CIM 2010 Cultural (Industry) Management Analysis of the Diamond Industry Becky Gong Culture‚ Creativity and Management 1. Why Interested? A diamond is forever. No one will be unfamiliar with this classical advertising verbal. Diamonds have symbolized love and eternity for centuries‚ which can still be constantly found in some of the world’s oldest pieces of jewelry. They were surrounding by myths and legends and once regarded as the “Tears of the
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of Rough Diamonds in Sierra Leone “CREATING A FUTURE – GIVING NEW MEANING TO SUSTAINABILITY IN MINING” BUSINESS PLAN Page 1 Sierra Credit Repository Xchange (SCRX) Sierra Leone Limited Business Plan List of Contents OPENING STATEMENTS PAGE 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 INTRODUCTION 3 Legal Structure of SCRX 4 Why Diamonds? 4 History of Sierra Leone Diamonds 4 Diamond Market 6 The Government Role 6 Historical Context of the Diamond Region and
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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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The two strongest groups called themselves the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the other was the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Making things worse‚ in the 1970s drug trafficking became a huge problem for Colombia. Drug cartels pretty much controlled the country starting in the mid-1970s. By the 1990s right-wing paramilitaries had formed. They were made mainly of drug traffickers and landowners. The main paramilitary group called themselves the United Self Defense
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Alan S. Blinder. (2005) Economic Principles and Policy: Thomson South-Western Fiona Carmichael. (2005) A Guide to Game Theory: Pearson Education Andrew F. Daughety. (1988) Cournot Oligopoly: Cambridge University Press Peter Z. Grossman. (2004) How Cartels Endure and How they fail: Edward Elgar Publishing
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Real Fourteen The village of Real de 14 was a mining town and is currently a tourist located in the heart of the Sierra de 14‚ in the state of San Luis Potosí‚ in northern Mexico. The name was taken from the royal word‚ by its silver mines‚. 4 and fourteen thieves who hid in this place. Geography: It is located at an altitude of 2770 MASL and the main access road is through a tunnel of 2300 meters long‚ inaugurated on April 2‚ 1901‚ called Ogarrio in honor to the people of Spain so called (RUESGA
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In “Diamonds are Forever in Botswana”‚ we are introduced to how the company‚ De Beers‚ made a profitable business in the country of Botswana‚ while contributing great benefits to the country through many aspects. The company’s business consists of overseeing the mining of diamonds and then selling them throughout the rest of the world. Even though De Beers is the dominant force in Botswana‚ they approached their venture in the country by having an equal relationship with the government split down
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This paper will focus on the Diamond Industry and in particular DeBeers’ involvement in shaping the structure of markets and firm conduct within the industry. The paper will examine the influence of DeBeers’ cartel by initially looking at market conditions when DeBeers were operating their cartel‚ then by way of comparison‚ examining the evolvement of the market once the DeBeers cartel was ended‚ effectively opening up the market for the first time. The diamond industry currently produces
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Introduction History of the product For this economy of business group assignment‚ we have decided to analyse beer market data and we also choose tiger brand as main research product. The reason we decided to analyse beer market data are because of its history and market growth. Beer was the first alcoholic beverage known to civilization; however‚ drinker of the first beer is unknown. Historians theorize that humankind ’s fondness for beer and other alcoholic beverages was a factor in our evolution
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The makers of “Blood Diamond‚” an exceptionally thriller starring a most excellent Leonardo DiCaprio‚ want you to know there may be blood on your hands‚ specifically your wedding finger. The story involves so-called conflict diamonds‚ illicitly mined stones that have been used to finance some of the most vicious wars in Africa. If films were judged solely by their good intentions‚ this one would be best in show. Instead‚ gilded in money and dripping with sanctimony‚ confused and mindlessly contradictory
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