Understanding Consumer Switching !


I came across a wonderful case study on Switching Behavior and thought of sharing it online.

Problem Statement: The study is about 2 Airlines Kingfisher and Jet Airways catering to the airline services mainly to the student segment in Karnataka India. Both the Airlines have been offering various promotion campaigns (CASH BACK , FLY 500, FREE TICKET ) to the customers however a high level of Switching has been observed between the 2 Airlines .

Data / Methods and Methodology: The study aimed to identify the switching behavior  of Consumers between the 2 Airline Companies.The Study was conducted in 3 Phases :
1. The Switching behavior was modeled using Markov’s Model. There were 2 assumptions made which is called as Markov’s property.
ü         The customer uses current brand which they are using in order to determine the future purchases- hence the  past purchases is not relevant in the study
ü       The second Assumption that was made was one period transition between airlines are constant.

2. Next Game Theory is applied to determine the evaluating and determining decisions under conflict.
   Game theory was applied to determine the most optimal mix.

3. Sensitivity Analysis was conducted to estimate errors and  to determine how robust the Model is.

Conclusion and Managerial Implications: Kingfisher should use Fly 500 and Cash back (50% of the time) as they are the most optimal and in case of Jet Airways Fly 500 is the best.

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Hopefully some day i will have you all downloading papers written by me lolz...


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