178 résultats pour "companys"

• AGENCE RÉCEPTIVE CHEZ UN DMC (DESTINATION MANAGEMNT COMPANY)

  TACHES ET RESPONSABILITÉS  Gérer les relations avec les partenaires locaux , pour réserver les excursions, une sortie ou une table pour les clients, négocier pour avoir le meilleur tarif et même gratuités dans certains cas ‘stagiaire’.  Organiser le planning des conducteurs , en préparant leur programme de travail de tous les jours concernant les transferts des clients à leurs hôtels respectifs ou pour les déposer à l’aéroport (arrivée ou départ), quelles excu...

• Seattle - geography.

  Mountains. The area includes the suburban cities of Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond, Renton, and Issaquah. The Eastside has become home to dozens of high-technologyindustries including Microsoft Corporation, ATL Ultrasound, Nintendo of America, divisions of The Boeing Company, and many other firms. In the 1960s commutersheaded to Seattle jobs from homes on the Eastside. Today, the “reverse commute” from Seattle homes to jobs on the Eastside is just as heavy, and both streams oftraffic cross the same...

• Kansas City (Missouri) - geography.

  Major institutions of higher education in Kansas City are a branch (established in 1929) of the University of Missouri, Avila College (1916), Rockhurst College (1910),DeVry Institute of Technology (Missouri) (1931), and the Kansas City Art Institute (1885). Schools in neighboring suburbs include Park University (1875), in Parkville,and William Jewell College (1849), in Liberty. Baptist, Nazarene, and Methodist theological schools are also located in the area. Midwest Research Institute, one of t...

• San Francisco - geography.

  recognized symbol of the city, opened in 1937. It connects San Francisco to Marin County to the north, one of the wealthiest suburban areas in the nation. With the construction of the Bay and Golden Gate bridges and other links from the city to its suburbs, the San Francisco Bay area has become one large metropolitanregion. San Francisco itself is only 122 sq km (47 sq mi) of land area, but the city’s Primary Metropolitan Statistical Area (defined by the Census Bureau as SanFrancisco, San Mateo,...

• Ford Henry

  Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)Ford Henry , 1863-1947, né à Wayne County (Michigan), industriel américain, fondateur de la Ford Motor Company. Il construisit son premier moteur à combustion interne en 1887 et sa première automobile en 1892. Ce fut le pionnier de la production en série à grande échelle de voitures normalisées, amorcée dès 1909 avec la Ford T. Il réussit, en rationalisant la production et en adoptant le système de la chaîne de montage, à fabriquer des automobile...

• Les rasoirs de Gillette : la fin des barbiers

  Publicité dans un journal pour le rasoir Gille tte Les rasoirs de Gillette : la fm des barbiers L'in dustriel américain King Camp Gillette invente le rasoir mécanique à lames in tercha ngeables. En 1901, il crée la Gil lette Company à Boston qui fabrique, aujourd'hui encore, toutes sortes de rasoirs et de cosmét iques. P ersonne ne peut se préva loir d' avoir inventé le ras oir. Dans les temps préhisto­ riq ues, l'homme se rase avec des co quilla...

• Comment s’organise la production la distribution et la communication d’un produit mondialisé comme coca cola dans notre monde actuel ?

  L'entreprise dit ne plus être un entreprise américaine. Elle veut être une entreprise locale dans chaque pays. Doug Ivester a dit en 2000 : "Je souhaite que Coca -Cola devient une entreprise locale partout où elle se trouve dans le monde, think global, act local. Coca -Cola ne veut plus être une World Company. Quelque soit l'en droit du monde où nous nous trouvons, nous sommes une entreprise locale." En 2005, Coca -Cola Company avait des parts d...

• Samuel de Champlain.

  From 1616 to 1620 Champlain spent most of each year in France, with brief summer visits to Québec. In France he had to struggle to keep the Canadian enterprisealive, raise capital, and enlist workers. He also had to fight to keep his command over Québec. In 1618 he presented reports on the future of the French colonies inAmerica to the king and to the French Chamber of Commerce. In these reports he proposed that 300 settler families and 15 Récollets be established at Québec, with 300 soldiers to...

• Samuel de Champlain - explorer.

  From 1616 to 1620 Champlain spent most of each year in France, with brief summer visits to Québec. In France he had to struggle to keep the Canadian enterprisealive, raise capital, and enlist workers. He also had to fight to keep his command over Québec. In 1618 he presented reports on the future of the French colonies inAmerica to the king and to the French Chamber of Commerce. In these reports he proposed that 300 settler families and 15 Récollets be established at Québec, with 300 soldiers to...

• George Frideric Handel I INTRODUCTION Handel's Water Music In addition to his popular operas and oratorios, German-born composer George Frideric Handel wrote music in the 1700s for the church and for royal celebrations.

  During the 1720s and 1730s Handel worked primarily as a composer and producer of operas for the London stage. This extremely productive phase of his career beganwith the opening of the Royal Academy of Music in London in 1719. The Royal Academy was founded with the support of the king and aristocratic subscribers for theproduction of Italian operas. Its directors sent Handel to continental Europe to hire some of the world’s greatest singers. Handel was not the only composer writingoperas for Aca...

• Confederation of Canada - Canadian History.

  Québec conference seemed in many ways to give Macdonald the centralized union he wanted. The federal government would control banking, finance, defense,transportation, and commerce among the provinces. It would also have far greater powers of taxation than the provincial governments would have. In private,Macdonald predicted that the central government would be so strong that it would soon swallow up the provinces completely. Yet the Québec resolutions were vague or contradictory enough to give...

• Houston - geography.

  Prominent historical and cultural institutions include the Civic Center Complex, located in the central business district. The complex is composed of the George R. BrownConvention Center; the Wortham Center, which is the home of the Houston Grand Opera and the Houston Ballet; and the Jesse H. Jones Hall for Performing Arts, whichis the home of the Houston Symphony. The nearby Alley Theatre houses a professional repertory acting company. Among other local professional performance groupsare the Ma...

• Cleveland (Ohio) - geography.

  Cleveland Children’s Museum. Also located in University Circle is Severance Hall, the home of the world-acclaimed Cleveland Orchestra. Nearby is the Cleveland PlayHouse, with three large, restored theaters and one of the largest non-profit professional theaters in the country. Downtown is Playhouse Square Center, with fourrecently restored theaters, home to the Cleveland Opera and the Great Lakes Theater Festival. On the waterfront is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum,opened in 1995 and...

• London - geographie.

  Westminster sowie die Margaretenkirche sind seit 1987 Weltkulturerbestätten der UNESCO. Im Westen liegt auch der Hyde Park, die größte Parkanlage Londons, der inwestlicher Richtung bis in die Stadtbezirke Knightsbridge und Kensington reicht, beides äußerst elegante Wohnviertel mit vielen Sehenswürdigkeiten, darunter dasWarenhaus von Harrods, die Royal Albert Hall und die South-Kensington-Museen. Direkt im Süden von West End, am anderen Flussufer, befindet sich der Lambeth-Palast des Erzbischofs...

• William Howard Taft.

  considered him an ideal successor. Because Roosevelt himself was satisfied that Taft's election would ensure that his reform programs were continued, he used hisinfluence with each state's Republican Party to get Taft the nomination. As a result, Taft became the Republican candidate on the first ballot. He was elected president in1908 with a popular vote of 7,675,320 to 6,412,294 for Nebraska editor and Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan, and an electoral vote of 321 to Bryan's 162.Alth...

• William Howard Taft

  considered him an ideal successor. Because Roosevelt himself was satisfied that Taft's election would ensure that his reform programs were continued, he used hisinfluence with each state's Republican Party to get Taft the nomination. As a result, Taft became the Republican candidate on the first ballot. He was elected president in1908 with a popular vote of 7,675,320 to 6,412,294 for Nebraska editor and Democratic candidate William Jennings Bryan, and an electoral vote of 321 to Bryan's 162.Alth...

• Chicago (city, Illinois) - geography.

  VI EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS Chicago has one of the largest public school systems in the United States. The Chicago Board of Education administers the system in a centralized fashion; in recentyears it has been experimenting with local school councils as a means of partial devolution of authority. These councils, established in 1989, have authority in severalareas, including the ability to approve budgets and curriculum. In addition, Chicago has many private schools, including larg...

• Scramble for Africa.

  additional territorial grabs. The most significant of these rules stated that colonial powers were obligated to notify each other when they claimed African territory.Further, subsequent “effective occupation” of the claimed area was necessary for the claim to remain valid. Through it all, as Europeans negotiated their rights toAfrican territory, not a single African was present. Once the conference was over, it was clear that a European Scramble for African territories was underway. Southern Afr...

• New Orleans - geography.

  D Metropolitan Region The New Orleans metropolitan region covers 8,800 sq km (3,400 sq mi) and includes the counties—known in Louisiana as parishes— of Orleans, Jefferson, Saint Bernard, Saint Charles, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Tammany, Saint James, and Plaquemines. At the center is the city of New Orleans, which is coextensive withOrleans Parish. It has a land area of 468 sq km (181 sq mi). Extending from this base are numerous suburban towns in the surrounding parishes. Metairie, Harahan...

• Indian Treaties in Canada - Canadian History.

  Pontiac led an attack on British forts in the Great Lakes area to end British domination and to reinforce Indian autonomy. In response, British king George III issued theRoyal Proclamation of 1763 to try to appease the Indians of the interior. The proclamation set aside land for the Indians west of the Appalachian Mountains anddescribed this land as “lands reserved to [Indians] … as their Hunting Grounds.” The proclamation not only recognized Indian land ownership, but also required thattreaties...

• Hawaii (state) - geography.

  limestone along the coast. The volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands are all so-called shield volcanoes, or lava domes. Unlike the volcanoes of Alaska and South America, those of Hawaii were notcreated by very explosive eruptions. Formed mostly by lava flows, they are great rounded mountain masses, rather than steep-sided cones. Mauna Kea, dormant forcenturies, is the highest mountain in the state. It rises to 4,205 m (13,796 ft) above sea level, and its summit is dotted with cinder cones formed by...

• Hawaii (state) - USA History.

  limestone along the coast. The volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands are all so-called shield volcanoes, or lava domes. Unlike the volcanoes of Alaska and South America, those of Hawaii were notcreated by very explosive eruptions. Formed mostly by lava flows, they are great rounded mountain masses, rather than steep-sided cones. Mauna Kea, dormant forcenturies, is the highest mountain in the state. It rises to 4,205 m (13,796 ft) above sea level, and its summit is dotted with cinder cones formed by...

• Book I INTRODUCTION Kelmscott Chaucer The Kelmscott Chaucer was published in 1896 by William Morris' company, the Kelmscott Press.

  B Medieval European Books Illustration of Saint Mark in the Ebbo GospelsThis is a page from the illuminated manuscript known as the Ebbo Gospels (about 816-835). It depicts Saint Mark lookingheavenward for inspiration as he writes his gospel account, and is drawn in an expressive, energetic style typical ofmedieval art of that period. The full name of the Ebbo Gospels is the Gospel Book of Archbishop Ebbo of Reims. This pagemeasures about 25 by 20 cm (about 10 by 8 in).Bridgeman Art Library, Lo...

• John Winthrop: "A City Upon a Hill" In 1629 English attorney and Puritan John Winthrop was chosen by the Massachusetts Bay Company, an English trading firm, to govern its colony in New England.

• Le Coca-Cola, nouvelle boisson du xxe siècle

  Une affiche publicitaire pour Coca-Cola, dans les années 40 Le Coca .. Cola, nouvelle boisson du xxe siècle En 1917 , le fondateur de la Coca-Co la Company , Asa G. Cand ler, se reti-re de sa société. En 20 ans i! pei ne, il a fait de '' Coke >) une institution et organisé la diffusion mondiale de cette limonade à la caf éine. A u mois de mai de l'an née 18 86, John Styth Pember ton in vente une boisson non­ alcoolisée d'aspect sirupeux, dans l...

• Compagnies de commerce et de navigation

  En 1602, une dizaine de sociétés d'armateurs forment la Compagnie unie des Indes orientales , communément appelée VOC (Verenigde Oost-/ndische Compagnie) . Dotée d'un capital permanent de 6 600 000 florins avec 2 200 actions, elle distribue chaque année des dividendes de 30 à 40 % à ses actionnaires . Elle en réfère au gouvernement pour le choix de son directeur mais reste la propriété des marchands . Ses prérogatives sont considérables: droits...

• Walt Disney I INTRODUCTION Walt Disney Walt Disney, an American cartoonist and film producer, started an entertainment empire with his creation of animated movies and world-renowned amusement parks.

  Donald DuckDonald Duck waves to visitors at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. The Disney Studios created the excitable duck in1934.Kelly-Mooney Photography/Corbis In 1923 Disney moved to Hollywood, California. He, his brother Roy O. Disney, and Iwerks began producing short animated films. In 1927 Disney created the cartooncharacter Oswald the Rabbit. A year later he produced another character, a mouse called Mortimer, but shortly after changed the name to Mickey. In 1928 MickeyMouse starred...

• Devoir d'anglais correction

  particular occasion you lacked the tiny bit that would have made the differenceor, as in the given example, you gave the wrong answer to one essential question.The document suggests that in order to take no chances when preparing for a job interview, you should stick asclosely as possible to the skills and attributes mentioned in the job advertisement. If you don't get the job, youshould be prepared to accept it and move on.Being well aware of the qualities required for a position is vital, but...

• Automobile.

  Electric motors have been used to power automobiles since the late 1800s. Electric power supplied by batteries runs the motor, which rotates a driveshaft, the shaftthat transmits engine power to the axles. Commercial electric car models for specialized purposes were available in the 1980s. General Motors Corporation introduced amass-production all-electric car in the mid-1990s. Automobiles that combine two or more types of engines are called hybrids. A typical hybrid is an electric motor with ba...

• Puzzle.

  Visual puzzles involve searching a picture to find hidden or disguised figures or answering a question about some part of a visual illusion. For instance, the popular 19th- century prints of American lithographic company Currier & Ives featured hidden people, animals, and other objects. A 16th-century painting from Bukhara, Uzbekistan,of a camel includes hidden figures of 17 people, 10 rabbits, a monkey, and a dragon (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City). B Mathematical Puzzles and Logic...

• Saskatchewan (province) - Geography.

  The length of the frost-free season varies within the province. In the southwest, particularly in the valley lands along the South Saskatchewan River, the frost-freeperiod ranges from 150 to 160 days. Regina enjoys about 123 frost-free days, and Saskatoon has about 111. The far north has only from 85 to 95 frost-free days. One important characteristic of Saskatchewan’s climate is the great variability in temperature and precipitation from year to year, which is often critical for agriculture.The...

• Saskatchewan (province) - Canadian History.

  The length of the frost-free season varies within the province. In the southwest, particularly in the valley lands along the South Saskatchewan River, the frost-freeperiod ranges from 150 to 160 days. Regina enjoys about 123 frost-free days, and Saskatoon has about 111. The far north has only from 85 to 95 frost-free days. One important characteristic of Saskatchewan’s climate is the great variability in temperature and precipitation from year to year, which is often critical for agriculture.The...

• Advertising.

  Advertising agencies make money in a variety of ways. When the agency uses the client’s advertising budget to buy time for an ad on the radio or on television or whenit buys space for an ad in a newspaper or magazine, the media outlet allows the agency to keep 15 percent of the cost of the space or the time as a commission. The15 percent commission has become an advertising industry standard and usually accounts for the largest portion of the agency’s income. Agencies also charge clientsfor the...

• Declaration of Independence.

  communication networks to publicize British actions and encourage demonstrations of defiance. Soon these committees and some colonial legislatures issued a call for anall-colony congress to discuss other appropriate responses to Britain’s actions. The Continental Congress first met in Philadelphia from September to the end of October1774. This body did not plan for war; instead, it debated the extent to which the colonies should carry their resistance to Great Britain. The First Continental Cong...

• Declaration of Independence - U.

  communication networks to publicize British actions and encourage demonstrations of defiance. Soon these committees and some colonial legislatures issued a call for anall-colony congress to discuss other appropriate responses to Britain’s actions. The Continental Congress first met in Philadelphia from September to the end of October1774. This body did not plan for war; instead, it debated the extent to which the colonies should carry their resistance to Great Britain. The First Continental Cong...

• American Literature: Drama I INTRODUCTION American Literature: Drama, literature intended for performance, written by Americans in the English language.

  American plays, while still a minority, began to appear in the theater repertory in the 19th century. Although American plays were still styled after British models, theirsubject matter came to be based on specifically American incidents or themes. In the United States as in Britain, many plays reflected the influence of romanticism , a European literary and artistic movement. Melodrama, with its outpourings of emotion, was the most prevalent dramatic form in the 19th century. Gothic melodramas...

• French and Indian War.

  Virginia as well as the French governor-general of Canada had attempted to seize their lands. After receiving large presents of supplies and arms, the Iroquoisgrudgingly renewed their alliances with the British colonies. Delegates then moved on to plan other defensive measures. An important topic was a plan of union developed by Benjamin Franklin. The Albany Plan, as it became known, proposed a single institution to govern all of the Britishcolonies in America. Under the plan, each colony would...

• French and Indian War - Canadian History.

  Virginia as well as the French governor-general of Canada had attempted to seize their lands. After receiving large presents of supplies and arms, the Iroquoisgrudgingly renewed their alliances with the British colonies. Delegates then moved on to plan other defensive measures. An important topic was a plan of union developed by Benjamin Franklin. The Albany Plan, as it became known, proposed a single institution to govern all of the Britishcolonies in America. Under the plan, each colony would...

• London (England) - geography.

  In the northern part of the West End is Bloomsbury, the city’s traditional intellectual center, with its concentration of bookshops and homes of writers and academics. Inthe early 20th century a number of famous writers, critics, and artists who lived here became known as the Bloomsbury Group. Here, too, is the British Museum, one ofLondon’s chief tourist attractions. Nearby is the giant complex of the University of London, whose various colleges and departments have taken over much ofBloomsbury...

• George Bush.

  1986 it was folded into Harken Energy Corporation, another Texas petroleum company. Bush served as a consultant and a member of Harken’s board of directors. In 1987 Bush relocated his family to Washington, D.C., to assist his father in his bid to become president. He worked as a campaign adviser at his father’s nationalcampaign headquarters, serving as a liaison to the media and to conservative and Christian leaders. He was a trusted confidant of his father and mother, whosometimes dispatched Bu...

• George Bush - USA History.

  1986 it was folded into Harken Energy Corporation, another Texas petroleum company. Bush served as a consultant and a member of Harken’s board of directors. In 1987 Bush relocated his family to Washington, D.C., to assist his father in his bid to become president. He worked as a campaign adviser at his father’s nationalcampaign headquarters, serving as a liaison to the media and to conservative and Christian leaders. He was a trusted confidant of his father and mother, whosometimes dispatched Bu...

• devoir d'anglais

  deal positively with a rejection is to ask for feedback if the firm doesn't make it clearwhy your application was rejected. It's the best way to find out why you were turned down and therefore makeadjustments for the next job interview. Another positive aspect is to show how motivated you are and how capableyou are of adjusting to the firm's requirements, something useful if you re-apply in the future.The document also highlights the fact that being rejected doesn't necessarily mean that you wer...

• Peut-on considérer le Roi Lion de Walt Disney comme une réécriture de Hamlet de shakespeare ?

  Introduction I .  Le Roi Lion ,  Hamlet , des  points communs divers : Une situation initiale similaire . Une représentation popularis ée  des personnages dans  Le Roi Lion  . Une vulgarisation de la  personnalit é des h éros. II . Texte simplifi é, att énuation de  l’importance des valeurs  transmises : Le Roi Lion , une intrigue adapt ée  pour un certain public. Des dialogues vulgaris és mais  pourtant semblables. Conclusion  Bibliographie b Probl é matique : Pourquoi peut­on consid érer ...

• Comparaison Hamlet

  Introduction I .  Le Roi Lion ,  Hamlet , des  points communs divers : Une situation initiale similaire . Une représentation popularis ée  des personnages dans  Le Roi Lion  . Une vulgarisation de la  personnalit é des h éros. II . Texte simplifi é, att énuation de  l’importance des valeurs  transmises : Le Roi Lion , une intrigue adapt ée  pour un certain public. Des dialogues vulgaris és mais  pourtant semblables. Conclusion  Bibliographie b Probl é matique : Pourquoi peut­on consid érer ...

• Gun Control.

  Bridgeport, Connecticut, alleged that gun manufacturers acted negligently (not carefully enough) when marketing and distributing their products. The cities contended that gun manufacturers oversupplied gun dealers in areas with weak gun restrictions, knowing that individuals from areas with tougher laws wouldpurchase the guns. Other cities, such as New Orleans, Louisiana, and Atlanta, Georgia, used a different approach in lawsuits against gun makers. These cities allegedthat gun makers failed to...

• Steven Spielberg I INTRODUCTION Steven Spielberg The imaginative films of Steven Spielberg are known for their technical creativity and memorable characters.

  Courtesy of Everett Collection Spielberg teamed up with writer-producer George Lucas in the 1980s to make the action-adventure Indiana Jones film series: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). Other directorial projects during this period included the science-fiction fantasy E.T.—The Extra-Terrestrial , at the time the highest-grossing film ever made; The Color Purple (1985), a drama based on the novel...

• Detroit - geography.

  Automobile industrialist Henry Ford was born near Dearborn, Michigan, in 1863. Ford built his first automobile in 1893 and establishedhis own manufacturing company ten years later. The Ford Company headquarters are in Dearborn, as is the Henry Ford Museum,shown here, which tells of the transition of the United States from an agricultural to an industrial society, a change in which Fordplayed a central part.Townsend P. Dickinson/Photo Researchers, Inc. The Detroit city center also houses one of t...

• Frank Lloyd Wright.

  C Usonian Houses Wright achieved his goal of low-cost, democratic American architecture with his Usonian houses of the 1930s. Usonia was Wright’s term for the United States of North America, with an i added for a pleasing sound. The Usonian house had a simple design, usually with an L-shaped floor plan. This plan separated the noisier living space on one leg of the L from the quieter bedroom space on the other leg. The floor was made of concrete slabs, typically in a square grid of 4 by 4...

• Mumbai - geography.

  number of people employed by them increased from 7,000 in the 1860s to 73,000 in 1900. Mumbai also prospered as an international port with the 1869 opening ofthe Suez Canal, which shortened the shipping route to Europe. Today most of India’s cotton continues to be grown in the Mumbai hinterland on a fertile, lava-based soilknown as black cotton soil. Textiles remain the dominant industry, employing more than half the workforce. Other important products of Mumbai include refined oil,petrochemical...

• Les automobiles actuelles résultent de l'amélioration incessante de techniques déjà anciennes ayant acquis un haut niveau de perfectionnement grâce à des efforts soutenus de recherche appliquée.

  Dion (Albert, marquis de) essence - 2.INDUSTRIE Fiat Ford Henry Ford Motor Company General Motors Lenoir Étienne machine à vapeur Otto Nikolaus Panhard René Peugeot Armand Renault Louis révolution industrielle - La diffusion de la révolution industrielle techniques (histoire des) - La révolution industrielle transports voiture Volkswagen Watt James Les livres Ford Henry, page 1951, volume 4 Renault - la première voiture Renault, page 4307, volume 8 Renault - Marcel Renault...