Strategic Plan: BBC
Case study - 45 pages - Business strategy
The aim of this document is to present to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) a strategic plan for its future operations in the United Kingdom and worldwide. With more than 80 years of experience, the BBC is one of the world's leading broadcasting companies and innovators in the production...
Experiences of Apple's symbolic foundations
Thesis - 9 pages - Services marketing
Sparked by a phenomenon that I call “I-culture”; this research attempts, at first, to delineate the contours of the technological culture that Apple attempts to construct through various symbolic approaches. It then explores how people receive these symbolic messages. Finally, in...
Strategy monograph: Colas Rail, Turnkey produts - publié le 29/09/2010
Case study - 22 pages - Business strategy
Colas Rail continues to be the French leader in the rail-track laying business. Its leading role in this business is partly due to its unique ability to deliver turnkey products to its clients. The company has been active in all the spheres of railway business, from building up to the maintenance...
Strategic thinking for managers
Internship report - 12 pages - Business strategy
As the EFE Matrix in this document shows, the most important external factors in order to be successful in the industry are technological advancements and the fact that only 10% of the hearing affected people actually possess the hearing aid. Local health policies like in France, for...
Strategic Analysis of Sony Ericsson
Market study - 20 pages - Services marketing
The mobile phone market is a relatively new area since it took shape only in the late 90s, and is today among one of the most competitive markets. Because of the popularity and complexity of the application, the frequency of launches of new models has increased considerably in recent years....
Strategy monograph: Colas Rail, Turnkey produts
Case study - 22 pages - Business strategy
Colas Rail continues to be the French leader in the rail-track laying business. Its leading role in this business is partly due to its unique ability to deliver turnkey products to its clients. The company has been active in all the spheres of railway business, from building up to the maintenance...
Applied problem solving in a workplace
Essay - 50 pages - Management
Problems are a natural part of the human form since the numbers of times that people make the wrong decisions are too many as a result the errors made. There is however a difference between the complex problems and the simple local problems that is easy to solve. Complex problems are the...
Legal and practical issues on on-line arbitration
Essay - 15 pages - Economy general
At times, the GATT conferences have become headlines on the general news, and are not only reserved to the specialised news, no one can be unaware that, exchanges tend to become global. This globalization concerns several fields: human first of all, there is no need anymore of a recession or a...
Prepare a study for marketing of a new HDTV specifically for the Austrian population
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
The global functioning is quite easy: we integrate these functions directly in the HDTV. In fact this is not so complicated to do with the help of engineers this is a process which would not take a lot of time. In fact we want to integrate a DVD player, a hard drive with a capacity of 1 TO in...
Digital Innovation: the Impact of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and Automation on Jobs and the Economy
Essay - 3 pages - Computer science
While it is certain that AI and robotics are already automating low-skilled jobs such as the job of the cashier, the argument of the article displays a dystopian and technological determinist point of view. The idea is that AI will destroy more jobs than it creates and that robots might...
Critical evaluation of the significance of PEST factors in organizational strategic planning
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
PEST factors refer to the political factors, economic factors, societal factors and technological aspects that determine the outcome of business prospects in organizations. It is always important for a business entity to carry out an assessment and evaluation of its market positioning...
The micro foundations of the Romer model
Course material - 10 pages - Theories and economic notions
The technological progress is stated as the engine of economic growth in the neoclassical growth model, but some models like Solow model, always set the technological progress as an exogenous variable with a constant rate g. Romer model indigences the technological progress,...
Nucor case
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
Throughout its history, the company has developed several capabilities that result in a competitive advantage. However, they need to focus on some of them which are essential to their development and put aside others. Firstly, the management structure is a big asset to be kept because they have a...
Idea of progress - publié le 11/08/2020
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
How were the Sixties a turning point for the notion of progress? First, we'll see that it was the time technological progress went mainstream, and then we'll take a look at how this allowed social change.
The micro foundations of the Romer model - publié le 12/05/2009
Thesis - 4 pages - Economy general
The technological progress is stated as the engine of economic growth in the neoclassical growth model, but some models like Solow model, always set the technological progress as an exogenous variable with a constant rate g. Romer model indigences the technological progress,...
The problem of definitions in telecommunications regulation in the convergence era
Thesis - 6 pages - Journalism
The following document will expound upon the role of definitions in the telecommunications regulations arena during the modern technological era of convergent technologies and ideological spheres. The document will overview the importance of defining the object being regulated (in this...
Nuclear risk perception in La Hague: An integration of sociological risk theories
Essay - 4 pages - Ecology & environment
Risk and uncertainty issues are especially distinct in the case of nuclear energy. Nuclear energy, as one of the symbols of the technological development of modern societies, is controversial in its nature. On the one hand, it was created to enable the unlimited production of energy, but...
Case study: Eastman Kodak
Case study - 14 pages - Business strategy
In its continuing thrust to foster long-term growth, development and success, Eastman Kodak Company is now faced with the dilemma to sustain in the mature and slow-growing silver-halide business. In addition, the company is contending with a legion of competitors to achieve and sustain a dominant...
BlackBerry case study
Case study - 3 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology
The original Blackberry came at a time of great technological innovation, in the early 2000s. Devices were sprawling, from mp3 players to PDAs, wireless phones and even digital cameras. Personal technological devices began to spread into the mainstream, even though wireless phones...
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 respond...
Strategic management analysis: Puma - publié le 09/03/2012
Case study - 45 pages - Management
“The environment is what gives organizations their means of survival. It creates opportunities and it presents threats. The future can never be predicted perfectly, it is clearly important that entrepreneur and manager try to analyze their environments as carefully as they can in order 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 external environment...
How important is innovation in obtaining sustainable performance?
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Economic globalization has promoted the increase of goods and services in the different parts of the world. These previous regions, which were unrelated from one another, are now linked thanks to the different companies that have entered. Today, companies from North America may be competing with...
Dynamics and characteristics of language evolution
Thesis - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
The development of language was both supported by and supplementary to the evolution of “fully modern” human intelligence. Lingual evolution can be divided into its anatomical and social developments, so that there is a distinction between language as an anatomical capacity, and...
Summary of: International Marketing and Export Management, G. Albaum, J. Strandskov and E. Duerr - publié le 29/09/2010
Book review - 95 pages - Management
Increasing importance of international markets has been the result of a number of interrelated factors namely, 1. There has been a continuing lowering of barriers to trade and investment 2. Improvements in transportation and logistics have further lowered the cost of exporting and importing 3....
Strategic management analysis: Puma
Case study - 45 pages - Management
“The environment is what gives organizations their means of survival. It creates opportunities and it presents threats. The future can never be predicted perfectly, it is clearly important that entrepreneur and manager try to analyze their environments as carefully as they can in order to...
How important is innovation in obtaining sustainable performance? - publié le 04/02/2013
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Economic globalization has promoted the increase of goods and services in the different parts of the world. These previous regions, which were unrelated from one another, are now linked thanks to the different companies that have entered. Today, companies from North America may be competing with...
Why is technology so difficult to implement and manage?
Essay - 8 pages - Economy general
No one can deny the impact of technology as a source of competitive advantage for a firm. The introduction of a new technology or the development and the commercialization of a new product/ service are due to increase business benefits: it allows costs savings, improves the productivity and the...
Summary of: International Marketing and Export Management, G. Albaum, J. Strandskov and E. Duerr
Book review - 95 pages - Management
Increasing importance of international markets has been the result of a number of interrelated factors namely, 1. There has been a continuing lowering of barriers to trade and investment 2. Improvements in transportation and logistics have further lowered the cost of exporting and importing 3....
International marketing plan for a French car manufacturer "Renault" in the US market
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
In this assignment we'll put together an international marketing plan for the launch of an electric car by the French car manufacturer Renault in the US market. I chose Renault because it's the French company which is the most in advance in the field of electric cars. Indeed, Renault has for...
