Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Airline Marketing and Management or Money and Capital Markets

Airline Marketing and Management

Author: Stephen Shaw

This book examines the principles of marketing and demonstrates the ways in which these principles can be applied to today's airline industry. As the fifth edition of a successful book, it includes new material on:- The implications of the terrorism, and the threat to the demand for air travel. - The lessons to be learnt from the economic slowdown - in particular its impact on so-called Premium Traffic in First and Business Class. - The developments which have taken place in the regulatory scene in recent years. - Impact of low fares airlines and the response of the traditional airlines to the threat posed by these carriers. - Airline alliances, which are again in the melting-pot. An initial review of the structure of the air transport market and the industry marketing environment is followed by detailed chapters examining airline business and marketing strategies, product design and management, pricing and revenue management, distribution channels and selling and advertising policies. The reader will benefit from greater understanding of both marketing and airline industry jargon and from the knowledge obtained of the significant strategic challenges facing aviation at the present time. The book is written in a straightforward, easy-to-read style and is full of up-to-date and relevant examples drawn from the world-wide aviation industry.

Contents: Introduction
The fundamentals
The market for air transport services
The marketing environment
Airline business and marketing strategies
Product analysis in airline marketing
Pricing and revenue management
Distributing the product
Brands management in airline marketing
Relationship marketing
Airline selling, advertising and promotional policies
The future of airline marketing
Glossary of aviation terms
Glossary of marketing terms
Index.

Author Biography: Stephen Shaw is Managing Director of SSA Ltd, UK, a firm specialising in providing courses in marketing and economics to airlines and aerospace firms, located at Abingdon, Oxford, England.

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Examines principles of marketing applied to today's airline industry. Chapters include detailed discussions of product design and management, pricing and revenue management, distribution channels, and selling and advertising policies. Tells how marketing principles can be applied to maximize airline success, and gives a full range of practical relevant examples of successful and unsuccessful airline strategies from the global aviation industry. This fourth edition contains new chapters on brand and relationship marketing. Shaw is managing director of a firm specializing in providing courses in marketing and economics to airlines and aerospace firms. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)



Table of Contents:
1The fundamentals1
2The market for air transport services6
3The marketing environment49
4Airline business and marketing strategies74
5Product analysis in airline marketing136
6Pricing and revenue management174
7Distributing the product194
8Brands management in airline marketing213
9Relationship marketing228
10Airline selling, advertising and promotional policies243
11The future of airline marketing277

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Money and Capital Markets: Financial Institutions and Instruments in a Global Marketplace

Author: Peter S Ros

Money and Capital Markets, 10th edition by Peter Rose and Milton Marquis provides a thorough and comprehensive view of the whole financial system. All the major types of financial institutions and financial instruments present today are discussed, along with how and why the system of money and capital markets is changing. Money and Capital Markets also provides a descriptive explanation of how interest rates and security values are determined. It discusses the current and future trends of the globalization of financial markets, the ongoing consolidation of the financial institutions’ sector, and recent efforts to protect consumer privacy in the financial services field.



Table of Contents:

Part One – The Global Financial System in Perspective

Chapter 1 – Functions and Roles of the Financial System in the Global Economy

Chapter 2 – Financial Assets, Money, Financial Transactions, and Financial Institutions

Chapter 3 – The Financial Information Marketplace

Chapter 4 – The Future of the Financial System and the Money and Capital Markets

Part Two – Interest Rates and the Prices of Financial Assets

Chapter 5 – The Determinants of Interest Rates: Competing Ideas

Chapter 6 – Measuring and Calculating Interest Rates and Financial Asset Prices

Chapter 7 – Inflation and Deflation, Yield Curves, and Duration: Impact on Interest Rates and Asset Prices

Chapter 8 – The Risk Structure of Interest Rates: Defaults, Prepayments, Taxes, and Other Rate-Determining factors

Chapter 9 – Interest-Rate Forecasting and Hedging: Swaps, Financial Futures, and Options

Part Three – The Money Market and Central Banking

Chapter 10 – Introduction to the Money Market and the Roles Played by Governments and Security Dealers

Chapter 11 – Commercial Banks, Major Corporations, and Federal Credit Agencies in the Money Market

Chapter 12 – Roles and Services of the Federal Reserve and Other Central Banks Around the World

Chapter 13 – The Tools and Goals of Central Bank Monetary Policy

Part Four – Financial Institutions: Organization, Activities, and Regulation

Chapter 14 – The Commercial Banking Industry: Structure,Products, and Management

Chapter 15 – Nonbank Thrift Institutions: Savings and Loans, Savings Banks, Credit Unions, and Money Market Funds

Chapter 16 – Mutual Funds, Insurance Companies, Investment Banks, and Other Financial Firms

Chapter 17 – Regulation of the Financial Institutions’ Sector

Part Five – Governments and Businesses in the Financial Marketplace

Chapter 18 – Federal, State, and Local Governments Operating in the Financial Markets

Chapter 19 – Business Borrowing: Corporate Bonds, Asset-Backed Securities, Bank Loans, and Other Forms of Business Debt

Chapter 20 – The Market for Corporate Stock

Part Six – Households in the Financial Marketplace

Chapter 21 – Consumer Lending and Borrowing

Chapter 22 – The Residential Mortgage Market

Part Seven- The International Financial System

Chapter 23 – International Transactions and Currency Values

Chapter 24 – International Banking

Money and Capital Markets Dictionary

Index

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