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Economic Profile : Airline Industry

of airline tickets affects the demand. Rubin and Joy (2005) reported that the demand elasticity for leisure travel is 2.4, which i...

Bio-fuels; An Economic Perspective

industry may be seen as an oligopoly with the concerted effort of suppliers to work in order to control the supply The need for ...

The Airline Industry; Economic Analysis

This is a global phenomenon. This increase can be seen in terms of both freight and passengers. Here we can see a comparison in th...

Report from a City Inspector General

If a city lacks policies and procedures regarding any area of functioning, it makes it easier for employees to commit fraud. Josep...

Fossil Fuels v. Solar

This paper presents an argument that solar energy will and should replace fossil fuels in the future. Three pages in length, two s...

The Problem of Energy Security

The writer looks at the concept and problems associated with energy security. The influences including but not limited potential d...

Totalitarianism and Anti Semitism

This paper contends that anti Semitism fueled the hatred of both Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco. There are seven sources in th...

Explaining the Motor Fuel Tax of Ohio

Ohio has a state tax applied to motor fuel. The paper gives a basic outline of the tax, explaining what it is, who is liable, how ...

Theory and Practice in Airline Fuel Hedging

one of these concepts represents a total image of the truth of theory. Rather, a synthetic view of theory developed from exploring...

An Environmental Literacy Walk for the Preschooler

Young children know very little of their world. They have, after all, only been exposed to a limited...

Fuel Hedging and Profit

airline operating costs. Increasing costs can have a significant impact on the profitability of a firm; this has been particula...

Oil Prices and Airline Budgets

of hedging and how the airline will fare will depend partly on the type of instrument they use (Flottau & Wall, 2008). This is a g...

Theory of Constraints (ToC)and Use to Assess the Value of Hedging

The theory of constraints is examined as a suitable theory to be used in an assessment of the value of airline fuel hedging and t...

The Results of an Investigation into the Impact on Hedging on Airline Profit

reviewing some of the important issues in the literature which have guiding the way that the data was collected and analyzed. Foll...

Measurements and Variables Relevant for Assessing the Link Between Hedging Practices and Profit

were gathered and analyzed statistically using Tobins Q ratio approach. The research did not only look at the difference between t...

Primary Research on Hedging

approach to research. The suitability of any research design may be assessed in terms of the viability, robustness and validity of...

The Relationship between Theory and Research

theory with grand theoretical systems, when talking of psychology cites psychoanalysis and behavorism as grand theories. Here ther...

The Evolution and Future Application of Fuel Injection Systems

the topic of fuel injection, including its history and future trends. Fuel systems are, categorically speaking, systems designed f...

The Value of Fuel Hedging in Small to Medium Airlines

that the organization can ensure that they continue to purchase fuel at the current rate, even if the actual market value of the c...

The Effect of Fuel Hedging on Airline Profits

in a good position, because it will have hedged for a lower price than the fuel is now actually worth. On the contrary, if the pri...

Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Method Proposal for Financial Research

the hedging category for the years in which undertook hedging. The results may be correlated to see if there is a snippet differen...

Research Design for a Financial Project

The writer looks at potential research designs to assess which would be most appropriate for research into financial performance o...

Airline Profability and Fuel Hedging: An Analytical Look

to the airlines: they have to buy the fuel at the agreed upon rate regardless of what happens to the actual market value of fuel. ...

GENEX FUELS AND TECHNOLOGY

Presents a case study about IT management at the fictitious Genex Fuels. There is 1 source listed in the bibliography of this 6-pa...

MITIGATION PLAN: DECREASING USE OF FOSSIL FUELS/FOREIGN OIL

is quite likely. However, there are two issues pertaining to fossil fuels. First, as theyre not a renewable source, once th...

Sources for a Research Project Assessing Any Correlation between Firm Value and Hedging in the Airline Industry

Clark E; Lukas E, (2008, Nov), Hedging mean-reverting commodities, retrieved http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=12...

Reducing Petroleum Dependence

discussed more fully below. The second consideration that must be made when contemplating how to reduce and mitigate the...

Influences That Impact on Supply and Demand within the Aviation Industry

flux, with both the supply of the product varying, and the amount of demand also fluctuating due to other related factors. If we c...

Fuel Hedging and Airlines - Are the costs Greater than the Benefits?

questions to be addressed with the research is to assess whether or not it is in the interests of the shareholders, assuming they ...

Should Airlines Hedge their Fuel Purchases?

the firm to the relevant stakeholders (Chyssides and Kaler, 1998). When looking at the way airlines in particular operate prote...