The Role of Logistics in Sustainable Development
Thesis - 7 pages - Economy general
In 1987, the Commission of Brundtland focused on the concept of sustained development. This concept continued to serve as the central element of the Summit of Rio which took place in 1992, and gave rise to the view that 'sustainable development is development which makes it...
Knowledge, power and development
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
United Nations report 1951: rapid economic progress and painful adjustments Truman: ‘fair deal' - the US and the world have to solve the problems of the underdeveloped areas (misery, food inadequate, poverty, disease…). He develops the idea that humanity has the knowledge to...
The World Trade Organization (WTO) faces the challenge of sustainable development
Essay - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
The stakes by which the problems raise the concept of sustainable development, such as environmental protection and the fight against poverty, seems to represent an obstacle for further liberalization in trade as a factor in its favor. However, during the second half of the nineteenth...
The gender gap in the ownership and control of property is the single most critical contributor to the gender gap in economic well-being, social status, and empowerment'
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
Before the 1970s, women were practically invisible: they were relegated to the family and the domestic world. However since the middle of this same decade, the gender issue has become an increasingly theme within the development concern. Globalization not only affects men but women as...
The term globalization used in relation to a host of social, economic, cultural and political processes
Essay - 12 pages - International relations
Globalization is easier to describe than to define. This is because, in its present form and usage, it is a new, complex, dynamic, multidimensional, and worldwide phenomenon, which means different things to different people and different things to the same groups across time and space. It evokes...
EADS insider trading affair : Economic intelligence
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
Nowadays, the globalization is in expansion and the competition is aggravated. In its economical war, the major stake is the information which became the key success factor for many companies. Indeed the information allows watching the firm's environment as well as the following of the concurrent...
Eradication of poverty and sustainable development in developing countries: an oxymoron?
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
Adopted in 2000 by “all the world's governments as a blueprint for building a better world in the 21st century” (Kofi Annan, 2005), the Millennium Development Goals are quantified targets for addressing poverty in its several dimensions (United Nations, 2005). The first...
Globalization, Economic Growth and Social Acceptance: The Case for the Olympics in China
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
In 2008, China was poised upon the brink of world domination. Set to host the Summer Olympic Games in its capital Beijing, China would come off from this two week-long event as a victorious host and dominant world power, or as a failed, backward, socially regressive society, still ill prepared...
Economic freedom
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
Amartya Sen argues that world development should not be judged by plain economic statistics such as GDP growth rates or income per capita. Instead he argues a form of measurement that uses a "freedom-centered understanding of economics" where the enhancements of individuals...
Jetstar product development report
Case study - 7 pages - Services marketing
In the current scenario, aviation industries have survived global economic challenges through internal restructuring and rebranding (Franke, 2007). The face of the industry is changing as it is restructuring its routes and distribution channels, reducing staffing levels, outsourcing core...
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...
Environmental risks and sustainable development
Essay - 7 pages - Ecology & environment
In 2006, Davis Guggenheim and Al Gore released a movie called “An inconventient Truth: Global Warming”, and this movie basically talks about the risks associated with development. In 2007, they were honored with the Noble Peace award by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on...
Did government policy influence the development of large local firms and/or business groups in South Korea? What have been some of the long run benefits and problematic legacies of such policies?
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
The South-Korean state's industrialization programs achieved national economic ob-jectives through the use of government economic policies, defined as “measures by which a government attempts to influence the economy” (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008). This paper focus on...
The Monterrey Consensus The Conference on Financing for Development
Essay - 3 pages - Economy general
The International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD) took place between the 18 and 22 of March 2002 in Monterrey, Mexico. More than 170 countries adopted a commitment designed to “eradicate poverty, achieve sustained economic growth and promote sustainable...
Managing hotel occupancy in times of economic and financial crisis: Region Bulgaria
Tutorials/exercises - 24 pages - Economy general
This student dissertation addresses managing hotel occupancy in Bulgaria during the financial and economic crisis. Bulgarian hospitality industry is among the sectors which were severely affected by the global financial and economic crisis. This paper analyses the current condition...
Sustainable development, oil and the future: the trilogy
Essay - 18 pages - Journalism
Sustainable development has been extensively discussed in the past few years, and is still a great matter of concern nowadays. In fact, there is no single way to deal with this subject, except choosing a guideline of this workshop avoiding “clichés”. Its main objective is...
Analysis of an ecologically sustainable development
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
An Ecologically sustainable development is a development that uses, conserves, and enhances “the community's resources so that ecological processes on which life depends are maintained, and the total quality of life, now and in the future, can be increased” (Cwth of...
The TNT Group and its Sustainable Development: Strategy and Financial Analysis
Thesis - 55 pages - Business strategy
For many years, TNT has been communicating actively about social values and its social commitments, and neglecting to talk about its trade and transportation. Thus, the group seems to incorporate the concept of sustainable development in its business fundamentals. However, is this just a...
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...
The 'OneWorld' health model and the prospects for future development of therapeutics for infectious disease of the developing world
Thesis - 15 pages - Medical studies
Despite the vast improvements in health care and prevention of infectious diseases in the developed world, six out of ten deaths in the developing world can still be directly attributed to infectious disease. Diarrheal diseases, lower respiratory infections, malaria, measles, TB, and HIV/AIDS...
African American economic growth
Essay - 8 pages - Social, moral & civic education
African American community as far as the 1960s has maintained a rich tradition of philanthropy due to the challenges the community faced in the past decades. The resources that contributed to the philanthropic activities include the mutual aid organizations, churches, major political...
The development of emerging markets over the past 20 years
Thesis - 7 pages - Economy general
In 2007, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in emerging countries was over 50% of global GDP. Today, the world is divided into four categories of countries: rich countries, those with average income and rapid growth, those with average income and slow growth, and poor countries. Emerging markets...
The creation of the faculty of economics and business at the University of Sydney at the turn of the twentieth century
Essay - 7 pages - Educational studies
The creation of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce spread over the last two centuries. Throughout its foundation, this essay will deal with the Australian society over that period from the conception of this Faculty in 1850 to its effective creation in 1907. It will also relate to...
What scholars have noted about property as a social construct mitigating human interactions that transcend legal and economic discourse
Essay - 5 pages - Business law
A.I. Hallowell (1943: 119) once stated that, “Property as a social institution implies a system of relations between individuals. Like other social institutions, it involves rights, duties, powers, privileges, forbearances, etc, of certain kinds.” While this view of property has been...
Is the European Union's Charter of Fundamental Rights a necessary and desirable development?
Thesis - 7 pages - Constitutional law
The Treaty of Lisbon came into force in 2009 and alongside it, a reference to the Charter of Fundamental Rights (Charter) gave it legal standing. The Charter became one of the most defining documents the European Union has ever witnessed, or a mere piece of symbolic literature that is...
Assess the claim that Thatcherism decisively recast political and economic relationships in the 1980s
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
Thatcherism is a political thought applied by the 3 successive governments led by Margaret Thatcher, from 1979 to 1990. It quickly evolved as a doctrine. Thatcherism came at a time when the post-war consensus was collapsing, and aimed at checking the decline of the British economy, suffering...
Calgary: A case study in residential development
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Although the Canadian city of Calgary has traditionally been an affordable place to live, substantial economic and population growth has resulted in an over extended demand on real estate. As a result, house prices in Calgary have increased significantly in recent years (Calgary Real...
Likely evolution of the Security and Economic Dynamics in Central Asia
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Central Asia is a region bordering China to the West, Russia to the north and finally Turkey to the South. Historically, this area has lacked strong political representation and has thus relied on powerful neighbors for all aspects of her development. This paper examines the changing...
The French economic diplomacy towards China
Internship report - 7 pages - International relations
Bilateral trade between France and China has developed dramatically over the last twenty years. From about €10 billion in 1995, trade volume increased to more than €40 billion today. The annual growth rates of these exchanges- apart from 2009, marked by the global crisis- have reached...
Why has the Franco German partnership played such a pivotal role throughout the development of the European Community
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
After the end of the World War Two, France and Germany experienced hostile relations. Indeed, from 1945 to 1950, the two countries were both traumatized by the souvenir of their mutual occupation. On the French side, the Nazi's occupation had created a feeling of revenge, and on the German's one,...
