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13 Jan 2009
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Market Research: The launch of a hybrid diesel engine by PSA group

Market study - 4 pages - Services marketing

In 2004, Toyota launched a hybrid car: Prius. The principle of this car is the addition of an electric motor to the traditional petrol engine. The objective is to request the electric motor with starting and low speed and to request the petrol engine at higher speeds. The goal of this technology...

03 Feb 2011
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The Greenhouse Effect: Definition, Causes, and Consequences

Thesis - 15 pages - Ecology & environment

Environmental hazards such as storms, tropical cyclones, droughts, etc. have been affecting us for generations. In France, the temperature reached its highest point last summer and reports showed that the August of 2003 experienced a high heat wave with the most dramatic consequences: the...

03 Feb 2011
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The American diplomacy around the protocol of Kyoto

Essay - 15 pages - Ecology & environment

During the past forty years, the issue of global warming has gradually been established as the priority of environmental debates to become a major issue in our society for the twenty-first century. The proliferation of conferences, books, and films on this subject reflect the growing interest....

09 Jan 2009
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Carbon footprinting

Essay - 9 pages - Ecology & environment

The nature of the carbon footprint is to examine human use of carbon and to try to apply it to how much greenhouse gas (converted to a scale based on CO2) is used. By discussing this, and viewing how "Climate change and infectious diseases in North America: the road ahead" discusses...

25 Oct 2021

Apple: Ethics and Sustainable Development

Case study - 5 pages - Brand management

"The planet is not waiting. Neither do we.", "Products that consume so little energy is not common", "Investing in nature to offset our emissions should be expected", "Our business is carbon neutral, and by 2030, all our products will be too". Recently, Apple, the world's largest...

29 Sep 2010
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Environmental issues in the air transport industry

Case study - 5 pages - Ecology & environment

The air transport industry uses air craft to transport people, cargo, and mail. Civil aviation includes two major categories; first one is the scheduled air transport, which includes passenger and cargo flights operating on regularly-scheduled routes; and general aviation, including all other...

03 Jul 2013
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Air pollution: The case of China

Case study - 6 pages - Social sciences

According to Vallero, air pollution is “the presence of contaminants or pollutant substances in the air that interfere with human health or welfare, or produce other harmful environmental effects.”(3) The above statement is indeed true in case of China. The presence of harmful particles...

14 Apr 2009
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Ontario Landfill gas: Management, regulation & recovery. legal & policy issues

Tutorials/exercises - 17 pages - Ecology & environment

Landfills seem to be a major part of waste disposal life. Love them or hate them, they are a necessity in dealing with ever increasing amounts of waste. Statistics Canada reported that Canadians threw out about 20 per cent more garbage in 2004 compared to 2000, bringing per-capita output to 418...

13 Jan 2009
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Air transportation and climate change

Essay - 4 pages - Ecology & environment

A sophisticated transport system has evolved in Europe to move people and frets. The air transport industry is growing at rate above the average growth of the economy of the EU: multiplication of short distance flies, the arrival of the “low cost” market, and increasing of aerial fret...

27 Jan 2011
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The Audi company and its launching of a model of cross-country vehicle

Case study - 8 pages - Services marketing

The Volkswagen Group of France SA is a subsidiary that was created in 1960. Today it is the largest importer of cars in France. This company holds a significant market share in France, and accounts for 10.2% of it. In 2006, it achieved a turnover of 4.5 billion Euros. The group holds five brands....

29 Sep 2010
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Climate change and politics: a real shift or status quo?

Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment

We will try to analyze the responses from the political field against climate change and the overall sustainable development. Climate change means significant change in the average weather, which causes a lot of perturbations on the natural system. The French president, Jacques Chirac, in a...

17 May 2009
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Global warming

Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment

In today's society, environmental issues have an important impact on business and industrial decisions and are becoming part and parcel of economics. We live in scorching summers, the winters seem to be milder from year to year, and the seasons seem to have disappeared. Are these observations...

05 Apr 2010
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Co-gasification of municipal sewage sludge and asphaltene residue from refineries for production of synfuels/power

Essay - 5 pages - Ecology & environment

One of the gravest problems being experienced by non-oil producing developing country like India is spiraling prices of petroleum crude which has seriously inhibited growth of power sector thereby considerably decelerating the growth rate. Added to this, the explosion in the population of the...

07 Aug 2008
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Auto pollution: No solution?

Essay - 5 pages - Ecology & environment

For the sake of natural resources and the welfare and prosperity of the population, motor vehicle fuel economy and emission standards must be raised. The dangerous and complicated problems that we face both today and tomorrow with motor vehicles should not be ignored and cast aside, but...

30 Jul 2021
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Sustainable Tourism in Croatia - How Does Croatia Operate its Shift Towards a More Sustainable Economy Through Tourism?

Thesis - 24 pages - Tourism marketing

In 1800, there were 900 million human beings on earth. In 2020, the Earth is home to 7.8 billion people. This strong population growth is accompanied by an increase in demand for goods and services and production methods that cause environmental and social disorders. In the 1970s, many experts...

25 Nov 2008
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Genetic aspects of air pollution and climate change

Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment

The ?rst incidences of air pollution impacts on the genetic constitution of forest tree populations were those documented near point sources of sulfur dioxide (SO2), particulates, and heavy metals. Localized extinction of forests around these point sources was documented by ecologists in the past...

26 Sep 2011
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Fiat - A stable and a favorite car-maker in the UK

Market study - 10 pages - Business strategy

Fiat is an Italian automobile manufacturing company that was established in 1899 in Torin, Italy. It is an acronym for Fabbrica Italiana Automobili Torino in Italian. The world's ninth largest carmaker has revenue more than 35 billion euro. Other than automobiles, the company also manufactures...

14 Sep 2009
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Business ethics and social responsibility

Thesis - 3 pages - Business law

Government's role in environmental protection is to establish standards and set regulations on environmental protection and enforce those standards in a method that is unbiased, and according to the guidelines of environmental integrity. Federal policy, first must achieve harmony between the...

07 Jul 2015
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Renewable Energy and the Hotel Industry: A Perfect Fit?

Case study - 27 pages - Psychology

Renewable energy is one of the fastest growing sectors in today's energy market. Energy from solar, wind, hydro power, tidal energy and biomass sources is being harnessed to provide energy that is both environmentally friendly and secure from the fluctuations of the international fossil fuel...

09 Dec 2010
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The TNT Group and its Sustainable Development: Strategy and Financial Analysis

Thesis - 55 pages - Business strategy

For many years, TNT has been communicating actively about social values and its social commitments, and neglecting to talk about its trade and transportation. Thus, the group seems to incorporate the concept of sustainable development in its business fundamentals. However, is this just a desire...

16 May 2008
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Environmental Management and Corporate Social Responsibility

Essay - 40 pages - Ecology & environment

The Nobel-winning IPCC group of climate scientists on Saturday the 17th, 2007 issued their starkest warning yet on global warming. Global warming bore the seeds of "catastrophe" yet there was also hope, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon emphasized. Nonetheless "There are real and affordable ways...

30 Mar 2011
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The future of nuclear energy: The European Energy Policy

Case study - 6 pages - Ecology & environment

It is hard to forecast with any certitude what the 21st century will hold for nuclear power. Still, the issues that will form its future are slightly clear. The goal of this paper is to study the possible role of nuclear energy in the formation of sustainable development in Europe, on the basis...

09 Sep 2020
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Is sustainable development a contradiction in terms?

Essay - 1 pages - Ecology & environment

Define in 1987 by the Brundtland's rapport, the Sustainable Development is the capacity to respond to the present needs without compromising future generations' needs. The Sustainable Development notion was really established since 1992 with the Rio Earth Summit involving a hundred...

16 Jun 2009
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A look at cogeneration

Thesis - 14 pages - Computer science

Power is one of the basic requirements for the economic development of a country. The performance of various activities is dependent on the availability of adequate and reliable power supply. Our country has made a rapid progress in the field of electricity generation. Thermal power plants are a...

25 Nov 2008
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The global and forest environment carbon cycle

Essay - 5 pages - Ecology & environment

The forest environment carbon cycle can be viewed at a number of scales. Measurements can be made at the scale of an individual leaf or tree, stand-scale measurements can be made, and models can be developed that examine forest-level, regional, and global carbon cycles. The role of the forest in...

22 Nov 2021

Tesla strategic and marketing analysis

Case study - 8 pages - Automotive marketing

Placed into heliocentric orbit in February 2018, a spacecraft called the "TESLA roadster" now revolves around the sun. In fact, it is a classic first-generation TESLA car, a symbol of the megalomania of one man Elon Musk, the richest on our planet. This excess is to mark its omnipotence in the...

29 Sep 2010
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Energy choices in Europe: the case of electricity

Essay - 14 pages - Economy general

Energy is a vital element for the economy as a whole as every sector demands its usage constantly. It is not an end-product by itself, but a pre-requisite for most of the economic activities. A sudden increase in energy prices or a disruption of supply can entail heavy economic repercussions. An...

13 Oct 2020
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PESTEL and SWOT Analyses - Qantas

Case study - 4 pages - Services marketing

Qantas is one of the oldest and most recognized long distance airlines in the world. The company was founded in Queensland on November 16, 1920 by two veterans of the First World War: Lieutenants Wilmot Hudson and Paul McGinness (Qantas, 2008). After a long period of state ownership, and the end...

16 Jan 2009
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Corporate social responsibility: The example of Air France-KLM

Thesis - 8 pages - Management

This group was created in 2004 through the merger of Air France and KLM and is now the world leader in terms of international passenger traffic. In addition, the financial results have been improved considerably over the last few years. But how is the airline group actually dealing with its...

03 Jul 2008
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Ocean acidification

Essay - 6 pages - Ecology & environment

Recently, global warming has gained massive attention due to the documentary An Inconvenient Truth presented by former Vice-President of the United States Al Gore. In relation to that, the National Academy of Sciences reported that “gases are accumulating in Earth's atmosphere as...