Kuwait: The hidden moneymaker of the middle East
Thesis - 8 pages - Geography
Kuwait is a small sovereign emirate strategically located on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf, tucked between Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The name comes from an Arabic word translating to “fortress built near water,” which it very much looks like on a map. It has a...
US policy towards the Taliban since the end of the cold war - publié le 12/01/2009
Thesis - 2 pages - International relations
The withdrawal of Soviet troops in 1989 did not provoke the fall of Najibullah's communist regime, but rather the beginning of Civil war between the different factions and ethnics. The US was officially not interested anymore in that part of the world and focused primarily in Europe. However, the...
Effat's new roses
Thesis - 2 pages - Journalism
The article “Effat's new roses,” from the current issue of Saudi Aramco World, opens with a sense of anticipation. The lead welcomes readers to graduation night at Effat College, the first private women's college in Saudi Arabia. The article goes on to detail the...
How to measure the value of a professional football player through a financial valuation model?
Dissertation - 8 pages - Sport marketing
The takeover of Newcastle United FC, 19th in the English Premier League, for 350 million euros by a Saudi public investment fund illustrates the attractiveness of football as a thriving and diverse industry. Indeed, the fund's liquidity is estimated at 400 billion dollars, making...
US policy towards the Taliban since the end of the cold war
Essay - 2 pages - International relations
The withdrawal of Soviet troops in 1989 did not provoke the fall of Najibullah's communist regime, but rather the beginning of Civil war between the different factions and ethnics. The US was officially not interested anymore in that part of the world and focused primarily in Europe. However, the...
Oil depletion and use of vehicles: what are the alternative energies? - published: 15/01/2009
Essay - 13 pages - Journalism
In our modern society, oil is omnipresent in our habits and plays a significant role. It has several stakes in economical, political and strategic fields. Indeed oil is considered as the best energy source because it is easily extracted, stocked and transformed. Moreover, its energy yield is very...
The importation and the marketing of wines and spirits in Dubai
Market study - 45 pages - Economy general
The Federation of UAE is an Arab country that tolerates the import and marketing of alcohol in a very strict manner. We place ourselves in a Muslim country in the vicinity of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, in order to study it. We all know the position of Islam vis-a-vis...
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 segment that...
(Re)Constructing Afghanistan: After the Bonn agreement - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 17 pages - International relations
The 5th of December 2001, the Bonn agreement was the first text attempting to build a basis for a new start of the Afghan nation after the American invasion. It was set by international actors as different as the UN, who supervised the conference, the US, the EU, Saudi Arabia and...
Promoting Democracy
Internship report - 8 pages - Political science
Chapter four of Payne's book deals with the notion of democracy, which is a very old one. Democracy is a process, that is to say it is in constant evolution. Today, we can say that most developed countries are democratic, and each country has followed a different path to achieve democracy. The...
Authoritarianism is a form of government
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
Authoritarianism is a form of government in which concentrated and highly concentrated in a small group of politicians. A political condition of authoritarianism exists when those in power leave little or no freedom of choice to those over whom they govern, either because they believe that the...
Dictatorship and democracy- an essay
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
In December 2010 began what is called "Jasmine Revolution" in Tunisia. The term 'Jasmine' is much criticized in the press and is not unanimous: in fact, the term "Jasmine" was used when Ben Ali took power and the term evokes sweetness, this contrasts with the destruction and pillage the...
Re-Constructing Afghanistan: After the Bonn agreement
Essay - 16 pages - Political science
The 5th of December 2001, the Bonn agreement was the first text attempting to build a basis for a new start of the Afghan nation after the American invasion. It was set by international actors as different as the UN, who supervised the conference, the US, the EU, Saudi Arabia and...
Considering the business environment in Brazil, which are the main challenges for a Brazilian professional performing in other countries? Are such challenges similar for a foreign professional working in Brazil?
Case study - 2 pages - Management
Going abroad as a business woman involves dealing with new political, economical, and cultural dimensions. The political aspects could have a striking effect on one's daily life. For example, in Saudi Arabia it is forbidden for women to drive cars. If a businesswoman is used to...
Death penalty administration: Racially biased?
Thesis - 9 pages - Civil law
More than 350 people have been executed in the USA since 1990. The U.S.A. has the highest known death row population on earth at over 3, 300. In 1997 the USA carried out 74 executions--the highest number for the last four decades. Only China, Saudi Arabia and Iran were known to...
International Management
Course material - 10 pages - Foreign markets
Alstom manufactures trains, metros and trolleys and is number two in it's industry worldwide, after the Canadian Group Bombardier. The process is as follows. Each city desiring a metro or tram makes a takeover bid and in this case it was Budapest city. Alstom won this bid. There are two lines...
OPEC's effective resistance to strong western powers
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was one of the first organizations of the developing world to effectively resist Western superpowers. Before OPEC, Western countries colonized developing nations and exploited their natural resources with little resistance from these countries....
The city of Aden - Yemen
Essay - 13 pages - Journalism
The Yemeni port of Aden has long been one of the major entrepôts of the Middle East. With its starkly beautiful natural harbor nestled within an extinct volcano and its access to the highlands of Yemen and its products, the city called the “Eye to Yemen” would already have been...
Comparative analysis of the key success factors in a public relations agency in GB and other countries. (Placement report) - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 15 pages - Management
During June and July, I did my first internship in a public relations company based in London, called Bell Pottinger. I didn't know exactly what the challenges were in this field, so it was a chance to learn many new things. Chime Communications PLC is the holding company of 35 companies...
Comparative analysis of the key success factors in a public relations agency in GB and other countries. (Placement report)
Internship report - 15 pages - Management
During June and July, I did my first internship in a public relations company based in London, called Bell Pottinger. I didn't know exactly what the challenges were in this field, so it was a chance to learn many new things. Chime Communications PLC is the holding company of 35 companies...
RSTUDIO - Quiz (R and Tidying Basics)
Tutorials/exercises - 1 pages - Computer science
In this quiz you will be analysing foods' carbon footprint data from nu3's 2018 Food Carbon Footprint Index (the actual data scrapping is explained here). It contains data on CO2 emissions per person for a large number of countries for the year 2018, using data from the Food and...
The general oil market and the American oil policy - publié le 13/01/2009
Thesis - 14 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 the energy...
Bahrain: Tourism and hotels
Thesis - 19 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The hotel industry is one of the oldest commercial endeavors in the world. The first inns were built way back in the 6th century B.C. and were a result of the urge to travel that happened after the invention of the “wheel". Husband-and-wife teams opened the earliest inns by providing...
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 the energy...
The Business Gateway to Qatar 2006
Essay - 102 pages - Economy general
The state of Qatar offers a unique variety of opportunities. Having almost entirely transformed itself during the last several years, the country keeps its incredible momentum of steady development. However under the auspices and progressive guidance of His Highness the Emir of the State of...
Despite its oil wealth, account for the instability of the Persian Gulf region - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
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 by this...
The "Arab World"
Essay - 10 pages - International relations
The feeling of being a part of the Arab nation is hindered by the diversity of territories and nations, by the divisions determined by historical backgrounds and an unequal access offered by the territories of the different states. These disparities led to national egoism. Nevertheless, the...
To what extent can Islamic terrorism be considered as One Unified Movement?
Case study - 27 pages - Political science
The collapse of the USSR in 1991 marked the end of the Cold War era and generated much optimism among scholars and thinkers. This hope was notably illustrated by Francis Fukuyama's article “The End of History” in which he proclaimed “the end point of Mankind's ideological evolution...
Arcelor-Mittal
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
ArcelorMittal is a global steel company; it is the largest steel producing company in the world and is the market leader in steel for use in automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging. It holds sizeable captive supplies of raw materials and operates extensive distribution...
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 by this...
