Evolution of the ski market from 2000 to 2006: Industry of winter sports and Alpine skiing
Dissertation - 73 pages - Services marketing
The main objective of this study is to trace all the developments experienced by the alpine ski market between 2000 and 2006. The underlying objectives often are of one general point of view: To present a thorough analysis of the characteristics of the alpine ski market and its trends. Thus,...
Technological evolution of mobile radio networks: what is the future of GSM infrastructure?
Dissertation - 65 pages - Electronics
Historically, telecommunications have occupied a prominent place in human society. The area occupied by this segment has risen sharply in the past thirty years, by the mobile networks becoming available to the general public. A mobile radio network is primarily a wireless network. It establishes...
Assessment of evolution in a population of University of Florida's students according to Hardy-Weinberg's equilibrium
Thesis - 3 pages - Biology
TPA-25 is an Alu element which is inserted within an intron of the tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) gene. An individual may be homozygous for the presence or absence of TPA-25, or heterozygous for it. Evolution occurs in a population if the frequency of alleles changes from one...
Dynamics and characteristics of language evolution
Thesis - 2 pages - Linguistics
The development of language was both supported by and supplementary to the evolution of “fully modern” human intelligence. Lingual evolution can be divided into its anatomical and social developments, so that there is a distinction between language as an anatomical...
The history of the Blues music: creation, evolution and diffusion in the world
Essay - 2 pages - Arts and art history
The revolution started when the Germans arrived in America. They already had many slaves, but they still subjugated hundreds of Africans present in the country, so that these men also became slaves. In the 19th century, in the South of the United States, one could hear the cries which the black...
The evolution of EU-American relationships: From obedience to independence? - published: 29/09/2010
Essay - 6 pages - International relations
The EU-US relations were the basis upon which global institutions were built at the end of World War II, they permitted the creation of the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, and the North-Atlantic Treaty Organization. They were responsible for forging the framework still used to...
An examination of China's evolution in manufacturing and innovation since 1978
Thesis - 11 pages - Business strategy
Since 1978, Chinese manufacturing industries have experienced remarkable growth and dramatic change. China is now the third largest manufacturing country in the world. Moreover, China is becoming more increasingly innovative with its own products and services. Yet, there is much to learn about...
The evolution of a company and its environment
Thesis - 5 pages - Management
It seems necessary to present the historical evolution that has led companies to develop the need for such methods. If there is currently no silver bullet in the wide range of tools of modern management, which would solve all the problems of business, new methods and theories are emerging...
The evolution of the European Community / Union over the last 50 years
Thesis - 5 pages - European union
Fifty years after the Treaties of Rome (1957), the European Union has deeply evolved. From a regional economic cooperation, it has become a major international actor looking for re-launching its Constitutional process. If the European cooperation was a revolutionary concept after more than a...
Dove: evolution of a brand
Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy
Dove, a major market for hygiene and beauty, is part of the Unilever Group. As early as 1957, Dove was distinguished from its competitors, revolutionizing the brand in the medical world by launching a soap consisting of 25% moisturizer for sensitive skin. It defines it as, being different from...
Market evolution of luxurious products and service
Market study - 8 pages - Services marketing
The global luxury goods market has today, reached a peak. “We estimate the market of new luxury products and services to be $400 billion, growing at an annual rate of 15 percent” says Silverstein. According to Keane & McMillan (2004) “spending on luxuries (in Britain) has...
The evolution and expansion of nestle - published: 23/11/2010
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
In 1866, the Swiss chemist Henri Nestle invented powdered milk for feeding newborns, who could not be nursed by their mothers. He sold his formula in 1867, thus laying the groundwork for the start of a major company called Nestle. Over time, the company has diversified its range of products,...
Kanata: Adaptation and evolution in data sharing systems
Thesis - 3 pages - Computer science
The role of various elements employed in the adaptation and evolution of data systems is complex. This article elaborates a number of issues related to adaptation and changing data patterns. It includes the use of metadata. Metadata is employed in web pages and are used by search engines...
Supply Chain and Logistics Managements' evolution
Essay - 4 pages - Management
Globally, supply chain management (SCM) is the whole set of tools and methods that are used by managers in order to improve the supply chain of a company. Indeed, supply chain management is regarded as a process in which planning, implementing and controlling, allow the companies to satisfy the...
Neuro-physiological and evolutionary theories
Thesis - 2 pages - Psychology
The brain is the most important part of the body. With the use of the brain all other limbs and bodily functions receive information about what should be taking place. With all that the brain is responsible for there is still another task that people maintain almost seamlessly. That task is the...
The evolution and implications of Hedge Fund institutionalization
Essay - 12 pages - Finance
Hedge funds and their managers, once obscure enigmas of the investment community, have become in the last decade household names due to their overwhelming publicity as money-hungry madmen. Part of the reason why these loosely regulated funds have drawn so much attention is because their explosive...
Slavery: Origin, history and evolution in the modern world
Thesis - 6 pages - Social sciences
Slavery is a social institution and probably the most compelling of situations. It can be defined as a system in which people are treated as an owned asset. They can be held against their will and also deprived of the right to leave or demand wages. In ancient societies, it was legal for an owner...
Benetton group: The evolution of a network to face global competition
Case study - 11 pages - Management
Benetton's story has started in the 1950s from the "idea of color?. The family holding group has been established in 1965. Over the ongoing decade, the first factory and 1000 shops opened worldwide. Benetton has grown through a unique network organization which is flexible and innovative, as...
Evolution of the stock exchange and its impact on the German market: Max Weber
Thesis - 7 pages - Finance
Max Weber was born on 21st April 1864 in Erfurt, Prussia. Weber's father was a liberal politician and due to his work, he moved along with his family in 1869. Weber completed his High school majoring in Literature in Berlin and proceeded to complete his university studies in History, Economics...
The evolution of HDTV
Thesis - 8 pages - Electronics
It all began when a 20year old German student, Paul Nikpow, put forward his theory of the “rotating disk'. The inventors tried to build a mechanical television system based on either this theory or tried to build an electronic television system by using a cathode ray tube. The invention of...
The automobile: The history, evolution and development
Thesis - 7 pages - Social sciences
Land transport was pioneered by the revolutionary wheel. The wheel was invented about forty centuries BC. It was used by potters. A copy about the wheel and its uses was found in Lower Mesopotamia (Sumer) dated 3250 BC. The principle of the centrifugal force is used to shape a lump of clay that...
The evolution of the aircraft
Thesis - 3 pages - Social sciences
The first unmanned aircraft model was developed by an Englishman named Stringfellow in 1850, based upon the work done by his compatriots Cayley and Henson. The concept of aviation was invented by Frenchman Gabriel Landelle in 1863. George Cayley (1773-1857), an English farmer, had the insight to...
Einstein and the evolution of physics
Thesis - 2 pages - Physics
In this paper, we will try to understand in brief the physical concepts by Einstein and the basics of their creation and operation. At the forefront, Einstein dismisses the notion that science and ideas are the perfect reflection of reality. Physical concepts are creations of the human mind which...
Evolution of Investment Strategies, and Case-Based Decision Theory
Essay - 2 pages - Psychology
Gilboa and Schmeidler's work demonstrates an important distinction between behavior as predicted by Expected Utility Theory and as predicted by Case Based Decision Theory: in the event of a posed similar, familiar decision, people will revert to their memories of past situations to determine...
Female Beauty in Japan: perceptions and evolutions
Thesis - 7 pages - Sociology
Japan, is widely known for origami, the art of folding a kimono, ikebana and many such arts that require patience and discipline and seek to "beautify" the environment. However, in this document we will study the Japanese notion of beauty as it is applied to women. What does it mean to be...
Does devolution constitute a challenge to the British political tradition?
Essay - 4 pages - Political science
In 1998, the New Labor government passed the Scotland Act, the Government of Wales Act and the Northern Ireland Act, enforcing devolution in the United Kingdom. In order to determine if devolution constitutes a challenge to the British political tradition, one needs to look at pre-devolution...
The marketing concept and its evolution
Thesis - 5 pages - Services marketing
Since its creation, marketing has evolved following the main phases of economic life. From the early nineteenth century until 1960, the transaction of marketing has prevailed; marketers have preferred to ignore the relational processes considering it to be too costly and too complex to manage....
Revolutions in thought
Thesis - 4 pages - Humanities/philosophy
In the 18th and 19th centuries, natural philosophers were making great claims on the nature of the world around them. Although they did not have some of the technology that is available today, they were able to make assumptions about the composition of certain substances through the inference of...
Human difference: Evolutionary theory, racial theory and Marxist theory
Thesis - 3 pages - Humanities/philosophy
In this paper, I am going to outline the differences between three theories which propose to explain differences in humans along the lines of sex, skin color, and monetary wealth. I argue that each theory is a specific way of constructing reality, inseparable from the social conditions in which...
The evolution of the advertising industry
Thesis - 6 pages - Services marketing
Advertising has become a global phenomenon with its presence in the broadcast media. The need for an advertising campaign is to design and organize communication strategies to influence people who are in favor of ideas, activities, products or the brand which an organization wants to promote. The...
