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16 Jan 2009
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Business venturing - feasibility study (March 2008): Hexabus

Case study - 19 pages - Business strategy

The main objective of feasibility study is to know if our business idea is sustainable, and if we could invest it. for this, first we are going to do the analysis of potential customers and competitors. This analysis will approach company's target in terms of age and social class. We determine...

16 Jan 2009
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Michelin : financial case study

Essay - 12 pages - Finance

The world tire market was equal to 80 billion dollars in 2005. That is to say that each year more than 1 billion tires are sold for cars and light trucks. 75% of the sales are for European, North American and Asian countries. Michelin is the leader of this market in those areas because it deals...

16 Jan 2009
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Corporate valuation laurent perrier analysis - published: 16/01/2009

Essay - 9 pages - Business strategy

Laurent Perrier is a French company specialized in champagne, which is a luxury product. Laurent Perrier manages both the production and the distribution of its champagne and wines. The Group owns its distribution network (through restaurants, hotels, bars, retailers and direct sales). This is a...

16 Jan 2009
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The corporate culture

Essay - 9 pages - Management

Today, companies need to create and develop their corporate culture to transmit an image and identity. It permits to build a stimulant and attractive environment in the company and the employees feel the affiliation to a group. In this way, firms are more effective, productive, efficient and...

16 Jan 2009
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EEV (European Embedded Value) and MCEV (Market Consistent Embedded Value)

Essay - 11 pages - Business strategy

In May 2004 the CFO forum published European Embedded Value Principles. The “CFO Forum” is a high-level discussion group composed and attended by the Chief Financial Officers of 19 leading European insurers. These principles are intended to increase the quality, comparability and...

16 Jan 2009
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Business performance improvement: The Zara process

Essay - 6 pages - Business strategy

Nowadays, taking all brands into account, the INDITEX parent company accounts for more than 2 900 shops in 62 countries and 58 000 employees all over the world. In the same way, the number of ZARA shops is about 930 all over the world out of which 91 are in France. In 2005, its turnover was 6 741...

16 Jan 2009
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How can organizations tackle environmental constraints to reach an eco-efficient supply chain?

Essay - 10 pages - Management

For many years, being ecologically and environmentally friendly was not a concern for companies; they mostly focused on costs no matter how harmful their practices and processes might be for the environment. However, today, environmental issues are growing and becoming a real threat....

16 Jan 2009
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Individual behavior in an organization

Essay - 11 pages - Human resources

Individual behavior is dependent upon whether a person is in a group or not. Individuals act differently in accordance with their situation. A group is composed of a minimum of two people. There are Two types of groups that have been identified by Stephen P. Robbin (1996) - a formal and an...

16 Jan 2009
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Corporate entrepreneurship as a winning strategy

Essay - 7 pages - Business strategy

To survive and to enable continued growth in today's fast changing environment, large corporations need to continually renew themselves through new products and new businesses. In some instances this involves dealing with advanced technology. To illustrate this adaptation, I chose as an example...

16 Jan 2009
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Genetics: Case France and bio-technologies (business model)

Essay - 15 pages - Business strategy

Agricultural chemical industry has always been considered to be all but environmental friendly. Nevertheless it is also one of the industries trying to find out solutions to population's growth, overpopulation and their calamitous consequences on the environment -air, water and soil pollution....

16 Jan 2009
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The war on talent: Korn/Ferry International in China

Presentation - 16 pages - Human resources

With $452 million in global fee revenue, 474 consultants worldwide, 70 offices globally, and 4.4 million candidates in its database, Korn/Ferry has been successful due to the high quality, process and speed at which its consultants have placed candidates. In 1978, Korn/Ferry International...

16 Jan 2009
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): A multi-lateral approach to the subject

Essay - 13 pages - Management

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has been a highly debated topic during the last recent years in most developed and developing countries. We can today distinguish among three main general views on the role that CSR could play in shaping companies' policies. The first view on CSR, which has...

16 Jan 2009
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Options, futures and other derivatives

Essay - 9 pages - Finance

The binomial model is used to describe stock price movements through consecutive periods of time over the life of the option and to determine the actual price of this derivative. Each period is an independent trial. The binomial formula describes a process in which stock return volatility is...

16 Jan 2009
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The Sarbanes-Oxley Act - published: 16/01/2009

Essay - 4 pages - Finance

On July 30, 2002, President Bush signed into law a revolutionary Act: the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, also known as the Public Company Accounting Reform and Investor Protection Act. In the wake of many financial scandals, this law establishes new accounting and control requirements on U.S. publicly owned...

16 Jan 2009
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knowledge management report

Essay - 6 pages - Business strategy

The long-term survival of any company is dependent on its ability to generate and exploit innovative ideas, bringing to market those products or services that differentiate it from its rivals. While most companies may dismiss this statement as something of a truism, only a few take proactive...

16 Jan 2009
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Car import logistics: Responding to changes

Essay - 6 pages - Logistics

The whole car industry in Europe is experiencing great changes, mostly due to a new regulation imposed by the European Union of the Block Exemption. Aimed at increasing competition in car distribution, those new rules will have an impact on every actor involved, from manufacturers to car dealers...

16 Jan 2009
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Business plan: Washybar, why wash and wait when you can drink and wash?

Business plan - 18 pages - Business strategy

The target market: People who don't have a washing machine at home (usually clients of launderette, mostly young people) and generally people who want to spend time in a bar. What they think now: It is boring to wait while your clothes are being washed. The waiting time is about 35 to 40 minutes...

16 Jan 2009
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Risk management: Risk analysis of the company Gaudin Systemes

Essay - 10 pages - Management

I have decided to focus my risk analysis on the company Gaudin Systèmes. The core of this analysis is to launch a new line of production in a foreign country, in Algeria. The best thing to do is to analyze the risk of failure in order to sue it. Moreover, the field of this activity is very risky...

16 Jan 2009
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Trading volatility

Essay - 13 pages - Finance

Traditionally, to make a profit, most individual investors and fund managers are forced to take a view on the direction of the price of something. The traditional or fundamental strategy is to study all the aspects of the market-place, all the factors affecting the price or that might affect the...

16 Jan 2009
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The different approaches to develop strategy. Is there evidence in today's business world to suggest there is one best way?

Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy

For a couple of years, the concept of strategy has become fundamental for any type of business. According to Ansoff (1965), the practice of strategic planning is now widespread among large, medium and small firms. The strategy comes from the Greek word “stractos” which means "armed" and...

16 Jan 2009
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Accor

Essay - 9 pages - Business strategy

For more than 40 years, Accor has constantly reinvented its businesses to keep pace with the world around it, with the goal of providing innovative, high-quality products to Hospitality and Services customers. In Hospitality, Accor's ambition is to be the world leader in economy and midscale...

16 Jan 2009
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The effectiveness of legal restrictions on distributions to shareholders in achieving "Creditor Protection"

Essay - 2 pages - Finance

In this essay, I will critically evaluate the effectiveness of legal restrictions on distributions to shareholders in achieving “creditor protection”. It consists of showing the good and the bad points of these restrictions. Firstly, I will define the terms used previously. Then, I will...

15 Jan 2009
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Changing mentality: An analysis of Dove's "Campaign for real beauty" (2006)

Essay - 9 pages - Business strategy

The brand Dove is part of the English-Dutch group Unilever. It accounts for 3% of Unilever's turnover. In 1957, Dove created soaps that contained 1/4th moisturizing cream, especially for sensitive skins (50% of women). Since then, Dove has always known how to appear different from its...

15 Jan 2009
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Eastman Kodak case

Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy

Last year, 74 million digital cameras were sold worldwide, outperforming film cameras for the first time. Even though Kodak began the digital imaging revolution in 1974, with the first “electronic hand held still camera”, it made a late entry into the space, losing out to Japanese...

15 Jan 2009
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BMW new 5-Series

Presentation - 34 pages - Business strategy

Company background- Founded in 1917 Munich airplane motor maker. Hit series: BMW 303, 328. Total annual output: 950K. Diesel cars cover more miles than petrol engine. People are more concerned with the price of running a car than the price of buying it. In the eyes of the consumer Mercedes is...

15 Jan 2009
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The London Stock Exchange

Essay - 5 pages - Finance

Financial globalization has grown since the nineties. In 2004, the portfolios of British institutional investors contained 26% of foreign assets. In comparison, this rate was of 11% in the United States and 23% in Japan, which makes the LSE the biggest international Stock Exchange. Moreover, as...

15 Jan 2009
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Toyota case

Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy

The success of Toyota is incredible today, and the company is showing astonishing financial results when most of Japanese companies are in the doldrums. It is the biggest of the heavyweight competitor in the car industry. General Motors and Ford, whose market shares are falling in favor of...

15 Jan 2009
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Knowledge management according to Castells

Essay - 4 pages - Management

In this report you will find things that I learned about Manuel Castells. First I would like to introduce this author. I think it is important to know who he is. After that it should be easy to understand his thought about knowledge. Manuel Castells was born in Spain in 1942. At school, he...

15 Jan 2009
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Heineken premium light

Thesis - 10 pages - Business strategy

Dark, blond or red, there is beer for all tastes. Every year all over the world the beer market generates billions of Euros in turnover. There are six international players who are sharing this market. InBev is the result of the merger of the Belgian brewery "Interbrew" and the Brazilian brewery...

15 Jan 2009
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Tesco case (2005)

Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy

The growth of Tesco has been surprising: the company announced a forecast of $1.4 billion in annual profits in 2001, and the sales volume in the first semester of this year reached $16.8 billion. Its current market share in the UK is strong: it is now 25%, contrary to 14% in 1997, and has...