video gaming and Nintendo
Case study - 17 pages - Services marketing
For many years, modern societies, especially in more developed countries have become increasingly individualistic. Indeed, individuals have been acting alone and for their own interests, which may also point to the phenomenon of hedonism. This refers to the pursuit of pleasure becoming the...
Marketing plan - Louis Vuitton in Japan
Case study - 12 pages - Services marketing
In 1854, Louis Vuitton, a Parisian trunk maker, opened his store on Place Vendome. Over the years the brand has grown significantly and is now attached to the LVMH group, the number one luxury group in the world, owned by Bernard Arnault. Louis Vuitton is one of the first commercial brands to...
Logistic strategies of the companies of luxury - Example of Louis Vuitton
Case study - 42 pages - Logistics
In this paper, we will focus on logistics and strategies of luxury companies. We will also analyze their future prospects. Initially, key concepts and existing models in terms of logistics are defined in the first paragraph. Therefore, one sees three different types of strategies, the offensive,...
Understanding military downsizing
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
On October 21st, 2011, President Obama held a press conference, one of many actually, where he stated “virtually all U.S. troops will come home from Iraq by the end of the year -- at which point he can declare an end to America's long and costly war in that Middle Eastern...
Ikea in Russia
Thesis - 7 pages - Business strategy
Entering Russian market has often been hard for foreign companies; Russia is well-known for being a tough country in business. Some of those companies may make it achieve a certain success, but success does not come easily. In the following report we will see how IKEA entered Russia and the...
The impossible trinity dilemma
Case study - 8 pages - Management
A trade off exists between interest rate policy (monetary independence), exchange rate stability (ES) and financial integration. Change in one is necessarily associated with a corresponding change in a combination of the other two components. Any pair of goals can be achieved by choosing a...
Applying risk management consulting
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
Large companies rely heavily on their data and computer systems for their research, development and for other aspects of business such as employee management, and shipment tracking. If external parties compromise their data, they have a lot to lose. McBride Financial Services (MFS) is one of...
How internet drives the modern society
Case study - 2 pages - Computer science
The advent of the internet has caused a lot of changes in society today. Many people are spending a lot of time online. Technology has influenced lives in a massive way, dictating how fast things are done plus social behavior of individuals (Slevin 31). The internet, most importantly, has become...
Changes Needed in Wireless Security Measures
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
In the recent years home wireless threats have become extremely common. In this study we are going to review the risks and types of attacks users should be aware, when using home wireless networks. We are going to determine which type of network is more secure, and how can users...
Tragedies: The heart of Grecian verses
Case study - 3 pages - Literature
The history of Troy stretches as far back as the beginning of time. When Paris decided to snatch Helen from under the nose of Menelaus the Spartan king that is when things took a wrong turn for Troy and for the Trojan women. The Trojan War as depicted in Euripides's ‘The Trojan Women'...
The Report of the Review of Aboriginal Education - New South Wales Aboriginal Education Consultative Group Incorporated and New South Wales Department of Education and Training (2004); NSW Department of Education and Training Aboriginal Education and Training Policy - New South Wales Government (2008) - Fostering Effective Partnerships in Aboriginal Education
Text commentary - 3 pages - Educational studies
The basis of effective education is a synergistic link between schools, families, and communities that is a unified web of support for students. Extensive studies do confirm that students excel in the academic sphere when the learning environments at home and school are integrated. This...
Work Life Balance in Remote Working
Dissertation - 3 pages - Management
For years, the employee's work life and life at home were shared by working away from home office. Thus, the beginning of remote working was a sign of revolutionization in the classical work-life balance paradigm, opening opportunities and difficulties for individuals and the...
Review of the MORA Website and the Video "Have the Conversation about Organ, Eye, and Tissue Donation"
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Medical studies
Human organ transport has become incredibly important with the rising irreversible organ failure. Nonetheless, the donors and the recipients may face both psychological and sociological challenges upon returning home. Postoperative care of patients at home is critical in enhancing...
Marketing Mix - Zara
Case study - 4 pages - Fashion and ready to wear marketing
Zara is a Spanish brand of clothing for women, men and children. A few years ago, the brand created a line called Zara HOME, which includes decorative objects and articles intended for the home, sold in different stores. The Zara brand is owned by the Spanish group Inditex. Zara is...
Tarleton, GA: Dead or Alive?
Essay - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
For those caught up in the Southern Myth, antebellum southernmost Georgia is a lot like Heaven. F. Scott Fitzgerald follows a Confederate dreamer to the North and back home to Tarleton, Georgia, in his short story “The Ice Palace.” The Southern girl, Sally Carrol Happer, finds...
Lowe's companies inc.
Essay - 10 pages - Business strategy
Lowe's Companies, Inc. is the second largest home improvement retailer in the United States. It offers specific products and services in line with decorating, renovating, remodelling, repair of home and commercial buildings. As of February 2, 2007, Lowe's has opened 1,534 stores in...
British housing policies Case study: Impact on the social exclusion experienced by the Pakistani minority
Case study - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Water and food are commonly accepted as the basic needs of life. Housing, by providing us a shelter, is also necessary so that you survive. Therefore it is also a fundamental need. However, every house should not only be a shelter, but also a real home. What makes a house a home is...
Against All Odds: Black Athletes in the 1970s: Hank Aaron and the Morgan State Bears
Essay - 8 pages - Sports
America has always fallen in love with their athletes. Little kids look up to them as heroes, trying to emulate them in every way they can. Athletes provide people, especially those with little or no material means, with the hope that they can one day become great. During the racially charged...
Ikea & Conforama marketing
Case study - 11 pages - Services marketing
Nowadays, customers are more and more demanding and seek the best product that fits their needs and likes. Marketers also have been forced to face up to fast changes and trends. Besides, a company cannot answer to all consumers' needs so it has to choose whom its product or service will address....
E -Business Model -La Redoute
Case study - 11 pages - Business strategy
With 80-years of catalog experience, La Redoute has long been a household name in France, trusted for its quality, style and selection. Indeed, as a part of PPR's home-shopping division, Redcats, a global retail leader, the company is a Fashion and Home decoration...
Marketing and branding strategies of consumer durable companies in India
Dissertation - 37 pages - Services marketing
The Consumer Durable industry is huge! Think of a typical day then you wake up to make coffee that has been brewed by your-controlled coffee maker. You pop a couple of slices of bread into your electric toaster, grab some juice from the refrigerator and throw a load of laundry into your washing...
The Ghetto - Louis Wirth, 1928 - Chap XI, The Jewish ghettos of Chicago
Book review - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The Jewish ghetto of Chicago is home to a way of life that is markedly different from those of surrounding communities. The inhabitants of the ghetto carry on their day to day activities much in the same way that they did in Europe for hundreds of years. In Chicago, as in other major...
Does devolution constitute a challenge to the British political tradition?
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
In 1998, the New Labor government passed the Scotland Act, the Government of Wales Act and the Northern Ireland Act, enforcing devolution in the United Kingdom. In order to determine if devolution constitutes a challenge to the British political tradition, one needs to look at pre-devolution...
Food Processing: Frozen ready meals - The Marie Case
Case study - 24 pages - Business strategy
Marie is a food processing company that specializes in fresh ready meals and frozen ready meals. Marie manufactures and commercializes products with the brands Marie, Bocuse, Luang (exotic meals), Weight Watchers (light meals) and also the Uniq group which is a major player of the food...
The future of financial centres in the European Union
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
The working of European Union was expected to be similar to the United States of America. Theorists believed that Europe will have a financial hub similiar to the Wall Street in the United Sates and questioned the future of the European Union. Establishing inter-market deals among the European...
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...
Ikea strategies in the marketplace
Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy
IKEA was founded in the late 1940s by Ingvar Kamprad, an entrepreneur from Sweden, who hit upon the idea to offer home furnishing products of good function and design at much lower prices than competitors by using simple cost-cutting solutions that did not affect the quality of products....
Analysis of the e-business strategy used at Picard Surgeles
Case study - 13 pages - Business strategy
Picard Surgeles or Picard Frozen foods is a French company that was founded by Raymond Picard in 1906. This company is France's leading frozen foods specialist. It is both a manufacturer and distributor of frozen foods. It has about 1000 products on offer, and a distribution network of 800...
Barista in India: Integrated marketing communication
Essay - 9 pages - Services marketing
Cafes play a very critical role in any society and coffee bars have now come to be regarded as instruments of social change; be it a place for discussion of politics, a place to relax or a meeting point, it emerges as a kind of focal point in society. The popular cafe outlets are Barista, Cafe...
"Nespresso, what else? " - A strategic analysis
Case study - 30 pages - Business strategy
During the 70s, Nestle anticipated a market growth of premium coffee based on the original concept of the inventor of the espresso, Luiggi Bezzera. The principle is simple: offer the finest Italian coffee directly to your home or office. Founded in 1986, Nespresso pioneered the allotted...
