Flying High in a Competitive Industry, 2nd Edition

Edited by Loizos Heracleous · Jochen Wirtz · Nitin Pangarkar
McGraw Hill Higher Education December 2008

Specifications

ISBN-13
9780071281966
Publisher
McGraw Hill Higher Education
Publication
December 2008
Format
Paperback , 256 pages
Jurisdiction
International ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

  • Contains management lessons especially suited to drive success during a recession
  • Authors are experts on the Asian market and provide a perspective that is unique and global

 

Singapore Airlines (SIA) is widely acknowledged as one of the world's leading airlines, if not the best airline, globally. This book provides insights into a simple but intriguing question: How has SIA managed to outperform other flag-carriers for decades in an industry where it is notoriously difficult to succeed consistently'

This updated second edition of Flying High in a Competitive Industry begins with an analysis of the airline industry and its key trends, moving on to a broad outline of SIA's strategic drivers of success. Empirical research was conducted at SIA to gain a deeper understanding of its strategy, core competencies and internal organisation, innovation processes and human resource practices, in order to instill strategy lessons that can inform the strategies of any organisation competing in intensely competitive industries.

This book ends with some strategic lessons that apply to any organisation that aims to achieve sustainable success in hypercompetitive markets.

Table of Contents

Preface 
Chapter 1     The Airline Industry: Economics and Strategic Trends 
Chapter 2     Airline Industry Structure: Disastrous Performance and the Route to Success 
Chapter 3     Key Drivers of SIA's Performance: A Strategic Choice and Resource Deployment Perspective 
Chapter 4     Achieving Cost-Effective Service Excellence at Singapore Airlines 
Chapter 5     Innovation as a Key to Sustained Service Excellence 
Chapter 6     Managing People Effectively to Deliver Sustained Service Excellence 
Chapter 7     How to Win in Cut-Throat Industries I: Achieving Strategic Alignment 
Chapter 8     How to Win in Cut-Throat Industries II: Strategy, Competencies, Innovation and Culture 
Case Study     Strategy and Organisation at Singapore Airlines - Creating a Global Champion

About the Author

Loizos Heracleous is an associate professor of the Said Business School at Oxford University.
Jochen Wirtz is an associate professor of marketing at the National University of Singapore and an associate fellow of the Said Business School at Oxford University. He founded the UCLA-NUS executive MBA program.
Nitin Pangarkar is an associate professor of marketing at the National University of Singapore.

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