Academic literature on the topic 'Lady and the Unicorn'

The corpus of literature on the Lady and The Unicorn tapestries has most often focussed on technical/stylistic aspects or attempted to explain the iconography of this work with little definitive consensus in either domain. An informative element in the history of this problematic work is the patron, who played a primordial role in the artistic process of the late Middle Ages. Although the patron of our subject has been identified as Jean LeViste and his personal and family history is relatively well-documented, few attempts have been made to place this work in the context of his reality. An investigation of the figure and his milieu will certainly benefit our understanding of the themes of heraldic display and courtly love that are most often proposed to interpret our work. The patron's situation will bring us to a new level of interpretation in this work---the glorification of women---which, like the other themes represented throughout this series, served the interests of the patron and reflected his reality.

A la fois lieu commun du raisonnement et cliché discursif - selon la distinction opérée par Remy de Gourmont pour qui le lieu commun renvoie à la banalité de l'Idée, tandis que le cliché représente la matérialité même de la phrase -, l'antienne de l'influence du Roman de la Rose sur les arts figurés au Moyen Âge est devenue l'une de ces nombreuses redondances argumentatives sustentant régulièrement la rhétorique en histoire de l'art. Partie de ce constat inflationniste et du désir de vérifier le bien-fondé d'une hypothèse iconographique reliant le Roman de la Rose à la tenture de la Dame à la Licorne, cette enquête a essayé de mettre en exergue le danger des lieux communs de l'interprétation en histoire de l'art, et plus particulièrement de ceux faisant un usage inconsidéré du texte de Guillaume de Lorris et Jean de Meung<br>Both discursive cliché and commonplace reasoning – according to the distinction made by Remy de Gourmot for whom the commonplace refers to the banality of the Idea while the cliché is the very materiality of the sentence – the anthem of the Roman de la Rose's influence on figurative arts in the Middle Ages became one of those many redundancies regulary invoked in argumentative rhetoric. Provoked by this observation and by the desire to check the relevance of an iconographic hypothesis linking the Roman de la Rose to the tapestry of the Lady and the Unicorn, this investigation has tried to highlight the danger of the interpretation commonplaces in Art History, especially those making a reckless use of Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meung's poem

<p> In the process of creating <i>Like A Unicorn in Captivity</i>, I sought the answers to two primary research questions: "What happens when you realize that your idol isn't perfect?" and "What happens when you recognize her flaws in yourself?" The work began as a response to and an interpretation of the work of writer and aviator Anne Morrow Lindbergh, incorporating multimedia, spoken word, and movement in an exploration of celebrity, hero-worship, identity, relationship, ambition, creativity and duty. As we investigated these notions, the cast and I embarked on a transdisciplinary choreographic process, one that combined movement-based and theoretical research across dance, theatre, design, music, history, literature, feminism, and women's studies. This paper offers an explanation of the inspirations behind the piece, how I arrived at the notion of transdiciplinary choreography, what the practice looked and felt like in progress, and a description of the piece that resulted from the process.</p>

This thesis focuses on strategic analysis of Unicorn Systems, joint-stock company. The first part describes theoretical process of strategic analysis which continues to practical part. It contains external analysis, internal analysis and competitive strategy. The end of the thesis contains evaluations of strategy analysis and recommendations.

The goal of the master thesis is to suggest a marketing strategy for company Uni-corn a.s. based on marketing situation analysis. The thesis consists of theoretical and practical parts. In the theoretical part, the concept of marketing and marke-ting management are discussed and the perception of marketing mix is described. It presents further methodology for the practical part. The practical part contains situation analysis in which the study of outer and inner enterprise environment is presented. The result is a basis for SWOT analysis a furthermore composition of EFE and IFE matrix. Next, the suggestions for tactical targets are determined through the marketing mix. In conclusion a proposition of marketing strategy is presented which is founded not only on situation analysis but also on review study of contemporary company marketing tools.

Amongst the great numbers of companies being listed on the stock exchange, one type of company stands out from the rest. Known as Unicorns, these companies are valued at $1 billion or more before they are even acquired or listed on the stock market. In order to understand why some of these companies perform well on the stock exchange, this thesis attempts to find the driving factors of stock price growth using multiple regression analysis. The results are two different models that can be used by investors considering investing in this type of company. The first model consists of the increase of a company’s total costs, research and development costs, total assets and number of employees. This model is likely to be useful when investing in companies operating in the tech industry as they typically have high research and development costs. The second model consists of a company’s increase in marketing costs, return on invested capital and number of employees. When considering investing in companies that have a large amount of marketing costs, such as companies operating in the retail industry, this model is likely to serve a better purpose. The models are however not accurate enough to solely be relied upon when deciding if and how much to invest but should rather be used as pointers on whether a company will increase in value after the first day of trading.<br>Bland den mängd företag som listas på börsen, är det en typ av företag som sticker ut från mängden. De kallas för Unicorns och är värderade till över en miljard dollar innan de köps upp eller börsnoteras. För att förstå varför vissa av dessa företag presterar så bra på börsen, försöker man i denna rapport hitta de drivande faktorerna för aktieprisutveckling genom multipel regressionsanalys. Det resulterade i två olika modeller som skulle kunna nyttjas av investerare som överväger att investera i denna typ av företag. Den första modellen bestod av tillväxten av ett företags totala kostnader, forskning- och utvecklingskostnader, totala tillgångar och antalet anställda. Den här modellen skulle kunna vara användningsbar när man överväger att investera i företag som verkar inom teknologisektorn, då dessa företag investerar mycket pengar i forskning och utveckling. Den andra modellen bestod av tillväxten av ett företags marknadsföringskostnader, avkastning på investerat kapital och antalet anställda. I situationer där man överväger att investera i företag som har stora marknadsföringskostnader, som företag som verkar i detaljhandel, är denna modell förmodligen mer användbar. Modellerna är dock inte korrekta nog för att fullständigt lita på vid ett beslut om och hur mycket man ska investera, utan bör istället användas som en fingervisning för om företaget kommer stiga i värde efter första handlingsdagen på börsen.

Presented graduation theses concern proposition of competitive strategy in paticular company active in field of IT. The analytical part describes actual condition of the company on the market and its competitors, as well as internal processes and external environment. The theoretical part defines abstract conclusion of this graduation theses. Finally the application part includes proposals of solutions how to succeed in competitive fight by means of given targets and taking the competitive advantage.

Knowledge as company resource which brings competitive advantage is frequently discussed topic. And managing of knowledge pays increasing attention, because it is possible to maximize utility and minimize losses of knowledge by using appropriate knowledge management. This paper is focused on analysis of Knowledge management process in the context of Unicorn ES Powered Company methodology and on suggestion of possible form of management of the process and its parts, which is the overall goal of this paper.