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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Executive Summary Porter Airlines‚ a short-haul commercial airliner established in 2002‚ have enjoyed significant and steady growth since inception. The concern now is to devise a solution that will allow Porter to continue its controlled expansion strategy‚ as it has been so successful and integral to the growth of the company over the past several years. Situation Analysis Porter Airlines operates in a fiercely competitive airline industry‚ where competitors compete based on price‚ service‚ and
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Telecom Industry After mergers and acquisitions‚ the top mobile companies are: Egypt-based Mobilink has 32 %market share with 32.3 million subscribers. Norway-based Telenor has 24% market share with 20.893 million users. Ufone‚ associated with the Pakistan Telecom Company Ltd (PTCL)‚ managed and partly owned by UAE-based Etisalat‚ has 19.5 million users. UAE-based Al-Warid has 16.9 million users. China-based Zong has 6.7 million users. According to the latest reports‚ the number of mobile phone
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A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH Mary McLeod Bethune‚ a diamond in the rough‚ became a smooth‚ attractive‚ and precious stone during her time on earth. She was born to a family of ex-slaves; later in life‚ she became an equal right activist for black Americans. Who would have thought she would be advocate and counsel to four US Presidents? Bethune was well known‚ and she was passionate about racial advancements‚ education‚ and equality for blacks. Her exposure to strong‚ independent‚ female role
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In Depth strategic analysis of the vodafone group 1.0 INTRODUCTION This report presents an in-depth business; strategic analysis of Vodafone Group Plc.The report provides a comprehensive insight into the company‚ including strategy formulation‚ strategy planning‚ strategy evaluation and selection as well as strategy implementation. This will involve in investigating the organization’s external environment‚ to identify Opportunities and threats it might face‚ and its strategic capacity‚ capabilities
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Strategic Management: Vodafone Group YunBai 9th January‚ 2011 Introduction With the exceptional growth of cellular communications since the late 20th century‚ the trickle down impact on other sectors‚ society and economy at large is enormous. Dynamics of communications have strengthened the development of the entire information technology industry‚ enhanced economic growth and allowing better
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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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Introduction To perform the Industry Analysis it is better to follow Michael Porter ’s five forces model. This analysis framework was created so that it helps managers in their task to analyze competitive forces to the company. (Hill & Jones 80) This model is only one of the models that can be used for this task but it is one of the more popular models. The five forces that we will have to look at for this model are (1) the risk of new and potential competitors; (2) the bargaining power of
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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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