Southwest Airlines Fuel Hedging and Relations to Profitability Abstract In order to stay airborne‚ a passenger airline has to consistently generate profits. Profits come only from paying passengers‚ hence all stratagems must be customer oriented. In a scenario where there are many airlines competing with each other‚ one way of attracting passengers is to keep the cost of flying low‚ while providing value for money. On the other hand‚ expenses must tightly controlled to reach and stay at the
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Halal Business Corporate Social Responsibility Othman Ibrahim*‚ Siti Zakiah Melatu Samsi**‚ Muhamad Fazil Ahmad*** *University Teknologi Malaysia/Faculty of Computer Science and Information System‚ Johor‚ Malaysia. Email: othmanibrahim@utm.my **Multimedia University/Faculty of Business and Law‚ Melaka‚ Malaysia. Email: zakiah.melatu@mmu.edu.my ***Universiti Putra Malaysia/Faculty of Modern Languages & Communication‚ Selangor‚ Malaysia. Email: mfazil@fbmk.upm.edu.my Abstract - Halal industry is
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XEROX CORPORATION (Corporate Social Responsibility) 1. Introduction – Xerox company profile Xerox Corporation is the world’s leading document management company. The company is manufacturing and selling printers‚ digital printing presses and systems‚ photo copiers and related supplies. Xerox started to expand rapidly between 1960 and 1970. In the mid 1980’s Apple decided to buy Xerox but the deal finally did not happen. Xerox sued Apple for stealing and using its graphical user interface on
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1. According to the authors of the case study‚ some of the market conditions of the U.S. airline industry in the early 1990s were triggered by the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. In essence‚ “deregulation created greater competition and growth opportunities… laws restricting the airline industry loosened in the spirit of greater competition.” (Marketing Management‚ page 15). The impact of deregulation became evident in several areas: Removing regulatory price controls was followed by lower average
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Transnational corporations‚ CSR and the course of Maersk Roskilde University Corporate Social Responsibility & Business Ethics Autumn 2011 Anders Buch Nielsen 1 Table of content ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION PROBLEM AREA PROBLEM FORMULATION METHODOLOGY DELIMITATIONS THEORETICAL PART A. P. MOELLER MAERSK GROUP CASES AGAINST MAERSK CONCLUSION REFERENCES 3 4 5 5 5 6 7 10 11 15 17 2 Abstract Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become the new buzzword and a key differentiator which companies
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with students and parents for at least 6 to 8 years and tracking their educational achievement‚ attendance‚ and thus grooming them into independent individuals. HSBC: CSR for Corporate Sustainability Tushna Mehta Manager - Corporate Sustainability HSBC India e-mail: tushnamehta@hsbc.co.in Aloka Majumdar Head—Corporate Sustainability HSBC India e-mail: alokamajumdar@hsbc.co.in he sustainability movement at HSBC has seen several stages while evolving into what it is today. Over the past decade
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Constraint Management at Southwest Airlines Introduction I think everyone here may has the experience that the plane can not take off on time. The long waiting time make everyone feel anxious. And at this time‚ this airline company’s customer satisfaction will become lower. Therefore‚ There are a lot of constraints in the process of operating the airline. How to manage these constraints and generate positive customer experiences are vitally important to the airline company. Southwest is a company that
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Critical Reasoning Individual Essay Assignment Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) refers “the ethical principle that a person or an organization should be accountable for how its acts might affect the physical environment and the general public” (Jobber‚ D. & Fahy‚ J.‚ 2009). Nowadays‚ CSR programme is a global trend‚ which is encouraged by the government. It also helps the company in partnership and investment opportunities. On the other hand‚ CSR programme can enhance the company’s image in
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What are the sources of Southwest Airlines’ competitive advantages? There were three keystones to Southwest Airlines’ competitive advantage. The first lied in its employees and how they were managed. Secondly‚ the firm sought to identify major threats and opportunities in their competitors‚ and assess how Southwest could improve and capitalize on markets where their competition failed. And the final significant success factor was the company’s cost structure. Former CEO‚ Herb Kelleher‚ was
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Social Responsibility Journal Emerald Article: Corporate irresponsibility and corporate social responsibility: competing realities Brian Jones‚ Ryan Bowd‚ Ralph Tench Article information: To cite this document: Brian Jones‚ Ryan Bowd‚ Ralph Tench‚ (2009)‚"Corporate irresponsibility and corporate social responsibility: competing realities"‚ Social Responsibility Journal‚ Vol. 5 Iss: 3 pp. 300 - 310 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17471110910977249 Downloaded on: 14-10-2012
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