Strategy BU.450.710.52 Johns Hopkins University May 8‚ 2014 BU.450.710.52 – Tesla’s Blue Ocean Strategy – Page 2 Executive Summary Tesla is an innovative electric car manufacturer that intends to overturn the current gaspowered vehicle industry. CEO Elon Musk has masterminded a product that will compete
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CURRENT ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRLINES: Similarly‚ the economic issues in the industry are also mostly concerned with deregulation. The evolution of industry structure plays an important role in determining the robustness and stability of lower airfares in unregulated markets (2000). Deregulation also keeps airline fares so low as compared to that of other countries. The reason for this is because despite the failure of most entrants since deregulation‚ investors continue to create
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Changes in the Virgin Group These assignments discuss the organisational changes that the Virgin Group has been during the last few years‚ and how they are adapting to the changes in the operating environment. This will be in the context of the employees’ perception of the changes‚ and how the Virgin Group can lower their resistance to change. This is a natural feeling from employees‚ when faced with uncertainty‚ and this needs to be managed. The assignment focuses on the Virgin Group airline operation
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Virgin Mobile Paper A Case Study Analysis Presented to: 1 I. CASE SUMMARY Virgin‚ a U.K. based company led by Sir Richard Branson‚ has had a history of brand extension resulting to 200 different corporate entities. One of which is Virgin Mobile which has decided to expand to USA based on their success in the U.K. market. Dan Schulman‚ Virgin Mobile USA CEO‚ is tasked to lead the expansion to the U.S. and has decided to focus on consumers aged 15-29 given that there is low penetration
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SOUTWEST AIRLINES ANALYSIS The U.S. airline industry has proven to be one of the least profitable in the entire world. It has been plagued by fierce competition and destructive price wars‚ extraordinary fixed costs‚ and heated labor relations. Despite these numerous challenges‚ Southwest Airlines has been able to stand out from the competition and has established itself as one of the only consistently profitable airlines‚ with a record of twenty-one straight profitable years and stock earnings
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JetBlue Airlines Strategic Management Case Analysis Introduction to the Company History of the Firm JetBlue was established in 1999‚ and was the third airline start-up for founder and CEO David Neeleman. Neeleman managed to gather $130 million‚ the most ever raised for a start-up airline‚ from investors that included Chase Capital and financier George Soros. With the large start-up capital he purchased new Airbus A320 jets equipped with satellite TV‚ a first in the industry. In 2004 the
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The World Airline Industry A European Perspective (Case Study) MCS-M-160 International Strategy Student Name: Siyuan Li Student ID: 2800712 Unit Coordinator: Robin John Question 1 Through PESTEL analysis‚ identify the major external environmental drives influencing the airline industry. Since the end of the case (2003)‚ to what extent have these driving force changed? Question 4 Analysis the business model of the low cost airline‚ discuss their
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BA Honours: Tourism and Business Management Virgin Trains Lecturer Name: BIRTE SCHMITZ Student Name: Ana Maria Do Amaral Zacarias ID: 20272212 Year: 3 Virgin Trains Introduction Strategic Management involves looking at ground realities and formulating an approach that can achieve desired results in the context of these realities. It follows that strategy will differ from context to context. Readymade strategies rarely work‚ and‚ this is the main problem with strategy development; businesses
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Managerial Communication: Group Research Project AIRLINE-ADVERTISEMENTS AND PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION PRESENTED BY: GROUP 4 Akhil Jain (2C) Anuj Agarwal (6C) Pranav Arora (30C) Shraddha Jha (45C) Subhangi Dutta (49C) Vaibhav Srivastava (53C) 0 Vinit Patil (55C) Managerial Communication: Group Research Project TABLE OF CONTENTS Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... Introduction…………………...…………………...…………………...…………………...…………………......... 1. Aerolineas Argentineas…………………
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SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths JetBlue find its strength from the following: Strong Brand JetBlue is considered as a strong brand widely known among the people of US. JetBlue was named the number one U.S. domestic airline by Coned Nast Traveler magazine’s “Readers’ Choice Awards” for the six years in a row. This further strengthen people’s trust to JetBlue and improves the company’s brand name and credibility among its clients and competitors. Unique flying experience JetBlue offers a new flying experience
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