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19 Mar 2014
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Financial market

Case study - 12 pages - Finance

Recently, there are more and more financial analysts have dedicated their studies to the relationship and emerged trends between different financial markets such as studies of Dalkir (2009) and Savva (2009) on stock markets inner relationship, or relationship between bond markets and stock...

30 Jun 2008
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The Hybrid Car

Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy

The hybrid auto, a concept introduced to the U.S. market in 1999, now accounts for 10.6 percent of the 8 million cars sold every year. Consumers and manufacturers alike have great incentive to buy and make hybrids because the perceived benefits of this auto—lower CO2 emissions and fuel...

09 Jan 2009
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How can the "crisis" of the Welfare States affect the policy of fight against poverty?

Essay - 3 pages - Political science

Since the end of the XVIIIth century, the disastrous consequences due to the Industrial Revolution and to “savage capitalism” on working conditions has been underlined through the rising resentment of the working class. That is why, in order to avoid social implosion and to control...

13 Jan 2009
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What does 'MNE'S need to be both "global" and "local"?' mean

Essay - 9 pages - Business strategy

Since the rise of liberalisation with the opening of markets in the mid 1980's, the business world has entered the era of globalisation where companies have dramatically expanded their business abroad. Indeed, the abolition of barriers of entry was one of significant opportunities for...

15 Jan 2009
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Corporate Strategy: Chop Chop Analysis of Total Group

Essay - 3 pages - Business strategy

Total is France's largest corporation as well as the fourth largest publicly-traded integrated oil and gas company in the world. Total is involved in three major segments: downstream, upstream, and chemicals. In the following report, we carefully analyzed these three business segments to...

15 Jan 2009
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The role of the TARGET system in the European financial integration

Essay - 4 pages - Finance

When Euro was introduced in 1999 as the European single currency, a large value payment system was also set up. The so-called Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) system was expected to be the basis of both financial integration and European Central Bank...

16 Jan 2009
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From dust to steel? State building in Afghanistan

Essay - 15 pages - International relations

One month after the attacks of September 11, 2001, in October 2001, the United States decided to invade Afghanistan in order to capture AlQaeda mastermind Ossama Ben Laden and to withdraw the Taliban regime. The “operation enduring freedom” was led by the US, with a majority of forces...

16 Jan 2009
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The core-satellite model revisited, tracking error control, ETF's and satellites possibilities

Essay - 10 pages - Management

A core-satellite management consist in having a core portfolio made up of passive management vehicles (index funds, ETFs, etc.) with low management fees, and separately one, or several, very active satellites that are made up of funds with a strong tracking error, or even funds with no constraint...

05 Mar 2009
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A study on inventory management at the bulk activities division of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd

Case study - 44 pages - Services marketing

Materials are equivalent to cash and they make up an important part of the total cost. It is essential that materials should be properly safeguarded and correctly accounted for. Proper control over material can make a substantial contribution to the efficiency of a business. The success of...

30 Mar 2009
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Keeping records and its importance in finance

Tutorials/exercises - 35 pages - Finance

Finance is recorded as the life blood of a business enterprise. This is because in the modern money-oriented economy finance is one of the basic foundations of all kinds of economic activities. It is the master key which provides access to all the sources for being employed in manufacturing and...

02 Apr 2009
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Customer Relationship Management and the call centers

Tutorials/exercises - 60 pages - Management

Before we begin to examine the conceptual foundations of CRM, it will be useful to define what CRM is. CRM stands for "Customer Relationship Management." CRM is a business strategy and a collection of technologies that enable seamless coordination between sales, marketing, customer service, field...

15 Apr 2009
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Effect of change in Basel standards in the banking industry

Case study - 38 pages - Finance

As the deadline for implementing the Basel-III norms in Indian banks has arrived they are still preparing to solve the enigma of risk management for insuring more transparent and risk-free financial bases. According to the Reserve Bank of India, its association with the Basel 'Committee on...

19 Apr 2009
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Performance appraisal system of eMorphosys

Case study - 36 pages - Services marketing

Appraisal of one individual by another individual is a continuous process and it is a natural phenomenon in beings. This is constantly done, consciously in our day today interaction, ether in family life or in a social setting or in an organization for that matter. While the individual or a group...

21 Apr 2009
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Study of dematerialization in India: Indiabulls Securities

Dissertation - 53 pages - Finance

A widely neither distributed nor such distress followed so quickly on the heels 1the equity brokerage industry in India is one of the oldest in the Asia region. India had an active stock market for about 150 years that played a significant role in developing risk markets as also promoting...

21 Apr 2009
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Recruitment and selection

Thesis - 33 pages - Human resources

Recruitment and selection techniques” is a GUI based application that automates the recruitment and selection activities for better functioning and providing accurate information time. It is a computerized solution for organizations that often undergo the process of recruitment for...

23 Apr 2009
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Management information system

Thesis - 12 pages - Management

The plethora of Information in today's world, makes it imperative for us to depend on Management Information System, as the socio-technical tool to handle the overloading of Information and take decisions in a quick manner. The project work is done with the intention of studying the Management...

12 May 2009
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Importance of patterns for managing companies, study of the product life cycle

Thesis - 9 pages - Business strategy

The best way to manage a company is to be competitive. The competition is growing due to the globalization, which has caused the arrival of so many new emerging markets such as China. This is why companies are looking for an efficient management for both staff and marketing mix in order to be...

13 May 2009
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Are customer's management softwares and quality customer service key elements to gain customer's satisfaction and build loyalty?

Thesis - 24 pages - Management

Nowadays, companies possess lot of tools in order to gain customer's satisfaction and build loyalty. They understood that they have to focus on customers in order to increase profit more than before. Indeed, by focusing on customer's satisfaction they build loyalty and a long-term relationship....

15 May 2009
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Oticon case study

Case study - 8 pages - Management

The Human Resources course we had taken enabled us to wonder about the best way to deal with employees, how to improve their efficiency, how to increase their motivation and provide them with the best work environment possible. We also saw that the answers to these questions depended on...

16 May 2009
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Suitable area for Paris to get a French global city region

Thesis - 9 pages - Journalism

As Saskia Sassen well defined it, a global city region is a region that “overlaps the global city” . Today, it can be admitted that Paris has a lot features that make this city close to a “global city”, such as the central corporate functions, and the “highly specialized...

16 May 2009
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Communication strategy & plan: Cif case study

Case study - 8 pages - Services marketing

Cif is a very old brand in its sector of cleaning product and has a very strong image, but is too much associated to restrictive and occasional use. As a communication agency, I was asked to think about a new communication strategy which could make Cif appears as more usable, more easily and in...

17 May 2009
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Industrial network: Providing specifically adapted products for customers

Essay - 3 pages - Services marketing

The economies of scale, defined as the reduction in cost per unit resulting from increased production realized through operational efficiencies, constitute one of the key goals for firms to improve their competitiveness. But this productive model seems to be in the same time contradictory to the...

17 May 2009
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Managing people in a cross-cultural context

Thesis - 7 pages - Management

My company, REN, is a small company headquartered in Copenhagen. It is a new Japanese owned event company. It employs 50 people. The company has experienced problems with team building during its previous events because of the multinational nature of the teams. The cultural factor had not been...

22 May 2009
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A survey on labor welfare at Alstom

Tutorials/exercises - 42 pages - Human resources

The principal resources of an organization are the people. Managing its people is the most important aspect of managing an organizing. People at work comprise a large number of individuals of different sex, age, socio-religious group and different educational or literacy standards. Each has his...

26 May 2009
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Process improvement in recruitment, selection and functional design of hiring management system in relevance to IBM

Thesis - 18 pages - Human resources

Process Improvement, a methodology adopted for stabilizing and improving work tasks and systems can result in great benefits in processes in an organization by establishing continuous monitoring and control over those tasks and ensuring predictability of quality and costs. The recruitment...

27 May 2009
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E-banking and Canara Bank

Case study - 56 pages - Finance

The banking sector is the lifeline of any modern economy. It is one of the important financial pillars of the financial system, which plays a vital role in the success/failure of an economy. Banks are one of the oldest financial intermediaries in the financial system. They play an important role...

28 May 2009
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Commodity markets Vs share markets

Case study - 77 pages - Finance

Indian markets have recently thrown open a new avenue for retail investors and traders to participate in: commodity derivatives. For those who want to diversify their portfolios beyond shares, bonds and real estate, commodities are the best option. Till some months ago, this wouldn't have...

28 May 2009
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Heat pipe based air preheater for thermal power plants

Dissertation - 54 pages - Computer science

Modern day thermal power plants try to utilize more & more heat available from burning of coal. In the process reducing the heat loss to the surroundings and increasing the efficiency. Devices like economizer and air preheater are manifestations for the same purpose. Most of the power...

28 May 2009
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A study of human resources development climate in hospitals and its impact on patient satisfaction

Tutorials/exercises - 43 pages - Human resources

Combining medical technology and the human touch, the health care industry administers care around the clock, responding to the needs of millions of people—from newborns to the critically ill. Industry organization - About 580,000 establishments make up the health care industry; they vary...

11 Jun 2009
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A report on activities on and around OFDM

Thesis - 5 pages - Physics

Multi-carrier communications are currently in a state of very rapid development, both in the introduction of new techniques and in its application to a wide variety of channels and services. Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a bandwidth-efficient signaling scheme for wideband...