Belgium

Executive Summary New Belgium Brewing Company (NBB), established in 1991 in the state of Colorado, was the brainchild of founders Jeff Lebesch and Kim Jordan. Following Jeff’s biking tour of the Belgian countryside, he and Kim began their venture with the development of two types of ale in the basement of their home. NBB has since evolved into the third-largest craft brewery in the United States and employs over 600 coworkers to create over 10 beers while profiting over 190 million in revenue…

New Belgium Brewing Company strives to be environmentally friendly. NBB wants to make sure the earth continues to be vibrant for years to come. Minimizing the resources used, promoting recycling within the office, and giving away bike to encourage the team to ride instead of drive is just a few of the strides the company has taken to go green. “ At New Belgium, we believe in using every tool at our disposal to create the vibrant future we envision for the earth and her inhabitants. In addition…

Introduction New Belgium Brewing Company is an award winning brewery that is known for its craft beers and environmentally friendly facilities. NBB has taken brewing to a new level by implementing high quality assurance in operations management, growth through employee stock ownership, and sustainability in environmental responsibility. Operations Management New Belgium started from modest beginnings. The company was started by Jeff Lebesch and his wife Kim Jordan in the basement of their house…

It appears that New Belgium has been able to effectively communicate their focus on sustainability and culture of "free spirited "and whimsical fun to its customer base. In order for New Belgium Brewing Company to be able to expand this focus to other areas within the company, they must first have the drive and commitment to reaching potential customers in different areas of the country. This company appears to have demonstrated a great deal of drive and commitment as evidenced by its apparent…

The initial and pivotal process in ensuring that New Belgium Brewing (NBB) Company’s branding and messaging stays perpetual is assuring that the new location fits to their core focus. During the planning phase, NBB created a listing of 33 criteria that each of the locations must meet and in addition, involved employees from all areas of the company to ensure a proper fit. This process of including the employees from all areas, was critical to the success of the new expansion because without the…

BACKGROUND Belgium is described to be a small nation-state created in 1830 located in Europe that is divided into two major ethnic groups; the Dutch speaking Flemish and French-speaking Walloons. This conflict has not particularly been a violent one but as been long withstanding. The territory was controlled by the French following the French Revolution. This significantly benefitted the French-speaking Walloons economically and politically and was resented by the Flemish who often felt…

The Role of Stability in Ethnic Conflicts: Rwanda vs Belgium Rwanda and Belgium are both states where two nations are forced to coexist, which causes conflict inside the borders of each country. In Rwanda, the conflict between the two groups exploded in 1994 and resulted in a mass genocide that has lingering tension twenty-two years later. In Belgium, the conflict is not violent but the divide caused two government shutdowns and a strong nationalist movement in the Flemish north. While the two…

outlets and pundits declared Belgium a jihadist haven. Geographically distant, Belgium was—and is—easy for many Americans to view through the lens of terrorism. But as I delved deeper into Belgium’s history, my fascination with the country and the tension between its politically and linguistically distinct regions of French Wallonia and Dutch Flanders only grew. With a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant award, I will teach English, a politically neutral language in Belgium, to Belgian college…

Schlieffen plan, German forces would invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg,and the Netherlands, quickly capturing Paris and forcing France to sue for peace. The…

We have invaded France, part of what Germany calls the Schlieffen plan. We plan to go into France, defeat them, and then move back and fight Russia. However, we had to pass through Belgium in order to get to France, and there will be great consequences from Great Britain. They will declare war on us, and it will be the entire world against Germany and Austria-Hungary. Let us hope that the Americans do not decide to join, as they hold no political or economical value and would only distract us…