Acquisition Management - Defense Budget Terminology
Essay - 2 pages - Government finance
To cruise through gracefully, regardless of your challenging environment, you must be conversant with some terms in an organization. Within the government, there are some words that contractors and military personnel can consider as symbols of a particular idea; understanding these words is...
Analysis of Attempted Theft with Use of a Weapon and Legitimate Defense under French Penal Code
Law case study - 6 pages - Criminal law
Unlock the intricacies of French penal law as it applies to attempted theft with the use or threat of a weapon. Discover how Article 311-8 of the Penal Code imposes severe penalties, including twenty years of criminal imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros, for such offenses. Explore the...
Advisory Opinion on The Wall - International Court of Justice - Article 51 of the United Nations Charter and the right of self-defense
Essay - 3 pages - International law
In its Advisory Opinion on The Wall, the International Court of Justice declared that Article 51 of the United Nations Charter "recognizes the existence of an inherent right of self-defense in the case of armed attack by one State against another State", thereby implying that the right of...
Experimental marketing: Building customer associations
Dissertation - 60 pages - Services marketing
Experiential marketing uses brand relevant experiences to engage key audiences while creating a forum where these audiences interact with a brand. It involves high levels of interactivity and sensory impact and seeks to elicit an emotional response the target through a more personal level of...
The importance of total quality management
Thesis - 22 pages - Management
Total Quality Management is a management approach that originated in the 1950's and has steadily become more popular since the early 1980's. Total Quality is a description of the culture, attitude and organization of a company that strives to provide customers with products and services...
The problem of state aids as a possible source of unfair competition in the EU
Course material - 12 pages - Economic politics
A subvention is a refundable grant granted mostly by the State or a Local authority. It is paid by a public community for activities in which it neither takes the initiative, nor the responsibility. It is granted either to facilitate the execution of a public utility, or as help or support, if it...
Automatic parking systems: PLC and SCADA
Dissertation - 41 pages - Journalism
Automatic parking systems are a contemporary answer to the increasing number of cars and the limited number of free space available for purposes, especially in city areas. Savings in construction volume of up to 50% is characteristic for automatic parking systems based on their compact warehouse...
Comparative analysis of market strategies for rural penetration of Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony Erickson and Motorola
Dissertation - 23 pages - Services marketing
Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia connects people to each other and the information that matters to them with easy-to-use and innovative products like mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging,...
Learning and innovation: What is a learning organization? - published: 21/12/2007
Essay - 6 pages - Management
In this report I will try to explain what I know and understand about this topic: learning organization. After research about this subject, I am going to show you my personal idea with some examples from my work experience. I planned to start this essay by a definition of the learning...
Corporate venturing as a major corporate strategic initiative
Essay - 15 pages - Business strategy
This paper reviews selected literature on internal corporate venturing in order to help build a venture management framework for scholars as well as managers. It includes a discussion of the various definitions authors have proposed, corporate venturing success drivers, and the different internal...
A critique of dividend policy of UK firms
Dissertation - 10 pages - Economy general
The times are changing for both business managers and investors. Probably the most important task for business managers today is the effective management of the company's portfolio of resources, and identifying, implementing and managing a strategy to leverage these resources to achieve...
Air France-KLM: Do the strategic choices of development of Air France-KLM enable the group to ensure a sustainable and competitive place to face the new difficulties of the market?
Essay - 45 pages - Business strategy
Organizational development strategies of a company are carried around several axes. Indeed, it is needed to take into account the external and internal sources of change, the steps through which it passes, the context, the forces involved etc. to finally determine the kind of strategic evolution...
Noise and vibration in aerospace combustion engines
Tutorials/exercises - 12 pages - Physics
This document presents the different possible sources of noise and vibrations in a combustion engine.
The economic development of the world since 1945
Thesis - 8 pages - Economy general
Since 1945, the world has experienced a period of growth which, although slowed down since 1973, has nevertheless continued until today. However, the size, pace and character of this growth has changed over a period of time and is different for different countries. What factors explain this...
Aerospace Engine Performance Project - Cessna Skyhawk 172
Tutorials/exercises - 23 pages - Physics
The Cessna 172 has become a household name, particularly in the aviation community. Since its inception in the mid-1950s, the 172 quickly earned its stripes in becoming the most produced aircraft in history. These days, almost all qualified pilots start their flying career on the humble 172, and...
Phrases (Peace - Defense - Disarmament) and... bases - Viktor Govorkov (1952) - Relations between the United States and the USSR in the early 1950s
Artwork commentary - 2 pages - Modern history
On March 12, 1947, the President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, announced his concern about the "Communist threat" before Congress. He thus establishes the American doctrine: "I believe that the United States should support free peoples who resist attempts at enslavement [...]. I believe...
The willingness of Saudi Civil Defense to respond to flooding disaster at Jedah
Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies
The area of Jedah is prone to flooding due to its escarpment topography in the event of any exceptional storms. The heavy rain ever experienced in the area on 25th November 2009 led to the death of many people who were variously reported to be between 123 and 161. Other reports claimed that this...
Strategy: BOEING
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
B&W was formed on July 15, 1916 by William E. Boeing and George Conrad Westervelt and after to the initial ones of its two founders. A little later its name changed into "Pacific Aero Products", and a year later, it was renamed "Boeing Airplane Company". In 1917, with the entry of the United...
To what extent has Europe benefited from a "peace dividend" through the European Union and its budget?
Essay - 4 pages - European union
The notion of “peace dividend” was forged in the 1980s to convey an idea that had already been analysed before: the link between security/peace, and economic growth. Without going into further details, one may wonder if this economic theory can be applied to the European Union, which...
Defense for Christianity vs. Atheism
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Christianity is a collective name given to the people who are Christians (Sue, 6). Christianity is divided into two main groups, Orthodox Christians and western Christianity. Christians believe that there exists a supreme power above them, God. Atheists on the other side do not believe in the...
Communication about our defense against alleged anti-competitive conducts
Essay - 10 pages - European union
Last Monday, we received a request for information from the DG COMP of the European Commission. The European Commission claims that a number of European and non-European companies have complained that our company is hindering competition in different ways, in particular: - By treating more...
Al Ghazali's Intellectual Trajectory and the Defense of Islamic Mysticism
Text commentary - 5 pages - Philosophy
Explore Al Ghazali's intellectual journey, from scholasticism to mysticism, and his defense of Islamic mysticism as the only valid path to truth. Discover how his work reflects a medieval rationalism and his critique of philosophical pretension. A historical source on the intersection...
The French aerospace sector - publié le 29/09/2010
Market study - 6 pages - Services marketing
Each country tries to realize a comparative advantage in a sector and also to have the benefit of producing goods. In the past, at the earliest of capitalism, Ricardo explained this comparative advantage with two main factors, the natural resources and the labor force. Nowadays, in a world...
Oral Defense Sheet on the Concept of Spaces and Exchanges
Presentation - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
I am going to reflect on spaces and changes ongoing in our society. In these modern times, the internet has become, by all means, as real as a physical place. It is a significant change in the history of humanity: a virtual space has become part of everyday life.
The French aerospace sector
Market study - 6 pages - ICT marketing
Each country tries to realize a comparative advantage in a sector and also to have the benefit of producing goods. In the past, at the earliest of capitalism, Ricardo explained this comparative advantage with two main factors, the natural resources and the labor force. Nowadays, in a world...
Bush's preventive war: Doctrine of mass confusion (Broadening or contortion of the concept of pre-emptive self-defense?) - publié le 16/05/2009
Thesis - 23 pages - Political science
The debate triggered by the new Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive action lies in the amalgamation between pre-emptive (i.e. anticipatory) and preventive self-defense. While the former finds legal and political basis, the latter is, so far, hardly distinguished from outright aggression. The Bush...
Bush's preventive war: Doctrine of mass confusion (Broadening or contortion of the concept of pre-emptive self-defense?)
Dissertation - 34 pages - International relations
The debate triggered by the new Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive action lies in the amalgamation between pre-emptive (i.e. anticipatory) and preventive self-defense. While the former finds legal and political basis, the latter is, so far, hardly distinguished from outright aggression. The Bush...
The defense of provocation: The implications of the House of Lords' decision in Morgan Smith [2000] 3 WLR 654
Case study - 5 pages - Criminal law
The defense of provocation is a partial defense, pertinent only to murder. If successfully pleaded, liability is reduced to manslaughter. For the defense to succeed there are three requirements: (i) There must have been some act(s) or word(s) of provocation (ii) The defendant...
riminal Liability for Non-Representation of a Child and State of Necessity Defense Under French Penal
Law case study - 6 pages - Criminal law
Understand the Legal Implications of Child Non-Representation and Corporal Punishment in France. Discover how French law addresses cases of refusing to present a child to the custodial parent and the consequences of corporal punishment in educational settings, including penalties under Articles...
India's Position on 'Use of Force' as 'Right of Self Defense' According to International Law, not as a Double Standard: A Critical Look at India's Recent Conflict with Pakistan
Dissertation - 18 pages - International law
In this paper, I critically explore the changing dependence of India on the right of self-defence as described in international law by paying special attention to the hostilities involved between it and Pakistan in the recent times since the early twenty first century, i.e. twenty first century....
