Chungking Express

Before I analyze the film Chungking Express, I would like to briefly introduce its director—Wang Kar-Wai, a great master who specialized in describing protagonists’ characteristics by details and the whole environment. Since he grows up in Hong Kong, a former British colony involving Chinese culture and western culture, he has lots of thinking on this metropolis and the people living there. Thus he directs bunch of films such like Chungking Express, telling the love stories happened in Hong Kong via protagonists’ characteristics and background music. In this movie, there are two independent and interconnected love stories as well as four protagonists: cop 233, A-Fei, cop 663, and female killer. Wang Kar-Wai tells us that urban people are lonely…

The Spanish Language I grew up in a Hispanic country where Spanish is the official language. I think Spanish is one of the most wonderful languages in the world. It allows you to express your deepest feelings in the most beautiful way, specially when we talk about love. There is nothing more beautiful than hearing a love declaration when the one making it is using the Spanish language. Even if you are not one of those people for who talking beautifully is natural, you could still do a…

strategies. Their tracking capability was developed to meet customer expectations by enabling them to track information about critical shipments. The ability to compare delivery date, shipping date and time enables customers to gauge the level and quality of service offered while fulfilling organizations and customer needs. Customers can raise various issues noted which will be resolved through the company 's technical capability and recorded to ensure it is not experienced in future. This model…

Background American Express was among the first few organizations to launch a successful cause related marketing campaign and raise funds about $1.7 million for the Statute of Liberty restoration project. In a competitive market, where every organization is working hard towards winning their customer’s loyalty and employee’s morale, Cause-related marketing (CRM) help organizations gear up towards building a differentiating image. According to a study (Varadarajan & Menon) published, CRM is a…

and stakeholders view of their Corporate Social Responsibility after many mishaps in the past few years. One of Wells Fargo biggest mishaps was their unfair lending practices and also a more resent problem were bank employees issuing unwanted credit cards and opened unauthorized accounts that charged customers fees and damaged their credit. First let’s discuss the history of Wells Fargo as a company. In 1852 Henry Wells and William Fargo founded Wells, Fargo & Co. to serve the West. The new…

network and in other regions they partner with independent transportation, warehouse, collection, and distribution service providers. For comparative analysis of market shares, see: Exhibits 11, 12, 13, and 14. Service Quality (Reliability/ Visibility/ Speed) (Neither) UPS compete with equally accomplished companies like DHL and FedEx in maintaining reliability, visibility, and speed of their services, which is one of the most important success factors in this industry. These three…

Before 1980, United Parcel Service (UPS) was the leading express delivery service company. The use of air services for delivery was unexplored. A visionary leader – Fred Smith – paved a new way for FedEx, with a commitment to quality, customer and innovation, to compete with UPS, and now it holds a sizable chunk in the overnight delivery market. FedEx Corporation’s mission statement focuses on the following: • Quality - providing high value-added services (transportation, logistics and business)…

Wells Fargo is an American international banking as well as a service holding company whose headquarters are in San Francisco, California. The economy of California had boomed following the discovery of gold at Sutter’s mill in the year 1849m, an attribute that lead to a huge demand for shipping. Henry Wells and William Fargo joined other investors to create Wells Fargo and company that were meant to serve and profit following this demand. In July 1852, the company had started the transportation…

FedEx is one of the largest global shipping and solutions corporations in the World. FedEx has more than 300,000 employees providing services to consumers along with businesses globally. FedEx has different operating systems, which include FedEx Freight, FedEx Express and FedEx Ground. All serve purposes on how they are able to deliver products to its consumers. The headquarters of FedEx is located in Memphis, Tennessee. They are only a couple of miles away from the Memphis International…

For over a hundred years, Wells Fargo has been a lead provider of both personal and business banking. Financial services including insurance, credit cards, mortgage and investments are offered through the company. According to the 2015 Wells Fargo CSR plan, two of their core principles include putting customers first and valuing their team members. However, in 2011, allegations against Wells Fargo began to accumulate that employees were reportedly opening fraudulent accounts and credit cards…