State Financing, Donor Empowerment: Can NGOs Be Truly Independent?
Dissertation - 3 pages - Sciences politiques
Nowadays Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have become very influent economic actors both on the national and international level. Their budgets represent an enormous amount of money, making them as important as well-known firms or international organizations. For instance, the environmental...
Social context of the ict and a gender perspective
Dissertation - 5 pages - Questions sociales, morales & enseignement civique
When I first realized that one of our two lecturers in “Contemporary issues in the IS field” was a woman, I was slightly surprised, though I thought it was a good thing. Indeed I had never had any female teacher in this field so far. Moreover, it is commonly admitted in western...
Has France under the Fifth Republic become an Etat de Droit?
Cours - 7 pages - Sciences politiques
In recent years, there has been an increasing world-wide interest in the study of “Etat de droit”, which translates in English as “Rule of Law”. The idea was formulated by the Austrian jurist Hans Kelsen in the thirties. In this essay, I shall use the French phrase: “Etat...
The Coca-Cola story
Commentaire de texte - 2 pages - Philosophie
Document: The coca Cola story, exposé de 2 pages en anglais Extrait: The topic, I want to talk today deals with this fabulous drink: ?The coca cola?. Do you know how old coca cola is? More than a hundred years! And since, this drink has became famous all over the world. Indeed, tasted...
Aristotle and animals
Dissertation - 9 pages - Philosophie
The idea that all living beings are classified in the form of a hierarchy on the top of which there are humans is widely widespread and often unconsciously accepted. Whilst nowadays it is blatant that we cannot harm war prisoners, black people or mentally handicapped persons; that women,...
Operations Management, Quality
Dissertation - 7 pages - Management organisation
Operations management focuses on 'carefully managing the processes to produce and distribute products and services in an attentive way'. We can also say that it is giving customers what they want. 'There have been many significant changes in Operations management during the past few...
The reeinginering
Dissertation - 14 pages - Théories et stratégies marketing
« Adam Smith's world and the way it works are the paradigms of yesterday. And today the contemporary companies are confronted with a higher competition, with more and more demanding customers, and with rhythm of the technological change which accelerates” Michael HAMMER and James CHAMPY....
Gender Issues in the Contemporary Context: Fertility and declining birth rates
Dissertation - 5 pages - Relations internationales
One issue closely related to women is today at the heart of the public debate in the majority of the industrialized countries: the problem of declining birth rates. Reports, books, articles have been flourishing on the question since the past few years: while people used to worry about the...
Spaces and Exchanges - Oral de baccalauréat
Présentation - 1 pages - Linguistique & langues
Spaces and exchanges are key elements of interaction between two human groups, as they hold or seek to use land. Exchanges often refer to trade, but this time it will be taken in the sense of pure relations, even confrontation. Indeed, the subject of immigration, which relates to the...
Présentation en anglais d'une mission au Crédit Agricole : "les NPAI"
Rapport de stage - 5 pages - Management organisation
A mail with the mention "NPAI" is a letter which hasn't been distributed by post office because the recipient has not been found. This mail is sent back by postal services to the sender: the bank agency to the customer concerned. Therefore, the customer doesn't receive its bank mail as...
Rapport financier du Groupe Lindt & Sprüngli
Dissertation - 6 pages - Finance
The consolidated financial statements are based on the annual account of the individual groups companies which were drawn up with uniform group accounting principles. The consolidated financial statements conform with Swiss GAAP FER as well as the reporting and listing rules of the Swiss Stock...
Marcel Mauss, "Essay on the Gift"
Dissertation - 4 pages - Philosophie
What key-problem does Marcel Mauss address in his essay on the Gift? How does he resolve the problem and repose it for modern-day society? How are the issues in the Gift revisited in the essay on the Sacrifice? How do the two visions of “transaction” differ? What are the larger moral...
Revue de presse sur trois articles de comptabilité
Fiche de lecture - 2 pages - Comptabilité
Ce document présente une étude de trois textes extraits de la presse, l'un de la presse économique, l'autre de la presse professionnelle, et le dernier de la presse académique. Attention : l'un de ces articles est en anglais, ainsi que son étude. Extrait : "Titre : Learn the...
Drawing from the cases of Taiwan and South Korea, assess whether or not capitalism and economic growth can develop in an authoritarian state
Dissertation - 15 pages - Sciences politiques
The actual economic system is based on capitalism. Nowdays, even communist states have decided to open their borders to accept the free market. Thus, in order to understand what is suggested by Capitalism it is useful to choose one defintion: that capitalism is a ??system in which private or...
Discutez le traitement de l'histoire dans l'« Eloge de l'Amour » de Godart
Dissertation - 4 pages - Cinéma
Jean-Louis Godart famously stated once that “a film should have a beginning, a middle and an end, but not necessarily in this order”. It has never been so true than in his movie “Eloge de l'Amour,” which translates to “In Praise of Love,” which came out in 2001....
In search of a middle east partnership strategy
Étude de cas - 4 pages - Linguistique & langues
Many historical American partners have recently faced institutional challenges. Indeed, the hope emerging from the “Arab Spring”for democratic transformation has been very strong throughout the Middle East. Tunisia is one of the few Arab states to become a stable democracy. But,...
Plato, Symposium, Eroticising the philosopher's love of wisdom
Dissertation - 6 pages - Philosophie
Etymologically, philosophy is the love of wisdom : philo means indeed ?to love? (philia) and sophia, ?wisdom?. This love of wisdom however is not a passionate love. For the Greeks, the term philia contains the idea of friendship and of loyalty to others. Now, the same english world, love,...
Revolution & Reaction in Modern France - Practice Essay
Fiche - 5 pages - Philosophie
Document: Revollution & Reaction in Modern France - Practice Essay Extrait: At first, it might sound strange to ask whether or not the Commune posed any threat to the Republic. When looking closely at the events in 1871, one indeed sees on the one side a democratic insurrection, openly...
"Twelve Angry Men"
Dissertation - 2 pages - Cinéma
The jury is an artificial group with no appointed leader. We may first think of one juror as the leader; however, as the movie goes on we discover that a leadership fight arises. Indeed, we can notice different kind of leaders during the movie. The juror number one who decided to play the...
Mémoire d'activité professionnelle - Chargé de recrutement et de clientèle chez Shiva
Mémoire de Stage - 29 pages - Marketing des services
Shiva c'est la référence et le spécialiste du ménage et repassage à domicile ! La marque a été créée en 2002 et s'est donnée pour mission depuis plus de 20 ans de professionnaliser le marché du ménage et repassage à domicile tout en revalorisant les professionnels de l'entretien du...
Dans quelle mesure la transposition du schéma narratif d'une nouvelle peut-il changer le genre d'un texte ?
Dissertation - 12 pages - Littérature
The Rocking-horse Winner, written in February 1926 belongs to David Herbert Lawrence's late stories. Composed of intelligent dialogue, it is one of his best-known and most praised stories. However, the dimension of this short story may have been changed during its translation into French....
La ville globale: New-York, Londres Tokyo, Paris - Saskia Sassen
Commentaire de texte - 4 pages - Géographie monde
“A very significant book indeed. A systematic detailed analysis of the three largest urban economies in the advanced world”: « un livre très significatif en effet. Une analyse détaillée systématique des trois plus grandes économies urbaines du monde moderne », tel est le...
The first Stages of a selling process
Lettre type - 10 pages - Management organisation
“Selling is taking an idea; planting that idea in your customers' mind and making them feel that they thought about it” By following the different steps of the customer centered selling process, salespeople do not need to make customers comfortable or feel a sense of urgency, (what can...
Lettre de motivation en anglais pour un stage
Lettre type - 1 pages - Vie quotidienne
I will complete this coming August a successful professional turnover after a decade in the film industry which has given me maturity, strong organizational skills and a positive attitude in all situations. Indeed, I completed in June 2008 a postgraduate diploma in human rights,...
Lettre de motivation en anglais pour un stage dans un laboratoire
Lettre type - 1 pages - Vie quotidienne
Through this letter, I wish to apply for a two-month internship (from July to August 2010) in a laboratory of your department. Indeed, I have studied for three years in the Denis Diderot Medical School (Paris. France), and I have parallely performed an elective formation: a master degree...
China, the future world power?
Étude de cas - 19 pages - Économie internationale
This paper examines whether China will emerge as a dominant regional power, or even a world power, in the twenty-first century. The growth of China for twenty years is really impressive. Since 1982, the most populated country of the world has multiplied its GDP by seven. This growth is explained...
Does Corruption rules Brazilian Government?
TD - Exercice - 6 pages - Stratégie
We decided to focus on Brazil to observe damages caused by corruption. Regarding the gigantic scandal of the oil company Petrobras we decided to ask ourselves “Does corruption rules Brazilian Government?” by observing previous facts of the scandal, various consequences and what is...
Lettre de motivation en anglais - Stage en Commerce international
Lettre type - 1 pages - Vie quotidienne
The fame and the excellent performances of Deloitte encourage me to propose you my services. Being at present a student in International Business, I would indeed like to work in the field of the Audit for your company (...)
Pat Buchanan and the "Paleoconservatives" in the USA
Mémoire - 100 pages - Sciences politiques
Politically speaking, the United States has always been known as a country of the two-party system. The main choice for the population is to vote either for the Democratic Party, or for the Republican Party. And yet, the United States overflows with all sorts of smaller parties and factions. This...
Is France ready for a female president?
Fiche - 1 pages - Philosophie
Women struggle to reach male monopolized fields is knowing a significant phase in France. Indeed, for the first time in its history, a woman has noteworthy chances to be elected as a president, and many surveys show Ségolène Royal on top of the votes. However, is France truly...
