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Scenario Planning: Making Better Decisions about Tomorrow, Today
- 14 May 2012 16:57
- by Jessica Jeffcoat
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The future is inherently unpredictable, forcing companies to conduct strategic planning in the face of great uncertainty. As a result, many companies struggle to develop strategies that take into account long-term threats and opportunities, while balancing short-term priorities. Scenario planning is a structured methodology you can use to test exis...
Delta Air Lines to buy a US East Coast oil refinery from ConocoPhillips. A good investment but definitely not a hedge against jet fuel crack spreads.
- 02 May 2012 11:33
- by Diogenis Papiomytis
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In order to discuss the implications of this move by Delta, we first need to acknowledge the main drivers to the deal. If we exclude short-term shifts and look only at mid-term macro developments, we can observe the following: a) Heating oil crack spreads, a proxy for jet fuel cracks, have tripled compared to 2009 and now stand at about $30 per bar...
Customer-Centric Shortfall: 2012 Global Sales Leadership Priorities Survey
- 05 Apr 2012 13:20
- by Jessica Jeffcoat
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By Jessica Jeffcoat, Research Analyst, and Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland, Research Lead, Growth Team Membership™ (GTM) Frost & Sullivan’s Growth Team Membership™ (GTM) recently completed its 2012 survey of sales executives globally. The executives were asked to identify their most pressing challenges for 2012. GTM will focus its best practices research to a...
The Story of Effective M&A: 2012 Corporate Development Priorities
- 21 Mar 2012 08:02
- by Holly Lyke Ho Gland
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Frost & Sullivan’s Growth Team Membership™ (GTM) recently completed its 2012 survey of corporate development executives. The respondents were asked to identify their most pressing challenges for 2012. GTM will focus its best practices research to address the prominent issues identified in the survey. Corporate Development in 2012—A Snapshot T...
The Implementation Deficit: 2012 Corporate Strategy Priorities Survey Results
- 19 Mar 2012 09:49
- by Holly Lyke Ho Gland
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Frost & Sullivan’s Growth Team Membership™ (GTM) recently completed its 2012 survey of corporate strategy executives. The executives were asked to identify their most pressing challenges for 2012. GTM will focus its best practices research to address the prominent issues identified in the survey. Corporate Strategy in 2012—A Snapshot The prim...
IAG profit growth a positive but unsustainable performance in a tough 2012 for European airlines.
- 29 Feb 2012 04:27
- by Diogenis Papiomytis
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Today IAG announced its 2011 annual results, characterised by a doubling of operating profits from €225 Million to €485 Million. However, we expect the tough economic climate to negatively impact all European airlines in 2012. This year European airline consolidation will intensify, with airline groups actively looking for opportunities to enhanc...
IAG profit growth a positive but unsustainable performance in a tough 2012 for European airlines.
- 29 Feb 2012 04:27
- by Diogenis Papiomytis
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Today IAG announced its 2011 annual results, characterised by a doubling of operating profits from €225 Million to €485 Million. However, we expect the tough economic climate to negatively impact all European airlines in 2012. This year European airline consolidation will intensify, with airline groups actively looking for opportunities to enhanc...
Kodak - After 130 years in development, will it go in a flash?
- 23 Jan 2012 07:48
- by Noel Anderson
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This coming summer will play witness to my 5th wedding anniversary. In that time my wife and I have honeymooned, bought a family home and filled it up with two (sometimes) lovely children. In short, in the last half decade, we’ve had more Kodak moments than there have been EU regulations defining the shape that a banana needs to be in order to be a...
Overcoming the Great Divide: Embedding Corporate Strategies Effectively
- 21 Nov 2011 13:03
- by Holly Lyke Ho Gland
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When the Growth Team Membership (GTM) program surveyed corporate strategy executives to identify their top challenges for 2011, the primary challenge was, for the second year in a row, developing effective strategy implementation plans. When asked to identify the root cause of this challenge, respondents indicated it was a lack of common objectives...
Airline industry in recession: European airlines facing a harsh winter
- 31 Oct 2011 14:56
- by Lida Mantzavinou
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Last month IATA published its 2011 revised estimates, showing an expected 60 per cent decrease in airline industry profits, over 2010. No doubt airlines are in a far worse position in 2011, following a large rebound in 2010. The European and North American sovereign debt crisis, rising fuel prices, turmoil in the Arab world and Japan’s earthquake, ...
Lufthansa Group outperforms rival European airline groups but still holds on to bad seeds
- 31 Oct 2011 14:55
- by Lida Mantzavinou
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In its 9 month financial results, Lufthansa Group reported a EUR288 million net profit, showing more resilience in a tough operating environment than its European peers. This amount represents a 45 per cent decrease in comparison to 2010 figures, yet it is still better than industry expectations of global industry performance. Last month IATA publi...
A series of announcements from Airlines, Associations and Manufacturers..excellent reading, but what is the core message?
- 21 Sep 2011 10:39
- by Diogenis Papiomytis
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Last week Air France-KLM announced one of the bigger aircraft orders this year, with options for up to 110 long-haul aircraft split evenly between the Airbus A350XWB and the Boeing 787. Apart from the apparent Boeing success in securing orders for the 787 from a French carrier, this deal is clearly not an indication of European traffic growth. Comb...
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