Fuel Hedging in the Airline Industry: The Case of Southwest Airlines By Dave Carter a‚ Dan Rogers b‚ and Betty Simkins c a College of Business Administration‚ Oklahoma State University‚ Stillwater‚ OK 74078-4011‚ Phone: (405) 744-5104‚ Email: dcarter@okstate.edu b School of Business Administration‚ Portland State University‚ Portland‚ OR 97207-0751‚ Phone: (503) 725-3790‚ Email: danr@sba.pdx.edu c CONTACT AUTHOR: College of Business Administration‚ Oklahoma State University‚ Stillwater
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Introduction Airline industry is one of the most efficient and competitive among long distance transport today. It has also changed the way in which people live and conduct business by shortening travel time and altering our concept of distance‚ making it possible for us to visit and conduct business in places once considered remote. Not only airline industry facilitates economic growth‚ world trade‚ international investment and tourism‚ it is also one of the major engines powering the globalization
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External analysis of Computer Industry Porters Five forces model * Threat of new entrants: The threats from new entrants to the personal computer industry is weak to moderate due to the presence of dominant players reduces the entry of new players to immediately enter the market and establish their own brand. In such a competitive market‚ these companies have invested heavily on their research and development‚ customer service‚ and marketing departments which increased the competition between
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Introduction: Price discrimination or price differentiation exists when sales of identical goods or services are transacted at different prices from the same provider. In a theoretical market with perfect information‚ perfect substitutes‚ and no transaction costs or prohibition on secondary exchange (or re-selling) to prevent arbitrage‚ price discrimination can only be a feature of monopolistic and oligopolistic markets‚ where market power can be exercised. However‚ product heterogeneity‚ market
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The impact of climate change on Air New Zealand and on New Zealand’s economic environment as whole Introduction Currently‚ climate change obtains increasing concerns from government and worldwide environmental organisations. In the meantime‚ climate change becomes a constraint and a challenge for economy. There are conflicts in interest between the reduction of industrial pressures on environment and the use of energy which not only create difficult problems and challenges for the government‚
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Airline industry value chain Inbound logistics Primary activites Stock control airlines must store and handle fuel‚ food‚ and drinks. Stock is managed to ensure reductions in stock turnover‚ thus reducing costs and wastage. Route selection airlines must choose their flight routes. These will be selected upon desired routes‚ and deals negotiated with the airports. Airports are selected for their prime location‚ to allow consumers to get to their desired location. This then entails the
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External Analysis of The Automobile Industry The automobile industry is an extremely large and complex industry that is made up of many different businesses that all share a part in the manufacturing‚ sale‚ service and financing of automobiles. This industry makes up a large part of the United States economy as well as the world economy‚ and therefore is important to understand. To understand the automotive industry it is best to look at the industry‚ market‚ and competition that shapes it.
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international company with different threats and opportunities. As the company continues to grow‚ it is important for Costco to understand the external threats and opportunities that will impact the company in either a positive or negative way. In order understand these forces a SLEPT analysis is used to analyze the social‚ legal‚ economical‚ political and technological impacts on Costco. SLEPT Analysis Social Recently‚ manufactures have been under attack for exploiting overseas workers for cheap labor. Companies
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2‚321‚580 people residing in the Borough. Queens County is the most expanded and second largest economy of the New York City. Immigration has had a strong impact over the Queens economy. Culturally this is the diverse populated borough of New York where around half of the population is consisting of foreign born residents. The airline industry is a major factor of the borough economy and is a main employer in the neighborhoods around JFK and LaGuardia airports. Health care and social assistance employment
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Airline Industry Competitive Structure The market structure of the Airline industry consists of a few corporations making its market structure an oligopoly. The airline industry is very volatile to changes in oil prices and can lead to fare increases and reducing overall profits. In 2011 for example jet fuel cost was at 2.84 a gallon up 243% from 1995 adjusted with inflation. In addition to what the current market is charging for a barrel of oil airlines have to deal with the “crack spread”‚ which
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