Philippe Hugon's analysis of the changes wrought by globalization on the African economies
Case study - 4 pages - Management
Despite the effect of globalization on some economies, particularly those of East Asia, Africa has remained untouched by this phenomenon. Among the 49 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 34 are now on the Dark Continent. Although the continent accounts for 11% of world globalization, it only...
Comparison between BLU-RAY and HD DVD
Case study - 3 pages - Services marketing
Slowly but surely the video quality available to us is migrating to high definition. HDTV channels are now appearing on the satellite and DTT. TVs are also firmly based in the HD flat screen technology, and the use the European label "HD ready”. Unfortunately, only less than 15 minutes of...
Blacks, Jews, and Gendered Representations
Essay - 5 pages - Humanities/philosophy
The gendered representations of Blacks and Jews have caused them to struggle with their identities as people in American society. The stereotypes that have arisen from these representations have given two options to these marginalized groups of people:(1) either follow the predisposed vision the...
Personal statement
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
To say that I have always been interested in European society would be a lie. However, my study of English Literature, European History, and the French language has aroused my enthusiasm for European culture. The French Revolution, for example, engages me as it is a milestone event that signifies...
Case study: Targeting tattoos
Case study - 2 pages - Administrative law
A tattoo is the placement of pigment within the skin to create a picture or design. The process of tattooing is produced by deep puncture wounds in one's skin. “[T]he ink is injected into the dermis, which is the second, deeper layer of skin. Dermis cells are very stable, so the tattoo is...
Social and moral policies of government
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
The 'Grapes of Wrath' is a film produced in 1940 based on Steinbeck's prize winning novel of the same name. The film kicks off with the release of the main character from the Oklahoma state prison. Tom faced charges of manslaughter, and after serving his four-year time, he finally faced...
Fall of the Classical Roman Empire
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
The classical Roman Empire was one of the most influential empires to modern civilization. It was started by rapid expansion in to the surrounding part of Africa and Europe (Warner, 2005). At the pinnacle of the Roman Empire, it included sections of Asia Minor. Many accounts place the demise of...
What is globalization?
Course material - 2 pages - International economy
Globalization is the process by which available goods and services, or social and cultural influences, gradually become similar in all parts of the world. It is the increase of trade around the world, especially by large companies producing and trading goods in many different countries. It is the...
Nigerian War: The Ultimate Sacrifice for narrators shifting to the theme of war
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
During the 21st century, fictions have come out of Nigeria marking the attempts of dealing with displacement and identity by the childhood ideas. The attempts are not successful because it is a fact that Nigeria has transformed itself during the nineteen sixties to the nineties from the military...
Sustainable Development: A holistic approach to natural resources management, Yacov Y. Haines (1992)
Book review - 3 pages - Ecology & environment
This paper written by Yacov woke the scientific community about environmental degradation. Every damage affects economic development. This situation opened debates to design new policies for the next generations. Recently, a report focused on some reflections about possible environmental...
Theme of loss and longing in poems-Postcard from Kashmir, by Agha Shahid Ali and "Elena" by Pat Mora
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
Loss and longing are two universal emotions that are predominantly active in our human souls especially when we find ourselves away from the places we naturally call home. While migration has significantly contributed to the richness and diversity of cultures, ethnicities and races, it has...
Language and Cultural Identity
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Language is the use of symbols (words) to communicate. It is the most-important cultural aspect and every culture in the world communicates with their native language (Senft, 12). Language is also a tool used by archeologist to examine past activates and provide clues about cultural and social...
A political satire in the 21st Century has a higher impact on the public opinion than a revealing newspaper article - Thesis Paper Research
Case study - 6 pages - Literature
In the below literature review we are going to examine the effect of satire on politicians. Our thesis is that “A political satire in the 21st Century has a higher impact on the public opinion than a revealing newspaper article, through creating humor and simplicity.” The thesis is...
Effect of Satire on Politicians - Literature Review and Analysis
Case study - 6 pages - Literature
According to Bigi et al, (2011) when Satire gets serious, it can have different effects on people, politicians, public speakers and even societies. The authors cover the main aspects of influencing the public through political satire. Alessandro Bigi, the main author of the study is a researcher...
Professionalism in journalism
Case study - 5 pages - Journalism
The emergence of new communication technologies offers the recontextualization of a large set of spheres of collective experience, their knowledge and practices. Journalism is one of these spheres, constituted as a specialized competence within the field of social narratives, which, from the...
Capital Chemist Diagnostic and Sales System - Information Systems and the performance of firms
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Most studies have tried to explain the relationships between firm performance, competitive advantage and investments made in information systems. Literature on information systems offers useful insights on the relationship competitive strategy and information systems; however, it is still not...
The Tenement Saga: the Lower East Side and early Jewish American writers - Sanford Sternlicht
Book review - 1 pages - Literature
The book "The Tenement Saga: The Lower East Side and Early Jewish American Writers" by Sanford Sternlicht explores the life of Jewish immigrants living in tenements on the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the early 20th century. The Jewish immigrants who migrated from Europe to find a better...
Harlem renaissance
Case study - 4 pages - Literature
Each culture in America has a period of time that is significant to that group. The period identified may have advanced the culture in multiple ways. The African American community experienced a certain period of time that tremendously advanced their culture in America. This time period may be...
The Sportswear Industry : Boom or Gloom ?
Market study - 50 pages - Management
The sportswear industry has witnessed a transition phase in the past few decades. Indeed, the beginning of the 1970s saw the athletic sportswear evolve from specific product lines striving to target and migrate the small and unique markets into mainstream fashion products. The distinct difference...
Business environments focusing on demographic environment
Case study - 25 pages - Management
The important of demographic factor to business is clear from the fact that “management is men” and “market is people.” It is conventionally said that management is men, material, machinery, and money. Even if all the other Ms are excellent, it would not be of unless the men...
RNA extraction and amplification of putative lipase gene from Kasalath and Indonesian Black rice
Case study - 8 pages - Biology
Lipase is responsible for hydrolytic rancidity of processed rice. It hydrolyzes lipids by breaking intra-chain ester bonds into free fatty acids. This experiment aimed to extract RNA from Kasalath and Indonesian Black (IDB) rice lines and determine genes responsible for lipase activity. The...
Immigrant performance in the UK and Germany
Thesis - 20 pages - International relations
This paper reviews the existing literature on ethnic inequality and discrimination in the labor market, to then analyze the economic performance of various ethnic groups in Germany and the UK. Main findings are that in the UK the immigrant population as a whole performs similarly to the natives;...
Neural Prenatal Development
Tutorials/exercises - 7 pages - Psychology
The wonder of development is that a structure as complex as the human brain originates from a flat sheet of embryologic ectoderm. The final, formed brain shows remarkable order in its predictable cortical layering, its diversity of cortical areas, and the numerous networks linking specific...
The management of the expatriation in France and Europe
Dissertation - 42 pages - Human resources
After 30 years of mass unemployment, mobility has become a reality. Viewed more as a threat than as an opportunity to advance in life, mobility is in fact often a prerequisite for a job that is both stable and of quality. The year 2006 was proclaimed by the European Commission as "European Year...
Religion and early American identity
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
Trying to determine what the motives of the migrants to the new world were is a difficult quest because motivations were diverse depending on the colonies. The migrants could be motivated by economical considerations. They thought they could have a better life, to be richer in North America by...
The Effects of Politics and Culture on Medieval Christian Art
Essay - 10 pages - Arts and art history
While Christianity could be argued to have started somewhere between the years 1 and 33 AD, it was not the official religion of the Roman Empire until the Edict of Milan in 313 AD, though by then it had extended throughout the empire and its social structure, thus necessitating the official...
What are the reasons for the growth in the world's major urban centres in the twentieth century? Are the reasons for the growth similar to those that explained urban growth in the developed countries?
Essay - 8 pages - Modern history
While the origins of cities go back to over five thousand years, urbanization; the process of population concentration into urban areas is a recent phenomenon dating back to the 18th Century when cities began growing in the now developed world. As Davis puts it, “before 1850 no society could...
The impact of multiculturalism on the Australian society
Essay - 31 pages - Social sciences
The Austral continent is divided into six States and two Territories. Sydney, the capital of New South Wales is the oldest place where Europeans settled and the biggest Australian city. The bridge of Sydney, “Harbour Bridge” and its Opera are the symbols of the city. In 1911, Canberra...
Investigating the frequencies of gene and genotype in the human population
Thesis - 21 pages - Biology
Mendelian genetics is built on the work done by the "father of genetics", Gregor Johann Mendel (1822-1884). His contributions to the study of inheritance paved the way for our basic understanding of how traits are inherited from one generation to the next. He was also instrumental in applying...
Integrated software system
Dissertation - 79 pages - Computer science
Nothing could be truer than the fact that all things are flowing - everything is under constant change. Even in the field of computing, we are witnessing great changes right before our eyes. When it first began, computing was limited to huge machines operated by scientists in research...
