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Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Business economics - Offline Marketing and Online Marketing, grade: 1, 2, University of St Andrews, language: English, abstract: The retail industry in the UK, as a relatively mature and oligopolistic sector, can be characterised by overcapacity, price-driven marketing, and a high concentration of firms (Morschett, Swoboda, & Schramm-Klein, 2005, p. 275). WH Smith has a history of over 200 years ...

Essay aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Systeme - Allgemeines und Vergleiche, Note: 2, 0, European Business School - Internationale Universität Schloß Reichartshausen Oestrich-Winkel, Veranstaltung: Governance Ethics, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Corporate Governance (CG) ist seit jeher ein kritisch betrachtetes Thema und wird nach den Skandalen von Unternehmen wie Enron und WorldCom im Jahre 2002 wieder verstärkt diskutiert...

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Business economics - Marketing, Corporate Communication, CRM, Market Research, Social Media, grade: A, University of St Andrews, language: English, abstract: An increased competitive situation on the basis of similar products, scarce resources, advancements in technology and changes in customer behaviour are forcing companies to consider a sustained and efficient structure of the provision of their servi...

Describes the use of inverse scattering theory in seismic imaging for seismic processing practitioners and theoretical geophysicists.

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Business economics - Personnel and Organisation, grade: A, University of St Andrews, language: English, abstract: Human resource management (HRM) is becoming an increasingly important topic as organisations are forced to adapt their operations to a rapidly growing global environment (Boxall, Purcell & Wright, 2007, pp. 216-218). In this regard, international human resource management (IHRM) has gained in...

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Film Science, grade: 1, 3, University of St Andrews, language: English, abstract: In his attempt to break down binary thought structures that characterise interactions between different cultures, in his 1994 work Location of culture, Homi Bhabha defines the term of third space as a place where identities can be renegotiated. The third space can be located beyond the bipolarity of 'us' and 'them' and thus...

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Film Science, grade: 1, 2, University of St Andrews, language: English, abstract: The family as an institution that is accountable for raising responsible and mature adults who become representatives of their societies is a key principle of social organisation (Bernardes 1997: 2, Hill 1998: 63). For children, familial life is the very first experience of social relations, through which they become part o...

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Philosophy - Practical (Ethics, Aesthetics, Culture, Nature, Right, ...), grade: 1, 0, University of St Andrews, language: English, abstract: Already in ancient times the image of the Other was negatively connoted with the Foreign imagined as a monster creature, dog-headed or monocular, which has manifested itself in the opposition of the 'civilised' and the 'primitive world'. This construct helps integr...

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Speech Science / Linguistics, grade: 1, 0, University of St Andrews, language: English, abstract: 'Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.' This is how American poet Sandburg described the linguistic phenomenon of slang in the New York Times in 1959 (quoted in Crystal 2006: 117). His definition accurately expresses the spirit of slang, but somewhat exaggerates ...

Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 2, 1, European Business School - International University Schloß Reichartshausen Oestrich-Winkel (SMI), 42 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Table of Contents List of Abbreviations i List of Figures and Tables ii 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Problem Formulation and Objectives 1 1.2 Course of the Investigation 2 2 Charact...

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Film Science, grade: 1, 4, University of St Andrews, language: English, abstract: With the dissolution of the Soviet state and the breakdown of Soviet ideologies the question about Russian national identity became a central issue in post-Soviet Russian culture (Horton 2001: 218). By promoting specific values of traditional Soviet ideals, Mikhalkov, in Burnt by the Sun [Mikhalkov, 1994], revives a nationa...

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject Business economics - Law, grade: C, Ipswich School, course: GCSE Law, 18 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: What does consumer law consist of and are consumers adequately protected by the current consumer law in the UK? This coursework has the aim to analyse the different aspects of consumer protection covered by UK consumer law and the effectiveness of the current laws in...

Wissenschaftlicher Aufsatz aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Theoretische (Erkenntnis, Wissenschaft, Logik, Sprache), Note: 1, 6, European Business School - Internationale Universität Schloß Reichartshausen Oestrich-Winkel, Veranstaltung: Wissenschaftstheorie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Um einen Einstieg in die Thematik der Definition wissenschaftlicher Grundbegriffe im Rahmen der modernen Wissenschaftstheorie zu finden, bietet s...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2009 in the subject Health Science, grade: 1, 9, European Business School - International University Schloß Reichartshausen Oestrich-Winkel (Department for Market-Oriented Management), course: Health Care Management, language: English, abstract: In recent years, the German health care sector underwent considerable structural changes. Nevertheless, medical facilities increasingly recognise that their resources are ...

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Business economics - Marketing, Corporate Communication, CRM, Market Research, Social Media, grade: 1, 0, University of St Andrews, course: Retailing Corporate Strategy / Corporate Strategy, language: English, abstract: "Strategy is defined as the determination of the basic long-term goals and objectives of an enterprise" (Chandler, 1990, p. 13). As the quote by Chandler suggests, strategy is c...

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, grade: 1, 2, University of St Andrews, language: English, abstract: In the course of this essay the terminology that was applied by the Russian Formalist theoreticians shall be investigated (many terms were even invented and introduced by the Formalists themselves). More precisely, a careful look will be taken at how the literary critics, Medvedev ...

Essay from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1, 4, University of St Andrews, language: English, abstract: In the course of this essay the two books, How to be an alien by George Mikes and Empire of the Mind by Iqbal Ahmed, shall be carefully examined by placing an emphasis on how the sense of the British identity has changed since the end of the British Empire. The prim...

Intermediate Examination Paper from the year 2009 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: 1, 2, University of St Andrews, language: English, abstract: Corporate Governance (CG) has always been a critically viewed topic and is being increasingly discussed after the Enron and WorldCom scandals, which had a worldwide outreach (Petra, 2006, p. 107) or major cases of poor corporate governance in Asia such as the Peregrine or the C...

Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Speech Science / Linguistics, grade: 1, 0, University of St Andrews, course: Language and Nation in Europe, language: English, abstract: In the broadest sense, language is a means of identification and self-identification of individuals and social systems (Bodi 1995: 17). In German-speaking countries this can be a controversial issue. Terminologically, the existence of a nation-state called Germany (in G...