and core competences. With using Ryanair as an industrial example‚ this essay would talk about how important strengths and weaknesses are to be used in designing strategy. Ryanair was founded in 1985 by Tony Ryan who already died in 2007. It was originally a full service airline and turned into a low-cost carrier in 1990s. Ryanair used a series of cost-cutting policies to attain to the target as its mission statement (Ryanair Annual Report‚ 1999): “Ryanair will become Europe’s most profitable
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Strategy Introduction Ryanair is an airline company‚ which is well known for its low cost airline service across Europe. Christy Ryan‚ Liam Lonergan and note Irish businessman‚ Tony Ryan‚ founded the company in 1985 in Ireland (with a share capital of only £1 and 25 employees according to Business-market.com). Ryanair was restructured in 1991 by Michael O’Leary. He reported revenues of €3‚629 Billion for the fiscal year of 2011‚ bringing profits of €374‚6 Million‚ leading Ryanair as on the oldest and
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Ryanair Case Analysis 1. Porter’s Five Forces Analysis Substitute: In this industry‚ there are high substitution power because if one airline decides to raise prices then customers are going to switch to a cheaper airline company. The majority of passengers are price sensitive and have the option of taking other forms of transportation such as the rail or ferry. Customers are willing to travel longer if they can pay for a cheaper fare. The round fare for ferry and rail is 55
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Ryanair is considered to be the largest low fares airline in Europe. They have over 800 low fare routes across 26 different countries‚ so this gives you an indication as to the scale of this employer. Despite being a low budget airline‚ they are anything but budgeted when it comes to their staff. With real incentives and genuine opportunities for career progression‚ staff at Ryanair are valued for the hard work they do in helping to run one of the most successful budget airlines in the world. With
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Europe. The market share leader is Ryanair. Important competitors are EasyJet‚ Air Berlin and the two smaller airlines: Norwegian Airlines and Wizz air. Also Aer Lingus can be seen as a competitor‚ despite the share of Ryanair in the carrier. Due to the economic recession opportunities for budget carriers increased. By mid-2009‚ budget airlines accounted for over 35% of scheduled intra-European traffic. Different players on the low-cost airline market Ryanair is an low-cost carrier‚ positioned
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choices‚ and when we are making strategic choices‚ we should consider from the business level‚ corporate level‚ innovation‚ evaluation and international. Actually‚ considering from the business level means the corporation should have its different factors among its competitors‚ which could help them to gain competitive advantages. There are mainly five types of business-level strategies for exploiting different competitive advantages within a specific competitive scope. The five types of business-level
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Case 5 - A Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair Key Issue: The key issue in this case is that Ryanair’s competitive advantage is based on offering customers an easy-to-imitate low price. While it may be operationally effective‚ they have no strategic positioning. Supporting Arguments: Ryanair’s low prices were not a strategy to gain market share. They were simply out of necessity to stay afloat as their sales plummeted. However‚ as their prices dropped to increase sales‚ they did manage to generate
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opportunities‚ it is also essential to analyze the internal environment of the company‚ to identified the types of activities that form the production process. An analysis tool that helps identify what are the key activities of the production process of Ryanair and which are auxiliary or complementary is the analysis of the value chain (value chain). The value chain‚ in fact‚ lets to consider the enterprise as a system of value-generating activities. This value is defined as the price that the consumer is
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INTRODUCTION This critical review of the article of Briner‚ B and Conway‚ N (2006) "Protecting the psychological contract" will briefly consider the problem formulation‚ the place of the theory‚ methodology‚ Standard of analysis and presentation. The writers show that an employment contract is vital in the relationship between the employee and the organisation. That a psychological contract is as equally important but is less well known. They further highlight that the psychological contract
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the business environment. Ryanair operates in a very competitive market with in Europe. Considering the current economic climate this market has become increasingly more competitive with a far greater emphasis on value for money. It is evident from Ryanairs records that they hold a competitive advantage in their area of business. This is proven from the profitability percentage which is close to 15% considering the average figure is 3%. This is achieved by Ryanairs low cost business module. CEO
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