Porter’s Diamond Benedictine University International Business Professor Samir Moussalli July 21‚ 2013 Porter’s Diamond The industry that is most interesting to me is the coffee industry. It is a known fact that 90 percent of the world’s coffee production takes place in developing countries. (www.businessinsider.com) The country that ranks number one in coffee production is Brazil. While Finland drinks the most coffee per capita in the world‚ Brazil ranks number thirteen
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Michael Porter’s Value Chain History of Value Chain • Popularized by Michael Porter’s book best seller “Competitive • • Advantage” 1985 Creator of “5 Forces model” Helped Gereffi in the late 1990s develop Global Value Chain. Michael Porter’s Background • Born May 23‚ 1947 in Ann Arbor‚ Michigan • Received MBA in 1971 Harvard Business School • Competition and company strategy • 6 time winner of the McKinsey Award Value • The Value is the extent to which a good or service is perceived by
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Introduction To perform the Industry Analysis it is better to follow Michael Porter ’s five forces model. This analysis framework was created so that it helps managers in their task to analyze competitive forces to the company. (Hill & Jones 80) This model is only one of the models that can be used for this task but it is one of the more popular models. The five forces that we will have to look at for this model are (1) the risk of new and potential competitors; (2) the bargaining power of
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Ulysses S. Grant makes Robert Lee surrender through war. Grant makes his army tear down buildings and torch them. His army is ruthless and undefeated taking down any threat there is and then he took down Lee. On April 7‚ 1865 Grant sent a letter to Lee that says “The result of last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance.”At first Lee didn’t let up‚ but then Grant stole food from Lee’s train. Lee couldn’t feed his starving soldiers. Grant then met Lee in a small town called
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Tesla Model S Project References Deloitte. (2009). Connecting with Gen Y: Making the Short List. Retrieved November 17‚ 2011.http://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom- UnitedStates/Local%20Assets/Documents /us_automotive_Deloitte%20Automotive%20Gen%20Y%20Executive%20Summary _0107.pdf Hamilton‚ I. (2011). Apple store of car dealerships opens today. Retrieved November 18‚ 2011.http://ocunwired.ocregister.com/2011/11/18/apple-store-of-car-dealerships-opens- today/12163/ Henry‚ J. (2009)
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l Fibrinolytic vs. PCI therapy Grant Proposal Francesca Tierney UWF‚ College of Letters and Sciences‚ Biology Department‚ SAHLS Health Science Research Seminar‚ HSC4050 James Hunt 11/16/2012 Executive Summary Fibrinolytic therapy has been a significant means of establishing reperfusion in patients whom have had a myocardial infarction or some sort of blood clot. However‚ limitations to the use of thrombolytic therapy that must be
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While I have been arguing that Ulysses S. Grant is undeserving of much of the criticism he has received‚ the man is not without flaws. Three clouds hovered over Grant’s reputation. The occasional bender‚ his highly trusted yet unscrupulous friends and family‚ and Order No. 11. Each of these cast a shadow on the man and his legacy‚ but in each you may find a little light as well. In Grant‚ acclaimed biographer Ron Chernow lays out the events of the infamous General Orders No. 11. He puts forth that
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DIAMOND MINING AND ITS IMPACT ON ENVIROMENT * Diamond is the strongest natural mineral known by a man. It is a crystalline form of carbon. * Composed primarily individual crystals of a cubic appearance. * There are three main uses for Diamonds * Industrial * Fashion (only 5% of diamonds) * Investment Approximately 130‚000‚000 carats (26‚000 kg) of diamonds are mined yearly‚ with a total value of nearly US$9 billion‚ and about 100‚000 kg are
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believe that selling diamonds would create a social conflict because a company can run the risk of selling blood diamonds without even knowing‚ even though it can give a great profit to a jewelry company. Blood diamonds or conflict diamonds are “diamonds that come from areas where there is conflict such as violence groups and rebels that are protestors against their government like war zones. These diamonds are obtained in using slaves or slave-people regime. Usually‚ blood diamonds are associated with
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