A strategic group is a concept used in strategic management that groups companies within an industry that have similar business models or similar combinations of strategies. For example‚ the fast-food industry can be portrayed as consisting of several strategic groups. The number of groups within an industry and their composition depends on what dimensions you use to define the groups. Strategists often use a two dimensional grid to display the position of each company along to the two most important
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COLOGNE BUSINESS SCHOOL (CBS) Case Study: Ryanair The future of the leading low fares airline Term paper for Transnational Management Summer Semester 2014/2015 Lecturer: XXX Anton Wischnewski BA12 in International Business / International Trade Student-No. XXX Table of Contents 1 Introduction ....................................................................................................2 2 Overview of Ryanair ..........................................................................
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Contents1. Background22. Theoretical framework33. SWOT analysis of Ryanair44. Challenges and recommendations for the future75. References81. BackgroundThe subject of this report is Ryanair - the first Low Cost Carrier in Europe - which was founded in 1985 (Ryanair.com History 2008). The firm began operations with a staff of 25 and a single 15-seat airplane flying between Waterford and London. In 1986 Ryanair received permission to begin flying four flights a day on the Dublin-London route. In doing
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Competitor analysis While taking a closer look at the competitors in the European airline market it is visible the there are two main groups of airlines. One group consists airlines with a low cost strategy‚ and the other group are the mainstream carriers. This last group exists of a few companies who have severe problems with the structurally sickness of this industry. Only Lufthansa made a net profit. BA‚ Air France-KLM and Scandinavian Air Systems all made severe losses‚ due to declining traffic
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Strategic analysis of the BMW Group ABSTRACT The BMW Group is a leading manufacturer within the premium segment of motor vehicles. This report analyzes the strategy of the company and evaluates it with regards to long-term valuecreation as well as sustainability. The strategy is broken down into a strategy map of four different perspectives; Financial‚ Customer‚ Internal and Learning and Growth perspective. Within these perspectives‚ the strategic objectives are defined and analyzed. From the strategy
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ANALYSIS OF RYANAIR LTD. IN EUROPE OBJECTIVE The objective of this report is to The aim of this report is to analyse Ryanair using appropriate economic tools and models such as Structure- Conduct- Performance Model‚ Porter’s Five Forces and PESTEL Analysis. Recommendations will then be provided based on the analysis. INTRODUCTION TO RYANAIR Ryanair is an Irish airline founded in 1985 by Tony Ryan who teamed up with Christy Ryan and Liam Lonergan to set up the airline (Creaton 2004). The company
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ARCADIA GROUP – EXPANSION IN ASIA Owing to their thriving economies‚ the world today is viewing Asian markets with a new found awareness and interest. Led by China and India‚ South East Asian countries are coming into their own‚ and proving to be attractive destinations for major global retailers to expand their market share. After conducting a strategic analysis of the Arcadia Group‚ it became clear that in order to maintain its distinctiveness and profitability‚ the company needs to tap into the
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Cost Carriers best. The global economic recession has handed Ryanair and similar carriers near-perfect operating conditions. As Ryanair explains‚ "this recession has encouraged passengers to become much more price sensitive which is why they are switching to Ryanair ’s low fares and unbeatable customer service over all other competitors". Ryanair expects a 15-20% reduction in average fares this year to around EUR32 per passenger. Ryanair is expecting that several of its smaller rivals will not be
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features(such as reliability‚ clarity of fees‚ availability of fares‚ on-board comfort‚ service‚ etc.) under control‚ which Ryanair cannot handle in various ways‚ resulting in negative thoughts of customers about this company. 3.2 Related problems: Ryanair accumulates ‘hidden’ taxes and other fees‚ restricted customer services‚ and deceiving advertisements. Ryanair imposes charges for anything from checking bags into the hold‚ up to £40‚ to changing the name on your ticket‚ for £110
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Introduction Ryanair is one of the most profitable low-cost and low-fare airlines in the world. Even though it was merely bankruptcy in 1991‚ it could stand up and become very successful by 1999. An issues was what led Ryanair to huge losses in 1991‚ how did it re-gain its position‚ and what lay ahead in the next century. Analysis Prior to 1991‚ Ryanair had suffered from continuous losses from 1985 to 1989. The first reason that put it into this situation was that it tried to position itself
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