Saudi Arabia - Trade elasticity
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
As a result of the spike in prices of oil in the 70s together with an increase in the production of oil and high Gross Domestic Product (GDP) averaging to more than 11 percent in a year, the Saudi Arabian economy grew tremendously. However, in the 1980s, oil pieces began to fall leading to an...
Barclays versus RBS, Santander and Fortis
Essay - 9 pages - Business strategy
ABN Amro bank comes from the merger between two Dutch banks Algermene Bank Netherlands N.V. and Amsterdam Rotterdam Bank N.V. in 1991. ABN Amro's strategic focus is on consumer and commercial clients in local markets and on corporations and financial institutions in the global market. Currently...
A study on forex risk management
Tutorials/exercises - 48 pages - Finance
Forex markets have been described as continuous auction markets, and have clearing houses for the latest information about supply and demand. They are the meeting places of buyers and sellers of an ever-expanding list of currencies today includes like EUR, GBP and JPY etc. trading have also been...
The architecture and functioning of OCB-283: The switching node in the Alcatel 1000E
Thesis - 20 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology
This document relates to the O.C.B 283 system, switching node in the ALCATEL 1000E 10 switching system. It outlines the general architecture and operation of the O.C.B.283, both the fixed subscriber centers and the access exchange to services (G.S.M, IN). O.C.B.283 is digital switching...
Creation of EasyLoc
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Easyloc was conceived with the aim of providing different categories of people the freedom to travel abroad without facing the difficulty of finding housing for periods of unspecified duration. This helps facilitate travel abroad through a special relationship with the agency that ensures the...
The capitalization of SMEs in Morocco: The case of Dari Couspate
Thesis - 3 pages - Economy general
The SMEs in Morocco neglect their external financing sources. Equity investments in Morocco is accounted to 38% whereas the long-term liabilities debt is 16% and short-term debt is 13%. The importance of equity is affected by the short-term debt. Cash management is one of the greatest failures of...
Oral de BAC : Global cities
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
A global city is a city having a strategic position in diverse domains, mainly economic, political and cultural at the world level and establishing a dynamic node of communications. Global cities as London, the second world city after New York, and Shangai, the fifth, are the leaders in the world...
Management report: The Clarins group
Case study - 16 pages - Management
In 1954, Jacques Courting opened beauty salons in France under the name of Clarins. To complement the activities of these institutions and to benefit all women with his long experience, Jacques Courting decided to create effective products to be used at home in the early 1960s. The team included...
Crisis management: mattel (2008)
Case study - 5 pages - Management
Hitherto regarded as the undisputed leader of the global toy market, Mattel experienced problems that tarnished that image in the second half of 2007. In fact, the various toy recalls which were widely reported by media, made an impact both on its relationship with consumers as well as its...
Differences between Kuwait Stock Market and Japan Stock Markets
Case study - 9 pages - Educational studies
Over the years, the world has witnessed major breakthroughs in business operations with accelerating capital outflow patterns symbolizing the increasing emergence of the advanced countries of economic prosperity. On a broader scale, inter connectedness of world nations has significantly...
Language and Me
Presentation - 4 pages - Linguistics & languages
As Michel Serres said, « Our bodies listen, shout and remember. » Without the exchange of energy and information, no organism - bacteria, algae, fungi, plants or animals - would survive. Before becoming human, communication characterizes living organisms as open systems: cells communicate...
Is the euro a success?
Essay - 13 pages - European union
Now accused of all evils (stifling exports, slowing growth, feeding speculation, etc.), the euro seems to have become everybody's favorite scapegoat. Yet it remains that this currency is a unique experience (a single currency managed jointly by several countries), and it is undeniable that the...
Principles of Persuasion
Dissertation - 2 pages - Communication
Reciprocity is the tendency to have a similar reaction to the one received; a mutual expectation for exchange that people depict almost subconsciously. As Mahmoodi et al. (2018) put it, there is a tendency for people to be kind to those that are kind to them, respectful where they obtain...
Comparison of Generalized Linear Models and Machine Learning Techniques in Context of Motor Insurance
Thesis - 50 pages - Finance
The concept of insurance finds its roots back to the Antiquity period (2,500 years BC) among the Babylonian civilization where the first insurance transaction has been observed in the form of a loan. As carved in the code of Hammurabi, a bottomry or a bottomage represents an arrangement between a...
A look at American Depository Reports
Thesis - 15 pages - Finance
Since 1980, the value of U.S.investment in non- U.S.equities has grown approximately 100-fold to $1.9 trillion .The first ADRs were introduced in the United States in 1927 when JPMorgan issued receipts for the British retailer Selfridges. Prior to the 1980s,ADRs primarily were used by foreign...
Analysis and features of Standard Chartered
Thesis - 18 pages - Finance
The world “Bank” has been derived from the Italian world “Banca” meaning a branch or a counter. However, the banks that we are now accustomed to seeing no longer seem to be a reflection of what “Bank” really means. But today's banks are not what banks used to...
Different Types of Trading Platforms
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Finance
There are several different types of financial exchanges in which the trading of securities takes place. On one end of the spectrum, there is the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system, known as the NASDAQ, which is the largest screen based security trading...
Foreign institutional investors and the Indian capital market
Dissertation - 61 pages - Finance
Foreign investment refers to investments made by the residents of a country in the financial assets and production processes of another country. After the opening up of the borders for capital movement, these investments have grown in leaps and bounds. The effect of foreign investment, however,...
The French cultural exception: Exception or exclusion?
Thesis - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In a bit more than one decade, culture has become a crucial issue of the globalization process. In fact, the IT revolution along with the development of transport, the increase of the international commercial exchanges and foreign investments, and the constitution of multinational...
A study on customer perception and demand for LCD projectors
Tutorials/exercises - 15 pages - Services marketing
A market consists of all the potential customers sharing a particular need or want who might be willing or able to engage in exchange to satisfy that need or want. Thus, the size of the market depends on the number of people who exhibit the need or want, have resources that interest...
SGS authentication protocol resisting man-in-middle attack
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
SGS authentication is a new protocol which not only enables a receiver to identify the source of a received message but also prevents a third party from identifying the source of the message. This protocol removes the deficiency of Deffie-Hellman algorithm which is man-in-middle attack by...
Inflation targets scheme: General characteristics, theoretical foundations and ideal conditions for its adoption
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
The regime of inflation targeting has emerged as a new attempt to discipline the management of money, explicit inflation targets will function as nominal anchor for the formation of inflation expectations and the fixing of prices and wages. This can effectively replace schemes based on targets...
The value of the Chinese Renminbi (RMB), its management and risks associated with investing in China
Case study - 6 pages - Finance
Ever since China adopted its Open Door policy, it has received unparalleled attention from international scholars. In recent years, this has been evident with respect to the exchange rate regime that China has applied. At first, the policy was lauded because it helped China steer the dire...
The French economic diplomacy towards China
Internship report - 7 pages - International relations
Bilateral trade between France and China has developed dramatically over the last twenty years. From about €10 billion in 1995, trade volume increased to more than €40 billion today. The annual growth rates of these exchanges- apart from 2009, marked by the global crisis- have...
How to deal with counterfeiting : North Korean counterfeiting of U.S. currency ?
Market study - 6 pages - Services marketing
Counterfeiting is the fact to reproduce or imitate something without being allowed. Today, counterfeiting means bad quality products in people's mind. Nowadays, all industrial markets are touched by this phenomenon : music, clothes, luxury, accessories… Moreover, counterfeiting is easier...
French wine exports in Japan
Thesis - 26 pages - Services marketing
France is a part of the European Union; it is subject to common rules across Europe especially regarding the foreign trade policy which is deemed to be quite liberal under the leadership of the European institutions. It was from 1 January 1993, all European countries constituted a single...
Strategic analysis of Skype
Thesis - 23 pages - Business strategy
Change in patterns of communication has become usual, whether intended for professionals or individuals. Thus, the emergence of internet telephone has revolutionized communications but was limited by traditional difficulties of its technologies. Nevertheless, the market potential of IP telephone...
Yves Rocher: Its international development
Thesis - 30 pages - Business strategy
From the perspective of globalization, every company aims to become increasingly competitive. With the phenomenon of the opening up of national economies and foreign markets, the only way to cope with increased competition in all sectors is by boosting the exports. Also, SMEs and their...
The consumer behavior with the advent of information age
Thesis - 6 pages - Management
Over the past few years, the Internet democratization, due to the Web development, shows major changes in several sectors of social and economic life. The main effect of this growth was to cause a very fast modification of the reality in which consumer evolves. Indeed, we can observe the creation...
Analysis of Michelin's strategies and recommendations
Case study - 40 pages - Business strategy
254% - this is the performance level of Michelin since March 2003; such high-flying results have enabled the company to emerge as the leader in a very competitive market where rivals such as Bridgestone and Goodyear are on the lookout for the slightest weakness of the French manufacturer. The...
