ICT and economic development: Analyzing Thailand's path to the information economy
Tutorials/exercises - 13 pages - Economy general
This analysis of the development of Thailand's information economy places particular emphasis on its ICT and social infrastructure development. Drawing upon lessons learned from similar development trajectories in Ireland, China, and India we develop a set of guidelines for Thailand to consider...
India's impact on the world economy - publié le 06/06/2011
Thesis - 8 pages - Economy general
The emergence of China and India as major economic players has had an important impact on the last 20 years of globalization, and it is now leading to important structural changes in the balance of power between countries by challenging the domination of the Triad: The United States, the European...
The Knowledge Economy
Tutorials/exercises - 6 pages - Business strategy
Knowledge economy integrates effectively knowledge aiming to enhance organizational performance, competitiveness, and corporate social responsibility. Being a source of innovation and creativity, it attains organizational competence through the proficient and continual exchange of...
Environmental Regulation and its Effect on Competition
Essay - 11 pages - Economy general
The following text provides a brief discussion of the development of new technologies and how they affect the environment. After explaining the effects, the focus shifts to response mechanisms, which the society has created, to limit the impact of innovations on environmental factors. These...
IMF article IV 2011 - Country report on South Africa
Case study - 10 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Advocacy about the overvaluation of the South African rand isn't completely new , since South Africa has given up the financial rand and fixed exchange rate in 1995 , and since it is also known as suffering from Dutch Disease, relying essentially on its huge natural resources to...
Employee motivation
Essay - 29 pages - Human resources
Currently, companies are rediscovering that human potential is an asset. They have in fact understood that the structures and men can give a competitive advantage to their organizations. This has resulted in a significant development of focus on internal resources that must now be mobilized and...
Indian global corps - Strategies and global realities
Thesis - 4 pages - Business strategy
A powerful and fast paced transformation of the Indian society has begun. This change is driven by the corporate, small and medium enterprises and the common man alike. Usually competitiveness refers to characteristics that permit a firm to compete effectively with other firms due to low...
Study of fusion: Star Alliance
Case study - 36 pages - Services marketing
In 1997, Thai, Lufthansa, SAS, Air Canada and United Airlines combined to create Star Alliance, the largest network of airlines. Star Alliance is a consortium of companies that aims to become the leading network for frequent travelers with high value customers (generating high income) and to...
Impact of the economic boom on Irish society (2006)
Case study - 16 pages - International economy
"To be Irish in 2006 is to be living through an unprecedented social experiment" (Holmquist 2006). This statement exemplifies the Irish economic performance in the 1990s. It puts an end to the years of high spending and taxes, an increasing inflation, low growth and soaring unemployment. Since...
Competitive Advantage of Wine Industry in France
Thesis - 10 pages - Economy general
According to Michael Porter, any economic analysis should consider non-quantifiable data. He criticizes the lack of comprehensiveness from the the majority of today's economists regarding the evaluation of competitiveness of industries (Porter, 1990). The Diamond Model of Michael...
Economic activity, investments and technological policy
Essay - 7 pages - Finance
The concept of competitiveness of the national economies and the viability of the national productive systems in the context of globalization focuses on the role of innovative competitive advantages, which are related to the technological know-how. The competitive advantages of low...
Indian IT companies VS MNC's
Tutorials/exercises - 32 pages - Business strategy
Reaching global competitiveness is the number one challenge for corporate India. We now operate in a global regime of relatively free markets and borders , and there is no longer sanctuary for Indian corporate, be they public sector or private sector and we are very far behind. When we...
Impact of the economic boom on Irish society (2006) - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 16 pages - Economy general
"To be Irish in 2006 is to be living through an unprecedented social experiment" (Holmquist 2006). This statement exemplifies the Irish economic performance in the 1990s. It puts an end to the years of high spending and taxes, an increasing inflation, low growth and soaring unemployment. Since...
Competitive Advantage of Wine Industry in France - publié le 14/03/2011
Thesis - 10 pages - Theories and economic notions
According to Michael Porter, any economic analysis should consider non-quantifiable data. He criticizes the lack of comprehensiveness from the the majority of today's economists regarding the evaluation of competitiveness of industries (Porter, 1990). The Diamond Model of Michael...
International marketing car industry - published: 06/08/2012
Case study - 17 pages - Brand management
If a French car manufacturer like Peugeot would like to launch a hybrid car on the American market, it has to know that it could be hard and there is few studies to know in order to be better and do not fail. An electric car is a really particular car that is not appreciates by everyone. If a...
Case study of intercultural management: Lenovo
Case study - 5 pages - Management
Lenovo is an innovative international technology company, based in the Chinese cultural environment. It was born from the acquisition of the IBM Personal Computing Division by the Lenovo Group. Today, Lenovo is headquartered in Purchase (NY), and its main activities are directed from Beijing,...
The Algerian company vis-a-vis the stakes of universalization
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
Algerian companies often make the headlines of some national dailies and receive rave reviews because of the registration of their quality management system ISO 9001: 2000. From a strictly marketing standpoint, it is a good move for the company. However, it will pay close attention to comments...
International marketing car industry
Case study - 17 pages - Services marketing
If a French car manufacturer like Peugeot would like to launch a hybrid car on the American market, it has to know that it could be hard and there is few studies to know in order to be better and do not fail. An electric car is a really particular car that is not appreciates by everyone. If a...
Business Plan - Sparkle Bar and Restaurant
Business plan - 7 pages - Catering marketing
Sparkle is a medium-sized enterprise that intends to operate in the UK restaurant and bar industry. The restaurant will be located in Clapham, South-West London and will have a seating capacity of 84 patrons. The firm intends to gain a sustainable competitive advantage in the UK restaurant and...
Personal case : Is IT useful for SMEs, and if yes, in which way?
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
The use of Information and Communication Technologies by Small and Medium Sized Companies (SMEs) have the potential to enable these businesses to growth through access to new markets and administrative efficiencies. However, the growth of the SMEs is hindered by their inability to adopt IT...
Investigation of the factors and forces that promote internationalization of firms - A case study of Wal-Mart stores Inc.
Case study - 67 pages - International marketing
The world is more independent in recent time more than ever and changes occur constantly. Due to such changes, most of the organizations with the potential to grow tend to take their operations to foreign countries away from their home country through internalization. The level at which a firm...
Global consequences of Chinese growth: Impact on the world economy
Thesis - 25 pages - Economy general
Over the past decade, the People's Republic of China has been pursuing an average annual growth of 9%. It has now become the 4th largest world power after the United States, Japan and Germany, but ahead of France and the United Kingdom. However, China currently accounts for only 5% of global...
How are computers and the Internet changing the way in which modern businesses are organized ?
Dissertation - 93 pages - Economy general
In the same way that the Fordist system revolutionized the business world in its time (working conditions, productivity and competitiveness), the introduction of computers, and thereafter of the Internet, deeply modified the contemporary firms. Created, in the plainest and yet most...
Suitable area for Paris to get a French global city region - publié le 16/05/2009
Thesis - 9 pages - Journalism
As Saskia Sassen well defined it, a global city region is a region that overlaps the global city . Today, it can be admitted that Paris has a lot features that make this city close to a global city, such as the central corporate functions, and the highly specialized...
Failures and benefits of free trade and the role of World Trade Organization (WTO) - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 10 pages - Economy general
The free flow of international trade gained significance after the Second World War when the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was tabled. The GATT was followed by the formation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995. The WTO was formed to establish rules for international...
Strategy proposal for an MNC who wants to invest or expand in a specific country - New Group Renault strategic plan: "Drive the Future"
Market study - 7 pages - International economy
In this work, we analyze Renault's strategic plan for 2017-2022, called "Drive the Future" on three levels: the company's source of competitive advantage (section 1), the reasons for choosing the target of investment in emerging country, such as China (section 2) and finally the content...
PESTEL analysis and Porter's Five Forces - Innocent Drinks Company
Case study - 10 pages - Management
Companies utilizing proactive approach cannot distance from conducting regular environment scanning to avoid hurried reactionary response to emerging trends. Performing a PESTEL analysis facilitates knowledge finer details of the external environment. In that view, the PESTEL analysis of Innocent...
ALDI Australia- Opportunities and Future Challenges
Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies
Over the years, most firms have committed substantial portions of their resources to uncover why some organizations fail while others flourish despite operating under similar business environmental elements. The driving factor explaining such motive involves the need to continually review the...
Suitable area for Paris to get a French global city region
Essay - 12 pages - Political science
As Saskia Sassen well defined it, a global city region is a region that overlaps the global city . Today, it can be admitted that Paris has a lot features that make this city close to a global city, such as the central corporate functions, and the highly specialized...
Competition between European football clubs - published: 27/01/2011
Dissertation - 37 pages - Management
In Europe, the economic competition is as fierce as the sporting competitions that engage among the professional football clubs, and this fight is somewhat uneven between very large European professional clubs and other smaller clubs. How can we explain the differences in competitiveness...
