- International Business Strategy - Lecturer: Jamie Weatherston COMPETITIVENESS ANALYSIS OF THE TOURISM SECTOR IN MEXICO ACCORDING TO MICHAEL PORTER’S DIAMOND MODEL October 2009 Made by Jérôme Schiano Contents INTRODUCTION 3 I) THE FACTOR CONDITIONS 4 1) HUMAN RESOURCES 4 2) NATURAL RESOURCES 4 3) INFRASTRUCTURES 4 II) THE FIRMS STRATEGIES‚ STRUCTURES AND RIVALRY 5 1) A COMMON POLICY OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 5 2) FOUR MAIN CHALLENGES 5 A) The importance of a private-public
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Background Information Japan‚ otherwise known as‚ The Land of Rising Sun‚ is located in Eastern Asia and is slightly smaller than California. With a population of 127‚368‚088 the majority of the population are Japanese. The people are 98.5% Japanese‚ .5% Korean‚ .4% Chinese‚ and .6% other. The average age of the people is 45.4 years‚ 0-14 years makes up 13.5% of the population‚ 62.6% 15-64‚ and 23.9% other. Much of the population practice both Shintoism and Buddhism religions‚ while about 9%
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I have chosen to focus on and analyze one pattern of the Diamond Trade at a global scale. The pattern illustrates that the Diamond Trade exists on a global scale. I have used examples and specific evidence from different regions and nations across different hemispheres to highlight this Global pattern. There are five different processes of the Diamond Industry. Exploration‚ mining‚ selling rough diamonds‚ cutting and polishing and selling on world markets. Each process happens in different location
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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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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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Porters Five Force Analysis‚ Industry: Casinos The purpose of this analysis is to determine the attractiveness of the Casino industry by investigating five specific forces that have the potential to drive down profitability. The Casino industry is composed of firms operating primarily in providing gambling activities and games to consumers while also supplying hotel services and other commodities. Firms that exclusively operate non gambling resorts were not directly included in this profitability
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YouTube documentary on Dr. Jared Diamonds theories. Dr. Jared Diamond is an American author. He works as a professor of geography and physiology‚ and he is most recognized for his book “Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel”‚ which he wrote in 1998. The book analyses his own theory on the evolution of society and what he thinks influenced the world to become what it is now in terms of wealth‚ development and culture. Yali‚ who was a guide in Papua - New Guinea that Dr. Diamond met‚ once asked him‚ “Why is it
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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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Threat of New Entrants is low The airline industry is so saturated that there is hardly space for a newcomer even to squeeze its way in. The main concern for this is the cost of entry. The airline industry is one of the most expensive industries‚ due to the cost of buying and leasing aircrafts‚ safety and security measures‚ customer service and manpower. Another major barrier to entry is the brand name of existing airlines and it is really difficult to lure customers out of their existing brands
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Introduction to Information Systems The online gaming industry is important because it acts as a strategy for evaluating the attractiveness of the industry regarding its sustained profitability and potentiality over time. The main focus of the online video gaming strategy is in the porter’s five forces: The porter’s five forces influence the industry competition and describes the differences in profitability across the whole industry (Cadiat & Probert‚ 2015). The five forces are: ➢ Power of buyers
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