Decision support for knowledge intensive business processes
Essay - 5 pages - Management
Strategy development, new product introduction, marketing research, and financial budgeting, are a few examples of Knowledge Intensive Business Processes (KIBPs). These processes tend to be complex and time consuming, requiring collaboration and the sharing of expertise within specific work...
A review of evolutionary algorithms for multi objective multi product multi modal distribution problem with a possible new approach
Thesis - 12 pages - Logistics
Transportation industry is a fairly large industry in today's globalized world, and has significant effect too. Each and every big or small industry is bound to use the transportation facilities or logistics. The main problems in this logistics operation are optimizing the cost, time; distance...
Fuzzy QFD for optimizing the engineering characteristics of a casting product
Thesis - 8 pages - Computer science
A casting may be defined as a metal object obtained by allowing molten metal to solidify in a mould, the shape of the object being determined by the shape of the mould cavity. Defective castings, even at advanced foundries, account for 2 to 5% and sometimes from 10 to 25% of the number of...
A historiography of the net.art
Essay - 4 pages - Arts and art history
The historiography of an event, phenomenon or a novel can be defined as the examination of different discourses and diverse modes of writing history. Therefore, we must first, examine the design of the history and methodology. Today, historiography is characterized by a rapid...
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
Case study - 2 pages - Psychology
Regardless of the racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have built up rich intellectual tradition they are well known off. The author investigates the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals as well as other African-American women outside the feminist class. Patricia...
Opportunities and Limitations in targeting the Grey Segment: Example of the French Tourist Industry - publié le 09/02/2011
Dissertation - 40 pages - Economy general
Purpose - To improve the knowledge base concerning the growing senior population. Objectives - Assess the potentiality of the senior tourism market in France, by understanding their behavior and expectations. We also tried to analyze the attitudes of seniors towards advertising and Internet....
Evolution of the ski market from 2000 to 2006: Industry of winter sports and Alpine skiing
Dissertation - 73 pages - Services marketing
The main objective of this study is to trace all the developments experienced by the alpine ski market between 2000 and 2006. The underlying objectives often are of one general point of view: To present a thorough analysis of the characteristics of the alpine ski market and its trends. Thus,...
Customer Relationship Management in Riyadh Bank
Case study - 15 pages - Management
Customer Relationship Management is a tool for attracting and retaining customers that a business has identified as potentially profitable in the long term. CRM can help businesses to build sustainable competitive advantage and protect their market share from possible erosion by new entrants. It...
Cost realism analysis
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
Cost realism analysis is the process of evaluating the methodology by the offeror to estimate the proposed cost and is done by using information other than cost or pricing data (Cole, 2001). This technique is useful in selecting the offeror that best fits the awards of the contract. It is...
Ready meals vs. Pot Noodle - published: 12/01/2009
Market study - 13 pages - Services marketing
The aim of this report is to understand and analyze the consumer behaviour towards two products of two major brands which operate in a same sector. First of all, we chose the food industry in the specific market of “ready meals”; we immediately thought about Pot Noodles from Unilever,...
Experiencing Acquisition Through a Process of Culture Change in a Serbian Organization
Essay - 61 pages - Management
This study addresses the issue of culture, acquisition and change in Serbia. Specifically, the project focuses on a Serbian bank which has recently been taken over by a Greek bank and explores organisational culture in a Serbian bank. Culture can be an image created by its members. It is both a...
Empirical evidence on Seasonalities - Inspecting the market anomalies - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 20 pages - Finance
Anomalies, such as calendar effects, could be defined as phenomena where systematic returns patterns are observed. Partisans to informational market efficiency suggest that calendar effects are prone to disappear, as investors in the market could implement strategies in order to take advantage of...
Innovations in the restaurant business
Thesis - 29 pages - Business strategy
The paper deals with the brand related issues in the restaurant industry and is an attempt to highlight the image and identify trends in the restaurants industry. It highlight the various efforts and initiatives taken by restaurants worldwide to improve on their brands to remain competitive....
Customer satisfaction level towards American Express in India
Thesis - 24 pages - Business strategy
This is an overall study of the organization of American Express Bank Ltd. where it's working environment and various policies and practice are studied. The methodology used was conducting personal interview with all the functional manager departmental head and sales executives. Collect...
Ready meals vs. Pot Noodle
Case study - 28 pages - Brand management
The aim of this report is to understand and analyze the consumer behaviour towards two products of two major brands which operate in a same sector. First of all, we chose the food industry in the specific market of “ready meals”; we immediately thought about Pot Noodles from Unilever,...
Politics in an enterprise - published: 17/05/2009
Thesis - 15 pages - Management
linked with scheming plots and conspiracies. Like in all organizations, irrespective of the size of the business or the kind of business conducted, one would always have to deal with organizational politics. Organizational politics are a primary component in contemporary business practices....
Analysis and fabrication of the model of a crane with pneumatic lift
Tutorials/exercises - 71 pages - Physics
Within this dissertation, the manufacturing and fabrication of a prototype of a crane with a pneumatic lift is explained with the help of detailed diagrams. The project is held to covert each and every drop of theoretical knowledge into a crude conceptual and practical work. This introductory...
Politics in an enterprise
Essay - 25 pages - Management
linked with scheming plots and conspiracies. Like in all organizations, irrespective of the size of the business or the kind of business conducted, one would always have to deal with organizational politics. Organizational politics are a primary component in contemporary business practices....
The application of an EIB to address environmental challenges in urban Belgium
Thesis - 96 pages - Finance
Cities face increasing environmental challenges including, but not limited to; air pollution, CO2 emissions, energy, transport and waste management. The success of Social Impact Bonds (SIB) by solving social issues in a public-private partnership has been the driver for the development of the...
Workplace stress: job stressors and models
Essay - 12 pages - Human resources
The objective of this literature review is to outline the state of the different authors dealing with stress. Therefore, in view to understand the stress concept, this review will deal with job stressors, and different models which try to explain the stress process. This is a complex concept and...
A new era in MPSOC at runtime for DES using RTOS 10- steps algorithm
Thesis - 3 pages - Computer science
This research paper is on the design methodology required to make intelligent decisions about the a new ERA AND APPRAOCH for MPSOC At Runtime using RTOS Algorithm. However we see that evidence of the soundness of the methodology by applying it on actual applications is a major...
Artificial intelligence for classification of defects in ultrasonic testing
Tutorials/exercises - 14 pages - Computer science
A methodology is developed to detect defects in NDT of materials using an Artificial Neural Network and signal processing technique. This technique is proposed to improve the sensibility of flaw detection and to classify defects in Ultrasonic testing. Wavelet transform is used to derive a...
Standardization versus adaptation of international advertising strategies : towards a framework - published: 29/09/2010
Book review - 10 pages - Services marketing
The purpose of this article by Papavassiliou and Stathakopoulos was to create a framework capable of detailing the environmental determinants that affect the degree of standardization or adaptation needed in international advertising decisions. Some studies argue that a standardized advertising...
Standardization versus adaptation of international advertising strategies : towards a framework
Text commentary - 10 pages - International marketing
The purpose of this article by Papavassiliou and Stathakopoulos was to create a framework capable of detailing the environmental determinants that affect the degree of standardization or adaptation needed in international advertising decisions. Some studies argue that a standardized advertising...
Is there a dependency between the weather and the number of traffic collisions?
Case study - 17 pages - Educational studies
The major problematic of our assignment is trying to find if a relation between the weather and the number of traffic collision exists. In order to answer to this question, we had access to data from "MétéoSuisse" and "Police neuchâteloise". The weather data contains multiple variables such as...
Consumer behavior and retail marketing strategy
Case study - 18 pages - Business strategy
The customers, as humans, have to satisfy their needs. Eating, sleeping, learning and buying are several examples of needs. Within these examples, one can understand that some of them are more important than others. Nevertheless, this essay will conduct an analysis of the segmentation and habits...
Oil and Gas Contracts & Regulation research paper
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Production of gas is a highly costly venture that requires vast resources in both finances and expertise. Producers of gas even in situations where they own gas fields, have to rely on other investors for transportation and sale of their gas. Thus, this essay discusses the terms of Gas...
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...
Opportunities and Limitations in targeting the Grey Segment: Example of the French Tourist Industry
Dissertation - 40 pages - Theories and economic notions
Purpose - To improve the knowledge base concerning the growing senior population. Objectives - Assess the potentiality of the senior tourism market in France, by understanding their behavior and expectations. We also tried to analyze the attitudes of seniors towards advertising and Internet....
Coherence therapy
Case study - 6 pages - Psychology
Coherence Therapy, previously referred to as Depth-Oriented Brief Therapy, was developed by Bruce Ecker and Laurel Hulley during the 1980's and 1990's. As a type of psychotherapy borne out of the constructivist tradition, Coherence Therapy's major tenet revolves around the individual as an...
