Industry Analysis Diamond Industry (Gem Based diamonds) The Diamond industry is essentially broken up into 3 segments: 1. Industrial Diamonds—natural and synthetic diamonds that are used in a wide range of manufacturing processes for their physical properties. 2. Jewelry Diamonds—rough diamonds cut for use as gemstones in jewelry. 3. Investment Diamonds—high-quality large gemstones‚ often with special characteristics‚ purchased for investment. The Jewelry and Investment segments together
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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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Jared Brown wrote The Theater in America During the Revolution pulls together information in these foundational histories‚ supplying them with research in contemporary newspapers and playbills. Brown declares what he thinks should be considered American drama by focusing on all theatre happening during the Revolutionary War. The difficulties of defining American literature increased with the addition of theater‚ where individuals‚ troupes‚ and texts traveled between Europe and the colonies. Brown’s
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org Introduction SECTOR: GEMS & JEWELLERY SUB-SECTOR: Cast and Diamonds-Set Jewellery OCCUPATION: Casting REFERENCE ID: G&J/Q2505 Diamond Assorter: A Diamond Assorter is also known as ‘Assorter’ in cast and diamond-set jewellery manufacturing in India. An assorter‚ sorts diamonds according to its cut‚ carat‚ colour and clarity. Brief Job Description: Individuals working as assorter have to separate polished diamonds and group them into lots having similar characteristics and reject which
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Is America headed for an economic collapse? By: John Shepherd America’s collapse Is America headed for an economic collapse? Research indicates the possibility of an economic collapse because of the exorbitant national debt‚ loss of jobs‚ and the falling stock market. History can tell a story that many people overlook. People tend to repeat their mistakes and if we take a look at what is in the past we can predict what the future may hold. In the 1930’s the United States faced an economic
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1. 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
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Rosa Maldonado Vera Why did the USSR Collapse in 1991? In December of 1991‚ the Soviet Union broke down into fifteen separate countries. The west saw this collapse as a victory for freedom‚ a triumph of democracy over totalitarianism‚ and evidence of the superiority of capitalism over socialism. The United States were glad that its enemy was brought to its knees. The Cold War‚ which had confronted these two superpowers since the end of World War II‚ had ended. The breakup of the Soviet Union
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INTRODUCTION Diamond Chemicals a major global competitor in the chemical industry and a leading producer of polypropylene. In 2001 the Corporation was facing losses in earnings and the slowdown of the global economy. The Earning per Share (EPS) had fallen by 50% from 1999 to 2000. The controller of the plant in Merseyside proposed a project of £9 million to renovate and rationalize the polypropylene production line at the plant to compensate for deferred maintenance and to exploit opportunities
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Although diamonds often represent marriage‚ beauty‚ and romance‚ the process of getting these diamonds have been heart wrenching. Between the billions of people killed by the rebels wanting control over the diamonds‚ and the erosion which has caused damage to the ecosystem by the mining‚ South Africa was forced into a Civil War. Before the issue was announced‚ we were unknowingly contributing to the Blood Diamonds by purchasing these conflict diamonds. With the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme
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1. Who were the stakeholders involved in‚ or affected by‚ the collapse of Enron? All stakeholders were‚ obviously‚ affected by the collapse of Enron. However‚ several of them were critical‚ especially those being considered as market stakeholders such as suppliers‚ creditors‚ employees‚ and stockholders. These mentioned stakeholders seem to be Enron’s most recognizable as the essential contributors to its organization. They dared of giving up an available alternative in order to take a risk with
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