Arctic ice loss: Overview and consequences
Thesis - 7 pages - Ecology & environment
The high latitude arctic regions receive less energy in the form of solar radiation or sunlight compared to other parts of the world. This results in large areas of seawater in this region freezing to form pack ice. Every summer, when the sun's energy falls on the earth in a higher intensity...
Comparison of materials and its tendencies
Essay - 25 pages - Sensorial marketing
A Simple container used to contain and to protect the product, has now become a crucial marketing factor, which is in perpetual evolution, and is sometimes given more importance than the product itself! It is no surprise that in such a situation, the expectations of the consumers are scanned with...
Why a chewing gum dropped off on the floor constitutes a public nuisance? How could we solve this problem - published: 29/09/2009
Thesis - 14 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Ecology is today a very important subject in our lifestyle, in the context of sustainability. Pollution has become a scourge and we must find solutions to counter it, but there is one type that doesn't have real and durable solution: the one caused by chewing gum. Chewing gum is present...
Avian niche lab report
Thesis - 4 pages - Ecology & environment
Surrounding the Ecology subject, we were studying an ecological habitat and the animals that make it up. Their behavior and habitat preference is what most closely relates to this lab. The object of this lab was to attempt to draw connections between habitat preferences (or lack thereof),...
Why a chewing gum dropped off on the floor constitutes a public nuisance? How could we solve this problem
Essay - 16 pages - Everyday's life
Ecology is today a very important subject in our lifestyle, in the context of sustainability. Pollution has become a scourge and we must find solutions to counter it, but there is one type that doesn't have real and durable solution: the one caused by chewing gum. Chewing gum is present...
Is there a place for sustainable marketing in the beauty world?
Dissertation - 39 pages - Luxury marketing
Sustainability is not a new trend. It appears for the first time in the 1970s. For many years, beauty brands knew zero competitions. This market changed with the arrival of new brands such as NYX cosmetics, ELF, or Kiko Makeup. Now, we can talk about fast beauty, an industry where we promote...
Critical review of Robert Putnam's Making Democracy Work - publié le 13/03/2008
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
In the 1970s, new representative institutions were created in the twenty regions that make up Italy. The Italian government wanted to bring governance closer to the people, so that 'the citizens of Seveso and Pietrapertosa were now directed to nearby Milan and Potenza rather than distant...
The environment, a new geographical paradigm
Essay - 4 pages - Ecology & environment
Many geographers still define geography as the study of human relationships, nature. At the end of the nineteenth century, Paul Vidal de la Blache distinguished physical geography and human geography. Geologists distinguish themselves by distinguishing physical features, while geographers study...
The Franco-German relationship in the energy transitionThe Franco-German relationship in the energy transition
Essay - 45 pages - International relations
The close relationship between France and Germany on the energy plan began after World War II with the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). It was an international organization which purpose was to unify European countries after the war. Thereby the Franco-German relationship has been the...
Mercedes: Should it introduce a small, 'clean' family car?
Market study - 5 pages - Services marketing
Mercedes Benz is a German automobile brand, distributed worldwide and known for its high-end vehicles. Like all other car manufacturers, it faces a severe economic crisis that has been particularly detrimental to the automotive sector. In this context, car manufacturers must innovate and artfully...
The Gender Gap in voting behaviours
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
European women first acquired the right to vote in 1906 in Finland. After the First World War, women were given the right to vote in a certain number of European countries. In the UK, it was gained in two stages: first in 1918, it was initially given to married women, women householders and women...
International Marketing Analysis - Louis Vuitton
Case study - 13 pages - Luxury marketing
In order to better realize this analysis, I chose to study the Louis Vuitton brand on two different countries / markets: The United States (developed country) and China (emerging country). During this report, we will discuss an external analysis of the brand in these two countries as well as an...
The Urban Organic: Ecocities in Global Perspective
Essay - 11 pages - International relations
At every turn, the global city is faced with a set of challenges. How to compete cooperatively, how to expand stably, how to modernize peacefully—these and other contradictions check the unbridled enthusiasm of neoliberal planners, who have transformed Saskia Sassen's global city model from...
Buddhism and our environmental obligation
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Within our society, there are certain innate concepts that every individual is equipped with. Virtues, morals, or the concept of "right and wrong" are just a few examples of such ideals. To help make humanity a more positive atmosphere, there are a few models one should strive to accomplish in...
Marketing of the 21th century: EcoATM, the French recycling market - publié le 06/10/2010
Tutorials/exercises - 20 pages - Business strategy
EcoATM is a very young enterprise with good respect of the environment. Their main idea is to develop in the United States for the moment an ECycling machine. It's a machine in which you can put your electronic wastes. In exchange it gives you money. You can choose to keep the money or to give it...
Marketing of the 21th century: EcoATM, the French recycling market
Tutorials/exercises - 20 pages - Business strategy
EcoATM is a very young enterprise with good respect of the environment. Their main idea is to develop in the United States for the moment an ECycling machine. It's a machine in which you can put your electronic wastes. In exchange it gives you money. You can choose to keep the money or to give it...
The textile industry
Sectorial analysis - 9 pages - Economy general
The effervescence in the textile industry dates back to the end of the 19th century. In that time researchers started looking to overstep nature by creating artificial fibers. The first one was created by Joseph Swann and is called artificial silk. Following this evolution a fierce struggle then...
Green Marketing: Opportunities and Limitations of Targeting the Green Segment - Case study of IBM
Tutorials/exercises - 59 pages - Tourism marketing
Abstract Purpose - Intend to improve the knowledge base concerning the growing green market population. Objectives - Assess the potentiality of targeting the green consumers in France and in India, by understanding their behaviors and expectations. We also tried to analyze the attitudes of...
Nutella marketing comparison between Japan and France
Case study - 26 pages - Brand management
- Created in 1946 by the Ferrero family in Alba, Italy - Originally sold as “La Tartinoise” in France - They tried to make chocolate with nuts for the first time - Renamed Nutella in 1964 - France is the biggest consumer of Nutella in the world
Green marketing - How to integrate environment inside companies? - publié le 29/09/2010
Dissertation - 81 pages - Ecology & environment
Sustainable development has become an established phenomenon. Society is becoming increasingly environmental conscious, this has even been used as an electoral argument. Environmental protection is due to a movement introduced jointly by the population at large and the NGOs through a governmental...
The Hybrid Car Phenomenon
Case study - 34 pages - Ecology & environment
With the rise in oil prices and the high-profile launch of the Toyota Prius in Europe, the hybrid has gained an unexpected notoriety, even though its operation is often poorly understood. It appears that hybridization is probably a key technology in the medium and long term. Indeed, the question...
The demographic data of the French society (2008)
Internship report - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The total French population on January 1, 2011 is 65 million (63.1 million in mainland France and 1.9 million in the French overseas departments). The average age of the population, which is rising constantly, is currently 40.1 years. The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (in...
Green marketing - How to integrate environment inside companies?
Dissertation - 81 pages - Ecology & environment
Sustainable development has become an established phenomenon. Society is becoming increasingly environmental conscious, this has even been used as an electoral argument. Environmental protection is due to a movement introduced jointly by the population at large and the NGOs through a governmental...
How and why has the environment become so important in the field of tourism and luxury hotels?
Case study - 5 pages - Tourism marketing
The whole text explains the importance of linking sustainable development with luxury hotels. This importance is reflected in many of the establishments that the palaces have introduced. That's why the case study focuses on the Parisian palace The Plaza Athénée, which is located in the 8th...
Total : a success based on the brand development strategy
Case study - 6 pages - International marketing
The company was born in 1924 after Raymond Poincarré, the French president, asked Ernest Mercier to create a French oil company. In 1973, the significant growth of the activity enabled the French company to be present all around the world in the Middle East, North America, Oceania, Europe and...
The TNT Group and its Sustainable Development: Strategy and Financial Analysis
Thesis - 55 pages - Business strategy
For many years, TNT has been communicating actively about social values and its social commitments, and neglecting to talk about its trade and transportation. Thus, the group seems to incorporate the concept of sustainable development in its business fundamentals. However, is this just a desire...
Conservation issues for tropical reef fish spawning aggregations
Essay - 9 pages - Ecology & environment
Coral reefs are in decline worldwide due to a variety of anthropogenic factors, of which overfishing is the oldest and most egregious (Bellwood et al. 2004, Graham et al. 2006). Tropical reef fish spawning aggregations (FSAs) are preferentially targeted due to their predictable spatial and...
John Barry, social theory and the environment, London: Routledge, 1999, chap.5 "Gender, the nonhuman world and social thought" & Mary Mellor, "Eco-feminism and environmental ethics: a materialist perspective", in Michael E. Zimmerman (ed.) - publié le 07/05/2009
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The first text, “gender, the nonhuman world and social thought”, presents the concept of eco-feminism by highlighting the links between environment, gender and social theory. The main movements within eco-feminism are explained with both their advantages and limits. The author chose...
The French energy transition: a case of Europeanization?
Case study - 15 pages - Political science
Since the beginning of the European integration in the 1950s, the energy had always a peculiar place in the European project. The first energy source in Europe after the Second World War, coal, was the key to the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in 1951. The...
Climate Change and Civilizations: Lessons from the Past
Essay - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Anthropogenic climate change constitutes an alarming threat to the safety and health of humankind. According to a 2007 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, some of its consequences will include heat waves, loss of biodiversity, food and water insecurity, an increase in water-...
