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...
The strategy of selling online by the natural cosmetics group L'Occitane (2006)
Case study - 18 pages - Economy general
It was decided to focus this topic on the cosmetics market as there is a certain passion for this field and the professional ambition is common, as there is an interest to eventually become a part of the cosmetics market. This is a dynamic market, which offers, many prospects in terms of...
Study of the site of Monster.com (2007)
Case study - 9 pages - Services marketing
Created in 1999, Monster.fr was located in 21 countries, and is now the largest international network of recruitment. With an intense policy of takeovers, in 2005 for 20 million euros, the site has a market capitalization of over $ 5 billion. According to Patrick Pedersen, director of...
Marketing strategy: Case Adidas
Case study - 33 pages - Services marketing
In a globalized environment, where the competition has never been so intense, sportswear firm Adidas aims to become the leader in the sports footwear market. In order to reach this goal, this group focuses on the marketing campaign, which reflects the company's culture and passion with respect...
The scientific method
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
The Scientific Method is a process of steps that uses critical thinking and inductive reasoning. There are five steps to the Scientific method. The steps are: observe, question what you have observed, create a hypothesis that relates to the observation and the question or questions you made from...
Second Life
Essay - 2 pages - Humanities/philosophy
Last time, we listened to a presentation on YouTube and the various problems raised by this website. Today, the subject is as topical as YouTube and we stay on the Web, because we are going to talk about another website called Second Life.Created in 2003 by Linden Lab, it became...
Establishment of the "Easy Hotel"in Madrid
Case study - 19 pages - Services marketing
EasyHotel is a chain of ‘no frills' hotels run by the privately held conglomerate EasyGroup. We chose to base our research on such a hotel chain as we feel the low cost concept hospitality sector is an important growing sector. EasyHotel is a novel and exclusive concept; we have all been...
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,...
The Relationship between Corruption and Economic Development
Essay - 5 pages - Political science
Through the quantitative comparison of corruption and economic development, it can be found that GDP per Capita is partially dependent on the amount of corruption within the governing body of a given nation. The independent variable (x) is the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) as made available...
Dell's case: the build-to-order business model
Tutorials/exercises - 5 pages - Business strategy
Michael Dell founded the company in 1984 while he was at the University of Texas at Austin. He began by selling improvements of IBM-compatible PCs and started to sell his own brand of PCs one year later (the Turbo). The concept was very simple: from the beginning Dell's business model was based...
Consumer behavior : Dove vs Palmolive
Market study - 9 pages - Services marketing
The advertisement shows eleven women just with their underwear. The colors of the picture permit to remind the flask of the shower gel (S.G) which is white and blue. The white color is reminded with the background of the picture and the underwear. The blue color is reminded with the...
E-Business - vente-privee.com
Essay - 12 pages - Management
It is now 8.38 am exactly. We are currently 92,773 people connected and the shirt I wanted is still available, but only in XS or XXL sizes. Welcome to my home, this Thursday, 3rd January 2008 during the 2 days Calvin Klevin sales, organized on the Vente-privée.fr website. In France, this...
Ethnographic Research Project: Yoga To The People
Case study - 7 pages - Sociology
As our mantra says...this yoga is for mothers, brothers, sisters and grandmothers, poets, bakers, painters and artists. This is Yoga to the People! So let all of your doubts or questions be set aside... come and explore the world of yoga', are the words one can read when entering Yoga to the...
HR-staffing and techniques for employee selection
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
ADNOC is the state-owned oil company of the United Arabs Emirates (UAE). The firm has thus embarked on a comprehensive program for the staffing recruitment and selection. There are a number of criteria for selection at ADNOC for instance the use of cognitive ability, job knowledge, personality of...
New Social Network App Reviews
Case study - 7 pages - Management
Technology has a far more reaching and fulfilling effect in making life easier for the common person. With the averments in technology, more apps are been created to help with the growing demand of wanting to stay in touch or being on top of things. These apps have created a shortcut for the...
Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Natoora
Case study - 5 pages - Services marketing
Natoora is a French company which aims to source and supply top quality foods carefully chosen by expert selectors (meat, fruits, dairy, fishmongs, drinks, vegetables etc). A top local producers' network is built in each country or city, so as to supply the consumers with fresh biological...
Environmentally sustainable economies
Case study - 3 pages - Psychology
Economic growth is what propelled America's leap to become the world's only superpower and most influential nation, but not without sacrifice. Our exponential growth has depleted our nonrenewable resources and polluted many of our nation's greatest natural wonders. While it is imperative that...
Nespresso and its information system - E-business
Thesis - 15 pages - Business strategy
The company was founded by Nespresso Nestle Group in 1986 with the aim of offering its customers quality coffee products. Since then, the company has continued to develop a selective distribution system and manage its brand based on luxury. The company catered to the popular concept of drinking...
PESTEL Analysis - Airbnb
Case study - 5 pages - Tourism marketing
The growing popularity of collaborative consumption has had a massive impact on how many industries around the world operate. According to Wikipedia collaborative consumption can be defined as 'the set of resource circulation systems, which enable consumers to both "obtain" and "provide",...
How does Fox News cover Africa?
Essay - 3 pages - International relations
Fox News is the top rated channel in the United States (U.S.) but it is also broadcasted internationally in 40 countries. It can stand for an American point of view about news but also for a more global one. Fox News has an obvious impact on Americans. That is why, in order to monitor the way...
McDonald's: impact of physical evidence and servicescapes on customer perceptions and employees' behaviour
Essay - 7 pages - Human resources
"Explain the impact of physical evidence and servicescapes on customer perceptions and employees' behavior within the service sector. Provide relevant service sector examples." McDonald's is an interpersonal service company, in Bitner's categorization, which highly resorts to physical...
An overview of Netflix
Thesis - 8 pages - Business strategy
Reed Hastings founded Netflix in 1997 during the emergent days of Internet retailing, to offer home delivery of DVD rentals through the U.S. Postal Service. The company has grown at a rapid pace since to the point that in 2006, subscribers could use Netflix's website to choose from over...
Threats and opportunities for public relations in online communities
Essay - 5 pages - Journalism
In 1982, the Chicago senior public relations (PR) consultant Philip Lesly wrote: "You won't be able to practice public relations effectively in the last half of the 1980's with just a local phone, a mimeograph machine and postage stamps, as the pioneers of this field did? (Reilly, 1987)....
Ebay's strategy in China: alliance or acquisition
Case study - 5 pages - Economy general
When we talk about business, especially e-business and major firms which are well established in this sector, we mostly end up talking about American companies, because most people consider America as ‘the land of opportunity'. I definitely agree with this, because majority of the well...
"Nespresso, what else? " - A strategic analysis
Case study - 30 pages - Business strategy
During the 70s, Nestle anticipated a market growth of premium coffee based on the original concept of the inventor of the espresso, Luiggi Bezzera. The principle is simple: offer the finest Italian coffee directly to your home or office. Founded in 1986, Nespresso pioneered the allotted coffee...
The communication devices used by a non-profit organization: Case of YMCA
Case study - 5 pages - Services marketing
In the current world that is laden with random messages and information, the organization's key key to breaking through the clutters is to reasonably manage its communication media and deliver a consistent message via its text and image contents. From the standpoint of establishing...
A digital company making publicity
Case study - 12 pages - Digital & e-marketing
We are a digital company that makes publicity, in other words, we can brand any business, be it a store, a product, a hotel... and promote it in order to make it known to people. We created a website related to their social media pages where we can promote their business by posting new...
Tips for Expanding your Floral Business
Case study - 18 pages - Business strategy
When you initially open a shop one of the hardest tasks is building a customer base and keeping those customers. If you are lucky enough to open in an exclusive area with heavy walk-in traffic, then you don't have to rush to build up your customers. However, if you off the beaten path and need...
Placement report: The launch of eBay in an OXFAM charity shop
Essay - 23 pages - Business strategy
From the 13th of May to the 4th of August, I was in Bristol, a town from the South West of England. From the beginning, I knew that I wanted to go to England because it is the nearest country to learn English and also because I was interested to discover its culture its system a little more. My...
Victoria's secret
Thesis - 5 pages - Services marketing
Pick a brand and gather all its marketing communications materials. How effectively have they mixed and matched the marketing communications? Have they capitalized on the strengths of different media and compensated for their weaknesses at the same time? How explicitly have they integrated their...
