Design of 2, 4 Shell & Tube heat exchanger
Essay - 23 pages - Physics
This project report presents the application of Kern's Method for the optimal design of shell-and-tube heat exchangers. A primary objective in the heat exchanger design is the estimation of the minimum heat transfer area required for a given heat duty, as it governs the overall cost of the heat...
Financial analysis report: Adidas vs. Puma
Essay - 20 pages - Business strategy
Europe will be hosting two major sports events in 2012: the UEFA European soccer championship in Poland and Ukraine as well as the Olympic Games in London. Consequently, with the end of 2011 approaching, there might be a current window of opportunity to invest in European manufacturers of...
How well did the legal system of early modern England work?
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
A legal system can be defined as the legislation enacted by the State institutions on the basis of tradition or law. In early modern England, the legal system was complex, relying on with overlapping institutions -local criminal courts, Church courts and royal courts-, on itinerant judges but...
Leadership, governance and sustainability: case study of GM
Case study - 10 pages - Educational studies
On July 10 2009, the firm went through Chapter 11 reorganization after the firm had filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on June 8th the same year. The government offered a loan to GM that would be converted into shareholding at the new firm which was formed General Motors Corporation. The sales of GM...
Role of high frequency trading in modern financial markets, and Volcker Rule and its impact on proprietary trading
Case study - 8 pages - Finance
The financial markets play an important role in the financing of the real economies of the different countries of the world. It is important to note that the financial markets channel the savings as well as the investments. They also play an important role in the facilitation of the formation of...
Economics is the study of the allocation of scarce resources amongst unlimited and conflicting end uses
Case study - 2 pages - Economy general
In this world that we live in, there exists a problem due to the conflict between the scarcity of resources and the unlimited wants of the people. Economics is concerned with dealing with this problem, as efficiently as possible. Why, then, are resources scarce? The problem of scarcity arises due...
Crowdsourcing - Hypothetical Designs
Case study - 2 pages - Management
A popular, large-scale data processing technique that has been extensively utilized in recent times for tasks that need directhuman input is crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing, according to Howe and Robinson (2006), refers to a novel online business model and problem-solving technique that utilizes the...
Financial market
Case study - 12 pages - Finance
Recently, there are more and more financial analysts have dedicated their studies to the relationship and emerged trends between different financial markets such as studies of Dalkir (2009) and Savva (2009) on stock markets inner relationship, or relationship between bond markets and stock...
The Hybrid Car
Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy
The hybrid auto, a concept introduced to the U.S. market in 1999, now accounts for 10.6 percent of the 8 million cars sold every year. Consumers and manufacturers alike have great incentive to buy and make hybrids because the perceived benefits of this auto—lower CO2 emissions and fuel...
How can the "crisis" of the Welfare States affect the policy of fight against poverty?
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Since the end of the XVIIIth century, the disastrous consequences due to the Industrial Revolution and to “savage capitalism” on working conditions has been underlined through the rising resentment of the working class. That is why, in order to avoid social implosion and to control...
What does 'MNE'S need to be both "global" and "local"?' mean
Essay - 9 pages - Business strategy
Since the rise of liberalisation with the opening of markets in the mid 1980's, the business world has entered the era of globalisation where companies have dramatically expanded their business abroad. Indeed, the abolition of barriers of entry was one of significant opportunities for...
Corporate Strategy: Chop Chop Analysis of Total Group
Essay - 3 pages - Business strategy
Total is France's largest corporation as well as the fourth largest publicly-traded integrated oil and gas company in the world. Total is involved in three major segments: downstream, upstream, and chemicals. In the following report, we carefully analyzed these three business segments to...
From dust to steel? State building in Afghanistan
Essay - 15 pages - International relations
One month after the attacks of September 11, 2001, in October 2001, the United States decided to invade Afghanistan in order to capture AlQaeda mastermind Ossama Ben Laden and to withdraw the Taliban regime. The “operation enduring freedom” was led by the US, with a majority of forces...
The core-satellite model revisited, tracking error control, ETF's and satellites possibilities
Essay - 10 pages - Management
A core-satellite management consist in having a core portfolio made up of passive management vehicles (index funds, ETFs, etc.) with low management fees, and separately one, or several, very active satellites that are made up of funds with a strong tracking error, or even funds with no constraint...
A study on inventory management at the bulk activities division of Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd
Case study - 44 pages - Services marketing
Materials are equivalent to cash and they make up an important part of the total cost. It is essential that materials should be properly safeguarded and correctly accounted for. Proper control over material can make a substantial contribution to the efficiency of a business. The success of...
Effect of change in Basel standards in the banking industry
Case study - 38 pages - Finance
As the deadline for implementing the Basel-III norms in Indian banks has arrived they are still preparing to solve the enigma of risk management for insuring more transparent and risk-free financial bases. According to the Reserve Bank of India, its association with the Basel 'Committee on...
Recruitment and selection
Thesis - 33 pages - Human resources
Recruitment and selection techniques” is a GUI based application that automates the recruitment and selection activities for better functioning and providing accurate information time. It is a computerized solution for organizations that often undergo the process of recruitment for...
Management information system
Thesis - 12 pages - Management
The plethora of Information in today's world, makes it imperative for us to depend on Management Information System, as the socio-technical tool to handle the overloading of Information and take decisions in a quick manner. The project work is done with the intention of studying the Management...
Importance of patterns for managing companies, study of the product life cycle
Thesis - 9 pages - Business strategy
The best way to manage a company is to be competitive. The competition is growing due to the globalization, which has caused the arrival of so many new emerging markets such as China. This is why companies are looking for an efficient management for both staff and marketing mix in order to be...
Are customer's management softwares and quality customer service key elements to gain customer's satisfaction and build loyalty?
Thesis - 24 pages - Management
Nowadays, companies possess lot of tools in order to gain customer's satisfaction and build loyalty. They understood that they have to focus on customers in order to increase profit more than before. Indeed, by focusing on customer's satisfaction they build loyalty and a long-term relationship....
Suitable area for Paris to get a French global city region
Thesis - 9 pages - Journalism
As Saskia Sassen well defined it, a global city region is a region that “overlaps the global city” . Today, it can be admitted that Paris has a lot features that make this city close to a “global city”, such as the central corporate functions, and the “highly specialized...
Communication strategy & plan: Cif case study
Case study - 8 pages - Services marketing
Cif is a very old brand in its sector of cleaning product and has a very strong image, but is too much associated to restrictive and occasional use. As a communication agency, I was asked to think about a new communication strategy which could make Cif appears as more usable, more easily and in...
Industrial network: Providing specifically adapted products for customers
Essay - 3 pages - Services marketing
The economies of scale, defined as the reduction in cost per unit resulting from increased production realized through operational efficiencies, constitute one of the key goals for firms to improve their competitiveness. But this productive model seems to be in the same time contradictory to the...
Managing people in a cross-cultural context
Thesis - 7 pages - Management
My company, REN, is a small company headquartered in Copenhagen. It is a new Japanese owned event company. It employs 50 people. The company has experienced problems with team building during its previous events because of the multinational nature of the teams. The cultural factor had not been...
Process improvement in recruitment, selection and functional design of hiring management system in relevance to IBM
Thesis - 18 pages - Human resources
Process Improvement, a methodology adopted for stabilizing and improving work tasks and systems can result in great benefits in processes in an organization by establishing continuous monitoring and control over those tasks and ensuring predictability of quality and costs. The recruitment...
Commodity markets Vs share markets
Case study - 77 pages - Finance
Indian markets have recently thrown open a new avenue for retail investors and traders to participate in: commodity derivatives. For those who want to diversify their portfolios beyond shares, bonds and real estate, commodities are the best option. Till some months ago, this wouldn't have...
A study of human resources development climate in hospitals and its impact on patient satisfaction
Tutorials/exercises - 43 pages - Human resources
Combining medical technology and the human touch, the health care industry administers care around the clock, responding to the needs of millions of people—from newborns to the critically ill. Industry organization - About 580,000 establishments make up the health care industry; they vary...
Inventory management in Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd
Dissertation - 40 pages - Management
Materials are equivalent to cash and they make up an important part of the total cost. It is essential that materials should be properly safeguarded and correctly accounted. Proper control of material can make a substantial contribution to the efficiency of a business. The success of a...
Heat convection of rectangular and cylindrical fin bases
Thesis - 8 pages - Physics
The convective heat transfer lab was conducted in order to observe and analyze the heat transfer rates and various other criteria of two different geometries of heat sinks. First a rectangular fin heat sink and then a cylindrical pin fin heat sink were subject to a flow of air in a wind tunnel....
Group key management on tree-based braid groups
Tutorials/exercises - 10 pages - Management
The characteristic of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) build temporary dynamic network without any fixed infrastructure and limitation of power and computing capability present the challenge in secure communication. The existing key management protocols in wire network still do not suitable in...
