Competitiveness

How the diamond as a system impacts the global competitiveness in a country? Every business functions within a playing field. In the mid-1980s, Professor Michael Porter developed a framework to assess the competitiveness of regions, states and nations. This framework called “the Diamond model”. The diamond is a model for classifying multiple dimensions of micro-economic competitiveness in nations, states, or other locations, and be aware of how they interact. The Diamond model involves four…

Kobe Bryant is a hero to the city Las Angeles. He describes himself by saying, "I am what I am when I step on the court and I become that stone cold killer snake." He grew with his dad playing for the Philadelphia 76ers but his favorite team was the Lakers and favorite player was Magic Johnson. Kobe Bryant is a hero because of his clutch performance, determination, and drive. Kobe is a hero of the city of LA because he is a clutch performer. Kobe has made 36 game winners his whole career.…

really deserving it. One may ask, “How does this hinder us as a people?” Winning without deserving it hinders people because of the following three reasons: it allows failure to be okay, makes them feel as though they are special, and lowers competitiveness. Sure, it might be a nice confidence booster for some, but it does not always benefit them. Winning without deserving it hinders people because it allows failure to be okay. In a quote from Judith Warner, she describes millennial people as,…

Akintoye et al (2012) noted that in order to promote and retain competitiveness in construction industry, industries needs to focus on innovation and improvement of their construction management processes. Since today, construction companies are facing many challenges due to change in technology, economy and social conditions in construction industry sector, If this challenges are regarded as a change to gain advantage in competition, the require changes in the service offered as well as in the…

interference. In today’s market system, it is very easy for the large company to manipulate the market. Today’s market outcomes can be influenced by the monopolies or oligopolies. However, some countries set competition law which brings back competitiveness. The spread of free trade, and creation of free market system becomes possible if the government does not hinder the international trade, and reduces or removes the taxes. Free market has undergone some changes. Nowadays, the companies not…

Michael Porter in his study of national competitive advantage, Michael Porter identified four sources or determinants that can affect the global competitiveness of companies located in particular countries .These four sources are: factor endowments; demand conditions; related and supporting industries; and the strategy, structure and rivalry of the companies located in a country.Porter created a model linking these four sources in a diamond (see figure 1 below) and argued that firms are most…

Adriana Giavoni discusses the characteristics of athletes cognitive styles and how they respond to different situations within athletics. The hypothesis made in this study was that particular personality traits and characteristics of dominance, competitiveness, anxiety, and support, would all come into play when evaluating the athlete’s response (p. 1022). Purpose and Sample The purpose of this study was to research various athletes in different sports and evaluate…

comes to examining those who are successful, the idea of whether it is more important to be highly competitive or highly competent always comes to mind. The answer to this question however, is not all that difficult to understand. Competency and competitiveness are two qualitites that can be found in nearly all great leaders, but only one of these qualities is truly necessary to succeed. This quality is that of being highly competent. Being highly competent means to have a well rounded, full…

In this correlational study, a total of 600 undergraduate psychology students were initially surveyed from the University of Oregon. Using systematic sampling, we assigned a number to each participant and picked 220 students to use for our analysis. The first participant number was 2 and we picked the proceeding participants in intervals of 3. Picks went as follows 2, 5, 8, 11 etc., bringing us to a total of 220 participants. A total of 220 random participants, 113 boys and 107 girls, from…

sports or individual sports? When comparing team and individual sports, most people do not realize how easy it is to pick out the similarities and differences the two have. Individual and team sports have the same main purpose, but the motivation, competitiveness, and life skills set them apart. In athletics, most athletes set goals for themselves, whether it is a personal goal or a team goal. It is pretty easy to set a goal, but the person setting the goal may never reach it without…