Essays and Research Papers on Theses & Dissertations

This 36 page paper looks at the take over of Safeway by its’ smaller competitor Morrison’s. The paper examines the reasons the acquisition went ahead and Morrison’s underlying strategy as well as the explanations for the difficulties faced by Morrison’s in the post acquisition company. The bibliography cites 22 sources.

This 23 page paper looks at a small company in Ireland; Zumo Fruit Juice Bar with the aim of undertaking an analysis and developing a marketing strategy. The paper starts by looking at the company and its branding strategy and concepts and then examines the competitive environment using an in-depth Porters Five Forces analysis. The ...

This 6 page paper provides an overview of a letter of intent, an example of informed consent and examples of survey questions that can be utilized for a number of different types of studies. Bibliography lists 1 sources.

This 6 page paper looks at the use of Mascots in the Olympic Games since their first appearance with Waldi in the 1976 Munich Games. and discusses the hypothesis that "As Olympic mascots become more and more popular it had become like a machine that only focused on marking, economic interest rather than to view ...

This 92 page paper examines the potential of peer to peer (P2P) as an efficient architecture for the UK National Health Service (NHS). The paper starts with an introduction, along with aims and objectives, justification and limitations. The paper explores the history and development of P2P computing, considers how it is used and the different ...

This 12 page paper presents the way a research diary may be presented which records several stages undertaken when preparing a research document to asses the ethics of the way baby milk formula is marketed in the developing world. The first entry presents three potential research areas of marketing and the remaining entries look at ...

This page paper is an example of how to use scientific method to prove or disprove a theory or hypothesis. The paper uses the example of proving that grass which is watered will grow more rapidly that grass which is not watered. The paper demonstrated the use of an hypothesis test using a Chi Squared ...

This 5 page paper is an introduction to a research question; how to increase foreign direct investment into Libya. The research questions is defined and placed into a meaningful context and the main approach to the research is identified. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

This 34 page paper argues that credit cards in the mass market will have a positive benefit on that economy, playing an important role in terms of credit creation which will increase the living standards in the country, directly due to the multiplier effect of the credit creation leading to more money in an economy ...

This 17 page paper looks at the way that companies try and create loyal customers with the use of reward schemes. The paper looks at the use of reward or loyalty schemes, how and why they have become so popular and the way loyalty is seen in the real world, including the idea of polygamous ...

This 4 page paper looks at the potential ideas and thoughts behind a project to investigate the impact of margin trading on the Russian stock market, outlines some of the aims and the proposed structure of the paper. This paper compliments paper TEmargintr.rtf. The bibliography cites 4 sources.

The 34 page paper undertakes research to examine what potential strategies a football club could use to increase their ticket sales. The paper are stocked with an introduction and an in-depth literature review, looking at the UK football tickets sales in the past in the and the influences on those sales. The paper then ...

This 27 page paper examines the decline of Haute couture and the rise of prêt-a-porter. The paper looks at the influences which have been seen on haute couture over the years including social and economic impacts in order to assess how or why prêt-a-porter (ready to wear) has been able to blur the lines ...

This 32 page paper looks at BMW a company that has been trying, but struggling to increase market share. The paper starts with an introduction and examination of the problem. There is then an in-depth literature review looking at relevant models and theories that can be applied to the situation of BMW. The paper then ...

This 58 page paper look at the issue of corporate governance, including what it is, how it can emerge, different models of corporate governance, the approaches regulation including mandatory compliance and legislation which includes consideration of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and self regulation. Also included in are discussions on ethics in terms of corporate governance and ...

This 64 page seeks to identify the way that Uganda can increase the level of tourism it attracts and reach the target of 2 million tourist visitors per year. The paper has a strong theoretical basis examining the different elements that need to be present in order to increase tourist levels and encourage the industry ...

This 25 page paper looks at an issue facing the management of Sainsbury's, a UK supermarket, The firm is loosing market share and the profit levels are lower than a few years previously. The paper gives an introduction which defines the problems and give aims and objectives for the research, then performs an in-depth literature ...

This 3 page paper provides an overview of the concept of qualitative reasoning and its application in medicine. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

This 5-page paper discusses how to develop a theoretical framework and research design method for a research project. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 15 page paper is a project to assess whether or not genocide was committed in the first and the second Gulf wars. The paper starts with an introduction, including aims and methods and then presents a literature review which considers the way it may be determined whether or not genocide occurred. A section using ...

This 4 page paper presents an introduction, a problem statement and a purpose statement for research to assess whether the practice of fuel hedging is beneficial to airline shareholders. The bibliography cites 7 sources.

This 4 page paper presents an introduction and research aims and objectives for a paper to assess whether or not the skills needed by project managers are universal or specific to certain industries.

This 6 page paper looks at different methods of inquiry, outlining inductive consensual, analytic deductive, multiple realities, dialectic and unbounded systems thinking and choosing one approaches, the analytic deductive, outlining the way it will be used. The bibliography cites 5 sources.

The concept of universal happiness is an ideological goal which is both admirable and desirable. However, achieving this in a world where commercial enterprises have double standards where different ethics are applied depending upon the context of a country in which a company is operating is unlikely to lead to the realization of universal happiness. ...

This 3 page paper looks at the type of ethical considerations that may be relevant when considering research that does not involve human subjects, looking at the ethical aspects that still remain, such as financial harm, reliable research and conflict of interests. The bibliography cites 6 sources.