Environmental History - The Impact of New Research Technologies on Knowledge of Glacier Melts During the 20th Century
Case study - 6 pages - World geography
The document presents a project outline in Environmental History on the subject of the impact of new research technologies on knowledge of glacier melts during the 20th century. Melting ice is a crucial topic in environmental history, as it provides accurate scientific data on the impact of...
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.)
Book review - 3 pages - Political science
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...
Environmental Management and Corporate Social Responsibility
Essay - 40 pages - Ecology & environment
The Nobel-winning IPCC group of climate scientists on Saturday the 17th, 2007 issued their starkest warning yet on global warming. Global warming bore the seeds of "catastrophe" yet there was also hope, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon emphasized. Nonetheless "There are real and affordable ways...
Internationalization with a concrete example of the IKEA group
Case study - 70 pages - Finance
In specialty marketing and strategy management, in order to acquire the basic knowledge necessary for any manager, we studied the strategic concepts and phases of internationalization of a large group of Sweden: IKEA. Thus, by using personal research and theoretical concepts seen in class, we...
On-site waste water treatment in Sydingosby
Case study - 24 pages - Ecology & environment
The project site is a farm located in Sydingösby. The Gunnarsson family is living here. Carina and Stefan have two children. Stefan works at the farm while Carina works at SLU. This site has already a system for waste treatment, but it is not satisfying and not sustainable. Actually it does not...
Marketing Analysis of Novotel La Grande Motte Golf
Case study - 13 pages - Marketing theories
Novotel La Grande Motte Golf is based near the golf course of La Grande Motte, a Mediterranean seaside resort, south of France, 25 minutes south-Est from Montpellier. The hotel belongs to the Company named SAPAB. This society owns two other hotels. One in Paris and the second in Switzerland. Miss...
PESTEL Analysis - Vodafone
Case study - 5 pages - ICT marketing
Vodafone is a British telecommunication company based in Newbury. The company was created in 1984 and known as Racal Telecom, a branch of Racal Electronics. It is only in 1991 that the company became Vodafone group. The company made its entry in the stock market in 1988 under the name Racal...
Primate seed dispersal: Implications for conservation tactics
Essay - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
Many frugivorous primates act in an important ecosystem role as seed dispersers for local flora. The importance of this relationship is apparent through the realization that there is variation in the species of plant seeds dispersed by primates and non-primates, with primates often serving as the...
The Case of Dasani
Case study - 32 pages - Brand management
Our consulting team was called by The Coca Cola Company to find a solution face to the Dasani brand situation. Our objective is to analyze and evaluate the opportunity of Coca Cola re-launching Dasani brand into the UK market in the autumn 2008. Problematic: Following which strategy and across...
Foliage feeders in temperate and boreal forests
Essay - 7 pages - Biology
Insect consumers of tree foliage comprise one of the most abundant and diverse feeding guilds in forest ecosystems. Known as folivores, this guild is integral to the structure and functioning of forests. Folivores in?uence vital ecosystem processes in forests, including nutrient turnover,...
The Case of Dasani - published: 16/01/2009
Essay - 18 pages - Business strategy
Our consulting team was called by The Coca Cola Company to find a solution face to the Dasani brand situation. Our objective is to analyze and evaluate the opportunity of Coca Cola re-launching Dasani brand into the UK market in the autumn 2008. Problematic: Following which strategy and across...
Ethical issues in Marketing Strategy
Essay - 7 pages - Marketing theories
A large part of the human race has understood that the future of the world can depend on what we do now with it. If we want our future generations to live in good conditions, we have to begin straightaway to change our everyday habits. Ethics is becoming highly important. Each person answers...
On-site waste water treatment in Sydingosby - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 16 pages - Ecology & environment
The project site is a farm located in Sydingösby. The Gunnarsson family is living here. Carina and Stefan have two children. Stefan works at the farm while Carina works at SLU. This site has already a system for waste treatment, but it is not satisfying and not sustainable. Actually it does not...
Environmental pollution: A growing problem
Thesis - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
Environmental Studies (ES) is an inter-disciplinary area of study incorporating the social and scientific aspects of nature and natural resources. The major aim of Environmental Studies is to project the inter-relationships between living beings-especially human beings- with the surrounding...
Fruit abscission in physalis species in response to herbivory by heliothis subflexa
Thesis - 6 pages - Biology
Heliothis subflexa is a Lepidopteran caterpillar that feeds exclusively on Physalis spp. fruits. These fruits are encased in the inflated calyces—a characteristic that all plants in the genus Physalis share. Abscission of the fruits on which H. subflexa is feeding is a mechanism employed...
The post boasians and British social anthropology
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
From the 1920 through the 1950's there was an effort to explain culture, but to explain it according to its effects on human behavior and development. Some theorists see things universally while other want to look at each culture as unique and thus not capable of being compared with other...
Ecological Energy Practices: Native African Approaches to Sustainable Energy in the Environment
Dissertation - 13 pages - Ecology & environment
This research examines indigenous ecological energy practices in Cameroon, investigating how traditional knowledge systems offer sustainable alternatives to conventional energy paradigms. Through mixed-methods research conducted across four ecological zones, the study documents sophisticated...
Can we consider corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a mean of recognition for multinational company?
Case study - 70 pages - Business strategy
Ethics has been a very important subject for thinkers since ancient times. The definition of ethics, a reflection on the reasons for desiring justice and harmony and how to achieve these, will be a valuable aid in the development of this thesis. It establishes the criteria for acting freely in a...
Vincennes Zoo: Case study
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
The Colonial Exhibition in the early arts summarizes the three main goals of world exhibitions. According to anthropologist, they tried to deliver a "encyclopedic discourse"(Over the life of the colonized, their cultural specificities), exposing masterpieces to legitimize colonization and the...
Carbon Offsetting: Energy Efficiency
Internship report - 12 pages - Ecology & environment
Carbon Offsetting is a way to reduce our CO2 emissions by funding projects such as building a wind farm etc. Indeed, the C02 is one of the causes of global warming. There are two types of carbon offsetting, such as the compliance carbon offsetting and the voluntary carbon offsetting. The...
"Vélocation": self-service bicycle system for Nantes (2007)
Market study - 27 pages - Services marketing
Product Vélocation: This project aims to take advantage of a healthy, convenient and fun alternative to other forms of private or public transportation. By using the latest advances in technology to spur anti-theft devices, we believe that we can create an affordable biking network that can be...
Strategic analysis of Renault
Case study - 20 pages - Business strategy
Renault is a globally renowned automobile group and car maker present in 118 countries with approximately 130,000 employees. The Renault group achieved a turnover of almost 41 million euros in 2007. The Company Renault Freres was created in 1898 by three brothers Louis, Marcel and Fernand. Marcel...
Cradle to Cradle Design
Thesis - 29 pages - Ecology & environment
In March 2005, the UN released its Millennium Ecosystem Assessment , the first comprehensive scientific audit of the state of the planet. Completed over four years by 2,000 experts, the survey demonstrates that economic activity has destroyed 60% of the Earth's life-supporting ecosystems,...
The repression of memory in witchcraft study
Essay - 7 pages - Literature
The readings for this week focused around the different approaches to the historical study of witchcraft and witchcraft trials: rationalism versus romanticism. Rationalism focuses more on historical and archeological studies in its attempt to discover a cohesive historical narrative, while...
Perceptions of nature by indigenous communities and their relation to the ecological contexts
Essay - 11 pages - Ecology & environment
The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of how indigenous communities perceive and relate to the bio-ecological contexts of which they are part and on which they depend. The main message is that there is much more to learn from them than information about plant resources or methods...
Twingo II in Japan - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 8 pages - Services marketing
Renault is a famous French vehicle manufacturer, which produces cars, buses, tractors and trucks. Previously known as Société Renault Frères, the company was founded in 1898. Since 2000, the group signed an Alliance with Nissan, the Japanese automaker. Indeed, Renault now holds a stake of 44.4%...
The tree species specificity and inter specific interactions of Spanish moss
Thesis - 5 pages - Biology
Inter specific interactions are the relationships demonstrated between two species and how one species affects the other. The four main types of these interactions are competition, predation, commensalisms, and mutualism. Spanish moss is a plant found living on many trees in the subtropics....
Cradle to cradle design - published: 29/09/2010
Dissertation - 45 pages - Economy general
Faced with the increasing damage inflicted on the planet by industrial development, environmentalists have traditionally argued that we need to put a halt on economic growth. This approach has neither been realistic nor efficient. Fortunately, a new way of thinking has emerged with respect to the...
Climate change and politics: a real shift or status quo? - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment
We will try to analyze the responses from the political field against climate change and the overall sustainable development. Climate change means significant change in the average weather, which causes a lot of perturbations on the natural system. The French president, Jacques Chirac, in a...
The company Renault and the consideration of environmental issues in its production - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 39 pages - Business strategy
Renault was founded by Louis Renault and his brothers in 1898. It is a familial and traditional company that made a name for itself through the years, different periods and centuries. Indeed, Renault's group went thought two wars and an economic crisis, and by always adapting its strategy and its...
