Assignment # 1 Strategic Practice Exercise: (page #81) 1. Score each competitive force in the airline industry and provide a brief rationale for your assessment. · Rivalry Among Existing Firms: (High) When one major company in an industry makes a change in costs or services that could potentially increase their clientele‚ a major competitor almost always follows suit. Price matching is a prime example of that‚ therefore the threat is high. West Jet is one company that offers flights at a discount
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THE UK AIRLINE PASSENGER INDUSTRY Monday‚ November 1 2010 I. INTRODUCTION There are many factors that affect the everyday operation of a firm in an industry. These factors are both internal and external and hence a firm will need to adjust its strategies to accommodation both. However‚ in this paper I will be focusing mainly on the external factors that will affect the existence of a firm in an industry. (Cyert.R.M et al‚ 2003) II. DEFINITION OF THE UK PASSENGER AIRLINE INDUSTRY The
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product and airline travel‚ an elastic product. Thanks to the addictive nature of coffee‚ consumers prioritize this good and the retail coffee industry has been able to push the envelope on price. On the other hand‚ the history of the airline industry has shown that air travel is thought of as a lavish good and only when feasible will consumers purchase airline travel. Consumer preferences reflect coffee as a necessity and airline travel as a luxury; therefore‚ the two industries have opposing
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India’s airlines industry has had a smooth take-off ever since the government initiated its open skies policy a few years ago. After encountering some initial turbulence‚ it is now cruising smoothly across clear blue skies. India is today one of the fastest expanding aerospace markets in the world‚ as a growing number of airlines and corporate are expected to acquire about a thousand planes over the next 5 years. Every region- the east‚ west‚ north‚ south and center - has five airlines. India has
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organization change: How Companies Experience It and Leaders Guide It‚ New York Kenya airways‚ (n.d) Online [http://www.kenyaairways.com/home/about_kenya_airways/history/corporate_history/default.aspx] Miller‚ D.S‚ Catt‚ S.E. and Carlson‚ J.R. (1996)‚ Fundamentals of Management: A framework for excellence‚ West Publishing pg 249. Mullins‚ L (2002) Management and Organisational Behaviour‚ 6th Edition‚ FT Prentice Hall McKenna‚ S. (2001). Globalized new public management and its impact on scientific
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income. Therefore‚ they will be more affordable to travel. 3. Occupation Employees who work in multinational company often travel to other countries for the business purpose could be the important customer in airline industry. 4. Population Highly populated country tends to utilize airline services more frequently. For instance‚ China has a larger market for travelling comparing with small country‚ such as Vietnam‚ Singapore and etc. 5. Gender Women are more influential power in planning a vacation
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services (Bill Dodds‚ 2003). In the transportation industry‚ there are more and more budget airlines and they are fiercely competing. Budget airlines dropped their prices to attract customers and price can be considered as a competitive advantage for budget airlines to normal airline. However‚ in fact‚ many budget airlines invest to low cost for competition rather than meet the needs of their customers. Consequently‚ the quality of services of budget airlines is very poor and does not meet customer’s expectations
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The Airline Industry during the Regulated Era Airline Management The airline industry before 1977 was very different than the industry today. Before the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978‚ the airline industry was regulated by the United States Government under the Civil Aeronautics Board. Regulation provided many benefits to air carriers such as set route pricing‚ and a difficult to enter marketplace. The regulated era also had numerous drawbacks such as inefficiencies of route structuring
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Future Convergence of the Telecommunication Industry Existing telecommunications market - one of the fastest growing and developing industries in the economy. Also implementation of new technology allows to realize any decision on the telecommunications market. A gradual integration of the various types of communication suggests that the possibility of a universal operator can become almost limitless. By itself‚ the telecommunications industry is innovative‚ because it
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The budget airline industry in Singapore presents an interesting situation for analysis. It has 3 main local players plus a foreign player‚ namely Valueair‚ Tiger Airways‚ Jetstar Asia Airway and Airasia but Jetstar Asia Airways has effectively merged with Valueair. There are also possibilities of more foreign budget airlines operating in Singapore‚ and big airlines may also slash their prices to compete with the budget airlines. The higher fuel price‚ terrorist threat and restrictive govt policies
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