The general oil market and the American oil policy
Essay - 18 pages - International relations
Since the Industrial Revolution, energy is an international concern: one fifth of international trade of goods is the supply in energy of the companies. At the beginning of the century, oil became the most important energy source. Today, oil represents the most important share of...
Drug and oil networks: two marginals networks in Traffic and Syriana
Essay - 3 pages - Film studies
According to the Longman dictionary, a network is ?a large system of lines, tubes, wires etc that cross one another or are connected with one another'. Traffic and Syriana are (dealing with networks) large systems of characters, institutions and interests that cross one another or are...
Virgin Energy "Virgin Oil Card" -Business Plan
Business plan - 20 pages - Management
Virgin Energy is a service company that permits customers to purchase buy ?fuel' (unleaded & diesel) at an optional and revolutionary price ("Virgin Price") in advance. However, this facility is available only within the UK. We will begin by offering a wide variety of price indexes for term...
Despite its oil wealth, account for the instability of the Persian Gulf region
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The Persian Gulf region is known for being a very important area in terms of geopolitics. It holds up to 57% of the world's crude oil reserves and produces 27% of the global oil.Useless to say how vital to the world energy supply this region is and how extreme the tensions generated...
Economic Growth in Nigeria and Its Impact on Human Development
Dissertation - 51 pages - Economy general
Despite its significant economic growth and status as a major economic power in Africa, Nigeria faces numerous challenges. Over-reliance on the oil and gas sector, corruption, and poor resource management have prevented the country from fully realizing its economic potential. In terms of...
Introduction to Econometrics with R - Econometrics with RStudio
Tutorials/exercises - 9 pages - Mathematics
Mergers and Acquisitions are game changers for human resources, employees, and management. M&A can change their way of working and their professional future. For managers, financial parameters (earnings from M&A transactions). In fact, M&A transactions are restructuring many sectors of the...
Central Bankers and Interest Rates
Course material - 9 pages - Finance
Inflation was a major problem in the 1970s. The 1971 collapse of the Bretton-Woods agreement gave governments latitude to alter their currency exchange rates. The previously locked exchange rates had the effect of taming inflation. There were also "oil shocks" in 1973 and 1979, which...
Insufficient Regulation of High Seas: Impact of Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Essay - 5 pages - International law
The Deepwater Horizon disaster highlighted the insufficiency of international law governing high seas, prompting calls for a more coherent and binding framework to regulate offshore oil exploitation and protect the environment.
SWOT Analysis and recommendations - General Motors
Case study - 3 pages - Automotive marketing
General Motors suffered from a collapse in 2009 (after the crisis), which was mainly driven by five factors: (i) retired employees had plenty of benefits (from when the sector was more profitable) (ii) GM overfocused on "overpricing and discounting," which drove the clients' attention away...
Contemporary Business Management issues such as reducing the carbon footprint
Case study - 6 pages - Management
BP, which is popularly known as British Petroleum, is the world's third largest energy corporation. In 2010, BP, which has $272 billion worth of assets, registered $308 billion worth of profits. BP has more than 79,000 workers employed in different capacities in branches across the globe. The...
Accounting audit and its Impact on the Financial Balance of the Company - Approaches to assessing financial balance
Financial analysis - 44 pages - Audit
The current financial context, marked by the decline in revenue from hydrocarbons, the main source of funding for the State budget, is reviving the debate on the need to increase the share of ordinary taxation compared to oil taxation. To achieve this, the State has a panoply of tools,...
How to save the world using game theory ?
Essay - 2 pages - Micro-economy, job-unemployment
Why does it seem so hard for the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to reach an agreement on crude oil production ? Looking at the oil prices evolution since 2014 leads us to a statement : oil producers are facing a hard time in terms of profits. It would be...
The United States and the World: demography and energy in the world as predictable long-term factors
Course material - 11 pages - World geography
The current policy, and even more the future policy of any country is difficult to assess, because it depends on a lot of factors, many of them (public moods, politics, personalities) being of a transient nature. But the current and future policy of any country also depends largely on long-term...
Unilever: Corporate Sustainability Report
Case study - 9 pages - Management
Sustainability has become the buzz word in many companies and industries in recent years. All major organizations operate some form of sustainability program, as there will be certification of the amount of documentation on their website. But most of them also publish their responsible attitude...
Exxon Mobile Merger - The Impact of Globalization
Case study - 4 pages - Management
There was a tendency in the economical world between 1994 and 2000. This movement was the result of business and technological changes and the globalization of markets. (Weston, 2002. pp.1.) With the development of technology worldwide, it is evident that technical development and operations...
SWOT Analysis - Total
Case study - 5 pages - International marketing
The Total group was founded in 1924, and it is one of the six largest companies in the petroleum sector in the world. Its main competitors are British Petroleum (BP), Chevron, Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips and Shell. The energy market has changed significantly in recent years. Indeed, Europe has...
Agro-industrial in Santa Catarina
Case study - 7 pages - Educational studies
The agricultural industry is one of the main segments of the Brazilian economy, which are both important in the domestic supply as the export performance of Brazil. Agribusiness is synonymous with value addition, adequacy of raw materials, protection and food safety, development processes and...
The United States and the World - Transnational problems today as seen from Washington
Course material - 12 pages - Political science
In the document issued in September 2002, "The National Security Strategy of the USA", two essential goals of US national policy were stressed: the defeat of "Global terrorism" and "to prevent our enemies from threatening us, our allies, and our friends with weapons of mass destruction". Those...
Apprenticeship in Customer Service Support (CSS)
Diploma Thesis - 10 pages - Foreign markets
CSS service accompanies the sales representatives in order to support them for the cotations of the existing customers. While they are prospecting new customers or anything else, already known customers can send us a cotation request to ship their goods around the world. The missions of the CSS...
Workshop about Sustainable Alimentation
Internship report - 2 pages - Ecology & environment
I took this workshop because it is fully related to SDG15 and SDG2 and because in my studies I did not have the opportunity to be made aware of this issue. This conference was structured around: CO2 emissions, the ethical aspects of food, and health and nutrition. The main goal of this conference...
Boats in Collioure - André Derain (1905) - An Exploration of André Derain's Art
Artwork commentary - 4 pages - Arts and art history
A. Derain was born in Chatou in 1880 to a middle-class family. He began painting in 1895. From 1898 to 1899, he studied at the Camillo Academy in Paris. He met H. Matisse in 1901 at the Louvre, where he began copying works in a caricatured manner. In 1901, he rebelled against his family, who did...
Insufficient Regulation in High Seas: Impact of Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Essay - 5 pages - International law
The Deepwater Horizon disaster highlighted the insufficiency of the legal framework governing access to resources in high seas and the need for effective environmental protection.
In what ways conflicts between political entities in the Middle East have been shaped by the history of state formation in the area?
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
The key terms to understand such situations are "political entities" and "state formation". Speaking of political entities rather than states shows the diversity of actors that make up the political life of the Middle East and can change the configuration of the borders, ranging from paramilitary...
Industrial Age in France
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Medieval history
The document discusses the Industrial Revolution in France, its key inventions, social changes, and the impact on the working class.
Environmental law - The examples of Canada and the United Kingdom
Case study - 3 pages - Environment law
There is a high amount of litigation related to water, considering that Canada is one of the major fishing sites. Federal fisheries act was made in order to prevent water pollution by prohibiting discharge or deposition of substances which can be harmful to aquatic animals. The UK is historically...
Geopolitical implications of the Afghan conflict
Case study - 24 pages - International relations
Afghanistan was created in the late nineteenth century. At that time this area was the scene of a struggle between the Russian Empire and the British Empire. This is called the "Great Game". Today's Afghanistan was created to act as a buffer state bringing together multiple ethnicities...
Petroliva Products and the UK Market
Market study - 30 pages - International marketing
Presentation of the case: It is Monday, 15th October 2007 and you have just completed three weeks of your studies in International Marketing Strategy (IMS) as part of your studies at Napier University Business School in Edinburgh. Your tutor, John Thomson, has been asked to engage the students in...
Kirlangiç business plan - published: 16/05/2009
Business plan - 25 pages - Business strategy
“Being a strong and professional company which has efficient, trustworthy and standard products and also being proactive to the customers needs.” Ana Food Company's mission statement is “To be a multi-national entrepreneurial group acting locally while thinking globally”....
What is the Chinese government's energy strategy to guarantee its energy requirements and its dynamic growth rate?
Thesis - 50 pages - Theories and economic notions
Some energies are essential to develop economies and industries of developed countries since the industrial revolution: coal, gas and oil. 90 % of the world consumption is based on these energies. Several factors involve that countries need more and more of these energies: high...
Sensitivity analysis of the fertilizer industry
Tutorials/exercises - 71 pages - Business strategy
Crude Oil is one of the most important sources of energy for a country. The prices of crude oil depend on many factors like Supply restrictions by Oil producing nations, demand for oil, uncertainties like war in the middle east and also the stability of US Dollar, in...
