An overview of family planning
Thesis - 6 pages - Social sciences
Knox women will soon have access to more affordable reproductive care near campus, as a new contract is drafted between the college and Family Planning. The new deal is the product of months of administrative confusion and mis-communication. In the past, Knox had an agreement with Family...
An integrated coordination model for a supply chain dealing with short life-cycle products operating under stock dependent demand
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
The market demand of any product is generally influenced by quality, warranty, service, advertisement and sales promotion. Apart from these factors, the amount of stock displayed will also significantly influence the sales at retail level. Though, many inventory models have been developed based...
Sensitivity based approach for congestion management in deregulated environment
Thesis - 5 pages - Electronics
This paper proposes a sensitivity based approach for congestion management in deregulated environment. The congestion management problem is formulated to minimize the cost of re-dispatching the participating generators subject to operational and security constraints and considering the presence...
Lease agreement according to the Bulgarian legislation
Thesis - 3 pages - Business law
The rights of the Lessee can be protected if the agreement comes into force after the financing is provided. Since the parties desire the term of lease to be more than 3 years, the contract has to be signed by persons who are capable of activities of complex management. As it is presumed...
The separability doctrine
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
The separability doctrine, also called the severability doctrine, states that an arbitration clause is separable from the main contract underlying it, and can thereby survive any successful challenge to the latter. This doctrine has been incorporated into numerous international arbitration...
Some questions on the UNIDROIT Principles
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
More specifically, though, the problem is about force majeure and hardship, as well as the relationship between the two concepts. The contention between the parties is essentially whether the provisions in the contract on force majeure cover the variation of price, and this may be broken...
The legal system of common law in Anglo-Saxon
Essay - 4 pages - International law
A contract is the most obvious manifestation of law in everyday life. In a legal point of view, not all agreements are seen as enforceable contracts. Indeed, each legal system introduced some rules in order to determine which agreement is enforceable; this corpus of rules is called...
Principles and practices of consumer's protection within the European Union
Thesis - 19 pages - European law
The European Union aims at protecting the health, safety and economic well-being of its citizens. It promotes their rights to information, helps them safeguard their interests and encourages them to set up consumer associations. Consumer policy is designed to improve the quality of life of all...
Critically analyse the decision in the House of Lords' decision in the American Accord
Essay - 9 pages - International relations
The globalisation of trade brings with it greater risks than internal trade, with the differences in business practices, application of local law, combined with external political factors . The four main risks applicable when dealing with global trade are foreign law and the ambiguity of what...
Consumer motivations regarding non-ownership decisions in the automotive industry
Essay - 6 pages - Other law subjects
In the analysis of non-ownership decisions in the automotive industry non-ownership must first be defined. Non- ownership is simply referring to a leasing type of contract, this type of a contract allows for consumption without ownership. Traditional purchase, cash or...
Futures and options: working
Thesis - 4 pages - Finance
Since the 1970's, the trade of derivative securities has over expanded and has characterised most of the transactions in the world financial marketplaces. However, derivatives do not constitute a new notion in the financial world, since they first appeared in the 17th century, with the trade of...
Black and Scholes option pricing model and its applicability
Tutorials/exercises - 45 pages - Finance
The world financial market has undergone qualitative changes in the last three decades due to phenomenal growth of derivatives. With the world embracing the derivative trading on a large scale, the Indian market cannot remain aloof, especially after liberalization has set in motion. Derivative...
Company law problem questions portfolio: Various questions and answers
Thesis - 14 pages - European law
The factual scenario raises issues regarding enforceability of contract and in order to advise the parties, it will be necessary to evaluate the company law requirements regarding authority. With regard to the property purchase, the issue arises as to whether this forms part of the...
An evaluation of the accounts on political authority in Hobbes and Locke
Thesis - 5 pages - Political science
Since the beginning of time, the issue of authority has been discussed. From God, to absolute Sovereigns and until democratic parliaments, different outlooks on political power and its holder have been developed and applied. These theories have been fought or defended, they have given birth to...
Single source supply chain management case study
Essay - 2 pages - Management
In the case study, a Navy contracting officer, Lieutenant June Early experiences difficulties in a sole source negotiation. This is with Trustworthy Equipment Company. The Company is the only supplier of a machine that the Navy needs. Lieutenant Early meets overhead rates that the company...
LexisNexis Legal Research
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Given the number of the different states from which the bulk of the clients of Hickey-Marco & Associates comes from, it is of great significance to understand the statutes of limitation for the various causes of action in those states. The states in question include Wisconsin state, Michigan...
Umbrella Clauses and Transfers
Essay - 2 pages - Business law
An umbrella clause generally reads as follows: "each party shall observe any obligation arising from a particular commitment it may have entered into with regard to a specific investment". We can infer from this statement that the aim of this clause is to protect any specific commitments by...
International Business Law: Three cases
Essay - 6 pages - Business law
This paper talks about a buyer, located in Miami, who ordered 2,500 cell-phones from company for a total amount of $150,000 (including the shipping charge). But there were several problems with this order: the order was delayed and the phones were damaged by moisture during shipping. One of the...
Blackpool & Fylde Aero Club Ltd v Blackpool BC
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
For there to be an implied obligation on the local authority to consider the tenders duly received, it is presupposed that a contract existed between them and the club. To address this question, the earlier courts decided that a collateral contract had in fact formed between the two...
T-Mobile - marketing strategy and communication plan
Case study - 16 pages - Services marketing
Networking market is a huge market in UK. We talk about 74 million mobile connections that permitted to make 99 billion outbound calls in 2007. And the market grows by an interesting proportion, as shows the 91% rise of the number of minutes between 2002 and 2007 but these features imply a...
International legal tools
Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy
An Italian company orders some chemical products by phone from a German supplier on the 12 of December 2001. On the 18th of December, a confirmation by fax of the order is sent by the Italian company to the German supplier. The purchase order specifies that the product must be in the granular...
Information systems management: Employment laws
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Making slave trade illegal, in the R v Knowles, ex parte Somersett, in 1772 and the subsequent abolition of slave trade through the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, acted as impetus to the death of serfdom, which stressed on employee subordination (Summers, 1969). This lend to a new era of employee...
An Offer, In Business Law -Examples and Applications
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
An offer is a statement presented from one person to another with a willingness to enter into a contract with the other person. This contract is based on stated terms that are provided for in advance (Kelly 2011). These terms have to be in turn accepted by the further person to whom...
A report on human resource management
Case study - 4 pages - Human resources
This report draws on an investigative and deductive analysis research paradigm, which seeks to define the various concept dealt in human resource management. In this concept, a brief definition of what connotes a contract of employment will be outlined. The discussion then emphasizes on...
Competitor analysis of financial securities industries: Religare
Case study - 36 pages - Finance
The securities markets in India witnessed several policy initiatives since the year 2000, which further refined the markets micro-structure, modernized operations and broadened investment choices for investors. The irregularities in the securities transactions in the last quarter of the previous...
The application of an EIB to address environmental challenges in urban Belgium
Thesis - 96 pages - Finance
Cities face increasing environmental challenges including, but not limited to; air pollution, CO2 emissions, energy, transport and waste management. The success of Social Impact Bonds (SIB) by solving social issues in a public-private partnership has been the driver for the development of the...
Thomas Hobbes
Thesis - 3 pages - Sociology
Thomas Hobbes was born in England, in 1588, prematurely because of the fear created by the approaching Spanish Armada. He studied at the Magdalen College, Oxford until the age of nineteen, and then he became connected to the Cavendish family, serving as tutor to the later second duke of...
Joint ventures in the Indian insurance industry
Thesis - 23 pages - Finance
The aim of all insurance is to compensate the owner against loss arising from a variety of risks, which he anticipates, to his life, property and business. Insurance is mainly of two types: life insurance and general insurance. General insurance means Fire, Marine and Miscellaneous insurance...
Franchising
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Franchising is not a new concept. North America was among the first countries to successfully develop franchises in 1886 through the famous example of the Coca-Cola company. Franchises grew slowly during the 1950's but helped many firms expand their operations across borders, like Mc...
The creation of Limited Liability Companies (LLC) in United States
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
'The General Partnership' is an oral or written contract between two individuals or partners who are in collaboration with for a particular case. There are no legal formalities involved. By signing this contract, the partners assume personal responsibility in case things go...