Background Nucor Corporation is a leading American steel company with a headquarters’ staffs of less than 95 people and just 5 layers of management‚ from the CEO to the front-line employee1. It managed to make profit for decades in America despite the period of slow demand for steel‚ and the stiff competition in the industry. So‚ what are Nucor’s competencies that enable it to enjoy continual success? To explore its sources of competitive advantage‚ value chain analysis is constructed. Value-Chain
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1 Summary Low-cost carriers have been established for many years. A model for a low-cost airline is described‚ derived from the operations of several such carriers. The models followed by the three main low-cost carriers in the UK‚ Ryanair‚ easyJet and Go are then outlined. The impact of the differences between these models is then assessed to see how they affect the cost base and productivity of the airlines. Finally‚ it is suggested that Ryanair’s model is most suited for the current conditions
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In simplest terms‚ a tariff is a tax. It adds to the cost of imported goods and is one of several trade policies that a country can enact. Tariffs are often created to protect infant industries and developing economies‚ but are also used by more advanced economies with developed industries. Here are five of the top reasons tariffs are used: Protecting Domestic Employment The levying of tariffs is often highly politicized. The possibility of increased competition from imported goods can threaten
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Marriott Case 1. What is the WACC for Marriott Corporation? Cost of Debt Tax Rate We determined this number by taking income taxes paid/EBITDA = 175.9/398.9 = 44.1% Return on debt There are two clear components of debt: fixed and floating. In order to get the fixed debt rate we took the interest rates on fixed-rate government securities and added the premium
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Proceedings of the 13th Asia Pacific Management Conference‚ Melbourne‚ Australia‚ 2007‚ 431-436 Competitive Strategy for Low Cost Airlines Hongwei Jiang RMIT University‚ Australia Abstract The aim of this paper is to identify challenge faced to Low-Cost Carriers (LCCs) or Low-Cost Airlines and provide new insights into the development and competitive strategy for LCCs. LCCs are still a relatively new phenomenon in Australia since Virgin Blue and Jetstar came to the market. There are over 30 LCCs
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does Marriott use its estimate of its cost of capital? Does this make sense? Marriott has defined a clear financial strategy containing four elements. To determine the cost of capital‚ which also acted as hurdle rate for investment decision‚ cost of capital estimates were generated from each of the three business divisions; lodging‚ contract services and restaurants. Each division estimates its cost of capital based on: Debt Capacity Cost of Debt Cost of Equity All of the above are calculated
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Week 3: Nucor at Crossroads Strengths * Strong leadership & progressive company culture => decentralized management philosophy‚ egalitarian benefits‚ performance based compensation‚ strong emphasis on customer service and quality‚ and technological leadership through consistent investment in R&D and modernization of plant & machinery * Strong financials => consistent growth in sales and profits during the last 3 years (1983 to 1985)
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network with neighboring countries in an effort to develop an open-skies agreement and grant landing rights to Air Asia. This worked to the advantage of the company now it could penetrate a bigger market and target a wider pool of customers. 2. Low price was the smartest marketing strategy Air Asia used. The company has done its research and found that there were a huge mass middle-class people that love to travel by plain. They targeted these people and offered them convenient and affordable
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Futures The impact of low cost carrier on the future of pricing and revenue management Received (in revised form): 12th November 2011 Dieter Westermann Qatar Airways‚ Qatar Airways Tower 2‚ Doha‚ State of Qatar Dieter Westermann holds the position of Senior Vice President RM Strategy and Solutions at Qatar Airways‚ the national carrier of the State of Qatar. He has more than 20 years of experience in revenue management business processes and systems‚ as well as in the area of pricing‚ reservations
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customers and build strong customer relationships. (Kotler & Armstrong‚ 2010).Nowadays‚ the competition among airline industries is very challenging as more low-cost airlines were blooming. Besides that‚ they were also facing the challenges from those well-known airlines such as MAS. Therefore‚ a research regarding AirAsia- World’s best low-cost airline was conducted in order to investigate the company. The main objective for this assignment is to evaluate the effectiveness of existing market mix
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