THE DYNAMIC DIAMOND INDUSTRY: IS IT FEASIBLE FOR ITS PLAYERS TO GAIN SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE? Nkiruka Chidia Maduekwe ABSTRACT: This report seeks to analyse the diamond industry from a global point of view. The diamond industry is global in nature. Its supply chain pipeline moves from one country to the other‚ thus making it impossible to analyse the industry from a regional or local angle‚ as so doing will fail to give the true picture. As an industry whose product derives its value
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Literary Essay | The boys from Brazil | Written by Ira levin | A horrible plan is devised by former Nazi doctor Joseph Mengele. Journalist Yakov Lieberman‚ Jewish journalist‚ and Nazi hunter‚ discovers the plans of Mengele. His plan is to kill the fathers of the 94 boys‚ who are made by Joseph Mengele himself by cloning the DNA of Adolf Hitler. The two hunt each other‚ which comes to a climax at the home of one of the children‚ namely family Wheelock. Mengele’s experiment is about
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exceed the average for it’s industry. " Is Competitive Advantage enough? The goal of much of business strategy is to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage which is the same as competitive advantage but the advantages of the strategy cannot be duplicated by the competitors. (Barney‚ 1989). Different authors have different viewpoint in regard to sustainable competitive advantage. A sustained competitive advantage is simply a competitive advantage that lasts for a longer period of calendar
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Globalization and Sustainable Development Over the past few decades there have been discourses both in favor and against Globalization’s capacity to guarantee a sustainable future. Authors attest societies and businesses’ inability to account for ecological and environmental limits when dealing with economic growth‚ examples of this are some of the traditional business metrics used by most global companies‚ and nations’ measure of wealth (GDP); both sides heavily resting on economic factors‚ fail
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INTRODUCITION the construction industry has many advantages as well as many disadvantage. For one side‚ this industry provides new ways to improve our lifestyle and welfare‚ it help us to survive climate‚ and give us plenty of facilities to all the social need that we have. But the bad part of this industry is that in order to satisfy all our needs‚ the environment results damaged‚ due the exploitation of the natural resources needed to produce construction materials‚ and the devastation of natural
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SUSTAINABLE VERTICAL CITIES OBJECTIVE: To research the possibilities‚ advantages and disadvantages of high rise vertical cities. ABSTRACT: Today’s modern city acts like a computer motherboard‚ all things big and small are interconnected with each other. If one component fails to respond or if the connection between the two breaks‚ the other connected components suffers the delay and loss of information. Similarly‚ in urban context if a component like a power station‚ water station fails or a
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rP os t 9-712-438 REV: DECEMBER 21‚ 2011 REBECCA M. HENDERSON FREDERIK NELLEMANN Sustainable Tea at Unilever op yo To survive and prosper over the long term‚ learn how to adapt your business model by making it servant to society and the environment. Not the other way around. — Paul Polman‚ CEO‚ Unilever In 2010 Unilever announced its commitment to a new “Sustainable Living Plan”‚ a document that set wide-ranging company-wide goals for improving the health and well-being
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information modeling for sustainable design and LEED® rating analysis Salman Azhar a‚⁎‚ Wade A. Carlton a‚ Darren Olsen a‚ Irtishad Ahmad b a b McWhorter School of Building Science‚ Auburn University‚ Auburn‚ AL‚ USA Department of Construction Management‚ Florida International University‚ Miami‚ FL‚ USA a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Today‚ there is a high level of demand for sustainable buildings. The most important decisions regarding a building ’s sustainable features are made during
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Question 1: The “Boi-Bumba” in Brazil blends Indigenous‚ African and European culture into one big festival every year and is a nationally celebrated occasion. Citizens gather to enjoy a three hour show with food‚ drinks and entertainment in an arena with 35‚000 people. The Boi Bumba tradition dates back to the colonial days and represents the “kidnapping‚ death and resurrection of an ox.” The plot that is mainly told includes a “Portuguese master and his wife‚ a slave and his pregnant wife and
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Sustainable brainwashing: Greenwashing Name: Emiel van Ginhoven Class: HT4 Student number: 502575 Name teacher: Philippa Collin Word count: 984 Foreword I owe the subject of my essay to the class: “Writing an argument”‚ for which I want to express my thanks. Having written this essay partially with joy‚ partially with frustration‚ the final result came into being with a little guidance of some of my friends. Having small debates about sustainable
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