Optimisation in Network Structured Asset Management
Tutorials/exercises - 43 pages - Finance
This report considers the role of optimisation in the asset management of a large distribution network. In particular, we look at how to determine the optimal policy for project release. Projects relating to replacement of existing assets and network re-design may be prioritised...
Deploying face recognition system with neural network & sub-space techniques
Thesis - 4 pages - Computer science
Now-a-days Human-Computer interaction involves face recognition with high recognition efficiency. Face recognition mainly includes signal processing, face tracking, pose estimation and expressions recognition. The face images are transformed into face spaces by a set of Eigen faces efficiently...
Network Strategy Systeme U
Case study - 20 pages - Business strategy
"Systeme U. It is primarily the story of traditional retailers who, guided by the relationship with their customers, evolved a desire for independence and interdependence, and thus have acquired the status of distributors and retailers”, Jean-Claude Bartholomew, former CEO of the group....
Drug and oil networks: two marginals networks in Traffic and Syriana
Essay - 3 pages - Film studies
According to the Longman dictionary, a network is ?a large system of lines, tubes, wires etc that cross one another or are connected with one another'. Traffic and Syriana are (dealing with networks) large systems of characters, institutions and interests that cross one another...
How does the 1976 film network accurately reflect ideologies and practices of modern television?
Essay - 5 pages - Film studies
The ideologies and practices evident in modern television are succinctly foreshadowed in the 1976 Hollywood classic, Network. This prophetic Oscar-winning film satirically dramatised a series of predictions, most of which were fulfilled in modern television. The film shows that ratings...
Location-based service over 3GPP IMS: Approaching real-time connectivity with the next generation of network communication
Essay - 5 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology
Emerging mobile applications will need location information for delivering the right services to right persons at right places and time. A location-based service (LBS) is an information and entertainment service, accessible with mobile devices through the mobile network and utilizing the...
Benetton group: The evolution of a network to face global competition - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 11 pages - Management
Benetton's story has started in the 1950s from the "idea of color?. The family holding group has been established in 1965. Over the ongoing decade, the first factory and 1000 shops opened worldwide. Benetton has grown through a unique network organization which is flexible and...
Six case studies on usage of technology in relation to the philosophical, social and ethical factors in modern education system
Dissertation - 71 pages - Educational studies
The following are the case studies discussed in this paper. 1. The misuse of e-Mail technology has created ethical problems. Some critics think that technology tends to remove students from the moral implications of technology. Issues at stake include respect for privacy, the proper use in...
Strategy management : Competition and cooperation in the Network level strategy
Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy
According to Bob De Wit and Ron Meyer, global strategy can be divided in three parts: process, content and context. These can be recognized in all business situations in relation to managers. The strategy process is defined as a set of essential questions about the business as a whole. In these...
Strategy management : Competition and cooperation in the Network level strategy - publié le 19/11/2010
Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy
According to Bob De Wit and Ron Meyer, global strategy can be divided in three parts: process, content and context. These can be recognized in all business situations in relation to managers. The strategy process is defined as a set of essential questions about the business as a whole. In these...
The characteristics of traditional French social movements - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The events of May-June 1968 in France broke out in the wake of an international wave of protest that occurred previously in many countries such as the United States, Germany and Italy (Duyvendak 1992, 137-138). The events of 1870, 1919 and 1936 provide also many examples of disruptive and short...
The Networks of the Renewable Energy Policies in the United States, Belgium, and France.
Essay - 28 pages - Ecology & environment
At the end of September 2004, the Russian government announced its ratification to the Kyoto protocol. This event gave the question of renewable energies a new breath. The goal of this work will be to compare the networks of decision in the three home countries of the members of the group,...
What are the main causes of social exclusion? - publié le 12/01/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Shot in black and white cinema verity style, Hate (La Haine) follows a day in the life of three aimless, violence-prone, ethnically-diverse young men who hail from the same decaying housing project in Paris. Mathieu Kassovitz won the Best Director prize for this realistic movie at the Cannes Film...
The term globalization used in relation to a host of social, economic, cultural and political processes - publié le 29/09/2010
Essay - 12 pages - International relations
Globalization is easier to describe than to define. This is because, in its present form and usage, it is a new, complex, dynamic, multidimensional, and worldwide phenomenon, which means different things to different people and different things to the same groups across time and space. It evokes...
The characteristics of traditional French social movements
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
The events of May-June 1968 in France broke out in the wake of an international wave of protest that occurred previously in many countries such as the United States, Germany and Italy (Duyvendak 1992, 137-138). The events of 1870, 1919 and 1936 provide also many examples of disruptive and short...
The Position of the US Car Industry in Relation to the Concept of Corporate Social Responsibilities
Market study - 7 pages - Management
Corporate social responsibility can be divided in two different approaches. At first, we will study the wider perspectives and then we will see the narrow perspectives with Friedman's thesis. In the wider perspective, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept...
Do studies of the social ordering of space show that the exclusion from public spaces is always a problem for women?
Essay - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
It has been unanimously agreed, since Foucault, that power is not an intermittent and isolated force. Rather, the concept manifests itself daily as a continuous network of power struggles exerting on any individual regardless of his status in society, “from the great strategy of...
Networked multiplayer games as a valid means of social interaction
Essay - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The question I will endeavour to address is whether network multiplayer capable computer games offer a valid means of social interaction. To satisfactorily address this question, several terms must be defined as they are used in the context of this document. The first issue which...
The term globalization used in relation to a host of social, economic, cultural and political processes
Essay - 12 pages - International relations
Globalization is easier to describe than to define. This is because, in its present form and usage, it is a new, complex, dynamic, multidimensional, and worldwide phenomenon, which means different things to different people and different things to the same groups across time and space. It evokes...
What are the main causes of social exclusion?
Essay - 4 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Shot in black and white cinema verity style, Hate (La Haine) follows a day in the life of three aimless, violence-prone, ethnically-diverse young men who hail from the same decaying housing project in Paris. Mathieu Kassovitz won the Best Director prize for this realistic movie at the Cannes Film...
Can we consider corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a mean of recognition for multinational company?
Case study - 70 pages - Business strategy
Ethics has been a very important subject for thinkers since ancient times. The definition of ethics, a reflection on the reasons for desiring justice and harmony and how to achieve these, will be a valuable aid in the development of this thesis. It establishes the criteria for acting freely in a...
Social Issues in Computer Technology
Essay - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
One issue that Australians will be confronted with in the future is the privacy of the individual, in lieu of the proposal of computerizing personal medical records. Due to the fact that medical records hold highly sensitive information about what are possibly an individual's most intimate...
Do studies of the social ordering of space show that the exclusion from public spaces is always a problem for women? - published: 17/05/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
It has been unanimously agreed, since Foucault, that power is not an intermittent and isolated force. Rather, the concept manifests itself daily as a continuous network of power struggles exerting on any individual regardless of his status in society, “from the great strategy of...
The foreign policy of Théophile Delcassé and the construction of a French alliance network - publié le 17/05/2009
Thesis - 7 pages - International relations
In the beginning of the 20th century, France appeared to be a great and a powerful nation in Europe. She had two main preoccupations concerning her foreign policy: on one hand France wanted to reinforce and expand her colonial Empire; on the other hand she had the will to maintain and strengthen...
Sexuality as a social tool
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines sexuality as a) the quality and state of being sexual, b) the condition of having sex, c) sexual activity, and d) the expression of sexual receptivity or interest especially when excessive, and it cites the first use of the word around1800. Human beings...
Improving social skills and sensory processing for a child with autism
Case study - 2 pages - Medical care & personal assistance
Alex, a 12-year-old kid who had been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) at the age of four, is struggling with social interactions, verbal communication, and sensory channel functioning. Alex has difficulty with maintaining eye contact, reading between the lines, and getting...
Justice: an essential element for social connection?
Essay - 6 pages - Politic philosophy
“A socially inclusive society is one where all people feel valued, their differences are respected, and their basic needs are met so that they can live in dignity” Victorian Health Foundation (VHF). The VHF has probably nothing to do with international law, however the message it...
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
Tutorials/exercises - 19 pages - Business strategy
The history of corporate social responsibility is as old as trade and business itself. Business-related operations, for example, along with laws to protect forests, can be traced back to almost 5,000 years ago. When we look at history, we can see that in Ancient Mesopotamia around 1700 BC,...
A research study on corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Tutorials/exercises - 40 pages - Management
The aim of this research proposal is to gather information about the strategies and initiatives taken by ASDA with respect to corporate social responsibility towards workforce, community, environment which can be emulated by other retailers. The purpose of this research is to investigate...
Is there room, and how much, for immigrants in the European social model? - publié le 31/08/2006
Essay - 11 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Immigration is deeply rooted in the European history. In the post-war times several West European governments - especially in big and devastated countries - resorted to immigration to cope with important needs for labour force the after-reconstruction economic boom. Immigrants, mostly from...
