Sustainability Case Studies Samples For Students

The United States of America is said to be the largest dependent on fossil fuels by a research conducted by southeast Missouri state university’s Robert Polack. He found out that the US uses fossil fuels in almost each and every sector from food, consumer goods, transportation, energy procurement itself to heating. Basically, our economy runs on fossil fuels, but question is what if the world runs out of fossil fuels in the near future what are we going to do? The answer to this perplexing question is to venture into renewable sources of energy, which will relieve us the ...

What is Nestlé’s role in future global food system? Do you support partnering both horizontally (with competitors) and vertically (with suppliers)?
Creating a wonderful cup of coffee is not only Nestlé’s business, but it is the business of everyone involved in its supply chain (The Times 100, Coffee- the Supply Chain). Today, Nestle is heading the worldwide movement of promoting sustainable agriculture for the entire food industry. The company’s role in the future global food system is going to be very critical. Since farmers come first in the supply chain of the food system, Nestle ...

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The Acorn house restaurant is considered as a pioneer among all who introduced the concept of eco-friendly restaurant culture in the London City. Therefore, a sustainable approach is the primary selling point of the Acorn house restaurant as a whole. According to the case study, they came up with a mission to alter the ways people eat out and a great example for the existing and future restaurants to promote and transform the sustainable culture into the restaurant industry, as well as future hospitality experts. The restaurant started its operations by the year 2006 and in the city of London. All the restaurant products, ...

Nike does not own any factories; it contracts with many different factories to produce its product. Thus Nike’s manufacturing vision is different than other corporation it stresses on cultivating strong, long term, trust-based relationships and interactions. Nike’s vast size presents multiple strategic which is difficulties in the concept, performance and evaluation of strategy, which is why Nike employs a four-pronged efficiency improvement methods on its supply chain. These include lean manufacturing, economic security and human resources development i.e. lean, green, equity and empowerment (Nike, Inc., 2011, pp. 33-37).
Lean manufacturing focus on the minimization of defects, non-value-adding activities, ...

1) What, historically, have been Apple's competitive advantages?
Historically, Apple’s competitive advantage has been its innovation and superior research and design. Through this Apple has been able to design user-friendly products that produce raving fans. Its history of innovation has produced products which competitors find difficult to copy.
2) Analyze the personal computer industry, Are the dynamics favorable or problematic for Apple?
3) How sustainable is Apple's competitive position in PCs?
Apple’s position is the PC industry is strong considering it serves a specific niche of computer professionals. It will able to retain its position ...

- Introduction
At this stage in the world, innovation is necessary to attain prosperity and develop solutions that tackle the challenges of energy security and global warming. However, the process is not as easy as scientists make it appear. As a result, understanding the waves of innovation is necessary in order to appreciate the innovation cycle. The innovation cycle is best presented through the waves of innovation diagram, which consists of five waves that show different phases of industrial life cycle. This report makes an attempt to discuss the waves of innovation, and how this affects specific sectors of ...

Evaluating Strategies - EasySolution

In the current unstable business environment, managers are realizing how risky the most valuable investments often are. This is why it is advisable for managers or investors to evaluate various investment options. However, many current financial assessment techniques do not succeed in identifying what investors can do to capitalize on future uncertain investments (Jose, 2008: p. 830). Thus, a critical question before making a decision is to evaluate the sustainability of the investment option.
Based on the SAFE framework which uses indicators of environmental integrity, economic efficiency and social welfare as inputs as well as fussy reasoning, I would like ...

Environmental Studies

Deutsche Bank of Germany is a globally powerful banking and financial institution. It has been recognized in both the financial and the environmental sectors for environmentally positive actions. The eco-friendly activities include both internal and external ‘green’ actions. The Deutsche Bank’s mission statement claims that the goal of the company is to find long term financial solutions for everyone who needs financial services.
“The bank competes to be the leading global provider of financial solutions, creating lasting value for its clients, shareholders, people and the communities in which it operates.” (Mission Statement, Deutsche Bank, 2013)
Deutsche Bank ...

Of the organization actions described in the case taken by Nike to actually try to implement its ambitious sustainability strategy, which few stood out for you as most significant and why?
Corporate Responsibility (CR) can be defined as the ethics of an organization or business. Every company has its own values and expectations in its relationship with the public, its stakeholders and the business world. In such relations, corporate responsibility acts as a device through which a company ensures that it complies with the expected ethical standards. Nike, like any other company is integrating corporate responsibility in the quest to ...

Introduction

Amanco is one of the leading manufacturer companies in Latin America that majorly deals with the production of plastic pipes and other fittings. Notably, the company has adopted an approach that entails sustainability in the production of its products. The sustainability strategy was encompassed in Amanco’s competitive strategy in its quest to achieve price premiums. Consequently, the company has distinguished itself from other manufacturers in the same line of production by particularly engaging in brand productions related with sustainability.

In what specific ways do Amanco's sustainability-related actions

- Strengthen the perceived value of its products in the eyes of its customers
It is important to ...

ANSWER # 1: GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE (GRI)

Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a non-profit organization which is established to provide guidelines to the businesses to develop business conduct integrating sustainability as key measure. GRI requires businesses to integrate social and environmental justice and care in business core objectives along with profitability as primary objective. GRI is world’s first organization that requires business to develop business model that adheres to the principle of social, economic, and environmental sustainability as designed by global network of sustainability experts. For this purpose, GRI has developed guidelines requiring businesses to provide organization’s strategy and analysis, with management approach towards setting ...

Human sustainability can get defined from two perspectives; the corporation and individual perspective. From the perspective of the corporation, human sustainability implies the consolidation of the interest of the business together with those of its staff so as to ensure the success of the business can become attained and maintained (Read 2000, p.81). From the individual perspective, human sustainability refers to the psychological well being of humans. The psychological well being gets witnessed through the ability of humans to nurture, renew, and cope with a variety of unpredictable scenarios. Human sustainability, therefore, encompasses the elements of learning, growth, freedom, trust, ...

ABSTRACT/INTRODUCTION

This paper has two very useful references that give a great deal of information about the topic—the United Nations Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform and the International Institute for Sustainable Development websites. They define the meaning of the term sustainable development and how it has evolved over time since the 1987 Bruntland Report and the 1992 Rio Summit, and the UN website in particular has a great deal of information about the various summits and conferences that have occurred since Rio as well as plans and actions underway from various governments and stakeholders on a wide variety of development and environmental issues. ...

Production and use of nuclear energy is among the controversial environmental issues, which have given led to a serious debate. On one hand, the opponents of the debate argue that nuclear energy have various environmental and economic challenges; whereas on the other hand, the proponents of use of nuclear energy perceive it as a substitute of fossil fuels because of its sustainability. However, the sustainability and cleanliness of nuclear energy is questionable. It is imperative to note that although nuclear energy produces less emission as compared to other forms of energy, particularly the fossil energy, it does not mean that it ...

Question 1

I think Walmart is doing more than enough to become more sustainable. It is quite evident that the company is very serious about becoming more sustainable in the future. Walmart has set goals since 2005 that it has since made considerable effort to meet. The firm aims at reducing the emission greenhouse gases in all its stores. The company has since achieved a 5% decrease in these emissions, as per 2012. This is a huge step towards its 20% target. Walmart also aims at attaining maximum efficiency in all its stores through design and use of prototypes: a target that it has ...

Management

Question 1
Ethics is a code of conduct that defines the worth of an action in relation to organizational behavior or society's perception at large. The New Belgium Brewery as an organization that portrays a huge concern on the code of business activities towards its customers and society. This is through the production of quality products that satisfy the standards and regulations set, as well as the customer’s satisfaction. The environmental concern is another important element shown by the organization in relation to the society welfare gain. If social responsibility action is not taken by the organization, then social ...

Developing a workplace sustainability policy

Practice Task 1
Items included in a sustainability policy
Prestige printing and office supplies is one of the leading companies globally and especially in Australia. Regardless of its headquarters being in Australia, its location is in a regional town that has a university and populated with large private and public schools. Prestige printing and office supplies have shown economic development in the past years. Talking of the type of growth, there are three items included in its sustainability policy namely social development, environmental protection and economic growth. When the company is including the items, it takes into account the industry, ...

Expectations if Walmart acquired Patagonia

In case Walmart acquired Patagonia, the same results could not have been achieved. This is based on the advancement of the operations of Patagonia. The acquisition could have made Patagonia to lose its dominance on controlling the commercial market affairs. Capitalized on the business codes of operation, Walmart learns more about business practices sustainability. The sustainability emphasized in this article captures both the supply chain and the business inside.
Amongst the many commercial practices involved in the business activity, Walmart learns a lot from Patagonia. The main lesson learned involved the development of sustainable business index for all the ...

Table of Contents

Introduction.2

Mission and Goals2
Situation Analysis3
Corporate Level Strategy..10
Business Level Strategy11

Executive Summary

This is a case analysis of Turner Construction Company, a subsidiary of HOCHTIEF operating in the construction industry and offering related services. The report starts with a short introduction followed by the company’s goals and objectives. This is followed by situational analysis of the company’s past and present situation using strategic tools such as SWOT analysis. The subsequent section that follows is the company’s corporate and business level strategy. This is followed by business structure, promotion and finally recommendation of ...

The case study is about Esquel, which is a leading producer of cotton shirts min Hong Kong. The company faced a quandary from its apparel and customers during the era of early 2000. Nike and Marks & Spencer were some of the retail customers who demanded answers from the company concerning is social and environmental. Scrutiny from the customers was proposed by its leaders because most of them had been witnessed demanding that the cotton in their shirts be grown organically. What these customers failed to understand is that the crop required a lot of pesticide and water, which only came from underground ...

Recommended Action

World Wildlife fund`s role in the future of the Marine Stewardship council should be to increase its support in all areas so that it maintains its point of actions that were adopted. It should enable the marine stewardship council to maintain its governance and transparency help it to be consistence with quality of fishery certification, and motivate it to promote environmental performance and sustainability.
Marine stewardship council (MSC) started in 1997 and experienced difficult circumstances. For instance, the council experienced tension with the conservation community, lack of trust and opposition from the industry and national governments, financial ...

Executive summary

Sustainable development has been defined by the World Commission on Environment as development that meets the needs of a generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. (OECD, 1987)

In this age and era, the world is faced with many challenges including economic crises, global warming, poor health and loss of diversity. Sustainable development is thus employed to reconcile human developments and the earth’s ecological systems. Public policy all over the world and especially in Canada has been centered on sustainable development and environmentally centered decision making. Sustainable development is thus centered on ensuring ...

While sustainable development means meeting the needs of the present and future generations, and a focus on prevention of environmental degradation, several factors influence the attainment of these goals, specifically culture and organizations. Sustainable development as a concept first appeared in the Brundtland Report of the World Commission on Economic Development (Buchanan 29). The Brundtland Commission was established in 1985 to address environmental problems due to economic development. Atmospheric pollution, climate change and global warming, accumulated wetlands, decreased freshwater quality, topsoil degradation, endangered species of animals and fishes, and forest degradation were environmental concerns discussed in the Brundtland Commission ( ...

Toyota Motor Corporation

The company developed in 1937. In 1938, it launched Just in Time (JIT) system. In 1991 Prius was introduced. In 2000s, products like Passo, Porte, Rush, and LS 600h were announced and with the focus on sustainability in relation to Toyota’s Way, energy efficient cars like SAI, Prius Plug-in Hybird were introduced (Toyota’s History). The company designs, manufactures, assembles, and sells passenger vehicles, minivans, and commercial vehicles along with related parts and accessories. The products that are offered by the company include hybrid cars under Prius, Corolla, Harrier; fuel cell passenger cars under the MIRAI; and conventional ...

Heineken is the leading company manufacturing and distributing its branded bears in the global market. The company is also famous for its marketing activities and sponsors a mega event of the European Champions League and also partners with James Bond brand. The company desire to integrate its sustainability into its corporate strategy. The name assigned to the long-term approach is “Brewing a Better World”. The company had set its targets into six pillar areas to achieve its long-term sustainability approach. Water, carbon dioxide (CO2), responsible consumption, health and safety, sustainable sourcing, and inclusive growth are the targeted areas set by Heineken.
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Introduction

The paper is a case analysis of Frog’s Leap Winery. The company has gained unmatched reputation in the industry because of its organic farming and traditional ways of winemaking. The paper is divided into six sections. The first section analyses the business strategies of the company in each consumer segment. The second section discusses its sustainability strategy. The third section performs a five-force analysis to understand competition outlook in the industry. The fourth section highlights the key factors contributing to the firm’s success. The fifth section explains how well the strategy is working in terms of financial ...

Introduction

Climate change and environmental pollutions are the sole reasons for adoption of the green economy in the world. This forms the basic rubric upon which the Australian case study is based. This paper adopts an analytic point of view into the Australian case by investigating the reception of the green jobs economy in the country. The paper describes what green jobs are and their role in the economy of the country. Questioning of the global and the Australian stand in as far as adopting the green jobs policy is also given a highlight. The paper also develops an insightful enquiry ...

Abstract

The number of worldwide issues concerning environmental safety and corporate social responsibility has been on an ever-increasing rate. This is why we can also see a significant growth in the demand for environment-friendly and self-sustaining buildings. The number of domestic and international organizations that monitor and facilitate the standardization by means of a tiered certification of such buildings has also been on an ever-increasing rate. The LEED certification program is one of the most prominent ones in the U.S. and the UC Davis Brewery, Winery, and Food buildings have received platinum grade certification under such program. The objective of this paper ...

Can you find and name at least 3 Australian companies (including multinationals) emulating the Figure 3 Business model. Please provide some reference to your claim.
One of the multinationals that has greatly embraced the TBL model is the Coca-Cola Company. This came up as a group of CEOs came together to seek for a way to ensure environmental pollution is controlled and at the same time avoid wastage. In the case of Coca-Cola, recycling and reuse of its packaging products has been the major area of interest in the model. This can also be seen from the concept of good ...

Executive Summary

The aim of this report is to cover Coca-Cola’s mission, vision, objectives and values in detail. Critical assessment of its reports and information posted on the website with regard to shareholders as well as other stakeholder groups demonstrates that Coca-Cola strives to solve scandals that have occurred years ago. The firm cares greatly for the working environment that it creates. What concerns formulation of vision and mission, it is clear that Coca-Cola needs more differentiation and precision. What is more, based on its commitment to integrity, Coca-Cola should explicitly state on the main page for shareholders what its ...

Introduction

The subject of the ongoing inquiry is a landlocked sovereign country that is commonly named as the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. The peculiarity and the important feature of our investigation is especially based on the Nepali business culture. It is often said that the life within this area is fairly distinct to the way the industrialized West lives. Our task of the first priority for this case stands for a thorough study in the field of building Nepal’s private sector capacity, being a key to a sustainable tourism operations’ door. Hence, let us proceed to the main ...

Executive Summary

The focus of this report is to conduct the Porter’s Five and PEST analysis of Kraft Foods. This analysis would entail how effectively the internal synergies of the organization can be embedded with the external environment. In essence, 2014 has not been a profitable year for Kraft Foods. The report would inquire the reasons that led to poor performances as newly launched products could not generate any interest among customers. In this regard, the impact of technological innovation at Kraft Foods is under scrutiny in this paper. Since Kraft operates in a cut-throat market, the threat of substitute product is ...

REDD+ in Kenya

Introduction

The prevalence of deforestation and massive degradation of forests from around the world are considered as one among the primary root of global warming. According to reports, the destruction of forests accounts for about 15 percent of greenhouse gas emissions that occur globally (Forest, 2015), and it was found that deforestation are generally caused by factors that motivate people to clear the forests (Chakravarty, 2012). As a means to combat the problem on global emissions, the REDD+ was created with the goal to reduce the impact of the environmental degradation as well as to foster activities ...

ITC Ltd.

ITC Ltd.

Introduction

ITC limited is a major organization in the Indian market as it employs more than 29,000 workers in 60 locations throughout the country. As of the year 2011, ITC was the biggest tobacco company in the Indian market, controlling a 75 percent of the market share (Ojha 1). The impact of ITC is both positive and negative on the Indian economy. ITC has been participant in several social responsibility activities, which are part of ITC’s obligation to serve the community from where it makes money. The negatives of ITC are the health related problems caused ...

Strategic Management

Introduction to Accenture
Accenture is one of the leading organizations around the world, which deals with providing management consulting, technology and outsourcing services to their clients. The company currently has more than 30500 employees and handles operations and offices in more than 200 cities in 56 different countries. According to the financial reports, the company has already made $ 30 million in net revenues until now in 2014 (Accenture, 2014). According to the official website of the company, they work on four growth platforms namely
- Accenture Strategy
- Accenture Digital
- Accenture Technology
- ...

Introduction.

This report aims to identify the sustainable technologies that could be developed in New Zealand, to solve energy problems that are experienced by the residents in different cities. This is a case study of New Zealand, which is an island country to the south west of the Pacific Ocean. Despite the comparatively low population and the abundance of natural resources, the country is still among the leading Importer of energy sources. The country is majorly dependent on fossil fuel, hydroelectric and geothermal power as a source of its energy for domestic and industrial use. The increasing gas prices and the overdependence ...

Business Case Analysis of the Coca-Cola Company

The Coca-Cola Company, comprising almost 20 different beverage brands, is the world’s largest beverage manufacturing brand, with a market capitalization estimated at one hundred and eighty six billion dollars. It is also considered to be the third most valuable brand across the world, according to Interbrand, estimated at $ 78.4 billion . Its portfolio includes more than 3800 products that are distributed worldwide thanks to more than 250 bottling partners and 900 plants throughout the world.
Coke brands are available in more than 24 million retail shops around the world, thereby making the brand even more accessible for the people. ...

Report of Hudson’s Bay Company

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Introduction

Founded in 1670 in Canada, Hudson Bay Company (HBC) is the oldest firm in North America, operating in the retail segment across Canada, United States, Germany or Belgium (HBC official website, n.d.). With a long tradition in the fur market, the company adapted to socio-dynamic changes that marked clients’ loss of interest in fur, and adjusted to more modern requests, entering the general retailing business, currently operating in luxury fashion, after acquiring brands such as SAKS Fifth Avenue, Lord & Taylor, but also owning department store (GAMERIA Kaufhof, Galeria INNO, Sportarena), off-price stores (Designer Depot) or furniture, appliances ...

Business Financial Problems:

Executive Summary _________________________ 3
Brief History _________________________ 5
Statement of the problem _________________________ 6
Conclusion _________________________ 15

Works Cited _________________________ 17

Executive Summary
Capital budgeting is one of the key functions that a business needs to underatake in order to establish effective and efficient ways of allocating its funds in various investments and projects. In that respect, businesses apply some basic methods of evaluating their prospective projects with IRR, Payback period and NPV forming the most widely applied methods. However, the evolving world of business is increasingly demanding a consideration of other factors beyond the conomic factor which is the key ...

Introduction.

Atmospheric pollution can be described as the process to which chemicals, biological material or particulate matter, that are harmful to humans and other living organisms, are introduced into the atmosphere (Jacobson, 2002). Man is considered as the prime polluter of the earth’s atmosphere from his daily activities that involve release of hazardous gas into the atmosphere (Cheremisinoff, 2002). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers the following six pollutants as principle contributors to atmospheric pollution: Carbon Monoxide, Lead, Sulfur Oxides, Ozone, Nitrogen Dioxide, and Particulate Matter like Sulfates, Nitrates and carbon based molecules (Vallero, 2008).

Indoor air pollution and environmental impacts.

Many energy consumers focus ...

Introduction

This decision essay will critically evaluate the case study titled ‘Pepsi Canada: The Pepsi Refresh Project’ so as to identify the prevailing issues and to develop a potential course of responsive action. The decision essay will use the state-and-prove model to structure the paper.

Brief Summary

Pepsi was founded by Caleb Davis Bradham in North Carolina, United States in 1893 as ‘Brad’s Drink’ and it adopted the name ‘Pepsi-Cola Company’ in 1898. In the initial stages of its operations, the company expanded the business by selling franchises in various states.
Currently, Pepsi is one of the world’s largest carbonated ...

WTTC’s Blueprint

World travel and Tourism Council is the organization of international significance with the overall aim to bring forward knowledge innovation and outline the critical role of tourism as the driver of national and international economic affairs. Comprised of the top management partners from various international companies within the top 100, the organization built on the sustainable internal capacity and experience, able to deliver the important mission of raising the awareness of the population about the impact of tourism and travel activities on generating global wealth and wellbeing (WTTC, 2016). The WTTC's Blueprint for New Tourism was announced in 2003 ...

Abstract

The following will examine the environmental policies and activities practiced by Nostrum Oil & Gas (previously known as Zhaikmunai LLP) and how well they conform to the ISO 14000 voluntary environmental management standards created and published by the International Organization for Standards. Nostrum Oil & Gas is located in the UK and is listed on the London Stock exchange, but has most of its facilities in Kazakhstan. It concentrates on oil and gas exploration and production. Like many other corporations around the world, Nostrum Oil & Gas is attempting to ensure that it's corporate activities are socially sustainable and environmentally sound. The ...

Background information

Commonly known for its position as the world’s largest private employer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc has two million employees across the world. The organization, which is a retail business with well over 8500 stores under fifty names, operates in fifteen countries. According to Fortune 500, Wal-Mart Stores Inc was the third largest corporation in the world in the year 2012. The multinational retailer is headquartered in Benton Ville, Arkansas. The organization is best known for the way in which it treats its employees. The members of staff at Wal-Mart Stores Inc are referred to as associates. This is a unique strategy ...

Business Strategy Analysis

One characteristic attribute of the fashion industry is its predisposition to change; therefore, an innovative product may become irrelevant and lose market share within a short period. Consequently, this element necessitates for continuous product development coupled with market research to maintain a competitive advantage. In some industries, having a R&D department is a competitive edge, but in the fashion sector, it is a survival tool. These rapid changes in the industry are not limited to products only, as marketing tactics and other business strategies need to be constantly reviewed. The emphasis on customer engagement is increasing in this sector ...

(Course Name, Instructor Name, University, Date of Submission)
The issue of safety in any industry has always been a priority of the management especially in refineries which is described as an accident and injury prone industry. Yet accidents and injuries in the workplace have not been completely eliminated in spite of claims of Management about its unquestionable commitment towards prevention of accidents on the shop floor. Some common steps towards safety commitment have been outlined by Medina, Et al., (2009) as pinpointing work practices that affect safety; defining and reliably measuring such practices; implementing measurement systems; setting reasonable goals; ...

Before arguing whether Chipotle is a socially responsible organization, it is necessary to define social responsibility. Social responsibility can be addressed as an active behavior of an organization, aimed to benefit a society (Neck, Lattimer& Houghton 154). In this regard, it is particularly important that the organization goes beyond the norms, provided by the industry, in order to prevent and counter social issues (Neck, Lattimer& Houghton 155). In addition to a proactive approach, an organization can also choose between accommodative, defensive and reactive approaches (Neck, Lattimer& Houghton 156). However, particularly proactive approach, taken by an organization, allows stating that ...

Introduction

As an internationally recognized manufacturer, retailer and marketer, Coca Cola is the undisputed market leader in the global non-alcoholic beverages market. Its current operations capabilities allow it to produce, market and retail over 500 different brands in almost every country in the world (The Coca-Cola Company, 2016). This corporation runs a unique franchised distribution system such that the parent company produces the iconic syrup concentrate and sells it off to numerous licensed bottlers all over the globe. Each of these licensed bottlers operates in an exclusive zone. The parent company has its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia and originated from ...

Abstract

This report provides an in-depth analysis of corporate social responsibilities and how they are accounted for by organizations. The report uses the CSR activities of British Petroleum to highlight how such initiatives have impacted the lives of different stakeholders. The report recommends a more guarded management approach to managing CSR funds to keep off unscrupulous officials who use them for their personal gains.

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Introduction.1
Analysis2
Driving Safely in Oman2
Water and Energy Management in Abu Dhabi..2

Encouraging Students to take Science3

Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill4
Impact of CSR to Company and the Society4
Benefits to the Corporations5
Benefits ...

Carnival PLC is a cruise company which carries out its operations in places like North America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. It is the largest cruise ship operator in the world which owns 11 brands of cruise lines. The company also offers numerous holiday and vacation products to a base of customers with different tastes and preferences. These customers come from different backgrounds, communicate in different languages as well as having different ways of spending their leisure time. In addition, the company is in ownership of a tour company that complements the operations of the cruise. The tour company combined with all the ...

Introduction

- Background of the Organization
In this paper, the Four-Part Model is applied in the context of the social responsibility activities of the Coca Cola Corporation. In this regard, the specific components of this model will be discussed, and the effects of their application within this organization will also be analyzed. The Coca Cola Corporation is one of the largest soft-drinks` manufacturer in the United States and the globe at large. The company`s operations are found in almost all the countries in the world, and its corporate social responsibility programs are also run parallel to the company` ...

Introduction

This report will analyze the scope, prospects and challenges of Venice as a tourist destination in the 21st century and beyond. Venice, a city in Italy has been chosen for this report mainly because of its great historic and cultural importance in the eyes of tourists due to its symbolic museums, churches, architecture, recreational spots, scenic beauty, historic buildings, canals, bridges, etc. Moreover, this city has also been chosen for this report due to availability of various research journals and reports on Venice. The tourism mix of the city will give an insight into the seven P’s that dominate the ...

Identification of current corporate level strategies

One of the tools that have proved to be the most effective in as far as corporate strategizing is concerned is diversification. Nike realise that even though their shoes and apparels provide the most income, there is a need to come up with subsidiary products. Even with the minor products, the same technological and distribution channels are used. This greatly boosts their revenue as a corporation. This form of diversification is referred to as related constrained diversification; it has proven to be an effective tool over the years.
Supply chain and manufacturing diversification is also one of the strategies that ...

- THE CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS

PROCEDURE “prepare for change”

- Selection of a team to spearhead the changes that it anticipates to implement at the company.
- Restructuring of the management- The management of J & T Bank should collaborate with the selected team and all employees to establish whether to centralize or to decentralize the bank’s management in order to achieve its strategic goals.
- Evaluation of the Human Resources Department- The selected team should establish the faults and causes of complaints among sections of its human resources. This will serve as a basis of equalizing human resource functions at the branches ...

Objectives and Metrics

This is a go-to-market plan for Getronics’ Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), which seeks to meet the following key objectives.
- Establish Getronics brand as leading provider of innovative and differentiated products in the industry, effectively shedding the “me too” image in the first year of operation.
- Ensure that the VDI product breaks even during the first six months after its launch
- Achieve at least $50 million in the initial three months of operation (Yip & Hult, 2011)
- Achieve a 4% market share of the UK market’s virtual hosted desktops by the close of the ...

The development of a tourism hotspot in the Favela region has been set to use a strategic and systematic approach at achieving the set goal of increasing the tourist attraction sites in the region. The tourism planning approach involves a number of projects that have been put in place to improve the infrastructure and property value.
One of the procedures undertaken involve the starting up of property development with introduction of big villas meant to promote property acquisition by visiting tourists that will be visiting the attractive areas. Favela has good and attractive beaches and its strategic placing proximity in Rio ...

The fact that the world only bears a fixed level of natural resources creates a considerable shortage, as some are either depleted or ruined. Therefore it is important to ensure that the technology that is used around the world meets this requirements. According to the website many technology companies including Microsoft, Google, Apple and Facebook aim at ensuring that they are carbon neutral by reducing the amount of energy that is consumed in their datacenters. In addition, organizations such as Greenpeace task themselves with ensuring that IT firms ensure that they have ‘green’ operations (Greenpeace International, 2012). Therefore, this paper seeks ...

Abstract
Shelter is one of the basic human necessities. Provision of decent-quality and affordable housing is one challenge that various authorities have been faced with, and Sheffield is not left behind. Though she has surpassed her average annual housing needs, Sheffield is still struggling to mitigate housing problems. This research project reviews the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) in Sheffield’s housing and how education level affects the adoption of GIS in affordable housing initiatives. In order to achieve this objective, the current state of Sheffield’s housing is exhaustively considered. Using the boundary data from EDINA ...

Representatives of Local Company with an Electricity Demand

Introduction

Jefferies brewery is committed towards ensuring that it maintains a good relationship between the company and the local community. The production of quality beer which is produced from environment friendly processes has made it possible for the company to be liked by most locals and customers. The company has been growing over the past few years and a need has developed of the company being involved in some expansion plans. As the company intends to perform an expansion of business, a new site has been identified near Alloa in Clackmannanshire. The proposed area comes under the Forth Area Management Plan. The ...

Tesla is an auto company incorporated in July 2003. It was formed by Elon Musk and Marc Tarpenning. The company's aim is to utilize its powertrain and proprietary battery technologies to manufacture electric cars that would reduce the dependence on fuel. It produced and sold its first car in 2007. The period between 2008 and 2012 was a challenging period for the company with losses totaling to $943.5 million. In 2013, the company turned around and saw its global revenues increase to $2.0 billion. The stock market price rose from $34 in January 2013 to $250 by March 2014. ...