Essays on Dublin

‘Lowell Mills’ referred to collectively, is a reference to the series of mills and factories which were built in the city of Lowell. These factories and mills were unique for the time in that they combined the two separate disciplines of spinning and weaving under the same roof, rather than having them in separate buildings, which was a feature which helped to boost the mass production of cloth. By the time of the 1830s, it was estimated that roughly three-quarters of the work force in the Lowell factories were women. These combination mills came to be known as the ...

Question 1

This is the National Tourism Development Authority of Ireland working to ensure that Ireland is a highly-favored tourist destination and that it remains competitive in the global market. As the authority mandated with overseeing the performance and running of the tourism industry in Ireland, Failte Ireland's numerous roles are statutorily governed. The agency has such duties as stating operational and service standards of the tourism sector, registration of service providers, ensuring that necessary insurance covers for tourists visiting Ireland are provided, and setting environmental standards to be adhered to by businesses in Ireland. From the view of it all, ...

International Expansion of Corporate Entities – A Case Study of Urban Outfitters

Urban Outfitters is an American clothing manufacturer that is known for some popular brands like Free People and Anthropologie. The clothing company has gained a lot of results in the United States and has grown to become a popular local brand. However, in the past few years, Urban Outfitters has embarked on an internationalization plan. This has led to the expansion of the company and its activities to different regions around the world. The purpose of this paper is to conduct a case study of Urban Outfitters and its internationalization strategy. In order to attain this end, the following ...

Introduction

Globally, clean air is a critical resource for the general public health while a clean environment is one of the essential elements required for the establishment of sustainable societies. Human beings breathe the air around them and thus air pollution or any pollution manifested in any other form to the environment directly affects their overall health and wellbeing. This has the implication that public authorities at international, national and local levels have the responsibility of protecting the quality of the air through development of regulations that regulate the use of products and materials that have the potential of causing ...

The research context:

History of tort law Tort law originated a century ago when Oliver Wendell Junior examined the history of negligence in the legal system, which later resulted in the theory of tort. He concluded in his study that the duty to exercise care in England was faulty. He noted that most plaintiffs suffered overwhelmingly when another party or entity caused a significant level of damage to them. Similarly, Morton J. Horwitz reexamines the history of negligence and found out that many jurisdictions did not understand negligence as carelessness or fault (Kaczorowski). Since its discovery, many nations such as the USA, ...

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Company Description 3 Strategic Focus and Plan The Service and its Value Proposition 4 Marketing Goals 4 Marketing Situation Strengths and Weaknesses 5 Opportunities and Threats 6 Market Strategy Overall Marketing Strategy 7 Market Needs 7 Target Markets 8 Marketing Mix (4 Ps) Product 8 Price 8 Promotion 9 Place 9 Conclusion and Recommendations 10 References 11 Appendix 1 13 Executive summary The following report discusses market strategies and marketing mix, developed by Ryanair, Ltd. The company at hand operates a broad network of low-fare airline routes that connect 186 airports in Europe, as well as Africa (Morocco). The ...

International Business and Global Logistics

International Business and Global Logistics

Introduction

Undeniably, the main objective of any business organization is to grow in terms of profitability and market. The high market competition that most organizations face tends to impede the realization of their objectives. Thus, companies adopt different strategies to aid their survival in the markets. Pricing and marketing strategies are the major approaches that most companies use to gain a competitive advantage over their rivals (Dessler & Phillips, 2007). Multinational companies face competition both at domestic and the world markets. Thus, they consider implementing various strategies to enhance their market positions. Besides pricing and marketing ...

MODERN MARKETING FOR AN ANCIENT CITY

MODERN MARKETING FOR AN ANCIENT CITY

Introduction

Belfast is one of the world’s most ancient cities, its location at the mouth of the River Lagan having been continuously occupied since about 2,000 years BCE. There are good reasons for this. Courtesy of the Gulf Stream, the site has a mild climate that seldom gets above 65 degrees F. or below 35 degrees F. Its northern latitude gives it one of the world’s shortest winter, and longest summer, days at the biannual solstices. It rarely snows. The city is ringed by low mountains that create a microclimate to ...

22nd of April 2016

Globalization of information processes based on the latest technologies has changed many forms of human existence, but the biggest transformation has occurred in the structure and media system. The main source of information for most people have become electronic media and mainly - TV. All of them now propagate pop-culture. Popular culture has many scientific definitions. However, they all agree on one thing: pop-culture is a unity of widespread cultural elements in any society. Pop culture now includes music, film and animation, literature, the media (including comic books and the Internet), fashion, cooking, advertising, sports, tourism, and many other ...

This essay will discuss the concept of interpersonal relationships and the strengths and weaknesses of Narrative Therapy within professional and family relationship environments. The client is the expert on her/his life and the therapist focusses on the person and not the problem, conducting therapeutic conversations that externalize the problem. This is the concept of Narrative Therapy (Goldenberg & Goldenberg, 2004, pp. 343-344). Narrative Therapy views problems as separate from people and assumes that people have many skills, competencies, beliefs, values and abilities that change their relationship with the problems in their lives (Freedman & Combs, 2000, pp. 400-404). For example, were ...

1. Introduction and statement of the problem Europe and European Union are facing one of the biggest migration and refugee problems after the history. The influxes of the migrants that are fleeing from the Middle Eastern and North African countries are risking their lives to reach the old continent. The deteriorating human rights, civil war, insecurity and abuses are forcing people to risk their lives on boats and long journeys. The majority of them are coming by boat which is increasing the threat of drowning that has reached alarming rates in the recent past. Based on the United Nations ...

Abstract

The Irish leadership perspective has a crucial role in its national life due to the impact Irish political leaders have in the economic life of the country. Understanding this national leadership characteristics significantly contributes to the national awareness of its strengths and weaknesses. Based on Hofstede’s leadership categorization model, the commonly held leadership characteristics can be described as small power distance, weakly uncertainty avoidant, collectivist, masculine, and long-term oriented. American leaders who want to engage Irish leaders and population will have to make adjustments in at least three dimensions of differences, namely, individualism vs. collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, and ...

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The Eden Hotel Apartment project is a new service apartment concept for central Dublin. Dublin and Ireland as a whole are experiencing a resurgence in economy; with this resurgence has come the desire and market demand for more service hotel options in the city. This document includes the concept proposal associated with this particular project as well as market analysis, partnership information, and financing information that is prescient for the market this project would enter into in the city of Dublin. Financially, designing and implementing a service apartment project is a large task, but the foundational basis for this ...

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The O’Hub is a conceptual, up-and-coming hostel that will be located in the heart of Dublin. Dublin has long been a center of tourism for people around the world, and it seems likely that Europeans and international guests will continue to flock to the city (Failte Ireland, 2016; Bacon, 2009). Indeed, there have been suggestions that the hotel and hostel industries in Dublin are over capacity; this indicates that there is a need in the market. The overarching vision for this particular project is to create such a unique design and atmosphere that the O’Hub is able ...

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Introduction

The Dubliner collection is an assortment of narratives by James Joyce, which he compiled at the tender age of only twenty-three years. The collection is composed of literary, influential and revolutionary stories covering different aspects of politics, and even social matters. The Dubliners is characterized by different themes. These issues revolve around terrorizing moments experienced by characters. The themes connected to death or mortality as referred in the text, includes suffering, isolation, and disappointments. These topics take on physical, mental, political and even spiritual anguish. The authors explain that the affected individuals are to some extent responsible for what ...