Tom Spencer

JULY 28, 2013

MERGERS have had a ubiquitous presence in the news recently as leaders in the airline , publishing , and telecommunications industries have taken steps to consolidate. Next week I will introduce the various methods consultants use when conducting a financial valuation. billion merger.

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BCG

AUGUST 17, 2016

Over the past 15 years, Europe’s full-service airlines have flown through turbulent skies as they generally failed to adapt to an increasingly price-competitive short-haul market. The financial, regulatory, and political barriers to various strategic scenarios will determine the exact nature of each airline’s options.

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Airlines Industry Agile Analysis 40

BCG

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

In the airline business, one late aircraft early in the morning can lead to more than 70 delayed planes later in the day. Airlines have a tough time getting their arms around OTP and how to manage it—with good reason. Article Wednesday, September 21, 2016. Sometimes it pays to sweat the small stuff. Take on-time performance (OTP).

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Consultant Ninja

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

NEW YORK -- Marakon, the international management consultancy and Integrated Finance Limited (IFL), a financial advisory firm, are merging. As near as I can tell, IFL is a non-entity (their website is now a Network Solutions parking page ), which would imply that Trinsum is nothing else but Marakon, its consulting subsidiary. Consulting. (88).

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Management Airlines 100

Harvard Business

MARCH 14, 2017

Loyalty programs have proliferated across travel, retail, financial services, and other economic sectors. But the number of airline seats and hotel rooms available for redemption in recent years has been limited by near-record occupancy and load factors. The average U.S.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 12, 2017

United Airlines has leapt into a brand disaster of mythic proportions. For example, in China, a critical growth market for the airlines, the disturbing passenger-shot video story has gone super-viral (likely in part because the passenger manhandled by United was Asian).

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Consultant Ninja

APRIL 16, 2010

And Congress now has yet another good reason to legislate meaningful financial reform (whether or not that is actually in the language of the bill). The SEC might also be wondering why GS felt the need to avoid the disclosure. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Friday, April 16, 2010. I am a strategy consultant at. Consulting. (88).

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MishTalk

JULY 17, 2014

According to the Financial Times Anatoly Geraschenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, said in a Facebook posting " Using a zenith-rocket Buk system, the terrorists just downed a passenger airline heading from Kuala-Lampur to Amsterdam ". Moments ago a Malaysian BA 777 Passenger Jet Crashed in Ukraine.

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Management Consulted

APRIL 2, 2017

Bain’s major industries of importance in the Middle East include Airlines & Transportation, Media, Mining, Oil & Gas, Retail, Private Equity, Social & Public Sector, Technology, Telecommunications, Utilities and Alternative energy (the oil will run out one day!). in revenue (wow!). Bain & Company. bravo Deloitte!).

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Deloitte Real Estate 160

Consultant Ninja

OCTOBER 3, 2008

Insight 1: Bubbles have been regular occurances in financial markets for at least the last 400 years. 2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Consulting. (88).

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Airlines Bain 113

Consultant Ninja

JUNE 24, 2009

I looked through the financials, the marketing plan, the exit strategy, and saw it was pretty light. 2010-Present: Off the road 2009 Stats: Airline Miles: 24,902 Nights away from home: 73 (of 216: 34% of nights) AMEX Charges: $21,220 2008 Stats: Airline miles: 87,589 Nights away from home: 159 (of 365: 43.6% Consulting. (88).

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Oliver Wyman Consulting Management Airlines 100

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. Then, underneath three of these sub-subsidiaries are, you guessed it, more subsidiaries, such as Seabury Airline Planning Group LLC and Seabury Maritime Corporate Finance LLC.

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Consultant Ninja

MARCH 31, 2009

Failure of a large financial institution would collapse the global economy and force a worldwide depression - One of the primary drivers of the Great Depression was the Feds inability to act before an actual run on the banks occurred. I think you all have some really good points, however, the problems are much more complex. Consulting. (88).

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Consultant Ninja

JULY 22, 2009

Also, at what point in time did insurance deviate from a financial risk mitigation tool? Joseph, health insurance is a little different, because it is not as pure a financial instrument as is something like auto insurance. July 23, 2009 at 11:00 AM. Hammerspace. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Wednesday, July 22, 2009. Analysis. (40).

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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

Harvard Business

JUNE 23, 2016

The headline as the Wall Street Journal writes it is this: “Financial Firms Turn to Artificial Intelligence to Handle Compliance Overload.” ” Compliance, of course, refers to a company’s obligation to prove that it is following the rules spelled out by government regulators.

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Government Data Banking Report 124

Consultant Ninja

JULY 31, 2009

This burden should be voluntary; however, in a capitalist society altruism is generally non-existent unless there is some form of non-financial benefit. Like all investments, I find this health insurance bill as a temporary fix for something much much larger. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Friday, July 31, 2009. Consulting. (88).

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MishTalk

JULY 17, 2014

A second disaster hit Malaysian Airlines today. The Financial Times has a few more details. A Malaysia Airlines passenger jet has crashed in Ukraine 60km from the border with Russia, ITAR-TASS news agency reported on Thursday. The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic said it did not attack the airplane.

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Airlines System Report Financial 59

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Last year, Jeff Smisek, the former CEO of United Airlines, received a separation payment of $4.875 million in cash along with additional equity awards and other benefits for a total of close to $37 million after being ousted from his company. Golden parachutes can’t seem to stay out of the news.

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Airlines Insurance Insurance Journal 111

Harvard Business

JANUARY 19, 2018

American Airlines said it would pay $1,000 to all 127,600 of its people, and Wells Fargo raised its base wage from $13.50 They share in big year-end bonuses based on the company’s financial performance, participate in a well-funded pension plan, and enjoy perks that most companies would reserve for their top brass.

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Company Airlines Retail Financial 71

Harvard Business

MAY 30, 2017

reforms in health care that link payments with outcomes are forcing hospitals to assume more financial risks. Business analytics widely used in the transportation industry by airlines and shipping companies are beginning to be employed to schedule operating rooms and staffing. Ongoing U.S.

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System Healthcare Study Data 133

Harvard Business

JULY 20, 2016

Good financial results can come two ways: by minimizing labor costs and controlling labor as much as possible, or by making employees productive and knowledgeable contributors to improving company performance. This power of the financial sector over company actions is real and costly.

Airlines 70

Airlines Financial Industry Banking 70

Harvard Business

MAY 19, 2016

The Financial Times has claimed that they are “becoming popular among city lawyers, bankers, and other professionals keen to gain a competitive advantage over colleagues.” As the CEO of an airline, would you prefer to have a pilot on drugs if it decreased the probability of accidents? — and work performance.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

With the USPS facing harsh financial challenges in recent years, the impact of this automation is immeasurable. Another interesting example of small, high precision data being used to make big gains with AI can be found in the airline industry. By linking this technology with a relatively small and finite data set of U.S.

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Data Productivity Airlines B2C 71

Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2016

He used cash from savers and financiers to buy shares in competitors. In “ Anti-Competitive Effects of Common Ownership ,” José Azar, Isabel Tecu and I show that airfare on a given route goes up when competing airlines serving that route become more commonly owned by the same investors. A century ago, J.P.

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Banking Airlines Government Industry 70

MishTalk

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

"If there are sanctions related to the energy sector, or further restrictions on Russia''s financial sector, we will have to respond asymmetrically," he told Russian daily Vedomosti, adding the airlines of "friendly countries" were allowed to fly over Russia. "If This is not the way to go.

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Energy Airlines Journal Transportation 71

MishTalk

JULY 17, 2014

My guess still remains that the Ukrainians (unwittingly) repeated their Siberian Airlines stunt from 2001. Missile Claims Deepen Escalation Fears Please consider Missile Claims Deepen Escalation Fears Little is yet known about who targeted Malaysian airlines jet MH17. Questions Du Jour Is Anyone Telling The Truth? If so, why?

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System Airlines Transportation Media 72

Harvard Business

MAY 31, 2018

That same FCLT study also found that nearly two-thirds of those CEOs said the pressure to deliver strong short-term financial performance stemmed from their own board and their own executive team. In the wake of the new tax law, companies such as AT&T and Southwest Airlines said they would pay their employees a $1,000 bonus.

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McKinsey Healthcare Survey Pharmaceuticals 80

Harvard Business

JUNE 12, 2018

Either way, these national firms compete differently from private firms in less regulated economies, because of the financial backing of the state and the protection granted by national industrial policies. For example, CFIUS blocked the proposed acquisition of MoneyGram by Jack Ma’s Ant Financial over data security concerns.

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Company Airlines Industry Groups 73

Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

To give you an idea of its influence and impact in the market, here is a list (pretty impressive, if you ask us) of companies in various industries who use NPS: Air Transportation: Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, Qantas, Southwest Airlines, Travelocity, Volaris. Why is this important to know?

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MishTalk

JULY 20, 2014

Hello Mish This whole thing is a mystery of no lesser magnitude than that other Malaysia Airlines flight that disappeared in March. media been referencing airliner shoot-downs in 1983 and 1988, but maintaining total silence about Siberian Airlines Flight 1812, which was downed by Ukraine in 2001?

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Video Airlines Government Media 78

Management Consulted

APRIL 24, 2016

However, when the war was over, the abundance of used military planes inundated the commercial market and sent many aircraft producing companies into financial tailspins. By adding airmail planes to its fleet, in addition to servicing the rapidly expanding market for commercial airlines, Boeing saw sustained post-war success.

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Culture Interviews Recruiting Recruitment 100

Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

No one knows this better than Jessica Ferguson, director of information security architecture at Alaska Airlines. At Alaska Airlines, Ferguson collects threat intelligence from research partners, internal sources, and even other airlines. Ferguson has implemented threat intelligence programs at multiple large enterprises.

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Company Airlines Enterprise Tools 71

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Financial markets are rife with uncertainty and correlation — and the correlations are strongest when the uncertainty is greatest (think of the parallel downward trajectories of lots of different asset classes during the financial crisis of 2008). What they found surprised them.

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Retail Apparel Financial Case Interview 71

Rick Conlow

MAY 17, 2023

Southwest Airlines: Southwest Airlines is known for its strong commitment to servant leadership. As a result, the airline has consistently ranked high in customer satisfaction and employee engagement. The company’s founder, Herb Kelleher, believed that putting employees first was the key to success.

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Leadership Training Training Airlines 112

1 to 1

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Companies that were founded on customer obsession -- like Southwest Airlines, Vanguard, and USAA -- derive significant financial benefits as a result. That''s because a customer-obsessed culture helps customer experience professionals deliver high-quality, on-brand, consistent experiences that drive loyalty.

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Airlines Culture Financial Examples 50

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Every Chinese citizen’s “social credit score”, drawing upon public and private data sources can determine what services – from no-deposit apartment rentals to booking airline tickets to dating to government services — are accessible to the citizen.

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