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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Economy of Singapore Singapore is a highly developed trade-oriented market economy.[10][11] Singapore’s economy has been ranked as the most open in the world‚[12] least corrupt‚[13] most pro-business‚[14] with low tax rates (14.2% of Gross Domestic Product‚ GDP)[15] and has thethird highest per-capita GDP in the world; in terms of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). Government-linked companies play a substantial role in Singapore’s economy‚ which are owned through the sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings
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Introduction Our group’s choice of attraction is the Singapore Flyer (FIG.1). Endorsed by the Singapore Tourism Board (STB) and opened on 25th April 2008‚ the Flyer stands at 165m in height and was built at a cost of S$240 million. It is ranked #19 out of 276 attractions in Singapore on TripAdvisor and is one of the attractions that make up the “See Singapore Pass”. A General Assessment of the Singapore Flyer With reference to Butler’s Tourism Area Cycle of Evolution theory (1980)
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AN ESSAY ON the OPTIONS FOR the ADF TO strike the correct balance between the development of a joint amphibious capability and the raising‚ training and sustaining of the rest of its suite of capabilities? By U5172061 Introduction The Department of Defence is currently facing one of the most challenging situations since its conception. On one hand‚ the environment suggests Australia is entering time of increased strategic competition between major powers in our region.1 This has the potential
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Examine the advantages and challenges of developing a strategy for competitive advantage based on resources and capabilities. Illustrate your answer with appropriate examples. In lights of changing technical advancements‚ cut-throat competitions and unstable global economic conditions‚ managers need to consider strategies to sustain competitive advantage more frequently then ever. And no matter how organized their companies are and which industries they are working in‚ they can quickly start by
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International Journal of Innovation Management Vol. 5‚ No. 3 (September 2001) pp. 377–400 © Imperial College Press DEVELOPING INNOVATION CAPABILITY IN ORGANISATIONS: A DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES APPROACH BENN LAWSON Department of Accounting‚ The University of Melbourne Victoria‚ 3010‚ Australia e-mail: blawson@unimelb.edu.au DANNY SAMSON Department of Management‚ The University of Melbourne Victoria‚ 3010‚ Australia e-mail: d.samson@unimelb.edu.au Received 1 February 2001 Revised 18
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Examine the impact that foreigners have on Singapore. In Singapore‚ there has been a rise in the number of foreigners over the last few years. Foreigners‚ who include highly skilled professionals‚ lowly skilled workers‚ and even foreign students negative impact brought about by them. Foreigners are considered to be a double-edged sword by many Singaporeans. The impact that foreigners have on Singapore can be classified in terms of education‚ economic‚ social and political impact. Increasing
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|Contents |2008 |2009 |2010 | |Understanding Governance |Governance in Singapore |Guiding principles of governance|( | | | | | |Case study of Northern Ireland |( | | | | |Bonding Singapore |Internal and external | |( | | | |
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McDonald’s Organizational Capabilities A.) One of McDonald’s organizational capabilities is the emphasis they place on their leadership practices and the extensive leadership programs they offer. According to an article by Joan Gallos regarding McDonald’s leadership practices‚ “It starts with having high standards. When we talk about people being ‘ready now’ and ‘ready future’‚ the ‘ready now’ candidate has to be someone who can be better than the incumbent over time. And‚ if every time you have
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Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com) DOI: 10.1002/csr.251 Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: A ‘Dynamic Capabilities’ Perspective Venugopal Ramachandran* Insitute for Financial Management and Research‚ Chennai‚ India ABSTRACT In this paper‚ strategic corporate social responsibility (CSR) is defined on the basis of Porter’s theory of competitive advantage. Two kinds of dynamic capabilities are proposed as the precursors to strategic CSR success and operationalized in terms of two sets of associated
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