NASA
Essay - 4 pages - Physics
NASA began full operation on October 1, 1958, after the National Advisor Committee on Aeronautics was abolished. Getting a little head start, NASA inherited the committee's facilities, laboratories, and personnel and immediately set to work planning its future. According to a Twenty-Fifth...
Radicalization of the French Revolution, from 1789 to the end of 1794 - publié le 13/01/2009
Thesis - 5 pages - Modern history
The French Revolution is often depicted as a process of growing violence, underpinned by more and more radical theories. Indeed, a Manichean view often leads people to believe that France was peaceful in the beginning of 1789, and turned violent and radical in 1793. In other word, it is often...
An analysis of nutritional requirement for athletes
Thesis - 9 pages - Sports
This paper examines the nutritional needs of the athletes. Though there are numerous sports, this paper evaluates Marathon and racing as the example of stressing the importance in athletes. This paper is designed to provide recommendations for British Athletes during the Olympic Games to be held...
Boeing vs. Airbus - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
The aircraft industry consists in the building and the manufacture of aircrafts according to several standards and rules from government bodies. There are two types of aviation: the military and the civil. There is a high level of competitiveness because only two builders, Boeing and Airbus, have...
Strategic Human Resource Management - Southwest Airlines
Case study - 4 pages - Human resources
"Human Resource Management (HRM) is a strategic approach to managing employment relations which emphasize that leveraging people's capabilities is critical to achieving competitive advantage, this being achieved through a distinctive set of integrated employment policies, programs and...
Environmental issues in the air transport industry - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
The air transport industry uses air craft to transport people, cargo, and mail. Civil aviation includes two major categories; first one is the scheduled air transport, which includes passenger and cargo flights operating on regularly-scheduled routes; and general aviation, including all...
Boeing vs. Airbus
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
The aircraft industry consists in the building and the manufacture of aircrafts according to several standards and rules from government bodies. There are two types of aviation: the military and the civil. There is a high level of competitiveness because only two builders, Boeing and Airbus, have...
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...
Environmental issues in the air transport industry
Case study - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
The air transport industry uses air craft to transport people, cargo, and mail. Civil aviation includes two major categories; first one is the scheduled air transport, which includes passenger and cargo flights operating on regularly-scheduled routes; and general aviation, including all...
Differences between Air France and Emirates with respect to recruitment process or policies
Case study - 5 pages - Management
The airline companies in the West are currently experiencing a mass exodus of their pilots, who have been leaving their national companies or national carriers for other new airlines where the salaries and perks are two to three times higher than their current salary. Most of these new airlines...
Boeing corporation case
Case study - 6 pages - Management
Travelling has become very easy and cheap in the last few years. You just have to book your flight early in order to be able to travel all over Europe for less than 60 Euros. For example, if you want to go in Spain, you can visit the website of Ryanair, choose your flight and book...
Radicalization of the French Revolution, from 1789 to the end of 1794
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
The French Revolution is often depicted as a process of growing violence, underpinned by more and more radical theories. Indeed, a Manichean view often leads people to believe that France was peaceful in the beginning of 1789, and turned violent and radical in 1793. In other word, it is often...
Boeing corporation case - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 6 pages - Management
Travelling has become very easy and cheap in the last few years. You just have to book your flight early in order to be able to travel all over Europe for less than 60 Euros. For example, if you want to go in Spain, you can visit the website of Ryanair, choose your flight and book...
Organizational Behavior, Delta Airlines
Case study - 3 pages - Management
Organizational structure is an important question that all companies have to face and find a solution to. In this paper we will get an insight into the company Delta Airlines, which decided to set up a network design system. First of all we will briefly view some facts about Delta Airlines, and...
Advertisement of CityJet
Case study - 25 pages - Business strategy
Cityjet is an Irish flight company created in 1994 and bought in 2000 by the French flight company Air France. Since 2006, the company uses a 23 planes fleet. Cityjet employs more than 600 employees. Four exploitation bases : - Dublin which is also the headquarter, - London...
Application of management information systems
Case study - 2 pages - Business law
In 1995 the World Bank introduced a knowledge management (KM) programs that is a new form of management information system (MIS). This was a system that could be used to define a strategy on the business needs of the organization (Zeleny, 2005). On the other hand, American airlines developed a...
Organizational Behavior, Delta Airlines - publié le 17/01/2010
Case study - 3 pages - Management
Organizational structure is an important question that all companies have to face and find a solution to. In this paper we will get an insight into the company Delta Airlines, which decided to set up a network design system. First of all we will briefly view some facts about Delta Airlines, and...
Analysis of Ryanair's Strategies
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
For many years, air travel was a distant dream for the common man.Thanks to the emergence of low cost airline companies such as Ryanair, flying is no longer reserved for the elite class. Ryanair, the pioneer of low-cost airlines, is an Irish company that was created in 1985 by Michael O'Leary....
Concorde: Two different concepts
Essay - 3 pages - Business strategy
From 1959, aviation specialists began to see the great potential of supersonic commercial transport aircrafts. Air traffic was growing steadily and rapidly by then. While 100 billion passenger-kilometres were recorded in 1962, 222 billion were projected at this time for 1970. Long haul to medium...
The Serious Game: Strategy and market analysis - publié le 13/02/2011
Case study - 20 pages - Business strategy
Mobiclic, MS Flight Simulator, NASCAR Racing, RollerCoaster Tycoon, Dance Revolution are all concrete examples of the explosive popularity of the serious games. Classified by their nature, they satisfy different needs. Mostly played by the young generation, these games are also a source...
The impact of natural disasters on the global economy
Case study - 12 pages - Political science
In March 2010 all the Europe started to know this Icelandic volcano. This one which had known is last eruption in 1821 entered in it's the biggest one of its known existence. It erupted the 20 of March till the 27 of October. Thanks to the quick prevention of the authority there had been no...
"Flying Carpet", Steven Millhauser - "flying up to the sky"
Book review - 4 pages - Literature
Steven Millhauser is a writer of realist fiction. However, his work cannot be limited by labeling it only realistic. Another dimension is added to his short stories. They are full of interpretations. In Flying Carpet, though the story seems to be quite casual, even banal - a child trying to reach...
"Flying Carpet", Steven Millhauser - "flying up to the sky" - publié le 30/06/2010
Text commentary - 4 pages - Literature
Steven Millhauser is a writer of realist fiction. However, his work cannot be limited by labeling it only realistic. Another dimension is added to his short stories. They are full of interpretations. In Flying Carpet, though the story seems to be quite casual, even banal - a child trying to reach...
The Serious Game: Strategy and market analysis
Case study - 20 pages - Business strategy
Mobiclic, MS Flight Simulator, NASCAR Racing, RollerCoaster Tycoon, Dance Revolution are all concrete examples of the explosive popularity of the serious games. Classified by their nature, they satisfy different needs. Mostly played by the young generation, these games are also a source...
Inter-nation marketing: Easy-jet in India
Thesis - 4 pages - Business strategy
Easy jet is one of the most surprising companies in the last decades. It's business model based on cheap price for a service that is supposed to be expensive made its success and is the base of the “Easy” strategy. Created in 1995 by Stelios Haji-loannou, Easy Jet is now one of the most...
The company EasyGroup
Thesis - 22 pages - Management
Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the "serial entrepreneur", launched EasyJet in March 1995 and in 1998, founded EasyGroup. EasyGroup has the strategy that every company bearing the name "easy" should refocus its activities by reducing costs, and have lower priced products but by keeping a wide margin....
The United Nations and Libya
Case study - 9 pages - Political science
Violence used against Libya's citizens created a monumental concern for the United Nations organization—the country waged war on its own people. By “repress[ing] peaceful demonstrators and rejecting unequivocally the incitement to hostility against the civilian population,” the...
The issue of race in the 1990's: segregation and justice scandals
Case study - 1 pages - Social, moral & civic education
To begin with, African Americans were more and more segregated. They gathered in the same cities, living in Baltimore, Chicago, Gary, Cleveland, and Detroit, LA... The white flight phenomenon led to a loss of population in the cities, and to a loss of jobs (jobs were moving to the...
Rapport de stage: Association V-Glob Volontaire-globalisation (Placement report)
Internship report - 15 pages - International relations
Attracted by humanitarian work since a very long time, I seized the opportunity given to me during my third year of 'applied foreign languages' studies to do a work placement in a non-profit organisation in a third world country. I had been unable to find a placement during term time, as...
Presentation of Lastminute.com's strategy
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
The e-business company that I am going to present is Lastminute.com. Lastminute.com is part of Travelocity group, and is an on-line agency specialized in organizing cheap trips, holiday promotion, but also last minute trips. It was created under the status of a joint stock company with a capital...
