Ecology Case Studies Samples For Students

Abstract

Keystone XL Pipeline is a project proposed that is expected to offer energy security to the US and strengthen its economy. The crude oil pipeline is expected to cover 1,897 kilometers and estimated to be of 36 inches in diameter. The pipeline is expected to run from Hardisty, Alberta to Steele city in Nebraska. The pipeline is also expected to improve the American economy by opening up the American Midwest markets and the markets found along the Gulf Coast of the US. The Keystone system consists of different operational phases that include phase I, II and III, the Gulf ...

Organization Behavior

Holden Outerwear is a company that cares about the internal and external environment. The professional internal team of Holden Outerwear finds the inspiration in fashion. In comparison with the competitors, that look for the inspiration mostly in the internal environment, Holder Outerwear goes beyond the boundaries and always look outside. External environment, like friends, travelling, permits Holden outerwear to make the unique products. Holden outerwear cares about the environment and uses the eco-friendly family of techniques and recourses, like recycled fabrics, solvent free laminations, biodegradable packaging.
Holden Outerwear has the pretty high standards. A compliance with those standards is a ...

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Economics is a field which has its recognition in almost every walk of life. Different authors have different views about the concepts of economics and among them; the name of “Adam Smith” is one of them. According to the Concept of Adam Smith, Economics is the name of earning and consuming the money (Martin Cardel Gertsen, p.12). The main concept of economics strides that, how to earn the money and how to consumer it?
Eco Products are the products that meet with eight assessment based criteria which includes ...

Chapter 4: Developing and pricing goods and services

David O’Grady
Introduction
Green products is a phrase used to refer to industrial products that are friendly or rather, harmless to the environment. Other phrases used for the same purpose include ‘natural products’, and ‘eco-friendly commodities.’ In recent time, there has been a constant appeal to the world to think and go green as a way of promoting environmental sustainability. This has replicated in the industrial sector as they have started to produce and market ‘green products.’

Question 1

Green products are also labeled ‘natural’ and ‘eco-friendly’ commodities in groceries and/or hardware stores. Examples of these green markets-based products include green ...

- I do believe that polar bears are endangered as a species. The main reason for this is that their number or population is decreasing drastically. Moreover there is a threat to their species itself due to global warming. Wildlife is an extremely important part of the ecology and crucial for the purpose of maintaining environmental balance. In case of there being human intervention it leads to a disruption in the environment and in wildlife. The main impact of global warming on the community and culture is that it is leading to health issues and higher levels of pollution. Moreover as the ...

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What do brands and branding do for firms in business markets?
Brands and branding puts the name of a firm out there, this is because a brand is unique to a specific firm. It is the name and the slogan that the firm uses when marketing and attracting consumers (Kunde, J. 2002). It broadens markets and increases the expected sales as well. Branding also helps to identify a product in a monopolistic market structure where the products are similar.
Suppliers in business markets use branding for several purposes. Identify and discuss five or more reasons for B2B branding efforts.
B2B branding ...

Abstract

In this essay, it is done a description of the Bacteria species Lactobacillus casei and Clostridium botulinum about what regards their common features and similarities about their roles in the ecological niches they are found in.
They have similar pH levels to be able to grow; they both are found in various ecological niches and also have therapeutic uses. In opposition to such, as for the characteristics in terms of oxygen levels of their environments, Clostridium botulinum is more demanding, requiring always low-oxygen levels to be present in the bacteria form and to be able to grow, while Lactobacillus ...

Issue: Longview Fibre is sued for damages arising from the exposure of its worker to asbestos.

Substantive facts:
Longview Fibre operated a mill where Shellenberger worked
Doctors instructed Shellenberger to stop working
Shellenberger was suffering from asbestos exposure
Clouds of dust was present at the work area of Shellenberger when he threw asbestos bags open (Baker W. Gerald A. 2004).

Shellenberger might have been affected by asbestos when the company was engaging in blow downs.

Apparatus hoods and tube wrappers in the industry had asbestos.

The pipe wrappers were at long last replaced with coverings that ...

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The Acorn house restaurant is considered as a pioneer among all who introduced the concept of eco-friendly restaurant culture in the London City. Therefore, a sustainable approach is the primary selling point of the Acorn house restaurant as a whole. According to the case study, they came up with a mission to alter the ways people eat out and a great example for the existing and future restaurants to promote and transform the sustainable culture into the restaurant industry, as well as future hospitality experts. The restaurant started its operations by the year 2006 and in the city of London. All the restaurant products, ...

Abstract

Gulf Mexico oil spill also known as the Deep-water Horizon oil spill, BP Oil Disaster or the Macondo Blowout is considered to be the largest oil spill in the history of mankind. Such oil spills cause a lot of environmental as well as economic damages. Laws are in place to urge oil drilling companies to keep provisionary measures on the face of such disasters. But many situations went wrong causing a massive oil spill, a part of which still floats around in the seas. The following article is a discussion of the Gulf Mexico BP Oil Spill incident and what could have been ...

Ok Tedi Copper Mine

The Ok Tedi Copper Mine is located in Papua New Guinea. It is an open-pit gold and copper mine, named as such because it is near the Ok Tedi River. Mining gold and copper out of the pit have caused widespread social and environmental harm to the atmosphere around the Ok Tedi Copper Mine. Located near a river, the discharge and runoff of the mine have negatively impacted the lives of tens of thousands of residents in over one-hundred villages living downstream from the mine. The people are now suffering because of the placement of the mine, but also ...

Introduction

Over the years, Coca Cola has formulated a business model that has enabled it to remain amongst the most successful corporations within the beverage industry. The organization has been the global leader in the industry based on its competitive strategies that enhance the achievement of a competitive advantage. The focus of this paper is to analyze the new vending machine so as to ascertain its suitability. It will also provide recommendations of some of the possible solutions to the various problems associated with the new vending machine.

Problem Statement

The Coca Cola Company is perceived to be a corporation whose success is largely attributed ...

Introduction

Since ancient time, forests, grasslands, water bodies, hay fields, and other forms of vegetation covers have remained preferable habitants for millions of birds’ species. Based on their biological, eating, and breeding habits, different birds’ species occupy designated ecological zones, which are found in various parts of the world. Some bird species prefer habitants that are near water bodies, forests, and grasslands while others prefer living near residential places, in plains and mountainous regions, and in cold and hot conditions. In the same breath, some of the birds’ species play an integral role in human life, and in maintaining a balance ...

Theme A: Knowing the Market, Cloud Models, and Ecosystem

1. Describe which market segment(s) Zuora serves in the time-frame and setting of the case?
Zuora Inc had been engaging in the industry as a top player in the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) billings and in the payment systems. This was due to the experience and expertise that had been brought to the company by the technical management and the technicians (UC Berkeley 2009). There is also The Z-billing that the company had been majoring was aimed at the market of the development community, offline subscription businesses and all the businesses including the smaller ones such as the plumbers and ...

Executive summary

Sustainable development has been defined by the World Commission on Environment as development that meets the needs of a generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. (OECD, 1987)

In this age and era, the world is faced with many challenges including economic crises, global warming, poor health and loss of diversity. Sustainable development is thus employed to reconcile human developments and the earth’s ecological systems. Public policy all over the world and especially in Canada has been centered on sustainable development and environmentally centered decision making. Sustainable development is thus centered on ensuring ...

Lenovo Group Limited is a multinational computer technology corporation that develops personal computers, servers and IT software. Amid the global dotcom bubble in the 2000s, Lenovo began to pump resources into sectors such as mobile phones, internet-related business and information technology services. The technology joy ride was short-lived as competition at home grew ferociously with the mainland's entry into the World Trade Organization, eating into Lenovo’s bottom line. After this ill-fated strategy of diversification and a focus on the domestic market between 2001 and 2003, Lenovo chairman Yang Yuanqing said in an interview with the South China Morning ...

Organizational Ecology

Reports on February 9th this year show that the Coke Company managed to overshadow the Wall Street’s anticipation by reporting substantial profits which were attributable to the higher prices of its products. Revenue in the quarter of the financial year ending December decreased to $10 billion, which was 8 percent drop. At the same period in the previous quarter, the company recorded $10.9 billion. Somer (2010) says that “These figures exceeded the anticipation of the analysts. Equivalently, the profit went up to $1.24 billion traded at 28 cents per share, up from $770 million trading at 17 cents ...

TNT case analysis

Mission, aims and objectives
According to Hom (2013), mission is a clear statement of the reason for the company’s existence on the market. Mission details the status of the company and provides both direction and guidance for setting aims, objectives and strategies at different organizational levels.
The value of the mission, which is expressed formally and effectively represented to the employees of the organization, cannot be overstated. The aims and objectives made on its basis serve as criteria for the subsequent decision-making process. For instance, according to the case, the TNT’s mission consists of three key ...

The concept of cloud computing has tremendous advantages for organizations of the future. Organizations can use cloud computing to save cost and time that are usually involved in the implementation and development of the traditional software. It has been observed that leading organizations spend a substantial amount of time on the upgradation and maintenance of the traditional software that adds to the cost of the organization. The IT department usually spends the majority of the time in the planning and the implementation of software so as to improve the operational efficiency of the organization. However, the role of IT in ...

Environmental problems are issues that affect or change the normal setting of natural resources to a level of depletion, or where the rate of use is more than the rate of the resource in question naturally replacing its used part. This has necessitated for actions both from the governments and citizens through Non Governmental Organizations to fully embrace conservation of the ecosystem over the years. Conservation of the ecosystem is the preservation of natural environment with its physical composition which includes animals, insects and micro organisms among others. In central and Eastern Europe, Industrialization and extensive farming using machinery have ...

REDD+ in Kenya

Introduction

The prevalence of deforestation and massive degradation of forests from around the world are considered as one among the primary root of global warming. According to reports, the destruction of forests accounts for about 15 percent of greenhouse gas emissions that occur globally (Forest, 2015), and it was found that deforestation are generally caused by factors that motivate people to clear the forests (Chakravarty, 2012). As a means to combat the problem on global emissions, the REDD+ was created with the goal to reduce the impact of the environmental degradation as well as to foster activities ...

Background

LEGO Group is a Danish, family business. Typical of family enterprises, growth is substantial in early company lifecycle phases, only to plummet – rapidly – few years later. The specific causes for LEGO Group's rapid decline in sales (and hence market share) fall into five strategic areas: (1) macroeconomic variables, (2) brand identity, (3) supply chain management, (4) retailing strategy, and (5) product design & development. As shown in every growth indicator, most notably company's cash flows over 1995 – 2004, LEGO Group has witnessed not only sharp decline in sales growth but also, sadly enough for company's owners and executives, a risk ...

Delhi-Mumbai Dedicated Freight Corridor

Summary
The study is based on the basis that large infrastructure projects, like the proposed Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), are essential drivers of the state economy and have significant implications for attaining low-carbon expansion goals. The intention of the study is based on whether the DFC project would concurrently support sustainable development, reduce freight traffic, and decrease carbon releases. For that reason, it would be a worthy project supporting development policies and climate change strategies at the end. Also, other massive infrastructure of this kind could formulate a strategy background for attaining the aims of low-carbon transportation and sustainable ...

CONTENTS
I. Introduction 3
II. Factors, Behind Huawei Decision to Enter the Canadian Telecommunications Market 4
(a) Political Environment in Canada 4
(b) Economic Environment in Canada 5
(c) Legal Environment 6
(d) Technological Environment 6
(e) Environmental Profile 6
III. Huawei Response to Competition in Canada 7
(a) Bargaining Power of Suppliers 7
(b) Bargaining Power of Customers 8
(c) Competition Intensity 8
(d) Threat of Substitute Products 8
(e) New Market Players Entry 9
IV. Two Ways to Enhance Image and Reputation in Canada 9
V. Conclusion 10

References 11

Introduction
Huawei Technologies Ltd. is one of the leading ...

The use of bottled water has increased rapidly over the years because of its reputation for being clean compared to tap water. Nonetheless, bottled water has adverse effects on the environment and human health. The plastics used to manufacture the containers that store the bottled water have proved hazardous. Many people prefer using bottled water without thinking of its adverse effects. Bottled water is one of the highest plastics manufactured that negatively affects the environment and the human health.
One of the most notable impacts of bottled water is that it has an adverse effect on the environment. Even ...

Executive Summary

The purpose of the paper is to describe UPS’s abilities to expand international market, namely Indian. UPS is an international company, which generates a profit of tens of billions of US dollars, known in more than 200 countries around the world. In addition to the delivery of goods and documents, UPS also provides other transport, logistics services, and services in the field of e-commerce. Established in 1907, it has developed from a small business into a fairly solid company with a reputation. UPS’s international expansion began after the recognition by FAA of its own airline in 1988. ...

In modern world the number of issues the company should deal with is dramatically increasing. Some main threats of the previous years are replaced by more significant ones. To remain competitive the organization should pay attention to all the decisions made on different levels. The company is also exposed to new types of risks. It means that the organization should use new approaches to manage both external and internal operations. The main requirement to the behavior of the firm is to be as flexible as possible. New strategies need to be defined in accordance with environmental issues and up-to-date ...

Summary

The Facebook postings of a Northeast BMW salesperson causes corporate embarrassment and hurts company's brand image (Lopiano and Watson). Having a long established history as a major, luxury dealership, Northeast BMW has a positive employer-staff relationship based on loyalty and proper compensation. Moreover, Northeast BMW maintains her customer base based on repeat business and long-standing company-customer relations. This corporate culture has continued after a leadership change. The new company's leader, a son-in-law of company's last leader (himself a son of dealership's founder), emphasizes company's commitment and management as a "family business". The negative postings by a company's salesperson (on ...

Introduction

The Deep Water Horizon is one of the most compelling disasters that have ever been recorded in the US in so far as oil spills and fire tragedies are concerned. The explosion had far-reaching implications because the spills negatively condemned the immediate environment and effectively rendered most of the people not employed because of the manifestations of the disaster. The spill majorly affected the ocean to the extent that the aqua system was put in jeopardy because of the oil infiltration. This team compromising of Dustin, Adrianna, Daniel and Mohammed seeks to analyze the problem and its implications not ...

Introduction

The family that this paper will analyze by running a multidimensional test includes a single mother who belongs to Nicaragua, a less developed country of Africa. She currently has four children. The family has three sons and one daughter. The mother married multiple times, but now she is living a dissociative life, and her focus remains on the well-being of her children. Her parents are alive, and therefore, she has a home to go to, if everything fails in her life. The family is hand to mouth as far as financial circumstances are concerned. However, the leader of the small collective is cautioneously optimistic ...

Summary

Ground transport forms the central nervous system of any economy. It facilitates transport of goods that drives an economy, while also facilitating transport of people. The purpose of transport can be either commercial, business, or for pleasure.

Program

Development of ground transport infrastructure requires vast expanse of real estate as well as creation of temporary support infrastructure while building the ground transport systems. This also consumes enormous amount of raw materials like cement, coarse and fine aggregates, steel, while other inputs like diesel, heavy engineering equipment and extensive labour are the requirements. For the purpose of this paper ground transport ...

Business Law Case Study

Debbie Gates is eventually laid off on account of her alleged heavy drinking, a fact she denies vehemently. She joins issues with the fact that her former employer, Prada, informs anyone who cares, the reasons (heavy drinking) for her dismissal, a fact she also learns from other employees and not directly from her former employer. Following her dismissal, Gates and her friend Zuckerberg team up to form a rival company to their former employer and name it, Prado ostensibly to deceive unsuspecting customers. Further, they poach the Chief Financial Officer of their former employer who helps them lure more customers and investors ...

Section 1: "Introduction: Performing The Digital Body -- A Ghost Story" by Theresa M. Senft

Senft introduces the internet era interactions with a resounding “connection between the internet, contemporary feminism and theories of performance.” She introduces the dilemma faced by feminists in describing what a “body” is and what it is not. With a lot of digital communication and devices around, traditional definitions are taking on new meanings. Efforts to bring the “more natural “animal” body” meaning has been faced with criticism, as some people view this as bringing back the meanings that denying some people their human rights.
The new “body” is faced with challenges as questions of whether cyborgs can contract AIDS, and how ...

- The main reason that causes differences in market expansion strategies is the peculiarity of markets. In the United States, where the company owns about two thirds of the outlets, the market is well known for the company’s executives, so they can easily operate the business. They know the consumer, know his preferences and tastes, so different operating decisions are made easily, without any help from outside. However, when it comes to other markets (international), things are much more complicated there. Every country, even every region within the country is very different from each other, therefore, in order ...

Introduction

The two co-founders of Veja Kopp and Morillion though with no experience on business have made an impact on the fashion industry, (Kim, 2010). The duo identified the need to conduct business feasibility research and settled for a unique aspect within the fashion industry. Their discovery has attributed to their dominance and continues existence in the competitive fashion industry. Their unique fashion cloths portray a unique and astounding creativity. Propelled by the vast experiences they experienced on their business adventures the two settled for an environmental manufacturing plan. Their plan can be credited by the consequential increase in other industries interest ...

Evaluating Strategies - EasySolution

In the current unstable business environment, managers are realizing how risky the most valuable investments often are. This is why it is advisable for managers or investors to evaluate various investment options. However, many current financial assessment techniques do not succeed in identifying what investors can do to capitalize on future uncertain investments (Jose, 2008: p. 830). Thus, a critical question before making a decision is to evaluate the sustainability of the investment option.
Based on the SAFE framework which uses indicators of environmental integrity, economic efficiency and social welfare as inputs as well as fussy reasoning, I would like ...

Background

Over the past 100 years, more than 60 percent of world’s wetlands have been destroyed as people search for land to settle on, farm, and establish other types of business investments. Currently, wetlands cover 6 percent of the world’s surface providing a wide array of environmental services, including soil erosion control, water storage and filtration, a buffer against flooding, biodiversity maintenance, nutrient recycling, nursery for fisheries, and carbon storage among others.

However, destruction and drainage of these ecosystems has led to large amounts of carbon emissions equivalent to 40 tons of carbon per hectare per year for degraded swamp ...

Environmental Studies

Deutsche Bank of Germany is a globally powerful banking and financial institution. It has been recognized in both the financial and the environmental sectors for environmentally positive actions. The eco-friendly activities include both internal and external ‘green’ actions. The Deutsche Bank’s mission statement claims that the goal of the company is to find long term financial solutions for everyone who needs financial services.
“The bank competes to be the leading global provider of financial solutions, creating lasting value for its clients, shareholders, people and the communities in which it operates.” (Mission Statement, Deutsche Bank, 2013)
Deutsche Bank ...

Helicobacter pylori, which was formerly known as Campylobacter pyloridis, is a microaerophilic, Gram-negative bacterium present in the stomach. In 1982, Robin Warren and Barry Marshall discovered that it was found in persons who were suffering from chronic gastric ulcers and gastritis, diseases that were not formerly thought to have been caused by microbes. It is also associated with the development of duodenal ulcers and stomach cancer. Nevertheless, more than 80 percent of persons infected with the bacterium show no symptoms, and it has been contended that it may have a crucial role in the natural ecology of the stomach (Blaser, 2006).
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Abstract

In this essay, a description is done of the Bacteria species Lactobacillus casei and Clostridium botulinum. Their common ground and similarities are presented, being a part of the Low G+C Bacteria, or Firmicutes: Gram-Positive, rod-shaped and fermenters. Additionally, it is also discussed what are their contrasting traits, that keep them distinguished, together with what are the factors used for the various strains’ differentiation, within each species.
Keywords: Lactobacillus casei, Clostridium botulinum, characteristics, similarities, differences, phenotype, structure, phylogenetics.

Low G+C Bacteria – Firmicutes
The Bacteria regarded for this essay are part of the Low G+C Bacteria, or Firmicutes. ...

Business

Summary
Firewire is a surfboard company headed by CEO Mark Price, the San Diego based company is leveraging on the demand for surfboards by waterdogs and professional surfers alike. The problem with the company is that they are relatively new in the industry and their first introduced products are generally traditional made. However, the new generations of surfboarders are looking forward to boards that can be made customized according to their preferred shape and sizes. In addition, the company is also baffled by the cost of the step by step manufacturing and development of the new boards. This analysis ...

Definition

Drought can be defined as weather related disaster where there is a continuous and consistent shortfall of moisture within the atmosphere enough to cause undesirable effects on the ecosystem within a given area over a given period of time. (Warwick, 1975) Drought is caused by a lack of precipitation over a long period of time that results in water shortage leading to adverse effects in the environment affecting plants, animals and humans. What is considered drought in one part of the world may not be considered drought in a different place. For instance what is considered drought in the Congo Rain Forests where rains are ...

Ford Motors is an American automobiles manufacturer. She is touted to be the world’s third largest automobiles manufacturer based on the number of units produced and the global sales records. The company is based in Michigan, close to Detroit in the United States. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 following a brief stint as an engineer at Edison Illuminating Company. He produced a gas powered quadricycle under the aegis of his first automobile company; Detroit Automobile Co. The venture failed and he formed another named Henry Ford Co. The failure of Henry Ford Co, led to ...

Arguably, many companies in the contemporary society have established various environmental management strategies. As a matter of fact, business in the 21st century has become very competitive; hence, each company strategies towards achieving competitive advantage over their potential competitors. McDonalds is one of the companies that established environmental management strategies in becoming ecologically sustainable company, solving existing problems as well as attaining competitive advantage. McDonalds Company is one of the leading operators and franchises on fast food restaurants globally. In fact, it is among the largest retailing chain on food service, serving and preparing a range of beverages and food products ( ...

Representatives of Local Company with an Electricity Demand

Introduction

Jefferies brewery is committed towards ensuring that it maintains a good relationship between the company and the local community. The production of quality beer which is produced from environment friendly processes has made it possible for the company to be liked by most locals and customers. The company has been growing over the past few years and a need has developed of the company being involved in some expansion plans. As the company intends to perform an expansion of business, a new site has been identified near Alloa in Clackmannanshire. The proposed area comes under the Forth Area Management Plan. The ...

Recommended Action

World Wildlife fund`s role in the future of the Marine Stewardship council should be to increase its support in all areas so that it maintains its point of actions that were adopted. It should enable the marine stewardship council to maintain its governance and transparency help it to be consistence with quality of fishery certification, and motivate it to promote environmental performance and sustainability.
Marine stewardship council (MSC) started in 1997 and experienced difficult circumstances. For instance, the council experienced tension with the conservation community, lack of trust and opposition from the industry and national governments, financial ...