THESE ARE 2 DIFFERENT ASSIGNMENTS. THEY NEED TO BE HIGH QUALITY. NO PLAGIARISM, MY PROFESSOR WILL KNOW.Each assignment has to be between 3-5 pages. There are two assignments. PLEASE REACH OUT IF YOU N

ASSIGNMENTS

There are two assignments related to Southwest Airlines case:

ASSIGNMENT 1: Southwest Airlines Case Study

  • Using Porter’s five forces model, do the external analysis of Southwest Airlines. Analyze all aspects of Porter’s five forces model: (i) Threat of new entrants, (ii) Bargaining power of suppliers (iii) Bargaining power of buyers, (iv) Threat of substitute products and (iv) Rivalry among competing firms.

  • Based on the external analysis identify Opportunities and Threats faced by Southwest Airlines


ASSIGNMENT 2: Southwest Airlines Case Study

  • Identify the resources and capabilities of Southwest Airlines

  • For each of the resources and capabilities that you identify, analyze whether it meets the criteria of VRIN (Valuable, Rare, costly to Imitate, and Non-substitutability). To make it more systematic, please provide the following table:


Resources or capabilities

Valuable

Rare

Costly to Imitate

Non-substitutability

Resource or capability # 1

Yes or No and explanation on Why do you think it is Yes/No?

Yes or No and explanation on Why do you think it is Yes/No?

Yes or No and explanation on Why do you think it is Yes/No?

Yes or No and explanation on Why do you think it is Yes/No?

Resource or capability # 2

Yes or No and explanation on Why do you think it is Yes/No?

Yes or No and explanation on Why do you think it is Yes/No?

Yes or No and explanation on Why do you think it is Yes/No?

Yes or No and explanation on Why do you think it is Yes/No?

  • Based on the internal analysis, identify the Strengths and Weaknesses that Southwest Airlines has


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