Estonian Welfare System
Case study - 12 pages - Educational studies
The purposes of social welfare are to provide assistance to persons or families in preventing, eliminating and relieving difficulties in coping, and to assist persons with special social needs in social security, development and integration into society. The principles of social welfare are the...
Evaluate the evolution of the world trade system - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 7 pages - Economy general
Before the creation of a world trade system in 1947, the countries had protectionist economic policies or preferential trade agreements for the Empires as the one of Britain and France. In the 1930s, these policies clearly showed their limits with the economic depression and the World War...
Business Law in UK and USA - published: 29/03/2024
Essay - 3 pages - Business law
In a globalized economy, business law plays a pivotal role in shaping the interactions between companies, investors, consumers, and governments. The legal systems of the United Kingdom and the United States, though distinct, are proving to be major references in the sphere of...
Reflective report and comparison between human resources systems in the USA and Japan
Case study - 8 pages - Human resources
I was in an international group composed of seven people from China, Sri Lanka, England and Germany. As a French student, it was a new experience for me to work with such a group. We decided to compare HR systems in two countries from which none of us come from. The idea of this...
Social welfare system in transition: The reform of the pension system
Essay - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy, from communism to democracy, and from unitary to a federal state had extreme consequences for the overall welfare of Russian population: including health services, social protection, and pension system. The Plan for...
Discuss critically the current international legal position on the patentability of software and business method inventions
Essay - 7 pages - International law
The question of available protection for new products which are software is a complex issue. Under UK law, the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988 (“the Act”), software is protected by the law of copyright. Although this is a powerful form of protection against an authorised copying...
The Birth of a Nation: North America
Course material - 5 pages - Medieval history
From the period of English colonization to the attainment of independence, various groups of migrants, including the French and Spanish, played significant roles. However, our focus will be on the English migrants who were instrumental in shaping the course of history during this...
Is the fragmentation of International Law a pathological phenomenon or the sign of a healthy pluralism?
Essay - 4 pages - International law
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Articles of Agreement of 1944 emphasizes that the World Bank must disregard political factors and solely base its decisions and operation on economic grounds. Highlighting that the consent-based nature of the international legal...
Leandro v. State of North Carolina, 488 S.E.2d 249 (1997) - Educational Equity in North Carolina: The Leandro Case and Its Impact on Achieving a Sound Basic Education
Case study - 11 pages - Educational studies
Amid the complex web of North Carolina's educational framework, two persistent issues exist - the challenge of achieving educational equity and the struggle to provide a high-quality academic environment to all students. In a multicultural context where people from different communities and...
Business plan: the Wifi car system - publié le 29/09/2010
Business plan - 14 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology
It is important to choose the right time to start a company, because it is function of the economy. In fact, it is easier to start a company when the economy is bad, as the company will be able to commence its functions when the economy re-starts. In this case, we will study the feasibility of...
Succession Plans Trusts or Fiducias
Course material - 3 pages - Business law
People who tend to be weak in any kind of weakness could choose to settle an express trust, so the trustee as a legal representative of the patrimony put in the trust will manage it on behalf of the beneficiaries, thus the weak person or its family.
Can Japanese Sogo-soshas become common in Europe and USA with the system and its current situation? - publié le 13/01/2009
Essay - 11 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology
According to Reuters, a Japanese company has come up with a new way to track down grandmas, grandpas and anyone else who forgets where he or she is supposed to be. The company will use a satellite-based global positioning system and cellular technology. The device has been developed by a...
Managing Events for Hospitality and Tourism - Taste of London
Case study - 12 pages - Management
Taste of London is an annual culinary event with multilateral issues. Commercial, political, economic, and cultural, are all dimensions that characterize this event. A voluntarist spirit emerges from this event, sponsored by both major brands in the food industry, and subsidized by local...
Social welfare system in transition: The reform of the pension system - publié le 17/11/2006
Essay - 10 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy, from communism to democracy, and from unitary to a federal state had extreme consequences for the overall welfare of Russian population: including health services, social protection, and pension system. The Plan for...
An overview of the Sweden's human resources system
Essay - 9 pages - Human resources
Sweden, also known as the Kingdom of Sweden is a part of the Nordic Countries, with Finland and Norway. It is situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. In spite of its geographical situation, Sweden stays connected with other European countries, and especially with Denmark, as...
Can Japanese Sogo-soshas become common in Europe and USA with the system and its current situation?
Essay - 11 pages - Foreign markets
According to Reuters, a Japanese company has come up with a new way to track down grandmas, grandpas and anyone else who forgets where he or she is supposed to be. The company will use a satellite-based global positioning system and cellular technology. The device has been developed by a...
The WTO's importance in relation to the global trading system has now diminished
Essay - 5 pages - Business strategy
Born in 1995, the World Trade Organization's mission is to liberalize trade in goods and services in the world. Globalisation with the creation of a jurisdiction of trade conflicts, WTO conferences from Seattle to Bali in 2013 , showed the new influence of the institution, the a major issue...
Business plan: the Wifi car system
Business plan - 14 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology
It is important to choose the right time to start a company, because it is function of the economy. In fact, it is easier to start a company when the economy is bad, as the company will be able to commence its functions when the economy re-starts. In this case, we will study the feasibility of...
Business Law in UK and USA
Essay - 4 pages - Business law
British and American business laws share a common history and philosophy of origin, despite their progressive differentiation through jurisdictions, legislatures and interpretations. Both are rooted in the philosophy of common law, which Dicey described as consisting of statutes that "are known...
West African Anglophone Literary Productions
Course material - 21 pages - Literature
By and large, the objective of this course is to get students in the humanities to cast a meaningful glance at the landscape of the aesthetico-social and political realities which have affected the continent, ever since slavery days through colonization up to the contemporary stage, in the prism...
The Tudor Dynasty (1485-1603) : generalities concerning the political system
Essay - 29 pages - Medieval history
In England the government operated through the monarch and Parliament. First the executive, or royal power, was the instrument of law, order, security and prosperity. There was a compact binding of kings and subjects in return for protection, the subjects owed their kings obedience and support....
Global overview of the death penalty around the world and reasons to abolish it
Dissertation - 13 pages - Criminal law
As far back as the Old Testament, the death penalty has been established to punish offenses. Nowadays the death penalty, also called capital punishement, defines the execution of an offender who has committed an infringment.This sanction is applied by a recognized instituion after a trial....
Legal and practical issues on on-line arbitration
Essay - 15 pages - Economy general
At times, the GATT conferences have become headlines on the general news, and are not only reserved to the specialised news, no one can be unaware that, exchanges tend to become global. This globalization concerns several fields: human first of all, there is no need anymore of a recession or a...
Debate and critique the relative importance of cultural differences and national business systems on the development of HRM. What are the implications of your conclusions for convergence and divergence? Use examples of HRM across the globe to illustrate y
Case study - 10 pages - Human resources
Over time, groups and civilizations have evolved differently; what can be seen as a perfectly normal conduct in one country for example is not necessarily the same in a country at the other side of the globe or even in for its neighbouring country. This is more visible today with globalization...
Racism in the census: Effects on the Judicial System
Thesis - 14 pages - Social, moral & civic education
What does it mean to be racist? For a person, it would mean having various prejudiced sentiments and a belief that one race is superior to another race. But what does it mean for an institution to be racist? While an institution does not have a personality and is made up of a group of people,...
How to reduce the turnover of a company dependent on a single supplier by developing a multi-supplier and international merchant site?
Dissertation - 28 pages - Digital & e-marketing
MANICO is an ESPRIT franchise. This type of contract creates a high dependency on a single supplier and eliminates any possibility of online sales. In order to reduce this reliance on ESPRIT, the company wishes to develop a merchant website with several French and foreign brands and to provide...
Geography, Demography, Social Issues, Education and Culture in the United States of America
Course material - 20 pages - Sociology & social sciences
(...) One of the characteristics of US climatic conditions is the constant fear of violent climatic happening such as hurricanes (in the Southeast, particularly during the fall), violent wind storms known as "tornadoes" (the Midwest), or flooding due to heavy rainfall and storms in the eastern...
Support Network for French SME's : a help to international expansion
Dissertation - 35 pages - Business strategy
Currently "No one can ignore his neighbor". The current means of communication have finally erased borders. The "far away" countries no longer exist. Economic globalization is now a fact and companies, whatever their size, cannot refuse the fight, otherwise they will disappear. Large French...
Corporate governance under English common law: The respective roles of executive and non executive directors
Thesis - 15 pages - Business law
The role of boards and its relationship to management must be clearly identified. The Companies Act provides that companies must have directors but does not define their functions. This is left to the articles of association, where the most undertaken practice consists of vesting the board of all...
Making comparisons of memorandum and resignation in France and common law
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
In France like in UK, employees have two ways to leave their company: resignation and constructive dismissal. First, we are going to compare resignation, Lison will talk about France and I will talk about UK and you will see that the two systems are very similar. In France, resignation...
