What has the so-called death of distance meant for the economic prospects of cities and nations?
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
In the 19th and 20th centuries, cities were able to attract people and develop primarily because of the lower cost of transportation for goods, people and knowledge that they provided. Distance is costly; search costs for the market and for suppliers, management costs, shipping costs, and...
Applying Psychological Theories to Analyze Communication and Social Norms
Essay - 5 pages - Psychology
Education is a significant steward of society, determining the development of individual and professional knowledge, which in turn creates a community's growth and prosperity. Regarding education, which is considered a crucial sector, two key problems that are being discussed a lot are public...
PESTEL Analysis - Emirates
Case study - 5 pages - Tourism marketing
Emirates Airlines is a Dubai-based airline, 100% owned by Dubai Investment Corporation. Emirates is the largest airline in the Middle East, with more than 3,600 flights per week. This airline is considered the first airline in the world and started its operations with only two planes. They...
Smart Water Purification System Business Report
Case study - 5 pages - Management
People who use the Smart Water Purification System enjoy advanced home water filtration that combines nanotechnology with Internet of Things capabilities, ensuring continuous water quality assessment and contaminant purification. Passive filtration methods used by traditional water purification...
Socioeconomic status and educational achievement in impoverished communities in the United States
Case study - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The purpose of the study is to assess the socioeconomic status and educational achievement in impoverished communities in the United States. The research will involve a non-experimental, qualitative approach to examining the multifaceted social dynamics underlying the unequal distribution of...
Impact of the economic boom on Irish society (2006)
Case study - 16 pages - Economy general
"To be Irish in 2006 is to be living through an unprecedented social experiment" (Holmquist 2006). This statement exemplifies the Irish economic performance in the 1990s. It puts an end to the years of high spending and taxes, an increasing inflation, low growth and soaring unemployment....
What were the main factors of the collapse of " Social Democracy " in Britain?
Essay - 11 pages - Modern history
After the Second World War, the British political and economic landscape underwent a radical transformation in its own foundations. Indeed, the previous economic orthodoxy that had characterized the governing of Britain was substituted by a Keynesian form of welfare state. It was...
Examining the Causal Factors and Societal Ramifications of the Celtic Tiger Phenomenon
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
When one examines the historic past of Ireland it is evident that this once colonial appendage of Brittan has had its fair share of despair. Within just over a hundred years Ireland as a whole has suffered through numerous crises including two famines, oil crisis, religious conflict and...
Limited liability and its moral hazard implications: the systemic inscription of instability in contemporary capitalism - Marie Laure Djelic and Joel Bothello (2013) - The systemic instability of contemporary capitalism
Text commentary - 4 pages - Finance
The moral hazard problem inherent to the financial safety net provided by the government protection of depositors has been identified as one of the causes of the 2008 financial crisis. Banks endangered financial stability by promoting lending to risky actors and proposed speculative interest...
PESTEL Analysis - Zoom
Case study - 4 pages - ICT marketing
Zoom is an American company specialising in telecommunications, mainly offering conference calls, videos, online messaging services and even online group meetings. Its head office is located in California. Its main shareholders are investment funds such as The Vanguard or Morgan Stanley...
PESTEL Analysis - Levi Strauss Company
Case study - 5 pages - Fashion and ready to wear marketing
In essence, the United States apparel industry had total revenue of 350 billion dollars as of 2019, representing an annual growth rate of 2.5 percent between 2015 and 2019. The womenswear segment was by far the industry's most profitable in 2019, with total revenue of 187 billion dollars,...
An analysis of Goldstone's 'The rise of the West- or not? A revision of socio-economic history'
Thesis - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The article deals with some of the common notions concerning why the so-called ?Rise of the West? (Goldstone, 2000) occurred, and then proceeds to offer counter-arguments all leading up to the final conclusion that without the presence of four events which were arguably complete accidents or...
Financial tools and reflection - Presentation of an investment plan
Case study - 2 pages - Finance
Depositors earn interest on their savings deposits and on some demand deposits. Most also offer CDs and money market deposit accounts that pay slightly higher interest rates. The federal government insures deposits, including CDs and money market accounts, up to $100,000 per depositor at a given...
Discuss the main factors that determine product prices in the UK - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
Predicting firms; behavior and reactions to events is central for current microeconomics. Economists have put forward many theories to analyze the behavior of firms, main decisions of economic interest related to outputs, investment, and technology and above all prices which are the object...
L'Oreal Group: Economic and Financial analysis
Case study - 55 pages - Finance
The L'Oreal group, created in 1909 as a small family business, has grown exceedingly since its IPO (initial public offering) on October 8, 1963. Held by the Bettencourt family (27.5%) and Nestle (26.4%), the Group is now a part of the CAC 40. World leader in cosmetics, L'Oreal has a...
Discuss the main factors that determine product prices in the UK
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
Predicting firms' behaviour and reactions to events is central for recent microeconomics. Economists have indeed put forward many theories to analyse firms' behaviour, main decisions of economic interest relate to outputs, investment, technology and above all prices which is the object of...
Pestel Analysis - Airbus
Case study - 5 pages - Tourism marketing
The Airbus company operates in the aeronautics sector, which includes a civilian component and a military component. Airbus was created in 1969, following an agreement between several European powers, notably France, Germany and England. The head office is located in France, near Toulouse. The...
Deductions and Recommendations for Apple Inc.'s Entry into the Syrian Market
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
Apple, Inc. is a world leader in technology, renowned for its creative design of products and services. Beyond a global presence in more than 100 countries and Apple Inc.'s product line consisting of iPhones, MacBooks, and information technologies services like iCloud and Apple Music, the...
Immigration and Ethnic History
Tutorials/exercises - 8 pages - Sociology & social sciences
The United States is said to be a nation of immigrants. This is because most people in trace their origins from other parts of the world. There are people who moved into the United States as slaves, specifically the African-Americans, while others migrated to the country in order to engage in...
Bacteria foraging based algorithm for optimum economic load dispatch with non-convex loads
Thesis - 11 pages - Physics
An algorithm based on Bacteria Foraging (BF) was developed to solve the problem of finding the optimum load allocation amongst the committed units in power system with non-convex loads. The performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated on a test case of 15 units. The performance of the...
Managerial economics focusing on cost and revenue analysis
Thesis - 19 pages - Economy general
Health service providers have to carefully manage the use of scarce resources while meeting a growing demand for services and rising expectations for quality. Conducting cost and revenue analysis can greatly increase a managers' understanding of the factors that affect resource use,...
Unraveling Urban Transformation in Atlanta's West End - Gentrification, Policy Forces, and Inequities
Case study - 4 pages - Urban planning
The changes in the urban landscape display the complexity of economic, social, and policy factors that play a role in shaping the cities. Such complex interrelations befell the West End in Atlanta, once a lively, predominantly African-American neighborhood. Today, another case of...
SWOT Analysis - McDonald's
Case study - 5 pages - Brand management
The McDonald's Group (full name: McDonald's Corp) is undoubtedly one of the best-known groups in the world. The emblem of fast food (and sometimes even a symbol of junk food), the group offers fast food services (burgers, salads, wraps), on-site, take away, drive-through or delivery...
Reflections on Brexit and personal development: navigating challenges and opportunities
Tutorials/exercises - 8 pages - Economy general
Brexit's impact encompasses numerous areas - from trade and investment to immigration and regulation. These areas are interrelated, and changes in one aspect could have knock-on effects on others, contributing to the complexity. For instance, new trade agreements could affect investment...
Status of Dramatic Serials in India and South Korea
Case study - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Television dramas can provide a wealth of information about different nations' cultures and social dynamics. This comparative analysis explores the dramatic serials produced in India and South Korea. In this comparative study, we examine the dramatic serials in India and South Korea, which...
The European Union and its International Role - Towards a European Federation? (From the European Conference in The Hague to the Rome Treaties, 1948-1957)
Course material - 6 pages - Modern history
Already during the war, many Resistance groups asked themselves how to stop the cycle of recurring European wars. After 1945, many groups and associations suggested going back to the European ideas of the 20s, which included the concept of a European Union (Briand Plan of 1930). They stressed...
Anglo-German relations in the European Union, 1945-2019
Presentation - 10 pages - International relations
History showed that Germany and the United Kingdom were often enemies, even if they were also strongly dependent and linked on many levels. Indeed, they were commercial and industrial rivals before 1914, and then they fought against each other during the two World Wars. But more recently, they...
Business Analysis - SRI LANKA
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
With more than 21 millions inhabitants, Sri Lanka is an emerging country, with high growth rates during last years. The key economic forecasts are good, with a positive and moderate inflation. However, debt risks remain real with a current account negative since 2011 and which should be...
Strategic integration & brand expanding dominance in Asia - LVMH - Script for a presentation
Presentation - 13 pages - International marketing
As it currently stands, the luxury market is a thriving market with continuous growth despite a complex economic situation in recent years. The market registered nearly $88 billion in global spending on luxury goods in 2003. We anticipate an increase in spending on luxury goods of 3% to 5%...
Market and Its Impact on the Business
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
Whether a weak or strong economy, it maintains prime influence in how organizations behave and adjust to the macro-level economic factors. Interestingly, the nature of the economy has varying impact experienced by different firms; either positive or negative impacts. For instance,...
