QUESTION 1:
The Five Elements of Strategy at JetBlue
To experience how you might apply the strategy diamond, let’s consider an entrepreneurial success story. The major U.S. airlines lost over $7 billion between 1998 and 2002. David Neeleman, however, confounded the experts when he decided that despite the industry’s horrendous performance, the time was right to step down from his executive position at Southwest Airlines to launch a new airline. JetBlue took off on February 11, 2000, with an inaugural flight between John F. Kennedy International Airport and Fort Lauderdale airport. Today, the airline serves more than 50 cities around the country and in the Caribbean and intends to expand further. If you follow the financial fortunes of commercial airlines you will know that JetBlue has obviously done something right. Even after suffering some recent setbacks that have severely affected profitability, it is second only to Southwest Airlines in profitability over the past three years.
To begin applying the strategy diamond to JetBlue, let’s quickly review JetBlue’s vision, which is to “bring humanity back to air travel” through product innovation and excellent service. It intends to be a low-fare, low-cost passenger airline that provides high-quality customer service. Using the strategy diamond, review the JetBlue web page and recent annual reports to inform your analysis of this case study to understand why it was successful. The word limit is 700 words (+/- 10%).
Reference all sources in line with the requirements of Harvard Referencing.
Task Length: 700 words
QUESTION 2:
International Business Strategy
You are required to discuss the international business strategy of a company based in NIGERIA
Applying the module material to date, please answer the following questions:
1. How this company manages innovation in an international context?
2. Mention at least two steps that this company followed in order to stay competitive in the international market.
Length: in an approximately 500-word response (+/- 10%).
QUESTION 3:
Apple’s Inc. resources and capabilities
Evaluate the resources and capabilities of Apple Inc. based on material and information you can find on the internet, using the VRINE model (value, rarity, inimitability, non-substitutability and exploitability) through 500 words post.
Length: in an approximately 500-word response (+/- 10%).
TO BE SUBMITTED ON WEDNESDAY, 31st March, 2021 11:59 pm (23:59 hours) (UTC). Thank you.
