Afghanistan: Threats and opportunities for the Transatlantic relation
Essay - 10 pages - International relations
Afghanistan represents undoubtedly one of the greatest challenges for the Western democracies. The reversal of the Taliban by the international coalition led by the United States after the 9/11 terrorist attacks was seen as a symbol of hope. This war was considered as legitimate, because...
What are the most significant long-term external trends that will affect the role of the EU in 2020 to 2050?
Essay - 10 pages - European union
By 2025, Europe will represent only 6% of the world population, and its relative share of global wealth and trade will have shrunk. Contentious economic and welfare reforms as well as the integration of a growing migrant population will be among the key internal challenges for many EU...
The 'OneWorld' health model and the prospects for future development of therapeutics for infectious disease of the developing world
Thesis - 15 pages - Medical studies
Despite the vast improvements in health care and prevention of infectious diseases in the developed world, six out of ten deaths in the developing world can still be directly attributed to infectious disease. Diarrheal diseases, lower respiratory infections, malaria, measles, TB, and HIV/AIDS...
Attrition analysis
Thesis - 29 pages - Human resources
The study will analyze different aspects of attrition and managing attrition in different situations. Knowledge and people form the key factors for any company in the IT industry. The success of any IT company depends on how effectively it manages knowledge and its people. Retaining knowledge and...
Study of rural marketing in the present scenario in India
Market study - 53 pages - Services marketing
While we all accept that the heart of India lives in its villages and the Indian rural market with its vast size and demand base offers great opportunities to marketers, we tend to conclude that the purse does not stay with them. Nothing can be far from truth. Rural marketing involves addressing...
Impact of effective leadership in an organization
Thesis - 46 pages - Management
The success or failure of managers depends on their leadership qualities. They can be successful leaders by helping subordinates to find solutions to their problems. Managers are involved with bringing together resources, developing strategies, organizing and controlling activities in to order to...
Comprehensive report on global staffing strategies: China
Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism
Substantial challenges exist in identifying and recruiting the right high tech telecommunications staffing talent in the Chinese market. In fact the need for high tech telecommunication leadership talent, for example, has produced a staffing gap in China that no longer remains balanced....
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...
ICT and economic development: Analyzing Thailand's path to the information economy
Tutorials/exercises - 13 pages - Economy general
This analysis of the development of Thailand's information economy places particular emphasis on its ICT and social infrastructure development. Drawing upon lessons learned from similar development trajectories in Ireland, China, and India we develop a set of guidelines for Thailand to consider...
To what extent the Fair Trade can move from a niche market to the mainstream and sustainable business?
Tutorials/exercises - 47 pages - Economy general
“This is the moment when we must build on the wealth that open markets have created, and share its benefits more equitably. Trade has been a cornerstone of our growth and global development. But we will not be able to sustain this growth if it favors the few, and not the many. Together, we...
The Google case: Who can dethrone this leader of the industry?
Case study - 17 pages - Business strategy
We begin by studying the situation of the e-services in Google and a thorough analysis of its business model to explain its success. Secondly, we examine the leading position of Google, particularly by analyzing the strategic map of this industry, to examine the limits of this leadership with...
Logistic strategies of the companies of luxury - Example of Louis Vuitton
Case study - 42 pages - Logistics
In this paper, we will focus on logistics and strategies of luxury companies. We will also analyze their future prospects. Initially, key concepts and existing models in terms of logistics are defined in the first paragraph. Therefore, one sees three different types of strategies, the offensive,...
Kompan from a supply chain perspective
Case study - 3 pages - Management
from a supply chain perspective and then asses the possibilities for innovation that arises because of this. •Benefits and challenges: we interpret these as to what extent the acquisition strategy creates benefits and challenges when aligning information and material flow as...
Cross cultural differences
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Cross cultural factors play a crucial role in management, especially in today's world where business is becoming increasingly international, and where according to 85% of Fortune 500 firms having rated having “competent global leaders” as the most important factor for business success....
Six Sigma at Amazon.Com
Case study - 14 pages - Business strategy
Six Sigma involves linking the best elements of quality initiatives in a sustained pursuit of attaining efficiency, customer satisfaction, reduced cycle times and defect rates. This report involves a case study of the successful implementation of the strategy at Amazon.com Inc., as part of its...
The Impact of Providing Supportive Educational Environment to the Performance of Gifted Children
Case study - 17 pages - Educational studies
All over the globe, the information age has brought immense awareness amidst the social transformation emphasizing nurturing self-sufficiency skills through effective learning for all, eliminating instances of exclusion on the basis of limited proficiency and economically disadvantaged learners....
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...
Too Dumb To Know You're Smart?
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Since World War II high school students have become increasingly used to government imposed standardized testing: its language, its implications, its impact. Graduation tests and college admissions tests like the SAT are hotly disputed, but the Advanced Placement testing program is a breath of...
The application of Knowledge Management to the larger context of information gathering
Essay - 4 pages - Management
Collecting tacit knowledge in the organization can be a notable challenge. While this information provides critical insights to the specific methods and procedures used by employees to accomplish goals, finding methods that can be used for collecting this type of information in the...
Overview of the Dell organization and how it can improve its stability in future
Essay - 8 pages - Business strategy
Over the course of the last two decades a number of new companies have made their mark on the business world. In many cases, these organizations have been successful because they have made the choice to utilize unique business models or organizational cultures that set them apart from more...
The Melting Pot
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
America is country proud to call itself a melting pot of different people, cultures, and languages. With the exception of Native Americans, who lived off the land for thousands of years before the discovery of “the new world,” every one in the U.S. is an immigrant or came from...
Have we reached the limits of the EU enlargement?
Thesis - 8 pages - European union
In the light of the massive 2004 European Union (EU) enlargement and the current one of Bulgaria and Romania, the question of whether the EU is reaching the limits of its enlargement shows all its relevance. In fact, since the moment the European integration process was launched, it has welcomed...
Explain and Illustrate the concept of "limited war" in the context of the cold war
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
After 1945, the parallel rises of US and USSR, emerged two superpowers in competition at all levels, fighting for hegemony on the post war world. Characterized by the possession of the nuclear weapon, obtained and used in 1945 by the United States and developed in USSR in 1949, this new conflict...
UN peacekeeping operations
Essay - 4 pages - Journalism
Peacekeeping operations (PKOs) illustrate both the successes and the difficulties of the United Nations in the fulfillment of their primary goal: "the maintenance of international peace and security." They symbolize the ambitions of the organization but also its adaptation: it is thus interesting...
Gender equality and employment in the European Union
Essay - 29 pages - European union
Gender equality is among the fundamental principles and the common values of the European Union. In the 2nd Article of the Treaty of the European Community, it is even mentioned as a “task” to perform for the Community, and again in Article 3(2) TEC. But two questions already appear:...
The war on talent: Korn/Ferry International in China
Presentation - 16 pages - Human resources
With $452 million in global fee revenue, 474 consultants worldwide, 70 offices globally, and 4.4 million candidates in its database, Korn/Ferry has been successful due to the high quality, process and speed at which its consultants have placed candidates. In 1978, Korn/Ferry International...
Conceptual models in strategic management: The Boston Consulting Group growth / share matrix
Essay - 9 pages - Management
Nowadays, in a stronger context of globalisation, companies have to face more and more complex challenges such as a higher international competition, emerging markets, many economic changes or new technological progresses etc. Strategic management decisions have to be completely successful...
Culture case study: Valley Farms International & cultural group assessment
Essay - 14 pages - Sociology
Understanding diverse cultures is significant if one is to be socially astute, sensitive, and effective within complex cultural contexts. The Iceberg culture theory, if used correctly, can prove to be a meaningful tool that can assist in identifying important cultural similarities and...
Sensor protocols for information via negotiation: A data centric routing protocol for wireless sensor networks
Case study - 6 pages - Computer science
The emergence of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) as one of the dominant technology trends in the coming decades has posed numerous challenges for researchers. These networks are likely to be comprised of hundreds, and potentially thousands of tiny sensor nodes, functioning autonomously, and...
The value of using 'critical reflection' as a teaching tool
Thesis - 7 pages - Educational studies
Increasingly, health care professionals are required to utilize reflective practice both within their initial training and continuing professional development. It is also seen as a Higher education transferable skill, evidence of which is required by Quality Assurance Agency (QAA). Within this...