Leading Asia-Pacific carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) is caught between a rock and a hard place‚ much like any other airline in this prolonged global recession. Positioned as a premium global brand‚ SIA is struggling in 2009 to offset a decline in demand in the commercial sector. This‚ coupled with losses from hedging fuel‚ higher unit costs‚ and taking delivery of five Airbus 380s by January 2010 or risk paying heavy penalties for delay‚ the airline‚ which flies to about 35 countries‚ must rely
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Singapore International Airlines: Company Analysis [pic] A Marketing Study in partial fulfillment of the Module ADPM/01 Supervised by Ms. Charmie Jayaweera Abstract This report is a comprehensive study on the chronological overview of the Singapore International Airlines (SIA) and gives a brief profile of its various businesses. The report then identifies and discusses the influence of the environmental factors that have given it a dominant position in the global airlines industry
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3 types of financial intermediaries: investment bankers‚ brokers‚ and dealer. Investment banking firms help businesses and governments sell their securities to the public. They purchase securities from the issuing company and then resell them to the public (called underwriting) or they try to sell securities for a desired price‚ without guarantees (called best efforts basis). (Gallagher & Andrew‚ 2003) Broker dealers are financial intermediaries that provide a wide range of financial and investment
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factors are the ones that trigger and consequently maintain development in the organisation. For this dissertation‚ the respondent company shall be Singapore Airlines. More specifically‚ this study intends to find the critical success factors present in the operations of Singapore Airlines. Background of the Company Singapore Airlines is one of the top airline companies in Asia and one of the more respected brand names in the world. The company has been flying the friendly skies‚ giving its passengers
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GROUP MARKETING PROJECT ASSIGNMENT | SINGAPORE AIRLINES | TEAM MEMBERS: | FANNI LIGABRIEL LOWLAKSHA MEHTALOW SEOW PIN | 17-Sep-11 | | | TABLE OF CONTENTS | PAGES | | | | | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | 3 | | | | 1 | BACKGROUND | 4 | | OVERVIEW OF ORGANISATION‚ PRODUCT AND BRAND | | | | | 2 | ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS | | | 2.1 PEST ANALYSIS | 5-6 | | 2.2 SWOT ANALYSIS | 7-8 | | 2.3 MARKETING MIX | 8-9 | | | | 3 | MARKETING STRATEGY EVALUATION | | |
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The role and importance of non-bank financial intermediaries The role and importance of non-bank financial intermediaries is clear from the various functions performed by these institutions. Major functions of the NBFIs are as follows: 1. Financial Intermediation: The most important function of the non-bank financial intermediaries is the transfer of funds from the savers to the investors. Financial intermediation is economical and less expensive to both small businesses and small savers‚ (a)
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Executive Summary After carefully undertook a critical review of the five papers which are written by Daniel Chan on the story of Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Singapore Girl‚ it has in fact bring us a lot of thought and the strategies which SIA has used which attain SIA becomes one of the world’s leading airlines company. While SIA is one of the world ’s leading carriers with an advanced fleet and it is internationally respected as the innovative market leader combining a quality product with
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The financial statements are very useful to all this group of user. Explain each of them; Financial statement A financial statement (or financial report) is a formal record of the financial activities of a business‚ person‚ or other entity. In British English including United Kingdom company law a financial statement is often referred to as an account‚ although the term financial statement is also used‚ particularly by accountants. For a business enterprise‚ all the relevant financial information
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Airways. In 1947‚ Malayan Airways operated services between Singapore‚ Kuala Lumpur‚ Ipoh and Penang. During 1972‚ where Malaysia -Singapore Airline (MSA) split in two entities‚ name Malaysian Airline System and Singapore Airlines. Since then‚ SIA has emerged as one of the top international airlines in the industry (SingaporeAirlines‚ 2012). SIA was ranked 17th in Fortune magazine’s list of most admired companies in 2007‚ the only airline to make it in the top 50. The company also consistently receives
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A financial intermediary‚ by definition‚ is responsible for the process of transferring money from economic agents with a surplus of funds to economic agents with a deficit of funds‚ and is known as financial intermediation. This is achieved by means of a financial security‚ such as stocks and bonds. The mechanism that allows the trade of such financial securities is known as a financial market. Financial markets aim to facilitate the raising of capital‚ as well as the transfer of risk between
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