The Analysis of Airline Business Models in the Development of Possible Future Business Options

Innovations in the current interconnected world of organizations have lead to a focus on business models as a fundamental statement of direction and identity. Although industry transformations generally emanate from technological changes, recent examples suggest they may also be due to the introduction of new business models. In the past, different types of airline business models could be clearly separated from each other. However, this has changed in recent years partly due to the concentration process and partly to reaction caused by competitive pressure. At least it can be concluded that in future the distinction of different business models will remain less clear. To advance the use of business models as a concept, it is essential to be able to compare and perform analyses to identify the business models that may have the highest potential. This can essentially contribute to understanding the synergies and incompatibilities in the case of two airlines that are going in for a merger. This is illustrated by the example of Swiss Air-Lufthansa merger analysis. The idea is to develop quantitative methods and tools for comparing and analyzing Aeronautical/Airline business models. The paper identifies available methods of comparing airline business models and lays the ground work for a quantitative model of comparing airline business models. This can be a useful tool for business model analysis when two airlines are merged

Tiempo de desafíos, tiempo de reinvenciones: impacto y respuesta de un proveedor de servicios ante un proceso de concentración de proveedores

Este trabajo fin de Máster consiste en la realización de un modelo de respuesta ante procesos de concentración de proveedores, que permita a las empresas proveedoras de servicios profesionales adaptarse a las necesidades crecientes o decrecientes que puedan plantearse en los clientes, además de identificar las diferentes problemáticas que puedan aparecer, de cara a realizar una gestión adecuada de las mismas, garantizando la sostenibilidad económica del negocio. Este modelo de respuesta, estará formado por una serie de mecanismos, que mediante su activación posibilitarán que las empresas de servicios se encuentren preparadas y con garantías en las dos vertientes posibles que se derivan de un proceso de concentración, la más positiva, en la que el desarrollo de actividad requiera nuevas habilidades o nuevos dimensionamientos y la vertiente negativa, donde el nivel de actividad disminuirá. ---ABSTRACT---This Master final work is based on the creation of a response model for the concentration processes carried out by professional services clients, enabling companies that provides this kind of services the capabilities to be adapted for the increasing or decreasing needs that may arise, and identifying the problems that can appears, in order to make a proper management of them and ensuring the economic sustainability of the business. This pattern of response will consist on several mechanisms, which through its activation will enable the capabilities for professional services companies to be prepared and guaranteed the two possible angles derived from a concentration process, the more positive, where activity requires the development of new skills or new sizing and the negative one, where the level of activity decrease or disappears.