Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Case Study

This was done with the help of a weighted average unlevered beta, the market risk premium and the risk free rate. The risk free rate of 5.85 % has been acquired from the 30 year T bond rates. The beta was found out using the three other comparable companies and their unleveraged betas. With help of all these values the discount rate of 10.847% was calculated which contributed in discounting the cash flows and obtaining the present value of cash flows. The continuing value for Calaveras has been estimated using the key value driver formula which was found out to be $ 7019.715. The total value of the firm has been calculated with the help of PV of cash flows and the continuing value and it shows an amount of

The inauguration of Virgin Australia Airlines, by Sir Richard Branson, as a domestic carrier in 2000 basically aimed at the convenience of the budget travelers. The Airlines was inaugurated as relaxed informal airline. Sir Richard was open-minded, amiable, and generous with his management team, imaginative, audacious and exclusive in his thoughtfulness. Initially started as a low-cost carrier, the company improved its services to turn itself into a “new-world carrier” as described by themselves (Virgin Blue media release, 2011, para. 2).However all these faltered when Qantas’ past marketing manager took over during 2011. The airline is financially weak and its share price has slumped.

Accompanying this memo is a risk analysis I have conducted for New England Seafood Company. The risk analysis I have conducted will show which weighted average cost of capital would be best to use in evaluating the project along with how New England Seafood Company could utilize the land if the project is accepted. A 10% cost of capital will result in a positive net present value but the coefficient of variation will be much higher than New England’s average coefficient of variation. A lower or higher cost of capital could under or over value the project and risks involved. I would consider this project as high risk and suggest that New England Seafood Company not get into the catfish market.

Delta created its separate subsidiary in response to competitive threat of low-cost airlines. In addition, its subsidiary used pilots of its parent airline with independent decision-making authority. Does song have an effective strategy? Evaluate strategies by using three tests of effectiveness?

For the Huffman Trucking Company, strategic planning has been an important part of their functions for over 60 years. For a company like Huffman Trucking, financial planning is extremely important to maintain their continued growth and their overall health in the long term. When analyzing the financial statements for the last three years we looked and three separate types of financial statements: the income statement, balance sheets, and the cash flow budget, we will also try and make assumptions to identify the various risks involved in a business like Huffman Trucking. When looking at the various financial statements we attempt also review the cash flow statements and attempt to make recommendations on the implementation of various short-term working capital strategies on the long term cash flows, try and find an explanation of different corporate risk mitigation techniques capital budgeting, and make an analysis of what effect capital structure on strategic financial planning, and how it works to affect risks.

If the vendor has quality, shipping, or labor problems. Consequently, this would affect Denso’s ability to produce parts. Thus, Denso would start to miss shipments until these issues are corrected, or a new supplier is located.

Air Canada can be considered a fortunate airline as it does not have any major threat from new entrant stepping in Canadian airline industry due to the strict government legislation and regulations. “Even though the entry barriers for new airlines are lower in a deregulated market, still prospect of a new entrant entering the market is weak to moderate.

The sensitivity analysis focuses on examining how Chipotle’s valuation changes when some key inputs vary.

In order to strengthen its competitiveness and improve margins in the Pacific, Delta is replacing its B747-400s (inherited from Northwest) with smaller and more efficient aircraft currently serving the transatlantic routes. In addition, the new aircraft on order are expected to provide a 15-20% reduction in seats per departure and generate a significant improvement in operating cost per seat. Delta has also made investments in developing Seattle as a hub and international gateway to support the Pacific expansion and offer one-stop service to 95% of Delta’s West Coast to Asia traffic flows (Delta, 2015) including Tokyo Haneda and Narita, Osaka, Seoul, Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai (CAPA, 2013). These are joined from Seattle to London, Amsterdam

The virtue theory, which pursues virtuous principles, strategies and actions, can lead companies to understand their values, including mission, purpose, profit potential and other objectives. Virtuous employees tend to perform their roles consistently and competently in the direction of the company's goals. Virtues are the kind of thing you allow someone to take action to appreciate. Business people increase their likelihood of reaching their values and goals when they reach Objectivist virtues. Virtues emphasize the importance of each employee's valuable contribution. The virtues that are valid to explain what a perfect manager, leader, manager or employee mean necessary. The virtue theory argues that ethnicity is a natural part of the work

Until today, this incident is still affecting Malaysia Airlines in different aspects. Especially, on their corporate image, reputation and finance. Not only Malaysia Airlines, but the image and reputation of our country are also being affected because Malaysia Airlines have strong bonding with the government and they as a representative role stood out to speak for Malaysia Airlines. Malaysia government had given a very bad impression to others on their crisis management and crisis communications. Experts criticized their crisis management by saying “crisis in managing crisis” and “make a crisis worst” due to their failure in crisis communications.

Strategic management practices the formation; achievement and reaching the major objectives executed by the management of the company, by considering the capital and a task of the internal and external environments in which the company wishes to compete.

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is the winner of the 2017 Award for “World’s Best Airport Dining Experience” and 3rd place in “World’s Best Airport Shopping”, in the following I will discuss on the strength(s) and weakness(es) of HKIA in the area of dining and shopping when compared to the other airport listed in the question.

Nok Air has two major hubs located in Don Mueang international airport, which is a central domestic airport, and in Chiang Mai. A key competitive advantage that leads Nok Air to be the top budget domestic airline and to gain higher market share is using the product differentiation. Nok Air differentiates itself from other competitors in terms of routes and periods. The firm offers a variety of routes and periods to passengers to enjoy with Nok Air compared to other competitors in the market of low-cost airline. Expanding flying route is one of the firm’s strategies to serve more passengers. As a result, Nok Air is often the first choice in customer’s mind. In addition, by reaching the destination where its competitors cannot, Nok Air can gain valuable benefits. Since there is no competitor in that destination, Nok Air is the monopoly in that specific area. As a consequence, the firm can compete in price and can set any level of price that Nok Air prefers. Another key advantage that Nok Air has is the offering more weight of baggage. This is what Nok Air can offer better than its competitors. However, the disadvantage is the current Nok Air’s operating cannot generate enough profit. Since Nok Air positions itself as “premium low-cost airline”, the firm is now facing the high cost. The costs include fuel engine price, the premium onboard service, foods and beverages, the cost of offering high weight of baggage, and so on. Also, as Nok Air has to hedge fuel engine from Thai Airways International Public Company Limited, it mainly drives Nok Air to have the higher cost, and it results in decreasing the profit (“Broken Wing Nok Air,” 2008). However, the firm cannot increase passenger ticket price. Otherwise, it will be inconsistent with Nok Air’s position. To solve such a problem, Nok Air should supply fuel by itself to maintain the cost

Ramada’s problem was first discovered when their management found out about D. K Shifflet’s latest survey about customer satisfaction in the hospitality industry, which it then shows that mid-tier hotels continuing to go downward. Later on they continued on their research and decided to hire a third party to find out more about the survey and also to observe their own company’s system. It results in a management dilemma, Ramada needs to prevent themselves from falling. Then it raises some questions on how can their management improve their performance to achieve the level of customer satisfaction they desire. They then found out three main concerns that they need to put more effort to. Those three are; Hiring (how to hire suitable people),