Facing the inevitable: A psychological and social analysis of reactions to epidemics
Thesis - 6 pages - Psychology
In light of the growing threat of the avian flu, we thought it would be useful to investigate the psychological coping mechanisms that people employ to deal with pandemics and to try to minimize chaos by predicting these responses. Using historical accounts of epidemics, we concluded that...
Comparing the response to cholera in Zimbabwe with SARS response in Toronto - Public health systems in crisis
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
This is an article about two diseases: cholera and SARS. Pandemics today potentially can spread from one part of the globe to another. The spread of SARS from Hong Kong where it was first identified and isolated, to Toronto (which was particularly hard hit), in part has to do with the...
A history of the Black Death and its impact in late medieval Europe
Thesis - 9 pages - Medieval history
The Black Death was one of the deadliest pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1347 C.E. and 1351 C.E, reducing the population of Europe by nearly half, and resulting in widespread socio-economic and other changes. Medieval people referred to this catastrophe as the "Great...
Porter's Five Forces - Zoom
Case study - 5 pages - ICT marketing
Zoom is a mobile application that saw the light of day in 2011. It is a messaging and videoconferencing application, available on all devices, regardless of the operating system or format (smartphone, tablet, computer). Accessible anywhere in the world, it is mainly used by professionals in the...
The MoMA of New York and the French visitors
Case study - 2 pages - Tourism marketing
At the end of 2019, MoMA received about 3 million visitors each year, half of whom came from outside the United States . Even if it is difficult to obtain figures on the number of French visitors today, there is no doubt that their appetite for art makes them prime targets for visiting MoMA in...
The Invasion of Bacillus
Essay - 2 pages - Biology
Beep… beep… click… click … this just in: A pandemic breakout of unheard of proportions. Is it anthrax? Or clostridia? It could be, but authorities believe the culprit is Bacillus cereus (49133). B. cereus is a cousin strain to both Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) and...
Our minds can be hijacked: the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia - Paul Lewis (Guardian October 2017)
Law article commentary - 2 pages - Computer science
These developers that created the current internet social environment and that have started to disconnect themselves from this environment. The article that appeared in "The Guardian", issue of October 2017, titled as "Our minds can be hijacked: the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia",...
The Impact of COVID-19 on South African Financial Markets
Case study - 8 pages - Finance
A new type of corona virus first identified in December 2019 has swept across the globe infecting millions of people. The virus, scientifically known as COVID-19, has caused many governments to declare a national state of disaster and to implement nationwide lockdowns to prevent the spread of the...
Politics and crisis management
Essay - 6 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Crisis management has certainly become a critical feature of contemporary management and governance. During periods of crisis, members of organizations and communities expect leaders to work out strategies that minimize the impacts of crises at hand, while bureaucratic competitors and critics try...
Comparison: Things we didn't see coming by Steven Amsterdam and the short story -The Dogs life by Tim Richards.
Case study - 7 pages - Educational studies
Things we didn't see coming is in the form of nine adjoined episodes which follow the life of an unnamed protagonist. Amsterdam, the author of this book, also holds other works like Cakewalk, What we know now and Best Medicine to his name. He possesses an acute sense for threats to humanity...
Financial Statement Analysis - BMW
Case study - 12 pages - Finance
The Liquidity and Solvency section aims to analyze the financial situation of BMW through two different perspectives: Firstly, by analyzing its liquidity, which indicates the ability to pay its short-term liabilities, and secondly, by evaluating its solvency, which indicates the ability to pay...
Moving toward Men-streaming Development
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Men have always been known to exercise power socially over women. This is as a result of how gender has been socialized in various regions and communities. It has hence resulted to discrimination, inequalities and women subordination in all major activities. This issue seems to be ignored so much...
Harmonization of gender based violence messages for use in IEC materials
Essay - 12 pages - Sociology & social sciences
Gender-based violence is a global pandemic and human rights violation that hinders both individual and societal development. Furthermore, the prevailing socioeconomic and political inequalities between the sexes ensure that women and girls are most susceptible to violence. Global surveys...
What are the main obstacles to the provision of global public goods?
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Global public goods are hard to define. Even though, there is a consensus about the definitions of public goods and collective goods, there exists different approaches. Public goods are supposed to be available for all and they are characterized by two principles: non-rivalry, which means that...
The function of sleep and its effects on health deprivation
Thesis - 13 pages - Medical studies
A human being spends on average 28 years of his life sleeping. The role of sleep remains obscure but the consequences of its deprivation on the health is of growing interest. It appears that sleep deprivation is associated with certain conditions related to food (obesity and diabetes) by altering...
Strategic Analysis - Tesla Inc.
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
The strategic analysis of an organisation is significantly important for the success in its endeavors. The success of organisation is greatly dependent on the management that plays a vital role in the decision-making and their decisions facilitate the achievement of organisational goals and...
The growth of the Luxembourg real estate market: speculative bubble or viable situation?
Dissertation - 38 pages - Economy general
Demand for housing is very high in Luxembourg, but new construction is not enough to meet it, especially since no new real estate projects are planned for 2023. In addition, borrowing is made difficult by the rise in interest rates on mortgages. Indeed, since the end of the year 2022,...
The Politics of Liberty
Essay - 2 pages - Social, moral & civic education
The new generation of American children is the first in United States history who are expected to live shorter lives than their parent generation. The trend is largely a result of poor health and not projected increases in crime or auto-accidents or some other factor. And the new generation's...
Glaxo Smithkline : inter-cultural overview
Case study - 10 pages - Management
In today's markets, international trends represent a large part of exchanges. In most cases, companies act on an international level: they try to sell their products all over the world in order to find new opportunity markets. They expect to find competition-advantaged resource providers on...
Environmental risks and sustainable development
Essay - 7 pages - Ecology & environment
In 2006, Davis Guggenheim and Al Gore released a movie called “An inconventient Truth: Global Warming”, and this movie basically talks about the risks associated with development. In 2007, they were honored with the Noble Peace award by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on...
The today health crisis poses the problem of its financing in large part by public debt - With the subprime crisis, how can the impact of such a cost be sustainable on the budget ?
Dissertation - 8 pages - International economy
According to an article published on April 28, 2020, in the newspaper Les Echos and written by Renaud Honoré, the current rate of French public debt is twice as high as that of the subprime crisis in 2008. In fact, we never reached these figures since the Second World War. European debt rules...
The COVID-19 Impacts on Tourism Industry - The Japan's Case
Thesis - 13 pages - Tourism marketing
It is within the frame of the Master of Applied Foreign Languages in English and Japanese at Jean Moulin Lyon III University that I did a two-month-internship in the DMC EXO Travel Japan. This Japanese office is part of a bigger group: EXO Travel. It was within the MICE team in Tokyo that I had...
World Trade Business Game - Austria, Malaysia, Bolivia - Gas, Timber
Tutorials/exercises - 16 pages - Business strategy
This document is a comprehensive analysis of 3 country potentials in terms of international trade globally, and specifically in the timber and gas markets.
The organic products market in the US
Case study - 9 pages - Distribution marketing
The organic products industry within the United States markets has grown significantly within the past twenty years. As a matter of fact, the organic products sector has ranked highest among the fastest-growing sectors within the United States, which further raises questions about how this...
The organic products market in the UK
Case study - 9 pages - Distribution marketing
The consumption of organic food substances has soared within the past years across the United Kingdom, as people have sought high-quality food substances and eaten healthy foods, driving the most considerable year-on-year increase in the sale of natural substances in fifteen years. The organic...
Reflections on Brexit and personal development: navigating challenges and opportunities
Tutorials/exercises - 8 pages - Economy general
Brexit's impact encompasses numerous areas - from trade and investment to immigration and regulation. These areas are interrelated, and changes in one aspect could have knock-on effects on others, contributing to the complexity. For instance, new trade agreements could affect investment...
International strategy analysis of Galeries Lafayette
Case study - 7 pages - Management
This assessment has been done on Galeries Lafayette Group. The group has been a pioneer in terms of business and distribution, with stores located in traditional city centers. The group has then diversified its core-business and acquired quite a lot of companies. BHV Marais, La Redoute,...
Femicide and Human Rights: Understanding and Classifying Gender-Based Violence under E.U. Law
Thesis - 20 pages - Public liberties
In 2008, the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, during the launch of a campaign intending to end violence targeting women, said that the only global truth is that "violence against women is never acceptable, never excusable, never tolerable". The statement was a revelation that society...
Harvesting Hope: Strategies For the Revitalization of Rural Churches Amidst the Ongoing Impact of Covid-19
Case study - 2 pages - Sociology & social sciences
This research paper contributes to churches' immediate and ever-changing situations post-COVID-19. A tremendous experience of over thirty years working as a preacher and a pastor is significant to me. I am motivated by this journey because of the rural church community of which I am a part....
Impact of avian flu on poultry industry
Thesis - 5 pages - Social, moral & civic education
In the final years of World War I, soldiers fighting in the trenches began suffering from an unusual disease that was subsequently labeled Spanish flu. While the first outbreak of this disease was detected in May of 1919, within a few months the number of cases and deaths caused by this virus...
