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Where is Zach Porter from?

Zach has lived in Poway, San Diego, CA since he was at a very small age. He was born in Maine, then he moved to Maryland, where his brother Victor was born, his dad is a marin… (MORE)

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Duties of a porter?

A porters duties will vary depending on where he is working. A porter will essentially do whatever is needed to keep the workplace clean and functioning.

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Where is travis porter from?

i personally knew travis porter before anybody in the usa knew about them && THEY ARE FROM ATLANTA (SPECIFICLY) Decatur Ga & Lithonia Ga School Mlk High School - Quez … (MORE)

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What are the release dates for The Porter Wagoner Show - 1961 Mac Wiseman 1-347?

The Porter Wagoner Show - 1961 Mac Wiseman 1-347 was released on: USA: 17 July 1971

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What is porters diamond?

The Diamond - Four Determinants of National Competitive Advantage * Four attributes of a nation comprise Porter's "Diamond" of national advantage. They are: … # factor conditions (i.e. the nation's position in factors of production, such as skilled labour and infrastructure), # demand conditions (i.e. sophisticated customers in home market), # related and supporting industries, and # firm strategy, structure and rivalry (i.e. conditions for organization of companies, and the nature of domestic rivalry). # Factor Conditions * Factor conditions refers to inputs used as factors of production - such as labour, land, natural resources, capital and infrastructure. This sounds similar to standard economic theory, but Porter argues that the "key" factors of production (or specialized factors) are created, not inherited. Specialized factors of production are skilled labour, capital and infrastructure. * "Non-key" factors or general use factors, such as unskilled labour and raw materials, can be obtained by any company and, hence, do not generate sustained competitive advantage. However, specialized factors involve heavy, sustained investment. They are more difficult to duplicate. This leads to a competitive advantage, because if other firms cannot easily duplicate these factors, they are valuable. * Porter argues that a lack of resources often actually helps countries to become competitive (call it selected factor disadvantage). Abundance generates waste and scarcity generates an innovative mindset. Such countries are forced to innovate to overcome their problem of scarce resources. How true is this? # Switzerland was the first country to experience labour shortages. They abandoned labour-intensive watches and concentrated on innovative/high-end watches. # Japan has high priced land and so its factory space is at a premium. This lead to just-in-time inventory techniques (Japanese firms can't have a lot of stock taking up space, so to cope with the potential of not have goods around when they need it, they innovated traditional inventory techniques). # Sweden has a short building season and high construction costs. These two things combined created a need for pre-fabricated houses. b. Demand Conditions * Porter argues that a sophisticated domestic market is an important element to producing competitiveness. Firms that face a sophisticated domestic market are likely to sell superior products because the market demands high quality and a close proximity to such consumers enables the firm to better understand the needs and desires of the customers (this same argument can be used to explain the first stage of the IPLC theory when a product is just initially being developed and after it has been perfected, it doesn't have to be so close to the discriminating consumers). * If the nation's discriminating values spread to other countries, then the local firms will be competitive in the global market. * One example is the French wine industry. The French are sophisticated wine consumers. These consumers force and help French wineries to produce high quality wines. Can you think of other examples? Or counter-examples? c. Related and Supporting Industries * Porter also argues that a set of strong related and supporting industries is important to the competitiveness of firms. This includes suppliers and related industries. This usually occurs at a regional level as opposed to a national level. Examples include Silicon valley in the U.S., Detroit (for the auto industry) and Italy (leather-shoes-other leather goods industry). * The phenomenon of competitors (and upstream and/or downstream industries) locating in the same area is known as clustering or agglomeration. What are the advantages and disadvantages of locating within a cluster? Some advantages to locating close to your rivals may be # potential technology knowledge spillovers, # an association of a region on the part of consumers with a product and high quality and therefore some market power, or # an association of a region on the part of applicable labour force. * Some disadvantages to locating close to your rivals are # potential poaching of your employees by rival companies and # obvious increase in competition possibly decreasing mark-ups. (MORE)

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What is a kitchen porter?

A kitchen porter refers to a person who is employed by the kitchen owner to wash dishes and carry out other duties.

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What are pullman porters?

They were men who made beds and tended to things that most women do. They only slept for 4 hours and worked for 20. They carried luggage on and off and helped passengers on an… (MORE)

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What is better the you phone 5c or 5s?

the 5s because it has better service but it dosent have diffrent colrs just silver gold and black

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What does a porter do in a hotel?

I am not sure, but you would have to be very strong to carry luggage.

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What is the answer to 20c plus 5 equals 5c plus 65?

20c + 5 = 5c + 65 Divide through by 5: 4c + 1 = c + 13 Subtract c from both sides: 3c + 1 = 13 Subtract 1 from both sides: 3c = 12 Divide both sides by 3: c = 4