Marks each ) | | Case 1 | Conflict Diamonds | | | During the late 1990s South African diamond product De Beers and other companies on the diamond industry discovered that some of the diamonds they were buying or selling came from groups who used the proceeds to finance brutal civil wars. In Sierra Leone‚ rebels took control of diamond mines by systematically chopping off the arms and hands of as many as 20‚000 children‚ women and men until the diamond operations were turned over to them. Similarly
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Porter’s diamond of national advantage help to explain the rankings for some of thes countries for certain industries that interest you? According to Porter‚ a nation attains a competitive advantage if its firms are competitive. Firms become competitive through innovation. Innovation can include technical improvements to the product or to the production process. Four attributes of a nation comprise Porter’s "Diamond" of national advantage. They are: factor conditions‚ demand conditions‚ related
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Comparative Essay - The Signature of All Things and The Golden Age The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert and The Golden Age by Joan London‚ are bildungsroman novels and feature Alma Whittaker and Frank Gold respectively‚ as their protagonists in focus of the ever-changing world around them. The individuals from both the novels as mentioned above‚ progress through their surrounding society on how their understanding of love‚ loss and family affect the growth on their sense of self. To
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proved most royal" (V.ii.390-391). This quote was said by Frontinbras saying if Hamlet had lived he would of proved to be a great king. Throughout the play‚ Hamlet has shown that he had all the qualities that would have made him a remarkable king. Hamlet was an intelligent‚ rational‚ clever person who had good morals. His intelligence lead him to outwit his enemy‚ his rationality lead him to make good decisions‚ his cleverness lead him to seek the truth and his morals kept him sane. Unfortunately
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Reading for this Lecture Porter M. (1990)‚ The Competitive Advantage of Nations‚ Chapters 3&4 2. Why Location Matters The ways that firms create and sustain competitive advantage in global industries provides the necessary foundation for understanding the role of the home nation in the process. There are five premises we must understand relating to national advantage: 1) The nature of competition and the sources of competitive advantage differ widely among industries and industry segments. 2)
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” And that’s‚ to my mind‚ the way every person should follow. I am Yang Qi.It is how I try to live‚ always improving and getting better. Therefore‚ to be pretty honest with myself‚ I decide to do the thing I think I cannot do; I’ve concluded that good and integral qualities of my nature are positive attitude‚ thoughtfulness for other people‚ and cheerfulness I try to live fully and experience everything – have fun‚ be crazy and unpredictable. If I screw up – then I will have a chance to learn
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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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DPorter’s Diamond Model on Competitiveness Factor conditions for production are the inputs and infrastructure necessary for competition‚ which include: • Human resources: quality and quantity of skilled labor‚ cost of personnel‚ and labor skill variety; • Physical resources: “the abundance‚ quality‚ accessibility‚ and cost of the nation’s land‚ water‚ mineral‚ or timber deposits‚ hydroelectric power sources‚ fishing grounds‚ and other physical traits.” (Porter‚ 1990‚ p. 74); • Knowledge resources:
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lives off of subsistence agriculture‚ however‚ Diamond mining is considered for half of Sierra Leone’s exports. Diamonds were first discovered in Sierra Leone in 1930‚ and a war broke out between 1991 and 2002 over diamonds that led to the name blood diamonds. Blood diamonds are defined by diamond mining in a war zone‚ that people trade the diamonds for guns so then the diamonds go on to be sold to companies. It was not till January 1999‚ when people all round the world’s eyes were drawn to Sierra
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lives. Mine disasters once were really common. In the single year of 1907 there were 18 coal mine disasters.. Among the disasters in 1907 was history’s worst the Monongah coal mine explosion‚ which claimed 362 lives and impelled Congress to create the Bureau of Mines. I will discuss this disaster more later in this paper. Mine accidents have declined dramatically in number and severity through years of research‚ technology‚ and preventive programs. Today mine accidents resulting
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