Southwest Airlines‚ Key Facts: Niche strategy. Concept: Concentrate in underutilized airports 1 type of aircraft fuel-efficient 737 (1994 more that 200 planes) Frequent‚ on-time departures Low cost fares‚ only 2 types of fares per root No seats assigned‚ no meals Point-to-point roots Higher equipment initialization‚ shorter turn-around times Competitive advantage: Cost structure "The workforce is dedicated to the company. They’re Moonies basically. That’s the way
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A Comprehensive Business Reporting Model Financial Reporting for Investors July 2007 CFA Institute Centre Comprehensive Business Reporting Model Staff Kurt Schacht‚ CFA Managing Director Rebecca McEnally‚ CFA Capital Markets Policy Group Georgene Palacky‚ CPA Director Financial Reporting Group Members of the Comprehensive Business Reporting Model Subcommittee and the Corporate Disclosure Policy Council Gerald I. White‚ CFA‚ Chair Grace & White Inc. New York‚ NY United States
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GN Resound Business Model; To appropriately recommend GN Resound on how to move forward with their decision making processes‚ it is important to understand the business-model as a whole. In particular the issue with retail – can be determined by once again clarifying how GN Resounds business model looks now and therefore be able to explain efficiently how their business model should look moving forward and which strategies GN should consider. To identify how GN Resounds business model is we have
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Contents Current Scenario of the Indian IT Industry3 Challenges and opportunities3 Emerging Business Model in Indian IT Industry3 Tata Consultancy Services Limited5 Brief History5 Financial Data5 Business by Topography and Sectors5 Growth Strategy6 Chief clients list6 Infosys Limited7 Brief History7 Financial Data7 Business by topography and sectors7 Growth Strategy7 Infosys 1.08 Infosys 2.08 Infosys 3.08 Chief Clients8 Wipro Limited9 Brief History9 Financial
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Business Model Innovation for Sustainability _______________ Karan GIROTRA Serguei NETESSINE 2013/64/TOM Business Model Innovation for Sustainability Karan Girotra* Serguei Netessine** * Assistant Professor of Technology and Operations Management at INSEAD‚ Boulevard de Constance 77305 Fontainebleau Cedex‚ France. Email: karan.girotra@insead.edu ** The Timken Chaired Professor of Global Technology and Innovation‚ Professor of Technology and Operations Management at
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carriages) as the main mode of cheap transport in Singapore.[2] A comprehensive study of the “rickshaw” in 1921 Singapore necessarily examines rickshaws as a mode of transport‚ as well as an avenue to gain insights into the lives of rickshaw pullers. In the latter sense‚ rickshaws serve to bring the lives of the common people into sharper contrast‚ creating a social history of sorts. This essay will first analyse rickshaws as a transport form in 1921 Singapore‚ before proceeding to the individual pullers
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What is Business Model? The article “What is Business Model?” is written by Andrea Ovans‚ a senior editor in the Harvard Business Review. The article deals about the different views of about what is actually meant by business model. Different scholars do have their own thoughts about the meaning of business model which is crucial to the success of the business in this competitive business environment. Michael Lewis has defined the phrase business model as “a term of art”. He say that business model
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Bharti Airtel: Business Model About Bharti Airtel: Bharti Airtel is the largest wireless service provider in the country‚ based on the number of customers as of March 31‚ 2010. After Zain acquisition‚ it has become one of the five largest mobile operators in the world. The combined entity has 180 million customers‚ $12.4 billion in combined revenues‚ and $4.7 billion in EBIDTA. Along with India‚ It has presence in Sri Lanka‚ Bangladesh and 15 African countries now. Bharti Airtel offers an integrated
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Karl Held Laura Gallas Ben Midthun Riley Eichhorn Zipcar: Refining the Business Model The idea for Zipcar began in 1999 when Antje Danielson approached Robin Chase with her new idea for a start up – car sharing. Danielson had observed the concept of car sharing on a vacation in Germany‚ which she noted was a trend throughout Europe. Chase agreed to partner with Danielson and they began to develop their business plan and to seek funding for it. The entrepreneurial opportunity is definitely
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Contents 1. What is Costco ’s business model? Is the company ’s business model appealing? 3 2. What are the chief elements of Costco ’s strategy? How good is the strategy? 4 3. What two core values or business principles has Jim Sinegal stressed at Costco? 6 4. How well is Costco performing from a financial perspective? 7 5. What recommendations would you make to Costco top executives regarding how best to sustain the company ’s growth and improve its financial performance? 8 6. Evaluate the recommendations
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