Tobacco and Health
Presentation - 64 pages - Medical studies
Currently, about 46 million individuals in the United States are cigarette smokers, including 26% of men and 22% of women. People who are less well educated and/or have unskilled occupations are more likely to smoke. Smoking is responsible for about 430,000 preventable U.S. deaths annually. A...
Nordstrom Inc
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
John W. Nordstrom was only 16 years old in 1887 when he left his home country of Sweden to fulfill the American Dream in New York City. With no English speaking ability and only five dollars in his pocket, Nordstrom had a hard time making ends meet by laboring in mining and logging camps...
Vattenfall Nordic Heat: Strategy and control
Essay - 6 pages - Business strategy
Vattenfall is the fourth largest generator of electricity and the largest generator of heat in Europe. The company has more than 32 000 employees and is active in all stages of the electricity value chain: generation, transmission, distribution and sales. Operations are carried out in...
Eurocamp : Proposal for development in Slovenia
Essay - 11 pages - Business strategy
Eurocamp is a UK-based tour operator specializing in self-drive camping holidays. The company was founded in 1975 and began with camping holidays in Brittany. Initial success spurred the managers on to expand the product range over the next 10 years to include holiday locations in South and West...
Trade unions in Northern Europe
Essay - 11 pages - Economy general
Among the five countries where the unionization density is currently the highest in the world, four are Nordic European ones. Sweden (78%), Finland (74.1%) and Denmark (70.4%) constitute the group of the most unionized countries, far beyond Belgium (55.4%) and Norway (53.3%). Austria is...
Global industry study: Hennes & Mauritz (H&M)
Essay - 11 pages - Services marketing
The aim of this International Marketing survey is to present the international operations of a global brand and to confront them with our international marketing lessons. Our studied company is Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M). Before analyzing all the international operations of this group, it seems to...
The Strategy of the Ikea group
Essay - 16 pages - Business strategy
In 1943, Ingvar Kamprad, a young Swede, finished his studies. He soon created a small company which he called IKEA. The acronym IKEA (Ingvar Kamprad Elmtaryd Agunnaryd) is composed of the initials of his name, the name of his parent's farm and the name of his village. In the beginning, the...
Hedging international risk: Renault and risk management
Essay - 10 pages - Management
Renault is a French vehicle manufacturer producing cars, vans, buses, tractors, and trucks. The group is well known for its motor racing (through Renault Sport department), revolutionary designs (for example: Vel Satis, Avantime, Megane) and concepts (namely the Espace, the first monospace to be...
A discussion of two controversial works of art : Edouard Manet's Déjeuner sure l'herbe and Olympia
Thesis - 5 pages - Arts and art history
A name associated with controversy in the art world, French-born artist, Edouard Manet, has come to be viewed as one of the founders of modern art. (Cole & Gealt, 1989). Born on January 23, 1832, his mother the goddaughter of Charles Bernadotte, Crown Prince of Sweden and father,...
Golden Moments Group Limited
Thesis - 7 pages - Business strategy
Golden Moments Group Limited is an international operating supplier of “unique experiences”. The company was founded in 1998 in the United Kingdom by the twin brothers Steve and Paul Cheatle. After that it has grown by introducing the concept on new development markets. At this moment...
H&M: Corporate valuation
Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy
H&M is a leading European retailer offering « Fashion and Quality at the best Price ». It is the largest individual clothing brand in Europe, operating in 29 countries with 1,522 stores (of which only ten are franchised). H&M went public in 1974, is listed on the Stockholm Stock exchange, is...
Reva: The Indian electric car
Case study - 22 pages - Business strategy
REVA electric car company is a joint venture between the Maini group and AEVT Inc. of USA. Other companies, world leaders in their respective fields, have also partnered with Maini and AEVT to design and develop key components for the REVA. Today, Maini is a multi-product, multi-division...
A comparison of the drug policy
Thesis - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
It is undoubtedly certain that drug control specifically that of illegal substances, plays an important role in each countries governmental infrastructure. The use and abuse of illicit substances can have a great effect on a countries people and it is therefore important for these drugs to be...
Immigration issues and reforms of the United States
Thesis - 6 pages - Political science
The word “Immigration” has been derived from the Latin word “immigrare” which means “to move”. Immigration means migrating and settling in a country that is not a native to the person migrating. For ex: If a person living in Sweden decides to move to the U.S...
International marketing strategy: Ikea
Case study - 29 pages - Services marketing
This Swedish chain began as the vision of one enterprising young man. As a boy, Ingvar Kamprad used to purchase matches in Stockholm, and sell them to people in his native rural town of Agunnaryd at a discount price. Eventually, he applied this concept from matches to mattresses and home...
The entrepreneurship within IKEA
Case study - 8 pages - Management
We have chosen to use Ikea as the company in which we will base the analysis of this case report. The Ikea has been chosen is because we believe that it is a company which stems from entrepreneurial activities right from the beginning of its existence, to the present day. Ikea is a worldwide...
e-business in the development of Interflora - Case study
Case study - 11 pages - Services marketing
Our study will focus on Interflora with respect to the French market. The French website will have interface with all other region based Interflora websites throughout the world, so as to ensure prompt and efficient global deliveries. Interflora is the largest flower delivery company by which...
ECAPS Merger of Export Companies
Case study - 10 pages - Management
As you all know, our company, ECAPS FURNITURE EXPORT has recently merged with three other export companies from Italy, Russia, and Sweden. Since its establishment, our company has experienced a rapid expansion. It has now taken a leading place among the European furniture market. It is...
Global industry study : H&M
Case study - 22 pages - Services marketing
The aim of this International Marketing survey is to present the international operations of a global brand and to confront them with our international marketing lessons. The company we are going to study is Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M). Before analyzing all the international operations of this...
Harboe : implant a Danish brewery in the French market
Case study - 32 pages - Services marketing
To export beers in the French market is quite different than selling it in Denmark. The concept of the company is selling a very wide range of products. Due to the success achieved in other Nordic Countries we thought it would be interesting to see if Harboe would succeeds in the French market...
IKEA in China
Case study - 14 pages - Services marketing
Managing across cultures is a priority for companies that pursue an internationalization strategy. The case of the Swedish furniture company IKEA illustrates the complexity of this process. The Swedish company IKEA, which pioneered flat-pack design furniture at affordable prices,is the...
Creatinga strong brand - example of Green Home
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
Green Home is a Swedish company created in 2001, it specializes in Kit houses, more precisely the mission of the company is to create and build ecological houses. The brand makes an authentic connection between its 'green' products and its sustainable business practices and policies. The...
Strategic Analysis of the brand "Absolut Vodka"
Case study - 6 pages - Services marketing
Today, ABSOLUT Vodka is one of the best-sold vodkas in the world, because of its image (96.6 million liters sold in 2008). This image is based on advertising, and a targeted communication strategy using art as the main marketing strategy. For its advertisements Absolut works with the well-known...
Information technology industry in Singapore
Presentation - 41 pages - Business strategy
The International Data Corporation's Information Society Index 1999 ranked Singapore as the 4th most dominant information-driven economy and society in the world, after the US, Sweden, and Finland. The World Teleport Association named Singapore the 1999 Intelligent City of the Year. The...
