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The F/A-18 F404 Engine: Getting Lean (A)
Brownlee, E. Richard II; Cross, Tom; Osterhoudt, Robert; Jaynes, C. J.; Pottinger, JeffCase DARDEN-C-2268-EAccounting and ControlThe U.S. Navy Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Depot (AIMD) Lemoore Power Plants Division (F404 engine maintenance) was a real mess. Not-Ready-For-Issue parts were everywhere. Division thru-put was poor, there were 30 F/A-18 aircraft with bare firewalls (no engines), the maintenance crews were working 12-hour days, manning was at 61% of authorized levels, reenlistment rates were an abysmal 50%, and crew morale was lousy. The Officer-in-Charge of...Starting at €8.20
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Uber Elevate: The Case For Flying Cars
Ethan Pancer; Kyle Gulliver; Morris MacLeodCase IVEY-9B18A017-EEntrepreneurship, Marketing, StrategyIn 2017, Uber, a ride-hailing application that was recognized as the world's most valuable start-up, was considering launching the world's first “urban air transport” service—Uber Elevate. Uber's chief product officer needed to convince the new chief executive officer and the board that electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing vehicles were the future of Uber, and to articulate a strategy to launch the service. But was it the right time to proceed ...Starting at €8.20
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Fastjet: Strategy and Expansion
Nicole R.D. Haggerty; James Spillane; Jocelyn Carabott; Cheryl Mok; Nicole WiebeCase IVEY-9B18D018-EEntrepreneurship, Service and Operations Management, StrategyIn 2012, Fastjet acquired Fly540, a low-cost airline with operations in Tanzania, Kenya, Angola, and Ghana, and began operating as a low-cost carrier with the goal to become the most successful pan-African low-cost airline. Since starting operations, FastStarting at €8.20
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The End of Low-Cost Fundamentalism - The COVID Interruption
Cruz, Alex; Nueno, José LuisCase M-1382-EEconomics, Innovation and Change, MarketingWe review pre-COVID-19 trends (like the convergence of low cost and full service products; the re-segmentation of the market, and changing demands from increasingly digitalized consumers). With that data in mind, we then discuss the pandemic's main impact on existing models, and provide the likely new post-COVID-19 trends in the airline sector. There will be new developments, yet we conclude that the fundamentals of the democratization of air tr...Starting at €8.20
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The End of Low-Cost Fundamentalism: The COVID Interruption - Teaching Note
Cruz, Alex; Nueno, José LuisTeaching Note MT-54-EEconomics, Innovation and Change, MarketingWe review pre-COVID-19 trends, discuss the pandemic's main impact on existing models, and provide the likely new post-COVID-19 trends in the airline sector. However, the fundamentals of the democratization of air travel, particularly in the short-haul segments, are left untouched. After a "short" interruption, it will remain a cost-based game in which high return, agile, low-cost carriers compete with typically less-profitable network airlines th...Starting at €0.00
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Managing in Corporate Aviation: Averting a Hard Landing
Isabella, Lynn A.; Maiden, Stephen E.Case DARDEN-OB-1373-EEconomicsThis field-based case follows the fictionalized Elisa Stallings, the manager of CandyCo's Aviation Dispatch group (Dispatch) which manages the aviation assets for the international company. Students learn about the positive leadership style of Stallings, who believed in empowering employees and having frank, respectful conversations with her staff. Stallings's leadership approach and focus on improving efficiency seem to initially work well as sh...Starting at €8.20