Business strategy: How Dell Computer uses technology to gain competitive advantage and keep its leader position on the PC market ?
Case study - 22 pages - Business strategy
When Dell's CEO, Michael S. Dell and President, Kevin B. Rollins met in the fall of 2001, they were confident that the company was recovering from the global crash of personal computer (PC) sales. In fact, Dell is the master at selling PCs directly and bypassing middlemen and thus delivers PCs...
The effects of stock options on markets - publié le 05/04/2007
Essay - 4 pages - Finance
Traditionally, stock option plans have been used as a way for companies to reward top management and "key" employees and link their interests with those of the company and other shareholders. More and more companies, however, now consider all of their employees as "key." As a result, there has...
Feasibility study of the Primark company in the French market - publié le 12/12/2010
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
Primark, subsidiary of Associated British Foods, is a well known retailing Brand in clothing founded by Arthur Ryan, actual chairman.First headquarters were located in Ireland, where the brand was born as Penneys. The first store opened in 1969 in Dublin. 1973 opened the first store in UK....
Modelling energy efficiency in residential buildings with closed housing markets - a static CGE approach
Essay - 17 pages - Architecture
This paper aims at modelling an energy efficiency policy in order to evaluate its consequences on real estate and energy consumption. We use the closed general equilibrium model IMACLIM-S, that represents France's economy in 2004. After having introduce the households and firms maximization...
The New Labour and the Welfare State
Case study - 2 pages - Economic politics
Firstly let us analyze the approaches the New Labor has chosen through a different ideological and pragmatic frame than earlier Labor governments when it comes to welfare provision and public policies. In this context, the New Labor has followed the Thatcherite tradition in working towards what...
Conditions of the labor market that encourage foreign investments in Central and Eastern Europe
Essay - 17 pages - Economy general
Today, a well known economic phenomenon is that the foreign investments in the Central and Eastern Europe have been flooded, since 1989. Amongst many other economic data, we could include that in 2003, 29 billions dollars were invested by foreign companies. This figure is not easy to achieve,...
How to do Business with the Czech Republic? The case of beer markets - publié le 21/01/2009
Thesis - 25 pages - Business strategy
Within the framework of the course “International Trade and Business Challenges”, our professor Miss Chau asked us to analyze and to develop a strategy to enter a specific sector of one of the BRIC countries and the 8+2 new EU members. In this context, we decided to tackle the beer...
Feasibility study of the Primark company in the French market
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
Primark, subsidiary of Associated British Foods, is a well known retailing Brand in clothing founded by Arthur Ryan, actual chairman.First headquarters were located in Ireland, where the brand was born as Penneys. The first store opened in 1969 in Dublin. 1973 opened the first store in UK....
American markets
Market study - 135 pages - Business strategy
This course explores the evolution of North and South America from a historical, political, cultural and economic point of view. However, given the number of countries which make up the two continents, this course is by no means a definitive guide of the Americas but rather, its goal is to...
Danette captures the Netherlands Market
Market study - 46 pages - International marketing
Danone is the only food group today which focuses on health. The venture began in 1966 with BSN, a French glass-making company that is specialized in packaging and flat glass. Because of a foreseeable decline of glass, BSN's CEO Antoine Riboud decided to concentrate the business on the...
How to do Business with the Czech Republic? The case of beer markets
Market study - 20 pages - International marketing
Within the framework of the course “International Trade and Business Challenges”, our professor Miss Chau asked us to analyze and to develop a strategy to enter a specific sector of one of the BRIC countries and the 8+2 new EU members. In this context, we decided to tackle the beer...
Louis Vuitton marketing strategy and the emerging luxury market in China
Case study - 19 pages - Luxury marketing
Louis Vuitton (LV) is the world 1st luxury brand and the leading brand of the LVMH group created in 1987, which was the 1st world group for luxurious goods' production and distribution. LVMH, ?16.5 billion sales worldwide in 2007 (+7.7%), is far ahead of the competition with revenues three...
Market study - Sales management and negotiation techniques: UHU in India
Case study - 17 pages - Management
The UHU company has been founded in 1932, when its founder, August Fischer discovered "the formula for the first ready-to-use, crystal-clear synthetic resin adhesive in the world" (UHU, 2017). Since its foundation, UHU has remained being the leader in the adhesives sector throughout Europe and...
Interpreting macroeconomic signals
Course material - 46 pages - Economy general
As an economist, what you need to forecast is not so much the end value of the economic indicators. Indeed, markets already have some believes and price in those expectations. What is important to forecast is what the markets are going to change their expectations and when this will...
The difficulties to stay the leader on a market: The French Wine Industry and its fragile economic position - publié le 29/09/2010
Market study - 34 pages - Business strategy
• Recent events: Numerous violent strikes were organized by the wine growers to draw attention to their difficulties; for instance, they demanded more assistance following the bad weather conditions that ruined the annual harvest. • A succession of demonstrations: It is a traditional...
The new Labour government stance on the Economic and Monetary Union (1997)
Essay - 23 pages - Economy general
In this dissertation we will focus on how the government mustered the largest possible support on a very risky issue. This was done by examining the political, economic and European background of Britain, which had a definitive influence on the government's decision. In the second half of...
The entry of Kellogg's on the Hungarian market
Case study - 28 pages - Business strategy
The year 1999 marked the biggest challenge in our company's history which was the internal restructuring of our production and sales. One can imagine that this process is probably a time consuming process. Besides that, we also acquired Keebler Foods in 2000. As a result of the purchase...
Macroeconomics Theory
Course material - 57 pages - Theories and economic notions
A confusion is often made between the level of GDP and the growth of GDP. The growth of GDP is the slope of the blue line while the level of GDP is the relative position of the GDP curve to the trend curve. It's entirely possible for a country to experience strong GDP growth while still...
How can the Internet optimize recruitment?
Dissertation - 8 pages - Human resources
Recruitment is something that is expensive for companies, and it was important to find solutions to make it as efficient as possible, allowing them to find the right candidate more quickly. Recruitment methods have changed, and e-recruitment has grown in popularity in the practices of companies...
Is there a "Bolivarian" alternative to free market integration? - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 6 pages - International law
Since 1998, voters have elected Hugo Chavez to the presidency three times with increasing margin each time and on August 15, 2004, voters returned to polls to decide whether to remove him from office or not. 59% of voters confirmed the President's mandate and defeated the recall initiative. First...
Portfolio - CEO
Presentation - 5 pages - Management
This is a portfolio made up of 5 narrated PowerPoint slides (each slide is recorded for 3 to 4 minutes). Each of these 5 slides covers specific topics and is aimed at different audiences.
Refusal of Permanent Contract: Impact on Unemployment Benefits in France
Law article commentary - 2 pages - Labor law
Unlock the implications of refusing a permanent contract on unemployment benefits. Discover how recent legislative changes affect employees' rights and career security. Learn about the conditions and effects of declining a CDI proposal, and understand the crucial role of written notification...
GPEC Limitations and Challenges in Managing Professional Trajectories
Litterature review - 15 pages - Human resources
This document discusses the importance of Forward-Looking Management of Jobs and Skills (GPEC) in maintaining worker employability and enriching their skills, while highlighting its limitations and challenges.
What is race?
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Through the many works done by different scholars in the field of racism, various scholars have come up with many ways to define what race is. Malik (1996) defines race as a group of people who have a difference in biological traits and society finds them to be socially significant. Race is a...
Human Resources - Comparison Between Two Countries, Japan and United States of America
Case study - 6 pages - Human resources
In this paper, I will be comparing two countries, which are the United States and Japan. I will be discussing all forms of similarities and differences. I chose those two countries because the large geographical distance and strong language barrier between them also plays a role in the extent of...
The recruitment difficulties within an organization
Presentation - 11 pages - Human resources
The task at hand is: According to the British Chambers of Commerce, "recruitment difficulties and tougher trading conditions face firms amid sluggish UK growth" (BCC, 2018) Discuss the various recruitment difficulties that any organization might experience. Then, by narrowing your focus to two...
The difficulties to stay the leader on a market: The French Wine Industry and its fragile economic position
Market study - 34 pages - Business strategy
• Recent events: Numerous violent strikes were organized by the wine growers to draw attention to their difficulties; for instance, they demanded more assistance following the bad weather conditions that ruined the annual harvest. • A succession of demonstrations: It is a traditional...
Is there a "Bolivarian" alternative to free market integration?
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
Since 1998, voters have elected Hugo Chavez to the presidency three times with increasing margin each time and on August 15, 2004, voters returned to polls to decide whether to remove him from office or not. 59% of voters confirmed the President's mandate and defeated the recall initiative. First...
To what extent does e-commerce favour market facilitation over consumer objectives?
Essay - 8 pages - Services marketing
Traditional business models cite “location, location, location” as the critical factor for commercial success, however the hallmark of e-commerce is that issues of location in the physical sense are not relevant . As such, the concept of “location” has created an internal...
The New Labour and the Welfare State - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
Firstly let us analyze the approaches the New Labor has chosen through a different ideological and pragmatic frame than earlier Labor governments when it comes to welfare provision and public policies. In this context, the New Labor has followed the Thatcherite tradition in working towards what...
