Core values of International Relations - Saudi Arabian national Constitution
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
The Saudi Arabian national Constitution and concept of rule of law is based on the Qur'an, which identifies itself as the rule of law. The 1992 Constitution or the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia clearly states that the kingdom is a sovereign State with Islam as the religion of...
Saudi Arabia - Trade elasticity
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
As a result of the spike in prices of oil in the 70s together with an increase in the production of oil and high Gross Domestic Product (GDP) averaging to more than 11 percent in a year, the Saudi Arabian economy grew tremendously. However, in the 1980s, oil pieces began to fall leading to...
Poor Water Sanitation Management in Saudi Arabia
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Various definitions exist that describe sanitation, but according to Castro & Heller, (2012, pp34), sanitation refers to the process of keeping hygienic condition within our surrounding all the time. In the presence of poor sanitation, our healths are in danger due to various negative effects it...
The political system of Saudi Arabia
Essay - 10 pages - Political science
The genesis of the modern Saudi state: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was formed recently after their warriors struggled against the Ottoman hegemony. But to took three attempts to actually impose their authority. The history of the modern Saudi state is based on the...
A geological study of Saudi Arabia - particularly the Red Sea Margin
Dissertation - 3 pages - Geology
The write up tries to study the structural and topological evolution with a focus on tectonic developments to understand the geological characteristics of Saudi Arabia. Various theories, postulates and hypothesis have been used to find out how the modern day country with diverse...
Marketing plan for Caudalie products in Saudi Arabia
Case study - 55 pages - Services marketing
Caudalie, founded in 1993 by two people: Mathilde Bernard Thomas and Professor Vercauteren, features products made from grape pips (from wine producer: Laffite), which are considered to be highly beneficial for the skin. Two years later, the duo launched their first range of products. Keeping in...
Saudi Arabia and its rule by the kingdoms
Thesis - 8 pages - Political science
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was proclaimed on September 18, 1932, by king Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saoud, after a war which lasted for nearly about thirty years. This State resulted from an alliance concluded in the 18th century between the tribe from Al Saoud and Mohammed Abdel...
Why the Saudi Government Implemented Banning Exports of Cement?
Case study - 6 pages - Criminal law
In 2009, the ban was partially lifted following an upsurge in demand in the Middle Eastern countries. Other factor was the continued fall in country's GDP growth rate projections for the past 2 years forcing the adjustment on foreign trade policies to boost the balance of payments. The outlaw has...
Geopolitics of the Iranian Country
Course material - 16 pages - Political science
Islam became more militant after the fall of the caliphate. From the beginning of the 1920s, the Syrian Rashid Rida (1865-1935) was the first to refer to the notion of the Islamic State (al-dawla islamiyya), but without proposing a systematic political program. The return to Islamic Law...
International Companies and their Strategies
Case study - 10 pages - Management
As a result of the globalisation that we are witnessing for more than twenty decades, the smallest of companies could cross seas and establish business in foreign lands, as a consequence of that, many names have been given to these companies that succeeded in doing business abroad. The three main...
The United States and the World - Transnational problems today as seen from Washington
Course material - 12 pages - Political science
In the document issued in September 2002, "The National Security Strategy of the USA", two essential goals of US national policy were stressed: the defeat of "Global terrorism" and "to prevent our enemies from threatening us, our allies, and our friends with weapons of mass destruction". Those...
The willingness of Saudi Civil Defense to respond to flooding disaster at Jedah
Case study - 8 pages - Educational studies
The area of Jedah is prone to flooding due to its escarpment topography in the event of any exceptional storms. The heavy rain ever experienced in the area on 25th November 2009 led to the death of many people who were variously reported to be between 123 and 161. Other reports claimed that this...
Effect of discharge of domestic sewage on Coral Reefs in Southern Corniche in Jeddah
Essay - 8 pages - Biology
Despite the important role that coral reefs play in the ecosystem, various human activities have led to their destruction over the years. This is mostly due to the solid and dissolved wastes released into the sea with insufficient treatment. In Jeddah, the second largest city in Saudi...
PEST analysis of Dubai for Nissan Company: Dubai
Case study - 3 pages - Economy general
Dubai is one of the seven semi-autonomous states forming the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and it is particularly renowned for economic activities that have seen the residents' spending power increase. The strong economy in Dubai and the affluence in adjacent emirates and nations such as...
Case study: Marketing strategy of Air Arabia
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
When Air Arabia was launched a few years back, the main competitors in the airline industry in the region were Emirates Airlines, Etihad Airways and Gulf Air. Emirates Airlines had the biggest share in the market since it had already been established and was known for its high quality...
Jarhead - Sam Mendes (2005) - The place of men and women in society during the war
Artwork commentary - 3 pages - Film studies
Jarhead is a trip movie and also a movie of war that tells the stories of the soldiers, it was filmed in the late 1970s, Sam Mendes directed the film based on the true story of Anthony Swofford's private life as a military man in the US marine, the movie takes us back to the Gulf War. The...
How to measure the value of a professional football player through a financial valuation model?
Dissertation - 8 pages - Sport marketing
The takeover of Newcastle United FC, 19th in the English Premier League, for 350 million euros by a Saudi public investment fund illustrates the attractiveness of football as a thriving and diverse industry. Indeed, the fund's liquidity is estimated at 400 billion dollars, making...
China-Middle East relations and how the natural resources affect their relations
Thesis - 6 pages - International relations
It remains without a doubt that the economic boom that China has witnessed in the last few decades had many implications for other regions of the world, including the Middle East. To fuel its ever increasing production and consumption patterns, and its ultimate search for economic profit, China...
Economic and political transition in Bahrain: Strong Rentier States and Strong Rentier Societies
Essay - 18 pages - Political science
Bahrain, often overlooked in both academic and media analyses of the Middle East, has a strategic importance hidden by its small size. As home of the American Fifth Fleet, Bahrain hosts a deterrent against Iran from blockading the Straits of Hormuz as it has recently threatened to do. As such...
Kuwait: The hidden moneymaker of the middle East
Thesis - 8 pages - Geography
Kuwait is a small sovereign emirate strategically located on the northwestern coast of the Persian Gulf, tucked between Saudi Arabia and Iraq. The name comes from an Arabic word translating to fortress built near water, which it very much looks like on a map. It has a...
US policy towards the Taliban since the end of the cold war
Thesis - 2 pages - International relations
The withdrawal of Soviet troops in 1989 did not provoke the fall of Najibullah's communist regime, but rather the beginning of Civil war between the different factions and ethnics. The US was officially not interested anymore in that part of the world and focused primarily in Europe. However, the...
Effat's new roses
Thesis - 2 pages - Journalism
The article Effat's new roses, from the current issue of Saudi Aramco World, opens with a sense of anticipation. The lead welcomes readers to graduation night at Effat College, the first private women's college in Saudi Arabia. The article goes on to detail the...
The importation and the marketing of wines and spirits in Dubai
Market study - 45 pages - Economy general
The Federation of UAE is an Arab country that tolerates the import and marketing of alcohol in a very strict manner. We place ourselves in a Muslim country in the vicinity of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, in order to study it. We all know the position of Islam vis-a-vis...
Oil depletion and use of vehicles: what are the alternative energies?
Essay - 13 pages - Journalism
In our modern society, oil is omnipresent in our habits and plays a significant role. It has several stakes in economical, political and strategic fields. Indeed oil is considered as the best energy source because it is easily extracted, stocked and transformed. Moreover, its energy yield is very...
The international success of IKEA
Essay - 12 pages - Services marketing
The IKEA story began in 1943 when a young Swede, Ingvar Kamprad, was offered by his father a sum of money as a graduation gift. Ingvar Kamprad used the money to start a business which he called IKEA. This young business executive's idea was to position his company to a market segment that...
Authoritarianism is a form of government
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
Authoritarianism is a form of government in which concentrated and highly concentrated in a small group of politicians. A political condition of authoritarianism exists when those in power leave little or no freedom of choice to those over whom they govern, either because they believe that the...
(Re)Constructing Afghanistan: After the Bonn agreement
Essay - 17 pages - International relations
The 5th of December 2001, the Bonn agreement was the first text attempting to build a basis for a new start of the Afghan nation after the American invasion. It was set by international actors as different as the UN, who supervised the conference, the US, the EU, Saudi Arabia and...
Death penalty administration: Racially biased?
Thesis - 9 pages - Civil law
More than 350 people have been executed in the USA since 1990. The U.S.A. has the highest known death row population on earth at over 3, 300. In 1997 the USA carried out 74 executions--the highest number for the last four decades. Only China, Saudi Arabia and Iran were known to...
OPEC's effective resistance to strong western powers
Case study - 3 pages - Political science
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was one of the first organizations of the developing world to effectively resist Western superpowers. Before OPEC, Western countries colonized developing nations and exploited their natural resources with little resistance from these countries....
Comparative analysis of the key success factors in a public relations agency in GB and other countries. (Placement report)
Essay - 15 pages - Management
During June and July, I did my first internship in a public relations company based in London, called Bell Pottinger. I didn't know exactly what the challenges were in this field, so it was a chance to learn many new things. Chime Communications PLC is the holding company of 35 companies...