Internship Report - Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York
Essay - 13 pages - Services marketing
The Film Society of Lincoln Center was founded in 1969 to celebrate American and international cinema, recognize and support new filmmakers as well as enhance awareness, accessibility and understanding of the art. An independent performing arts center, The Film Society hosts a 363-day season that...
Conference and Exhibition Management in Berlin
Essay - 11 pages - Management
Conferences and related events are developing sectors which represent a significant part of the tourism industry. Generally, the type of venue can be divided in six parts, (BACD, 2006): •Hotels (53%) •Unusual venues (19%) •Conference / training centres (10%)...
Nuit Blanche: Paris 2007
Case study - 23 pages - Journalism
In 2002, Christophe Girard, deputy major in charge of the culture suggested to Bertrand Delanoe, mayor of Paris, to create an artistic course devoted to the contemporary art for a whole night in Paris. It was imagined by Jean Blaise, the creator of the festival ‘The lit ‘(‘switched...
The impact of the French Revolution (1789-1815) on social structure, legal system and political life and institutions during the nineteenth century in France
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
Some events stamp on the history of mankind forever : the French Revolution is definitely one of these. Indeed, really few upheavals such as this one triggered so many thoughts, comments and passionate reactions all over the world. Although lot of scholars tried to understand and qualify...
Memory Panel Contribution
Essay - 1 pages - Literature
There are several different scientific classifications of memory. The type that memoirists most often use is delineated thus: Long-term -> Declarative -> Episodic. Declarative or explicit memory requires conscious recall, which is what memoirists attempt when writing a scene from memory....
Domesticity and the siege of Leningrad
Essay - 20 pages - Modern history
One of the most tragic and at the same time heroic episodes of the Second World War, or as it is referred to in the Soviet/Russian context The Great Patriotic War, is the Siege of Leningrad. The siege itself, although not a key strategic event on the Eastern front, holds an important place...
Human influences on the tropical forest wildlife
Essay - 7 pages - Ecology & environment
Different patterns of anthropogenic forest disturbance can affect forest wildlife in both tropical and temperate regions in many ways. The overall impact of different sources of structural and nonstructural disturbance may depend on: (1) the groups of organisms considered; (2) the evolutionary...
The Daily Mail's electronic version, United Kingdom
Essay - 6 pages - Journalism
The news outlet I have chosen to analyze is the internet version of “The Daily Mail “, a newspaper based in the United Kingdom, very famous especially in England. It includes the daily version of this newspaper as well as “The Mail on Sunday”, its week-end's edition. Gate...
Incidents in the life of a slave girl, by Harriet Jacobs
Book review - 6 pages - Literature
The novel Incidents in the life of a slave girl is an autobiography written by Harriet Jacobs in 1861. In this book, she relates various events of the life she had when she was a slave in South Carolina. She confides in the reader and gives details of the difficulties she had to face in...
LED syndrome antiphospholipide and CNS
Thesis - 11 pages - Medical studies
The neurolupus represents the second leading cause of death in the LED. Although its incidence is high, it remains difficult to diagnose because of the diversity of events and the possible confusion with other brain diseases. In the absence of pathognomonic lesions, the diagnostic approach...
J'ai l'impression d'avoir le coeur sec: the emotive value of breaks, shifts and ellipses in the films of Maurice Pialat
Case study - 16 pages - Film studies
This dissertation sets out to analyze the function of breaks, shifts and ellipses in the films of Maurice Pialat (1925-2003). These shifts and contrasts, which can often be sudden or violent, create problems in relation to the narrative, as they are present between and within the sequences...
A benchmark of finding the criteria for optimal portfolio choice
Tutorials/exercises - 17 pages - Finance
In today's rapidly changing economic environments, global portfolio investors are invariably confronted with dynamic and fluid choice of criteria that enable them to exercise subjective judgment on asset portfolio choice decisions. The subjective investment portfolio choice includes the...
A Petrinet model of a short life cycle product supply chain and deduction of its reachability matrix by simulation
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
This paper focuses on the concept of short life cycle supply chain of products where the selling time of the product is short and fixed. Based on an object events table and dynamical events occurring table a composite model of short life cycle product is created. This model is then...
Historical background and analysis of Mexico's economy
Thesis - 10 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Learning from Mexico's past could provide for a great future, it is a matter of implementation, dedication and a devotion to right the wrongs, and an appreciation that building for the future is worth the sacrifices of today. Mexico's economic history provides for a confounding topic of interest....
Sports photography
Thesis - 2 pages - Sports
By sports photography we mean taking pictures of sporting events that involve action and movement. If the pictures are not sharp and do not depict fast movement that take place in a sequence, the purpose of a good sports photograph will not be achieved. That exciting movement of action...
An everyman's primer to the control of regret
Dissertation - 15 pages - Arts and art history
Regret is usually defined as an emotion experienced by humans when they are unhappy with events that are beyond their control. This paper deals with man's ability to control his feelings of regret. Because of the complexity and irrationality of the human brain people often experience...
The political and social upheaval in France in 1968
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In May 1968, France experienced a political and social upheaval that shook the regime to its foundation. May 1968, also called May 68, is the name given to a series of events that started with a student strike in France, which broke out at a number of universities and high schools in...
Online clothes renting business: « Des Marques et Vous »
Case study - 25 pages - Economy general
'Des Marques et Vous' or ‘Brands and You' is the name of the new company we plan to set up. This name is in French and implies two meanings; it means 'people and their attachment to the brands' and 'being different from the other brands'. This company's name is...
Chernobyl disaster
Essay - 17 pages - Modern history
In what is now a cold barren wasteland, lays the abandoned city of Pripyat and the lifeless Red Forest. Its silence is a deafening reminder of the tragic events of April 26, 1986. Lives were shattered and perceptions were changed forever. What was scheduled as a safety test ended up...
Corporate Social Responsibility
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Corporate social responsibility
Within the last 12 months, many Environmental, Social and Governance failures showed us that many companies, corporations and even governments are trying to mislead consumers or citizens and to improve their reputation, by promoting sustainable initiatives or products. These claims can be...
The Impact of the Barcelona Traction Case on Shareholder Protection under International Law or The Diplomatic Protection of Companies and Shareholders
Thesis - 27 pages - International law
This research paper has been written by Mr Éric J. CHICATE-LAURENT, a student at University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. The Barcelona Traction judgment of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of February 5th 1970, considerably shaped the protection of foreign investors. Indeed, this...
The sociology of disasters
Essay - 4 pages - Sociology & social sciences
It is customary to consider the disaster or a catastrophe as a phenomenon essentially tied to the vagaries of nature or as a byproduct of human activities. In both cases, it is approached through a perspective of emergency that rarely leaves room for interpretation on the functioning of social...
Fusion acquisition of Adidas - Reebok
Case study - 56 pages - Services marketing
The Adidas Group is a German company which belongs to the sport equipment manufacturing market. In 2005, the turnover of the worldwide market of apparel and sport equipment was about 25.2 billion dollars, which corresponded to an 11.5% growth when compared to the previous year. This market can...
The Codes and Conventions of Factual Programming for Television
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Film studies
Documentary films are ‘non-fictional, slice of life factual works of art' (Reference: http://www.filmsite.org/docfilms.html). Because of this, documentaries may be described as accurate representations of life, whether that is true or not is a completely different story. The earliest...
The escape, manhunt, and capture: A population's test of resilience and Law Enforcement's tenacity
Presentation - 4 pages - Linguistics & languages
You will understand this title that we have chosen to describe in the most accurate way an event. Indeed, we will discuss a murderer who escaped from prison on August 31, 2023. The event happened in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. By escaping from the prison, he...
How does one measure human factors, and how does one measure the attribution of human factors to aviation accidents?
Case study - 86 pages - Management
Lieutenant Adam Bryant, a U.S. Coast Guard officer, was a recent graduate of flight school and strong believer in the Coast Guard's primary mission of Search & Rescue. On October 29, 2009, Lieutenant Bryant found himself launched in a C-130 airplane in search of a person in a skiff that were...
Analysis of the confectionery market and the chewing-gum segment
Market study - 60 pages - Services marketing
This paper will present the entire market of chewing gum. Chewing gum has won over all generations from the age group of 7 (and younger) to 77 years of age, and this is especially because of the great diversity that it has acquired in the last few years. The chewing gum has a history to its...
Analysis of Adidas marketing mix
Case study - 13 pages - Services marketing
Today, the sport has found its place in French society by combining equilibrium, welfare and health. The sport has also developed, democratically and is a mass culture. Products designed by the sports industries, are more responsive to consumer needs, and combine aesthetics, design and quality....
Globalization, Economic Growth and Social Acceptance: The Case for the Olympics in China
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
In 2008, China was poised upon the brink of world domination. Set to host the Summer Olympic Games in its capital Beijing, China would come off from this two week-long event as a victorious host and dominant world power, or as a failed, backward, socially regressive society, still ill...
History 9067/3: international history, 1945 - 1991 - published: 09/07/2013
Case study - 4 pages - Modern history
On 24 June 1948, Stalin of the Soviet Union, or USSR, blocked all ground and water access from West Germany to West Berlin. In response, the US brought supplies into West Berlin from the air. This, known as the Berlin airlift, lasted for almost a year. Then, on 12 May 1949, the blockade,...
