tructure‚ and Rivalry The structure and management systems of firms in different countries can potentially affect competitiveness. German firms are oftentimes very hierarchical‚ which has resulted in advantages within industries such as engineering. In comparison‚ Danish firms are oftentimes more flat and organic‚ which leads to advantages within industries such as biochemistry and design. Likewise‚ if rivalry in the domestic market is very fierce‚ companies may build up capabilities that can
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soldier of fortune and diamond smuggler Danny Archer notes‚ well‚ archly in Blood Diamond -- no need to concern oneself overly about it; best to make the best of it you can and get out while the gettin’s good... and gettin’ out doesn’t necessarily mean for the long term. Danny is not a man worried about the future. Cigarettes‚ another character informs the chain-smoking Archer‚ will kill ya. "Yeah‚" he snarks. "If I survive." There are a lot of reasons to be enthralled by Blood Diamond‚ Edward Zwick’s
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“Water is more important to human life than diamonds‚ yet tap water suppliers are less profitable than those selling diamonds. Using the concepts in MCS Chapter 3 as well as your general knowledge‚ explain why this profitability difference is likely to occur.” There are a couple of factors that come to mind when answering this question. First‚ lets look at the willingness to pay factor. We know from the text book that we can think of the product’s value to the customer as the highest price he/she
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compare them‚ we can put on mind the The Diamond & Water Paradox‚ which was highly discussed in 18th & 19th century‚ and finaly resolved by Alfred Marshall and Adam Smith. The paradox is magically explained with an understanding of marginal utility and total utility. People are willing to pay a higher price for goods with greater marginal utility. As such‚ water which is plentiful has enormous total utility‚ but a low price because of a low marginal utility. Diamonds‚ however‚ have less total utility because
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Summary What are the secrets of India’s success in information technology? By using Porter’s Diamond Model‚ this article tries to answer that question. Based on the analysis‚ it seems the only determinant in the Porter’s Diamond that creates India’s success is Factor Condition (i.e. the Indian intellectual capital and “Indian connection” in Silicon Valley). The supporting determinant outside the diamond is the outsourcing trend in current global competition‚ which can be considered as the Chance
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Jared Diamond and Max Weber both are trying to answer the same question. How did the west become so dominate? Even though they both ask the same question they have very different theories as to how this came about. Weber has a very straight forward religious/cultural view on his theory whereas; diamond believes it all started with geography which lead to economic development. Weber’s argument is that capitalism flourished when the protestant (particularly Calvinism) ethic encouraged large numbers
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Blood Diamond This movie begins as a man named Solomon gets captured when the rebels of a war that’s going on‚ invade Solomon’s village. Solomon becomes enslaved and is forced to work in the diamond fields under the command of Captain Poison. When he got captured he got separated from his family. The rebels group that captured Solomon is called the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). The RUFD use the diamonds to support and fund their war effort. They trade the diamonds for guns and armed weapons
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gentleman left Mr. Holder decided to keep the crown all the time near by him‚ so he took the crown to his home in Streatham. There he lived with his only son Arthur and his niece Mary who was an orphan. He told them about his story with the crown of diamonds. When the father was going to sleep‚ Arthur asked for two hundred pounds. He refused to give him thinking his son was spoiled by his rich friends who had nothing to do except watch horses. Before going to sleep‚ he went to check that all windows
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Blood Diamond – Film analysis Plot: Main events Chronological‚ flashbacks‚ parallel story‚ reverse Suspense‚ foreshadow The most important sequences in the movie is when Solomon finds the huge pink diamond and buries it‚ and when Dia points a gun at Danny and his father Solomon. Chronological‚ the son is taken by the RUF. Parallel story‚ Solomons son on one side Climax: What is to come (Foreshadowing): When Solomon meets his family at the camp‚ we know that he is going to get them out
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Diamond Model The approach looks at clusters of industries‚ where the competitiveness of one company is related to the performance of other companies and other factors tied together in the value-added chain‚ in customer-client relation‚ or in local or regional contexts Key Factors in a diamond model for analyzing competitiveness * Factor conditions are human resources‚ physical resources‚ knowledge resources‚ capital resources and infrastructure. Specialized resources are often specific for
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