loss of sovereignty e.g.: indirect trade can’t be prevented - regulatory arbitrage and loss of sovereignty 1 e.g.: companies can threaten to close affiliates in a certain country and move to another one when conditions are not good anymore (Ryanair) - extraterritoriality and sovereignty e.g.: TNCs with bases in
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Case Study: Air Asia Identify the competitive advantages of Air Asia as a low cost carrier. Air Asia has a number of competitive advantages as a low cost carrier that fall into the following general categories; low cost operations‚ efficiency of operations‚ proven business model and management expertise and finally a distinctive corporate culture. Low cost operations: Air Asia has gone to great lengths to ensure all of their operational costs are kept to an absolute minimum‚ and have passed
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An airline alliance is an agreement between two or more airlines to cooperate on a substantial level. The three largest alliances are the Star Alliance‚ SkyTeam and Oneworld. Alliances also form between cargo airlines‚ such as that of WOW Alliance‚ SkyTeam Cargo and ANA/UPS Alliance. Alliances provide a network of connectivity and convenience for international passengers and international packages. Benefits and costs Benefits can consist of: An extended and optimized network: this is often
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University of Nottingham “The Success of easyJet and Other Low Cost Airlines is Due to Their Focus on Pursuing A Pure Low Cost Strategy and the Subsequent Ruthless and Effective Management of their Value Chain” James Shrager MA Corporate Strategy and Governance 1 The Success of easyJet and Other Low Cost Airlines is Due to Their Focus on Pursuing A Pure Low Cost Strategy and the Subsequent Ruthless and Effective Management of their Value Chain By James Shrager 2007 A
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Case Study: Brittany Ferries Brittany Ferries is a French-owned car ferry operator‚ running ships across the Western Channel between south-west Britain and ports in Brittany and Normandy. The company also operates between Ireland and Brittany‚ running ferries from Roscoff to Cork. Brittany Ferries was formed as a result of Britain joining the Common Market in 1972. The local farming co-operatives in Brittany joined with the Finistere Chambre du Commerce to create the company‚ mainly with the aim
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Fernandes was born in Kuala Lumpur to a Goan (Indian) father‚ and Kristang mother‚ Ena Dorothy Fernandes.[2] At a young age‚ he used to follow his mother‚ a businesswoman‚ to Tupperwaredealer parties and conventions. He was educated at Epsom College from 1977 to 1983 and graduated from the London School of Economics in 1987. He worked very briefly with Virgin Atlantic as an auditor‚ subsequently becoming the financial controller for Richard Branson’s Virgin Records in London from 1987 to 1989.[3]
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Tony and his three partners bought over AirAsia from its owner DRB-Hicom. Tune Air’s initial project was to remodel AirAsia into a low fare no frills carrier after successful low fare airlines such as U.S.-based Southwest Airlines and Dublin-based Ryanair and create a new aviation product in Malaysia. Under Tony’s leadership‚ the fledging airline with a RM40 million debt became a blooming‚ thriving business. The airline repaid all debts and has been in a profitable position from the first day of operation
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1 Executive Summary This report discusses whether and how JetBlue should list its shares on public from several angles. Two principal incentives prove that the IPO process could be inevitable‚ even without an optimal offering price‚ and valuation models including multiples comparison and income analysis imply the firm may be underpriced. Given the situation and all assumptions‚ an increment in either offering size or price is suggested. 2 SWOT and Background JetBlue started by following Southwest’s
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Air Asia: Strategic management report Intoduction Air Asia was founded in 1993 and has since grown to be one of the biggest airlines in the world. It initially operated in Malaysia and currently operates in over 25 countries (Ricart and Wang 2005). It began operations in October 1996‚ operating out of Kuala Lumpur as its central location (Ricart and Wang 2005). The airline was bought by Tune Air in 2001 for one ringgit‚ the equivalent of 0.26 US cents‚ at a time when the company had $10.5 million
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1. Abstract This report consists of an internal and external analysis of AirAsia using various methods including a PEST‚ Organization analysis‚ SWOT analysis and Porter’s 5 forces model. The main outcomes of the report are: 1.1 Conclusions reached: 1.2 Recommendations reached: 2. Introduction The company chosen for this report was AirAsia. The assignment required that: • A management report of 3‚500 to 4‚000 words is written on an organization. The report should describe‚ analyze and assess
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