Environmental quality and concern in selected neighborhoods in Stockholm Municipality
Case study - 15 pages - Educational studies
Three different neighborhoods in Stockholm Municipality were chosen to compare whether lower income groups had less or more concern on the environment than high income neighborhoods. These districts were Ostermalm (High income), Hammarby Sjostad (Middle income) and Rinkeby (low income)....
Considering the business environment in Brazil, which are the main challenges for a Brazilian professional performing in other countries? Are such challenges similar for a foreign professional working in Brazil?
Case study - 2 pages - Management
Going abroad as a business woman involves dealing with new political, economical, and cultural dimensions. The political aspects could have a striking effect on one's daily life. For example, in Saudi Arabia it is forbidden for women to drive cars. If a businesswoman is used to driving herself...
Clive Ponting's 'A Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations'
Book review - 10 pages - Literature
"In state affairs, by foreseeing [problems] at a distance, which is only done by men of talents, the evils which might arise from them are soon cured ; but when, from want of foreseight, they are suffered to increase to such a height that they are perceptible to everyone, there is no longer any...
Environmental sustainability of events
Tutorials/exercises - 7 pages - Educational studies
In this report the author aims to educate the readers regarding environmentally sustainable event management. The author believes that in today's trend it is very important not only for event managers but also people from all other sectors to think about our environment and how our day to...
External environment and social responsibilities
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
A big influence on internal business environment is the external environment. No business can choose to ignore the outside factors, if it aims to succeed in the today's corporate world. Corporate culture should embody what it takes to succeed in the environment. If the...
Green marketing, global warming, environment conscious
Dissertation - 50 pages - Services marketing
Green Marketing consists of all actions aimed at using the ecological positioning of a brand or product to increase sales and improve corporate image. Green Marketing may be based on the ecological characteristics of a product (raw green, recyclable or biodegradable etc), Green promotions (a tree...
The role of HR managers in the context of changing external environmental factors
Thesis - 13 pages - Human resources
Over the last two decades, the work environment has improved in new techniques that no one expected, causing growth in innovation and globalization. The following era will witness superior changes, influencing all sides of the workstation, containing main variations for HR managers. To...
SABMiller: Strategy behind the success in a hostile environment
Case study - 13 pages - Business strategy
There are very few South African companies that can boast of a history of 100 years. Despite this situation, SABMiller crossed the twentieth century in a country whose political system has a disastrous influence on the development of the local companies. The strategy carried out by SAB enabled...
Cars and the environment in Britain
Thesis - 1 pages - Ecology & environment
Human beings always search for technical progress, the industrial revolution is a good example of this assertion but it is sometimes to the detriment of the nature. The invention of the car was decisive, thanks to it, time and space can be reduced but it has also some disastrous effects on the...
Should ecological security replace sustainable development as the organising principle of global environmental governance?
Thesis - 12 pages - Ecology & environment
In Our Common Future, the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED 1990, 87, 105), both phrases of sustainable development and environmental security marked their entry into the international debates and were highlighted as important notions of the future global...
Cross-cultural training in highly diverse environments
Internship report - 2 pages - Human resources
In the early 60s, international assignment started to reach local business environments. In those times, employees were sent to foreign subsidiaries for almost three years; expatriates were in charge of command and control over local nationals. In order to adapt themselves, they were...
The role of the new social networks in the protection of environment in California
Dissertation - 16 pages - Ecology & environment
Do the new social networks represent a lever of environment conservation and sustainable development?We know that social networks have witnessed an explosive growth since 2005. More and more companies are dealing directly with these websites which regroup sizable chunks of the population....
The business environment of TUI: A case study
Case study - 6 pages - Management
The History of TUI is atypical. Since the mid-1990, TUI has reinvented itself. Historically, Preussag was a German company of smelting and mining industry (Viarlot, 2007 and TUI, 2010a). However, the profitability of this sector decreased and the competition from the emergent country started to...
EU and the 21st century challenges: Energy and environment
Thesis - 6 pages - European union
Stavros Dimas, Commissioner for Environment opined that though in recent times, Europe has made considerable progress in cleaning the air that we breathe; air pollution remains a serious problem and continues to damage our health and the environment. The results of a poll published...
Public health and environment
Thesis - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Public health and the environment seem related and the search for causes of diseases therefore takes place through the study of the characteristics of geographic settings. Of course, the geography of health has undergone a strong evolution in time. New horizons in the field were in the...
Global business environment - Danone in China and in India - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 5 pages - Services marketing
Today, many multinationals seek to expand their activities in the international market spurred by the growing trends of globalization. By investing substantially in foreign markets, they hope to establish themselves and gain market shares. This expansion of activities can only be undertaken...
POLCA based lead time reduction in a job shop environment using simulated experiments
Thesis - 3 pages - Computer science
Quick Response Manufacturing is an emerging shop floor management technique best suited for high product mix and variable demand environments. Paired Cell Overlapping Loop of Cards with Authorization or POLCA is the material control system of Quick Response Manufacturing. Pull system have...
The EU and the 21st century challenges: Energy and environment
Thesis - 6 pages - European union
Stavros Dimas, Commissioner for Environment opined that though in recent times, Europe has made considerable progress in cleaning the air that we breathe; air pollution remains a serious problem and continues to damage our health and the environment. The results of a poll published...
Global business environment - Danone in China and in India
Case study - 5 pages - International marketing
Today, many multinationals seek to expand their activities in the international market spurred by the growing trends of globalization. By investing substantially in foreign markets, they hope to establish themselves and gain market shares. This expansion of activities can only be undertaken...
International Business Environment assignment: an analysis of the national business system and cultural conditions in China and assessment of how this will affect SuperSam - publié le 29/09/2010
Dissertation - 24 pages - Services marketing
Choosing China as a host country for an International Business Environment assignment offers three advantages: first, since 1979, China has faced major economic and political changes. Second, it has been very successful in attracting foreign direct investment, i.e., in 1995, China was the...
Competitive Environment Analysis : Haagen- Dazs
Case study - 24 pages - Business strategy
Since it was created in the early 1920s, Häagen-Dazs has become a strong and powerful brand, and is well established in the ice cream market. The company has made quality and originality its motto. Its philosophy is also based on the same principles: 'Find the purest and the finest...
Analysis of supply and environment for Renault
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
The Renault Automotive Group has more than 350 industrial and commercial sites in over 40 countries and 131,879 employees. In 2004, the Group achieved a turnover of 40.7 billion Euros, up 8.4%. The strategy of profitable growth is built on three pillars: competitiveness, innovation and...
Mattel faces its social and environmental responsabilities - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 9 pages - Services marketing
Today's business organizations constantly face internal and external pressures in addressing their social and environmental responsibilities. Since the 1960s, the society has expressed growing expectations for more responsible management of companies through the incentive of the social...
Traditional strategy tools do not work in a more turbulent environment - An analysis
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
In the context of the fast-moving environment in today's business world, the major part of firms use a strategy to approach the future, to ensure the continuation of the company, and anticipate factors associated with the external and internal environment. In this organizational...
International Business Environment and Strategy - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 6 pages - Economy general
"You have been asked by a major oil company to analyze the likely developments in the oil market over the next five years. Carefully explain the theoretical underpinnings to any predictions you make. How might your predictions influence the future strategic direction of the oil company? Explain...
Supplier selection with social and environmental issues
Thesis - 10 pages - Management
Supplier selection is a multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) problem which is affected by several conventional conflicting factors such as quality, delivery, service and time. Recently government insists enterprises to take care of environmental regulation and social issues such as...
Environmental benchmarking survey of 4 European UPR units
Tutorials/exercises - 50 pages - Ecology & environment
Environmental benchmarking is today a growth area. Generally speaking, benchmarking involves the comparison, ranking or rating of different business processes, units or companies against standards. The aim is to identify ways of improving the performance of operations, systems and processes. The...
Environmental Economics: global warming - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 14 pages - Economy general
This essay is about the climate change and the direct and indirect effect on our environment, not only caused by human activities. The increased concentration of the greenhouse gases which include carbon-di-oxide and others, over the last 150 years has dramatically progressed. This fact,...
Consumption and environmental degradation
Thesis - 5 pages - Ecology & environment
The world's consensus on the status of the environment is shifting now, more than ever, into one of concern. As the years have passed pass, especially throughout the last decade or two, we have all seen our environment continue to get more depleted. The earth is warming, the...
Buddhism and our environmental obligation
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Within our society, there are certain innate concepts that every individual is equipped with. Virtues, morals, or the concept of "right and wrong" are just a few examples of such ideals. To help make humanity a more positive atmosphere, there are a few models one should strive to accomplish in...
