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17 May 2009
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Olympic accounting authority- cost control systems

Thesis - 3 pages - Accounting

In 2006 the Olympic committee decided to dedicate £400 billion in order to establish a Cost Control system. This system is composed of two core elements: a planning process and a responsibility accounting scheme. The planning process requires enumerating the Olympic committee plans of...

10 May 2010
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Cost optimization of supply chain networks using particle swarm optimization

Thesis - 8 pages - Computer science

With increasing competitiveness in the business world, focus on supply chain has got greater attention. Therefore supply chain has to be made effective by reducing unnecessary losses occurring in the supply network. These losses are caused due to production, distribution planning and improper...

24 May 2010
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Constructive and equivalent variable cost heuristics to the multi-period fixed charge transportation problem

Thesis - 7 pages - Computer science

This paper addresses a multi-period fixed charge transportation problem (MPFCTP), which includes transportation, inventories and backlog. The transportation costs are represented in the form of a nonlinear function. The objective is to determine the size of the shipments in each period,...

30 Jul 2010
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Cost reduction tactics

Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy

In today's competitive market, companies are constantly trying to win new customers and new markets in an effort to generate strong profits. They thus opt for new strategies that will enable them to be more competitive and will facilitate cost reduction. The purpose of reducing...

29 Sep 2010
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The business-level strategies (cost leadership, differentiation, focused cost leadership, focused differentiation and integrated cost leadership/differentiation)

Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy

Big Lots Inc. can be taken as an example of a firm using a cost leadership strategy. This firm is the largest broadline closeout discount chain in the United States. It sells name-brand products which are less expensive than a discount retailer (35% less). Big Lots Inc. purchases its goods...

29 Sep 2010
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Strategic Analysis of Aer Lingus - low cost airline

Case study - 7 pages - Economy general

This analysis has been made to show the various key points that define Aer Lingus as an organisation, which results in choosing the most adapted strategy when they are in a difficult phase. The airline industry is currently facing the consequences of the global economic crisis, i.e. higher...

21 Dec 2010
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Managerial procedure methods for allocation of Job Costing

Thesis - 1 pages - Accounting

Learn the basics of accounting on how to use several kinds of accounting methods to define the cost of product and how it can be applied to profitability and overhead factors. Assessing the cost of goods is beneficial to profitability examination. In the production environment, many...

31 Dec 2010
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Marketing File: The low-cost company Ryanair

Case study - 6 pages - Services marketing

A developing market, the air transport industry is also very competitive, with rules of the game being completely transformed by the advent of lowcost airlines, first in the United States and then in Europe. Though Air France KLM is the world leader in the commercial air travel today, Ryanair has...

31 Dec 2010
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Ikea - Easyjet: a common low-cost concept

Case study - 8 pages - Management

How is the choice of a comparison between two companies which are not operating in the same segment motivated? Indeed, nothing (or almost nothing) seems common between Ikea and EasyJet, except that 'if you look closely, you can perceive a common basis, a concept that both companies have made...

10 Feb 2021
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The today health crisis poses the problem of its financing in large part by public debt - With the subprime crisis, how can the impact of such a cost be sustainable on the budget ?

Dissertation - 8 pages - International economy

According to an article published on April 28, 2020, in the newspaper Les Echos and written by Renaud Honoré, the current rate of French public debt is twice as high as that of the subprime crisis in 2008. In fact, we never reached these figures since the Second World War. European debt rules...

31 Dec 2010
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Launching of the 'low-cost' car Nano by the Indian giant Tata

Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy

The Tata Group is a powerful diversified Indian industrial conglomerate, which is worth over 28 billion dollars. Tata Motors, the automobile division of Tata introduced its new model in early January: an electric car which is priced at $2,500 or about 1,700 Euros. Tata Motors is already the...

27 Jan 2011
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The low-cost airline industry

Market study - 5 pages - Business strategy

In this paper we will analyze the airline sector using various theories and tools to examine it. As part of our strategic focus, we will first study the overall market and then, by using the example of Ryanair, look at the features of a low cost airline. The passengers of the airline...

18 Apr 2013
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Scenario One: Cost Club

Case study - 4 pages - Human resources

This paper will show a review of the messages forwarded to the human resources department. In addition, this paper will show the issues that arise in the messages, answer the questions and requirements presented, and reference the legal principles or statutes where possible. Message 1:...

25 Nov 2013
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Advanced technologies for rapid, large scale and cost-effective sequencing of genomes

Case study - 3 pages - Biology

While low-cost, revolutionizing computers and gadgets seem to dazzle our eyes every time we look around, a recent and fairly rapid progression in cost-effective genome analyses is drawing quite a lot of attention, the world over. Similar to electronics, the prices for rapid...

30 Jun 2011
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Cost realism analysis

Essay - 3 pages - Economy general

Cost realism analysis is the process of evaluating the methodology by the offeror to estimate the proposed cost and is done by using information other than cost or pricing data (Cole, 2001). This technique is useful in selecting the offeror that best fits the awards of the...

31 May 2022

Sustainable remote work practices for progressive reductions of road traffic emissions

Dissertation - 68 pages - Ecology & environment

Although technology developments brought about possibilities for all work which could be done remotely to be done remotely within the Netherlands, limitations for additional and sustainable implementation of remote work practices remained. Secondary research sheds light on the extent to which...

27 Nov 2022
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International operations management: global operations management strategies

Case study - 10 pages - Management

According to Witkowski (2017) innovation is an integral element in driving organizations' progress and modernity. Innovation's contribution to operational efficiency is premised on the fact that organizations have the option of pursuing different types of innovation that include product,...

06 Oct 2022

Market Study - The Do it Yourself in the UK

Market study - 9 pages - Distribution marketing

The world's do-it-yourself home development market has gotten expected to reach 27 billion pounds by the fourth quarter of 2022, at an intriguing Compound Annual Growth Rate of 40 percent between 2017 and 2022 (Seo et al., 2021). The United Kingdom has not only managed to achieve but also...

20 Apr 2010
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Cost- benefit analysis of stochastic models of A 2-out-of-3 redundant system with inspection

Thesis - 10 pages - Accounting

In this paper two stochastic models for a 2-out-of-3 redundant system are developed and cost-benefit analysis is carried out by using semi-Markov and regenerative processes. There are three identical units in each model and the system is considered in up-state if 2-out-of-3 units are...

15 Jan 2009
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The declaration of one's insolvency: content, documents to join and cost

Essay - 4 pages - Administrative law

In 2005 French legislation, concerning the companies in trouble has recently undergone deep modifications (Law 2005-845 of July 26th, 2005 of the book VI of the Commercial Law). Henceforth, there are 3 collective procedures: - Safeguard procedure - Judicial recovery procedure - Winding up...

23 Sep 2016
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Measuring the new prosperity, Jack Layton

Book review - 2 pages - Economy general

Prosperity always comes with a cost. If prosperity is to be questioned due to the existence of costs, there is no real prosperity. According to Jack Layton's essay, "Measuring the New Prosperity" (hereinafter referred to as "the Essay"), prosperity must consider the social...

17 Nov 2021

Marketing Analysis of Ikea

Case study - 6 pages - Distribution marketing

Ikea's success is linked to the fact that the company has played a pioneering and major role in the development of low-cost kit furniture. In order to maintain and above all increase its position in the market, Ikea has developed effective marketing, communication and development...

05 Apr 2009
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Existence value: The theoretical case for and against its use in cost benefit analysis

Thesis - 16 pages - Economy general

The concept of existence value was first raised in one of the most influential papers in environmental economics by John Krutilla (1967), where he advocated a move away from the Pigouvian approach to conservation of natural resources in terms of the optimal inter-temporal utilization of natural...

13 Jan 2022

The different types of business strategies

Course material - 7 pages - Business strategy

Business strategy is to set long-term objectives and a direction to follow. It is aimed at creating value, sustainability and profitability. Business strategy results in inspiring actions to all departments, allocating resources to reach them and impacting the organization of the company. To do...

29 Nov 2006
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"Adenauer's pursuit of Western integration consolidated democracy in the West at the cost of the East." Comment

Essay - 7 pages - Political science

According to the newspaper die Frankfurte Allgemeine Zeitung, the number of the unemployed people in Germany has decreased by 25.000 in November, reaching the stage of 4.531.000 jobless persons. The Federal Minister of the Economy, Michael Glos (CSU) spoke in the Bundestag „vom ersten...

22 Jan 2020
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Economy - Types, factors and effects of inflation in Malaysia

Essay - 21 pages - Economy general

In the economy, inflation means an increase in the general price of goods and services in an economy from time to time. G. Ackley defined inflation as ‘a persistent and appreciable rise in the general level or aver­age of prices'. With the increase in general price levels, each unit of...

06 Oct 2022

Case Study Exam in International Commerce

Tutorials/exercises - 7 pages - International marketing

The document includes the answers to a case study exam in international commerce. Excerpt: "The company; Monper offers a variety of chocolate products. The company moves away from industrialized and mass-produced products and produces chocolate with 100% artisan process that protects the...

29 May 2009
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An analysis of cost-accounting in Starbucks Coffee Company

Essay - 8 pages - Business strategy

Starbucks did not start as a seller of beverages. Its history stems in 1971 from the putting up of a business, which focused on the distribution of coffee beans, by Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegel and Gordon Bowker. It was with the entry of the entrepreneur Howard Schultz into the company that the...

19 Jan 2015
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The changing role of Retail

Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies

So many questions are arising regarding the changes taking place in today's retail environment and the viability of the model that was used in traditional retail. Diamond, Ellen & Steve (2000) assert that the most pressures in the marketplace include consumers levels of spending tend to remain...

08 Oct 2015
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The dark side of student debt

Essay - 2 pages - Economy general

Within the past decade, costs associated with college education surpassed inflation by six percentage points yearly. This brought private school education price to thirty seven dollars annually. This just one among reasons why students increased their borrowing. In addition, federal...