Apple Computer Incorporated Company
Essay - 17 pages - Business strategy
The Apple Company designs, manufactures and markets computers, networking solutions, software, peripherals and services. Among the many available products are portable music players which they both design and develop. Notwithstanding, they engage in online distribution of television shows, audio...
SWOT Analysis - Nokia
Case study - 47 pages - Services marketing
The market of mobile telephony was created in the early years of the 90s and was developed with a strong growth until 2000. In the last 5 years, this market has experienced less rapid development due to the fact of the existing intense competition and rate of penetration of new companies in the...
A Comparison of Zen and Shin Buddhism: Dogen VS Shinran
Essay - 3 pages - Philosophy
Buddhism was not originally a Japanese religion, since the said originator of the way, Siddhartha Gautama (also referred to as Shakyamuni Buddha) was born in a region that is now Nepal, and spread his teachings mostly around northern India. China later received his teachings through various...
Asian business culture
Thesis - 9 pages - Journalism
Since the last decade the Northeast Asian economies such as Japan, South Korean and Taiwan have had a remarkable growth and an important development into world-class economic powers. They have emerged from an “array of political and social challenges such as world and civil wars,...
East Asia Studies
Case study - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
There has been tremendous changes in situations in East Asia, the East Asia of today barely resembles that was only a decade ago. Recent proliferation of several mini9sterial conferences and numerous multilateral dialogues, along with various calls for the creation of the East Asian community has...
Proto-capitalism and the Edo to Meiji Era transition
Thesis - 8 pages - Political science
In 1868, the Tokugawa Bakufu that had ruled Japan since its creation in 1603 came to an end, ushering in a new era known as the Meiji Restoration. This new era would see massive industrialization in Japan, modernization, and an influx of all things Western. To the West, and indeed...
Case study: How Toyota achieved success in Europe
Thesis - 11 pages - Business strategy
At the end of World War II, the Japanese government asked the European Automakers to curtail exports to Japan in order to help Japan rebuild its industry. The Europeans reciprocated by limiting their market to Japanese cars (C As a result of which the quotas were very limited (e.g....
Case study of Twingo
Thesis - 8 pages - Business strategy
Renault's presence in the Japanese market dates back to the 1950's, where about 50,000 cars were sold. However, the import of cars to the Japanese market declined considerably during the 1960s. It was not until 1994 that Renault saw its sales increase in Japan with the signing of a...
Toyota: General analysis of management
Thesis - 22 pages - Management
Toyota sets itself apart from its competitors by capitalizing on reliability. With this objective, the Japanese company has developed a rigorous management style, which aims for "zero defect". It is this force that drives the brand. It is therefore not surprising to find Toyota consistently...
Fuji film: Analysis and strategy
Case study - 16 pages - Business strategy
Fujifilm I & I (Imaging & Information) is an international Japanese company, established in 1934, which manufactures films and cameras. In a recent survey published in a Japanese business daily, the company was ranked the first in Japan. The group has leading technology, which enables it...
Strategic analysis of Sony
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Sony generated about 70 billion dollars in sales in the year 2007, thanks to its Consumer Electronics division, which is its main business. Despite the big figure, this sector has also experienced a loss of 321 million dollars. While the primary sector was hit by loss, the secondary sectors in...
The American diplomacy around the protocol of Kyoto
Essay - 15 pages - Ecology & environment
During the past forty years, the issue of global warming has gradually been established as the priority of environmental debates to become a major issue in our society for the twenty-first century. The proliferation of conferences, books, and films on this subject reflect the growing interest....
Company analysis: Richart's chocolate business
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
The first strategic turnaround in the life of chocolatier Michel Richart was when he decided to produce and focus on the art of chocolate making. Subsequently, he sold his bakery and moved to Fontaines sur Saone. He specialized in the sale of "anonymous bulk" for professional chocolate makers....
The expansion of L'Oreal in China
Case study - 15 pages - Business strategy
This report examines the position of L'Oreal in the cosmetics industry, in order to examine a possible expansion in China, which is best suited for an overseas expansion through Direct Investment. In compiling this report, the first part will be about the position of L'Oreal within the cosmetics...
The emerging triad in the new global economy
Essay - 7 pages - Economy general
Since 1980, the third technological revolution has been booming; a revolution based mainly on new information technologies and brand firmly established as a "new economy". With the help of these technologies, particularly the Internet, the information economy itself is now seen in the global...
The marketing of the luxury goods
Dissertation - 38 pages - Services marketing
For over a decade, the luxury sector has been undergoing transformation. At the economic level, one can note a strong expansion of the luxury market in France with an estimation of 14 billion euros in 2005. By definition, luxury is a lifestyle characterized by spending a large amount of money on...
Intercultural Management: Analysis of the movie "Fear and Trembling"
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
Undoubtedly, the world is currently zooming along the expressway to globalization. Globalization causes exchanges to be quicker, facilitated anywhere at any time. These exchanges concern persons, goods, services and funds. As a result, new dilemmas have risen on the horizon along with new...
How companies deal with cultural differences: the example of Disneyland Resort Paris
Case study - 97 pages - Services marketing
"Globalization, understood as the extension of the market economy and capitalism in the world, has accelerated over the last thirty years. " Thus the companies that choose to internationalize are growing. This internationalization promotes contacts between cultures, which play a fundamental role...
India's impact on the world economy
Thesis - 8 pages - Economy general
The emergence of China and India as major economic players has had an important impact on the last 20 years of globalization, and it is now leading to important structural changes in the balance of power between countries by challenging the domination of the Triad: The United States, the European...
Louis Vuitton-A report on the launch of a new fragrance
Case study - 30 pages - Management
The revenue of the division Perfumes and cosmetics was 1.441 million euro in mid 2010. As we can see between 2008 and 2009, the revenue went down owing to the economic crisis, but since the end of 2009, revenues have registered an upward trend. This growth is due in particular to the new products...
Business Report- How to enter the Asian market with the Dyson Airblade(TM)
Market study - 12 pages - Services marketing
Dyson Ltd. is already exporting its products successfully to 49 countries with an increased turnover of 23% within the last year (The Telegraph, 2010). As a marketing consultancy we would like to present to you possibilities to stretch out to new interesting markets to keep on with this story of...
Dyson market entry in South Korea
Market study - 10 pages - Business strategy
As we seen in the First Dyson Business Report, Dyson is already exporting its product successfully in 49 countries with an increased turnover of 23% within the last year. These high results are due to the international expansion and multi-million-pound investment in research and development....
Strategic management of ZESPRI
Thesis - 10 pages - Business strategy
ZESPRI is an international company which is currently the leader in the industry. Their localization into the Bay of Plenty is part of its strategy, as 80% of NZ kiwifruit are produced there. The company is a leading marketer worldwide. They export in 60 countries, such as in China, Japan,...
Salmon farming
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Aquaculture involves the raising and harvesting of various species of fish and oysters. This practice is relatively new for salmons but it has been practiced by other civilizations over the past thousands of years with other species of fish. With the increasing demand of aquatic foods year...
Supply Chain Management: Sony Corporation
Case study - 5 pages - Business law
Supply chain management is defined as the integration of a network of suppliers, manufacturers, distribution centres and retailers through which raw materials are acquired, transformed and delivered to their intended customers. Sony has been able to develop its own supply chain management...
Adaptively Changed Sushi in American, Vinegary rice topped with raw fish and shellfish
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Sushi has a very long history, first mentioned in a compiled dictionary in China by 2nd Century AD, where it is described as salted fish meat in rice. Some authors; however argue that sushi originated from South East Asia back in the 4th Century AD, but there is still no clarity whether rice was...
Multinational Corporations and their Consequences on the International Economy
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
Multinational corporations are those businesses that have a direct ownership of assets, which they run in more than one state outside their country in which they are built-in, and also they generally retain their headquarters. It means that these corporations have roots in their state. However;...
India: The state of the children in the world's most populous democracy
Essay - 5 pages - Sociology & social sciences
In December 2001, a farrago of representatives of intergovernmental organizations, nongovernmental organizations, the private sector, and concerned members of the civil society around the world convened in Yokohama, Japan, at the 2nd World Congress against Commercial Sexual Exploitation...
Fukuzawa Yukichi Biography Review
Book review - 8 pages - Modern history
The biography on Fukuzawa Yûkichi written by Helen M. Hopper explores one of the most influential private citizens and his views and actions during a critical period of development in Japanese history. The aim of the book is to explore the large contributions, and the influence that Fukuzawa had...
The International Community response to the 2006 North Korean nuclear crisis: overcoming stick-and-carrot diplomacy?
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
On October 9, 2006, the North Korean state news agency announced that the country had completed its first nuclear test with success. This "great leap forward" was the first step toward a "powerful self-reliant defense capability". In the following days, Moscow and Washington confirmed that North...
