What Is Behind That Morning Cup of Joe?
Tutorials/exercises - 8 pages - Business strategy
For many, a morning cup of coffee may be a daily ritual. In today's fast-paced world, many may not even have the time to brew it at home, preferring instead to stop at a coffee shop on the way to work or school. There are plenty of chains in many areas to frequent, especially Starbucks. Some may...
Sample Resume To Be A Bartender or Bar Server
Sample resume - 1 pages - Human resources
This resumé will be helpful to all those looking for a job as a bar tender or as a bar server. This resumé is to be used as a skeleton with which you will insert your own experience as a bartender/bar server. Pay particular attention to the time that the author took to detail his/her experience....
Sample follow-up letter for an application
Sample letter - 1 pages - Human resources
I am writing to confirm that my CV and covering letter were received. They were emailed via JobTrack on 12 October. I am very much interested in the position of Pre-Production Administrator. I recently graduated Summa Cum Laude from University with a bachelors degree in English, a writing...
Sample graphic design cover letter
Sample letter - 1 pages - Human resources
I am writing in response to your posting on Bookbuilders of Boston for a graphic designer. I am experienced in Adobe CS2, especially in InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, and have experience with typography and typesetting, layout design, and print production. I am extremely organized and...
Sample graduate student resume
Sample resume - 1 pages - Human resources
This resume will help any student looking to enter into the professional world or wanting to find a summer internship / employment. The following resume is meant to be used as a skeleton for your own resume. The page layout and the details given with regards to both scholarly and work experience...
Sample cover letter for a summer job
Sample letter - 1 pages - Human resources
I am writing regarding the posting on Craigslist for an editorial assistant. I am currently a first-year MA student in College's Writing and Publishing program. I have a good deal of publishing experience in several different areas, including proofreading, editing, design, production, and...
Internship cover letter
Sample letter - 1 pages - Human resources
I am interested in interning with Name of Journal for the fall semester. I have just begun graduate study at College in the Writing and Publishing program, though I have been working in publishing in some form or another for a few years now. I graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of...
Sample design cover letter
Sample letter - 1 pages - Human resources
Dear Mr. Recipient, I recently spoke briefly with you via email about possible design opportunities at Company. In case you do not still have my emails, I am including portions of them here for your reference. I was referred by Name, my program director at College, to your listing on AIGA's...
Mortgages For First-Time Home Buyers: The Basics
Essay - 4 pages - Finance
Choosing a new home can be an overwhelming task, but even more daunting is choosing a mortgage lender to help you finance your new home. In your search for a home loan, it is important to know the different types of lenders as well as the different methods of shopping for a loan so that you may...
Sample cover letter for summer job
Sample letter - 1 pages - Human resources
This cover letter will help all students looking for a summer job write their own. Dear NAME: My friend and Emerson College classmate NAME informed me that you are hiring temporary proofreaders for the summer. I have over three years' experience working in editorial, and I hope you find I have...
Graduate Student Resumé
Sample resume - 1 pages - Human resources
This resumé will help all who wish to apply for a job. Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Boston, MA Copyeditor & Editorial Assistant Oct 2006-Jan 2007 Copyeditor responsible for formatting, line-by-line editing, & application of house style in manuscripts for nonprofit publisher of...
Cover letter for internship
Sample letter - 1 pages - Human resources
Dear NAME: Please accept this cover letter and attached resume as my application to the summer internship with Houghton Mifflin's College Division. I would very much like to work in your editorial department, and I believe I have the required qualifications. I am a graduate student in Emerson...
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 given capital...
Executive Planning
Presentation - 16 pages - Management
Steve Kaye shows how to become more effective by working smarter. He helps companies that value learning as the key to increased profitability. Here's why. Steve Kaye thinks out of both sides of the brain. Kaye brings a system approach to his work, which means his material well designed,...
Retail Industry Analysis
Essay - 3 pages - Finance
The retail industry is flooded with products and services, all vying for market share and revenue. In order to succeed, the different firms must carefully understand and analyze the market they are in. They must ask questions about their rivals and the structure of the industry, as well as make...
North American Palladium: Where is company going?
Market study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Precious metals such as palladium have been in great demand for the past five years, and thus there have been strong pushes for production increases. This year, palladium production by North American Palladium is expected to be 290,000 ounces, which includes production from their underground...
Skills in the Work Place
Essay - 7 pages - Human resources
I have had the experience of working in different industries and different-sized companies, and have to say that I know myself well enough to be able to predict my behavior under different situations with a great deal of accuracy. However, after working on this assignment, I have discovered...
The (Mis)Behavior of Markets: A Summary
Essay - 3 pages - Finance
Do markets really follow a random walk as modern financial theory suggests? Are we likely to experience a market crash as deadly as the likes of the Great Depression? What is the nature of volatility and how should it impact the way we model financial markets? Although definitive answers to these...
Experiencing Acquisition Through a Process of Culture Change in a Serbian Organization
Essay - 61 pages - Management
This study addresses the issue of culture, acquisition and change in Serbia. Specifically, the project focuses on a Serbian bank which has recently been taken over by a Greek bank and explores organisational culture in a Serbian bank. Culture can be an image created by its members. It is both a...
The effects of stock options on markets
Essay - 4 pages - Finance
Traditionally, stock option plans have been used as a way for companies to reward top management and "key" employees and link their interests with those of the company and other shareholders. More and more companies, however, now consider all of their employees as "key." As a result, there has...
The transformation of Hoechst into Aventis - published: 06/03/2007
Case study - 18 pages - Management
THE COMPANY Hoechst was a chemical and pharmaceutical company founded in 1863 Hoechst internationalizes its production after WWII AVENTIS 1999: Hoechst and Rhône-Poulenc decide to create a subsidiary company, Aventis THE FUSION 1999 : Hoechst + Rhône-Poulenc = Aventis THE MAN Jürgen Dormann How...
Report on the workforce monitoring and surveillance practices: a practical guidance for employers
Essay - 8 pages - Human resources
Employers have always been monitoring theirs employees in one way or another to assess the quantity and the quality of a worker's performance. Monitoring should be understood in a broad meaning: employers can decide to use hidden cameras, CCTV cameras, they can open e-mails or keep records of...
Sample Resume for MBA Student with NGO and Marketing Background
Sample resume - 1 pages - Business strategy
Sample Resume for MBA Student with NGO and Marketing Background. Contains: Education Professional Experience Personal...
Relationships between the Giants in Retailing: How WalMart and Procter&Gamble trade together - from Fear to Trust prevalence in the Supply-Chain - published: 14/12/2006
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
The paper shows how the relationships between suppliers and retailers have experienced several important changes over the last decades. By analysing the main developments of these relationships and the different tools implemented to improve them, the paper argues that the western and now...
Credibility is a critical resource at start up and represents an important element of the entrepreneur's personal contact network
Essay - 6 pages - Management
Traditionally, entrepreneurs have been considered as individuals with a strong, often charismatic, leadership as well as a high drive for individualism and independence. However, a business unit does not exist in isolation since it is, or will be, in contact with a whole range of other...
Strategy and planning process in the Small Business and the Small & Middle Enterprises (SME) Sector - published: 14/12/2006
Business plan - 7 pages - Management
Business planning is perceived by both governments and business support infrastructure, such as the Business Links, to be an essential ingredient to the success of small businesses (Beaver, 2002, p88). Similarly, O'Gorman bases his idea on the fact that one approach to developing a successful...
Customer Loyalty
Essay - 6 pages - Management
With the globalisation of the world competition has become challenging. Competitors from emerging markets are entering into the developed markets. Attracting new customers has become a more expensive and exhausting business. Therefore the customer is one of the most valuable assets of a company;...
Estimating market risk premium using Markov switching : Tunisian Case
Dissertation - 97 pages - Finance
The general increase in volatility of the …nancial markets can be partly explained by the growing uncertainly of the economic environment. It is, on the other hand, a reflection of the growing efficiency and integration of the financial markets allow the almostinstantaneous move of capital...
Initial Public Offerings: an Outlook through Game Theory
Essay - 16 pages - Finance
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) have a very special place in contemporary economics and finance. They represent the entrance on a deep and liquid market with access to almost unlimited reserves of capital from all over the world. But IPOs appear also as a short-term fund-raising tool, especially...
An implementation of the AIM and DRIVE method
Essay - 31 pages - Logistics
Based on industry benchmarks, Bob's Farm Stores is spending more than it needs to on its purchasing process. We believe that they could save a total of $1,065,462 by implementing three strategies, namely 1) implementing a mid-tier ERP system, 2) consolidating the number of annual purchase orders...
