Case study: Nokia
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Nokia needs no introduction. Nokia, probably the largest manufacturer of cameras has held its leadership position in the cell phones industry as well. Nokia's constant innovation coupled with focus on user friendly technologies has helped secure leadership position in mobile communications....
Case study: British American tobacco company
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
Financial analysis usually deals with comparison of current year's performance with the previous year's performance. This is accomplished by mathematical tools known as ratios. British American Tobacco Company was formed as the result of a joint venture between Imperial Tobacco Company and...
The strategy of investment and development of the French companies in Poland
Dissertation - 75 pages - Business strategy
This paper deals with the strategy of investment and development of the French companies in Poland. In a first part, the author discusses the theory of Foreign Direct Investment, more commonly called FDI: its different types and their alternatives, their motives, benefits and risks. In the second...
An overview of the off shoring concept
Thesis - 9 pages - Business strategy
Mindcrest, a Chicago based legal firm, had younger associates who wanted to do more challenging work rather than doing simple legal work related to research and routine legal affairs like filling of qualified domestic orders. And also clients were not ready to shed $ 200 for such simple work. So...
SWOT analysis of Coca Cola and Pepsi Co
Thesis - 10 pages - Business strategy
The last time I saw the clash of the two soft drink giants was in the advertisements they promoted where each of them came out of their ethical way in promoting their products though the media for an international cricket tournament few years back. This paper doesn't involve the clashes but only...
An analysis on the merger of Reebok and Adidas-Salomon AG
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
The sporting goods industry has seen many Mergers and Acquisitions(M&A) driven by the rising competition and industrial growth. In August 2005,Adidas-Salomon AG (Adidas),Germany's largest sporting goods maker announced acquisition of the US-based Reebok International Limited(Reebok) for $3.8...
Challenges that a company faces at the event of merger and acquisition
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
Globally most of the companies started a new tendency of either combining firms or buying of one company by the other for obtaining additional benefits and technology. This is referred to as Merger and Acquisition. Their history helps to understand the evolution of the M&A's in the world. In...
Mechanisms involved in out-sourcing and off-shoring
Thesis - 8 pages - Business strategy
Many years ago companies used to buy other companies to extend their conglomerates which mean a large company can be formed by joining together different firms. Actually these companies or smaller firms which they used to buy were related to their business and most often they were the supplying...
Challenges faced in a foreign market
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
The number of companies operating internationally is increasing at an alarming rate in the recent times. Due to high competition there is a larger task for the companies which are based abroad.They should analyze the advantages and disadvantages before entering the market. Culture, politics and...
Importance and need of creating a brand image
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
Brand image is the impression in the consumer's mind of the brand's total personality (real and imaginary qualities) and brand image is developed over a period of time through advertising campaigns with a consistent theme, and it is authenticated through the customer's direct experiences....
The need of customer relationship management (CRM) to succeed in the world of business
Thesis - 26 pages - Business strategy
A woman once purchased a car, and several days before the scheduled delivery date, she got a call all from the sales manager at the dealership. Fearing the expected bad news about the potential delay in the delivery date, she answered the call with trepidation. To her surprise manager asked her...
Motivation theories, cycle and motives
Thesis - 12 pages - Human resources
Motivation is derived from Latin word ‘movere' that means ‘to move'. Motive means ‘that which move the will'. Motivating means to take more initiative & interest in the work assigned. It is an art of getting things done willingly from others. Motivation means that an individual in...
A research study on absenteeism of employees in an organization
Thesis - 20 pages - Human resources
According to Picoars and Payers ‘unexpected absence disturbs the efficiency of the group as the jobs are inter-connected, if one single man remains absent without prior notice the whole operation process is distributed. This absenteeism results in production losses because, due to...
Organizational behavior and its importance for an organization
Thesis - 14 pages - Human resources
To make the topic clear we can take the example of the ubiquitous search engine - GOOGLE. Google servers' process more than 200 million search queries in 90 languages every day, over half of them form users outside the United States. Google's success is more amazing as this profitable company of...
Financial ratios: Meaning, calculation and application
Thesis - 10 pages - Finance
A financial statement generally refers to the basis statements, which are as follows i) The income statement ii) The balance sheet iii) Statement of retained earnings iv) Statement of charge in financial position in addition to the above two statements. Financial statement analysis is the...
A research study on performance management system in an organization
Thesis - 11 pages - Human resources
A company reviews the existing appraisal system of senior executive levels. The revised performance management system has components of performance planning, monitoring, review and development through involvement of the appraisee is being introduced. The focus of the performance management...
Understanding the effectiveness of performance appraisal through a survey
Thesis - 19 pages - Human resources
In the business world investment is made in machinery, equipment and services. Quite naturally time and money is spent ensuring that they provide what their suppliers claim. In other words the performance is constantly appraised against the results expected. When it comes to one of the most...
Organized retail sector in India
Thesis - 17 pages - Business strategy
Retailing is defined as a definite set of activities or steps used to sell a product or a service to consumers for their personal or family use. It is responsible for matching individual demands of the consumer with supplies of all the manufacturers. Retail is India's largest industry, accounting...
A study on organizational change
Thesis - 17 pages - Management
Change is inevitable in the life of an organization. In today's business world, most of the organizations are facing a dynamic and changing business environment. They should either change or die, there is no third alternative. Organizations that learn and cope with change will thrive and flourish...
The mindset of the people towards the concept of event management
Thesis - 10 pages - Business strategy
The present study has been undertaken to get the first hand exposure on the mindset of people towards the Event Marketing concept and their involvement in events, as and when they come across, if any. A questionnaire was designed keeping in mind the requirements for study & analysis of the thesis...
Methods of decision-making
Thesis - 2 pages - Business strategy
All individuals make perceptions in their own way based on different individuals and assorted situations. A perception is defined as how people view others or objects by interpreting an impression to give meaning to their surroundings. Perception is the process of organizing ones sensory data. An...
Automotive industry
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
The automotive industry includes the development, model, manufacture, marketing, and trade of motor vehicles. In the 20th century automobiles have increasingly developed the world and changed the way individuals do business and travel. Automotive fabrications are amongst the biggest companies...
Entering the global market
Presentation - 7 pages - Business strategy
In today's world of business competition, entering a product into the foreign market is a great opportunity for a business to become highly successful. However, there are several aspects the company should consider before entering into the business world of exporting to foreign countries. The...
McDonalds - Strategic audit
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
The case time setting is the year 2007. Headquartered in Oak Brook, Illinois, McDonald's common stock is publicly-traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MCD. The mission statement: to be the world's best quick service restaurant (2). Being the best means providing...
Starbucks - Going global fast: Case study
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
The international coffee market is a very competitive market. There are increasing numbers of competitors, such as full service restaurants and other coffee shops, entering the growing specialist coffee market in recent years. Starbucks must be aware of this strong competition all over the world...
Monetary policy
Thesis - 4 pages - Finance
Monetary policy changes have influence over unemployment, short-term production and in the long-run affect prices and inflation rates. What monetary policy can do to heighten economic performance is a challenge that must be understood by economic policymakers. What monetary policy cannot do to...
Across the board leadership and new value development organizes changing companies
Thesis - 11 pages - Management
InterClean, a major sanitation competitor realizes that in today's environmentally friendly atmosphere, customers express increased interest in solutions and services (rather than products) to contour cleaning endeavors. InterClean, through its reorganization, hopes to offer increased turnkey...
Running header: Riordan benchmarking
Thesis - 11 pages - Business strategy
Riordan Manufacturing faced several issues but none that are uncommon in any growing organization going through a transitional period. By simply looking at companies such these General Motors and Wal-mart, Royal Bank of Scotland and Goodyear, Hudson Highland Group (Hudson Employee Index) and...
The role of private equity firms as an alternative investment model in the Middle East and globally
Tutorials/exercises - 27 pages - Finance
The global economic reality has witnessed a recent international increase in the private equity markets. This fact has brought up many concerns as to whether this will have a positive or negative outcome (Financial Services Authority, 2006). This document will present an overview of private...
Companies clearing transition from public to private: Confront high degree of risk
Thesis - 7 pages - Business strategy
All companies clearing the transition from private to public confront a high degree of risk. A solid organizational structure, firm transitional leadership, and effective communication play a predominant role in the changeover. Organizational structures today often deal with a drastic and...
