Offshore outsourcing offering competitive advantage: Case study research on Intuit Corporation
Case study - 19 pages - Management
Corporations today are operating in increasingly competing markets, facing strong pressures from stakeholders to operate more effectively and efficiently (Baloh et al., 2008). The competitive dynamics in large number of industries are changing too, making it difficult for firms to develop or...
Market research cover letter
Case study - 1 pages - Management
I am writing to express my interest in for a [Name of position] at [Company Name]. The firm's commitment towards insight and impact in its services makes it an ideal place to gain broad exposure to various industries. I am attracted to the value-driven and merit-based culture, which offers many...
Corporate governance and ethical responsibility research paper
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
One of the top internal stakeholders within a hospital would have to be the actual doctors that run the day to day life of the patients. They make the ultimate decisions in split seconds that can save or lose the life of a patient. Doctors do make a lot of money but they can also be careless if...
Psychology research proposal
Case study - 11 pages - Psychology
The purpose of the proposed study is to determine how much of an influence being afflicted with a physical disability during childhood has on the quality of life and ability to be resilient in adulthood. Specifically, this study will focus mainly on adults who have been physically disabled since...
Gaps in research knowledge
Case study - 9 pages - Psychology
Finkelhor, D. (2004) discovered several gaps in the research knowledge associated with the history of childhood sexual abuse. The authors affirm that the plethora of research that is currently available on adult survivors of CSA is valuable; however, they cite some weaknesses in...
Chile and Paraguay: Qualitative Research
Case study - 8 pages - Political science
In the first paper, quantitative research was presented for two Latin American countries: Chile and Paraguay. The paper discussed various elements of each country's economic, social, and political development over a span of twenty years: 1989 through 2009. This paper, however, will expand...
Research methods for managers
Tutorials/exercises - 16 pages - Business strategy
The core problem in this case was related with a production planning again. How many S and how many P can I produce in order to maximize my profit with production's constraints like limited raw materials (USB ports), limited assembly hours and limited quality control hours. The main lesson of...
Market research: coffee market
Market study - 15 pages - Services marketing
Coffee is a product in the market generic hot drink. Roasted coffee is the first and largest segment of the market generic hot drinks with more than one billion turnover in 2002 in France carried out at the supermarket. Competition from other hot drinks (tea,herbal, blends, powders,chocolate,...
Research about China/US student exchange programs
Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Educational studies
Study in the US has been and still a major objective for Chinese students, as different surveys like the one recently carried out by Art & Science Groups have pointed out. The Art & Science Group is an organization dedicated to advising US academic institutions on their enrollment practices....
Market research: Godefroy Diffusion, Denmark (2007)
Market study - 10 pages - Services marketing
The company Godefroy Diffusion wants to enter the Danish market for cosmetics and hygiene. To this end, the company manager Alain Thibaux is attempting to understand the structure of this market in two ways: - conducting a study of the Danish cosmetics market. Prospecting the demand of insurance...
Business Research Methods: Case Study of Toyota
Case study - 17 pages - Business strategy
Brookie Part-just mentions the 2,3 million recalls and the cars affected The Rava4 2009-2010, Corolla, 2009-2010, Avalon 2005-2010, Camry, 2010, Highlander 2007-2010, Tundra 2008-2010 researchers of Toyota has determined not enough time spent on so there adding extra four weeks to their time span...
Market research information technology
Essay - 4 pages - Services marketing
Market research is the process of gathering and recording in a systematic way the data about customers, competitors and the market and then analyzing the data to get the required information about their behavior and how to manipulate them to the benefit of your company or your product...
The research of the motivations in Two Factor theory of Herzberg
Case study - 2 pages - Human resources
Herzberg's analysis focuses on the problem of motivation and on the crucial question: "How does one cause an employee to do what is expected of him?" He presents an introduction and develops a list of attitudes and inefficiencies to get the job expected of employees: Ask, give instructions,...
A market research on the internet
Market study - 16 pages - Economy general
'Market research is the identification, collection, analysis and exploitation of data and information relating to a marketing problem to provide information to make better decisions'. Market investigation has also been defined in a report of 'The Definition Committee in the...
Market research: L'Oreal
Case study - 83 pages - Services marketing
The market potential represents the number of persons likely to consume in a given geographic area. The market potential for the cosmetic brand L'Oreal extends to the entire world population, since the number of countries where its products are distributed and the number of segments available to...
Importance of food in the Jewish culture: Research writing
Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Food is, and always has been, a recurring theme throughout Jewish life, culture, and tradition. All services, Bar or Bat Mitzvahs, weddings, funerals, holidays, etc. commence with diverse and suitable meals. This culinary theme, which stays apparent throughout an entire Jewish year, culminates...
The introduction of Islamic banking in France: A research on the potential market for retail Islamic banking
Dissertation - 37 pages - Finance
This study provides an assessment on the current problems and progresses made in France for the introduction of Islamic banking into its economy and contains an evaluation and an analysis of the potential market for Islamic retail banks in France. The research is divided into two...
Market research: the Diesel Jean
Market study - 24 pages - Services marketing
Jeans are timeless clothing. Today, this product is worn by all generations. At a time when models and brands have expanded considerably, Levi's is being seen as strong competition in the market, and Diesel has become a must-have brand that stands out for its originality and creativity,...
Research methods for managers - published: 29/09/2010
Worksheets - 12 pages - Management
Dr. Don Roberts, a research consultant, has received a government research grant to examine how aspects of a college student's experiences relate to his or her job performance. The research was also interested in the impact of gender on salary and promotions of the...
Reasons for doing qualitative research into strategic decision-making process
Tutorials/exercises - 7 pages - Business strategy
Strategic decision-making process is a crucial part of strategy formulation and implementation. However, most inquiries into strategic decision-making process use quantitative methods. Even if there have been calls for more qualitative method for decision-making research, most researchers...
Importance of quantitative research
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Quantitative research is a technique for comparing relationship between time, weight, size and performance. The purpose of quantitative market research is to have an increased understanding of the product ‘First Fruit'. This research is numerically oriented and requires...
Ethnographic Research Project: Yoga To The People
Case study - 7 pages - Sociology & social sciences
As our mantra says...this yoga is for mothers, brothers, sisters and grandmothers, poets, bakers, painters and artists. This is Yoga to the People! So let all of your doubts or questions be set aside... come and explore the world of yoga', are the words one can read when entering Yoga to the...
A research study on corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Tutorials/exercises - 40 pages - Management
The aim of this research proposal is to gather information about the strategies and initiatives taken by ASDA with respect to corporate social responsibility towards workforce, community, environment which can be emulated by other retailers. The purpose of this research is to...
Business research and professional development
Essay - 7 pages - Management
Is knowledge management a key factor in performance and sustainability in the management of organizations in the modern times global competitive market place? What are the issues of this concept and what does it provide organizations? How do managers perceive knowledge management? The objectives...
DELL: Logistics research report
Case study - 21 pages - Services marketing
Dell has revolutionized the industry in the last 20 years, to make computing accessible to customers around the globe, including businesses, institutional organizations and individual consumers. Because of Dell's direct model, and the industry's response to it, information technology is...
What does historical research tell us about the social character and ideas of the Parisian sans-culotte?
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
With his 'Phrygians cap' also called ?bonnet rouge' or the ?cap of liberty'; his blue-white-red striped long-trousers, his carmagnole (short-skirted coat) and his sabots (wooden shoes) characterized the Parisian sans-culotte who was one of the most famous, symbolic active figures...
Market research on business schools in France
Thesis - 7 pages - Educational studies
Management education in France has become widely developed from the 1970's. During this phase of market growth, training GPs predominated, resulting in more specialized training. If the schools were the trendsetters for management training, Universities, new entrants to this market in the 1970s,...
Research essay on bioterrorism
Thesis - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Many different types of warfare have been used over the past century. There is conventional warfare, which is conducted by using conventional military weapons and battlefield tactics between two or more states, and unconventional warfare which refers to raiding, guerilla, and insurgency....
Bulgaria and European Union: A research report
Tutorials/exercises - 22 pages - European union
The development of a global financial market transforms the individual countries' and domestic capital markets into connected single financial environment, where investors can take advantage of numerous investment opportunities. The dynamic growth and gradual integration of the Bulgarian capital...
Stock option price modeling using system dynamics and operations research
Thesis - 12 pages - Finance
Options are instruments that give the holder the right, but not an obligation, to buy or sell an asset by a certain date for a certain price. Options can be bought or sold on a variety of assets like stocks, foreign currency, indexes, and futures. A call option gives the holder the right to buy...
