Week 8 Case Study – JetBlue Man Hon Chan 22002960 Introduction An initial public offering (IPO) refers to the initial stage of shares offering to the public market for subscriptions by a company to raise capital for the purpose of expansion. It is considered as a big issue for companies as an IPO does not necessary guarantee the success of a company as it is merely a tool of raising capital while its costs of issuance and consecutive monitoring costs (due to diluted shareholdings of the
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questions asked about the four different case studies we are to read this week. The case studies are When antivirus software cripples your computers‚ How secure is the cloud‚ Are electronic medical records a cure for heath care‚ and JetBlue and WestJet: A tale of two IS projects (Laudon & Laudon‚ 2012‚ pgs 304‚ 321‚ 522 & 556). WEEK 5 CASE STUDIES WHEN ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE CRIPPLES YOUR COMPUTERS There are a few reasons why McAfee’s antivirus software created so many problems for their
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International Journal of Business and Social Science Vol. 2 No. 13 [Special Issue - July 2011] Defensive and Offensive Strategies for Market Success Dr. Peter Yannopoulos Associate Professor Brock University‚ St. Catharines Ontario‚ Canada‚ L2S 3A1 E-mail: pyannopoulos@brocku.ca Tel: (905) 688-5550 ext. 3909 Abstract In industries in which there is strategic interaction among competing firms‚ companies are continuously involved in defensive and offensive strategies. In this paper we discuss
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Chapter 1 Designing Effective and Efficient Organizations * Organizations at the “macro” level – as social entities and how they relate to their environments * The effects of an organization’s technologies‚ size‚ strategies‚ structure‚ culture‚ environment and processes on its behavior and effectiveness * As well as change‚ life-cycle‚ conflict/power What is an Organization? * organization are social entities that are goal directed‚ designed as deliberately structured and coordinated
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KPMG is one of the largest professional services firms in the world. KPMG employs 113‚000 people in a global network spanning 148 countries. Composite revenues of KPMG member firms in 2006 were $16.9 billion USD (7.6% growth from 2005). KPMG has three lines of services: audit services‚ tax services‚ and advisory services. KPMG is a Big Four auditor‚ alongside PricewaterhouseCoopers‚ Ernst & Young and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu. Contents [hide] * 1 Name * 2 History * 3 Legal structure
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Knowledge Management: Tata Consulting Services (Chap. 11) 14 102/12/17 Enhancing Decision Making: CompStat (Chap. 12) 15 102/12/24 Building Information Systems: Electronic Medical Records (Chap. 13) 16 102/12/31 Managing Projects: JetBlue and WestJet (Chap. 14) 17 103/01/07 Final Report (期末報告) 18 103/01/14 期末考試週 4 Chap. 5 IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies: Salesforce.com 5 Case Study: Salesforce.com (Chap. 5) (pp.233-235) Salesforce.Com: Cloud Services Go Mainstream
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Executive Summary JetBlue was started in 1999 by David Neeleman‚ whose vision is to give high-quality and reliable flying experience in a budget airline. Through sophisticated technology‚ brand new aircrafts‚ impeccable customer service and low fares‚ JetBlue was on its way to achieve this vision. Although the low-fare travel industry was gaining momentum‚ the September 11 attack brought a massive downturn to the already-risky airline industry. However‚ JetBlue was still able to deliver good performance
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Air Asia: Strategic management report Intoduction Air Asia was founded in 1993 and has since grown to be one of the biggest airlines in the world. It initially operated in Malaysia and currently operates in over 25 countries (Ricart and Wang 2005). It began operations in October 1996‚ operating out of Kuala Lumpur as its central location (Ricart and Wang 2005). The airline was bought by Tune Air in 2001 for one ringgit‚ the equivalent of 0.26 US cents‚ at a time when the company had $10.5 million
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Business-Level Strategy of Air Asia Introduction: Aviation‚ an industry where it is full of fluctuations‚ has always been affected by various factors. It is not uncommon to see aviation-related companies keep changing their own strategies to make ends meet. Overall the air industry in Asia has continuously growth recently and maintains a high level of ranking. Among the explosive growth in budget airlines market‚ Air Asia is obviously the typical example for further study with the most fleet sizes
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Faculty of Business and Law Session: 2008/9 MBA: Strategic Management 1 Assignment Introduction Markets differ in a variety of ways including the degree of concentration and competitiveness‚ a fact which is reflected in the concept of ‘market structure’. Economists’ models link the structural characteristics of a market to the behaviour of firms in that market and subsequently to their performance. A key question therefore is how far a firm’s strategic decisions are shaped by the structure
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