Has a third oil crisis emerged? (January 2007)
Thesis - 13 pages - Economy general
Within a time span of twenty-seven years between 1973 and 2000, the global oil market has been shaken by two major unexpected “shocks”. In this context, it is worth recalling the definition of an oil shock, that is often confused in the minds of the public. This phrase has been used to...
Honda's publicity campaign for the CR-V
Case study - 2 pages - Management
Honda, (the car maker) launched a new four wheeler in 2005 called the Honda CR-V. This vehicle was supposed to be quiet, clean, efficient and aesthetic. However, the pollution generated by the CR-V and its failure to adapt to the city life became the main complaints of the vehicle. The CR-V has...
Marketing at Audi
Essay - 13 pages - Services marketing
During the discovery stage of the business conducted in the first year of European Marketing and Management, the author worked in the Audi group in Avignon. This area was chosen to gain knowledge and a rough idea of the automotive world that has a strong attraction. The author worked for two...
Air France-KLM in the US and worldwide
Market study - 10 pages - Business strategy
1919 witnessed the maiden flight of Koninklijke Luchtvaartmaatschappij for The Netherlands and Colonies or the KLM as it is popularly known. Years down the lane, in 1933, the civil aviation industry saw the merger of five French airlines, Air Union, Air Orient, Societe Generale de Transport...
The United Nations urban growth projection and its impact on urban development and regional disparities in India
Essay - 8 pages - Economy general
The United Nations Population Division (UNPD) has been publishing and revising its World Urbanization Prospects since 1991, the latest being the 2002 revision, and this has become a popular source of data and analysis of the past, current and future proportion urban in each country, region or...
Analysis of the European automotive industry through the expansion of Japanese cars in order to emphasize the major automotive strategy trends of the future
Market study - 26 pages - Business strategy
Automotive industry has realized that UK is an important location. A number of companies have set up production bases in UK. The Asian, American and European constructors have proved that UK occupies an important place in the automotive industry. However, the Automotive Industry in Eastern...
Natura Pura business plan
Business plan - 23 pages - Services marketing
Natura Pura is a company that was established in 1999 in Portugal. Natura Pura produces and sells textile products (home textiles and clothing) made of natural fibers. In the beginning, the first strategic goal established was to develop in the foreign market, which was a strategic vision of the...
The future electric car of Renault: 'Renault ZE', 2009
Market study - 25 pages - Services marketing
Renault is one of the major competitors in the automobile industry and its presence is evident in each continent of the world. From 2004-2007 the global automobiles industry has grown each year both in volume and value. However in 2008, because of the world economic recession, the automobile...
China-Middle East relations and how the natural resources affect their relations
Thesis - 6 pages - International relations
It remains without a doubt that the economic boom that China has witnessed in the last few decades had many implications for other regions of the world, including the Middle East. To fuel its ever increasing production and consumption patterns, and its ultimate search for economic profit,...
International Business Environment and Strategy
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
"You have been asked by a major oil company to analyze the likely developments in the oil market over the next five years. Carefully explain the theoretical underpinnings to any predictions you make. How might your predictions influence the future strategic direction of the oil company? Explain...
The American diplomacy around the protocol of Kyoto
Essay - 15 pages - Ecology & environment
During the past forty years, the issue of global warming has gradually been established as the priority of environmental debates to become a major issue in our society for the twenty-first century. The proliferation of conferences, books, and films on this subject reflect the growing interest....
Oil depletion and use of vehicles: what are the alternative energies?
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...
Company analysis: The case of Red Bull
Case study - 4 pages - Services marketing
Nowadays, who doesn't know Red Bull? This firm is famous thanks to the unique taste of its drinks, its blue and silver cans and also the ingredients chosen for the drinks. This energy drink is composed of taurine which has bile of bulls; the current issue is that everybody doesn't...
Steel market development during the period 2005-2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Economy general
As stated in UNCTAD 2005, steel is an alloy of iron and carbon contains less than 2% carbon and 1% manganese along with some small amounts of silicon, phosphorous, sulfur and oxygen. Steel can be created via two basic routes: from raw materials consisting of iron ore, limestone and coke by the...
Case study: Green Kitchen
Case study - 8 pages - Management
What is distinctive with respect to alternatives on the market? -Reduce environmental impact: smart and eco-efficient appliances, interconnection between the appliances allow to avoid water and energy wastes. -Save up money and time: for example time with the handy-dandy ressource...
Green Technology and Renewable Energy
Tutorials/exercises - 1 pages - Ecology & environment
As a reminder, at least two renewable energy sources, solar energy and wind power, could together meet the global energy demand. To be noted, technical limits of renewable energy are based on the power densities of the technologies (i.e. energy flux per unit of...
Market Study on Sustainable Energy Solutions: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
Market study - 2 pages - Green marketing
The existential threat climate change poses to our global ecosystem has never carried greater immediacy or necessity for sustainable energy solutions. This research will critically look into the sustainable energy market, revealing primary trends signaling a paradigm change in the...
How could international law support a transition to renewable sources of energy?
Essay - 4 pages - International law
Climate change is an international issue. Indeed, no matter how much greenhouse gases emissions decrease in Europe, if the world does not act collectively climate change and its consequences will continue. But climate change is not only an international topic, it intersects with many...
The European project of ecotaxes
Essay - 12 pages - Economy general
In October 1991 the European Commission sent the Council a draft action program called the European project of environmental taxes that encouraged members of the European Union to introduce environmental taxes. This project was a sustainable development policy to tax the polluters to make them...
Aircraft Cabin Load
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
Aircraft Cabin Load is the maximum load that can be carried by an individual sortie during a given flight. Aircraft cabins are configured according to the load that they are made to carry. Passenger aircrafts can be re-configured to carry cargo by removal of the seats; however, this raises...
Cholesterol: Properties and functions
Thesis - 8 pages - Medical studies
Lipids are a family of molecules differing greatly from each other. Among these are the triglycerides (energy source), the phospholipids that constitute cell membranes, and cholesterol. Cholesterol is an essential for the proper functioning of the organization; however fuel...
Case Study for AMP
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
The case study will focus on AMP Limited which is a financial services organization based in various countries around the world. The company has an employee base of about 14,500 employees in the AMP International organization of the company. The case study will focus on the service division of...
Green marketing, global warming, environment conscious
Dissertation - 50 pages - Services marketing
Green Marketing consists of all actions aimed at using the ecological positioning of a brand or product to increase sales and improve corporate image. Green Marketing may be based on the ecological characteristics of a product (raw green, recyclable or biodegradable etc), Green promotions (a tree...
Principles of Cellular Electrophysiology
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Biology
Resting Membrane Potential In nerve cells, potassium ions (K+) are at higher concentration inside the membrane than outside whereas the opposite is true for sodium (Na+), calcium (Ca2+), and chloride (Cl-) ions (Fig. 1.9-1). The bulk solutions on either side of the membrane are electrically...
Renewable Energy Sources in the United Kingdom
Course material - 3 pages - Ecology & environment
Carbon dioxide has some negative effects which include the greenhouse effect, which creates a ground-level ozone layer that prevents the earth from cooling, hence adverse temperatures. Also, it causes climate change and due to the earth overheating, the water levels in the oceans have increased,...
Validating Energy-Oriented CGE Models - Jayson Beckman, Thomas Hertel and Wallace Tyner (2011) - Book analysis
Book review - 3 pages - Economy general
The CGE approach constitutes an open framework for linkages to models from other disciplines, thereby accommodating the integrated assessment of sustainability issues.
The study of a famous Australian wine company : Banrock Station
Essay - 5 pages - Business strategy
Banrock Station is an Australian wine company situated within three hours drive from Adelaide, in South Australia. Its slogan "Good earth, Fine wines" perfectly embodies the two main motivations of the company: the protection of ecological balance and the pleasure of quality wine...
Renewable energy: case study
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
There are two main types of energy in the world. The first one is renewable energy, and the other is non-renewable energy. All the forms of energy used are classified in either of the two categories. Non renewable energy is the type of energy that has...
Renewable Energy and the Hotel Industry: A Perfect Fit?
Case study - 27 pages - Psychology
Renewable energy is one of the fastest growing sectors in today's energy market. Energy from solar, wind, hydro power, tidal energy and biomass sources is being harnessed to provide energy that is both environmentally friendly and secure from the...
Crowdfunding for sustainable energy projects: the criteria of selection by platform managers and competition between investors
Thesis - 25 pages - Finance
Despite the contributions of research on the crowdfunding phenomenon, there is a lack of knowledge on the link between crowdfunding and sustainability and renewable energies in particular and also a lack of understanding from the point of view of investors and managers of crowdfunding platforms:...
