Assignment Brief Qualification Unit number - title -level BTEC Level 5 HND Diploma in Business Unit 19: Marketing Planning — Level 5 Student name Assessor name Asma Ahmed Dr Alex Pietrus Susan Simei-Cunningham Date issued Completion date Submitted on 22nd September 2014 12th December 2014 before 12.00 midday Assignment title easyJet’s Conquers The Market Learning Outcome Learning Outcome AC In this assessment you will have the opportunity to present evidence that shows you are able to: Task
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flown may dictate consumer behaviour). In the airline business‚ particularly on long haul routes‚ price is only one competitive factor – quality of service and added value both differentiate the products strongly. easyGroup (the brand owner of easy)‚ as a relatively new company‚ has a vision to “develop Europe’s leading value brand into a global force. We will paint the world orange!” Their strategy cites “taking on the big boys” which suggests strong rivalry. • Threat of new entrants
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SWOT Analysis of easyJet SWOT TEAM easyJet is Europe’s leading low fares airline. Formed in 1995 by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou‚ it has grown rapidly to become Europe’s fourth largest airline by passengers carried. Sir Stelios has credited easyJet’s success to two strategic imperatives. The first was “sweating the assets”‚ that is making sure that the planes were as full as possible and flying as much as possible. The second was a sophisticated yield management system which would set an infinite number
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VRIO ANALYSIS Barney and Hesterly (2006)‚ describe the VRIO framework as a good tool to examine the internal environment of a firm. They state that VRIO “stands for four questions one must ask about a resource or capability to determine its competitive potential: 1. The Question of Value: Does a resource enable a firm to exploit an environmental opportunity‚ and/or neutralize an environmental threat? 2. The Question of Rarity: Is a resource currently controlled by only a
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Barney and Hesterly (2006)‚ describe the VRIO framework as a good tool to examine the internal environment of a firm. They state that VRIO “stands for four questions one must ask about a resource or capability to determine its competitive potential: 1. The Question of Value: Does a resource enable a firm to exploit an environmental opportunity‚ and/or neutralize an environmental threat? 2. The Question of Rarity: Is a resource currently controlled by only a small number of competing firms
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. VRIO The VRIO framework is a set of four questions of: Value‚ Rarity‚ Imitability‚ andOrganization (Barney and Hesterly‚ 2006). It is a tool to analyze company’s resourcesand capabilities to discover their potential competitive advantages or to identifycompany’s internal weaknesses (Barney and Hesterly‚ 2006). The following competenceswere chosen from Nokia: quality‚ price‚ services/functions‚ and brand image. 5.1 Quality The high quality of Nokia’s products and services enables
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ABSTRACT This report contains analysis of Easyjet’s UK and European markets using information contained in the given case study and also from sources outside the course of study. To begin with a brief overview of the company will be given. Subsequently using PEST and Five Forces models the external analysis will be completed identifying the companies’ core resources and capabilities. Next the core of the previous analysis will be used to examine the opportunities for international expansion
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Resource Based View - VRIO Analysis 1. Tangible Resources a) Financial Resources: * Firm’s cash and cash equivalents- The total cash and cash equivalents of the firm stood at around Rs. 271.5 Crores in the year ended March 2009 (before merger with Kraft). Liquidity is important for a business to factor in for unforeseeable events. The ideal cash reserve requirement can be calculated by taking into account and listing possible unfavorable events and assigning probabilities to them
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1Barney and Hesterly (2006)‚ describe the VRIO framework as a good tool to examine the internal environment of a firm. They state that VRIO “stands for four questions one must ask about a resource or capability to determine its competitive potential: 1. The Question of Value: Does a resource enable a firm to exploit an environmental opportunity‚ and/or neutralize an environmental threat? 2. The Question of Rarity: Is a resource currently controlled by only a small number of competing firms
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I will explain the link and differences between the VRIO-framework and the SWOT-model. Before I will explain this‚ I will first give you an insight in the meaning of these two models. SWOT-model: [pic] A SWOT Analysis is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats involved in a project or in a business venture. Strengths and weaknesses are internal to an organization. Opportunities and threats originate from outside the organization. A SWOT
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