Essay from the year 2011 in the subject Law - Civil / Private / Trade / Anti Trust Law / Business Law, grade: 1,3, University of Reading, course: European Competition Law, language: English, abstract: The first section of the present essay discusses historically the European Commission's approach towards efficiencies. The second section elaborates on the choice of welfare standards and explains the European approach of adopting the consumer welfare standard. The third section outlines types of efficiencies according to the economic literature. The fourth section discusses the three cumulative...

Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Communications - Intercultural Communication, grade: 1,3, Furtwangen University; Villingen-Schwenningen, language: English, abstract: The paramount goal of intercultural management is to revise organizational patterns in order to provide an understanding of the different approaches used by managers worldwide. Identifying significant differences in management in Germany and China is established through comparison of socio-cultural and managerial variables. Chinese leadership is characterized by more authorial rather than participative management style....

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2009 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,7, Furtwangen University; Villingen-Schwenningen, language: English, abstract: Art shop "Avocadi" is an art and souvenir shop, situated in Hungarian town of Szentendre. Hungary is in 17th place ranking of World's Top tourism destinations The place is carefully selected as it is only 20 kilometers from Budapest on the bank of the River Danube. The ancient houses, churches and traditions of its various ethnic groups so carefully preserved in this atmospheric...

Internship Report from the year 2008 in the subject Business economics - Miscellaneous, grade: 1,0, Furtwangen University; Villingen-Schwenningen, language: English, abstract: The following report outlines my internship in the sales department at Fujitsu Siemens Computers GmbH located in Stuttgart. The first part gives overall information about the FSC foundation and company data; product portfolio; sales organization; marketing, while in the second part the focus is on the sales team I had the opportunity to work in and the activities and projects I have been involved in, on strategic and...

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Globalization, Political Economics, grade: 1,7, Kings College London, language: English, abstract: The period from the end of the World War II to the mid-1970s saw world-wide sustained and high economic growth. Within a generation Western European society was transformed from predominantly agrarian to post-industrial. Latin America, Asia and Africa also were heading towards higher growth rates. During the 1980s, a new period of integration of national economies led to the intensification of international...

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1,3, Kings College London, language: English, abstract: After the first decade of the advent of the euro, analysts have examined the prospect of the European common currency to become not only regional currency, but also its usage to spread internationally. Not only has the euro proved to be more than a powerful symbol of collective identity, but it has also provided price stability, it has been a shelter against currency crises and it has attracted new member states that wish to join the...

Essay aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Politik - Internationale Politik - Thema: Europaische Union, Note: 1,3, Kings College London, Veranstaltung: EU and the Middle East - Economics, Politics and Peace, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Historically, in contrast to trade relations, political relations between Western Europe and Iran were predominated with inconsistency and controversy. The Critical Dialogue was the first official European uniform approach towards Iran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution and it was conducted in line with the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) enshrined in the...

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: European Union, grade: 1,7, Kings College London, language: English, abstract: The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been the centre of controversy throughout its history and has proven highly expensive and difficult to reform. The CAP remained almost entirely unchanged from its establishment at the Stresa Conference in July 1958 during more than 30 years and then was substantially reformed between 1992 and 2003. For many years with the status of the only common European Community policy governed by EU...

Master's Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Economics - International Economic Relations, grade: 1,3, Kings College London, course: MA European Studies, language: English, abstract: From the 1940s to the 1980s large enterprises in Europe was clearly the dominant form of business organisation. Small businesses were believed to be less efficient than their larger counterparts and only marginally involved in innovative activities. This has gradually changed to the extent that, at present, national and supranational policy-makers have given strong priority to entrepreneurship and small and...

Master's Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Law - European and International Law, Intellectual Properties, University of Reading, course: LLM International Law, language: English, abstract: The Lisbon Treaty brought about substantial legal and institutional innovations to the external action of the European Union: In line with the principle of horizontal consistency, the dissertation aims at assessing how the Lisbon changes have affected areas of external actions individually and collectively as well as to what extent these changes have contributed to more consistent external policy. In...