Knowledge management in organizations
Thesis - 7 pages - Management
Knowledge management refers to the conscious, systematic, and organized activity of an enterprise in comprehensively gathering, organizing, analyzing, and sharing knowledge to further its goals. It comprises a range of practices that identifies, creates, represent, distribute, and enables...
The Walt Disney company
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
The first issue the Walt Disney Company has to face concerns diversification: has it diversified too far? It is legitimate to consider such a question as the number of businesses Disney presents has exploded since the company's beginning. Indeed, being first a company based on movie-making,...
Nike case : hitting the wall
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
A firm's success depends on its social legitimacy. Usually, in the consumer's mind, the importance of a firm relies on what it can bring to the society. Therefore, for Nike, relocations basically mean that the company takes away jobs from US citizens. Moreover, Nike's labor scandals have...
A study on security analysis for selecting appropriate security
Case study - 79 pages - Management
An investment refers to the commitment of funds at present, in anticipation of some positive rate of return in future. Today the spectrum of investment is indeed wide. An investor is confronted with array of investment avenues. Among all investment, investment in equity is best high proportion....
Business community and automation of business processes
Tutorials/exercises - 36 pages - Business strategy
The goal of this study was to understand the needs of business community for the automation/computerization of business processes and the level of automation that exists in business. The data was collected using a structured questionnaire through a direct interview method. One hundred respondents...
A study on the recruitment and selection process in organizations
Tutorials/exercises - 34 pages - Human resources
“Management is the art of getting things done through people” :Mark Parker Follet. The above quote implies management to be a process of planning, organizing, leading and controlling all other organizational resources to achieve the stated organizational goals, which in turn would...
A study on GE's business strategy
Tutorials/exercises - 40 pages - Business strategy
GE Lighting is a leading supplier of lighting products for global consumer, commercial and industrial markets. Products include incandescent, fluorescent, high-intensity discharge, halogen and holiday lamps, along with portable lighting fixtures, lamp components and quartz products. GE also...
A survey on labor welfare at Alstom
Tutorials/exercises - 42 pages - Human resources
The principal resources of an organization are the people. Managing its people is the most important aspect of managing an organizing. People at work comprise a large number of individuals of different sex, age, socio-religious group and different educational or literacy standards. Each has his...
Different strategies to secure employees' loyalty
Essay - 3 pages - Human resources
As an introduction to this subject, we can emphasize on idea of 'a job for a life'. It doesn't exist anymore in the modern days. In fact, securing employees loyalty is an essential priority of companies. It allows the company to be competitive. There are many means to secure the...
Investment opportunities in relevance to ICICI
Case study - 74 pages - Finance
In the '90s there has been a decisive shift towards a new wave, the domain of financial services. In the era of the consumer, financial services, which seek to put the consumer in the forefront, have come to stay. Skillful marketing has opened up a wide spectrum of areas where financial...
Fundamentals of fund management
Thesis - 6 pages - Finance
The easiest way to harness your savings to the stock market is through investing in a fund which pools your money with that of many thousands of other people. Investment funds are commercially run organizations, often owned by banks or insurance companies, which buy shares in bulk, collect the...
HDFC and the mobilization of funds in the insurance sector
Tutorials/exercises - 63 pages - Finance
It has been established that village co-operatives insured against loss of profit in an industry in the early days of the Aryan Civilization. There were contacts safeguarding risks of transport by sea or land. Further these well renowned joint-family system rendered services similar to those of...
Creating an application for proper implementation of wealth management
Dissertation - 101 pages - Finance
“ Without order nothing would exist, without chaos nothing would evolve “. As the saying goes nothing would evolve without chaos and nothing would exist without order, the same applies in the areas of business. Something new comes into the market to bring order and safety in the markets...
Sensitivity analysis of the fertilizer industry
Tutorials/exercises - 71 pages - Business strategy
Crude Oil is one of the most important sources of energy for a country. The prices of crude oil depend on many factors like Supply restrictions by Oil producing nations, demand for oil, uncertainties like war in the middle east and also the stability of US Dollar, in which crude oil is priced....
An overview of financial management
Thesis - 6 pages - Finance
Finance is known to be the life-blood of business. It is extremely important to carefully look after the financial transactions and activities that go on in a business. Proper analysis and insight is necessary in order to plan for the future. The word finance comes from the Latin word...
A study on Ramee guestline hotel
Thesis - 35 pages - Business strategy
One of the biggest challenges facing a marketing researcher is converting a complex set of data to a form that can be read and understood quickly by executives, managers and other employees who will make decisions from the research findings. This has been the main purpose of the research on Ramee...
A study on the balanced scorecard as an effective performance management system
Thesis - 9 pages - Management
The balanced scorecard is a strategic planning and management system used to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization. In other words, it translates the vague statements and undefined aspirations of a company's vision or mission statement into practical...
A study on currency correlation and variability as a hedging tool: An analytical study of their relationship
Tutorials/exercises - 47 pages - Finance
Organizations are becoming increasingly more globalized. Currency transactions and risks there upon influence an organization portfolio. Firms are finding it necessary to pay special attention to foreign exchange exposure and accordingly design and implement suitable hedging strategies. The...
A study and an in depth analysis of the Indian capital market
Tutorials/exercises - 33 pages - Finance
The medium capitalized segment of the stock market is being increasingly perceived as an attractive investment segment with high growth potential. However, the lack of awareness among the investors has not been able to prove much as per the above statement. Majority of the investors invest...
Black and Scholes option pricing model and its applicability
Tutorials/exercises - 45 pages - Finance
The world financial market has undergone qualitative changes in the last three decades due to phenomenal growth of derivatives. With the world embracing the derivative trading on a large scale, the Indian market cannot remain aloof, especially after liberalization has set in motion. Derivative...
A study on foreign currency funding option
Tutorials/exercises - 35 pages - Finance
Globalization of economy has resulted in interlinking of financial markets in different countries into a common worldwide pool of funds to be accessed by borrowers and lenders alike. No sector of the economy seems to be more global in its orientation and operations than finance. To succeed in...
EADS : a cross cultural merger
Case study - 8 pages - Finance
Since the early 1980s, mergers and acquisitions have been developing in Europe and worldwide. After the dramatic increase in the number of mergers and acquisitions in the second half of the 1980s, the 1990s leaves its mark by rapid cross-border connections and increased significant value of...
Ryanair: (in) consistency between low fares and high average revenue per passenger - publié le 20/05/2009
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Ryanair is best-known for its low fare. Most of the flights are worth, at worst, €1, at best, for free. Nonetheless, Ryanair is making huge profits, and has the highest profit margin of the airline industry (20% and more). Besides, it has average revenue per passenger more than 50 times...
IKEA's growth plans in the American market - publié le 20/05/2009
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
The US furniture retailing market is fragmented. Being one of the top 10 furniture retailers, IKEA owns less than 15% of the market share. In a highly fragmented market, gaining market shares is harder than in a concentrated market. Besides, IKEA is a generalist furniture retailer, i.e. it...
Strategic management: Yahoo!
Case study - 11 pages - Management
Yahoo! was founded in 1994 by David Filo and Jerry Yan who were students of the Stanford University. Being fanatics over new technologies, they created an internet website which became a portal, which allowed searches on the internet, and which also could help in businesses. The front page of the...
General Electric Medical Systems
Case study - 6 pages - Management
General Electric Medical Systems (GEMS), became General Electric Healthcare (GE Healthcare) in 2004. It is the leader in the imaging equipment market. GE Healthcare is a subsidiary of the conglomerate General Electric, the second largest company in terms of market capitalization right behind...
Overview of a planned 5-10 MW CBM fired pilot power project
Presentation - 69 pages - Business strategy
This presentation is based on the company Optim Energy. The trend of the presentation will be a beginning with who Optim Energy is, followed by what the project is all about and why they chose the Princeton area. Next will be a description of what coal bed methane is and how prevalent is it...
Maverick Energy Group: Company profile
Thesis - 18 pages - Business strategy
Maverick Energy Group, is a rapidly growing US independent currently positioned to benefit from the current rise in both oil and natural gas prices. Declining production and depletion of existing reserves within the United States is causing increased pressure on state and federal agencies to...
Host Hotels & Resorts : financial and strategic analysis
Market study - 16 pages - Finance
Host Hotels & Resorts (HST) is a real estate investment trust that exists since 1993 since the division of Marriott Corporation into management and property arms. HST is the first lodging real estate company. It owns 119 luxury and upper-upscale, full service hotels managed by strong brands...
Operations and supply chain management: The case of Fermob, outdoor lounge - published: 18/05/2009
Thesis - 6 pages - Management
We chose to study the supply chain of Fermob whose headquarters and factory are located in Thoissey near Belleville in Ain (half an hour North from Lyon). Fermob's mission is to design and make outdoor furniture which decorates the garden in a relaxed and convivial way. Fermob furniture has an...
