Porter's Five Forces - Polar
Case study - 5 pages - Sport marketing
Polar is a group that was founded in Finland in 1976. It markets watches and other connected or sports-related objects. Connected watches have enjoyed growing success over the past ten years, particularly due to the fact that consumers are paying more and more attention to their physical...
SWOT Analysis - Polar
Case study - 5 pages - Sport marketing
The Polar group is part of the sector of sports watches and other connected objects, which have been very successful for several years now. The sector recorded a turnover of 18.7 billion euros at the start of 2020, with results which have increased considerably every year for almost five...
PESTEL Analysis - Polar
Case study - 5 pages - Sport marketing
The Polar Electro company which is based in a town called Kempele in Finland was founded in 1977 by Seppo Säynäjäkangasand, who invented the first wireless EKG monitor. With its technological innovations in wearable heart rate monitors, it has become one of the leading manufactures in the...
Geopolitical stakes of the polar regions
Essay - 16 pages - Geography
The Polar Regions are among the major terrestrial deserts. These areas are virtually uninhabited and the climate is very harsh. It is very cold and precipitation is also low. These regions receive only 41% of heat from the Equator, the photoperiod is original: a month of dawn, day time for...
Biochemistry - Water
Course material - 4 pages - Chemistry
Since the shape of a water molecule is not linear, instead it is a "V" shape of 104.5 degrees between two covalent bonds, it creates a partial positive and partial negative charge on the water molecule. Hence, it is known as a dipole. This is because oxygen has a negative charge and hydrogen as a...
Environmental History - The Impact of New Research Technologies on Knowledge of Glacier Melts During the 20th Century
Case study - 6 pages - World geography
The document presents a project outline in Environmental History on the subject of the impact of new research technologies on knowledge of glacier melts during the 20th century. Melting ice is a crucial topic in environmental history, as it provides accurate scientific data on the impact of...
SWOT Analysis - The Sport Watches Market
Case study - 5 pages - Sport marketing
A sports watch is a robust analog or digital device designed to be worn by users offering features such as alarm, stopwatch, heart rate monitor, compass, tachymeter, tide indicators, etc., chosen according to the specific activity and personal preference. Sports watches were originally aimed at...
PESTEL Analysis - Garmin
Case study - 5 pages - Sport marketing
Garmin Ltd. was co-founded in October 1989 by Gary Burrell and Dr Min Kao, who came up with the groundbreaking design and engineering of the GPS software technology used in their products today. Before his involvement with Garmin, Dr Kao also developed the first FAA-certified GPS navigation...
The anomalous properties of water
Essay - 1 pages - Physics
Water may seem like a very simple molecule, but in fact it has many anomalies. These make it hard to predict the properties of water. This essay will explain just a few of its unusual properties.
The Republic of Germany and the German political system after World War II
Course material - 5 pages - Political science
Our conception of the Federal Republic of Germany is very different from what it was only 15 years ago. Throughout much of its history, Germany was under the leadership of dictators and was never very comfortable with democracy. Germany's first experience with democracy occurred from...
Separation of Haemoglobin from Bovine Serum Albumin using the SDS-PAGE and Ion exchange chromatography techniques
Case study - 15 pages - Biology
Proteins are large molecules with polar and ionizing groups on their surface. Usually the pH affects the polar charges on the molecule, which causes the proteins to move to its oppositely charged electrode or remain stationary, depending on the buffer chosen. Many different...
Wireless transmission
Presentation - 50 pages - Computer science
This presentation is about wireless transmission.It begins with the definition of "wireless" and explains its usage.Further topics include description about radio transmission (with diagrams),satellite transmission,parts of satellite and one of its type LEO(Low Earth Orbii).It then moves to an...
Analysis of PERT
Essay - 3 pages - Logistics
PERT (or 'Program/Project Evaluation and Review Technique') is a technique for scheduling and controlling programs. This technique was created in the late 1950s by the U.S. Navy in order to save time during the implementation of Polaris missiles with nuclear warheads. The Polaris Project...
Computers and weather forecasting
Presentation - 60 pages - Computer science
This presentation tells about weather forecasting and the usage of computers in this field. It then names a few Indian departments supporting this feature. Later it gives a detailed description on how the details are collected on the computer. Next topic is about surface observations, balloons,...
Bear Attacks
Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Biology
Bears are one of the most widely distributed animals in the world. At least one of the eight bear species currently exists in Asia, Europe, North and South America, and the Arctic. Bears in Africa became extinct several million years ago. Australia and Antarctica are the only continents where...
Report on Hofstede's model of national cultural differences and Mc Sweeney's critics on the subject
Case study - 5 pages - Philosophy
Geert Hofstede published his first book in 1980, titled “Culture's Consequences”, at a time where empirical studies were particularly needed instead of proliferating theories on cultural issues (Hofstede & Hofstede, 2005). His findings were, in their own way, revolutionary. But as...
Ion distribution across the cell membrane and the Nernst equation
Thesis - 5 pages - Biology
The cell membrane is essentially a bi-lipid layer that contains phosoplipids and proteins. The concentration of ions and certain molecules is vastly different between the intracellular and extra cellular concentrations in cells across the cell membrane. This is because the lipid bi-layer in the...
JC Decaux in an operation and system analysis context
Case study - 15 pages - Services marketing
JC Decaux elaborates for every new exercise, new strategic objectives. For that, the Group takes care of its guideline. We notice that the strategic policy of JC Decaux turns along 3 main axes, which underline the flexibility of the polar diagram: 1. The development by internal and...
The Cold War: A Change in Policy
Essay - 3 pages - Modern history
After the defeat of the Axis powers in World War II, two super powers remained in the world: the United States and the Soviet Union. These two nations had very different views about the world and their political regimes were polar opposites. During the beginning of the Cold War, which...
Responses to World War I in European culture: "A very long engagement"
Thesis - 7 pages - International relations
War and love could be said to be polar opposites. However, in the film “A Very Long Engagement (2004) by French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the two intertwine, as the main character, Mathilde, a young woman with polio, begins a search for her lost love, a French soldier who was sent...
Applications of NMR imaging in processing of foods
Essay - 7 pages - Physics
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), originally developed for medical applications, has recently been exploited for observation and characterization of foodstuffs and their manufacture. MRI and its related techniques have already proven useful in non-invasive observations of fruit and vegetable...
How and to what extent do domestic factors affect the nature of U.S. relations with other democratic states? - published: 16/05/2009
Thesis - 3 pages - International relations
The manifestation of the American hegemony since the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 has created a new pattern for international relations in which the United States is the ‘hyper power' everyone has to take into consideration before acting. France, once one...
Arab-Israeli conflict: From Copenhagen to Beijing and Washington to Jerusalem: American-Israeli relations cooling off
Thesis - 12 pages - International relations
Since the dawn of the industrial revolution there have been two consistent interlocking themes behind Middle Eastern-Great Power interactions. First, Great Powers have a tendency to view the Middle East as a strategic commodity, because of its geographic location and vital natural resources....
Aerospace Engine Performance Project - Cessna Skyhawk 172
Tutorials/exercises - 23 pages - Physics
The Cessna 172 has become a household name, particularly in the aviation community. Since its inception in the mid-1950s, the 172 quickly earned its stripes in becoming the most produced aircraft in history. These days, almost all qualified pilots start their flying career on the humble 172, and...
How Finnish people live and adapt to a particular external environment
Essay - 3 pages - Ecology & environment
To begin, we have to underline that the point that will be developed here is that Finnish people are strongly connected with nature. First of all, more than a quarter of the country is northern than the polar circle: Finland is the most septentrional country in Europe... Then, Finland is...
Categorization of seed proteins based on polypeptide size and protein solubility, to help enrich plant-seed based diets
Case study - 3 pages - Biology
Seeds such as those of cereals and legumes have always been widely harvested to fuel the ever-growing demand of food and have also become a vital provider of the essential amino acids that cannot be produced by the human body, but are needed for growth and development. Classification of the...
Tactics of combating human trafficking as a global issue ? Case Study
Essay - 4 pages - Geography
Cristina, a 24-year-old woman came to the US with a man she thought to be her boyfriend. However, upon their arrival in New York, she was forced to have intercourse with dozens of men daily and was beaten regularly, all this occurred in a suburban home (Kloer). Concy, a ten year old at the time,...
Anglo-American relations - The close relationship (1964-1979)
Essay - 7 pages - Modern history
With the benefit of hindsight, a lot of scholars saw (and still see) Anglo-American relations between 1964 and 1979 in a negative light. One scholar (J.W Young, Cold War Europe 1945-1991, 1996) speaks of "the lean years of the almost forgotten friendship". Some go as far so to say this was a...
Analytical Methods for the Development of Haemophilus influenza virus b Vaccine
Dissertation - 44 pages - Medical studies
The ability to provide timely, accurate, and reliable data is central to the discovery, development, and manufacture of biopharmaceuticals. Analytical data are used to screen potential vaccine candidates, aid in the development of vaccine synthesis, support formulation studies, monitor the...
Characterization of Egg White Proteins
Case study - 28 pages - Biology
Egg white or albumin is the biggest fraction of whole egg and contains 88% water, 11% proteins, 0.2% fats and 0.2% minerals. The major constituent of egg white proteins are 60% of ovalbumin, 12% of conalbumin, 11% of ovomucoid, and 3.5% of lysozyme. It also contains small amount of ovoinhibitor,...
