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    and Steel‚ author Jared Diamond centers his argument around the idea that “societies developed differently on different continents because of different continental environments” (Diamond‚ 9). Dissimilar to the prevailing belief that genetics play a role in determining societal development‚ Diamond argues that geographic factors and environmental influences substantially shape the distribution of wealth and power. J.R. McNeill’s article‚ “The World According to Diamond” correctly identifies the

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    Porter’s Diamond Benedictine University International Business Professor Samir Moussalli July 21‚ 2013 Porter’s Diamond The industry that is most interesting to me is the coffee industry. It is a known fact that 90 percent of the world’s coffee production takes place in developing countries. (www.businessinsider.com) The country that ranks number one in coffee production is Brazil. While Finland drinks the most coffee per capita in the world‚ Brazil ranks number thirteen

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    criteria for 49 countries. How might Porter’s diamond of national advantage help to explain the rankings for some of thes countries for certain industries that interest you? According to Porter‚ a nation attains a competitive advantage if its firms are competitive. Firms become competitive through innovation. Innovation can include technical improvements to the product or to the production process. Four attributes of a nation comprise Porter’s "Diamond" of national advantage. They are: factor conditions

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    things had. What do they mean to their lives‚ especially their families. Because they understand without families they don’t have anything. Also in this movie‚ it’s true the people who buy diamonds create the demand for this business‚ but who should be blamed are only those who seek the diamonds illegally. Otherwise we should blame every rich man. Why? Because somebody makes money‚ there must be someone who loses money. Do we want to blame the people who made others poor? Then there should

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    1. Explain Porter’s Diamond Porter introduced group of interconnected firms‚ suppliers‚ related industries‚ institutions. Competitive advantage of nations have been the outcome of four interlinked advanced factors and activities: these interrelated links Factors for Competitive Advantage for the countries or regions in Porter’s Diamond are as follows: 1 Factor conditions - such as skilled labor‚ land‚ natural resources‚ capital and infrastructure. Porter argues that the "key" factors

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    Diamond in the rough Why Master P is set apart from all the other hard-core rappers? He owns his own music company and built his empire around No Limit (the hottest in the business). He was almost a NBA player‚ and he owns his own line of dolls (the Master P doll). His company makes a net worth each year of $361 million. His record company sold 26 million records in 1998‚ more then any other rap company. He also has made a lot of money in staring and directing in movies that profit at

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    The reading that I choose to do my reading note is Jared Diamond’s article‚ “ The World As a Polder.” I find this reading particularly significant because the content of the reading is related to our daily life. This reading is about environmental problems that human is facing in present society. The environmental problems that we are facing included natural habitats destruction‚ air and water pollution‚ overpopulation‚ species extinction‚ soil degradation‚ energy shortage‚ and chemical pollution

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    This memoir was written to bring awareness to the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) through one individual’s personal struggle to overcome and recover for the disorder. “Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a condition characterized by difficulties in regulating emotion. This difficulty leads to severe‚ unstable mood swings‚ impulsivity and instability‚ poor self-image and stormy personal relationships” (NAMI…). Along with unstable emotional investigations‚ the memoir addresses

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    Name: Institution: Instructor: Date: In this video‚ Jerry Diamond uses history to explain how Africans came to be in current economic status. At the heart of this African story lies the story of European occupation and subsequent colonization of Africa. To weave his story together‚ Diamond explains how through guns‚ germs and steel‚ the Europeans exercised an advantage over the Africans. However‚ Diamond makes it clear that it is Geography‚ rather than above factors‚ that has in history played a

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    Diseases Diamond makes various arguments about diseases. The argument he makes that I will mention is that deadly disease came from Europe and spread to other places killing people that were unfamiliar with the disease. This is a good point that he makes‚ and the example he uses helps support his argument. His example is that smallpox came to the Aztecs from Europe. This disease killed a lot of Aztecs because they were unfamiliar with the disease‚ and because of that they couldn’t cure themselves

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