International business - Two examples of business letters
Sample letter - 4 pages - Marketing theories
This document contains two sample business letters
International strategy analysis of Galeries Lafayette
Case study - 7 pages - Management
This assessment has been done on Galeries Lafayette Group. The group has been a pioneer in terms of business and distribution, with stores located in traditional city centers. The group has then diversified its core-business and acquired quite a lot of companies. BHV Marais, La Redoute,...
Levendary Café: The China Challenge - Christopher A. Bartlett and Arar Han (2013) - What changes should the new CEO make to manage the company's international operations better?
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Despite the promising growth achieved by Levendary Café in China, under Louis Chen's management, within a year and a half of launching its operations in this fertile market (see appendix 1), the company is in crisis because of Chen's recent approaches, who rebelled against the decisions...
What are the impacts of computer sciences on international exchanges?
Essay - 1 pages - International relations
I'm going to deal with the notion of Spaces and Exchanges. To start with, I'd like to define the notion. An exchange is a movement or circulation, which can take several forms: information sharing, cultural, and movements of people. I've chosen to focus particularly on computer...
State sovereignty in international public law
Essay - 5 pages - International law
Jean Bodin (1530-1596) considered that the concept of sovereignty is an absolute concept. Sovereignty is a key concept when it comes to dealing with the state and its place in the international arena. It is, indeed, a concept that has been fostered to characterize the intrinsic power of...
The International Criminal Court and the Peace Process in Northern Uganda
Essay - 9 pages - International law
The Juba Peace Talks that started in July 2006 in Southern Sudan seem to be one of the best chances to bring an end to the 20-year-long raging conflict in the region of Northern Uganda. Known for its unbelievable atrocities, the war has by now caused the displacement of more than 1.7 million...
African Conflicts in International Relations - China in Africa : Political or Economic interests ?
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
China's involvement in Africa cannot be reduced to only one dimension. It would be an oversimplification to label the Chinese interests on the continent as either political or economic solely: these two aspects often constitute two faces of the same coin. China's increasing engagement in...
Logistics techniques for international trade
Dissertation - 12 pages - Logistics
Local companies have traded with foreign companies for many years. These business relationships may consist of the buying and selling of goods, but large-scale corporate buyouts and mergers play a role on the international stage as well. Before an agreement is reached between two...
New Theories of International Trade
Essay - 7 pages - Theories and economic notions
Through this quotation from Joseph Stigltiz, co-prize winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on asymmetric information, we note the interconnection between countries that globalization brings about: with its advantages but also its disadvantages. A questioning of this process...
International Companies and their Strategies
Case study - 10 pages - Management
As a result of the globalisation that we are witnessing for more than twenty decades, the smallest of companies could cross seas and establish business in foreign lands, as a consequence of that, many names have been given to these companies that succeeded in doing business abroad. The three main...
International Human Resources Management - Cultural Integration after Merger and Acquisition - Compac and Lenovo case study
Essay - 18 pages - Human resources
Mergers and acquisitions are effective and common ways for companies to reach a market expansion in an international business environment. They offer different advantages, such as economy of scale as the amount of production is increased, synergy will also drastically reduce costs through...
Siemens International Strategy
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
Siemens AG is a German industrial company, diversified in the fields of engineering and electronics. It is one of the largest European companies and has about 6 areas of activity. There are three business units and three strategic companies. Siemens is present in over 200 countries all around...
Internet and International Business - La FNAC
Case study - 5 pages - International marketing
The Fnac was created in 1954, whose first store was opened in 1957. The introduction of Fnac into the stock market is in 1980 and the second stock market introduction was made in 2013... Fnac offers high technology and cultural products which enjoys a good positioning in the leisure sector and...
How international tenders contribute to business performance? Europ Assistance
Thesis - 39 pages - International economy
Nowadays, in the current economic context, which is characterized by internationalization and a growing demand for quality and quick services, information is fastly spread. In the firms, international tenders have an increasing role to play in both economic and strategic performance. Thus,...
Considerations when recruiting foreign nurses and the ethics of international recruitment
Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies
The nursing shortage has always been one of the biggest concerns in the healthcare field. Since nurses make up the majority of the healthcare workforce, many solutions for this problem have been presented: improving recruitment, offering opportunities for advancement, suggesting contracts with...
Investigation of the factors and forces that promote internationalization of firms - A case study of Wal-Mart stores Inc.
Case study - 67 pages - International marketing
The world is more independent in recent time more than ever and changes occur constantly. Due to such changes, most of the organizations with the potential to grow tend to take their operations to foreign countries away from their home country through internalization. The level at which a firm...
International finance distribution of currency of AUD and USD
Worksheets - 4 pages - Finance
The distribution above conforms to the features of a normal distribution in terms of skewness, kurtosis, and tails. The mean-mode-median of the distribution is at the center. The mean is the arithmetic average of all the scores recorded, mode refers to the fact that the mean appears near the most...
Market study - International competitiveness: Porsche
Case study - 15 pages - International marketing
Porsche sales profile over the years - Porsche sales have been stable until 2009 when it drops to then reach its peak in 2011; - In 2011, Porsche most sold model was Cayenne (about 60 thousand units), followed by Panamera (28 thousand units), 911 (18 thousand units) and Boxster and Cayman (11...
Refugee studies, humanitarian issues in International Politics
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
The concept of humanitarian protection encompasses the various activities that are aimed at achieving full respect for the rights of individuals in accordance with the letter and the spirit of the relevant law bodies. Moreover, the relevant bodies of humanitarian, human rights and refugee law...
Market study - International competitiveness: Adidas
Case study - 11 pages - International marketing
"Adidas: the no. 2 in the global sportswear market is challenging the no. 1, Nike." (Anon., 2014) Adidas's main goal each year is to reach the first place in the sportswear industry, for this reason it is adapting different strategies and market expansions in order to be more competitive...
The International Monetary system: history and characteristics
Essay - 9 pages - International economy
The International Monetary System' is an expression indicating all the rules elaborated by the countries to ensure, thanks to currency, a stabilization of the exchanges, and indicating the whole of the institutions charged to control and organize the monetary exchanges between the...
Financial report on spot rates, arbitrage and international profits (2009)
Financial analysis - 11 pages - Foreign markets
This report explains which currency is expected to appreciate and by what annual percentage and, according to Purchasing Power Parity, which country should have higher inflation. The assignment describes the accounts of balance of Payments and how this balance can help determine exchange rates....
Evaluate the impact of global recession on international trade and investment with respect to the country of your choice. Support your arguments with the use of relevant examples whenever possible
Essay - 6 pages - International economy
We assume that prosperity is indivisible and that growth to be sustainable must be shared. We believe that the only sure foundation for a sustainable globalization and increasing prosperity for all, is an open economy based on market principles, effective regulation and stronger global...
Core values of International Relations - Saudi Arabian national Constitution
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
The Saudi Arabian national Constitution and concept of rule of law is based on the Qur'an, which identifies itself as the rule of law. The 1992 Constitution or the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia clearly states that the kingdom is a sovereign State with Islam as the religion of the nation. It is...
International Human Resource Management: best practice versus worst practice in organizational culture
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Edgar Schein has developed a model of organizational culture, which include three levels: the observable artifacts, the values and the basic assumptions. For Google the observable artifacts correspond to the physical manifestation on the campus such as: free healthy food, free shuttle, the...
Globalisation and international institutions
Essay - 6 pages - International economy
Globally, 'the number of people who live with a daily income of less than $1, about 55 pence has increased by 100 million, standing at 1300 million'. At the same time, the number of armed conflicts increased in the long term period, especially the intra-state conflicts. But what is...
US Foreign Policy and international law
Essay - 4 pages - International relations
The United States has been the main supporter of the development of international rules since the end of World War II. The US sought to rebuild an international system that would promote international cooperation in various areas to avoid conflicts: economic (through the...
European Union Influence in International Political Economy
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
International political economy is a field that tries to understand global and international problems through an electric interdisciplinary array of theoretical perspectives and analytical tool. It encompasses analysis of political economy in the global trade, international...
International promotion campaigns: standardization vs customization
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
In the last few decades, competition has increased at international level due to the liberalization of trade policy. In such highly dynamic and vibrant business environment, it's very difficult to operate internationally. Nowadays, global corporations face difficult decisions regarding...
International management : India and China markets
Case study - 11 pages - Foreign markets
This report is for any MNC looking for geographic expansion to expand its international operations, and whether it is worth entering the Chinese or Indian markets. Presently, many companies are looking for new emerging markets to expand their international operations. There are...
