Working capital analysis of a steel plant
Case study - 43 pages - Business strategy
Finance is the life blood of any business. As like without blood a human being cannot survive similarly without finance a business survive or run. Finance is aptly called as the science of money. It is the study of the principle and the methods of obtaining control of money from...
A study on the Indian railways
Tutorials/exercises - 31 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Generally, a “Market” was the place where the buyers and sellers gather to exchange their goods. The concept of market is very important in marketing. Market is an area for potential exchanges it's a place where goods are brought and sold. It is an area where a force of supply (sellers)...
IKEA: Company case study
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA, began to show his entrepreneurial abilities at an early age. When he was a young boy, he would buy matches in bulk and then individually sell them to his neighbors in Agunnaryd for a profit. He then began selling fish, seeds, Christmas decorations, pencils...
Case study in marketing: Eurostar
Essay - 30 pages - Services marketing
Who will win the battle of the English channel? 60 years after the Allieds landed on the beaches of Normandy, fortunately, there were no armies ready to fight. The players in this economic struggle were the airlines and railways. Which is the cheapest and fastest among the two? Is the...
Keynesian theories regarding unemployment
Thesis - 4 pages - Economy general
According to Samuelson, "Keynes's influence on the course of the economic analysis was the most significant event of economics in the 20th century." In his seminal work, 'The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (1936)', we learn just by reading the title, that...
Comparison of the monetary policies of the American Federal fund (EDF) and the European Central bank (BCE)
Thesis - 7 pages - Economy general
Interest rates of the Fed are currently at an all-time low. The rates of the European Central Bank are at their lowest levels in history and on April 2, 2009, there was a further decline with a reduction to 1%.Indeed, monetary policy is an important instrument of control, and along with fiscal...
Presentation of McDonald's strategies in France
Case study - 9 pages - Services marketing
In more than half a century of existence, this leader of American fast food has made a global mark and became the largest fast food chain, serving 46 million customers a day. It is a multinational company with over 30,000 franchisees in 121 countries, which recorded a turnover of $20.46 billion...
The clothing segment of 30-year olds in Spain
Market study - 8 pages - Services marketing
In terms of clothing, the thirty something Spanish are particularly careful about their appearance and attach great importance to their costumes. The budget for clothes is thus an important item of expenditure. The Spanish ranked clothing sixth in their list of priorities in 2001. In the same...
The international success of IKEA
Essay - 12 pages - Services marketing
The IKEA story began in 1943 when a young Swede, Ingvar Kamprad, was offered by his father a sum of money as a graduation gift. Ingvar Kamprad used the money to start a business which he called IKEA. This young business executive's idea was to position his company to a market...
Impact of fallacies on rational thinking
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
A fallacy is a defect weakening a particular argument or a form of reasoning error (Garssen & Meuffels, 2009). It pertains to arguments specifically or reasoning used in an effort to lay rational basis or ground for an opinion or view. Correct arguments follow the sound reason principles through...
The value of Blues in the face of Oppression: Ma' Rainey
Essay - 4 pages - Arts and art history
In 1927, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstong began their careers. Armstrong's start was in Chicago. The setting for August Wilson's play, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, also happened to be in 1927, and in the city of Chicago. During this time the commercial and economic value of African-American art,...
Exploring the relationship between democracy and MDG progress
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
The Millenium Development Goals of 2000 focused the international community on the development and health advances of the developing world. To succeed in completing these goals, massive amounts of aid have been sent to developing countries, though many conditions have been attached. Many...
The legacy of Pol Pot in Cambodia's history
Thesis - 5 pages - Modern history
Due to the social differences, economic depression and military decline in Cambodia during the mid 1900s, Pol Pot along with his communist political party, the Khmer Rouge, were able to take power and force their ideals on the people of Cambodia through forced labor, genocide, and torture until...
Unilever UK
Market study - 10 pages - Business strategy
Boasting annual sales of nearly ?2.4 billion, after the US, the UK is the second largest Unilever country. Around the UK, it has annual sales of almost £900 million, employing 2,000 people at 11 locations. While there are 400 brands globally, UK has over 35 brands covering food, home and personal...
Fast Cash Commissions
Essay - 2 pages - Business strategy
Earning money through the internet is always a popular choice, especially for those who are continuously connected with the internet. There are ample ways to learn and earn money through internet sites; “Fast Cash Commissions” is one of them. This is an online internet...
Analysis of LVMH
Thesis - 10 pages - Management
The LVMH (Moet Hennessy Luis Vuitton SA) luxury brand has the following shareholder capital structure described in Figure 1-1 below. The main shareholders are the Group Arnault with 47% shares in personal property. 28% of the shares are held by foreign institutional investors and 17% are held by...
Case study: Green Kitchen
Case study - 8 pages - Management
What is distinctive with respect to alternatives on the market? -Reduce environmental impact: smart and eco-efficient appliances, interconnection between the appliances allow to avoid water and energy wastes. -Save up money and time: for example time with the handy-dandy ressource...
The struggle with poverty
Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies
In today's society, poverty is not only a regional issue for the United States, but an issue for all countries. Many different variables factor into a country having a high poverty level, but one variable that needs to be addressed primarily is the educational dilemma. As there is a direct...
Sector analysis
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
It has become extremely important for corporations and managers to continuously innovate and think new ways of churning more money. If a firm or a manager fails to innovate and does not come up with new ways of profit extracting, the ideas will eventually become obsolete and the business...
Business ethics: Issues within an organization and employee behaviors
Case study - 2 pages - Human resources
As unfortunate as it may sound, it is in this writer's opinion that the term “business ethics” seems to be more of a punch line than it does a guiding light within the working population. With our news agencies constantly covering such topics as government bailouts, Presidential...
The high susceptibility of females to HIV/AIDS in sub-saharan Africa
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Imagine the following scenario. You are a twelve-year-old boy living in Tanzania, the oldest of five children. Your mother and father have recently perished from AIDS, and your only living grandparent has recently become infected with HIV. For this reason, he is unable to work to earn...
"Tent of Miracles": A Commentary on Materialism
Case study - 1 pages - Philosophy
We've heard it a thousand times: money does not buy happiness. But what does this timeless phrase mean? It suggests that one can have all the riches in the world and still be unhappy. We all know someone or other who is notoriously wealthy, yet miserable. Those who have been raised in a...
Why you should be chicken about Chicken?
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Though chicken is a staple in most people's everyday diet, the chicken industry is a dark and dirty place, plagued with abuse, carelessness, and greed. This negatively affects the chickens, farmers, plant workers, and consumers to the point where chicken are no longer always a healthier...
Benjamin Franklin
Case study - 3 pages - Modern history
America was founded on the principles of truth, justice and equality - we believe (or did, at least) that if we are intelligent, true, and work hard enough, we will succeed in this land of opportunities. Nowhere is that belief and its fulfillment better shown than in the life of Benjamin...
Link between Borrowers' Risk and Mortgage Lending
Case study - 6 pages - Business law
Borrower risk is defined as the type of risk that borrowers of any financial funds such as loans or mortgages are exposed to when they borrow either large or small amounts of money. Borrower risk mostly occurs when an individual borrows money against property or assets that have a...
Aravind eye care system
Case study - 6 pages - Management
Aravind eye care system was started in 1976 in India by Dr. Govindappa Venkataswamy and the main idea was to get rid of blindness which had become very rampant in India. At the start of the eye care center, the clinic has only 11 beds and by the end of the first year, the clinic had gotten 23...
Impact of the department of education on the US economy
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
The US economy is largely influenced by consumers and producers. Government activities, however also play a huge role in molding the US economy. This is because the government is the one tasked with guiding the overall pace of the economy, maintain its steady growth, increase the levels of...
Media policy in Europe
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Multiplicity, as well as, pluralism is the background main beliefs that cause most of the wiles in the European communication also media strategy. Accordingly, the affirmative significance related to these concepts may be subjugated in the wiles for diversified, as well as, continuous...
Holmes Rolston versus Robin Attfield ideas
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
One UN Declaration of Universal Human Rights (1948) state: "All States and all people shall cooperate in the essential task of eradicating poverty as an indispensable requirement." Holmes argues that it is sometimes good to let people die in order to serve the nature. He argues that food should...
Essay & Annotated Outline "Factors That Shape the Financial Literacy in Youth"
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
An explanatory field study by de Clercq named, “Do our children know anything about money?”, is vivid in illustrating financial literacy among youths in relation to how they spend money. The discussion in the Clercq's article raises the topic of why the youths do not...
