Essays on Hudson Bay

Internal analysis of Hudson’s Bay Company

Introduction The internal analysis of a firm enables the understanding of the internal factors that has contributed to the position that the firm is currently in. It involves the analysis of the resources of the firm and the attributes such as inbound logistics, operations, marketing, human resources management, development of technology that adds value to the organisation. The core competency analysis enables the understanding of the expertise, skills and abilities it has to maintain a competitive position in the industry. Internal analysis also enables the finding of the key success factors that are contributing to the competitive advantage of ...

1. Introduction Global warming consequences have been mainly focused on the impacts they have and will in the future have on the global human population. The less focus is on the impact on the animal and plant species that are even more vulnerable, since they cannot adapt to quick changes as humans can. They are not the main culprit for the climate changes and yet they will suffer the most. One of the animal species that is being threatened by the global climate change are also polar bears that inhabit the polar region. They are playing an important role ...

This is one of the oldest merchandising companies in the English speaking nations. Eighteen merchants and noble men, who were encouraged by two French explorers, Sieut des Groselliers and Pierre Esprit Radisson that the area surrounding Hudson’s Bay held economic potentials, incorporated the company. The company was named The Governor and Company of Adventures of England Trading in Huston Bay and has never changed the name since then. In 1670, it received a royal charter that granted it governmental authority and monopoly of trade in the whole region that was drained by the waters flowing at the bay. That ...