Industrial Workers of the World

SCHOOL  OF  MANAGEMENT  –  ASIAN  INSTITUTE  OF  TECHNOLOGY               BUSINESS  SOLUTIONS  FOR  GLOBAL   CHALLENGES   SM  80.9026     INDIVIDUAL  ASSIGNMENT:  ACHIEVING  A  BETTER  ECONOMIC   AND  SOCIAL  DEVELOPMENT  –  THE  ROLE  OF  THE  PRIVATE   SECTOR       Professor:  Richard  WELFORD       Romain  Baluteaud  (st110550)  

Dossier : group of 4 or 5. Topics in the intranet. Max 10 pages in English. 1. Explain the subject 2. Explain the legal rules (ex: European competition law) 3. Personal opinion/analysis I. International contracts Why create a company in a foreign country? * Costs (labour is cheaper) * New market (different demand) * Reciprocal agreements (bilateral for foreign investment) * Proximity * Taxation * Corporate law issues The first step is to study the market to make

The Future of the Erosion. 1. Vocabulary Content : Contenu Feature : fonctionnalité Purveyors : fournisseur Pattern : représentation Rear-view mirror : rétroviseur Mankind : l’humanité Current : actuel Middle age : Moyen-âge Ads : petites-annonces Items : article, rubrique News Items : faits divers To ape : singer ? Landscapes : paysages Involvement : participation Overwhelming : accablant To rich : atteindre To behoove : incomber (US) Bewildering : étourdissant Feature

1st chapter The Plantagenets 1327-1377 It's a hero of a national feeling. Edward III of the Plantagenets family was king in the Middle Age (The Norman  Conquest, Magna Carta, Hundred Year War, the war of the Roses, Feudalism, king  ship and church). This period is one of the most glorious in UK history.  Edward appeared as the most powerful monarch in Europe and his court as the most  brilliant in the Christendom. It's when the England began to see themselves as one nation and a unique leadership

Elodie FRISAN The settlement of a French subsidiary in Benin ------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION Globalization is a process which implies the opening of all national economies on a worldwide market. In order to have an access to all the goods they need, people realized that they have to exchange goods. In the context of globalization phenomenon, stakeholders are used to meet every year during international meetings and particularly for international trade forum

PERSPECTIVE SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES • PART II • FALL 2010 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 STUDY METHODOLOGY AND ASSUMPTIONS 5 ENHANCING ENTERPRISE VALUE 7 THE “UBV” FRAMEWORK FOR SMEs 9 FINANCIAL RESULTS- USERS VERSUS NONUSERS 11 NONFINANCIAL RESULTS 16 CASE STUDY: SANDERSON FARMS (SAFM) 17 COMPANIES ANALYZED WITHIN THE STANDARD & POOR’S 600 18 DEFINITIONS AND TERMS USED 22 INTRODUCTION “Having an aircraft allows me to do more in a day… see more customers, visit more distributors

Managing Stress at Work          Work Related Stress The Health & Safety Executive defines stress as ‘the adverse reaction a person has to excessive pressure or other types of demands placed upon them’. This makes a distinction between ‘pressure’, which can be a positive state if managed correctly, and ‘stress’ which can be detrimental to health. Organisational arrangements Staff shouldwork in a safe environment with safe systems of work * by providing a workplace free from harassment

throughout the course of my work. Without his care, and friendship, I would not be able to complete this work. In particular I would to express to him my gratitude for his active and constructive participation in this thesis. I would like to thank Professor Benouattass Nourredine from department of physics for his invaluable and precious help in this work. I would to thank also all my family members for their help, support and encouragement. ABSTRACT This doctoral thesis is part of the

Change of work organisation and increasing of the flexibility over the past two decades. To what extent? CONTENTS I – INTRODUCTION A - SUMMARY OF EVOLUTION OF WORK ORGANISATION 1. Phase A: traditional organisation 2. Phase B: Taylorism and Fordism 3. Phase C: automatic system B - FRAMEWORK I. INTRODUCTION “Failing is having the opportunity to begin again more intelligently” said Henri Ford and he was right. From Taylorism to Fordism, Toyota until today man has ceased to overhaul the organization’s

Banking  Microeconomics of Competitiveness May 7, 2010 Jolie Chow · Jesse Levinson · Qiao Ma · Jeremy Solomon · Joseph Spieczny COMPETITIVENESS OF SWITZERLAND Country Overview Switzerland ranks among the most stable, modern and highly developed market economies in the world. Landlocked and highly mountainous, the Swiss population of 7.8 million people is linguistically diverse, highly educated and dispersed across 26 cantons. The Swiss government maintains a tradition of neutrality in foreign