A closer examination of the phenomenon of globalization and its affect on India
Tutorials/exercises - 117 pages - Economy general
The term "globalization" has acquired considerable emotive force. Some view it as a process that is beneficial—a key to future world economic development—and also inevitable and irreversible. Others regard it with hostility, even fear, believing that it increases inequality within and...
Is internationalization a form of survival for large distribution?
Dissertation - 59 pages - Management
In the early 1960s, the Fordist economic system emerged in France, especially through takeovers of U.S. multinationals in French companies and the reconstruction effort after the war. The market is huge and the development of the supermarket is inseparable from the rise of consumer society. The...
African Conflicts in International Relations - China in Africa : Political or Economic interests ?
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
China's involvement in Africa cannot be reduced to only one dimension. It would be an oversimplification to label the Chinese interests on the continent as either political or economic solely: these two aspects often constitute two faces of the same coin. China's increasing engagement in...
Communism and it's success in China
Case study - 23 pages - Political science
Communism is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless social organization based on common ownership of the means of production. It can be considered a branch of the broader socialist movement. Communism as a political goal is generally a conjectured form of future social...
The importance of plastic money in today's scenario
Dissertation - 69 pages - Finance
Financial cards witnessed a robust growth in India in 2002-03. The number of cards in circulation increased by almost 50 per cent. The growth in transaction value, at 95 per cent, was even more spectacular. These results are attributable to the thriving economy which led to a large increase in...
Firm characteristics and stock return
Essay - 5 pages - Finance
“What determines stock returns?” Although the answer to this question has been much sought by researchers and investors, most studies to date are empirical in nature and provide a very limited view of the problem. The general findings are that certain firm characteristics do have an...
How important is innovation in obtaining sustainable performance?
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Economic globalization has promoted the increase of goods and services in the different parts of the world. These previous regions, which were unrelated from one another, are now linked thanks to the different companies that have entered. Today, companies from North America may be competing with...
What makes Samsung one of the world's leading companies?
Case study - 46 pages - International marketing
The Samsung group, a multinational enterprise founded by Lee Byung-Chul in 1938 in Daegu, is one of the largest multi-billion dollar corporations in the world. It is composed of numerous multinational businesses, all united under the Samsung brand. The South Korean conglomerate operates in...
How important is innovation in obtaining sustainable performance? - publié le 04/02/2013
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Economic globalization has promoted the increase of goods and services in the different parts of the world. These previous regions, which were unrelated from one another, are now linked thanks to the different companies that have entered. Today, companies from North America may be competing with...
The Future of Asia: Is Maintaining the Balance Synonym of Avoiding the Conflict?
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Asia appears to host the future nerve centers for international economics and politics'. To what extent is this popular vision accurate? Does Asia even have the awareness of constituting a bloc, or is this concept completely Western? Is Asia condemned to endure Chinese power, or can things...
Risk management in the asset management industry (risk measurement techniques): An evaluation of 'value at risk' tools
Tutorials/exercises - 112 pages - Finance
This Report is divided into two parts. Part I is introductory in nature containing brief profiles of global and Indian mutual fund industries, risk and the mutual fund industry, theoretical aspects of risk management process and various concepts associated with measurement of risks in...
How third world countries can develop themselves in a globalized market?
Dissertation - 40 pages - Economy general
In this paper the author will provide an analysis on the mechanisms through which globalization has played a key role in increasing foreign trade. The paper will also reveal foreign trade and its high interdependence and increased capital flows that has resulted in affecting the development of...
Relations sino-américaines
Tutorials/exercises - 6 pages - Modern history
Devoir rendu dans le cadre d'un cours de Sino-American Relations, répondant à la demande suivante : Using your understanding of the history of Sino-American relations, speculate on the future of US-PRC relations. What will they look like in 2050? What bearing will history have on the...
Key success factors in retail industry - publié le 28/02/2014
Case study - 28 pages - Business strategy
The retail industry is today a huge market where competitors are a lot. In order to overview the market of the retail industry, we will list the main actors in the world: Wal-Mart, Carrefour, Ahold, Kroger, Metro group, Target, Albertsons, Kmart and Tesco. However in order to seize more deeply...
Relationships between China and Cameroon
Essay - 8 pages - Political science
Is Cameroon in love with China? China's growing presence in Africa is now obvious. Trade between China and Africa has multiplied three times in five years. African people are both rejoicing and concerned at the same time, by this new alternative power. I choose to speak especially about the...
Literature Review: Innovation and Management
Thesis - 15 pages - Management
Innovation is now a key element in business strategy, especially for large groups. Indeed, in theory, it allows them to gain a significant competitive advantage in the form of a temporary monopoly on a given market. However, innovation is expensive, and firms may be reluctant to invest heavily in...
Is India as developed as China?
Essay - 17 pages - International economy
China is currently catching everyone's attention. Being the host of the Olympic Games, places it in the midst of every discussion. The development of the country is fascinating, but criticism against Beijing is getting violent. This leaves another fast developing country, almost as crowded...
Marketing challenges when targeting developed markets: How to overcome them? - publié le 16/01/2009
Essay - 10 pages - Services marketing
Over the past decade, many Asian companies have established branded products in several emerging markets (consumer electronics industry or domestic appliances for example). But nowadays, the next challenge is, for emerging market companies, to establish branded products in developed countries....
The strategy of Coca-Cola in China
Case study - 10 pages - International marketing
Chinese “Economic Reform and Opening up” policy was started in 1978; in the same year, the Coca-Cola Company returned to the Mainland market, becoming the first foreign enterprise who entered Mainland China after 1949. Therefore, its 30-year exploration can be regarded as an epitome and...
Foreign institutional investors and the stock exchange
Thesis - 28 pages - Economy general
India has struggled financially since independence, experiencing slow economic growth and economic setbacks due to climatic extremes or political disturbances. The country has been gradually transforming its economic base from agrarian to industrial and commercial. Under British rule in the 19th...
US/Chinese foreign relations, from Sino-Soviet split to Nixon's visit to Beijing
Tutorials/exercises - 11 pages - International relations
China, the world's most populous nation, came under communist rule in 1949. In the previous decades, the Chinese Empire had been racked by political turmoil. In 1911, the collapse of the imperial Manchu dynasty instigated the rise of regional warlords and of revolutionary and reformist...
Why is China so competitive? Measuring and explaining China's competitiveness - publié le 27/11/2006
Essay - 36 pages - Economy general
In the first part of our paper we will present the theoretical background of the international trade. We will begin with the description of the evolution of the comparative advantage theories, and then continue with the competitive advantage theory. On this point it is important to mention that...
Key success factors in retail industry
Case study - 28 pages - Business strategy
The retail industry is today a huge market where competitors are a lot. In order to overview the market of the retail industry, we will list the main actors in the world: Wal-Mart, Carrefour, Ahold, Kroger, Metro group, Target, Albertsons, Kmart and Tesco. However in order to seize more deeply...
What makes Samsung one of the world's leading companies? - published: 29/09/2010
Case study - 46 pages - Services marketing
The Samsung group, a multinational enterprise founded by Lee Byung-Chul in 1938 in Daegu, is one of the largest multi-billion dollar corporations in the world. It is composed of numerous multinational businesses, all united under the Samsung brand. The South Korean conglomerate operates in...
Repositioning McDonald's brand image
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
Although it is the world's largest fast food chain , McDonald's currently faces many problems. In particular, its performance in the UK is a troubling, due to a recent “slump in sales” . It is clear that the McDonald's brand needs to be revitalised in order to engage UK consumers...
International retailing: Carrefour
Case study - 26 pages - Business strategy
Carrefour is one of the biggest distributions group in the world. Since its creation in 1959, Carrefour has always innovated to build a strong reputation, a good image and a clear strategy of development. With the globalization, Carrefour has exported its model in other countries to...
Marketing challenges when targeting developed markets: How to overcome them?
Case study - 13 pages - International marketing
Over the past decade, many Asian companies have established branded products in several emerging markets (consumer electronics industry or domestic appliances for example). But nowadays, the next challenge is, for emerging market companies, to establish branded products in developed countries....
To what extent have the national foreign policies undermined EU-Chinese relations?
Internship report - 8 pages - European union
EU diplomatic relations with China were established in 1975 and are governed by the 1985 EU-China Trade and Cooperation Agreement and seven other legally binding agreements. This rapprochement between the two powers culminated in the setting up in 1988 of a delegation by the EC Commission in...
Paul Wolfowitz and the American neo-conservative project
Case study - 5 pages - Human resources
The National Interest is a journal that was founded in 1985. It is regarded as a showcase for liberalism and neo-liberalism. It is not popular amongst academics and aims to influence the political agenda of the country. In this review, we see the theories proposed by Huntington and Fukuyama. Paul...
The rise of power of China and its opportunities facing the American superpower
Essay - 8 pages - International relations
The People's Republic of China today plays an increasingly important role at the regional and international levels.In recent history it is rare that a country has maintained its hegemony for over a century. One may therefore question whether the U.S. can extend their supremacy for longer...
