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Prakash, Shiva R. "Breaking new ground in building green : the role of city policy and regulation in a building industry market transformation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59764.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2010.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-99).
With a growing awareness of the need for a widespread reduction in the use of natural resources, including energy and water, buildings have been identified as a key component of America's, and the world's, drain on these finite resources. However, changing building practices that have been the norm for more than a century has proven to be a difficult task, with many challenges and interests to be accounted for. Implementing green building policies has not yet become a standard practice in most U.S. cities. This study looks at various policy approaches and outcomes that aim to address the impediments to a market transformation towards greener building. Among the cities that boast a significant amount of green buildings certified by a third-party rating system, many different factors and dynamics, with varying participation and responses from the public, private and non-profit sectors have resulted in different outcomes with respect to green building in that particular city. This study looks at the green building policy and implementation landscape in four cities: Boston, Boulder, Pittsburgh and San Francisco. Each of these case studies offers a robust look at how green building policies were created, both the process and the implementation, and the building industry's response to these policies and programs. In addition, it looks at other players and circumstances that contributed to the dynamics that surfaced in that city. Primarily, the goal of this study is to glean lessons from these four cities, to draw some general conclusions about what elements effective green building policy incorporates and the process and implementation strategies that resulted in success in practice. The conclusions also identify the supporting factors that play an indispensable role in a successful outcome. Ideally this study may offer some general guidance for cities that are considering how best to approach this particular challenge and aid in structuring a green building policy that will produce concrete results. The general findings of this study are that effective green building policy should facilitate a market transformation in the building industry towards greener development through mechanisms that address both the supply and demand of green building products and services. Successful policies were designed to stimulate market potential so the practice of greener building would ultimately be profitable to developers, building professionals and valued by consumers. The obstacles to green building becoming a norm in the building industry can be initially overcome by thoughtful, tailored policy and can be ultimately sustained by pure market forces.
by Shiva R. Prakash.
M.C.P.
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Cocking, Owen P. "Financial intermediation and real estate development : a new paradigm for the home building industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/65227.
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Hakkarainen, Tuula. "Studies on fire safety assessment of construction products /." Espoo [Finland] : Technical Research Centre of Finland, 2002. http://www.vtt.fi/inf/pdf/publications/2002/P459.pdf.
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Agnoletto, Stefano. "Building an economic ethic niche : Italian immigrants in the Toronto construction industry (1950s-1970s) : a case study." Thesis, Kingston University, 2013. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/28226/.
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The focus of the thesis is on labour, business, social and cultural history of Italian immigration to post WWII Toronto. In particular, this study addresses fundamental issues such as ethnic niching, unionization, urban proletarianization and entrepreneurship. From this perspective, this investigation addresses and analyses a list of key questions. How did a mass of former peasants, unskilled workers, artisans and merchants become urban wage-earners or small business entrepreneurs in an urban and Capitalist society? How did the process of unionization work? How did an economic ethnic niche develop? What role did 'ethnicity' play in the processes of both urban proletarianization and unionization as well as entrepreneurship? What made immigrant unionization and entrepreneurship successful or a failure? What other factors impinged on these processes? Lastly, what impact did these processes have on the host society? In addressing these questions the thesis focuses on the role played by a specific industry in enabling immigrants to find their place in the new host society. More specifically, the research has looked at the construction industry that, between the 1950s and the 1970s, represented a typical economic ethnic niche for the Italian community. In fact, tens of thousands of Italian males found work in this sector as bricklayers, labourers, carpenters, plasterers and cement finishers, while hundreds of others became small employers in the same industry. The analysis of the cultural and structural factors that were at the origin of the Italian niche of the construction industry is the central point of this study.
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Apostolakou, Lito. "Politics, industry building and organized labour in a Greek setting : the tobacco workers of Volos, c.1914-1936." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.307444.
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Chan, Chun-wah Owen, and 陳津華. "Deregulation & business opportunity: a case stydy of private residential building management industry in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1992. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31265200.
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Charoenrungsiri, Rungnapa, and Narana Charoenrungsiree. "Building a niche company in recruitment industry, a case study of Swedish company Multimind AB." Thesis, Mälardalen University, School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-6085.
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In this thesis, we aim to find out ways that Multimind’s create customer focused value and sustain the value in the recruitment industry and their customer relationship management in the niche market. Our purpose is also to study their strategy, policies and their organizational culture especially in customer focused value and relationship management in this service business. In this thesis we will study only on their strategy toward this niche market. Therefore, the scope of study will cover its business’s history on company’s objective, operation process, organization’s culture, company’s policy and strategy in market learning and innovation. We use qualitative method by conducting the interview with the informant. We use both primary and secondary data for collecting the data. In our primary data, judgment sampling method is being applied in selecting the interviewee. For Secondary data; we have searched the information from the company’s website, academic journals from university library.
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Hutson, Malo. "Politics, jobs and workforce development : the role of workforce intermediaries in building career pathways within Boston's health care industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37874.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 201-204).
This research study examines the role that workforce intermediaries within Boston play in creating career pathways for economically disadvantaged, under-skilled residents in the local health care industry. Using a case study analysis, this study compares the outcomes of two workforce intermediaries-one which is employer-led and the other which is led by a community development corporation. Despite the proliferation of new workforce intermediaries around the country and the increased amount of funding to support them from the private and public sectors, these institutions are limited in their ability to increase the supply of a skilled workforce and to change the demand-side of the labor market. However, given the current structural holes in the publicly funded workforce development system, workforce intermediaries play a critical role in serving populations who otherwise would have a difficult time entering into the regional labor market.
by Malo André Hutson.
Ph.D.
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Smith-Gillespie, Aleyn 1976. "Building China's high-tech telecom equipment industry : a study of strategies in technology acquisition for competitive advantage." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/41805.
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Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Technology and Policy Program, 2001.Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-175).
Over the past decade, China has witnessed a rapid growth in its information and communications technology (ICT) sector. The subject of this thesis specifically focuses on the telecommunications infrastructure equipment industry in China. This sector is an interesting one to study given that some of the leading domestic companies have mostly emphasized developing their own capabilities in product development, rather than calling upon formal technology transfers through foreign direct investment (FDI) initiatives. A significant challenge faced by local firms, however, is that foreign equipment manufacturers possessing deeper technological resources dominate their domestic market. Nevertheless, Chinese enterprises have recently begun producing high-end equipment such as core/backbone routers and DWDM optical transmission systems. The basic question this thesis seeks to answer, therefore, is how can Chinese companies become technologically competitive within the high-end segments of the telecom equipment market? A case study methodology was used to address this question, focusing on two leading domestic firms: Huawei Technologies, a privately owned company, and ZTE Corporation (Zhongxing), a state-owned enterprise. The findings show that four factors have contributed to the competitiveness of domestic firms. Firstly, they are able to successfully leverage the configurational nature of communications technology. Secondly, the substantial investment made by the case study firms to develop their own R&D capabilities has enabled them to become 'close followers' of the world technological frontier. Thirdly, the global trend towards a less vertically integrated equipment industry has produced a base of suppliers from which Chinese firms can procure world-class component and subsystem technologies. Lastly, the role of the Chinese government has been instrumental in building technological capabilities at the national level and expanding market demand. Reciprocal arrangements and performance requirements established between government and domestic firms have encouraged the latter to upgrade their technological capabilities. These combined observations provide a perspective on firm competitiveness in high tech industries that is somewhat different to the models proposed under 'second mover advantage' theory. Furthermore, the analyses made of technology acquisition at the level of the firm highlight the importance of independent development (where possible), compared to FDI, as a vehicle for technological development within late industrializing economies.
by Aleyn Smith-Gillespie.
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Jesson, Jill K. "Ethnic minority builders: a comparative study of Britain and the United States of America on affirmative action in the building industry." Thesis, Aston University, 1988. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/12177/.
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Sansakorn, Preeda. "Development of a risk assessment methodology and safety management model for the building construction industry : case studies from Thailand." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8249/.
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The building construction industry is growing all over the world and considered as a labour-intensive industry. It is associated with significant safety risks and losses resulting from major accidents. These critical safety risks are largely due to lack of awareness, which causes poor performance. Furthermore, in construction management projects, risk assessment tools are still widely employed by adopting two traditional parameters, severity of consequence (SC) and probability of occurrence (PO), to analyse the safety risk level. It is not clear, however, whether this analysis can evaluate the safety risk magnitude appropriately, which necessitates the introduction of another parameter, probability of consequence (PC), to improve the risk evaluation. The fuzzy reasoning technique (FRT) is useful for quantifying and dealing effectively with the lack of certainty related to the domain of building construction projects. PC was incorporated into the model which allows safety risks to be assessed correctly. Furthermore, the modified fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (MFAHP) and fuzzy technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (FTOPSIS) methods are integrated into a new construction safety risks model for the evaluation of important safety risks. Four specific case studies are employed to illustrate the applicability and performance of the proposed model.
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何佩玉 and Pui-yuk Josephine Ho. "To study in great depth the budgetary and cost control system of a firm in building services industry and to propose practicalalternatives to improve it." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1985. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B4212816X.
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Tai, Yuk-sum, and 戴旭森。. "A study of the application of environmental management systems to the building industry in Hong Kong." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3125438X.
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Coplen, Amy Katherine Rose. ""Poverty Wages Are Not Fresh, Local, or Sustainable": Building Worker Power by Organizing Around (Re)production in Portland's "Sustainable" Food Industry." PDXScholar, 2019. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5092.
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Although conscious consumers flock to sustainability-branded restaurants and grocery stores to "vote with their forks" for environmental sustainability and vibrant local economies, workers in these industries face the same poverty wages, discrimination, and exploitative labor practices that plague the food service and retail industries at large. Despite rapid growth and labor degradation, low-wage workers in these industries have largely been left behind by the mainstream labor movement and the alternative food movement. Whereas in the past, progressive social movements worked to alter power relations between labor and capital through collective action, today's mainstream labor movement focuses on servicing its dwindling membership and winning minimum wage increases through local ballot box measures and legislation. For its part, the alternative food movement focuses narrowly on achieving environmental sustainability through market-based mechanisms and consumption politics that do not adequately attend to the struggles of food chain workers. Through research conducted in partnership with the Burgerville Workers Union (BVWU) and the Industrial Workers of the World, I investigate three empirical research questions: 1) How do sustainability-branded institutions deploy values-based discourse and how does this relate to labor practices?, 2) How do worker-organizers understand and expose the contradictions of sustainability branding?, and 3) How do worker-organizers engage with social reproduction as a terrain of political struggle, and to what ends? I attend to these questions through activist scholarship aimed at informing my broad theoretical question: How might social reproduction "as discourse and practice" be marshaled to generate more inclusive organizing strategies, forge more just conceptions of sustainability, and build worker power? Drawing on over two years of ethnographic research, content analysis, and interviews with 48 worker-organizers involved in four labor organizing campaigns, I examine their efforts to build worker power through mutual aid programs, political education, and coalition politics. My analysis reveals that these strategies embody an inclusionary intersectional politics that prioritizes the needs of women, parents, and people of color, but that worker-organizers also face significant challenges. I demonstrate that organizing against neoliberal policies and practices requires moving beyond consumption politics and single-issue campaigns and deploying what I term (re)production politics which are fundamentally about how work is organized and how we care for society and the planet. Politicizing the labor, locations, and practices of social reproduction as landscapes of struggle, I conclude, offers an opportunity to build a broad class consciousness across interconnected issues and envision more liberatory ways of organizing social reproduction based on solidarity, mutuality, and interdependence.
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Neely, Beth Anne. "Building a Better Local Food System: A Case Study of the Western Montana Growers Cooperative." The University of Montana, 2007. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-05042007-113512/.
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Local food systems aiming to re-create direct links between producers and consumers are emerging in the United States and elsewhere in response to the social, economic, and environmental consequences of the globalizing food market. Despite growing consumer demand for locally produced food, small-scale producers may not have the capacity to meet the needs of wholesale food purchasers, such as restaurants, grocery stores, schools, or hospitals, thus limiting their markets to direct sales to consumers. Wholesale customers, in turn, face a number of barriers to purchasing local food. Producer cooperatives may alleviate some of the challenges faced by wholesale buyers while opening new markets for their members. Previous studies have examined the perspectives of wholesale food buyers that may or may not purchase locally. This study explores the perspectives of wholesale buyers at grocery stores and restaurants who purchase from one producer cooperative in particular, the Western Montana Growers Cooperative. This research investigates the extent to which the Western Montana Growers Cooperative helps its wholesale customers overcome the barriers to purchasing local food, and offers suggestions for the Western Montana Growers Cooperative to continue building a vibrant local food system.
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Molin, Camilla, and Karin Fredrikson. "Standardize or Adapt? Building a Successful Brand in the Fashion Industry : A Case Study of the Swedish Fashion Company Hunky Dory AB." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-155418.
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The brand building process is investigated by looking at the strategy of a small to medium-sized fashion company, Hunky Dory AB. According to the model presented in this thesis, the brand building process consists of five stages; product attributes, brand identity, positioning, marketing communication, and distribution. These stages are investigated separately to see whether standardization, adaptation, or a contingency approach is used at each stage. It is found that Hunky Dory mainly standardize, or aim to standardize, the stages in their strategic brand building process across international markets. However, adaptation is to some extent necessary or inevitable in the stages product attributes, marketing communications and distribution. The only exception is a variable in distribution, the choice of stores, which is adapted to what suits the local market. In conclusion, Hunky Dory pursue a mix of standardization and adaptation, which supports the contingency perspective.
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Xu, Tie. "A configuration framework of manufacturing strategy paradigm in state owned enterprises within China's petrochemical industry : building context-embedded configurations for the paradigm of strategic manufacturing management from exploratory case studies." Thesis, Aston University, 2004. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/10774/.
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This thesis studies the successful experiences of developing manufacturing strategy from five high-performing large-scale SOEs within China’s petrochemical industry. China’s petrochemical industry constitutes a basic heavy industrial sector, which has always been a strategic focus for reform and development by the Chinese government. Using a confirmation approach, the study has focused on exploring and conceptualising the empirical paradigm of manufacturing strategy development practiced by management. That is examining the ‘empirical specifics’ and surfacing the ‘managerial perceptions’ of content configuration, context of consideration, and process organization for developing a manufacturing strategy during the practice. The research investigation adopts a qualitative exploratory case study methodology with a semi-structural front-end research design. Data collection follows a longitudinal and multiple-case design and triangulates case evidence from sources including qualitative interviews, direct observation, and a search of documentations and archival records. Data analysis follows an investigative progression from a within-case preliminary interpretation of facts to a cross-case search for patterns through theoretical comparison and analytical generalization. The underlying conceptions in both the literature of manufacturing strategy and related studies in business strategy were used to develop theoretical framework and analytical templates applied during data collection and analysis.
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Johansson, Frida. "Från slott till koja : En studie av det svenska murteglets historia." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Kulturvård, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-326128.
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Det svenska murteglets historia har inte tidigare sammanställts med en bredd över tid och rum. Uppsatsen är skriven i syfte att lägga det historiska pussel som kan berätta hur teglet har använts, vem som har använt det och hur det har förändrats i utseende genom århundradena. Detta har gjorts främst genom litteraturstudier, där källorna sträckt sig över en tidsperiod av 2000 år. Bitar ur varje källa har plockats ut och sedan pusslats ihop för att ge en kronologisk bild över historien. Bilden som trädde fram visade hur katolska munkar tog teglet till Sverige. Det dröjde sedan inte länge förrän kronan och kyrkan också började använda sig av materialet. Först på 1700-talet, tack vare husförhörssystemet som gjorde så att seklets barn lärde sig att läsa, fick teglet sitt genomslag då instruktionsböcker skrevs och spreds över landet. På 1870-talet blev tegelindustrin mekaniserad i stor utsträckning, vilket gjorde branschen känslig för svängningar i landets ekonomi. Utifrån detta dras slutsatsen att läskunnigheten och industrialismen inneburit de största blomstringsperioderna i teglets historia. Ironiskt nog innebar också industrialismen teglets fall, dels genom ekonomisk känslighet, dels genom att betongen tilläts ta över.The complete history of Swedish bricks has not yet been fully compiled. This paper is written with the intention to assemble the historic puzzle which can tell the story of how bricks have been used, who has used them and how their appearance has changed over the course of time. To do this, extensive literature studies have been made, with sources stretching over a period of 2000 years. Bits of each source have been taken to create a chronological picture of its history. The results showed that catholic monks took the knowledge of brick working to Sweden in the 12th century. Soon, the royal power and the church started using brick as well. Despite this, bricks did not get its biggest breakthrough until the 18th century, when a new church law made children learn how to read. Instruction books got released and were read by a fairly large portion of the Swedish population. In the 1870s, the brickyard industry got mechanized, which made the branch sensitive to changes in the country’s economy. From this, the conclusion is drawn that literacy rate and industrial revolution led to the two biggest blooms in the history of bricks. Ironically, the industrial revolution also lead to the descent of the brick industry, partly because of the economic sensitivity, partly because the concrete was allowed to take over.
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Bowden, Sarah L. "Application of mobile IT in construction." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2005. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/794.
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In recent years, the construction industry has been compelled to explore all possible options for improving the delivery of their products and services. Clients are now expecting a better service and projects that meet their requirements more closely. This has challenged the industry to become more efficient, integrated and more attractive, with benefits for its potential workforce and for society as a whole. Information and communication technologies (ICT) are an enabler to facilitate the improvements required for modernisation. However, due to the geographically dispersed and nomadic nature of the construction industry's workforce, many people are prevented from efficiently and effectively using the ICT tools adopted to date. Mobile technologies providing the 'last mile' connection to the point-of activity could be the missing link to help address the ongoing drive for process improvement. Although this has been a well-researched area, several barriers to mainstream adoption still exist: including a perceived lack of suitable devices; a perceived lack of computer literacy; and the perceived high cost. Through extensive industry involvement, this research has taken the theoretical idea that mobile IT use in the construction industry would be beneficial, a step further; demonstrating by means of a state of the art assessment, usability trials, case studies and demonstration projects that the barriers to mainstream adoption can be overcome. The findings of this work have been presented in four peer-reviewed papers. An ongoing dissemination programme is expected to encourage further adoption.
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Bonde, Wictor, Verena Lübken, and Martin Settergren. "Attitudes towards Establishing Trust, Commitment & Satisfaction in International B-2-B Relationships : A Comparative Study of Swedish Sellers and German Buyers in the Textile Industry." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-890.
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Background
Globalization has opened up new possibilities for firms of all sizes to operate internationally. In that context, especially small- and medium sized companies often have limited resources and market power, which makes efficient relationship building with new intermediaries a key component when entering foreign markets. Therefore, approaching foreign companies and potentially engaging in new business relationships should be a strategic managerial issue.
Purpose
The main objective is to analyze how Swedish SMEs in the textile industry should approach German buyers in accordance to their preferences, taking cultural differences into account, as well as maintaining and developing the relationship. The focus will primarily be on the on the stages where the initial contact has been made, thus aiming at advancing in the development process. For this to be achieved, Swedish sellers must know what values to communicate to their counterpart.
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A qualitative approach has been used in order answer the purpose of the thesis. We have gathered our data from ten in-depth interviews; five with Swedish sellers and five with German buyers. The essential part of the data collection was done over telephone.
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The most critical components that are found to be vital in developing a successful buyer-seller relationship include trust, satisfaction and commitment with all their related aspects. It was found that the product offer plays a critical role in the Early Stage of the relationship development process. Communication is essential for the building of trust and satisfaction and supplements the actions of commitment shown by the parties. Having an understanding on what values the counterpart appreciates and when these are especially important in the respective stages of the relationship building enables the firm to adapt its relationship marketing to the buyers preferences in a cost efficient and successful way.
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Nourparvar, Behnam, Mikael Anderson, and Carl-Henrik Tiselius. "Ökad lönsamhet genom integration : En fallstudie av konsultföretaget Sweco." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-11759.
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Frågeställning:Med affärsidén som grund eftersträvar ledningen en större integration med omgivningen och mellan dotterbolagen för att konkurrera på marknaden. Hur jobbar Sweco med integration och vilka svårigheter finns? Syfte: Syftet är att redogöra hur bra Swecos affärsidé är integrerad i bolaget. Metod: Studien var av kvalitativ karaktär och baserades på sekundärdata i form av böcker och artiklar inom ämnet integration. Ett icke-slupmässigt urval användes för valet av respondenter. Slutsats: Sweco visar på en bra integration mellan marknaden och det företaget erbjuder. Lönsamheten tyder på hög integration med omvärlden och internt i bolaget. Tendenser på motsatt önskad effekt till integration har uppnåtts genom sämre ekonomi och effektivitet i vissa projekt. Jäviga situationer kan uppstå när kontrollanten och de som ska kontrolleras sitter på samma företag dessutom kan en oönskad beroendeställning skapas för beställaren då Sweco används som enda konsult för projekteringen. Divisionsorganisationen kan motarbeta integrationen och några av Swecos anställda har inte förtroende för Swecos affärsidé.Research questions: Using the business idea as a basis, the management seeks a higher integration with the environment and between its subsidiaries in order to better compete in the market. How does Sweco work with integration and what difficulties exist? Purpose: The purpose is to describe how well integrated Sweco’s business idea is within the organization. Method: This study used a qualitative research approach and was based on secondary data from books and articles on the topic of integration. A non random sample was used for the selection of respondents. Conclusion: Sweco exhibits a good level of integration between its offerings and the market. The profitability indicates high integration, both internally and with the environment. There are some tendencies that can lead to negative development of integration resulting in reduced profits and lower efficiency in some projects. Biased situations can occur when the controller and his subordinates are working in the same company. Additionally, unwanted dependencies can arise when clients choose Sweco as the only consulting company for their projects. The divisionalized form can thwart the integration and some employees lack confidence in Sweco’s business idea.
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Nystrand, Hannah. "Lost in Guanxi : How a Western company should use Relationship Marketing and/or Guanxi in China." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Ekonomihögskolan, ELNU, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-19732.
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Purpose: To describe the Relationship Marketing and Guanxi practices of a western company in China, and to create an understanding regarding the interconnection of Guanxi and Relationship Marketing as the foundation of such practices. Method: The research is qualitative with an inductive relation between theory and the empirical findings. With the research design of a case study of the western business-to-business service company ChinaNetCloud. The empirical material was collected through five semi-structured interviews done in China, with influencing persons of the case study organization ChinaNetCloud. Conclusion: Guanxi should be used to facilitate things and should not be established with anyone. To establish relationships are taking more time and will require many activities to maintain them. Relationship Marketing should be used to target other targets than the bases for Guanxi. The relationship are in China based on already existing connections and it is important that the western company is aware of that the relationship are in some cases of more importance than the product or service. Face-to-face meeting should be used in order to establish relationships in the best way. Trust and commitment are also important dimensions in the relationships. A western company should use Guanxi and Relationship Marketing since it is important for both survival and success in China.
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Treloar, Graham John, and edu au jillj@deakin edu au mikewood@deakin edu au wildol@deakin edu au kimg@deakin. "A Comprehensive Embodied Energy Analysis Framework." Deakin University. School of Architecture and Building, 1998. http://tux.lib.deakin.edu.au./adt-VDU/public/adt-VDU20041209.161722.
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The assessment of the direct and indirect requirements for energy is known as embodied energy analysis. For buildings, the direct energy includes that used primarily on site, while the indirect energy includes primarily the energy required for the manufacture of building materials. This thesis is concerned with the completeness and reliability of embodied energy analysis methods. Previous methods tend to address either one of these issues, but not both at the same time. Industry-based methods are incomplete. National statistical methods, while comprehensive, are a black box and are subject to errors. A new hybrid embodied energy analysis method is derived to optimise the benefits of previous methods while minimising their flaws.
In industry-based studies, known as process analyses, the energy embodied in a product is traced laboriously upstream by examining the inputs to each preceding process towards raw materials. Process analyses can be significantly incomplete, due to increasing complexity. The other major embodied energy analysis method, input-output analysis, comprises the use of national statistics. While the input-output framework is comprehensive, many inherent assumptions make the results unreliable.
Hybrid analysis methods involve the combination of the two major embodied energy analysis methods discussed above, either based on process analysis or input-output analysis. The intention in both hybrid analysis methods is to reduce errors associated with the two major methods on which they are based. However, the problems inherent to each of the original methods tend to remain, to some degree, in the associated hybrid versions.
Process-based hybrid analyses tend to be incomplete, due to the exclusions associated with the process analysis framework. However, input-output-based hybrid analyses tend to be unreliable because the substitution of process analysis data into the input-output framework causes unwanted indirect effects.
A key deficiency in previous input-output-based hybrid analysis methods is that the input-output model is a black box, since important flows of goods and services with respect to the embodied energy of a sector cannot be readily identified. A new input-output-based hybrid analysis method was therefore developed, requiring the decomposition of the input-output model into mutually exclusive components (ie, direct energy paths).
A direct energy path represents a discrete energy requirement, possibly occurring one or more transactions upstream from the process under consideration. For example, the energy required directly to manufacture the steel used in the construction of a building would represent a direct energy path of one non-energy transaction in length. A direct energy path comprises a product quantity (for example, the total tonnes of cement used) and a direct energy intensity (for example, the energy required directly for cement manufacture, per tonne).
The input-output model was decomposed into direct energy paths for the residential building construction sector. It was shown that 592 direct energy paths were required to describe 90% of the overall total energy intensity for residential building construction. By extracting direct energy paths using yet smaller threshold values, they were shown to be mutually exclusive. Consequently, the modification of direct energy paths using process analysis data does not cause unwanted indirect effects.
A non-standard individual residential building was then selected to demonstrate the benefits of the new input-output-based hybrid analysis method in cases where the products of a sector may not be similar. Particular direct energy paths were modified with case specific process analysis data. Product quantities and direct energy intensities were derived and used to modify some of the direct energy paths. The intention of this demonstration was to determine whether 90% of the total embodied energy calculated for the building could comprise the process analysis data normally collected for the building. However, it was found that only 51% of the total comprised normally collected process analysis. The integration of process analysis data with 90% of the direct energy paths by value was unsuccessful because:
typically only one of the direct energy path components was modified using process analysis data (ie, either the product quantity or the direct energy intensity);
of the complexity of the paths derived for residential building construction; and
of the lack of reliable and consistent process analysis data from industry, for both product quantities and direct energy intensities.
While the input-output model used was the best available for Australia, many errors were likely to be carried through to the direct energy paths for residential building construction. Consequently, both the value and relative importance of the direct energy paths for residential building construction were generally found to be a poor model for the demonstration building. This was expected. Nevertheless, in the absence of better data from industry, the input-output data is likely to remain the most appropriate for completing the framework of embodied energy analyses of many types of productseven in non-standard cases.
Residential building construction was one of the 22 most complex Australian economic sectors (ie, comprising those requiring between 592 and 3215 direct energy paths to describe 90% of their total energy intensities). Consequently, for the other 87 non-energy sectors of the Australian economy, the input-output-based hybrid analysis method is likely to produce more reliable results than those calculated for the demonstration building using the direct energy paths for residential building construction.
For more complex sectors than residential building construction, the new input-output-based hybrid analysis method derived here allows available process analysis data to be integrated with the input-output data in a comprehensive framework. The proportion of the result comprising the more reliable process analysis data can be calculated and used as a measure of the reliability of the result for that product or part of the product being analysed (for example, a building material or component).
To ensure that future applications of the new input-output-based hybrid analysis method produce reliable results, new sources of process analysis data are required, including for such processes as services (for example, banking) and processes involving the transformation of basic materials into complex products (for example, steel and copper into an electric motor).
However, even considering the limitations of the demonstration described above, the new input-output-based hybrid analysis method developed achieved the aim of the thesis: to develop a new embodied energy analysis method that allows reliable process analysis data to be integrated into the comprehensive, yet unreliable, input-output framework.
Plain language summary
Embodied energy analysis comprises the assessment of the direct and indirect energy requirements associated with a process. For example, the construction of a building requires the manufacture of steel structural members, and thus indirectly requires the energy used directly and indirectly in their manufacture. Embodied energy is an important measure of ecological sustainability because energy is used in virtually every human activity and many of these activities are interrelated.
This thesis is concerned with the relationship between the completeness of embodied energy analysis methods and their reliability. However, previous industry-based methods, while reliable, are incomplete. Previous national statistical methods, while comprehensive, are a black box subject to errors.
A new method is derived, involving the decomposition of the comprehensive national statistical model into components that can be modified discretely using the more reliable industry data, and is demonstrated for an individual building. The demonstration failed to integrate enough industry data into the national statistical model, due to the unexpected complexity of the national statistical data and the lack of available industry data regarding energy and non-energy product requirements.
These unique findings highlight the flaws in previous methods. Reliable process analysis and input-output data are required, particularly for those processes that were unable to be examined in the demonstration of the new embodied energy analysis method. This includes the energy requirements of services sectors, such as banking, and processes involving the transformation of basic materials into complex products, such as refrigerators. The application of the new method to less complex products, such as individual building materials or components, is likely to be more successful than to the residential building demonstration.
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Queiroz, Pedro Henrique Santos 1990. "Trabalhadores de SUAPE : estudo sobre a diversidade de experiências operárias." [s.n.], 2014. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/279613.
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Orientador: Fernando Antonio LourençoDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
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Resumo: Neste estudo, proponho a investigação e análise de um conjunto amplo e diverso de experiências vividas por um grupo operário específico a partir da consideração de sua posição relativa no processo produtivo e em um contexto marcado por grandes transformações regionais. O grupo operário enfocado é composto por duas categorias: os trabalhadores da construção civil pesada e os trabalhadores da construção naval, ambas circunscritas ao Complexo Industrial Portuário de Suape ¿ Governador Eraldo Gueiros, localizado entre os municípios do Cabo de Santo Agostinho e Ipojuca no estado de Pernambuco. A possibilidade de uma análise comparativa entre as duas categorias se dá pela existência de uma série de semelhanças entre elas quanto aos aspectos: perfil socioeconômico de sua composição, perfil de conflitos trabalhistas e natureza específica do processo de trabalho. São analisadas as experiências de trabalho, de não-trabalho e de ação política, com uma ênfase maior nesse último tipo de experiência. Foram analisados mais detidamente os conflitos ocorridos no período 2008 a 2012, momento em que houve uma quantidade excepcional de paralisações e greves em ambas as categorias. É constatada a ocorrência de situações em comum vividas pelo movimento de trabalhadores de ambas as categorias, quais sejam: mercado de trabalho local aquecido, com consequências para o poder de barganha da classe trabalhadora; alto grau de ativismo independente das "bases"; dificuldade de legitimação e representatividade enfrentadas pelas lideranças sindicais e membros de comissão de base; emprego por parte das empresas de práticas antissindicais. A abordagem assumida segue por uma via de valorização das várias formas pelas quais os trabalhadores percebem e explicam sua experiência vivida. Ao empregar como principal suporte teórico a categoria thompsoniana de experiência, busco investigar as formas extremamente diversas pelas quais os trabalhadores de Suape sentem, percebem, explicam, se organizam, resistem, se adaptam e lutam em um contexto marcado pela implantação de "grandes projetos". A fim de concretizar tais objetivos, foi empregada uma série de técnicas de pesquisa, porém com maior destaque para as entrevistas e conversas com trabalhadores, sindicalistas, militantes e demais informantes privilegiados. Isso porque o momento de encontro, escuta e diálogo é concebido aqui como momento privilegiado para a compreensão das formas como a experiência vivida é elaborada pela consciência dos sujeitos. De forma acessória, a fim de recolher informações adicionais que servissem de complemento e contraponto às falas dos entrevistados, fiz análise de documentos oficiais (convenções coletivas, atas de audiências, acórdãos), monitoramento de notícias veiculadas pela imprensa (em formato impresso e online) e pesquisas de campo de caráter etnográfico em espaços relevantes para a compreensão das experiências de não-trabalho (espaços de circulação, entretenimento, comércio e religião)
Abstract: In this study, I propose the investigation and analysis of a broad and diverse set of experiences liven by a specific group of workers from the consideration of its relative position in the productive process and in a context characterized by major local transformations. The group of workers focused here is composed by two professional categories: the heavy construction workers and naval construction workers, both located in Suape Industrial Dock Complex, between the cities Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca in the state of Pernambuco. The possibility of a comparative analsys between the two categories is given by the existence of a series of similarities between then on behalf of the following aspects: socioeconomic profile, conflicts profile and specifc nature of the labour process. Were analysed the experiences of work, non-work, and of political action, giving particular emphasis to this last category of experience. Were analysed more closely the conflicts occurred in the period 2008-2012, when there has been a exceptional amount of outages and strikes in both professional categories. It was found the occurrence of a series of situations in common that were faced by the workers movement of both professional categories, such as: heated labour market, with consequences for the bargaining power of the working class, high degree of independent activism, difficulties of legitimacy and representativeness faced by union leaders and members of base commissions; use of anti-union practices by the companies. The approach followed in this research aimed the valorization of the various forms by which the workers feels and explains their experiences. By using the thompsonian category of experience as the main theoretical support, I seek to investigate the extremely diverse forms by which the workers of Suape feel, perceive, explain, organize themselves, resist, adapt and fight in a context marked by the implantation of "big projects". In order to achieve such goals, it was deployed several research techniques, giving more emphasis to the interviews and conversations with workers, union leaders, militants and other informants. This choice is based on the conception of the moments of meeting, hearing and dialogue as a privileged space for the understanding of how the experiences is elaborated by the subjects consciousness. In an ancillary basis and aiming to collect further information that could serve as complement and counterpoint, I did official document analysis, news monitoring and ethnographic field research in relevant spaces for the comprehension of non-work experiences (spaces of circulation, entertainment, commerce and religion)
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Sociologia
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Bradley, Wesley A. "The Sleeping Giant: Revealing the Potential Energy of Abandoned Industry Through Adaptive Transformation." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2009. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0003157.
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Hedlund, Ann. "Attraktivitetens dynamik : studier av förändringar i arbetets attraktivitet." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-4401.
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This thesis takes a point of departure in the problems to recruit and retain personnel in woodworking companies. Companies, actors of society and researchers started with the ambition to create work which people, especially young ones, would like to have and where employees want to stay. The research has been carried out within the att…-project in collaboration between Dalarna University and National Institute for Working Life. The primary purpose was to create deeper understanding of characteristics of attractive work. A distinction has been made between on the one hand what makes work attractive, and on the other hand changes of the attractiveness. The empirical problem with recruitment was a starting point, followed by an interaction between theory and empiricism. The relation to practioners can be described as interactive with usefulness in focus. Questionnaires, group discussions and interviews, as well as informal conversations, have been used in five separate studies. The attractiveness of work depends on the individual’s estimation of the totality of work based upon her/his life situation. Characteristic for attractive work is that it is dynamic and comparative. Positive factors of work are related to other employments or to the idea of attractive work. A model of attractive work which represents an overall picture regarding what makes work attractive contains about 80 qualities in 22 dimensions. One finding is that changes in one dimension influences other dimensions. Another finding is that changed estimations of work depends both on changed valuation of the importance of different aspects of work, and on changed conception of the aspects. It is not enough to do a single effort aimed at retaining and recruiting personnel since the attractiveness of work is dynamic and comparisons are made with other employments. Companies must continuously do efforts for more attractive work. Existing attractive qualities that are hidden from applicants can be displayed. Other qualities can be realized and added to. Knowledge about what makes work attractive and about the dynamic of the attractiveness is valuable to create more attractive work.QC 20100713
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Abrigian, Mari, and Gärtner Daniel Almqvist. "Möjligheter och utmaningar med internationella inköp : En studie av internationella inköp." Thesis, KTH, Byggteknik och design, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-213404.
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The construction industry in Sweden today are facing a major challenge in building society and following the pace of population growth. Rising material prices are today a fact, and at the same time there is a lack of capacity at the Swedish suppliers as they are bound up in supplier agreements for the coming years. The largest construction companies in Sweden have been working strategically with international suppliers for a long time to increase their margins and to secure their material needs. BTH Bygg AB is today a company that builds, renovates and maintains real estate in Stockholm. The company has expanded in recent years and is committed to strong growth by 2020. Work on international purchasing has previously been limited to BTH Bygg, but this type of purchase is today seen as a necessity to continued growth and to be competitive in that part of Sweden where most is built. The purpose of this study is to analyze BTH Bygg's existing purchasing process to further develop and propose improvements with international procurement as a starting point. The study has been conducted with the help of interviews to get a complete picture of the issues of international purchasing. BTH Bygg AB has a strong organization with a lot of experience related to the subject area, and focus has been on compiling these in order to come up with suggestions and ideas on how to handle international purchases. Recommendations are focused on areas related to supplier assessment, communication, logistics and product selection.Byggindustrin i Sverige står idag inför en stor utmaning i att bygga samhället och följa med i den takt som populationsökningen kräver. Stigande materialpriser är idag ett faktum och samtidigt finns det många gånger en avsaknad av kapacitet hos de svenska leverantörerna då de är uppbundna i leverantörsavtal för kommande år. De största byggbolagen i Sverige arbetar sen lång tid tillbaka strategiskt med internationella leverantörer för att öka sina marginaler och för att säkra sitt materialbehov. BTH Bygg AB är idag ett företag som bygger, renoverar och underhåller fastigheter i Stor-Stockholm. Företaget har expanderat de senaste åren och de satsar på en stark tillväxt fram till år 2020. Arbetet med internationella inköp har tidigare varit begränsat på BTH Bygg, men denna typ av inköp ses idag som en nödvändighet för att fortsätta växa och vara konkurrenskraftiga i den del av Sverige det byggs mest. Syftet med denna studie är att analysera BTH Byggs existerande inköpsprocess för att vidareutveckla och föreslå förbättringar med internationella upphandlingar som utgångspunkt. Studien har utförts med hjälp av intervjuer för att få en samlad bild kring de frågor som finns vid internationella inköp. BTH Bygg AB besitter en stark organisation med mycket erfarenheter kopplade till ämnesområdet och fokus har legat på att sammanställa dessa för att komma med förslag och idéer kring hur de internationella inköpen ska hanteras. Rekommendationerna fokuseras till områden kopplade till leverantörsbedömning, kommunikation, logistik samt val av produkt.
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Gedankien, Niemi Hadassa, and Isabelle Forsberg. "Att bygga jämställt : En studie om rekryteringskommunikation mot kvinnor i en mansdominerad bransch." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-158139.
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The demand for labour force in the European building industry has increased in recent years due to the constant migrations and the need to provide housing, schools and hospitals to accommodate this growing population. Due to this scenario and to governmental policies that were created to supply this need, Swedish building companies want to recruit more female employees in particular. The purpose of this case study is to investigate whether, and if so how, the building company NCC uses its external communication to strategically attract more women to the industry. Our research was of a qualitative nature. We analysed, with the help of a Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis approach, recruitment materials and job advertisements published on the company’s homepage, in order to demonstrate how men and women are represented in NCC’s recruitment communication and in which way the company communicates specifically to women. We have also analysed which aspects of the company’s recruitment communication were appealing to women, through focus group interviews made with female engineering students. As theoretical ground for this case study we have chosen previous research and literature in the fields of organizational communication, employer branding, decoding in communication processes, gender studies, stereotyping and gender aware recruitment. The findings in this study show that both men and women are represented in NCC’s recruitment communication, but that a bigger focus is placed on the visual representation of women. NCC strategically aims at attracting women both in the way female workers are visually portrayed on the homepage but even in the wording found in the company’s recruitment texts and job advertisements. This targeted communication does not reach its full potential in terms of attractiveness to women though, perhaps due to the rather cosmetic visual representation of the company’s work environment, as well as the lack of personal connection that is made between the portrayed employees and the potential job candidates.
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Maxe, Jasmine, and Evelina Ljungquist. "Digital arbetsutveckling för besiktningsmän i byggbranschen : En kvalitativ studie kring spridning av digitalt arbetssätt." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Tekniska Högskolan, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-36815.
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Syfte: Idag är intresset för digitalisering och effektivisering inom byggbranschen stort.Trots intresset har många aktörer inte helt övergått till digitalt arbetssätt, inte minstbesiktningsmän. Genom studien kan trösklarna för utebliven digitalisering analyseraspå individnivå. Då digitalt arbetssätt implementeras möts förändringen först av de erfarenheter och kompetenser som besiktningsmännen innehar. Vidare filtrerasarbetssättet genom innovationsteorins egenskaper och slutligen beslutar individernaifall förändringen accepteras eller avvisas. Syftet med studien var att öka förståelsenkring hur besiktningsmän upplever digitalt arbetssätt på individnivå med utgångspunktfrån olika arbetslivserfarenheter. Genom studien kunde även ekonomiska konsekvenseri samband med digitalt arbetssätt lyftas fram. Metod: Studien genomfördes med en kvalitativ inriktning. Inledningsvis genomfördesen litteraturstudie som låg till grund för undersökt problematik. Studiens kvalitativainriktning baserades på tolv intervjuer och två observationer. Intervjuernaresponderades av tolv besiktningsmän från WSP Sverige AB. Besiktningsmännen hadeolika arbetslivserfarenheter och arbetade på olika orter. De kvalitativa intervjuerna lågtill grund för att kunna besvara studiens tre frågeställningar på djupet. Resultat: Studiens resultat påvisar skillnader i användandet av digitalt arbetssätt medavseende på olika arbetslivserfarenheter, som ligger till grund för hur digitalt arbetssättmottags. Dock varierar skillnaderna mest mellan olika åldrar och kontor i Sverige. Föratt effektivisera besiktningsmäns arbetssätt måste digitaliseringen accepteras ochmottagandet måste förstås på individnivå. Med tydlig kursriktning, struktur ochutbildningsinsatser kan innovationen digitalt arbetssätt spridas. Genom insatser kringdigitaliseringen fördelar kan besiktningsmän som avvisat digitaliseringen kan kommaöver sina trösklar. Att arbeta med surfplattor har stark koppling till effektivarearbetsprocesser. Det är till förtagens fördel att vara digitaliserat för att vara attraktivaoch konkurrenskraftiga på marknaden.Studiens slutsatser landar i ett antal rekommendationer för att utveckla besiktningsmänsarbetssätt. Rekommendationerna omfattar utbildningsinsatser från interna och externaföreläsare, att låta mindre digitalt erfarna besiktningsmän följa med kollegor somarbetar helt digitalt samt att utveckla dagens affärsmodell för optimal ekonomisk vinstvid effektivare besiktningar. Konsekvenser: Digitalt arbetssätt bidrar till effektivare besiktningsprocesser som i sintur leder till snabbare återkoppling till kund. Effektiviseringen bidrar även till flerfrigjorda timmar. Det uppstår dock problematik att debitera per timme och sedan införaen innovation som frigör timmar. För att ta till vara på de frigjorda timmarna och skapastörre intäkter bör företaget utveckla dagens affärsmodell för besiktningar.Purpose: Today, the interest in digitalizing and efficiency in the construction industryis increasing. Despite the interest, many actors have not completely switched to digitalworking methods, not least surveyors. Through the study, these thresholds forinadequate digitalization can be analyzed at an individual level. When implementingdigital work methods, the innovation first meets the experiences and competencies ofthe surveyors. Furthermore, the method is filtered through the characteristics ofinnovation theory and finally, individuals decide if the change is accepted or rejected.The aim of the study was to increase understanding of how surveyors experience digitalworking methods at an individual level based on different work experience. The studyalso highlighted the economic consequences in connection to digital working methods. Method: The study was conducted with a qualitative focus. Initially, a literature studywas conducted which was the base of the investigated issue. The qualitative focus onthe study based on twelve interviews surveyors from WSP Sverige AB and twoobservations. The surveyors had different work experiences and worked in differentlocations in Sweden. The qualitative interviews formed the basis for answering thestudy’s three study questions. Findings: The study’s findings show differences in the use of digital working methodswith regard to different work experience, which underlie the way in which digital workmethods are received. However, the differences vary most between ages and offices inSweden. In order to make the surveyors working methods more efficient, digitalizationmust be accepted and the reception must be understood on an individual level. Withdistinct course orientation, structure and educational efforts, the innovation digital workmethods can be spread. Working with tablets has a strong connection to more efficientwork process. It is for the benefit of being digitized to be more attractive andcompetitive in the market.The conclusions of the study results in a number of recommendations to develop thesurveyor’s working methods. The recommendations includes education about thedigitalization by internal and external lecturers, allowing less digitally experiencedsurveyors to follow colleagues who work in a completely digital wat and to developtoday’s business model for optimal financial gain through more efficient inspections. Implications: Digital working methods contributes to a more efficient workingprocesses for surveyors, which leads to a quicker and more distinct feedback to theirclients. The efficient work also contributes to increased released working hours.However, the released working hours are chargeable. Furthermore, it creates problemswhile charge per hours and introduce an innovation that releases chargeable hours. Thecompanies should develop their business model, to make use of these hours.
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Abdul, Hakim Faisal, and Shazad Said. "En studie av småhusentreprenader : Varför går det fel?" Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Energisystem och byggnadsteknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-36118.
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Syftet med denna studie är att kartlägga småhusentreprenader och vilka problem samt konflikter som uppstår mellan entreprenader och beställare. Vidare är det tänkt att denna studie skulle ge allmänheten en bättre uppfattning kring varför konflikter uppstår mellan beställare och entreprenörer samt hur husleverantörer jobbar för att motverka dessa problem. För att uppnå syftet och besvara forskningsfrågorna användes en kvalitativ forskningsmetod i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Anledningen till att denna intervjuteknik tillämpades var för att ge respondenterna frihet att prata öppet om sina upplevelser och synpunkter. Respondenterna som intervjuades var fyra representanter för husleverantörer, tre beställare, en byggnadsinspektör och en kontrollansvarig. Resultatet av intervjuerna visade att det fanns en gemensam uppfattning bland beställare och husleverantörer kring att det är för mycket pappersarbete och att totalentreprenad är den mest optimala entreprenadformen för den som inte vill ta på sigallt för mycket ansvar. Det fanns dock även åsikter som skiljde sig. Studien visade att beställare upplever uppförandet av småhus som en långsam och energikrävande process. Problemen som är vanligt förekommande inom småhusentreprenader är att det finns en skillnad i språk och kunskap mellan parterna. Detta resulterar i att det blir en bristande kommunikation som i sin tur kan leda till diverse konflikter. Husleverantörerna är medvetna om dessa problem och jobbar kontinuerligt för att ta fram lösningar. En sådan lösning är att lägga stor vikt på dokumentation och kontrakt eftersom det är de som är lagligt bindande. Slutsatsen för denna studie var att en god kommunikation resulterar i färre missförstånd och konflikter. Konflikter går däremot inte att undvika helt, utan kommer alltid kunna uppstå på grund av mänskliga faktorer.The purpose of this study was to investigate the single-family home construction industry and what problems arise. Furthermore, it was intended that this study would give the public a better idea of why conflicts arise between customers and contractors and how home suppliers work to counteract these problems. To achieve the purpose and get answers to the research questions, we used a qualitative research method in the form of semi-structured interviews. The reason why this interview technique was applied was to give respondents the freedom to talk openly about their experiences and views. The respondents interviewed were four representatives of house suppliers, three clients, a building inspector and an inspection manager. The results of the interviews showed that there was a common opinion among clients and house suppliers on certain issues, but then there were also opinions that differed. The study showed that customers experience the construction of detached houses as a slow and energy-intensive process. The problems that are common in detached house contracts are that there is a difference in language and knowledge between the involved parties. This results in a lack of communication which in turn can lead to various conflicts. Home suppliers are aware of the problems that exist in the industry and work continuously to develop solutions. One such solution is to place great emphasis on documentation and contracts because they are the ones that are legally binding. The conclusion of this study was that good communication results in fewer misunderstandings and conflicts. Conflicts, on the other hand, cannot be completely avoided, but will always arise due to human factors.
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Jansson, Mikaela, and Lovisa Sidén. "Bli nådd, bli vald, bli spridd : - En studie om hur majorbolagen i musikbranschen använder sociala medier som en kommunikationskanal mot fansen." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-43727.
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Syfte och forskningsfråga Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att analysera på vilket sätt majorbolagen marknadsför sina artister på sociala medier och hur kommunikationer ser ut mellan artist och fans. Detta gör vi genom att undersöka vilket medvetet arbete som ligger bakom marknadsföringen, hur detta påverkar relationen mellan artist och fans samt hur detta följs upp. Uppsatsens forskningsfråga formulerades med syftet i åtanke och blev följande: På vilket sätt använder majorbolagen sociala medier för att etablera varaktiga relationer mellan artist och fans? Metod Vi har valt att använda oss av en kvalitativ forskningsmetod. Insamlingen av material har skett genom primärkällor samt sekundärkällor och det empiriska materialet har skett genom semi-strukturerade intervjuer. Vårt urval av respondenter var sex personer med olika positioner inom musikbranschen, detta för att få en bredare syn på forskningsområdet. Slutsatser Vi har i vår analys kommit fram till att majorbolagen anpassar sin kommunikation till vart fansen befinner sig, hur de pratar, rör sig men även att låta dem vara delaktiga och interaktiva. I uppsatsens analys framkom det även att majorbolagen är i sin marknadsföring noga med att artisten inte ska finnas på alla kanaler om den inte har en aktiv kommunikation. Det är även en fördel att visa andra intressen än musiken.Purpose and research questions The purpose of this study is to analyze the way in which major companies promote their artists on social media and what the communication looks like between artists and their fans. We do this by making it clear whether there is an underlying work that affects how the marketing appears between artists and fans and if it is possible to follow up the work. To answer this purpose we have created a research question: How do major companies use social media to establish long lasting relationships between artist and fans? Method We have chosen to use a qualitative research method in our thesis. The collection of material has been through primary sources and secondary sources and the empirical material consists of semi-structured interviews. Our selection of respondents was six people with different positions in the music industry, in order to get a broader view of research. Conclusions We have in our analysis concluded that the major companies adapt their communications to where the fans are, how they talk, move, but also to let them be involved and interactive. In the analysis of the thesis it is also revealed that the major companies in their marketing are making sure that the artist should not be on all channels if it doesn’t have an active communication. It is also an advantage to show interests other than music.
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Funeland, Ida, and Lisa Johansson. "Skomakarens barn i kommunikationsbranschen : En kvalitativ studie om relationsskapande i sociala medier genom strategisk kommunikation för byråer i kommunikationsbranschen." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-82745.
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Syfte: Syftet med studien är att få en djupare förståelse för hur utvalda praktiker i kommunikationsbranschen i Karlstad upplever anpassningen av sociala medier och dess roll för relationsskapande genom strategisk kommunikation. Huvudfrågeställning: Hur upplever de utvalda praktikerna i den bransch som borde vara i framkant inom kommunikation anpassningen av det strategiska skiftet som sociala medier medfört? o Hur upplever praktikerna sociala mediers roll i den strategiska kommunikationen för relationsskapande?o Hur kan praktikernas upplevelser av relationsskapande genom sociala medier som kommunikationsväg förklaras genom Social Information Processing Theory?o Hur kan praktikernas upplevelser av relationsskapande genom sociala medier som strategisk kommunikation förklaras genom Relationship Cultivation Strategies? Teorier: Social Information Processing, Relationship Cultivation Metod: I denna studie har vi använt oss av metoden kvalitativa intervjuer och genomfört undersökningen på nio praktiker verkande i byråer inom kommunikationsbranschen. Praktikerna hittades genom Karlstads företagsregister och kontaktades sedan via mejl vid rekrytering. Efter att vi genomfört intervjuerna bearbetades materialet i NVivo där vi med hjälp av resultatet kunde kategorisera olika teman. Genom resultatet analyserade och diskuterade vi fram slutsatser. Slutsats: Inledningsvis kan vi efter våra kvalitativa intervjuer dra slutsatsen att sociala medier möjliggör för olika syften vilket resulterar i att rollen i den övergripande kommunikativa strategin skiljs åt beroende på praktikernas skilda upplevelser. Vi kan även dra slutsatsen att sociala medier främst upplevs som en kommunikationsväg för att intensifiera och integrera relationer, snarare än att initiera relationer, vilket betyder att upplevelserna till viss del kan förklaras genom Social Information Processing Theory. Vi kan också dra slutsatsen att praktikernas upplevelser av relationsskapande i sociala medier kan förklaras genom de flesta kommunikativa insatserna från Relationship Cultivation Strategies, med ett undantag (networking). Dock kan vi också se att strategierna inte alltid appliceras i relationsskapande syfte utan kan grundas i andra motiv. Avslutningsvis kan vi antyda att praktikernas verkan inom kommunikationsbranschen (som bör vara i framkant gällande strategisk kommunikation för relationsskapande) inte förhindrar att praktikerna tampas med att efterleva det de själva predikar.Purpose: The purpose of the study is to gain a deeper understanding of how selected practitioners in the communications industry in Karlstad experience the adaptation of social media and its role for relationship building through strategic communication. Research question: How do the selected practitioners in the industry who should be at the forefront of communication experience the adaptation of the strategic shift that social media has brought about? o How do the practitioners experience the role of social media in the strategic communication for relationship building? o How can the practitioners experiences of relationship building through social media as a means of communication be explained through Social Information Processing Theory? o How can the practitioners experiences of relationship building through social media as strategic communication be explained through Relationship Cultivation Strategies? Theories: Social Information Processing, Relationship Cultivation Method: In this study, we have used the method of qualitative interviews and conducted the survey on nine practitioners working in agencies in the communications industry. The interns were found through Karlstad's business register and were then contacted via email when recruiting. After we conducted the interviews, the material was processed in NVivo, where we could use the results to categorize different themes. Through the result we analysed and discussed our way to conclusions. Conclusion: Initially, after our qualitative interviews, we can conclude that social media enables different purposes, which results in different roles in the overall communicative strategy depending on the different experiences of the practitioners. We can also conclude that social media is primarily perceived as a communication path to intensify and integrate relationships, rather than initiating relationships, which means that the experiences can to some extent be explained through Social Information Processing Theory. We can also conclude that practitioners' experiences of relationship building in social media can be explained by most communicative efforts from Relationship Cultivation Strategies, with one exception (networking). However, we can also see that the strategies are not always applied for relationship building purposes but can be based on other motives. In conclusion, we can suggest that the practitioners' occupation within the communication industry (which should be at the forefront of strategic communication for relationship building) does not prevent practitioners from struggling to live up to what they preach.
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Fung, Po-kwong, and 馮寶光. "How to provide quality service in view of recent changes: a study of the private property management industry." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1997. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B3196803X.
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Roxner, Disa, and Jonna Tarakkamäki. "Det relationsbyggande arbetet : En kvalitativ studie om företags perspektiv på kortsiktiga kundrelationer." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Handelshögskolan (from 2013), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-76347.
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Kundrelationer har blivit allt viktigare i alla branscher på grund av teknologisk utveckling och ökad konkurrens. Företags fokus har till följd av detta förflyttats från produkter till kunderna. Avsikten med denna studie har varit att ta reda på vilka incitament som finns för att arbeta med kundrelationer och hur det arbetet ser ut, med hänsyn till de meningsskiljaktigheter som förekommer i tidigare forskning avseende betydelsen av kundrelationer. Detta har studerats på relationen mellan hyresvärdar som tillhandahåller studentbostäder och deras hyresgäster, vilket är en relation som karaktäriseras av kortvarighet på grund av boendets tillfälliga karaktär. Den begränsade mängd forskning som behandlar kortsiktiga kundrelationer och den långsiktighet som ofta lyfts fram i befintlig forskning, medför att det finns ett särskilt intresse av att öka kunskapen om denna relation. Syftet med denna studie har varit att ta reda på vilka incitament företag har för att arbeta med kortsiktiga kundrelationer samt beskriva hur det relationsbyggande arbetet ser ut. Denna kvalitativa studie behandlar hyresvärdens perspektiv, sex hyresvärdar med studentbostäder har intervjuats. Det kan konstateras att dessa hyresvärdar arbetar med relationsbyggande aktiviteter mot sina studenthyresgäster, trots studentbostadens tillfälliga karaktär och den kortvarighet som relationen karaktäriseras av. Incitamenten för att arbeta med kundrelationer, vilka identifierades i denna studie, är rykte, konkurrenskraft, nöjda kunder, förtroende och varaktighet. Studiens resultat visar även att hyresvärdarna arbetar med relationer genom att uppfylla hyresgästernas behov, vilket görs genom god kommunikation samt olika aktiviteter och åtgärder. Organisationens utformning var ytterligare en aspekt som spelade roll för det relationsbyggande arbetet, främst då utformningen möjliggör kommunikation med hyresgästerna.Customer relations have become more important in all industries due to technological development and increased competition. As a result, company focus has shifted from products to customers. This study intended to find out which incentives exist for working with customer relations and how they implement their work, taking into account the differences that exist in previous research regarding the importance of customer relations. This has been studied on the relationship between landlords who provide student housing and their tenants, which is a relation characterized by short duration due to the temporary nature of the accommodation. The limited amount of research that discuss short-term customer relations and the long-term perspective that is often highlighted in existing research, results in a particular interest in increasing knowledge about this relationship. The purpose of this study has therefore been to find which incentives companies have to work with short-term customer relations and describe how they implement this work. This qualitative study concentrates on the landlord’s perspective, six landlords with student housing has been interviewed. It can be stated that these landlords work with relationship-building activities towards their student tenants, despite the short duration and temporary nature of the accommodation. The incentives for working with customer relations, which were identified in this study, are the company’s reputation, competitiveness, satisfied customers, trust and durability. The study also shows that landlords work with relations by meeting the tenants needs, which is done through good communication, activities and arrangements. Also, the design of the organization mattered for the relationship-building work, mostly because the design enables communication with the tenants.
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Zahirovic, Emir, and Ines Imamovic. "Företagsbloggen som det upprätthållande kommunikationsverktyget : En kvalitativ studie om företagsbloggar som kommunikationsverktyg." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-32818.
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Trovärdigheten för traditionella medier har minskat vilket har lett till att det blivit svårare att kommunicera med kunder och lett till en ökad konkurrens bland företag. I takt med utvecklingen av internet och Web 2.0 blev digitala dagböcker populära som kommunikationsverktyg för företag. Digitala dagböcker har, utifrån problemdiskussionen, identifierats som företagsbloggar bland företag och har inom ramen för Public relations ansetts en lösning på problemet med att kommunicera med kunder. Detta då företagsbloggar präglas av faktorer i form av bland annat förmågan att föra god kommunikation med publiken, skapa relationer, bygga varumärket, differentiera företag från konkurrenter samt som ett bra verktyg för sökmotoroptimering. Vad som dock inte framgår är vilka faktorer som är viktiga för företag att upprätthålla en skapad företagsblogg. Syftet med denna studie är att ur ett företagsperspektiv undersöka och få förståelse för vilka faktorer som är viktiga för att företag ska upprätthålla sin företagsblogg som ett kommunikationsverktyg och syftet leder till frågeställningen: “Vilka faktorer är viktiga för att företag ska upprätthålla sin företagsblogg som ett kommunikationsverktyg?” Studiens urval grundar sig på företag som driver en företagsblogg och är verksamma inom tjänstebranschen och där inom marknadsstrategin business-to-business. Studien består av en kvalitativ undersökningsmetod som har genomförts via semistrukturerade intervjuer med fem företag inom ramen för urvalet. Intervjufrågorna formades efter studiens teoretiska ramverk som stod som grund för forskningen och hade huvudspår inom företagsblogg som kommunikationsverktyg, Public relations, relationsmarknadsföring och varumärkesbyggande. Slutligen analyserades empirin och kopplingar gjordes med relevanta teorier. Resultatet visar att kommunicera ut kunskap och information samt att skapa relationer är viktiga faktorer för att företag ska upprätthålla sin företagsblogg som ett kommunikationsverktyg. Resterande faktorer kan variera och beror på företagets storlek och affärsinriktning.The credibility of traditional media has diminished over the years which has made it harder for companies to communicate with customers as well as it has increased the competition among companies. In line with the development of the internet and Web 2.0, digital diaries became popular as a communication tool for companies to use. Digital diaries have been identified as corporate blogs among companies and has been identified, within the frame of Public relations, as a solution to the communication problem with consumers that companies can deal with. Corporate blogs are characterized by factors such as the ability to communicate with the audience, create relationships, branding, differentiation as well as a good search engine optimization tool. What is not evident, however, is which are the factors that are important to maintain a corporate blog. The purpose of the study is to, from a business perspective, examine and understand which factors that are important for companies to maintain their corporate blog as a communication tool and the purpose leads to the question at issue: “Which factors are important for companies to maintain their corporate blog as a communication tool?" The selection of the study is based on companies that are running an corporate blog and that are active in the service business industry within the business-to-business marketing strategy. The study consists of a qualitative study and the used method is semi-structured interviews with five companies within the selection of the study. The interview questions were formed in accordance with the theoretical framework of the study, which formed the basis for the research and had headlines in corporate blog as a communication tool, Public relations, relationship marketing and brand building. Finally, the results were analyzed and connections were made with relevant theories of the study. The results show that to communicate knowledge and information, as well as building relationships, are important factors for companies to maintain their corporate blog as a communication tool. The remaining factors may vary and depend on the size of the company and what business orientation the company has.
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Fransson, Daniel. "Byggvaruhuskedjors kravställningar på sina leverantörer En studie av bygghandeln i Sverige." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-2258.
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Denna studie utreder vilka funktioner och roller som byggvaruhuskedjor efterfrågar att deras leverantörer från träindustrin bör ha i marknadskanalen. Vidare förklaras hur dessa leverantörer bör agera för att möta dessa krav och förväntningar. Sålunda skapas gynnsamma utvecklingsmöjligheter av nya produktlösningar för att svara upp till nya krav på teknik och produktutveckling för att öka försäljningen av trävaror till de viktiga GDS (Gör-Det-Själv)- och byggmaterialmarknaderna i både Sverige och Europa. Byggvaruhuskedjorna anser att träindustrin har ett alldeles för stort produktions- och volymfokus och inriktar sig för mycket på export av trävaror. Byggvaruhuskedjor efterfrågar alltmer en leverantör från träindustrin med en hög anpassningsförmåga som kan medverka i kedjans utvecklingsarbete och som samtidigt har stor lyhördhet gentemot marknadens behov och har möjlighet att göra anpassningar till lokala GDS- och byggmaterialmarknader. Leverantörer från träindustrin måste sålunda gå ifrån produktions- och volymfokusering till kundutveckling och kundfokus. Deras produktivitetsutveckling och samarbetsvillighet har en stor betydelse för att generera en välfungerande interaktion med sina kunder. Sålunda kan en koppling mellan deras egen produktion och deras kunders behov utvecklas. Det kommer sannolikt att bli mycket kostsamt och svårt för träindustrin att försöka bearbeta den svenska och europeiska marknaderna utan att använda byggvaruhuskedjorna som marknadskanal. Byggvaruhuskedjornas ökade konsumentfokus och riktade marknadsföring medför enligt dem själva en expansion av marknaden samtidigt som prismedvetenheten och kraven från GDS- och byggmaterialmarknaderna ökar. Byggvaruhuskedjorna verkar alltmer fungera som systemintegratör och anser själva att de känner av en större makt gentemot sina leverantörer. Byggvaruhuskedjorna förefaller dock svårare att definiera som antigen mega-retailers eller category-killers. Branschgränserna blir alltmer oklara och det blir sålunda svårare att avgöra vilka företag som specifikt kan klassificeras att tillhöra bygghandeln Den nationella bygghandeln blir samtidigt alltmer internationell och sammanfattningsvis verkar en marknadskanal med nya funktioner och strukturer att utvecklas.
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Brözel, Claudia. "Perspektiven von Transaktionen in der Internet-Ökonomie am Beispiel der Reisebranche." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2012. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-86522.
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Informationen stellen den zentralen Produktionsfaktor in der gesamten touristischen Wertschöpfungskette dar. Daher nehmen Informations- und Kommunikations-Technologien schon sehr lange eine zentrale Rolle in der Tourismusindustrie ein (z.B. Global Distribution Systems). Durch die Leistungssteigerung von IuK Systemen und der Entwicklung des Internets haben sich neue ökonomischen Gesetzmäßigkeiten entwickelt (z.B. Long Tail), die sich durch die Digitalisierung von Informationen und damit in geringen Produktions- und Distributionskosten darstellen. Mit den Möglichkeiten selbst Informationen zu produzieren und veröffentlichen, sind in den letzten Jahren auch die Kunden Teil der Wertschöpfungskette geworden. Durch die Immaterialität und Emotionalität von Reisen kombiniert mit der anonymen Transaktionssituation im Internet, wird Bewertungen, Fotos und Kommentaren anderer Nutzer ein größeres Vertrauen entgegengebracht, als den Informationen der Anbieter. Vertrauen aufzubauen und langfristig zu erhalten, ist daher für Reiseanbieter ein wesentlicher Erfolgsfaktor und zentrale Aufgabe. Bei einem Umsatzvolumen von 22 – 30 Milliarden des deutschen organisierten Reisemarktes geht man im Jahr 2010 von einem online generierten Umsatzanteil von 40% [siehe Tabelle 3 und Tabelle 4] aus, der weiter steigt. Die traditionelle touristische Wertschöpfungskette ist aufgebrochen, da jede Teilbranche mit den Kunden im Internet vernetzt sein kann und zusätzlich neue Anbieter mit technischem Hintergrund in den Markt drängen. So kann die neue Wertschöpfungsstruktur als Matrix aufgefasst werden. Damit werden die klassischen Rollen von Produzenten, Leistungsträger und Intermediären grundlegend in Frage gestellt. Die technische Entwicklung einerseits und die Generationsentwicklung (Digital Natives) andererseits verändern die Reisebranche grundlegend.
In Fokusgruppeninterviews mit Digital Natives analysiert die vorliegende Untersuchung, wie wichtig für die Generation von morgen die Kommunikation für die Aktionsbereitschaft in ihrem wahrgenommenen Spannungsfeld von Möglichkeiten und Risiken im Internet ist.
In der Hauptstudie, dem Experten-Delphi, nahmen 37 Teilnehmer aus allen Teilbranchen der touristischen Wertschöpfungskette zu 24 Thesen aus drei entwicklungsrelevanten Themenbereichen Stellung. Während der Internetzugang und die aktive Nutzung für die Experten ein Generationsthema ist, das sich zunehmend auflöst, sehen die Experten mehrheitlich, dass das Netz, auch über mobile Endgeräte, das Leitmedium für die Zukunft darstellt. Die Folge daraus sind Einflüsse auf die Marktstrukturen, die einerseits in einer Fragmentierung und andererseits in einer starken Konzentration gesehen werden. Die Veränderung und Entwicklung der Reiseindustrie definiert sich, laut den befragten Experten, in den Datenstrukturen. Die Möglichkeiten, Angebote im Netz flexibel darzustellen, diese zu vernetzen und auffindbar zu machen, ist aus ihrer Sicht der essenzielle Erfolgsfaktor für die Marktteilnehmer. Die Datenstrukturen und die Datenqualität bestimmen aus Expertensicht die Zukunft für die Branche, da sie auch Glaubwürdigkeit und Vertrauen in die Anbieter und Produkte herstellen können. Eine Folge aus der Technisierung ist die vielfach angesprochene fehlende Bildung und Ausbildung angehender Touristiker in Bezug auf die Technologie und Anwendung der Systeme.
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Kim, Daeyoung. "Exploratory study of lean construction assessment of lean implementation /." 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3108494.
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HAN, TSUNG-HENG, and 韓宗衡. "A Study on the Resource-based View in Building Marketing Strategy of B&B Industry－Case Studies of Penghu." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/51939167711726642836.
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In recent years, B&B industry has been an important part of tourism industry. How do the owners use their resources and capabilities to gain more tourists through selecting and implementing their marketing strategies? In this thesis, we use in-depth interview method and AHP method to sort the importance of marketing capabilities and resources. Then, we compare them with the owners’ scores and make some suggestions. In the end, B&B industry in Penghu focus on customer linking capabilities and reputational assets, and they make efforts on developing these resources and capabilities. Meanwhile, based on the results, we find that their marketing strategy is to maintain existing customer relationship. In the future, they can access their potential customers to receive sustainable growth.
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"Application of ISO 9000 quality standard to a maintenance department of a construction material supplier." Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5888305.
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by Sitt Wing-leung William.Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-65).
ABSTRACT --- p.iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v
LIST OF FIGURES --- p.vii
LIST OF TABLES --- p.viii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.ix
Chapter
Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION
The Development of Quality --- p.1
Rise of International Quality Standard --- p.2
ISO 9000 Quality Standard --- p.3
Significance of ISO 9000 --- p.5
Maintenance Management --- p.7
Project Objective --- p.8
Chapter II. --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Case Study Approach --- p.10
Settings and Timeframe --- p.10
Data Collection --- p.11
Literature Review --- p.12
Chapter III. --- MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT
Company Profile --- p.13
Maintenance Department --- p.14
Repair and Maintenance --- p.16
Problems Encountered --- p.18
Improved Operating System --- p.21
Benefits of the New System --- p.28
Limitations of the New System --- p.29
Chapter IV. --- APPLICATION OF ISO 9000 QUALITY SYSTEM
14Elements Applied to Maintenance Department --- p.31
Implementation Process --- p.41
Difficulties Encountered --- p.45
Hints to Successful Implementation --- p.47
Benefits and Drawbacks --- p.50
Chapter V. --- CONCLUSION
Summary --- p.53
Recommendations for Further Study --- p.55
APPENDIX --- p.57
BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.63
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Liao, Ming-Li, and 廖敏利. "A Research of Key Factors for Building an Intelligent Factory and Supply Chain Strategy for the Taiwan Aerospace Industry - Case Studies of an Aerospace Company in Taiwan." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/cgi-bin/gs32/gsweb.cgi/login?o=dnclcdr&s=id=%22107NCHU5457094%22.&searchmode=basic.
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The Aerospace industry is an industry that requires high-technology and intelligent management. Its products must be designed and manufactured to meet the stringent requirements of high process quality, high quality, high reliability, high durability and made to withstand harsh environmental conditions. Therefore, a country''s aerospace industry and technology level often represent the national strength of a country. It also directly affects the country''s development in manufacturing and industrial technological development. Each country''s aerospace industry development policy and actual development will become the country''s important industrial policy which will govern priorities. In the past two decades, Taiwan has become an important base in the global aerospace industry supply chain. Domestic manufacturers have taken the important role of R&D, design, manufacture and maintenance, and have played an important role in the global civil aviation aerospace industry supply chain. Aerospace manufacturers must transform themselves into intelligent factories through smart technology, thereby promoting the upgrading of intelligent manufacturing. In addition information sharing among all members of the supply chain allows the supply chain to react faster and to become more flexible to enhance its competitiveness. Effective supplier management and adopting an appropriate and effective supply chain strategy will have a significant and positive influence upon the performance of supply manufacturers and other members. The purpose of this study is to construct a strategic alliance of China''s aerospace industry''s intelligent machinery, intelligent manufacturing and industrial supply chain system, and to introduce the intelligent factory of Industry 4.0 and intelligent logistics into the aerospace industry, and to create an appropriate was well as an effective supplier alliance strategy. The structure of the research method is divided into four stages. The first stage is to conduct a survey and analysis of the current status of Taiwan''s overall aerospace industry development; the second stage is the investigation and analysis of the current progress in promoting industrial 4.0 and developing intelligent factories; the third stage is to apply commonly used decision analysis methods for conducting management decisions, which uses such methods as; Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), Analytic Network Process (ANP), Quality Function Deployment (QFD), Maximum Entropy Ordered Weighted Averaging (ME-OWA), Maximum Entropy Ordered Weighted Geometric Averaging (ME-OWGA). The fourth and final stage is based on the case of Company A which considers key factors needed to develop smart factories and to effective establish supply chain strategies. In-depth interviews as well as Experts have been used to select key factors. The score of the factor is derived by applying the Maximum Entropy Ordered Weighted Geometric Averaging (ME-OWGA) analysis method to calculate the score and to determine the order of precedence of each of the important key factors. The research results show that in the key factors of establishing an intelligent factory, the priorities of five key factors are; Cyber, Connection, Machine, Maintenance and Cloud. Highlighted is the importance of Cyber and Machine in both the defense and aerospace industries, which carries the highest overall weight level. The three items demanded are; “Quality Assurance”, “Product Safety” and “Cost Competitiveness”. The indicators used the supply chain strategy evaluation included; eight supplier capability evaluation indicators such as “Product Reliability” which were selected as applicable to national defense. In addition to their selection for both defense and aerospace technology industry, the suppliers in the aerospace industry should also understand customer''s needs to mitigate their own shortcomings thereby achieving a “win-win” situation applicable to both the defense and aerospace industries.
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Brözel, Claudia. "Perspektiven von Transaktionen in der Internet-Ökonomie am Beispiel der Reisebranche: Future Aspects of Transactions in the Internet-Economy - the Example of the Travel Industry." Doctoral thesis, 2011. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A25986.
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Informationen stellen den zentralen Produktionsfaktor in der gesamten touristischen Wertschöpfungskette dar. Daher nehmen Informations- und Kommunikations-Technologien schon sehr lange eine zentrale Rolle in der Tourismusindustrie ein (z.B. Global Distribution Systems). Durch die Leistungssteigerung von IuK Systemen und der Entwicklung des Internets haben sich neue ökonomischen Gesetzmäßigkeiten entwickelt (z.B. Long Tail), die sich durch die Digitalisierung von Informationen und damit in geringen Produktions- und Distributionskosten darstellen. Mit den Möglichkeiten selbst Informationen zu produzieren und veröffentlichen, sind in den letzten Jahren auch die Kunden Teil der Wertschöpfungskette geworden. Durch die Immaterialität und Emotionalität von Reisen kombiniert mit der anonymen Transaktionssituation im Internet, wird Bewertungen, Fotos und Kommentaren anderer Nutzer ein größeres Vertrauen entgegengebracht, als den Informationen der Anbieter. Vertrauen aufzubauen und langfristig zu erhalten, ist daher für Reiseanbieter ein wesentlicher Erfolgsfaktor und zentrale Aufgabe. Bei einem Umsatzvolumen von 22 – 30 Milliarden des deutschen organisierten Reisemarktes geht man im Jahr 2010 von einem online generierten Umsatzanteil von 40% [siehe Tabelle 3 und Tabelle 4] aus, der weiter steigt. Die traditionelle touristische Wertschöpfungskette ist aufgebrochen, da jede Teilbranche mit den Kunden im Internet vernetzt sein kann und zusätzlich neue Anbieter mit technischem Hintergrund in den Markt drängen. So kann die neue Wertschöpfungsstruktur als Matrix aufgefasst werden. Damit werden die klassischen Rollen von Produzenten, Leistungsträger und Intermediären grundlegend in Frage gestellt. Die technische Entwicklung einerseits und die Generationsentwicklung (Digital Natives) andererseits verändern die Reisebranche grundlegend.
In Fokusgruppeninterviews mit Digital Natives analysiert die vorliegende Untersuchung, wie wichtig für die Generation von morgen die Kommunikation für die Aktionsbereitschaft in ihrem wahrgenommenen Spannungsfeld von Möglichkeiten und Risiken im Internet ist.
In der Hauptstudie, dem Experten-Delphi, nahmen 37 Teilnehmer aus allen Teilbranchen der touristischen Wertschöpfungskette zu 24 Thesen aus drei entwicklungsrelevanten Themenbereichen Stellung. Während der Internetzugang und die aktive Nutzung für die Experten ein Generationsthema ist, das sich zunehmend auflöst, sehen die Experten mehrheitlich, dass das Netz, auch über mobile Endgeräte, das Leitmedium für die Zukunft darstellt. Die Folge daraus sind Einflüsse auf die Marktstrukturen, die einerseits in einer Fragmentierung und andererseits in einer starken Konzentration gesehen werden. Die Veränderung und Entwicklung der Reiseindustrie definiert sich, laut den befragten Experten, in den Datenstrukturen. Die Möglichkeiten, Angebote im Netz flexibel darzustellen, diese zu vernetzen und auffindbar zu machen, ist aus ihrer Sicht der essenzielle Erfolgsfaktor für die Marktteilnehmer. Die Datenstrukturen und die Datenqualität bestimmen aus Expertensicht die Zukunft für die Branche, da sie auch Glaubwürdigkeit und Vertrauen in die Anbieter und Produkte herstellen können. Eine Folge aus der Technisierung ist die vielfach angesprochene fehlende Bildung und Ausbildung angehender Touristiker in Bezug auf die Technologie und Anwendung der Systeme.:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Zusammenfassung
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Abkürzungsverzeichnis
Tabellenverzeichnis
Abbildungsverzeichnis
I Einleitung und aktueller Bezugsrahmen
1 Einführung in die Untersuchung
1.1 Ausgangssituation
1.2 Zielsetzung der Arbeit
1.3 Vorgehen und Aufbau der Arbeit
2 Internetentwicklung und Reiseindustrie
2.1 Die Internetentwicklung Stand 2010
2.2 Einfluss der Internetentwicklung auf die Reisebranche Stand 2010
2.2.1 Die Transformation der traditionellen Wertschöpfungskette
2.2.2 Die Entwicklung des Informationsmanagements
2.2.3 Die Konversion als Erfolgsindikator
2.2.4 Die Veränderung des Informationsverhaltens der Konsumenten
2.3 Die Konsumenten von morgen: Digital Natives
2.3.1 Merkmale der Generation: Digital Natives
2.3.2 Definition und Charakteristik
2.3.3 Daten und Fakten zu Digital Natives
2.3.3.1 Die ARD/ZDF-Onlinestudie
2.3.3.2 Die VerbraucherAnalyse
3 Relevanz der Forschungsarbeit
II Theoretische Grundlagen
1 Einführung und Überblick
2 Organisationstheorie und Koordination
2.1 Die Transaktionskostentheorie
2.2 Der IT-Einfluss auf die Transaktionskosten
3 Die Internet-Ökonomie
3.1 Begriff und Abgrenzung
3.2 Empirische Gesetze der Internet-Ökonomie
3.2.1 Moores Law
3.2.2 Gilders Law
3.2.3 Huntleys Law
3.2.4 Metcalfes Law
3.2.5 Reeds Law
3.2.6 Jacobs Law
3.2.7 Long Tail
3.2.8 Arthurs Law
3.3 Charakteristika der Internet-Ökonomie
3.4 Wertschöpfung in der Internet-Ökonomie
4 Das Konstrukt Vertrauen
4.1 Begriff und Merkmale
4.2 Vertrauen: die ökonomische Perspektive
4.3 Vertrauen: die technisch-abstrakte Perspektive
4.4 Vertrauen: die internet-ökonomische Perspektive
5 Modellkonstitution der 3 Vertrauensebenen
5.1 Aufbau und Diskussion des eigenen Modellansatzes
5.2 Bestimmung der drei Vertrauensebenen
5.3 Studiengestaltung zum Modell
III Empirische Untersuchungen
1 Methodenwahl und Analysewerkzeug
1.1 Das Fokusgruppeninterview
1.1.1 Vorteile von Fokusgruppeninterviews
1.1.2 Grenzen des Fokusgruppeninterviews
1.2 Die Experten-Delphi-Befragung
1.2.1 Vorteile des Delphi-Verfahrens
1.2.2 Grenzen des Delphi-Verfahrens
1.3 Analysemethode: Grounded Theory
1.3.1 Schlüsselelemente der Methode Grounded Theory
1.3.2 Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Grounded Theory
2 Die Vorstudie: Digital Natives in Fokusgruppen
2.1 Rekrutierung der Teilnehmer
2.2 Fokusgruppeninterviews : Teilnehmerbeschreibung
2.3 Leitfragen der Fokusgruppeninterviews
2.4 Analyse der Fokusgruppeninterviews
2.4.1 Analyseschritt 1: Die Wortwolke
2.4.2 Analyseschritt 2: Die Kategorisierung
2.4.3 Analyseschritt 3: Das Kodierparadigma zur Untersuchung
2.4.4 Fazit der Vorstudie: Das Interaktionsmodell
3 Die Hauptstudie: Das Experten-Delphi
3.1 Die Ausgangshypothesen
3.2 Das Erhebungsdesign
3.2.1 Auswahl und Rekrutierung der Teilnehmer
3.2.2 Thesengenerierung und Feedback
3.2.3 Methodensteckbrief
3.3 Die Delphi-Analyse
3.3.1 Übersicht zur qualitativen Analyse
3.3.2 Teilbranchen
3.3.3 Teil (1) Internetnutzung und -zugang
3.3.4 Treiber und Barrieren der Rahmenbedingungen
3.3.5 Teil (2) Digitale Märkte- Netzwerke – Online Reiseindustrie
3.3.6 Treiber und Barrieren Digitaler Märkte
3.3.7 Teil (3) Schwerpunkt: Vertrauen
3.3.8 Ausblick: 3 Themen der Zukunft
IV Diskussion der Ergebnisse
1 Interpretation der Delphi-Ergebnisse
2 Reflektion der Hypothesen
3 Reflektion des Modells der drei Vertrauensebenen
4 Güteabwägung des methodischen Ansatzes
5 Fazit und Ausblick
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Lebenslauf/Vita
Eidesstattliche Erklärung
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