Zipcar, wheels when you want them
Case study - 18 pages - Automotive marketing
Introduction Our subject is a growing company which is developing in the face of global competition. This company uses new technologies and the internet to be more successful and to have a sustained growth in the future. We chose this company because we are very interested by environmental...
Zipcar, wheels when you want them - published: 29/09/2010
Case study - 18 pages - Services marketing
Introduction Our subject is a growing company which is developing in the face of global competition. This company uses new technologies and the internet to be more successful and to have a sustained growth in the future. We chose this company because we are very interested by environmental...
Modelling energy efficiency in residential buildings with closed housing markets - a static CGE approach
Essay - 17 pages - Architecture
This paper aims at modelling an energy efficiency policy in order to evaluate its consequences on real estate and energy consumption. We use the closed general equilibrium model IMACLIM-S, that represents France's economy in 2004. After having introduce the households and firms maximization...
Farmland Abandonment and the Farmland Market: Lessons from Japan
Essay - 10 pages - Economy general
A major concern in Japan is the farmland market which is inefficient and which is reaching a state of illiquidity. If one could go by a hypothesis the reason for this inefficiency could be related to the remarkable increase in area of abandoned farmland. In this paper, a model which is commonly...
Your Art Gallery, project start-ups
Case study - 25 pages - Management
Everyone needs to work on evolving the environment in which he lives or works. It is the principle of our company, the "Your Art Gallery", to propose to you works of art, of artists of reputation as well as those less known. To find a work of art that suits particular needs, nothing is simpler...
Impacts of the 20th Century Wars on UK's Housing Stock
Essay - 9 pages - Economy general
UK emerged from the 20th Century wars with different housing needs, which accelerated the divergence of attitudes and policies of social housing. The wars resulted to a decline in housing production for most of the decades, which fell further during the war itself. By 1918, there was a severe...
Development economics - Sharecropping
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
In sharecropping contracts with cost sharing, why is the cost share borne by the tenant equal to the output share accruing to him? Sharecropping is an arrangement or system of farming, prevalent in many Less Developed Countries in which a tenant works on land which he does not own, giving the...
Development economics - Sharecropping - publié le 11/12/2006
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
In sharecropping contracts with cost sharing, why is the cost share borne by the tenant equal to the output share accruing to him? Sharecropping is an arrangement or system of farming, prevalent in many Less Developed Countries in which a tenant works on land which he does not own, giving the...
The Cloud Computing
Worksheets - 6 pages - ICT marketing
An increasing number of companies are using the 'cloud computing' to save their informations and folders on a common server. We will now explain what cloud computing is, its advantage and disadvantage and the way companies use it. 'Cloud computing consists of utilization of memory and...
Evolution of lodging networks during the economic crisis: What happened to Airbnb and to budget hotels in the context of the crisis in the USA? - published: 24/04/2015
Case study - 25 pages - Management
The financial crisis started In September 2008, in the USA, with the bankrupt of Lehman Brothers. This financial shock led to a deep and long economic crisis. The USA has started to experience economic recovery in 2010 but the economic growth has still been low. The hospitality industry, with...
The respective cultural and social significance of the landlord, middleman and tenant in Irish life in the period 1780 - 1914 - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
According to the Census of 1851, it appears that there were 570, 338 tenants farmers in Ireland who accounted for over half of the rural population. This census also shows that 10, 000 landlords owned most of the land. These numbers show an unfair domination of the land by landlords. And...
Porter's Five Forces - Airbnb
Case study - 5 pages - Tourism marketing
While providing more than 7,000,000 accommodation listings around 81,000 cities and 220 countries, Airbnb (www.airbnb.com) is a major player and leader in the sharing economy. The platform offers an online broker service allowing individuals to rent or to hire short-term accommodation....
Evolution of lodging networks during the economic crisis: What happened to Airbnb and to budget hotels in the context of the crisis in the USA?
Case study - 25 pages - Management
The financial crisis started In September 2008, in the USA, with the bankrupt of Lehman Brothers. This financial shock led to a deep and long economic crisis. The USA has started to experience economic recovery in 2010 but the economic growth has still been low. The hospitality industry, with...
Business venturing - feasibility study (March 2008): Hexabus - publié le 16/01/2009
Case study - 19 pages - Business strategy
The main objective of feasibility study is to know if our business idea is sustainable, and if we could invest it. for this, first we are going to do the analysis of potential customers and competitors. This analysis will approach company's target in terms of age and social class. We determine...
The respective cultural and social significance of the landlord, middleman and tenant in Irish life in the period 1780 - 1914
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
According to the Census of 1851, it appears that there were 570, 338 tenants farmers in Ireland who accounted for over half of the rural population. This census also shows that 10, 000 landlords owned most of the land. These numbers show an unfair domination of the land by landlords. And...
Business venturing - feasibility study (March 2008): Hexabus
Case study - 35 pages - Management
The main objective of feasibility study is to know if our business idea is sustainable, and if we could invest it. for this, first we are going to do the analysis of potential customers and competitors. This analysis will approach company's target in terms of age and social class. We determine...
SWOT Analysis - Airbnb
Case study - 5 pages - Tourism marketing
The hotel industry has high barriers to entry. Start-up costs are large as they require major investments in real estate, construction, maintenance, equipment, staff, marketing and the list goes on. This is exactly why Airbnb has made their success. The company generates revenue from the rental...
Case study of SIXT
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
Nowadays there are a lot of rental companies, home rental, car rental etc. So in order to be competitive these companies have to be innovative and to use Internet as a tool. Indeed if we go in the website of a car rental company there is a booking process on the main page that allow users to make...
Managerial Accounting - Arpeggio Inc.
Case study - 2 pages - Accounting
Upon scrutinizing Arpeggio's financial statement, it becomes apparent that the company contends with a combination of variable and fixed costs. Variable costs, represented by expenses such as delivery, sales commissions, and a portion of administrative personnel costs, exhibit a degree of...
Gus Van Sant vs. Johnny Depp
Case study - 10 pages - Finance
I am the new Chief financial officer of a US film studio and i have to make recommendations on four projects in order to produce a profitable movie. Firstly, i am going to calculate Net Present Value for each scenario because i have to make a selection. Indeed, i must determine the negative and...
The financial expenses of a hotel
Thesis - 10 pages - Finance
Cash includes Cash on Hand (House Banks), Demand Deposits, and Temporary Cash Investments. Temporary Cash Investments should be of demand nature or have maturities within 90 days at the time of purchase. Cash that is restricted formally for long-term purposes, such as property and equipment...
Analyzing humor: The grand of them all
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
The Landlord, a Funny or Die exclusive video, is a comedy that makes people laugh until they tear up. The video shows two lethargic, aged men, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, who are suddenly interrupted by the presence of their raging landlord because the rent is late1. Surprisingly, the...
Villa Finder's app development
Business plan - 13 pages - Heritage and real estate
How could we help and motivate young professionals looking to rent a villa for their holidays in Bali to book a sustainable option knowing that they don't want to compromise on comfort, time or activities?
Corporate finance
Financial analysis - 5 pages - Automotive marketing
Luxury Automotive Supply is trying to enter the California market which represents a lucrative market for automobiles owing to its pleasant climate. As the company's luxury automobiles are driven throughout the year due to the climate, the company feel the annual demand for car parts will be...
Strategic Financial Diagnostic to Open a Retail Music Store
Financial analysis - 10 pages - Finance
We are going to analyze two entrepreneurs situations, Jane and Elizabeth. Both have decided to open a retail music store in a large shopping mall, purchase CDs from the large music distributors, and resell them to the public. Our goal is to analyze this project so that they can make strategic...
Corporate finance - published: 29/09/2010
Case study - 5 pages - Services marketing
Luxury Automotive Supply is trying to enter the California market which represents a lucrative market for automobiles owing to its pleasant climate. As the company's luxury automobiles are driven throughout the year due to the climate, the company feel the annual demand for car parts will be...
Corporate finance - exercices
Case study - 6 pages - Finance
Presentation of different questions of corporate finance with cases and exercises. Extract of the document: “Old friends Jane and Elizabeth have decided to open up a retail music store. They will open up a store in a large shopping mall, purchase CDs from the large music distributors, and...
International Work Experience - My Trip to Charleston, SC
Internship report - 11 pages - Everyday's life
The second year of Marketing and European Management, within the international school of management IDRAC Lyon, begins with a cultural trip of two months, named International Work Experience. This stay, is not in a French-speaking country, and enables the students, on one hand, to discover a...
The Toy market in Russia
Market study - 17 pages - Economy general
Russia is no longer a part of the world's economic powers as it was in the days of the Soviet Union, but it remains one of the 10 largest economies at the international level (8th place in 2007)). It is now a member of G8. The Russian economy is characterized by four major features: - A...
Equality of opportunities - theorical and bevioral public policy
Essay - 4 pages - Economic politics
The subject of equal opportunities has been more and more present in today's modern societies for many decades now. Some use it as a descriptive term for an approach intended to provide a certain social environment in which people are not excluded from the activities of society, such as...
