Southwest Airlines 2007 (Cases) (Case Study)

CASE DESCRIPTION The primary subject matter of this case concerns Southwest Airlines. A secondary issue concerns the appropriateness of modifying a Generic Strategy that has lead to thirty five years of uninterrupted growth and profitability. The case has a difficulty level of four (senior-level undergraduates). The case is designed to be taught in one fifty minute class period and is expected to require about two hours of outside preparation by students.