"Why has the common foreign and security policy been so much more difficult to organise than economic cooperation?"
Essay - 5 pages - International relations
One of the most important discussions in the modern-day European Union concerns the lack of effectiveness of common foreign and security policy. As the Union moves towards integration, creating such a policy has become one of its most pressing concerns. I shall consider this question in detail...
Is cooperation possible?
Thesis - 5 pages - International relations
2001 saw the world united in indignation, and the emergence of a tacit promise to cooperate in the war to annihilate the flaw of terrorism. 2002 saw the same world divided and torn in the debate over a war carried out by those considering it as vital, and opposed as inconsiderate and unwise by...
Economic Diplomacy in conflict resolution - The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Presentation - 7 pages - International relations
The EU is Azerbaijan's largest trading partner and foreign investor. Azerbaijan is an important source for the EU energy market. EU-Azerbaijan trade relations are based on a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement from 1999.
The Impact of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge Collapse and its Impact on the US Supply Chain
Case study - 2 pages - Purchasing & supply chain
A major trade route will be disrupted, and supply networks that are already under strain will become even more tangled due to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, which shut off access to a large portion of the city's port. The Port of Baltimore, which ranks 17th in the US in...
Theory of International Cooperation: Possibility, reasons and conditions of International Cooperation
Thesis - 3 pages - International relations
The two main theories have very different views on cooperation. The first, and the dominant theory of neorealism, is that cooperation is not likely to occur, while on the other hand, neoliberalism focuses on the possibility for cooperation to take place. According to...
Irresistible - Jon Stewart (2020)
Dissertation - 2 pages - Film studies
Irresistible is an American political comedy film written and directed by Jon Stewart and released in June 2020 in the US with as main characters: Steve Carell, Chris Cooper, Mackenzie Davis, Topher Grace, Natasha Lyonne, and Rose Byrne. This movie speaks about the political world specially in...
How did the BMW Group successfully launch the Mini Cooper?
Case study - 16 pages - Services marketing
The major demographic changes in France (Europe for that matter) in the last 10-15 years experienced the decrease in birth rate (13 children per 1000 women in 2006) an aging population and increase in the single-parent families and divorces. For a product such as the Mini Cooper, these figures...
Evolution of Jeans and the study of the brand: Lee Cooper
Case study - 6 pages - Services marketing
Introduction Over time, jeans have almost become an essential part of the wardrobes of the general population. The life cycle of the jeans market has naturally, changed with accordance to the economic and social factors of the last century and also according to the trends in the world of...
Lee Cooper: Internal and external recommendations for changing its image
Case study - 8 pages - Services marketing
For the last hundred years or so, the jeans market occupies one of the most important places in the apparel and textile industry. It has never stopped evolving. Lee Cooper is the oldest company (1908) in this market as it has been in existence since jeans were invented, and now seeks to give a...
European Union Law - Commentary: Article 4 of the EU Treaty (Member States' sovereignty/cooperation duties)
Thesis - 4 pages - European law
The document we are going to comment on is the article 4 of the EU Treaty, as modified by the Lisbon Treaty. It highlights the fact that the EU membership implies a great number of consequences for the member States. According to this article, although some rights belonging to the States are...
The State of the Questions Regarding Human Rights and Development in Chile, a Developing Country
Case study - 8 pages - International economy
As part of our research, we undertook an in-depth study of a specific subject that captivated us and aroused our keen interest. This research turned out to be an exciting exploration, as it enabled us to deepen our knowledge and develop expertise in a Chilean particular field. Chile represents...
Management and cultural aspects
Course material - 25 pages - Management
Human beings have needs in order to survive and the purpose of economic activity is to satisfy these needs by providing people with what they need. Such needs will vary from person to person because each person seeks different things at different times. Those who are poor would like to satisfy...
Cultural Differencies in International Business Negotiation: the Need for an Assessment of Influencial Factors
Litterature review - 14 pages - Management
With social conflict being ubiquitous, conflict management is a major challenge for humanity. Recently, researchers have advanced several theories and research on constructive solutions for conflict management. Negotiation is then proposed as the most effective way to do this according to...
Digital society
Course material - 33 pages - Sociology & social sciences
ICT is a major technological change whose effects have only begun to be measured for about ten years. Beyond the appearance of new activities related to ICT, such as start-ups, online shops for example, digital technologies have considerably facilitated the production and exchange of information....
The growing involvement of the European Union in the control of foreign investment in its territory
Essay - 6 pages - European union
This is what the European Commission said on March 25th, 2020 for the Member States concerning foreign direct investment and free movement of capital from third countries, and the protection of Europe's strategic assets. From this quotation, we can see that the European Union (EU) expressed...
Strategy management : Competition and cooperation in the Network level strategy
Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy
According to Bob De Wit and Ron Meyer, global strategy can be divided in three parts: process, content and context. These can be recognized in all business situations in relation to managers. The strategy process is defined as a set of essential questions about the business as a whole. In these...
For what reasons might MNEs cooperate with each other? What barriers are there to successful cooperation?
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
‘In a complex, uncertain world filled with dangerous opponents, it is best not to go it alone', (Ohmae, 1989). As globalization leads the world forward, national boundaries diminish and competition increases from less industrialized nations it becomes more and more difficult for firms to...
Similarities and Differences in Men's and Women's Cooperative Speaking Styles: An Analysis of Book Club Discussions
Tutorials/exercises - 11 pages - Linguistics & languages
Some of the most frequently referred to but potentially erroneous stereotypes regarding gendered speaking style differences involve dichotomies. Men are competitive - women are cooperative. Men focus on impersonal topics - women focus on personal topics. Men's speech is to report - women's...
The Missing Wealth of Nations - Gabriel Zucman (2013) - The Magnitude of the Hidden Offshore Wealth
Text commentary - 4 pages - Finance
Gabriel Zucman's The Missing Wealth of Nations is built around the solution to the following empirical puzzle: official statistics show that, at the global level, national liabilities exceed assets. In theory, it should not be possible, as a liability recorded in one place must be equalled by...
The United States and the World - Russia and China
Course material - 7 pages - Modern history
At the beginning of his first term, President Bush neglected Russia and considered China as the next major geopolitical adversary. At the same time, American analysts were quite confident that Washington would be able to manage the "Geostrategic Triad" between Washington, Moscow and Beijing to...
Civil Society NGOs & Private Sector Com-panies: Towards Cooperation?
Essay - 14 pages - Political science
In 2005, DuPont, an American chemical company and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), an environmental advocacy group, engaged in a partnership aiming at ensuring responsible development of a new high-tech domain, nanoscale materials. The project was also aimed at communicating with the global...
Industrial relations in the United States: A way from confrontation to cooperation
Essay - 6 pages - Labor law
The industrial relations characterize the employee-employers relation in a company. In the United States, the term “industrial relation” really appeared with the creation of the Commission on Industrial relations in 1912 after two leaders of the Structural Ironworkers Union killed...
Fair trade, from purchase intention to action, what solutions? The case of Alter Eco
Case study - 4 pages - Green marketing
The Hamon law of 2014, as well as the Macron law of 2015, defines fair trade. It is about ensuring relations with producers in southern countries gathered in structures with democratic governance. The sustainability of the commercial commitment, the payment by the buyer of a remunerative price...
DAC 6: The Mandatory Disclosure Regime
Practical guide - 4 pages - European law
Under the European Union's DAC6 tax disclosure coordination, the reporting requirements have become enforced across the member states after an almost seven-month postponement of reporting deadlines by many member states, as a result of the recent coronavirus pandemic. Complying with...
Rapprochement and cooperation between China and the United States: The revolutionary breakthrough which changed the balance of power forever
Thesis - 7 pages - International relations
The establishment of relations between the United States of America and the People's Republic of China (China) was in every sense a watershed in the history of foreign policy, and permanently altered the international system. U. S. President Richard M. Nixon's trip to China in February 1972 was...
The Middle East after World War I
Essay - 2 pages - Modern history
The paper will paint a clear picture of both the great chances and serious problems of the internationalists' plan to promote closer relationships among nations in the interwar period. While the excerpts depict an idealistic world of governance and war elimination through international...
A study of the various departments in a hotel and the cooperation needed to run the hotel smoothly
Tutorials/exercises - 19 pages - Business strategy
A hotel is not just one department nor is it a place where things just happen. It is a collection of various departments working together to make the organization, as a whole, a success. What one must appreciate is the size of the hotels and what it takes to make them run smoothly. This study is...
The end of WWII and the Cold War
Worksheets - 3 pages - Modern history
This document is a course material on the end of WWII and the Cold War.
Case Study Exam in International Commerce
Tutorials/exercises - 7 pages - International marketing
The document includes the answers to a case study exam in international commerce. Excerpt: "The company; Monper offers a variety of chocolate products. The company moves away from industrialized and mass-produced products and produces chocolate with 100% artisan process that protects the...
Entry mode decisions, internationalization and global marketing - The case of French Cakes
Case study - 5 pages - International marketing
When companies enter foreign markets, they make decisions about what kind of marketing and organizational setup to choose - these are called entry modes decision. The process of internationalization begins with the choice of foreign markets in which the company hopes to enter. In addition to...
