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    Case: McDonald’s The Hamburger Price Wars 1. How serious is McDonald’s U.S. situation? Why is the company having problems? McDonald’s U.S. situation is rather bad as the sales declined in the first three quarters of 2002 with strong competitive pressure and low consumer satisfaction. Looking at its financial performance in 2002 (Table A)‚ it can be observed that McDonald’s SG&A had increase disproportionately in Q3 which resulted in lower operating income. Even though McDonald prides its success

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    Southwest Case Study

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    Southwest Airlines is a low cost/low fare Airline that has been the market share leader in domestic air travel. It is the most traveled airline in the United States and offers a variety of flights for its travelers. The most important trait this Airline has however is the fact that they are the only airline to show profit consistently in an industry that‚ which has been almost impossible to achieve. Southwest had the enviable distinction of being the only major U.S. carrier that was consistently

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    Case for Southwest Airlines 1. What benefits do airline customers seek when they buy air travel tickets? Has Southwest done a better job the competitors of meeting the needs of these air travelers? In what ways? They have always had the lowest price in any market it serves. It has caused the competitors to reduce their prices to match Southwest’s prices to stay competitive and has become known as the “Southwest Effect.” Because of the cost structure that was developed‚ Southwest did the opposite

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    Southwest Financial Analysis

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    [pic] Southwest Airlines Financial Performance Analysis Presented to Gary C. Kelly Chairman of the Board‚ President and CEO by Total Resource Network Raquel Alston‚ Tanya Spencer and‚ Nicole Stenhouse for BUS 515 Financial Management Professor James Kerwin October 3‚ 2011 Introduction Total Resource Network (TRN) congratulates Southwest Airlines for thirty-eight years of consecutive profitability. This is a major accomplishment that should be applauded especially

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    Executive Summary In 2009 Gary Kelly‚ the CEO of Southwest airlines‚ was contemplating what it would take for Southwest to survive the economic downfall‚ due to high oil prices and decline in demand‚ that was upon the airline industry. One might argue that in the face of many options Southwest both diversified in there solutions as well as stayed true to the brand they had created. We will argue they did both. They branched out in terms of expansion and customer service‚ while remaining true to

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    Southwest Airlines – Ethics of Compliance Embry-Riddle University The purpose of this paper is to present‚ discuss‚ and examine the topic of ethical and social responsibility. It will discuss Southwest Airlines ’ failure to comply with the Federal Aviation Administration ’s rules on inspecting aircraft and what violations occurred. On March 6‚ 2008‚ Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspectors submitted documents to the United States Congress‚ alleging that Southwest allowed 117 of its

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    global airline industry is experiencing cold season since the terrorist attack in 2001. Though china’s airline suffered less from the 9-11 effect‚ price hike of fuel has also plagued the industry. Moreover‚ in response to the entry of the WTO‚ Chinese government has phased out regulations upon airline industry and encouraged competition by introducing budget airline. To maintain competitive advantage and considerable profit margin as a domestic leading airline company‚ China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd

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    of motivation will produce a higher economic benefit to the profit of the company. The intent of this writing is to explore what the Path-Goal theory is‚ how it relates to leadership‚ and then apply the components to how James Parker‚ CEO of southwest airlines‚ appears to use them to facilitate daily operations within the company. The Path-Goal theory was developed from studies conducted by Robert House (Robbins 493). House chose to deviate from Fiedler’s traditional Contingency theories via focusing

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    Airlines - US - August 2012 Attitudes Toward Airlines and Airline Travel Key points The many changes to airline travel over the last few years have been absorbed by air travelers and a majority (77%) agrees that they feel comfortable with the process of flying. However‚ while air travel is familiar to them‚ most (65%) feel that it is becoming “more and more of a hassle.” The most affluent air travelers (those with a household income of at least $150K) are also the most frequent flyers and

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    UNITED INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT ON Airline Industry (International Busuness-606) Submitted To Dr. Enamul Haque School of Business & Economics Submission Date 26th Dec. 2012 Table of Content |Topics |Page No. | |1.Globalization of Airline Industry |3 | |Industry Analysis

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