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The question that lingers is whether airlines like United and Continental can imitate the Southwest approach. What is it specifically that SWA is doing (concretely) and what it takes to imitate these. Using the four <strong>learning resources<\/strong> in the unit, respond in a post of between 500 &#8211; 550 words to the questions below<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What does it take to make money in this business?<\/li>\n<li>Why is Southwest a success?<\/li>\n<li>What are SWA\u2019s sources of competitive advantages?<\/li>\n<li>What\u2019s their strategy: Competencies?<\/li>\n<li>What does it take to execute this strategy?<\/li>\n<li>Are these sustainable? 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