in developing a competitive strategy. The concept was first introduced by Michael Porter in his 1985 book “Competitive Advantage.” A value chain is a set of activities that an organization carries out to create value for its customers. Porter proposed a general-purpose value chain in which he felt it was important for companies to examine all of their activities and see how they’re connected. According to Porter‚ going through the chain of organization activities will add more value to the product
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Conflict Diamonds 01/10/2012 Diamonds are beautiful‚ and last a life time but some come at a deadly cost and these diamonds are called blood diamonds. I agree with the statement because diamonds are very expensive stones and can be very profitable for businesses. There are many problems with blood diamonds like the violence‚ impact on the environment‚ and lastly they finance wars in the country’s that they are found. Conflict diamonds do help international businesses because the businesses
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sale of conflict diamonds in countries throughout Africa. Conflict diamonds‚ also known as blood diamonds‚ dirty diamonds‚ and war diamonds‚ are diamonds that are mined and sold to fund war activities in different countries. The lives of millions are being destroyed by the civil wars in Africa and it is an issue that I believe should be addressed. Not only are the profits being used to fund wars but also to buy weapons that are being used to kill many people. These diamonds are being mined throughout
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102-603 Movie Evaluation 2 March 2013 Blood Diamonds Blood Diamonds explores the underground world of the diamond trade in Sierra Leone‚ where rare diamonds are used to fund military rebels at war. The film is based on Archer‚ a man with a survival instinct and a passion for collecting conflict diamonds. Archer finds himself involved with Solomon‚ a fisherman who was kidnapped and forced into slavery. Solomon was forced to work in the diamond mining fields under the command of a cruel fearless
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Would you buy a Blood Diamond? Stylistic Analysis Film 1010-200 July 14‚ 2011 The movie Blood Diamond is an action/adventure and drama movie. It was shot all around Mozambique to give off the scenery of Sierra Leone. The movie shows different villages in different scenarios‚ with rich natural colors like brown‚ green‚ red etc. The cities are portrayed as hectic and intimidating‚ dirty and poor. The actors in the movie are dressed in neutral colored clothes which are dirty and torn. The clothes
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Asia‚ Africa & Latin America 3-ASN-1 Regine L. Medenilla Blood Diamond Blood Diamond is a movie that portrays the brutalities experienced by the people in Africa especially those who work in the diamond fields. It was set during the Sierra Leone Civil War in 1999. A fisherman named Solomon Vandy was captured by the rebels and was force to work in a diamond field. While working‚ he found a very rare pink diamond. He decided to hide it but the leader named Commander Poison saw him. Luckily
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conflict diamonds? Conflict diamonds – also known as blood diamonds – are diamonds that are used to fuel violent conflict and human rights abuses. They have funded brutal wars in Liberia‚ Sierra Leone‚ Angola‚ Democratic Republic of Congo and Côte d’Ivoire that have resulted in the death and displacement of millions of people. Diamonds have also been used by terrorist groups such as al-Qaeda to finance their activities and for money-laundering purposes. Did someone Die for that Diamond? Some diamonds
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million. Almost have of the population 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
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Porter Five Forces Analysis One of the most effective ways to measure the level of attractiveness of medical device industry is Porter Five Forces Analysis. According to porter (2008)‚ there are five forces that influence the level of profitability of any industry; therefore‚ companies must obtain sustainable competitive advantage in order to survive. These forces are rivalry‚ threat of substitutes‚ threats of new entrants‚ supplier power‚ and buyer power. (Porter‚ para 3) Rivalry The medical
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INTRODUCTION Electronics without silicon is unbelievable‚ but it will come true with the evolution of Diamond or Carbon chip. Now a day we are using silicon for the manufacturing of Electronic Chip’s. It has many disadvantages when it is used in power electronic applications‚ such as bulk in size‚ slow operating speed etc. Carbon‚ Silicon and Germanium are belonging to the same group in the periodic table. They have four valance electrons in their outer shell. Pure Silicon and Germanium are semiconductors
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