Danone global strategy
Case study - 14 pages - Business strategy
Danone is one of the world leaders in the food industry. The group focuses on three worldwide business lines: Fresh Diary Products, Beverages, and Biscuit & Cereal Products. Its turnover in 2005 was 13.02 billion Euros. We have chosen this group because Danone seems to be a very dynamic firm. In...
Critically analyse arguments for and against the introduction of a no-fault scheme for the tort of negligence
Essay - 13 pages - Civil law
The characterisation of a no-fault scheme is rooted in the principle of distributive justice, compensating victims without having to establish causation and fault. Conversely, current liability for negligence involves fault considerations based on legal theoretical concepts determined through...
Qualitative vs. quantitative research techniques in tourism - publié le 13/01/2009
Case study - 10 pages - Journalism
Research in the field of tourism has not been very important until the early nineteen seventies; it has begun to spread only since that time. Marketing research is a broad concept including various techniques, but a main distinction should be done between quantitative and qualitative research...
Institutional Failures of the Global Environmental Governance - publié le 15/01/2009
Essay - 42 pages - Ecology & environment
Despite a great awareness of environmental questions from developed and developing countries, there is a degradation of environmental issues and an appearance of new environmental problems. This aggravation of environmental matters is due to the inefficient state of the global environmental...
Developing supply chain management focus through ISO 9000: An empirical assessment
Thesis - 14 pages - Management
The ISO 9000 quality management (QM) standard, a key approach to implementing QM in organizations, also has many supply chain management (SCM) concepts associated with it. In this paper, we assess the extent to which organizations can use the standard to develop a SCM focus. Specifically, we...
The impact of multiculturalism on the Australian society - publié le 31/10/2006
Essay - 31 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The Austral continent is divided into six States and two Territories. Sydney, the capital of New South Wales is the oldest place where Europeans settled and the biggest Australian city. The bridge of Sydney, “Harbour Bridge” and its Opera are the symbols of the city. In 1911, Canberra...
Ability to change in the social area, veto points and strategies used: the example of French pensions' reforms in 1993 and in 1995 in Bonoli's book The Politics of Pension Reform: Institutions and Policy Change in Western Europe (2000)
Text commentary - 17 pages - Political science
Several authors underline the fact that Europe's 'conservative-corporatist' regime of countries faces the most difficult combination of problems due to strong challenges to its foundational assumptions (particularly strong and constant economic growth, full employment, family...
Environmental issues linked to North-South relations posing a challenge for Geopolitics
Internship report - 10 pages - Political science
Economic globalization, global media flows and the Internet seem to make our traditional conception of geopolitics, in terms of political geography and international relations, no longer appropriate. The deepening impacts of globalization, especially within North-South relations, have undeniably...
Personality traits, a fundamental factor for expatriate performance
Dissertation - 35 pages - Management
My topic aims at proposing a relation between our personality traits and our performance abroad. Nowadays, expatriates represent a real competitive advantage for multinational companies (MNCs). This research could help companies to understand how important personality is when selecting criteria...
Marketing and the promotion of Bordeaux Wines in France and abroad - published: 25/11/2010
Thesis - 60 pages - Services marketing
In the past few years, there has been a new phenomenon known as the "French Wine Crisis". This industry of French wine previously known as unique and untouchable is nowadays confronted by an international competition that was able to adapt its products and features to a new kind of consumer and...
Launching of the wines of the Center-Loire in China: analysis and potential of development
Market study - 121 pages - Services marketing
In order to provide a detailed answer to our question, we conducted this study in three distinct phases. During these three phases, we have always tried to keep in mind the characteristics of BIVC and its members in order to maintain greater consistency in all our analysis and answers. We first...
Qualitative vs. quantitative research techniques in tourism
Essay - 9 pages - Business strategy
Research in the field of tourism has not been very important until the early nineteen seventies; it has begun to spread only since that time. Marketing research is a broad concept including various techniques, but a main distinction should be done between quantitative and qualitative research...
The impact of multiculturalism on the Australian society
Essay - 31 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The continent of Australia is divided into six States and two Territories. Sydney, the capital of New South Wales, is the biggest Australian city and by far the oldest place where Europeans first settled. The bridge of Sydney, "Harbor Bridge" and its Opera are the symbols of this beautiful city....
Institutional Failures of the Global Environmental Governance
Essay - 42 pages - Ecology & environment
Despite a great awareness of environmental questions from developed and developing countries, there is a degradation of environmental issues and an appearance of new environmental problems. This aggravation of environmental matters is due to the inefficient state of the global environmental...
AXA Group - An Analysis on the 9th largest financial provider in the world, its acquisitions and Global Operations
Market study - 7 pages - Business strategy
"The Global Financial provider provides financial services throughout the world. It deals in various forms of insurance like life, health, etc. It also provides investment management solutions. Strictly speaking, the company operates in five departments. They are Life & Savings, Property &...
Changes to ISO 9000 in the 2008 revision - publié le 29/03/2012
Case study - 10 pages - Management
Organizations need to respect standards in order to “do the right job”, i.e. manufacturing their products or services in a way that customers will agree with. That is why the International Organization of Standardization (ISO) has been created, on 23 February 1947. Its headquarters are...
The Canadian democratic deficit
Thesis - 6 pages - Political science
The last five federal elections in Canada have seen an average of voter turnout in the 60% range: a clear drop from the usual 70% seen throughout electoral history . The issue, largely ignored by Prime Minister Jean Chretien until the rise of Paul Martin, has raised the question of the existence...
Are sex offenders rehabilitative and should the government impose the death penalty on them?
Essay - 7 pages - Criminal law
Recent, emerging academic debate has polarised opinion as to whether rehabilitation programs geared towards the treatment of sex offenders are in fact successful in reducing “sexual recidivism” (Marques 1999). Resolving this debate is a difficult task due to the inherent limitations of...
Business plan: Personal traveller - tourism in China - publié le 15/01/2009
Business plan - 26 pages - Business strategy
Personal Traveler is a travel related service company which links with travel agencies in leading European markets in forming a customized package to fit the need of “third-age” foreign travelers in main Chinese cities. The venture will leverage on the sharp increase in tourism expected...
Cadbury on the Irish market - publié le 15/01/2009
Market study - 18 pages - Services marketing
Cadbury Schweppes is a global confectionery manufacturer and a soft drink producer in North America. The company is the number-one worldwide for confectionery products. The company is headed by Todd Stitzer, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and Sir John Sunderland, the Non-Executive chairman....
Operational risk management: Implementing a Bayesian Network for foreign exchange and money market settlement
Dissertation - 114 pages - Finance
Recent Financial scandals in the banking industry have caused considerable attention to be focused on operational risk. This is because an analysis of some of these scandals reveals that the underlying causes of these huge Financial losses are due to Operational Risk (OR) and not to credit or...
Free Trade Agreements
Course material - 2 pages - International economy
Since trade agreements are a major factor in economic growth, they constitute an essential part of the EU's trade policy. The EU surpassed the US (10%) to become the second-largest global goods exporter in 2022, trailing only China (18%).
Jetstar product development report - published: 04/09/2009
Case study - 7 pages - Tourism marketing
In the current scenario, aviation industries have survived global economic challenges through internal restructuring and rebranding (Franke, 2007). The face of the industry is changing as it is restructuring its routes and distribution channels, reducing staffing levels, outsourcing core...
The study and research of different fields of certified financial planning
Tutorials/exercises - 22 pages - Finance
Every body has dreams, dreams for themselves, dreams for their families, To fulfill these one needs to back up earnings by investing wisely. Most people work hard and earn money but when it comes to financial planning and actually going ahead with it they don't care much. Every one is different,...
World War I: Initiation, Fighting, Casualties, Armistice
Case study - 30 pages - Political science
World War I was a military conflict that took place in practice in Europe from 1914 to 1918(although administratively continued until 1923 for the countries concerned by the Treaty of Lausanne, the last to be signed July 24, 1923). Considered one of the key events of the twentieth century, this...
The Franco-German relationship in the energy transitionThe Franco-German relationship in the energy transition
Essay - 45 pages - International relations
The close relationship between France and Germany on the energy plan began after World War II with the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). It was an international organization which purpose was to unify European countries after the war. Thereby the Franco-German relationship has been the...
Consumer ethnocentrism and attitudes towards domestic and foreign markets - publié le 17/05/2009
Thesis - 3 pages - Services marketing
We had asked a specialized group to read an article titled: “Consumer ethnocentrism and attitudes towards domestic and foreign markets” written by John J. Watson and Katrina Wright and summarize it later. The basis of this case study was to investigate the relationship between consumer...
Jetstar product development report
Case study - 7 pages - Services marketing
In the current scenario, aviation industries have survived global economic challenges through internal restructuring and rebranding (Franke, 2007). The face of the industry is changing as it is restructuring its routes and distribution channels, reducing staffing levels, outsourcing core...
Marketing and the promotion of Bordeaux Wines in France and abroad
Dissertation - 60 pages - Tourism marketing
In the past few years, there has been a new phenomenon known as the 'French Wine Crisis'. This industry of French wine previously known as unique and untouchable is now confronted by an international competition that has been able to adapt its products and features for the wine consumers...
A critical evaluation of the reward of sponsorship of French rugby events for companies' brand equity
Case study - 50 pages - Business strategy
Rugby has been confidential for a long time, only reserved for players. It only had interest in its practice, it had an initiatory dimension. The values of solidarity, sense of sharing, courage, humility, self-sacrifice are the foundation, the essence of the sport. But the promotion of rugby has...
