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...
Financial globalization
Course material - 3 pages - Finance
The term financial globalization refers to a free movement of finance across national boundaries without facing any restrictions. Financial globalization requires the introduction of a worldwide single currency managed and regulated by a single international monetary authority. The first...
The Presence of Innovation and Creativity in The Workplace and its Impacts
Essay - 4 pages - Management
This research will be focused on the business field, within the organisation, it will be discussing the importance of constant innovation and creativity as primary assets that an enterprise can use to its benefit, as well as how it can easily positively impact a business. When both united can...
Human Resources - Comparison Between Two Countries, Japan and United States of America
Case study - 6 pages - Human resources
In this paper, I will be comparing two countries, which are the United States and Japan. I will be discussing all forms of similarities and differences. I chose those two countries because the large geographical distance and strong language barrier between them also plays a role in the extent of...
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...
Example of a financial analysis - Air Liquide
Financial analysis - 7 pages - Finance
Our analysis focuses on the French International company Air Liquide a world leader in the production and distribution of gas and services for industry and health. We will analyse Air Liquide, focusing on its business model, its market and its financial performance. Our analysis focuses on the...
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 automotive industry....
Logistics Optimisation: The Case of Storage
Case study - 11 pages - Logistics
The logistical organisation, as part of the routing of products, from manufacturing to the points of consumption, is a succession of transport and warehousing phases. Within the framework of the logistical platform, storage is the upstream part of the process, handled by the reception and stock...
How to Write a Successful Business Plan?
Practical guide - 9 pages - Startup, entrepreneurship
In order to achieve any goal or project, all companies face a common problem: "planning for the future". Indeed, the reality is that we cannot predict precisely what will happen in the future or the consequences our present decisions will have on that future. However, entrepreneurs have a tool...
Recruitment: methods, trends...
Dissertation - 10 pages - Human resources
Recruitment is one of the most essential components of human resource management in any company today. In France where the unemployment rate remains high, and with candidates who are being forced to combine several skills and sometimes even several jobs, it is interesting to explore the subject...
Critical analysis of ExxonMobil and British Petroleum
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
ExxonMobil is an American multinational, with its corporate headquarters in the city of Irving in the state of Texas. It is considered a leader in the industry of energy and petrochemicals in all its fundamental characteristics, they operate facilities: managing all processes from manufacturing...
Financial Statement Analysis
Course material - 2 pages - Management control
Financial statements are accounting reports that firm issues periodically to describe its past performance. Investors, financial analysts, managers and other interested parties such as creditors rely on financial statements to obtain reliable information about a corporation. The three required...
Leadership Skills and Team Performance
Essay - 3 pages - Management
It is, nowadays, difficult to determine what makes a great leader, in particular in project management teams. Indeed, according to Roselinde Torres, most of the used leading models are based on old success models that are now obsolete. Most companies failed in creating great leaders. The...
Four Seasons George V - Decisons after a SWOT study
Essay - 3 pages - Management
Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, the world leader in luxury hotels, has positioned itself in the highest markets in international rankings. His Parisian hotel, the Four Seasons George V continues the ascent of his son. Stunning floral creations, 3 Michelin-starred restaurants, a first in...
PESTEL Analysis - Nike - published: 29/07/2020
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
Nike is an American brand that is now known throughout the world and is legally run by a limited company. This brand was created by two businessmen, Philip Knight and Bill Bowerman. It specialises in the innovation, manufacture and sale of sports equipment, clothing and mainly shoes. With a total...
Business Plan for a Coffee Shop in Morocco - Agora Coffee Shop
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
The business we propose is called 'AGORA Coffee Shop'. In our opinion, a coffee shop is not only a place of entertainment, it can also be a crossroad where people (students, professors, professionals, ...) can share ideas or debate on actual phenomenons. Therefore, inside the...
Marketing Research Methodology - The case of the Fair Phone
Case study - 45 pages - Business strategy
We are running a study about the Fair phone and its relevance in the French Market. We are going to analyse the consumers' minds and perception about this type of product ecologically and ethically responsible. With this first analysis, we will highlight the perceived advantages and...
Assess the Online sales of fresh products in China - The case study of fresh products application (Freshippo)
Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy
With the popularity of the internet and the development of e-business, an increasing number of consumers tend to shop online. Fresh agricultural products also need to grasp this opportunity as there is a large potential market on the internet.
Change: Factors contributing to an individual's resistance
Essay - 5 pages - Human resources
In an ever-changing world, it is inevitable to experience change in everyday life. Change may occur in diverse ways (either planned or unplanned). One's ability to adapt to change goes a long way in influencing the impact it creates on the individual and/or the organization. One change that keeps...
Carrefour's logistics strategy
Case study - 9 pages - Business strategy
The term strategy comes from the Greek -statos-, having as meaning -army- with -agen- which means -to drive-, and then from the Italian -strategia-. It is usual to associate this term strategy with an exclusive approach undertaken by the General Management of any company. There are many, and...
Managing diversity-related interactions
Case study - 3 pages - Management
Managing diversity-related interactions could sometimes seem awkward or uncomfortable to a person who has never encountered these kinds of situations before, according to Ghillyer (2018). This case study will analyze three different scenarios depicting diversity-related interactions and the...
Knowledge management and decision making: Uber case study
Case study - 9 pages - Management
Decision-making is an intellectual process taking the assessment to a collection of a course of activities among dissimilarities. Making decision creates a last choice; therefore, in terms of recruitment and personnel selection the outcome is the successful applicant (Timar and Balas, 2007)....
Merger and acquisition - Buffett's bid for Media General's newspapers
Case study - 21 pages - Management
The U.S. Newspaper industry has faced, since the late 1980s, significant challenges due to competition of other source of news and information, and saw a progressive and constant decline of daily circulation. Media General Inc., a company that entered the newspaper business in 1850, is no...
International finance distribution of currency of AUD and USD
Worksheets - 4 pages - Finance
The distribution above conforms to the features of a normal distribution in terms of skewness, kurtosis, and tails. The mean-mode-median of the distribution is at the center. The mean is the arithmetic average of all the scores recorded, mode refers to the fact that the mean appears near the most...
New product report of SOOTHE Inc.
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
SOOTH Inc is an American company that is specialized in the massage therapy business. This new product management report indicates the extent to which this company can increase its profitability and gain a competitive advantage if it penetrates the new Markets of Asia, Middle East and Europe. Two...
Megacorp's Crane Manufacturing company (CMC) operations analysis
Essay - 7 pages - Business strategy
Megacorp's CMC manufactures cranes which can be used for different factory and process line operations in various factories. They manufacture small and large cranes which are able to hoist different rectangular containers. For fifty years, the company has been relatively successful in the...
Organizational behavior - Payment as motivation
Essay - 3 pages - Business strategy
Motivation, which can be defined as a psychological feature that drives an individual to act toward desirous goals, is a major topic of organizational behavior. With the increasing importance of work efficiency, more managers start to realize the existing issue of employee motivation. According...
Case analysis - Ust Inc. Debt Policy
Case study - 10 pages - Management
UST Inc. is the dominating smokeless tobacco company in the market with over 75% of market share and 90% of sales coming from their tobacco products. Their declining market share poses a problem for the company. As a premium and leading brand, the company ignored lower priced competitors. ...
The O.M. Scott & Sons Company - Financial analysis
Case study - 12 pages - Finance
From 1955 to 1961, the O.M. Scott and Sons Company experienced an exceptional growth in sales, stock price, and expansion. O.M. Scott and Sons (the company) increased sales by 231% from 1957 to 1961. The rapid growth can be explained by the company's management in expanding to new locations,...
Ford Motor Company versus Subaru of America
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
When asked the question, "Who are the most profitable corporations in the world?" Ideas that come to mind may be pharmaceutical companies, banks, oil manufacturers, airlines, software companies, real estate corporations, but what about automobile manufacturers? The automobile sector for the US is...
