This assignment requires you to look at a country through the framework of an existing model. For the purposes of this assignment we will look at Japan though the lens of Michael Porter’s National Competitive Advantage Diamond model.

Step 1) Review the PowerPoint slides describing Porter’s National Competitive Advantage Diamond model.

Step2) Read the article ” Why has Japans economy been staggering? A competitiveness perspective”

Step 3) Answer the following questions:

According to the article, Japan is in what type of state economically in 2017?
What does the framework of Porter’s National Competitive Advantage Diamond model expose in the Japanese economy?
What does the article recommend after its analysis through the framework?
What is your opinion of Japan’s economy after it was “ran through” Porter’s National Competitieve Advantage Diamond model?