Unilever: Corporate Sustainability Report
Case study - 9 pages - Management
Sustainability has become the buzz word in many companies and industries in recent years. All major organizations operate some form of sustainability program, as there will be certification of the amount of documentation on their website. But most of them also publish their responsible attitude...
Distribution and franchising
Presentation - 26 pages - Business strategy
Distribution is the process of moving a product from its manufacturing source to its customers. Producer and wholesaler have a strong link and some obligations toward the other. The choice of the distribution channel is essential to the success or the failure of a brand. There are several...
Logistical evaluation of Igeho Basel 2011
Essay - 8 pages - Management
IGEHO is the International Exhibitions for Hotels, Catering and Extra-domestic consumption. IGEHO offers an overview of a humongous range of products and services and also provides a great platform for networking to anyone who is professionally a part of the Food and Hotel industry. IGEHO till...
E-Tourism in Europe. The E-CRM and ITCs adoption issues: how to retain customers?
Case study - 37 pages - Economy general
E-tourism offers the potential to make information and booking facilities available to a large number of consumers at a relatively lower cost. Among its several advantages are that it enables the tourism sector to make large scale savings on the production and distribution of print and other...
How Can Outsourcing to Emerging Markets Be Used to Gain Competitive Advantage?
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, the world has become more globalised than ever (Global Policy, 2003). This globalisation has changed the world and especially the economic and business structure of emerging countries. Outsourcing is ‘a contractual delegation to an outside...
Dell: Analyzing financial statement
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
products, from desktop personal computers (PC) to peripherals. Founded in 1984 in Texas by then-student Michael Dell, the company was as of January 2012 the third largest PC vendor in the world . Conducting its business worldwide through numerous subsidiaries, Dell provides IT solutions and...
Strategic analysis of Ryanair
Thesis - 20 pages - Business strategy
Studying and understanding the strategy of a firm, is an analysis of both the internal as well as external influences on the company. Indeed, all elements present around the company have an influence on its activities and its strategic choices. Thus, it is essential to study the market as a whole...
Marks & Spencer Case Study
Case study - 5 pages - Management
The hardest part for a modern business is to create a brand which is known, trusted and admired by the nation. It is a process which can take decades to get right. However, we have to keep in mind that the brand image can be destroyed in a matter of days. Currently, the company Marks & Spencer...
The Garden Organic Restaurant: Business Plan
Business plan - 29 pages - Services marketing
The Garden, a trendy organic restaurant, and classified as a health food restaurant, will open in April 2005 in the city of London (England) on Jamaica Road. The Garden is a great place to eat, offering the blend of an intriguing atmosphere with excellent, tasty, original and good quality...
Business Plan Medco, 2009
Business plan - 12 pages - Services marketing
Motor insurance is the most familiar and widespread product of the insurance industry. With almost 300 million vehicles on the road, Europe has the largest motor insurance market in the world. The motor market is also the largest sector in non-life insurance business and it generated a total...
Producing coconut oil for industrial purposes in Madagascar
Thesis - 27 pages - Business strategy
As the Malagasy economy does not hold forth great prospects for the industrial utilization of coconut oil, we propose to create a company called "Enterprise for the Industrial Exploitation of Coconut Oil" to improve it. The objective of the project: - Ensure the development of the market...
SABMiller: Strategy behind the success in a hostile environment
Case study - 13 pages - Business strategy
There are very few South African companies that can boast of a history of 100 years. Despite this situation, SABMiller crossed the twentieth century in a country whose political system has a disastrous influence on the development of the local companies. The strategy carried out by SAB enabled...
An analysis of both micro and macro environments of Russia, Sweden and Spain in order to evaluate the potential to internationalize a DVD player product
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
This report will analyze the micro and macro environments of Russia, Sweden and Spain in order to evaluate the potential to internationalize in each country. Pennine Electronics is a small to medium size enterprise based in the UK and consists of 150 employees. Its incentive to internationally...
Financial Analysis of Carrefour
Case study - 10 pages - Finance
This report is the financial analysis of a EU-listed consolidated group, the Carrefour group. This company, operating on the retail sector, seemed to be an interesting company for us to analyze. Majority of the companies in this industry are characterized by a negative working capital requirement...
The absorption of Lucent by Alcatel (2006)
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
Introduction For a Master CCA especially for the current tax-merger, we must prepare a detailed report that reflects a tax, accounting and legal perspectives on merger or on absorption. We chose to examine the case of Lucent and Alcatel. Alcatel acquired Lucent at the end of 2006. We thought...
Is the consumer always sovereign in the free market economy?
Thesis - 5 pages - Economy general
Theoretically, the free enterprise market economy produces a situation in which the law of supply and demand, in conjunction with a competitive economic environment and well-informed consumers guarantees consumer sovereignty. The consumer possesses a significant advantage over suppliers...
Need for financial statement analysis in a computer hardware industry
Tutorials/exercises - 38 pages - Finance
Financial management, as an integral part of overall management is not totally an independent area. It draws heavily on related disciplines and fields of study such as economics, accounting, marketing, production and quantitative methods. The scope of finance function was treated by the...
McDonald's and the McCafe Coffee Initiative: A presentation
Presentation - 20 pages - Business strategy
McDonald Canada opened in 1976, after a decade of operating in Untied States. McDonald Canada was the first McDonald restaurant to be opened outside the United States. McDonald Canada has 1200 locations throughout the country and 70% of them are owned by franchisees. Company's success is based...
Amazon.com: Case study
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
Amazon.com (AMZN) does not publish a public or known official mission statement, yet the company's mission and goals can be revealed by examining the concepts of Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder and CEO. Bezos has stated that the strategy at Amazon.com is to provide the customer with the best...
An empirical study on the relationship between outsourcing determinant factors and outsourcing performance in Korea
Essay - 10 pages - Business strategy
The Outsourcing Industry has grown at a swift pace and evolved over time, and the Global IT Outsourcing market has shown signs of a steady growth. The domestic IT Outsourcing market is also no exception. The domestic IT Outsourcing industry is characterized by a bigger share of a captive market...
Cisco financial analysis
Case study - 6 pages - Finance
The computer network industry had undergone an economic slowdown of 4% in 2002/2003, after two years of sustained growth with two figures. Moreover, many computer network suppliers outsource their production to reduce their cost. As a consequence there were mass redundancies in Alcatel,...
Brand management - published: 29/09/2010
Case study - 21 pages - Services marketing
In these modern times, we can notice that many managers prefer sales or operations instead of brand management. Indeed, this task is less useful in a basic commercialisation process. But they are wrong and we will prove the efficiency of brand management, which is the creator of more value....
The VSM Group: Company analysis
Case study - 8 pages - Management
VSM group has been developing, manufacturing and selling household sewing machines for more than 130 years after its first sewing machine was launched in 1872. It became an independent company after it was divested from Electrolux and acquired by the investment fund, Industri Kapital in 1997....
Analysis of Carrefour's failures and success (citing the example of China and Mexico)
Thesis - 12 pages - Business strategy
‘Carrefour', which means ‘Crossroads' in French, is an international hypermarket chain headquartered in Levallois-Perret. A year after its conception in 1959, its first supermarket was opened in Annecy in Haute-Savoie. Today, in the large distribution sector, the Carrefour group is the...
Risk management in the supply chain
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
Risk management has become a strategic issue for companies since the early 90s. Risk management involves being able to control risks, or at least prevent them. The main objectives behind this process are: increasing the competitiveness of a company, and reducing the company's vulnerability to...
PESTEL analysis and Porter's Five Forces - Innocent Drinks Company
Case study - 10 pages - Management
Companies utilizing proactive approach cannot distance from conducting regular environment scanning to avoid hurried reactionary response to emerging trends. Performing a PESTEL analysis facilitates knowledge finer details of the external environment. In that view, the PESTEL analysis of Innocent...
SWOT Analysis - General Electric
Case study - 5 pages - International marketing
Sometimes confused with the English company General Electric Company (GEC) or with the French company General Elektriks, General Electric (GE) is an American company born from the merger of Thomson Houston Electric Company and Edison General Electric Company in 1892. Its activities span several...
Strategy and organization of the Ford group
Thesis - 14 pages - Business strategy
While developing a strategy, a company no longer considers each supplier, customer or competitor as enemies who will undermine its immediate benefits. Automakers around the world now share this vision, which is why they have completely changed the nature of their relationships with their...
Risk management in a supply chain
Case study - 4 pages - Management
The management of risks has constituted a strategic issue for companies since the early 90s. Risk Management involves being able to control risks, or at least prevent them. The main objectives behind this process are: increasing the competitiveness of a company, and reducing the company's...
Presentation of McDonald's strategies in France
Case study - 9 pages - Services marketing
In more than half a century of existence, this leader of American fast food has made a global mark and became the largest fast food chain, serving 46 million customers a day. It is a multinational company with over 30,000 franchisees in 121 countries, which recorded a turnover of $20.46 billion...
