Human resources strategy, SIEMENS
Essay - 20 pages - Management
Electrical and electronic engineering constitute the backbone and hence the identity of the SIEMENS group which celebrated 160 years of existence in 2007. This company has several basic trade segments such as: energy, industry, telecommunications, information, transport, and health etc. In...
What are the main obstacles to the provision of global public goods?
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Global public goods are hard to define. Even though, there is a consensus about the definitions of public goods and collective goods, there exists different approaches. Public goods are supposed to be available for all and they are characterized by two principles: non-rivalry, which means that...
English as a global language : Past, present and future
Essay - 2 pages - Linguistics
Globalization has ushered in an era of global culture and economy. With this increased internationalization, everyone needs a medium of communication. Intercultural transactions can only take place if a common language is used. The English language has become popular as a common language. As...
Cultural analysis of France
Essay - 18 pages - Sociology
France is one of the 27 member States of the European Union. This means it enjoys the four fundamental freedoms within the European market: freedom of movement for people, money, services and goods. France is located in Western Europe, a developed area with all the necessary infrastructures for...
Nike's outsourcing strategy
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Many large companies and SME's are engaging in outsourcing and for various reasons like economies of scale, reduced costs, improved performance, focus on core activity etc. This economic strategy has been meeting with growing success. Outsourcing or externalization of the process means the...
Business of the information systems
Course material - 9 pages - Computer science
Internet, databases, networks, telecommunications, e-commerce, multimedia are all associated with the conduct of business. They prove the pervasiveness of information technology in the functioning of organizations. At a time when technological progress accompanies intense competition,...
Chemical Bank: Implementing the Balanced Scorecard
Thesis - 13 pages - Management
In 1993, Chemical Bank and Hanover Corporation concluded a merging process. The new larger banking company was better-positioned to compete with other major players in the market. Michael Hegarty, the head of the Retail Bank Division of Chemical Banking Corporation, wanted to transform the bank...
DHL Express Competitive Advantages
Case study - 2 pages - Management
DHL Worldwide Express is a good example that helps illustrate the dynamics of the international air express industry and how the market is growing in the Middle East and Asia Pacific regions (Diego, 1999). It demonstrates how DHL and its competitors have embraced latest technologies, reviewed...
Sony' s innovative strategies
Essay - 4 pages - Services marketing
Sony, created in May 1946 by A. Morita and Masaru Ibuka, was originally called the Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Corporation. At the beginning, Sony was a small company but today it has obviously become a recognized global company. This firm, which follows the concept ofKereitsu was...
General Motors - Strategic management plan
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
The development of the automotive industry is probably the biggest revolution of the twentieth century along with Internet and telecommunications. Motor cars were invented in 1769 but we had to wait until 1890 to hear about the word "automobile". Since then, many car companies were born;...
Cultural differences in business and comparison between the American, English and French management style
Essay - 6 pages - Business strategy
Progress in telecommunication and transportation technologies has resulted in unprecedented growth in international trade in general and transatlantic trade (between the European Union and North America) in particular. As a result, Europeans and North Americans often interact to negotiate...
Strategic analysis of Thomson
Case study - 5 pages - Services marketing
The company Thomson originated in 1879 by the association of Elihu Thomson and Edwin Houston. Originally the company specialized in the distribution of electrical equipment. Through multiple acquisitions and mergers, it was oriented towards the design and manufacture of electronic and...
Huawei: An Analysis of the company's strategies and success in UK market
Market study - 10 pages - Business strategy
"Huawei has been a success in the UK (United Kingdom) market, but has not left the kind of impression that it has left in some of the other markets. Huawei has been at the forefront of constant innovation and new product design. The entry of the company in the UK market was marked by the year...
SWOT Analysis - Vodacom
Case study - 5 pages - ICT marketing
Vodacom is a company that originated in South Africa in 1993, founded by Alan Knott-Craig Senior, who later handed the reins over to his son, Alan Knott-Craig Junior. The company has become the leading purpose-led African provider of financial and digital services, and connectivity, offering a...
The situation of media in Canada
Thesis - 5 pages - Social sciences
The issue of foreign ownership of broadcasting is a contentious one as there are interests on both sides of the debate with reasonable arguments to their effect. Recently a competition review panel urged that Canada loosen the restrictions it currently has on foreign control of media if it is to...
An empirical study of the Scottish attitude towards mobile phone product and services
Tutorials/exercises - 44 pages - Business strategy
Vodafone Essar is a cellular operator in India that covers16 telecom circles in India .the name of the company ,the marketing brand used is simply Vodafone .its offers both prepaid postpaid GSM cellular phone coverage through out India and is especially strong in the metros. Vodafone Essar...
Benetton: Strategic evaluation
Case study - 39 pages - Business strategy
Benetton is an internationally recognized empire. In this document we are going to discuss about different strategies of group development and the current status of Benetton and its holding company, Edizione. Benetton and Edizione are groups in a perpetual pace of growth. It is difficult to...
Strategy trend analysis in Indian IT industry
Tutorials/exercises - 44 pages - Business strategy
India, the world's largest democracy with world's second highest population after China and 7th largest area is also one of the fastest growing economies in the world. India's richness and diversity of culture, geographic and climatic conditions, natural and mineral resources are...
The global economic crisis and its impact on economy of Finland: The case of Nokia corporation
Thesis - 7 pages - Economy general
The global economy is experiencing the impact of an unprecedented economic downturn which began in the United States and spread all over the world. This paper provides an overview of the impact of the global crisis on the economy of Finland in 2008 and 2009. The course work analysis the...
Strategic Analysis of HR for Alcatel-Lucent: A merger facing HR & management culture issues
Dissertation - 11 pages - Human resources
In this document, we focus on the analysis of the human resources function of a huge company, which is unique because it is in the perspective of a merger between Alcatel and Lucent. We have first presented an overview of the merger to position the sector, and concluded this part with a SWOT...
Comparison between the capitalism of France and Germany
Dissertation - 39 pages - Economy general
France is a country located on the European continent. Its area is about 550,000 square kilometers. Its capital and largest city is Paris. It is a nation that is active on the international stage. A co-founder of the European Union, it is also a permanent member of the Security Council of UN-OECD...
The impact of smart phones on business and private life
Essay - 90 pages - Management
Since few years, mobile phone market is changing radically and many new mobile phones, called smart phones or intelligence phones are entering on the market and have produced a boom. Before, those intelligence phones were only dedicated to professional persons, but mobile manufacturer felt that...
The impact of sales promotion on customer retention
Case study - 57 pages - Services marketing
Effective communication is the essence of promotion. In the age of information, marketing is incomplete without effective communication with the prospective buyers about the right product at the right price that is available at the right place. Marketers must communicate the product, its...
Europe's leading telecom companies : Overstretched and under threat
Essay - 9 pages - Business strategy
According to Campbell in 2002, the classic prescriptive process can be defined as a “strategy that is planned in advance and which follows a rational process through each stage from analysis to implementation.” Widely recognised as the most principal theories for strategy development,...
A brief overview of the Human Resources Information System with special references to India
Case study - 31 pages - Human resources
Human resource departments require large amount of detailed information the quality of personnel management department's contribution largely depends upon the quality of information held by it. Many personal activities and much effort by personnel professionals are devoted to obtain and define...
Customer Relationship Management and the call centers
Tutorials/exercises - 60 pages - Management
Before we begin to examine the conceptual foundations of CRM, it will be useful to define what CRM is. CRM stands for "Customer Relationship Management." CRM is a business strategy and a collection of technologies that enable seamless coordination between sales, marketing, customer service, field...
A closer examination of the phenomenon of globalization and its affect on India
Tutorials/exercises - 117 pages - Economy general
The term "globalization" has acquired considerable emotive force. Some view it as a process that is beneficial—a key to future world economic development—and also inevitable and irreversible. Others regard it with hostility, even fear, believing that it increases inequality within and...
Project finance and project evaluation: The Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Dissertation - 43 pages - Accounting
The use of non-recourse project financing has grown steadily in emerging markets, especially in basic infrastructure, natural resources and the energy sector. Because of its cost and complexity, project finance is aimed at large-scale investments. The key is in the precise estimation of cash...
Virgin case study: strengths and weaknesses
Case study - 14 pages - Business strategy
The Virgin Group is a group of subsidiaries whose activities are centerd around the leisure sector, in line with the image of a dynamic, innovative and charismatic president Richard Branson. Sir Richard Branson is the head of a business empire that includes 250 companies in 23 countries, most...
An analysis of E tailing
Dissertation - 83 pages - Services marketing
Online retailing is conducted through interactive online computer systems, which link consumers with sellers electronically. In a short space of time, internet retailing has firmly established itself as a viable alternative to store based shopping. Commercial online services offer online...
