Problem solution: Global communications
Thesis - 10 pages - Business strategy
The ability of the people to coordinate their individual work effort toward a common goal is paramount for Global Communications. To settle issues in order to make the right decision all possible motives must be considered. The COMPANY must involve critical stakeholders in a strategy for...
Cash management
Thesis - 3 pages - Finance
Similar to the absence of water to anything living, the absence of cash to the business means death—slow, torturous, physically painful, and mentally agonizing” (Managing, 2003, p.1). A flourishing business rests on sound cash management techniques with solid cash flow. One cannot...
Gap analysis: Global communications
Thesis - 4 pages - Business strategy
Global Communications failed to involve vital stakeholders in the direction of a plan for success with the company's future. The troubled company did not veritably discuss the concerns in advance with the Union. The company ignored the concerns from the collective-bargaining membership and did...
McDonaldization: Old wine new bottles
Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy
The ubiquitous golden arches of McDonalds are recognizable worldwide and for many represent the pillars of democracy and free enterprise of America. However, in recent times, much infamy has fastened itself to the McDonalds Corporation and other fast-food chains for their steadfast adherence to...
Risk management : three cases
Case study - 6 pages - Management
Firm 1 is a large multinational organization with operations in several countries. The company's industry is currently experiencing an economic downturn. While the firm is currently in good shape, it wishes to avoid bad news as it is concerned about further economic downturns. The firm owns a...
The main challenges and opportunities that managers face when working in teams. What role does team leadership play in this context?
Essay - 8 pages - Management
The ability to work in a team is a desired competence, which is rare in the French system, especially among the "chiefs" and the managers. In France, importance is given to genius, and a strong personality on which everything may depend. Even is teams are formed, they do not function as teams as...
Dubai land
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
Dubai is at the same time a city and an emirate of the United Arab Emirates. Though Dubai is not the capital of the United Arab Emirates, the largest emirate or the most populated one, it is the most known of the seven emirates which compose the federation. This fame is due to the huge media...
Financial management : Gus Van Sant vs. Johnny Depp
Case study - 15 pages - Management
You have just been hired to take over as the CFO of a major US film studio. Your first project is to make a recommendation on a project that has been plagued with problems from the start. Here is the history of the project: Three years ago, the development department bought the movie rights to...
Accor financial statements
Financial analysis - 15 pages - Business strategy
Accor is a French group which specializes not only in hotels and services to corporation, but also catering and leisure. The company is the European leader and a major global group in hotels. It is also the global leader in providing services to corporate clients and public institutions. It...
The financial crisis and its consequences on the German financial system
Dissertation - 27 pages - Finance
The triggering element of the present financial crisis was the real-estate crisis in the United States. The crisis began with certain indifference in 2006, but then it reached its peak during the second semester of 2008. This was when we observed, day after day, a fall in prices of shares,...
Revolution at Oticon A/S: The Spaghetti Organization - publié le 01/10/2009
Case study - 17 pages - Human resources
Lars Kolind, who was recruited in order to assume the tough task of implementing a new management in Oticon, set a real revolution. He arrived in a crisis context so; his first task was to readjust the company to an acceptable financial situation. He achieved this quite shortly and everybody...
Google strategic management - publié le 01/10/2009
Case study - 21 pages - Management
Since its creation, Samudra Motors, a well-established sports car company has become predominant on its operating market. Now, it seems that it has reached a saturation point in the domestic market, and in order to grow as a company, it must look at overseas markets to further their growth. With...
Google financial management
Case study - 15 pages - Management
Ten years ago, there was no Google, but today, it is the world leader in internet research. It has preceded its competitors in this domain, and like an octopus, is now present in every branch of the current communication on Internet. Google, which went public four years ago, is now bigger than...
Operations management: Kudler fine foods contracts organic produce growers
Thesis - 3 pages - Management
What makes-up the core of the American gourmet marketing business reflects various traditional European foods. Kudler Fine Foods excels in this burgeoning scene of artisans. Kudler Fine Foods' great cheeses, meats, condiments, bakery, produce, dairy and other goods (offered) impact American...
Generic strategy and technology to create business opportunities for Kudler
Thesis - 4 pages - Business strategy
Technology has revolutionized and created business opportunities for Kudler Fine Foods. Strategic information systems along with schemes that support or provide business reorganization have assisted the gourmet business to grab opportunities produced by the advent of technology and an...
Problem solution: Riordan manufacturing
Thesis - 8 pages - Management
In order for a comparison of gauging present performance with expected future performance, Riordan Manufacturing must assess the process ascertaining the discrepancy between business demands and present potentialities. As a manufacturing leader in the plastic injections molding arena with...
Efficiency analysis of conventional and Islamic banks in Indonesia using data envelopment analysis
Tutorials/exercises - 18 pages - Finance
Islamic banks have been in existence since early 1960s. The first Islamic bank was established in 1963 as a pilot project in the form of rural savings bank in a small town of Egypt, Mit Ghamr. After that, Islamic banking movement came back to life in mid 1970s. The establishment of Islamic...
Islamic banking and Muslims
Thesis - 10 pages - Finance
The development of Islamic banking in Indonesia got its best momentum in Indonesian struggle to recover the national economy from crisis. Islamic banking has been being accepted by many communities -at least as one of the alternatives, in strengthening the financial sector. Statistics of...
Study of the costs of sterilisation service with the ABC method
Case study - 9 pages - Finance
This study aims to estimate the costs involved in various sterilized conditionings provided by the clinic, and to compare these costs with prices proposed by external persons. It also longs to calculate the total cost of the service and to compare it with the offer of an external person ?...
Danone's risk management analysis
Case study - 15 pages - Management
I chose the Danone SA Company because it is one of the biggest French established companies, and it is important to study the business model of a company as successful as Danone's. It is a food company, and I think that it is very exposed to different risks due to the nature of the products...
Research Methods for Managers - publié le 30/09/2009
Worksheets - 12 pages - Management
Dr. Don Roberts, a research consultant, has received a government research grant to examine how aspects of a college student's experiences relate to his or her job performance. The research was also interested in the impact of gender on salary and promotions of the employee. This is why...
Novartis
Case study - 7 pages - Human resources
We learnt several things concerning the management used by the company, especially in the Human Resources Field, all thanks to the study of Global Talent Management at Novartis, published by the Harvard Business School in 2008. Along the study we are going to asses the way Novartis'...
Change management: Label-Park.com
Case study - 9 pages - Management
I chose to apply the learnings of this course in the Label-Park company in order to give it a competitive advantage. It is the company where I am undergoing my internship for more than six months now. I indeed know the functioning of the company and the implemented processes; therefore I know...
Advance corporate finance: exercises
Tutorials/exercises - 9 pages - Finance
You have two stocks with the following Expected Returns (ER) and Standard Deviations (SD). Stock A: ER = 5%, SD = 5%. Stock B: ER = 10%, SD = 10%. The correlation coefficient is 0.5. Show how you can create a portfolio with these two stocks which would have an ER of 8%. What is the SD of this...
Delocalization: Advantages, inconveniences and consequences - publié le 29/09/2009
Thesis - 10 pages - Business strategy
Economic delocalization is a transfer of activities, of capital and of employment in areas of a country or of the world which have competitive advantages. Delocalization consists of separating fabrication areas and transformation products areas of consummation country. The production is...
Strategic management in an organization
Thesis - 14 pages - Management
According to Johnson, Scholes and Whittington, ‘Strategic Management includes the understanding the strategic position of an organization, strategic choices for the future and turning strategy into action' (Johnson, Scholes & Whittington, 2005, p.16).There are many models and senior...
Strategic analysis of VSM (Viking Sewing Machines) group
Thesis - 9 pages - Business strategy
In 1997, VSM AB became an independent company and had been bought by an investment fund Industri Kapital. This report analyzes the strategic impact of these events in a global competition and declining market background. In order to understand the VSM case, we have analyzed the new strategic...
Danone and its strategy for the international markets - publié le 29/09/2009
Thesis - 8 pages - Business strategy
The strategy of a firm is the base of its business model; especially if it wants to operate in international markets. Numerous strategists and economists have already written some theories about the better way for strategies to go international. Bartlett and Ghoshal are two such authors. They...
Codorniu analysis relating to a hire process - publié le 29/09/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Human resources
The sector of which the company is a part has always influenced its recruitment and selection process. Indeed, the sector growth defines the company's requirements in terms of the number of employees, the kind of growth, and the profile of the people they need. Moreover, the company's strategy,...
Organization of Lyon terminal inside the CNR (Compagnie Nationale du Rhône) - publié le 29/09/2009
Thesis - 11 pages - Business strategy
The CNR or Compagnie Nationale du Rhône has several main activities: - First, it is an independent electricity producer. Thanks to its electric plants, the company produces around 16 billion kwh that have been sold directly to the European market since 2001. In order to do this, the CNR signed a...
