Social policy and practice in Canada, a history, by Alvin Finkel
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Social Policy and Practice in Canada is a history book, which deals with the birth and the evolution of the Welfare State in Canada since pre-confederation times. It aims at narrating but also analyzing the social policy, defined as a “set of non-market decisions, public and private,...
The party of European socialists and the identity of European social democracy
Essay - 9 pages - Political science
The question wether there is currently something that can be called the crisis of social-democracy is arguable: after all, social-democractic and socialist parties are still the counterpart of Conservatives and Christian-democrats, sharing alternaltively government responsibilities at national...
The structure of the social welfare - The welfare mix
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
Over the past century, the provision of social welfare has changed drastically in both the recipients of this welfare care and the scale of social protection services. This evolution is mainly due to the development of welfare states. In the 1910s and ‘20s the growing of movements as trade...
General Motors Company : an analysis
Essay - 13 pages - Business strategy
It is hard to imagine that General Motors, one of the leading car companies, occupying 15% of the automobile market and that in 2003 alone earned $3.8 billion on record revenue of $185.5 billion, was founded in the small town of Flint, Michigan, by an ingenious salesman and labourer,...
How to conduct market research
Practical guide - 7 pages - Marketing theories
In 5 phases of marketing, market research is one of the tools that correspond to phase 1: knowing the market. It is about collecting reliable market information at times when strategic decisions have to be made, for example: before launching a new product or activity, before...
The Chinese century, the rising economy and its impact on the global economy, the balance of power, and your job, Oded SHENKAR, 2005
Essay - 7 pages - Economy general
China is at the heart of the present-day economic debate. China is indisputably booming economically. Its enormous growth rate attests of this evolution; all economists agree on this assertion. What seems more debatable at the moment is the impact this rise could have on the global economy, and...
Failures and benefits of free trade and the role of World Trade Organization (WTO)
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...
Is Fair Trade a tool to appease the conscience or a political lever?
Thesis - 9 pages - Political science
Fair Trade is an approach based on precise criterion of sustainable development; relations of exchanges of long duration and direct relations removing the intermediaries. According to these criterions, the Fair Trade organizations of North thus begin to buy these products at a just price which...
British Petroleum Company - free market, Sustainable Management Futures
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
The free market theory postulates that there should be numerous participants within the same market engaged in the buying and selling of numerous and varied products. All such producers have the opportunity to take part in production activities and, therefore, share the profits...
The Impact of COVID-19 on South African Financial Markets
Case study - 8 pages - Finance
A new type of corona virus first identified in December 2019 has swept across the globe infecting millions of people. The virus, scientifically known as COVID-19, has caused many governments to declare a national state of disaster and to implement nationwide lockdowns to prevent the spread of the...
Technical and Architectural Study - The Market Hall in Rotterdam, a Hybrid Market - The Mixing of Functions at a Building Scale
Case study - 6 pages - Architecture
After five years of work, the city of Rotterdam inaugurated in October 2014, the first covered market of the Netherlands which cost 175 million euros. Located in the city centre and close to Blaak Railway Station, the Market Hall is part of the renovation project of this historic...
Pestel Analysis - The real estate market in the US
Case study - 6 pages - Services marketing
The United States' housing market is experiencing a considerable shift. As the government tries to quell the impacts of inflation with relatively higher interest rates, every other aspect of the economy from foreclosure rates to housing market prices remains in flux. As such,...
Entrepreneurship: How to Run a Market Study
Practical guide - 4 pages - Startup, entrepreneurship
Creating any company requires a market study done by entrepreneurs for a better understanding of the market they are willing to enter. This understanding of the market will give entrepreneurs the ability to easily convince their future investors. The efficiency of a...
The growth of the Luxembourg real estate market: speculative bubble or viable situation?
Dissertation - 38 pages - Economy general
Demand for housing is very high in Luxembourg, but new construction is not enough to meet it, especially since no new real estate projects are planned for 2023. In addition, borrowing is made difficult by the rise in interest rates on mortgages. Indeed, since the end of the year 2022,...
Market Study - The Do-It-Yourself in the US
Market study - 10 pages - Distribution marketing
The global do-it-yourself home automation market has been expected to reach about 22 billion dollars by 2020, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 38 percent between 2016 and 2021. The United States has held a considerable portion of the market, along with Europe, whereas the Asia...
Options of entering new international markets
Case study - 5 pages - Services marketing
The process of entering and developing business in a new international market may be difficult. The situation may require a company to strategize well in order to succeed and treat the market as an extension of its business and a source to increase its sales and revenues. The option...
Development of U-exist's Export Department - How to Internationalize a Niche Market in the Paramedical Sector?
Internship report - 24 pages - International marketing
A niche market is a small market segment in response to a very specific request. This type of market is generally very profitable for companies provided achieve scale and develop a sufficient reputation. A company exploits a product or a service very precisely to answer in...
The link between financial reporting and capital markets: Evaluating the extent of development and use of International Accounting Standards
Internship report - 4 pages - Finance
“As capital markets play an increasingly central role in today's modern economies, policy-makers are confronted with the question of how to assure the continued effective functioning of these markets and, in particular, how to develop a sound financial reporting...
Financial markets transfer resources across time and space
Case study - 4 pages - Finance
Financial markets comprise a collection of formal and informal institutions whose functions stretches to facilitate movement of financial resources. Firstly, financial institutions provide mechanisms for where economic agents clear and settle their obligations. This arises when the...
Analysis of the shampoo market
Internship report - 8 pages - Tourism marketing
Beauty and hair care product business is witnessed as a popular and fast growing business. Lots of people spend on beauty and hair care products like shampoo, hair conditioner, hair treatment and so on. So a hair care product has a great potential market because it has a significant...
Do Mergers and Acquisitions Increase Market Concentration?
Dissertation - 7 pages - Economy general
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have been regarded as critical events in the sphere of industrial economics that affect market concentration and simultaneously attract the attention of researchers trying to figure out their impact. Such mergers and acquisitions of two or more organizations...
Success and Failure of Foreign Market Entries
Case study - 18 pages - Educational studies
Foreign marketing involves exchanging goods and services between various different national markets (Salman par 1). The marketing activities are coordinated and integrated across various countries that relate with each other in business. In order for a company to fit well in foreign...
Examining Social Justice, Opportunity Disparities, and Policy Interventions on the ethical implications of income within free markets
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
The problem of internal income inequality within the market system is very complex, urgent, and problematic regarding the ethics of the functioning of such an economy, raising the issue of social justice and equal opportunities in the U.S.A. The necessity of free markets that...
The AMF (Financial Markets Authority) and market abuse
Course material - 5 pages - Criminal law
Market abuses are also a criminal offenses. Criminal sanctions can be pronounced. They will be pronounced by judicial courts and not by the enforcement committee of AMF. They pronounced fines or jail sanctions. In the french monetary and financial law, there are executive directive listed...
Market Study - The Do it Yourself in the UK
Market study - 9 pages - Distribution marketing
The world's do-it-yourself home development market has gotten expected to reach 27 billion pounds by the fourth quarter of 2022, at an intriguing Compound Annual Growth Rate of 40 percent between 2017 and 2022 (Seo et al., 2021). The United Kingdom has not only managed to achieve but...
Which Marketing Strategy Should Royal Grolsch Pursue to Enter the Sweden Market with its Radler 0.0%?
Case study - 14 pages - Marketing theories
With the writing of this report, we aimed to determine whether it was worthwhile for the Grolsch beer brewery to enter the Swedish market with its product Radler 0.0%. To determine this, it was necessary to practice a country analysis as well as a market analysis including a SWOT...
Market Dynamics - Tiger Corp's case
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Jack (the customer) anticipates, in the wake of the Covid health crisis, a drop in Tiger Corp's earnings, greater than the market's projections. He asks Marie (his JP Morgan equity representative) to sell 500 shares of Tiger Corp in three months' time using a futures contract....
Brand image analysis - Whole Foods Market
Case study - 2 pages - Distribution marketing
In today's society, which is becoming more and more aware of environmental problems and of the need to be more environmentally-friendly, Whole Foods Market is at the center of attention with its offer of local, organic, healthy food. Making it one of the leaders on the market....
Market and Its Impact on the Business
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
Whether a weak or strong economy, it maintains prime influence in how organizations behave and adjust to the macro-level economic factors. Interestingly, the nature of the economy has varying impact experienced by different firms; either positive or negative impacts. For instance, while some...
Differences between Kuwait Stock Market and Japan Stock Markets
Case study - 9 pages - Educational studies
Over the years, the world has witnessed major breakthroughs in business operations with accelerating capital outflow patterns symbolizing the increasing emergence of the advanced countries of economic prosperity. On a broader scale, inter connectedness of world nations has significantly...
