Future of Mobile Global Business
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
This study evaluates some of these case studies to provide some valuable insight about the contribution of mobile use, and application in commerce and what the projection for the outlook is in the mobile phone industry. The only problem is that, a greater number of these studies have failed to...
Public opinion & responding to crisis
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
A crisis is an unstable condition or situation or a stage in a series of events at which the inclination of future events, in most cases for the worst, is determined. How issues are handles at this stage, is very vital in determining the extent to which the future events may be favorable or...
Ethics in strategic management
Case study - 2 pages - Management
The past strategic management models focused much on application of resource and external threats. In the 1970s, the technique of strategizing thrived in business schools. Corporate strategy if defined as decisions pattern of a company that reveals and determine its goals, objective or purposes,...
What Does it Mean for a University to be Socially Responsible?
Dissertation - 3 pages - Educational studies
What does it mean for a university to be 'socially responsible'? With reference to the literature and using examples from the UK, and beyond, discuss how a university might demonstrate its commitment to social responsibility to its stakeholders. Corporate social responsibility...
European urban policies - A summary note on the urban agenda for the EU
Summary - 15 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Today more than half of the world's population lives in urban areas. This figure is projected to increase to 80% by 2050 (United Nations, 2019). Even though Cities are home to many complex, interlinked challenges (related to climate control, energy efficiency, pollution, and many more) they...
The Stakeholder Theory
Course material - 1 pages - Finance
Stakeholders are usually those in a firm who have an interest in the resources and activities of the company. They contribute to the wealth-creating capacity of the company, it's often composed of shareholders, employees, suppliers. They can be external or internal. In this case the...
Low Carbon Emissions in Shipping
Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies
According to the estimates made in 2007, shipping industry accounts for over 3.3% of the global emissions of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (Fridell, Wines and Styhre, 2013). Other estimates compiled by authorities in the field indicate that in 2050, shipping will account for 18% (Fridell, Wines...
Sport, and Media Triad analysis
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
There are growing numbers of athletes that are openly coming out to confess that they are gay. While this comes as a shock to most of their fans, the reality of them confessing that they are gay in male dominated fields is not that good. College football has won the hearts of many fans across the...
Catch shares lead to the destruction of small-scale fishermen but increase the fish stock
Essay - 2 pages - Management
Catch shares (CS) is a fishery management system that allocates a secure privilege to harvest a specific area or percentage of a fishery's total catch to individuals, communities, or associations (NOAA, 2017). CS become primordial because the global consumption of fish doubled in 50 years...
Annual Report - Eneco (2015) - To which extent is Eneco discharging its accountability through this report?
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
The company is facing the challenge of the energy transition. The Paris agreement signed in 2016 is a real challenge for the company, which must now diversify its activities and can no longer rely solely on fossil fuels. In 2016, the sum of the resources used was greater than the resources...
Professional misconducts of teachers and way out
Essay - 10 pages - Educational studies
Teaching is regarded as a noble career just as teachers are considered as role models to pupils and students. These days, a lot of professional misconducts could be noticed among teachers. Many teachers are now disillusioned, lazy, uncommitted, and unpatriotic. This paper is an examination of the...
Distributed Software Development Change Management - Literature Review
Case study - 12 pages - Management
As a result of globalization efforts, software development projects have been distributed geographically all over the globe, which characterizes Distributed Software Development (DSD). Global software development, a kind of DSN, is described by software development stakeholders who are...
Strategy and transformation portfolio - Corporate Social Responsibility
Essay - 7 pages - Business strategy
Over the years, organisations have continually engaged in activities that aim at improving their position and competitiveness in the market. They have been taking more considerations towards the wellbeing of the community as well as trying to improve their business models. This paper entails a...
The UN and France in the Ivorian crisis
Thesis - 20 pages - International relations
The “oldest daughter” of France did sink in the chaos following the events which have occurred in the night from September 18 to September 19, 2002 simultaneously in Bouake and Abidjan. We need to understand such a complex conflict where there is not enough retreat to seize all the...
'To communicate and convince in a project' by Ramez Cayette (2008)
Book review - 4 pages - Management
In this book, the author outlines the best practices that underpin the success of a project; he highlights 10 such steps. Excerpt: "The first practice is to conduct a communication audit. This identifies the key players who are directly involved in the project, identify their positions (and those...
The "Total Quality Management" (TQM) and its application in the Thomson factory at Casablanca
Thesis - 9 pages - Business strategy
TQM is a philosophy; a management practice that aims to satisfy consumers by involving employees, coherent governance and a commitment to continuous improvement. In native Japan in the 1950s, the concept of TQM was first passed through an application of methods of statistical controls, before...
New development strategies for companies
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
The world of companies changed radically during the year 1990. Their role in the national and international governorship took more importance vis-a-vis the deregulation and with the reduction in the intervention of the State in the market. The direct overseas investments became key instruments...
Evaluation of Wal-Mart's business strategies
Thesis - 23 pages - Business strategy
Wal-Mart was founded by Sam Walton in 1962. The group operates in sixteen countries including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and China. In 2005, the total number of stores amounted to nearly 5000, with more than a quarter positioned abroad. The group has around 180 million...
A market research on the internet
Market study - 16 pages - Economy general
'Market research is the identification, collection, analysis and exploitation of data and information relating to a marketing problem to provide information to make better decisions'. Market investigation has also been defined in a report of 'The Definition Committee in the American...
Analysis of Michelin's strategies and recommendations
Case study - 40 pages - Business strategy
254% - this is the performance level of Michelin since March 2003; such high-flying results have enabled the company to emerge as the leader in a very competitive market where rivals such as Bridgestone and Goodyear are on the lookout for the slightest weakness of the French manufacturer. The...
E-commerce in Morocco
Market study - 56 pages - Economy general
Like Morocco, other countries began developing in Europe many years ago. Europe saw its history and its strategic geographic location taking an important place in world history. These international relations have to be aware of technological development. "The world today lives on civilizational...
Virgin case study: strengths and weaknesses
Case study - 14 pages - Business strategy
The Virgin Group is a group of subsidiaries whose activities are centerd around the leisure sector, in line with the image of a dynamic, innovative and charismatic president Richard Branson. Sir Richard Branson is the head of a business empire that includes 250 companies in 23 countries, most...
Strategic analysis Sanofi-Aventis
Case study - 23 pages - Business strategy
On 1st January 2005, the merger of the French pharmaceutical groups Sanofi-Synthelabo and Aventis, gave birth to Sanofi-Aventis, Europe's leading company in the sector in terms of turnover, and the third largest group worldwide. The company now relies on an international research network to...
The low-cost airline industry
Market study - 5 pages - Business strategy
In this paper we will analyze the airline sector using various theories and tools to examine it. As part of our strategic focus, we will first study the overall market and then, by using the example of Ryanair, look at the features of a low cost airline. The passengers of the airline industry...
The region of 'African Great Lakes'
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
The term 'African Great Lakes' represents 4 countries of Central Africa: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly called as Zaire), Uganda and Rwanda. This region was characterized by the presence of multitude of lakes which were forming the natural border between the countries...
The rise of E-Tourism
Worksheets - 4 pages - Services marketing
The Internet is a valuable medium for business tourism for disseminating information regarding the various offers available, either in the public or private sector. The online user can, via the internet, compare the features of different travel packages, and even book/pay online for these...
video gaming and Nintendo
Case study - 17 pages - Services marketing
For many years, modern societies, especially in more developed countries have become increasingly individualistic. Indeed, individuals have been acting alone and for their own interests, which may also point to the phenomenon of hedonism. This refers to the pursuit of pleasure becoming the...
Analysis of communication campaigns of Dolce and Gabbana
Case study - 4 pages - Services marketing
By definition, ‘promotion' describes the messages that are sent through various media and are directed by a company towards its various stakeholders. It is intended to create a positive image of the brand and its offerings. Promotion is a fundamental element of the marketing strategy...
Strategy of Apple's new product of IPAD
Case study - 7 pages - Services marketing
For many people the ipad is a UFO in the hi-tech market. If we account for all those interested in this product, it is undoubtedly the United States whose output has made the most noise. The initial feedback was both positive and negative. Indeed, in launching its digital tablet, Apple responded...
Strategic analysis of easyCruise
Case study - 5 pages - Services marketing
The objective of the company: EasyGroup's goal is to "paint the world orange", that is to say to duplicate its low-cost model in all possible markets all over the world.The goal is to make services that were not affordable before, available to all customers and thus, create a value for all...
