Reassessing Global Supply Chains: Challenges and Reshoring in the Wake of a Pandemic
Essay - 2 pages - Purchasing & supply chain
The global supply chain is a highly integrated system, which consists of a heterogeneous network of several partners that are situated in different countries and continents. The first key task to overcome in managing the wide area of cultural diversity is to understand cultural diverse...
Mental health in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional analyses from a community cohort study - Jia et al. (2020) - Validated measures of mental health
Text commentary - 2 pages - Psychology
The paper titled "Mental health in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: cross-sectional analyses from a community cohort study" by Jia et al. provides an in-depth analysis of the mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK population. The study is based on a large...
The Outcome of Digital Influence During the COVID Pandemic
Dissertation - 46 pages - Communication
Relationships are important in all societies of individuals and businesses. People-to-people interactions are essential. Consumers no longer buy products, they buy values, ethics and want to feel engaged to environmental purposes. Communication is not about speaking anymore, but listening and...
La Moria Grandissima and the Legacy of the Pandemic
Thesis - 5 pages - Ancient history
It is widely agreed that the Black Plague first emerged in Europe in the fourteenth century around the years of 1347-48. One of the deadliest and most significant pandemics in human history, the Black Plague changed not only the face of Europe, but Asia as well, and in some ways the human...
Issues in Communicating the Avian Influenza Pandemic
Essay - 3 pages - Medical studies
The threat of avian influenza is one that differs significantly from the annual dose of flu we experience, and the occurrence of an influenza pandemic would be devastating if the public relied only on its current typical flu attitudes and practices. Avian influenza presents an enormous...
Physical and Mental Impact of COVID-19 to the Collegiate Athletes
Litterature review - 4 pages - Sports
The COVID-19 epidemic in late 2019 was a central global turning point that affected all facets of human existence. The pandemic was considered an international issue by WHO in early 2020 due to its widespread effects. College athletes were among those most affected because they were used...
How to Manage Great Resignation - The Economist (2021) - How Firms can Rethink their Recruitment Strategy for Keeping their Workforce in Place and Motivated?
Text commentary - 4 pages - International economy
This article from The Economist was edited approximately one year ago (late November 2021), two years after the pandemic crisis. Economies are impacted in many ways. First of all, human resource managers have to reinvent their job. For two years, the job market has been struggling due to...
Essay on international agreements : sales of Covid-19 vaccines
Essay - 5 pages - International law
This situation has changed the world. Experiencing such situations require a certain level of implication and commitment on the international scale. Meaning, all the countries were henceforth concerned about this pandemic. Fever, dry cough, and exhaustion are the most prevalent Covid-19...
Financial Risk Management - In which circumstances should you hold gold?
Essay - 9 pages - Finance
The universal crisis of capitalism that shook the world in the year 2008 showed that speculative business, especially mortgage loans, are at high risk, because in the long term they triggered a crisis due to the bursting of the bubble financial. They have thus shown that there is no way to...
Is Petco positioned for long-term growth? - Caroline Jansen (2022) - Is Petco's positioning adjustment effective?
Text commentary - 2 pages - Brand management
This article was published on April 4, 2022, on Retail Dive and written by Caroline Jansen. This article discusses the new procedures put in place by the large American pet retailer Petco to expand. Indeed, after the pandemic, more and more households, being in need of company, adopted...
HIV / AIDS - Definition, Transmission Mode and Prevention
Course material - 3 pages - Medical studies
AIDS or acquired immunosuppression syndrome, revealed in 1981, is the serious consequence of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), responsible for a reduction in cellular immunity which is a source of opportunistic infections. The improvement of immune functions under multi...
Fictions and Realities - A Tweet About COVID-19
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Linguistics & languages
This tweet was published on October 26th 2020, at a time when the number of positive cases in the United States reached 500.000 cases, according to the CDC. Trump frequently attributed the rise in COVID-19 cases to increased testing rather than a rise in infections. He tries to understate the...
The most prominent events that the world and Europe have lived through, especially during the last decade, their repercussions and the most important measures taken to avoid or reduce their severity
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Modern history
The origin of the crisis dates back to ancient times, when it was derived from the Greek word krino, meaning an important or decisive decision. From the political field, the crisis is considered: a case that discusses the aspects of the political system, which also requires a decision to confront...
Market Study - The Do it Yourself in the UK
Market study - 9 pages - Distribution marketing
The world's do-it-yourself home development market has gotten expected to reach 27 billion pounds by the fourth quarter of 2022, at an intriguing Compound Annual Growth Rate of 40 percent between 2017 and 2022 (Seo et al., 2021). The United Kingdom has not only managed to achieve but also...
Porter's five forces, PESTEL and SWOT analysis - Puma France
Case study - 6 pages - Sport marketing
"Puma SE is a German company specializing in the manufacture of sporting goods founded in 1948 by Rudolf Dassler, older brother of Adolf Dassler founder of Adidas, and based in Herzogenaurach in Bavaria." This brand certainly manufactures sporting goods but its greatest strength lies in the...
Optimizing Remote Work Environments: Exploring the Influence of Green Office Design on Employee Well-being and Productivity in Post-COVID Urban Settings
Dissertation - 3 pages - Ecology & environment
The pandemic triggered the revolution of telecommunication, which brought different problems with it, among which are workers' low productivity and well-being. Green office design, proactive in applying biophilic elements and sustainable features, looks likely to diminish these issues....
Sustainable remote work practices for progressive reductions of road traffic emissions
Dissertation - 68 pages - Ecology & environment
Although technology developments brought about possibilities for all work which could be done remotely to be done remotely within the Netherlands, limitations for additional and sustainable implementation of remote work practices remained. Secondary research sheds light on the extent to which...
Recession and Stabilization (COVID Stimulus Globally)
Essay - 3 pages - International economy
The COVID-19 pandemic triggered the most severe world recession, upon which most countries resorted to numerous fiscal stimulus policies to restore stability and economic growth. The undertaken measures came in different sizes and designs, signaling different national capacities and...
Critical thinking questions - Social problem
Essay - 1 pages - Sociology & social sciences
I think that the most important social problem facing the world today is global warming, because it is a natural issue which is growing enormously and we can't stop it. We can certainly limit it by changing our daily habits but that won't make it stop or disappear so we have to live with...
The post-COVID-19 Automotive Industry - Challenges and Solutions
Sectorial analysis - 5 pages - Purchasing & supply chain
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on all industries. While the tourism sector, as well as the aeronautics sector, has been particularly affected by the pandemic, several other sectors are also facing a similar crisis. This is particularly the case with the...
Taiwan's Semiconductor Shortage: Origins and Geopolitical Future
Case study - 6 pages - International economy
Semiconductors have become a central factor in our 21st century. As technology is used in all fields of human activity, from refrigerators to laptops, from electric cars to artificial intelligence, and from solar panels to military weapons, the need for electronic chips has grown and the demand...
SWOT Analysis - Qatar Airways
Case study - 4 pages - Tourism marketing
Qatar Airways is the flag carrier of the State of Qatar in the Middle East. The company is known to be one of the best airlines in the world in terms of safety, comfort, image. Its main air hub is located in Doha, Qatar, and the company operates flights all over the world, sometimes via...
How is globalisation today and how a firm should adapt to that?
Essay - 8 pages - Micro-economy, job-unemployment
The 21st century saw unprecedented financial, economic, political and sanitary crisis. The environment of globalization was affected by these challenges. So, concerns about reversed globalization or de-globalization appeared. The following analysis demonstrates that Globalization is not...
The cosmetics marketing
Case study - 5 pages - Luxury marketing
The cosmetics industry is a huge and profitable market in the world. Today, this market is worth billions. In fact, according to the Cosmetics Europe and the personal care association in 2020, Europe was the largest market in the world, with 76.7 billion euros; followed by the USA with 72.3...
How should HR respond to "The Great Resignation"?
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Human resources
The experts coined the term "The Great Resignation" to refer to a wave of resignations after the Covid-19 pandemic. As per a report, around 40% of people thought of quitting their jobs. It is hard to pinpoint one specific cause of The Great Resignation; in fact, there are multiple factors...
Pestel Analysis - The real estate market in the US
Case study - 6 pages - Services marketing
The United States' housing market is experiencing a considerable shift. As the government tries to quell the impacts of inflation with relatively higher interest rates, every other aspect of the economy from foreclosure rates to housing market prices remains in flux. As such, housing prices...
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...
"Fake news is the real virus!" (2020) - Fiction and reality
Text commentary - 1 pages - Linguistics & languages
In May 2020, during the early days of the pandemic, a protester in California held a sign sharing a worrying idea. By calling fake news the real virus, they meant that lies and false claims about COVID-19 were actually a bigger problem than the disease itself.
How to Find Resilience after a Traumatic Domestic Violence?
Litterature review - 7 pages - Psychology
This work is a great opportunity to explore an area that is debated more every day in the media, but that required a deeper psychological analysis to understand causes and to provide keys for wellbeing relief. Domestic violence, the traumas that it causes and how we deal with them in our...
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...
