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    Southwest Airlines Case Analysis

    4315*2 Team 4 Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose In the airline industry competitors have to work hard to maintain market share and even more to increase their share. Southwest Airlines has become the market share leader in terms of passengers carried with the simple strategy: “low-cost/low-price/no-frills.” They have done an excellent job in implementing and executing their strategy elements. Some of the most crucial executions in the Southwest strategy are their point-to-point scheduling

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    Southwest Airlines in 2008 Case Analysis

    Summary Corporate Culture & Southwest Airline Case Analysis CORPORATE CULTURE Corporate culture is an incredibly powerful factor in a company’s long-term success. No matter how good your strategy is, when it comes down to it, people always make the difference. Corporate Culture * Is the meshing of shared values, beliefs, business principles, and traditions that imbues a firm’s operating style, behavioral norms, ingrained attitudes, and work atmosphere. * Is important because

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    Southwest Airlines: a Case Analysis

    ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS It is evident that the greatest strength that Southwest Airlines has is its financial stability. As known in the US airline industry, Southwest is one of those airlines who are consistently earning profits despite the problems the industry is facing. With such stability, the corporation is able to make decisions and adjust policies, which other heavily burdened airlines may not be able to imitate. Having a low amount of cost in their operations is one of the contributing

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    Southwest Airlines Case Analysis

    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Southwest Airlines provides short haul, high frequency, point-to-point, low-fare services to and from 58 cities across the United States. The company is known for its low-cost fares and superior customer service in the airline industry. The company was started in 1971 with a motto still lived by today, "If you get your passengers to their destinations when they want to get there, on time, at the lowest possible fares, and make darn sure they have a good time doing it, people will

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    Sa Lines

    Semester 2, AY2011/2012 Individual Report A Report on Southwest Airlines Prepared for: Mr. Balasubramanian Shankar Due date: Monday, 5th October 2015 Submitted by: Jiyeon | CT00000000 | TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 2 2. COMPANY BACKGROUND 3 3. PESTEL ANALYSIS 4 3.1 Political 4 3.2 Economic 4 3.3 Social 5 3.4 Technological 5 3.5 Environment 5 3.6 Legal 6 4. PORTER’S FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 7 4.1 Threat of New Entry 7 4.2 Threat of Substitution

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    Case 3.1

    Southwest Airlines Corporation Question 1 :   What is Southwest’s strategy? What is the basis on which Southwest builds its competitive advantage?       One of the goals of the company is to achieve its goals which can be seen through the Vision. Southwest’s Vision “ To become the World’s Most Loved, Most Flown, and Most Profitable Airline” can be achieved by planning good strategy. Strategy is also needed in order to achieve Southwest’s goals and purpose, which is “To connect People to what’s

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    The Airline Industry: A Strategic Overview of Southwest Airlines Terra Thompson Ohio Dominican University Running head: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES 1   The Airline Industry: A Strategic Overview of Southwest Airlines Terra Thompson Ohio Dominican University SOUTHWEST AIRLINES The Airline Industry: A Strategic Overview of Southwest Airlines Table of Contents 2   The History of Southwest Airlines ..................................................................................

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    Southwest Case Study

    Southwest Airlines, Case Analysis Your name BUSN412 Business Policy August 7th, 2011 CASE ANALYSIS Southwest Airlines. COMPANY NAME: Southwest Airlines. INDUSTRY: Air Travel. COMPANY WEBSITE: (www.southwest.com) COMPANY BACKGROUND: Southwest Airlines Co. incorporated in 1967, is a passenger airline that provides scheduled air transportation in the United States. As of December 31, 2010, the company had 548 Boeing 737 aircraft serving 69 cities in 35 states (Southwest Airlines

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    Busn412 Business Policy - Southwest Airlines Case Study

    Southwest Airlines Case Study Jared G. Sanders BUSN412 Business Policy April 1, 2012 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES WWW.SOUTHWEST.COM AIRLINE INDUSTRY BACKGROUND /HISTORY/ COMPANY TIMELINE: Southwest, founded by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher, began as a small Texan airline almost 35 years ago and has grown to become one of the largest airlines in America. It was created on the following premise: “If you get your passengers to their destinations when they want to get there, on time, at the lowest

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    Southwest Airlines Corporation

    Case Analysis – Southwest Airlines Corporation Jerry Pierce California Southern University Case Analysis – Southwest Airlines Corporation Introduction Southwest Airlines is America’s largest low-fare carrier, serving the most domestic customers than any other airline due to their unique combination of low fares, friendly customer service, record of safety, lack of fees, and “an extraordinary corporate Culture that extends into the communities (they) serve.” (Southwest, 2013) Incorporated

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