reputations of certain goods based on their country of origin. Some examples include Swiss-made watches‚ German automobiles‚ Tulips from Holland‚ Argentine beef. Michael Porter uses his "Porter ’s Diamond" theory to explain why some countries have a comparative advantage in relation to others in specific industries. Porter theorizes that four broad attributes (factor endowments‚ demand conditions‚ relating and supporting industries‚ and firm strategy‚ structure‚ and rivalry) of a nation shape
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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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Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one place to another. Although this is a simple definition‚ when we think about how we may communicate the subject becomes a lot more complex. There are various categories of communication and more than one may occur at any time. The different categories of communication are spoken or verbal communication‚ face-to-face‚ telephone‚ radio or television and other media. Non-verbal communication: body language‚ gestures‚ how we dress
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1. Explain Porter’s Diamond Porter introduced group of interconnected firms‚ suppliers‚ related industries‚ institutions. Competitive advantage of nations have been the outcome of four interlinked advanced factors and activities: these interrelated links Factors for Competitive Advantage for the countries or regions in Porter’s Diamond are as follows: 1 Factor conditions - such as skilled labor‚ land‚ natural resources‚ capital and infrastructure. Porter argues that the "key" factors
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Many issues divided Americans in the 1920s and 1930s. This paper with examine some of these issues‚ such as dating‚ youth culture‚ the influence of Hollywood‚ the role of the automobile and sexuality. These issues arose during the roaring 20s and the 30s because the young generation started to do things differently than the generation before them. This was seen as rebellious and against the older generation’s morals. One of the issues in dating in the youth culture is petting and necking. Petting
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TV and movie stars showcase unrealistic body types that most girls can’t copy ... They’re creating and sharing images of their own. .... All women are beautiful. Female Body Image and the Mass Media: Perspectives www.westminstercollege.edu › Myriad by KL Serdar - Cited by 4 - Related articles Mass media’s use of such unrealistic models sends an implicit message that in order ... the unrealistic media ideal of beauty; however‚ it is not clear how these images ... that concerns an individual’s
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Ryan Conde QU301 Skyers Blood Diamonds Conflict diamonds are most commonly found in Africa‚ and are mined by slaves. The diamonds mined in this area were coined “blood diamonds” because enabled violence and destroyed hundreds of thousands of lives. I believe that as a global community we allowed‚ and sometimes encouraged the trade of conflict diamonds. Conflict diamonds derived from war zones and were sold to fuel insurgencies and guerilla groups. The lack of care was especially apparent
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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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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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mineralogy‚ diamond (from the ancient Greek αδάμας – adámas "unbreakable") is an allotrope of carbon‚ where the carbon atoms are arranged in a variation of the face-centered cubic crystal structure called a diamond lattice. Diamond is renowned as a material with superlative physical qualities‚ most of which originate from the strong covalent bonding between its atoms. In particular‚ diamond has the highest hardness and thermal conductivity of any bulk material. ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE: - . Diamond is less
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