Tom Spencer

MARCH 24, 2018

A fine example of a company that passed through the five stages of decline to ultimately collapse was the one popularly known as “the king of good times” – Kingfisher Airlines. Kingfisher Airlines, once known for its best in class service, on board meals, and staff courtesy fell from grace due to excessive arrogance.

Airlines 101

Airlines Capgemini Industry Groups 101

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Warren Buffett got burned with an airline investment in the 1990s. He blamed the industry’s notorious low profitability on the “kamikaze pricing tactics of certain carriers” and vowed to not invest in this “death trap” sector again. The industry was indeed unprofitable for decades.

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Airlines Industry Travel Marketing 28

Harvard Business

MAY 27, 2016

Why is the airline industry so terrible? This benefits customers – both the high-end customers being chased by incumbents, and the low-end or middle-market consumers being served by disruptors — and the industry at large. In computers, Dell and Gateway were both disruptive to the PC industry by targeting the low end.

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Airlines Travel Industry Efficiency 35

LSA Global

JUNE 20, 2017

Our organizational alignment research at more than 400 companies across eight industries found cultural factors account for 40% of the difference between high and low performing companies in terms of growth, profitability, customer satisfaction, customer retention, leadership effectiveness and employee engagement. Too much fine print.

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Airlines Culture Guidelines Policies 43

Harvard Business

MAY 17, 2017

The airline industry is a cautionary tale of what happens when companies emulate new business models without bringing over the associated mental models. For over 40 years, Southwest Airlines has been a disruptive force in the airline industry, creating an entirely new category and a record 43 consecutive years of profitability.

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Airlines Strategy& Strategy Strategy 51

Consultant Ninja

APRIL 1, 2009

US Industries in a World of S**t. I was thinking about broken US industries this evening. For some reason, saying an industry is "broken" just doesnt do it justice. The other industries - plus energy and utilities - all face massive regulatory re-forms that will require completely new business models. at 7:45 PM.

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Tom Spencer

JULY 22, 2013

List of Global Strategy Firms in 2013. BELOW is a hand-picked list of leading Global Strategy Firms. Maybe not, but seeing as Sydney is at the other end of the earth you would expect a truly global strategy firm to have an office there (if you want to see a list of purely Aussie strategy firms for 2013, click here ).

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Oliver Wyman Strategy& Strategy Strategy 83

Tom Spencer

MAY 15, 2014

The definitive 2014 List of Strategy Consulting Firms in Sydney. Below is our 2014 list of strategy consulting firms in Sydney. This list will be of interest to you if you live in Sydney (or you would like to live in Sydney), and: you want to become a strategy consultant, or. Pacific Strategy Partners. Source: Flickr ).

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Oliver Wyman Strategy& Strategy Strategy 76

Harvard Business

MARCH 3, 2017

American Airlines and United Airlines recently joined Delta in offering passengers a lower-priced option to fly: basic economy. At first blush, it’s difficult to see how a further degradation of airline service can enhance profits and attract customers. Want to save a couple of bucks on your next flight?

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Airlines Travel Fashion Productivity 28

Harvard Business

AUGUST 7, 2018

If consumers start turning regularly to smart speakers for their travel needs, they could end up interacting less and less with traditional airline, hotel, and even online travel agency brands. They also may provide airlines, hotel chains, and rental car companies more clout when setting up smart-speaker partnerships.

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Travel Industry Hotels Airlines 32

Management Consulted

JUNE 14, 2015

Founded in 1995 by former Bain consultants and headquartered in New York City, they focus on developing airline strategy and implementing major operational turnaround. Industries. All of your clients are in the same field, so the chances of interacting with people outside of the industry are greatly reduced. Our advice?

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Consultant Ninja

JUNE 26, 2009

Consultants = Big Strategy, Little Execution. Client Needs = Little Strategy, Big Execution. But rarely at a strategy consulting firm do we help the client to execute. My response was that if the strategies arent implemented, its a worthless strategy, and thats our fault. Friday, June 26, 2009. at 9:53 AM.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

Strategy& (PwC). Ask any consultant about the Middle East, and Booz (now Strategy&) will be the first name on their lips! A little later, Booz was acquired by PwC and rebranded as Strategy& Now that our little history lesson is complete, let’s continue. Here we go! in revenue (wow!). Bain & Company.

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Real Estate 160

CaseInterview.com

APRIL 4, 2020

I received a message just now from someone who works in the airline and cruise ship industries. Given that mindset, what do you do if you run an airline or a cruise ship business? It’s certainly one strategy. I don’t know those industries well, but there are a few areas I would explore. What is still selling?

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Trends Case Interview Airlines Interviews 76

Harvard Business

JANUARY 19, 2018

Why is that some companies have great heads of strategy who make an outstanding contribution to their companies while others don’t? To answer this question, we evaluated a sample of 55 different heads of strategy and looked more closely at 11 who were particularly successful and 10 who were at the other end of the spectrum.

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Strategy Strategy Strategy& Chemicals 28

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

” This and a slew of similar maxims reflect a common view of strategy execution: that it’s distinct from strategy, harder to pull off than defining a strategy, and therefore more critical to success — underpinned by seemingly indisputable virtues such as diligence, discipline, consistency, alignment, and focus.

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Strategy& Strategy Strategy Film 35

Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 5, 2020

When a consultant meets with the CEO of a major airline to discuss growth strategy, for example, they may need to do a market sizing to get a grasp of how big the broader market is. Therefore 2 x 11.4 = £23 billion industry. This is a big industry – what else would a consultant want to know? How big is the market?

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Case Interview Interviews Marketing Examples 88

Harvard Business

JULY 27, 2017

To get there, companies should take the time to level-set their efforts with three strategic exercises: Reexamine your goals and strategy. With more and more options for mobile interactions, businesses all too often get their digital strategy wrong — or don’t reassess it often enough. Insight Center. Think about Airbnb.

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Strategy& Strategy Strategy Metrics 32

LSA Global

JULY 5, 2023

We know from our organizational culture assessment data that one risky corporate culture may work for some strategies and not work for others. To get it right, business leaders must decide how much to culturally embrace risk versus mitigate risk in their quest to execute their strategy in a way that makes sense to the people AND the business.

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Culture Airlines Healthcare System 36

Strategy+Business

JULY 31, 2014

Certain types of add-on fees can make customers angry, but the airline industry shows that companies can find an acceptable balance.'

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Airlines Industry Company 66

Consultant Ninja

MARCH 4, 2009

Uniteds fuel hedging strategy has all the marks of some smooth-talking consultants or bankers. The volatility of and increases in crude oil prices, a weakening economic environment and a highly competitive industry with excess capacity have created an extremely challenging environment for the Company. I am a strategy consultant at.

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Oliver Wyman Airlines Consulting Management 100

Consultant Ninja

NOVEMBER 10, 2008

We were recently doing due diligence for a private equity client on a heavy industrial manufacturer they were considering buying. The target had experienced tremendous growth over the last few years, which management attributed to their strategy and execution. I am a strategy consultant at. Older Post.

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1 to 1

DECEMBER 12, 2014

Companies with customer-obsessed cultures--think USAA or Southwest Airlines--differentiate themselves in their industries and earn major financial benefits as a result. Customer Engagement Customer Experience Customer Loyalty Customer Service Customer Strategy customerobsessedcultures cxcurriculum forrester southwestairlines usaa'

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Airlines Culture Financial Training 37

Strategy+Business

JANUARY 19, 2014

Focusing on the airline industry, two researchers devised a method to pinpoint the origins of major financial events and give direction to the most effective remedies. Their work also informs how companies can shield themselves from the worst effects of a financial outbreak.'

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Airlines Financial Research Industry 53

Consultant Ninja

JANUARY 13, 2009

Scene: Conference Room A, Industrial Client Actors: Myself, Matthew (client), Ralph (client), Bob (client), Steve (client) Context: We are discussing a set of data files that Matthew and Ralph have given me. I am a strategy consultant at. Tuesday, January 13, 2009. Classic Consulting Quotes. Older Post. Tuesday, January 13, 2009.

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CaseInterview.com

JUNE 11, 2019

Example 1: Company A faces profitability issues, please come up with strategies. . Hypothesis 1.1.1 - The industry is attractive . Then we'd go to the travel department, book our airline tickets, and go get the data (at the client site, visiting our client's client to interview them, etc.). Like in these examples.

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Case Interview McKinsey Interviews Airlines 49

Tom Spencer

JULY 2, 2015

Your client is a low-cost airline headquartered in Philadelphia with frequent service to cities along the East Coast of the United States. Pricing Strategy. Growth Strategy. They want to develop a growth strategy for the next five years. What is causing the decline in profits? What can we do about it? smart phone maker.

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Consulting Turnaround Case Interview Retail 60

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 10, 2015

Please consider Further Airline Problems are Brewing at UPS. The Teamsters have also ended talks with the airline and called a strike. However, airline industry contracts often take multiple years to complete. law that governs airline contract talks]. law that governs airline contract talks]. family pays.

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Airlines Government Insurance Insurance 28

LSA Global

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Your strategy must go through your culture to be successfully implemented. How leaders define and shape their corporate culture is a critical variable in defining the success and failure of their business strategies. Some strong cultures, like Southwest Airlines , help companies outperform their peers. The Bottom Line.

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Culture Sports Airlines Report 36

Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

After all, investment analysts at JPMorgan Chase are assigned to monitor specific industries, speak up in companies’ quarterly conference calls, help execute deals and transactions, and advise corporate clients. Only the latter strategy produces good results for both company shareholders and employees.

Airlines 28

Airlines Financial Industry Banking 28

1 to 1

JULY 20, 2020

Businesses in every industry are continuing to deal with the effects of COVID-19. customers across 250 brands and 14 industries from January through March. Organizations that led their industry in 2020 were: Airlines: Southwest Airlines (73.5) Brands that invest in CX are winning. Banks (direct): USAA (78.6)

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Report Hotels Airlines Banking 26

Martinka Consulting

OCTOBER 26, 2019

The US also has four major airlines while France has a third of domestic and half of EU flights provided discount carriers, and lower fares than ever before. An example given is from The Peterson institute for International Economics that estimated each steel industry job created (by tariffs) cost $650,000 as US firms pay product.

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Marketing Journal Government Airlines 40

Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2018

Sponsored by Accenture Strategy. The key issue is whether the merger reduces competition in the upstream or downstream market, or whether owning a supplier or a buyer gives the firm too much market power in its own industry. State-sponsored competition is the fourth type of competition that is changing the game in many industries.

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Company Airlines Industry Automotive 28

Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2016

While many of these mutual funds follow passive investment strategies, “nothing could be further from the truth” than inferring that they are also passive owners, says Vanguard ’s CEO. Banking is not the only industry in which common ownership causes higher prices. For example, just a few months ago, Fidelity, T.

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Banking Airlines Government Industry 28

LSA Global

AUGUST 20, 2018

Most business leaders talk a good game about wanting to create a high performance culture , but few fully understand how to create the environment to get the most out of their people in a way that accelerates their strategy. They don’t know why or how they should create a competitive advantage through culture.

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Culture How To Guidelines Airlines 34

Management Consulted

APRIL 24, 2016

Boeing is an American multinational corporation based in Chicago, Illinois that is known for revolutionizing the aerospace and defense industries. Let’s be honest, keeping a company at the forefront of its industry for a century is pretty impressive. Even today, Boeing has maintained a good relationship with the U.S.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 24, 2016

” As a result, the producers of Hamilton are scrambling to find the right pricing strategy to handle demand. Take a cue from other sellers of perishable products with fixed capacities — industries such as airlines, hotels, and car rentals — and employ dynamic pricing.

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