Haute école de gestion de Genève

How do trading companies add value ?

Ademi, Velhida ; Piller, Robert (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2012 ; TDEE 152.

Ce travail de diplôme a pour objectif de déterminer de quelle façon les entreprises de négoce ajoutent de la valeur à leurs activités. Nous verrons tout d’abord que-ce que la valeur ajoutée et comment elle est crée au sein d’une entreprise à travers la Chaine de Valeur Porter et ensuite grâce au Système de Production qui va compléter le modèle. La suite du mémoire porte sur...

Haute école de gestion de Genève

Why can crude oil traders take advantage of a Super-Contango while agriculural traders cannot?

Beltramello, Loris ; Piller, Robert (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2018 ; TDIBM 30.

In 2009 and 2015, crude oil traders had the opportunity to take advantage of an arbitrage opportunity between the spot market and the future market, the phenomena is famous in the industry and is well known as Super-Contango. On the other hand, the same arbitrage opportunity was never observed in the grain andwe do not hear about any Super-Carry. This study aims to investigate what are the...

Haute école de gestion de Genève

Marketing Nigerian light and sweet crudes in a world increasingly geared towards heavier and more sour crudes

Cole, Tanya Kedisha ; Piller, Robert (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2016 ; TDIBM 4.

The Nigerian crude Oil Market has been facing difficulties in Marketing their light and sweet crudes on a global scale. These difficulties are the consequences of changes in trend in the Oil Market Industry, such as changes in the global oil refining landscape, highly increase competition from one of its key exporting partner and with the increase in demand shifting to the Middle East and Asia,...

Haute école de gestion de Genève

Smart Contracts: The Use of the Blockchain Technology in Trade Finance : What would be the impact of the Blockchain’s implementation regarding the handling of physical documents and the business processes in trade finance for companies located in Geneva?

Collet, Romain ; Piller, Robert (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2018 ; TDIBM 33.

Today, the commodity trading industry, and specifically the trade finance sector, suffers from inefficient and costly processes. In this Bachelor thesis, we will study the commodity trade finance world, identify its weaknesses and try to strengthen them with a new technology: The Blockchain. We will explore the different theoretical aspects related to the Blockchain, but also to the Smart...

Haute école de gestion de Genève

Commodity trading : the role of physical assets acquisitions for energy trading companies

Crisafulli, Malik ; Piller, Robert (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2014 ; TDEE 233.

Commodity trading companies exist because natural resources are not well allocated. Producing countries are not those that consume the most, and the largest consuming regions are not supplied enough by their own natural resources reserves. In order to smooth out regional imbalances and fulfil supply and demand mismatches, commodity traders have to perform several activities in the supply chain....

Haute école de gestion de Genève

Quel futur pour les petites et moyennes sociétés dans le négoce de matières premières ?

Dayan, Deniz ; Piller, Robert (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2015 ; TDEE 243.

A travers mon travail de recherche, je me suis penché sur les défis auxquels font et devront faire face les petites et moyennes entreprises de négoce de matières premières. Dans les débuts des années 2000, notamment grâce à la croissance fulgurante de la Chine, le nombre de sociétés de matières premières a connu un essor considérable, en particulier à Genève. Cette ascension a...

Haute école de gestion de Genève

La Suisse et sa relation avec le négoce de matières premières : cette relation est-elle amenée à changer à moyen/long terme et de quelle manière ?

Garcia, Nicolas ; Piller, Robert (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2014 ; TDEE 218.

La Suisse est devenue n°1 dans le secteur des matières premières dans les années 2000, devançant ainsi Londres et prenant une longueur d’avance sur Singapour. Cette ascension dans la branche du négoce est en partie due grâce à l’harmonisation et la proximité des acteurs se trouvant en Suisse et prenant part aux diverses transactions commerciales. Bien évidemment, la place...

Haute école de gestion de Genève

Can reputation risk related to Glencore's activities in the DRC be an impediment to making an investment or indeed to sell one's shareholding stake in Glencore ? : Can this reputation risk undermine Glencore's share price and if so to what extent ?

Grosjean, Julien ; Piller, Robert (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2020 ; TDIBM 81.

The research objective of this report is to show the impact of reputation risk linked to Glencore’s activities in the DRC. In order to measure the impact of reputational risk, a focus is made on Glencore’s share price. In the first part of this report, the introduction helps the reader to get important contextual information about Glencore’s background and activities in the DRC. An emphasis...

Haute école de gestion de Genève

Should oil trading companies possess their own tankers ?

Haldemann, Ulysse ; Piller, Robert (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2015 ; TDEE 282.

The purpose of this report is to understand if it would make sense for oil trading companies to purchase and operate oil tankers. The report begins by defining the current concept of trading. In fact, trade is defined as the action of buying and selling goods. The concept has evolved from prehistoric times to today where the trade industry involves millions of transactions completed each day....

Haute école de gestion de Genève

Saudi Arabia : too big to hedge?

Jusufi, Ariana ; Piller, Robert (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2018 ; TDIBM 38.

Oil prices reached low levels in 2016. As a consequence, many countries dependent on oil revenues experienced significant budget deficits. Saudi Arabia, for which oil revenue accounts for more than 80% of national income, chose to implement a fiscal reform to reduce its oil dependency. Although fiscal reform is a good strategy for the long run, the solution does not take into account price risk;...