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Montoro, Julian. "Cooperation and competition among aged parents and adult children." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 1994. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1061556654.
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Gundersen, Eivind Arne, and Nils Olaf Eriksen. "Adaptation and Cooperation in TPL Relationships : How do providers and buyers adapt and cooperate to develop mutually beneficial and long-term relationships?" Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-21344.
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Problem: The developing business market and the pressure it puts on business gives rise to new fields of business within SCM and logistics. Third party logistics (TPL) services have grown rapidly in importance as an alternative to vertical business integration. The emergence of TPL has brought about interest in the topic by academia, but recent literature reviews express a need for research on TPL relationships where both buyer and provider perspectives are viewed simultaneously, since a majority of previous research has been conducted more from a single organisational viewpoint. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how providers and buyers in TPL relationships adapt and cooperate to develop mutually beneficial and long-term relationships, as well as investigating their willingness and attitudes in this concern. Method: The thesis combines an explanatory and exploratory classification, and performs a qualitative, mono method study of viewpoints on TPL relationships from Swedish and Norwegian providers and buyers that currently are in a TPL relationship. Semi-structured interviews are conducted with four providers and three buyers. The findings are analysed and interpreted in light of a theoretical framework developed from the literature review, which in the analysis is applied in a TPL context to extend the understanding of TPL relationships. Conclusions: Willingness to adapt and cooperate in TPL relationships is connected with the parties’ perceived potential for economic gain and also with being able to trust the other party. Buyers emphasise the need for providers to have knowledge about the buyers’ business. Providers emphasise the need for buyers to be knowledgeable about their own business and for the buyer to fits their solutions. Attitudes: Both parties emphasise communication as crucial for the development of mutual benefits. Buyers adapt to providers’ standards as far as possible. Providers seem to want buyers to adapt to their solutions to gain economies of scale, and therefore appear reluctant to make relationship-specific investments. The use of contracts in the TPL context appears to contradict literature in that contracts work as a foundation for building trust, as well as for reducing opportunistic and operational risk. In practice, both providers and buyers highlight the use of integrated IT-solutions as a means of adapting to each other. Regular operational meetings are emphasised as part of the practical cooperation to develop the relationship’s future and to discuss day-to-day issues.
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Wennberg, Andreas, and Emil Persson. "Coopetition and Complexity : Exploring a Coopetitive Relationship with Complexity." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet (USBE), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-52689.
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Cooperation have in previous research been seen as a negative impact on competition and vice versa. This thesis is building on a concept called coopetition in which cooperation and competition is studied simultaneously. Coopetition have been studied in terms of the level of cooperation and competition. However, we found a possible link between coopetition and complexity in previous literature. Thus, the purpose of this study is to explore whether complexity can develop an understanding for what organizations within a company group cooperate and compete about as well what they want to cooperate and compete about. The four main cornerstones in the theoretical frame of reference is cooperation, competition, coopetition and complexity. We begin by defining these concepts, describing previous research and discuss various factors of the concepts. Finally, we further develop the possible link between coopetition and complexity. For reaching our purpose we study a company group in the travel industry. We are conducting unstructured interviews with people at leading positions in the company group. Our analysis is done by thematic network analysis in six steps. The empirical data is coded, basic themes are found and a condensed version of the interviews is presented together with a short presentation about the company group. In the analysis we present two global themes, cooperation and competition. These are both derived from the basic themes and organizing themes. The factors of complexity are the organizing themes. Our conclusion is that complexity can categorize wanted and actual cooperation in the company group in the sense that complexity has to be lowered for cooperation to exist. Regarding competition, we did not draw any conclusion to our purpose due to lack of data. However, we find that competition is mainly seen as negative in the coopetitive situation studied. The implications of this thesis is that complexity can further refine the concept of coopetition but the causality have to be further tested. In a managerial perspective, leaders should focus on decreasing the factors of complexity if cooperation is wanted. We also suggest that it is important to understand if people in organizations are positive towards cooperation and negative to competition or the other way around.
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Shevchenko, Maryna Mykolaivna, and Marek Ostaszewski. "Perspectives of economic cooperation between Poland and Ukraine." Thesis, Національний технічний університет "Харківський політехнічний інститут", 2015. http://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/47487.
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Stålbrand, Fredrik. "Supplier Relationship Management in Intelbras Improving quality through buyer-supplier cooperation Fredrik." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Ingenjörshögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-17501.
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Competitive forces in today‟s business world are putting firms under pressure to improve quality, delivery performance, and responsiveness while simultaneously reducing cost, which for many companies have resulted in increased outsourcing of activities. Consequently a greater dependency on suppliers‟ performance in terms of quality and delivery service has evolved.Companies are therefore exploring ways to leverage their supply chains, by developing their supply chain structure and continually evaluating the role of suppliers in their activities. As supply chains have evolved, a number of different supply chain structures have emerged, based upon the networks and the level of collaboration between the buyer and supplier. The optimization of a supply chain process has proven to lead inevitably to a growing interdependence among supply chain partners. Treating all suppliers the same is no longer feasible, and a failure to recognize that some suppliers have different needs than others.The research conducted in this thesis was aimed at finding strategies, and approaches of effectively working with supplier relationship management.The empirical study was conducted at Intelbras, a Brazilian electronics manufacturer, which has a large percent of its production outsourced. Intelbras has recently segmented their supply-base into two segments; suppliers of commodity type items and suppliers of critical items. For suppliers of critical items, quality agreements were developed to attend the special needs of selected items.The findings of the research was compared and analyzed with the empirical data, which resulted in a few suggestions of possible future developments for Intelbras.Keywords: Supplier Relationship Management, Strategic Segmentation, Total Cost of Ownership, Buyer-Supplier Cooperation, Quality AgreementProgram: Industriell ekonomi - affärsingenjör
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Ng, On-ling Connie. "The changing relationship between government and social service NGOs." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2008. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B41012963.
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Magnusson, Jonas, Johan Olsson, and Benjamin Risom. "Cooperation in the distribution channel : Determinants of inter-organisational cooperation between suppliers and servicing dealers in the Swedish outdoor power equipment market." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-16033.
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Background: For manufacturing suppliers, careful handling of business relationships with dealers is an essential function required for business success. End consumers rely on dealers for product information, advice and after sales support; all of which being factors capable of enhancing their perceived value of the product. The importance of the dealers for the end consumers implies that it is in the interest of suppliers to manage their relationship with the dealers in a satisfactory manner in order of gaining their support and commitment. In the case of suppliers in the Swedish market for outdoor power equipment, managing this relationship with servicing dealers is of great importance to their business success and viability. Successful management of such relationships requires coordination and cooperation. Thus, it is in the interest of suppliers to understand how long-term cooperation with dealers can be enhanced. Purpose: Our research focuses on identifying determinants that enhance sustainable cooperation between manufacturers and servicing dealers in the Swedish outdoor power equipment market. Method: A survey was conducted among servicing dealerships in Sweden testing eight hypotheses developed through an adaption of Morgan and Hunts’ (1994) Commitment-trust theory together with an extensive literature review. The results were ana-lysed and tested with correlation analysis. Conclusions: Trust and commitment were found to be determinants in fostering sustainable cooperation between dealers and manufacturers in the Swedish market for outdoor power equipment. Furthermore, four important antecedents for dealer commitment were identified; supplier commitment, support, termination costs and participation. Whereas, communication was found to be an important precursor for trust.
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Zou, Weiwu, and 邹伟武. "Relationship management in public private partnership infrastructure projects." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B47849629.
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Public Private Partnership (PPP) procurement has developed in many countries, as an
effective way for governments to allay their financial burden and/or improve the
efficiencies of public services. However, PPP has also experienced many ups and
downs in its applications. As a collaborative venture between public and private
sectors, the quality of the relationship between them has been shown to be a key
contributor to the success of a PPP project. However, no study has, as yet,
conceptualized and tested an integrative framework for modeling and addressing the
relational aspect in PPP projects. This study aims to fill this gap. Moreover, the
revamping of PPP in the above direction, would align with what is found to be a much
larger trend, in moving from traditional management to relationship approaches in
project management in general and on built infrastructure projects in particular. The
general purpose of this study is to make an original contribution to relationship
research in PPP, by addressing the importance of this intangible side of PPP, through
developing a strategic relationship management framework for parties engaged in PPP
projects.
Having examined relational research in joint ventures, alliancing and
inter-organisational collaboration, it is found that game theory, transaction cost
analysis and relational contracting have a direct bearing on inter-organisational
relationships in infrastructure projects. Consequently, they are adopted as the
theoretical foundations for this research. This study first investigates the ‘hard side’ of
PPP relationships, analyzing their variables based on semi-structured interviews with
PPP experts. Further, the ‘soft side’ of PPP relationships, is found to be influenced
mainly by inter-organisational trust and commitment. This is also investigated in this
research by intensive literature review of inter-organisational relationships. A
relational variables and indicators model for PPP projects is then developed.
Quantitative research data was collected from two questionnaire surveys, targeting
international experiences. The first survey was aimed to examine the intensifying
and/or moderating effects of various relational variables. The second survey was
designed to identify the Critical Success Factors of relationship management in PPP
context. Qualitative research data was consolidated from a case study and follow-up
structured interviews. Findings from surveys, case study and interviews were then
triangulated to develop a strategic framework for better relationship management for
infrastructure PPP projects.
The findings from this research make a specific contribution to relationship
management research; while the ‘hard’ and ‘soft’ sides provide lenses for both PPP
parties to examine their relationship with their respective partners. The proposed
strategic framework consists of a Relationship Management Scheme and Guidelines
to be implemented in different PPP phases, through addressing the sustainability of
the relationship. It provides an initial scheme or base approach for project parties to
manage the relationships proactively rather than reactively. Besides, this research also
helps to identify relevant relational components that can be incorporated or directly
used in criteria for pre-tender selection. Such screening and special attention to these
critical components can also help to develop more sustainable relationships and attain
better value for money through PPP procurement in practice.published_or_final_version
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Hsiao, Ju-Miao Melody. "The Impact of Retailer-Supplier Cooperation and Decision-Making Uncertainty on Supply Chain Performance." University of Sydney, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/2098.
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Doctor of PhilosophyBuyer-supplier relationships have been increasingly considered a critical part of contemporary supply chain management. In response to dynamic and unpredictable market changes, buyers and suppliers enter into cooperative relationships to pursue individual goals and joint goals for better economic and non-economic performance of the supply chain. On the other hand, cooperation between channel members is surrounded by uncertainty, which can create a detrimental impact on the performance of a supply chain. Previous research has focused on various aspects of uncertainty that could affect supply chain member behaviour. The present research contends that relationship behavioural factors play an important role in increasing or mitigating channel members’ perceived uncertainty in their supply or purchase decision-making. Specifically, the purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of retailer-supplier cooperation and retailer/supplier’s decision-making uncertainty (DMU) on retail supply chain performance from the perspectives of both the retailer and the supplier. A holistic model was developed as the theoretical framework for this conceptualisation. A sample of 202 retailers and 64 suppliers in the sporting goods retail business in Taiwan was used to separately test a number of hypothesised relationships by using structural equation modelling (SEM). The findings indicate that both cooperation and DMU are the key determinants of retail supply chain performance, including financial performance and non-financial performance (i.e., supply flexibility and customer service). Financial performance is positively affected by retailer-supplier cooperation and negatively affected by DMU in both the retailer model and the supplier model. The five dimensions of retailer-supplier cooperation (i.e. trust, guanxi, dependence, coercive power and non-coercive power) have significant effects on cooperation. However, apart from guanxi with the retailer/supplier, neither other relationship dimensions nor retailer-supplier cooperation have any influence on retailer’s DMU or supplier’s DMU. The results also indicate that differences and similarities exist across retailers and suppliers with respect to the effects of several relationship dimensions on cooperation and uncertainty. 2 The holistic empirical model developed for this research contributes further to understanding the links, which have been lacking in the extant channel relationship literature and supply chain management literature, between buyer-supplier relationships, DMU, and supply chain performance. The findings that a retailer/supplier’s DMU can erode the performance of a supply chain in various aspects highlight the need for improvement in some areas of supply chain efficiency and effectiveness, through cooperation-enhancing actions between the retailer and the supplier. From a managerial perspective, the performance improvement in the supply chain, in turn, will motivate more reciprocal commitment and efforts from the retailer and the supplier to maintain their working relationship. As such, mutual trust and enriched guanxi, dependence and non-coercive power help both the retailer and the supplier to have less uncertainty in their purchase/supply decision-making process. It creates a win-win position for both parties in the supply chain.
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Huang, Chih-Hsuan. "Investigating relationships between relationship quality, customer loyalty and cooperation : an empirical study of convenience stores' franchise chain systems in Taiwan." Queensland University of Technology, 2009. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/28566/.
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Franchising has been widely accepted as an effective way to conduct and expand businesses. However, a franchise system is not a guarantee of success in the market. A successful franchise system should rely on a close and strong franchising relationship. Franchising is an important relationship management business. Franchising arrangements normally last for a number of years, so the franchisor and franchisee in the arrangement relationship are usually motivated to cooperate with each other. In addition, highly loyal franchisees may be obtained through a successful long-term franchising relationship. Over the last few decades, there has been a tremendous wave of interest in franchising relationships. However, little research has been conducted to determine the reasons for long-term franchising relationships. As a result, this study focuses on the important elements that might lead to a successful long-term franchising relationship.
This study attempts to examine empirically three essential constructs (relationship quality, cooperation and customer loyalty), which might lead to successful long-term franchising relationships between franchisees and franchisors among the convenience stores in Taiwan. Mailed questionnaires were utilised to collect the research data. A total of 500 surveys were mailed randomly to the manager/supervisor of convenience stores’ franchisees among the four main franchisors (7-ELEVEN, Family, Hi-Life and OK) in Taiwan. The final sample size is 120, yielding a response rate of 24 per cent. The results show that relationship quality positively influences the cooperative relationships between franchisors and franchisees. Relationship quality is also positively correlated with franchisees’ loyalty. Additionally, the results indicate that the cooperative relationships between franchisors and franchisees are significantly associated with franchisees’ loyalty.
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McNichols, Jeffrey R. "The visible hand the government-industrial relationship and its effects on transatlantic arms cooperation /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2000. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA380244.
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Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2000.Thesis advisor, Roessler, Tjarck G. "June 2000." Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-135). Also available in print.
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Al-Kaiawin, M. M. "The relationship between non-governmental organisations and the government in Jordan : cooperation or cooptation." Thesis, Swansea University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.635689.
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There is widespread recognition of the central role played by non-governmental organisations in a modern pluralistic society, together with a growing realisation that the participation of NGOs an enhance the democratic process, as well as provide many services more effectively than governmental bodies. However, such a model of NGO role tends to be based on western, first world experience; its uncritical application to a third world context may entail unforeseen problems if local cultural, political and economic factors are inadequately understood. The lack of research on Jordanian NGOs makes it desirable to start by analysing their present status and exploring their relationship with the government. This research has reviewed the mainly western literature on NGOs, as well as literature on NGOs in the Arab world, and then has gone on to describe the political, economic and social context in which Jordanian NGOs have to operate. The results of a survey conducted on a stratified random sample of 76 NGOs in Jordan are presented in addition to in-depth interviews with policy makers, NGO representatives and experts in the field. The rational for a combination of both qualitative and quantitative investigative methods as deemed appropriate to the Jordanian context and to the topic of the research are presented. The research reveals that several factors affect the relationship between the public and NGO sectors; these include political, managerial, structural, financial and legal issues. The main findings of the research show that NGOs in Jordan rely mainly on a relief and service delivery approach, which is understandable in the light of the political and economic situation in the country since its establishment. This thrust negates an active advocacy role for NGOs. Both NGOs and the government believe it is necessary to amend the current law governing the establishment and existence of NGOs, reflecting a general tendency that appears often in the research in which both NGO and governmental representatives express their wish for an improvement on the present NGO-government relationship, without necessarily changing it.
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Kang, Rui, and Li Wei. "Integration of the Social Networking Media into Relationship Marketing Strategy : an investigation of sustainable cooperation between Newman and PetroChina." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-10675.
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Network communication technology has developed for decades. As a result, nowadays, marketers can communicate clients more effectively through the use of social network media to develop a powerful relationship marketing strategy. This dissertation compares relationship marketing strategy with existing marketing theories. Based on the comparison, the dissertation uses qualitative approaches to analyze the cooperation between Newman Co. (It is a social media service firm that helps companies with relationship marketing strategy.) and PetroChina, so as to propose a successful way to integrate the social network media into a relationship marketing strategy. Some materials are gathered from email interview with Mr. Zhao, the Manager of the Service Department from Newman Co. Moreover, the dissertation conducts a case study (It is based on interview with Mr. Peik Hua, the General Manager of Southwest Branch of PetroChina) about what benefit that PetroChina has got through using Newman's social media system (Remote video conferencing system). The purpose of this dissertation is, by analyzing those materials, to identify what social media can do for relationship marketing strategy, and how it works, so as to find out and highlight the benefits of social media networking. Meanwhile, this dissertation attempts to definite how SMEs form large clients relationship, such as Newman co., to approach large clients and gain their trust to incorporate social networking media into their relationship marketing strategy.
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Susi, Tarja. "The puzzle of social activity : the significance of tools in cognition and cooperation." Doctoral thesis, Linköping : Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-7283.
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Chiu, Joseph Chao-Hsien. "An institutional analysis of cooperation and comptetition: China's strategic relationship with the U.S. (1989-2000)." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.489124.
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This thesis combines both a theoretical and empirical examination of neoliberal institutional theory to explore Sino-American cooperation and competition. It does so through looking at a number of multilateral political and security institutions. The theoretical analysis contains two aspects: first, this study explores institutional theory and its perspectives on cooperation.
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伍安玲 and On-ling Connie Ng. "The changing relationship between government and social service NGOs." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2008. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B41012963.
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Al-Khalifa, Ali Bin Khalifa. "Factors influencing export performance in the relationship of UK exporting manufacturers with Gulf Cooperation Council importers." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.361327.
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Petkov, Mihail Plamenov. "Validity and variation in the parentela policy network : conflict and cooperation between ruling parties and interest groups in Bulgaria." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/23601.
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Policy networks is a body of literature dedicated to modelling state-civil society relationship formats. In this particular relationship, an interest group with privileged (insider) access to the party in power gains advantage in the policy-making process by utilizing party’s ability to make political appointments in the civil service. The parentela (or type 1 parentela) was first discovered by Joseph La Palombara (1964) in 1960s Italy and was documented later again by Greer (1994) in 1920s-1970s Northern Ireland. Still, there has been no parentela research since 1994, save for Yishai (1992), who argued the parentela did not exist in Israel in 1980s. It seems the concept is considered of little utility to the academic community today. At the same time, as a category of policy networks, the parentela is also susceptible to the wider criticism of Thatcher (1997) and Dowding (1995; 2001) that the policy network literature is unable to introduce causal dynamics in its models and distinguish between network features and network independent variables. This study, therefore, addresses both criticisms by studying the party-group-civil service relationship in Bulgaria, for the period 2013-2015, using 26 elite interviews and a number of cases. Results show that this particular policy network is still viable today. They support Yishai (1992) that hegemonic parties have no effect on parentela formation. The study demonstrates that the cooperation between ruling parties, in need of funds, and organised businesses (groups), in need of market advantage, produces the parentela. In a case study on construction tenders, the study demonstrates La Palombara’s parentela, by exposing the process of how ruling parties intervene in the civil service through political appointees to ensure construction projects are granted to their party insider groups. The study also discovers a new parentela dynamic, labelled as type 2 parentela, where the party intervention extends further to the free market by affecting party insider’s market competitors through prejudiced regulatory inspections that disrupt targeted businesses’ operations temporarily or altogether.
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Silva, Daniela Filipa Bernardes da. "Relacionamentos de coopetição : tensões no setor de turismo em Portugal." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/18832.
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Mestrado em MarketingNum mercado globalizado e cada vez mais competitivo as empresas enfrentam frequentemente novos desafios. As estratégias de coopetição são adotadas para fazer face a estes desafios, isto é, as empresas estabelecem relacionamentos empresariais que envolvem simultaneamente cooperação e competição. Não obstante, numa estratégia de coopetição surgem diversos tipos de tensões. A presente investigação tem como objetivo estudar o desenvolvimento do relacionamento de coopetição. Em particular, esta investigação pretende estudar as tensões existentes entre empresas envolvidas em relacionamentos coopetitivos e em que fases do desenvolvimento do relacionamento é que as mesmas ocorrem. Recorre-se ao método qualitativo, de caráter exploratório, com uma estratégia de estudo de caso. Os dois estudos de casos no setor de turismo - as Embarcações do Sado e os Tuk-Tuks de Lisboa - exploram dois serviços distintos, mas relacionados. Os casos são principalmente suportados por 10 entrevistas semiestruturadas em profundidade, presenciais ou via telefónica, aos sócios gerentes das empresas. A análise dos casos permite uma melhor compreensão desta temática, como o surgimento das tensões num relacionamento de coopetição e os tipos de tensões existentes em cada fase do desenvolvimento do relacionamento de coopetição. Em suma, a presente investigação permitiu concluir que num relacionamento de coopetição é possível criar valor, quando existem estratégias e objetivos comuns. Contudo, as empresas devem conciliar os objetivos mútuos com os objetivos privados. Diversas tensões surgem ao longo do relacionamento coopetitivo condicionando o seu desenvolvimento.
In a globalized and increasingly competitive market, companies often face new challenges. Coopetition strategies are adopted to address these challenges, which means companies establish business relationships that involve both cooperation and competition. Nevertheless, there are several tension types that can arise from coopetition strategies. The present research aims to study the coopetition relationship´s development. Specifically, this research aims to study the existing tensions between companies involved in coopetitive relationships and the stages of relationship development in which they occur. This study uses the qualitative method of exploratory character and follows a case study strategy. The two case studies are in the touristic sector - the Sado Vessels and the Lisbon Tuk-Tuks - and explore two separate but related services. The cases are mainly supported by 10 in-depth semi-structured interviews, either in person and by telephone, conducted with the managing partners of the companies. The case analysis opens room to a better understanding of this theme, such as the emergence of tensions in a coopetition relationship and the existing tension types in each phase of the coopetition relationship`s development. In summary, the present investigation concludes that, in a coopetition relationship, creating value is possible where there are common strategies and goals. However, companies must synchronize their mutual goals with their private ones. Several tensions arise throughout the coopetitive relationship and condition its development.
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Mullins, Daniel Austin. "The evolution of literacy : a cross-cultural account of literacy's emergence, spread, and relationship with human cooperation." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:98d1f155-c96d-4ba0-ac36-c610d3d7454c.
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Social theorists have long argued that literacy is one of the principal causes and hallmark features of complex society. However, the relationship between literacy and social complexity remains poorly understood because the relevant data have not been assembled in a way that would allow competing hypotheses to be adjudicated. The project set out in this thesis provides a novel account of the multiple origins of literate behaviour around the globe, the principal mechanisms of its cultural transmission, and its relationship with the cultural evolution of large-group human cooperation and complex forms of socio-political organisation. A multi-method large-scale cross-cultural approach provided the data necessary to achieve these objectives. Evidence from the societies within which literate behaviour first emerged, and from a representative sample of ethnographically-attested societies worldwide (n=74), indicates that literate behaviour emerged through the routinization of rituals and pre-literate sign systems, eventually spreading more widely through classical religions. Cross-cultural evidence also suggests that literacy assumed a wide variety of forms and socio-political functions, particularly in large, complex groups, extending evolved psychological mechanisms for cooperation, which include reciprocity, reputation formation and maintenance systems, social norms and norm enforcement systems, and group identification. Finally, the results of a cross-cultural historical survey of first-generation states (n=10) reveal that simple models assuming single cause-and-effect relationships between literacy and complex forms of socio-political organisation must be rejected. Instead, literacy and first-generation state-level polities appear to have interacted in a complex positive feedback loop. This thesis contributes to the wider goal of transforming social and cultural anthropology into a cumulative and rapid-discovery science.
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Stull, Emily A. "Increasing the Players: Expanding the Bilateral Relationship of Conflict Management." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2014. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500154/.
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This research seeks to explore the behavior of international and regional organizations within conflict management. Previous research on conflict management primarily examines UN peacekeeping as the primary actor and lumps all non-UN actors into a single category. I disaggregate this category, examining how international and regional organizations interact when deciding to establish a peace mission, coordinate a peace mission with multiple organizations, and finally, how this interaction affects the success of peace missions. I propose a collective action theoretical framework in which organizations would rather another actor undertake the burden and costs of implementing a peace mission. I find the United Nations is motivated to overcome the collective action problem through an increase in the severity of the conflict. Regional organizations are motivated to establish a peace mission as the economic and political salience of the conflict increases, increasing the possibility of the regional organization acquiring club goods for its member states. The presence of a regional hegemon within a regional organization also significantly increases the likelihood of an organization both establishing a peace mission and taking on the primary role when coordinating a joint mission. I argue this is because a regional hegemon allows the organization to more easily overcome the collective action problem between its own member states due to the presence of a privileged actor.
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Al-Duraiby, Ibrahim. "Saudi Arabia the Gulf Cooperation Council and the European Union : limitations and possibilities for an unequal triangular relationship." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.438749.
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Basso, Larissa De Santis. "Domestic determinants of international cooperation : an analysis of the intricate relationship between energy politics and climate change mitigation." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UnB, 2018. http://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/32689.
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Nesta tese, estuda-se a interação entre relações internacionais e política interna em relação à mitigação da mudança do clima demonstrando que entender o conflito entre interesses de grupos políticos centrais na política interna é chave para explicar as posições de um país nas negociações internacionais do clima. A análise de custobenefício – baseada na vulnerabilidade de um país, seus riscos em relação à mudança do clima, e nos custos que incorrerá para reduzir suas emissões de gases de efeito estufa – não explica, sozinha, a decisão de um país em agir e em que medida agir para mitigar a mudança climática. Primeiro porque Estados não são atores unitários e, sim, poliárquicos, formados por grupos com preferências heterogêneas que tentarão influenciar o processo político para maximizar seus ganhos; e porque a preocupação com a mudança do clima é analisada em meio a outras preferências dos grupos. Dada a natureza de problema global comum da mitigação da mudança do clima, é mais provável que a ação de mitigação receba apoio político quando promova benefícios adicionais, valorizados por importantes grupos políticos. Testa-se essa moldura em ações que almejam diminuir a participação de combustíveis fósseis e aumentar a de fontes de energia de baixo carbono nos sistemas energéticos na direção, o que se denomina descarbonização energética. Primeiro, descrevendo a trajetória da intensidade de carbono da energia nos países do G20 entre 1971 e 2015 e comparando-a com a trajetória das matrizes energéticas, demonstrando que a segurança energética – objetivo chave de política energética e benefício adicional de aumentar o papel de fontes de baixo carbono na matriz energética – aumentou ao elevar a participação de fontes de baixo carbono nas matrizes energéticas. Depois, ao demonstrar que em um país do G20, Brasil, o papel do benefício adicional da segurança energética em catalisar ação climática no setor energético foi anulado em razão da desconexão entre as trajetórias das políticas energética e climática e dos interesses de grupos políticos centrais. Esta análise ajuda a explicar porque as posições brasileiras no regime internacional do clima são estruturalmente conservadoras e os avanços reformistas foram circunstanciais e aponta para mudanças necessárias para reverter esse quadro.
In this dissertation, we study the interaction between international relations and domestic politics regarding climate change mitigation demonstrating that the struggle between the interests of major political groups in domestic politics is key to explain the positions a country undertakes in international climate negotiations. Cost-benefit analysis – based on the country’s own vulnerability its risks to climate change, and costs it will incur to reduce GHG emissions – does not, on itself, explain a country’s decision of whether to act and to what extent to act on climate change. This is so because states are not unitary but polyarchic actors, formed by groups with heterogeneous preferences that will try to influence the policy process to maximize its own gains, and because climate concerns are not alone in informing groups preferences. Given the global public good nature of climate change mitigation, climate action is more likely to receive political support when it can promote additional benefits, or co-benefits, valued by major political groups. We test this framework in action that aims at steering energy systems away from fossil fuels and towards low carbon energy sources, or promoting energy decarbonization. First, by checking the trajectory of carbon intensity of energy supply in the G20 countries between 1971 and 2015 and comparing it with the trajectory of energy supply, demonstrating that energy security – a key objective of energy policy and a cobenefit of energy decarbonization – did increase by raising the share of low carbon primary energy sources in G20 countries’ energy matrices. Then by demonstrating that in a G20 country, Brazil, the role of the co-benefit of energy security in catalyzing climate action in the energy sector is missed due to the disconnect between the trajectories of energy and climate politics and the interests of key domestic energy actors. This analysis help explain why Brazilian positions in the climate regime are structurally conservative and reformist standings have been only circumstantial and points to which changes are necessary to change it.
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Pehlivan, Gozde. "Teamwork Effectiveness For Successful Product Development: Relationship Between Engineers And Industrial Designers." Master's thesis, METU, 2007. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608202/index.pdf.
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Manufacturing companies are searching for new techniques day by day to launch qualified products with a competitive price to the market. Companies believe in the importance of teams which have members coming from different disciplines who use their knowledge, experiences, and creativity for achieving the goals of their teams.
The purpose of this study is to explore the effectiveness of teamwork for successful product development process by focusing on the relationship between the team members &ndashespecially engineers&rsquo
and industrial designers&rsquo
relation. After a broad literature survey, a descriptive-survey study that aims demonstrating the relationship between engineers and industrial designers in manufacturing companies in Turkey is held in order to investigate the effectiveness of teamwork in product development process. A twelve item questionnaire which has four open-ended questions and eight Likert-scaled statements has been prepared. As the result of this study, a positive relationship is found between the performance of product development team and the effects of cooperation, social and professional communication, having clear and common goals, sharing knowledge and experiences, leadership, coordination and cooperative problem solving and decision making processes to the relationship between engineers and industrial designers.
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Gangl, Katharina, Barbara Hartl, Eva Hofmann, and Erich Kirchler. "The Relationship Between Austrian Tax Auditors and Self-Employed Taxpayers: Evidence From a Qualitative Study." Frontiers Media S.A, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01034.
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A constructive, highly professional relationship between tax authorities and taxpayers is
essential for tax compliance. The aim of the present paper was to explore systematically
the determinants of this relationship and related tax compliance behaviors based
on the extended slippery slope framework. We used in-depth qualitative interviews
with 33 self-employed taxpayers and 30 tax auditors. Interviewees described the
relationship along the extended slippery slope framework concepts of power and trust.
However, also novel sub-categories of power (e.g., setting deadlines) and trust (e.g.,
personal assistance) were mentioned. Furthermore, also little-studied categories of tax
behavior emerged, such as accepting tax behavior, e.g., being available to the tax
authorities, or stalling tax behavior, e.g., the intentional creation of complexity. The results
comprehensively summarize the determinants of the tax relationship and tax compliance
behaviors. Additionally, results highlight future research topics and provide insights for
policy strategies.
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Ambusaidi, Hilal Saud. "Structural analysis of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the European Union aspects of their relationship and their mutual environment /." Thesis, Available from the University of Aberdeen Library and Historic Collections Digital Resources, 2009. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?application=DIGITOOL-3&owner=resourcediscovery&custom_att_2=simple_viewer&pid=59446.
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Forte, Rita. "The nature of the relationship between industry and defence in Canada, expansion, modification and cooperation regarding the Ottawa treaty." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0005/MQ36819.pdf.
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Sempijja, Norman. "Inter-organisational cooperation for peace : burgeoning relationship or opportunistic liaison? : a study of the cooperation between the European Union and United Nations peace operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo 2003-2008." Thesis, Kingston University, 2013. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/26594/.
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The study seeks to understand the nature and development of the relationship between the European Union (EU) and the United Nations (UN) in peacekeeping using the case of the peacekeeping operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) between 2003 and 2008. The EU deployment in 2003 of an Interim Emergency Multinational Force (IEMF) in DR Congo represented an important shift in the role of regional organisations, as it was deployed outside its geographical setting for peacekeeping reasons. Furthermore, the co-deployment of EU and UN forces highlighted the changing pattern in peacekeeping, as regional organisations were starting to play an important role in burden sharing with the UN, thereby enhancing the notion of effective multilateralism. However the seemingly positive rhetoric emanating from the EU and UN about the partnership did not necessarily reflect the reality of the relationship. Fundamental to the study are issues concerning the involvement of regional actors outside their geographical spheres. Key questions are raised regarding the motives of regional organisations and the UN. Such questions concern, for instance, the motives behind the UN calling for EU involvement in DR Congo (at the expense of the African Union and nations) and factors that persuaded the EU to answer the call. The dynamics of the EU-UN cooperation are analysed from a political and operational dimension. Key components of the operational cooperation are essentially command and control, logistics and communication. The political cooperation components include the course taken by actors while using the structures set up to aid the partnership and the already existing departments within both organisations that facilitated the initial interaction. Further questions arise concerning cooperation between the UN and EU from the political and operational level. These include questions concerning the informal and formal mechanisms put into place to resolve the divergences between the missions. In addition, perceptions of the recipient people and the neighbouring states are examined in order to assess if this partnership is working or not. The results of the research which entailed a number of interviews and an analysis of primary and secondary data show that the motives of the EU and UN, plus the dynamics of their cooperation can be analysed in a multi-layered paradigm involving the following levels of interaction: i) Operational level — MONUC and EUFOR RD Congo, IEMF, EUPOL and EUSEC ii) Political level — local and national actors iii) Political level — regional and international actors. For instance, from an operational perspective the UN considered EU deployment as suitable especially for the provision of resources. The EU on the other hand viewed the deployment in DR Congo as an opportunity to become a global actor especially in the aftermath of the fallout from the US and its allies’ invasion of Iraq. The local, national and regional viewed the motivation for the involvement of the EU alongside the UN with suspicion. This was mainly based on the fact that key players like Belgium and France had vested interests in the DR Congo. There was dissatisfaction regarding the marginal military role given to the regional and continental powers yet the conflict was in their backyard. The nature of the path of the cooperation, especially from an operational perspective, was not smooth. This can be attributed to the different organisational cultures and motivations between the organisations. The internal dynamics of individual organisations played a role in determining the level of cooperation between the two organisations. In light of the above, the research came to several conclusions which included the fact that, due to the complex motives and differing aims of the actors, cooperation at the political level does not necessarily dovetail with cooperation at the operational level. Although the organisations have set up a system of collaboration through the declarations of 2003 and 2007, it has not been fully utilized. National and organisational interests and organisational culture among others can hinder cooperation. Nevertheless, despite a divide between the political and operational aspects of the missions, actors in the field have found ways of addressing operational problems, though significant issues remain concerning the viability of the methods used to address them in the long run.
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Pires, André Filipe Xavier. "Posicionamento em sistemas de valor e carteira de relacionamentos : um estudo de caso." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/11230.
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Mestrado em Gestão e Estratégia IndustrialAs empresas vivem encastradas em redes de relacionamentos, mas podem diferir entre si no conhecimento que têm e no uso que procuram fazer desses relacionamentos. Neste trabalho pretende-se analisar o posicionamento de uma empresa numa rede focal ao longo do tempo. Recorre-se a dois quadros conceptuais: a tipologia de Sistemas de Valor proposta por Moller et al. (2005, 2006), que permite caracterizar o sistema de valor ou rede focal, e o modelo proposto por Andersen (2006) para analisar a gestão de relacionamentos na perspetiva da empresa focal. Face aos limites, percebidos, do espaço de desenvolvimento da empresa focal num sistema de valor altamente determinado, a empresa desencadeou um processo visando estabelecer e viabilizar uma nova posição. A inserção num sistema de valor novo para a empresa, essencialmente opaco para esta, envolveu um processo gradual de estabelecer um relacionamento com um novo fornecedor, desenvolvimento de novas competências técnicas e relacionais e o desenvolvimento de novos relacionamentos com clientes nacionais e estrangeiros.
Business firms are embedded in networks of relationships, but can differ both in their knowledge and use of business relationships. This paper aims to analyze the positioning of a firm in a focal network over time. The study makes use of two conceptual frameworks: the Value Systems typology (focal network) and the model proposed by Andersen (2006) to analyze the relationship management in perspective of the local firm. Given the perceived limits to develop in a value system highly determined, the firm launched a process to develop and establish a new position. The insertion in a new value system, essentially opaque to the firm? managers, involved a gradual process of establishing a relationship with a new supplier, developing new skills and relational techniques and developing new relationships with domestic and foreign customers.
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Berzins, Christopher Andrejs. "The puzzle of trust in international relations : risk and relationship management in the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2004. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1741/.
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In this thesis, I explore the prospects for trust in international relations. I advance an agency-centred model that paradoxically emphasises both vigilance and vulnerability between states. I argue that trust is created through the dual diplomatic pursuits of risk management (e.g. monitoring and securing individual state interests) and relationship management (e.g. promoting shared goals, institutions and values). This model is then employed to evaluate the evolution of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) into the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), 1972-2002. Despite a recent surge in the study of trust in the social sciences, trust has not been explored comprehensively in the discipline of international relations (IR). In particular, the work done in IR has neglected the kernel of trust that distinguishes it from other concepts such as prediction and cooperation; that is, the dynamic of suspension, originally elucidated by the sociologist Georg Simmel, which permits the leap from uncertainty (and unacceptable risk) to positive expectation. Rather than 'reasonable doubt', trust involves giving another 'the benefit of the doubt.' The trust model is capable of providing a novel interpretation of the history, normative declarations and activities of the CSCE during the late Cold War; and the OSCE's post-Cold War role in conflict prevention, conflict resolution and post-conflict rehabilitation among its member states. For example, the OSCE's absent military capacity (e.g. vis-a-vis NATO) restricts its 'thick' risk management competence. The OSCE's limited legal capacity (e.g. vis-a-vis the EU) likewise restricts its 'thick' relationship management competence. Nevertheless, the OSCE's confidence-building activities, combined with its role as a forum for interstate dialogue explicitly linking security with international norms-especially democracy and human rights-fosters a 'propensity to trust' upon which member states are increasingly seeking to give each other the benefit of the doubt.
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Cunha, Namércio Pereira da. "Facilitators and inhibitors of the relationship quality in a dyadic business-to-business relationship: the wine sector in Portugal." Doctoral thesis, Universidade de Aveiro, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/16802.
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Doutoramento em Marketing e EstratégiaThe globalised market in which the companies operate requires that the business strategies go beyond the quality offered in the products. Therefore, the quality of the relationships with the strategic partners must also be taken in to account. The main objective of this thesis is to identify the facilitating or inhibiting key constructs that describe the Relationship Quality (RQ) in a dyadic perspective of a business-to-business relationship. In this vein, the following questions arise: (i) What are the core constructs used to conceptualize RQ?; (ii) What other constructs are employed? (iii) In the context of the wine sector, is it possible to consider the same constructs or does it have context specificities?; (iv) Are there different perspectives with regards to the quality of a relationship between business partners? (v) What are the facilitating and inhibiting factors that describe RQ in a business-to-business dyadic relationship? In order to address these issues, the current thesis gave rise to (i) a systematic literature review that describes and analyses how the RQ has been measured, operationalised, and with which dimensions; (ii) a characterisation of the wine sector based on secondary data from several official entities related to the wine sector; (iii) an in-depth interview process for two studies taking into consideration the criteria of an exploratory study and a qualitative approach. These studies generated several outcomes. On a theoretical level they include: i) a proposal of an aggregating definition of RQ based on the different perspectives found in the systematic literature review; ii) a conceptual new framework in which the antecedents, core constructs and outcomes of RQ are identified. On an empirical level, we want to point out: i) the identification of new RQ constructs; ii) the classification of the constructs as inhibitors or facilitators of RQ; iii) a new framework able to identify the interrelationship of Core constructs of RQ; iv) the proposal of a scale to measure core dimensions of RQ which can be validated and refined in future research. This thesis also offers practical suggestions for those who want to deepen their knowledge in this research field, because the results determine relational strategies that influence the RQ with key business partners and present new avenues to be explored in future research.
A globalização do mercado, no qual as empresas operam, requer que as estratégias de negócio vão para além da qualidade oferecida nos produtos, e, por isso, é também importante a qualidade das relações com os parceiros estratégicos. O objetivo principal desta tese é identificar os principais constructos que caracterizam a qualidade da relação (RQ), como facilitadores ou inibidores, isto numa perspetiva diádica de uma relação business-to-business. Para tal, surgiram as seguintes questões de pesquisa: i) Quais são os constructos fundamentais para definir o conceito de RQ?; ii) Que outros constructos são aplicados?; iii) No contexto do sector do vinho é possível considerar os mesmos constructos ou variam consoante os contextos?; iv) Entre parceiros de negócio, existem diferentes perspetivas sobre a RQ? De forma a procurar resposta a estas questões, nesta tese desenvolveu-se: i) Uma análise sistemática da revisão da literatura que descreve e analisa como é que a RQ tem sido avaliada, operacionalizada e quais as dimensões empregues; ii) Uma caracterização do sector do vinho, suportada por fontes secundárias provenientes de diferentes entidades oficiais, relacionadas com o sector do vinho; iii) A utilização de entrevistas em profundidade em dois estudos empíricos, tendo em consideração os critérios de um estudo exploratório e uma abordagem qualitativa. Estes estudos contribuíram com vários resultados. Ao nível teórico destacamos: i) a proposta de uma definição sobre a RQ, capaz de agregar as diferentes perspetivas encontradas na literatura; ii) a apresentação de um novo framework no qual se identificam os constructos que atuam como antecedentes, constructos centrais e consequentes. Ao nível empírico queremos salientar: i) a identificação de novos constructos influenciadores da RQ; ii) a classificação dos constructos como inibidores ou facilitadores da RQ; iii) a apresentação de um novo framework capaz de identificar a inter-relação dos constructos centrais da RQ; iv) a proposta duma escala para medir as dimensões centrais do RQ, a qual pode ser validada e refinada em investigação futura. Esta tese proporciona também sugestões ao nível das práticas de gestão, para aqueles que queiram ter um conhecimento mais aprofundado nesta área de investigação. Isto porque, os resultados apontam para a importância das estratégias relacionais, como influenciadoras da RQ com importantes parceiros de negócio, e indicam novas áreas de investigação a serem exploradas em futuros trabalhos de pesquisa.
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Valberg, Jenny Eline Linge. "The European Union and Norway in the Arctic: Conflict or cooperation? : A study of the European Union and Norway's Arctic relationship." Thesis, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet, Institutt for historie og klassiske fag, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:no:ntnu:diva-16691.
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Leggett, Debra G. "The relationship between cooperation and conflict and perceived level of marital happiness as indicators of the Adlerian concept of social interest." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2006. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-03312006-101843.
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Yu, Da-Chung, and 于大中. "Trader’s Position and Its Cooperation Relationship with Manufacturer." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/p2s6uw.
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碩士國立彰化師範大學
企業管理學系
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Taiwan’s foreign trade activities have always been the lifeblood of Taiwan’s economy. According to an average of about 60% of Taiwan’s export dependence (commodity exports as a percentage of GDP) over the past few years. This situation show that Taiwan’s economic activities and growth will be greatly affected by international trade conditions and international trade environment. This research is aimed at the conventional industries traders in Taiwan. The rise of the Internet has caused de-intermediary of Taiwan’s trading environment. Foreign customers can easily contact manufacturers. This in turn reduces cooperation with traders or reduces the profitability of traders and leads to low profit. Seriously affect the survival of traders. Based on the theoretical basis of relationship marketing and marketing channel functions. Understand the cooperation between manufacturers and traders through in-depth interviews. Take grounded theory analysis to understand the current relationship between Taiwanese traders and manufacturers. Analyze the role of traders in channel function and relationship marketing. Provide advice on the future cooperation between traders and manufacturers. The results of this reseach found the following relationships: 1.For manufacturers, traders do not have significant results in relational marketing functions. 2.For manufacturers, traders do not have significant results in the function of the marketing channel. 3.The manufacturer believes that there is no problem with the trader’s funds. 4.The manufacturer expects to maintain the cooperative relationship with the trader at a reasonable cost. 5.What traders and manufacturers lack is "communication" Keyword：Conventional Industries, Traders, Marketing Channel Functions, Relationship Marketing, Grounded Theory.
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Peng-An, Chen, and 陳芃安. "The Relationship of Inventor Cooperation and Organizational Innovation." Thesis, 2015. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/99681065291858527569.
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碩士輔仁大學
國際創業與經營管理學程碩士在職專班
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Studies have shown that in organizat ions, it is through cooperation between star employees and non-star employees that make a positive relation to the organization’s innovation. The research is based on the global semi-conductor industry of how the human capital structure can influence the organization innovation performance. The results have shown the following four conclusions: (1) Non-star and non-star inventor cooperation will be posit ively related to Patent wide (2) Non-star and non-star inventor cooperation wil l be posit ively related to breakthrough innovat ion. (3) Star and star inventor cooperat ion wil l be posit ively related to patent wide (4) Cooperation between star inventors wil l be negatively related to breakthrough innovation. The relat ionship of inventor cooperat ion has shown much importance when it comes to organization innovation.
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Chen, Yi-Li, and 陳毅立. "The Effect Of Supplier Relationship Management On Relationship Quality And Cooperation Intention." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/22900624969108367963.
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碩士嶺東科技大學
高階主管企管碩士在職專班
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The purpose of this study was to extend and modify the relationship quality model and Key Mediating Variable Model (KMV model) to explore the effects of relationship management and relationship quality on cooperative intention in a supply chain context and clarify the importance of relationship quality in supplier relationship management. The questionnaire survey method was adopted. The survey was administered to employees in charge of purchase in manufacturing companies in Taiwan and Jiangsu Province of China. 59 of 147 questionnaires distributed were returned (40% response rate). 2 invalid responses were excluded, resulting in a valid response rate of 39%. Proposed hypotheses were tested using partial least squares (PLS). Results indicated that relationship frequency and ethical behavior had positive effects on relationship quality, and relationship quality was positively related to cooperative intention. In customer relationship, relationship duration and professional knowledge were not significant factors of relationship quality. Finally, based on research findings, this study proposed a discourse on supplier relationship management and some suggestions for future research.
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葉佳卉. "An Analysis to Maintain Cooperation Relationship between Industry and University." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55912951616226476266.
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Lee, Hansen, and 李翰森. "A Model of Trust and Cooperation in Supplier andDistributor Relationship." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/33gszk.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
資訊管理學研究所
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This research aims to discover the impacts of inter-organizational trust on cooperative relationship, and to identify the antecedent of inter-organizational trust. This study adopted social exchange theory by combining Blua (1964) and Thibaut and Kelly (1959) as two main social exchange theories as the theoretical foundation. There are total five hypotheses. Reward, fairness, satisfaction, and communication are four antecedents for inter-organizational trust, and inter-organizational trust on intention for developing a cooperation relationship. Data was collected through web survey from 111 supplier-distributors relationship. The subject is rubber smallholder in Northeastern Thailand. The data analysis is shown the antecedents of inter-organizational trust (fairness, satisfaction, and communication) were found positively related to building trust. However, reward is not significant impacts on trust perceived by the supplier. Inter-organizational trust showed a significant affect on developing future cooperative relationship. The findings of the research provide valuable insights into how distributors should strengthen their trustworthiness behaviors that would develop the trust-cooperation relationships, in order to improve the quality and lower the transaction in the rubber supply chain as a whole. This research also develops a new research model that investigating the relationships between trust and cooperation along with other influencing constructs. The originality and value of this study is that it examines the traditional industry in developing country, which is not dealt with in prior literatures.
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Ku, Yin-Ju, and 顧殷如. "The Relationship to Social Capital, Trust and Mechanism of Cooperation Management." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37480292954678780115.
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王慧娟. "A Study for the cooperation relationship of kindergarten teachers in classroom." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/74281023933588691206.
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碩士國立政治大學
幼兒教育所
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In the past, the studies for two kindergarten teachers cooperation in one classroom in Taiwan were used to conduct in case study and still insufficient for large and quantitative sample study.Therefore, using quantitative way, this study firstly investigated the practical and ideal situations for two kindergarten teachers cooperation in one classroom.Then, after discussing the relation among kindergarten teachers‘s different background, cooperative satisfaction, teaching efficacy, and job satisfaction, this study discussesd the relation among kindergarten teachers cooperative satisfaction , teaching efficacy, and job satisfaction. It finds out that： (1) The cooperative type of teachers is various between public and private kindergartens. The major teaching is a week in rotation in public kindergartens while the other teacher as assistance in private kindergartens. In addition, most teachers in both public and private kindergartens believed that the ideal type of cooperative teaching is team work. (2) In six-point scale for satisfaction of the teacher cooperation, the total point is 4.74, closed to the degree of “satisfied”. (3) Teachers‘cooperative satisfaction shows no significant difference between public and private kindergarten, but in region. It’s greater in Taiper city than in Taichung and Kaohsiung city. (4) The teaching efficacy is related to the size of the kindergarten and the teaching experiences. This study shows that the teaching efficacy is lower in schools which have only one class and teachers within three year teaching experience. (5) The cooperative satisfaction and teaching efficacy reveals mid positive correlation (r = .415, p < .01). (6) The cooperative satisfaction and job satisfaction also indicate mid positive correlation (r = .410, p < .01). According to the findings, this study proposes some suggestions for kindergarten teachers, kindergarten managers , administration, and researchers in the future.
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Chen, Pin-Hsuan, and 陳品璇. "The study of business talent cultivation, hiring, and academic cooperation relationship." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/92493766716273810562.
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碩士國立中山大學
人力資源管理研究所
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It has been a trend supported by various countries around the world in the efforts to promote the cooperation between the academic institutions and businesses to level up students’ competitiveness and technical skills in the industries. Even though the business and academic sections in Taiwan have discovered the importance of the trend in recent decades, with the high unemployment rates of undergraduates and the inconsistency between what students learned in schools and what they are expected to do in the industries, businesses in Taiwan now still face serious talent shortage. It has been a shared goal for the society and educational institutions to cultivate students into talents who can practically apply what they have learned in schools in the job positions they are placed into. The purpose of this study is to look for an effective and feasible cooperation model by studying current cooperation status of some businesses and educational institutions. This study has applied a qualitative method by interviewing four businesses and two educational institutions, totally 6 professionals, analyzing the interview results and concluding in the following 8 points: 1. The foremost importance of the cooperation between businesses and academic units is to cultivate professional talents, and its secondary goal is to upgrade technical skills that are used in the industries. 2. The most influential factor in the cooperation between businesses and academic units is the stability of students. 3. The main cause to suspend the cooperation between businesses and academic units is the schools’ willingness to cooperate and businesses’ demand of talents. 4. Human resource links are the main method in the cooperation between businesses and academic units. 5. The inconsistency between technical support and practical needs, and the cooperative willingness are the difficulties in the cooperation between businesses and academic units. 6. There is significant influence in promoting the employment of professional talents from the cooperation between businesses and academic units. 7. When businesses proactively seek cooperation from academic units, there is significant influence in success rate. 8. Students’ attitudes pose a significant influence in post-internship employment.
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Wu, Ghu-jen, and 吳巨仁. "The Impacts of Petrol Stations’ Ownership Structure and Relationship Bonds on Relationship Commitment and Cooperation Intention." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37553838900162640608.
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碩士國立高雄第一科技大學
行銷與流通管理所
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Using the sample of domestic petrol stations, this study examines the effects of the stations ownership structures on relational bonds, their relationship commitment to oil suppliers as well as cooperation in innovative projects. The empirical findings indicate that facing a fierce competitive environment, the stations with ownership structures of 100 percent and 30 percent up tend to take advantages of financial bonds with oil suppliers. Not only does the financial bond but also the level of social bond and the structural bond with oil suppliers influence petrol stations’ commitment to the relationship. In particular, the higher structure bond results in higher asset specificity, leading to increasing stations’ commitment. High commitment in the partnership is beneficial to stations’ resource utilization, as well as creation and development of cooperative undertakings. Thus, when the concerned parties develop commitment to their relationship as the basis for continuing cooperative efforts, this “inclination to commitment” becomes a key factor in effecting innovative operations. This study concludes that petrol stations, of which chain groups or oil suppliers maintain 100 percent ownership, have the greatest inclination to cooperation intentions with their relative oil suppliers. On the contrary, the stations with ownership structures of 100 percent and 30 percent up of ownership do not demonstrate the same inclination. This discrepancy evidences agency problems in petrol stations’ ownership.
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Narayanasamy, N. "A study of the factors influencing the relationship between capital structure and cost of capital in selected larger cooperatives in Tamilnadu." Thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/5880.
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Pei-Ju, Hsu, and 徐珮茹. "The Influence of Relationship History and Relationship Strategy on Cooperation Intention—Taking Restaurant Franchisees as an Example." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/knh2t6.
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碩士嶺東科技大學
企業管理系碩士班
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The purpose of this study is to understand the impact of relationship history and relationship strategies on cooperation intentions. This study is aimed at the Taichung restaurant chain franchisees as a sample to explore the views of franchisees using the relationship-linking strategy in different relationships. The empirical results of this study show that under different relationship processes, the franchisees care about the relationship strategy is different. In the functional link part, the introduction period, growth period, and maturity period have positive influences, and the social connection is in the lead-in period. The growth period is positively correlated, and the structure is not significantly different under different relationship processes; and the relationship strategy has a significant impact on the cooperation intention. Finally, based on the research results, management implications and future research directions are proposed. The empirical results of this study found that: 1. The relationship history has a positive impact on the cooperation intention 2. Relationship strategy has a positive impact on cooperation intention.
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Wu, Chung-Pin, and 吳崇賓. "The Relationship among Employee Participation, Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Team Cooperation Effectiveness:." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/97921186745288805790.
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碩士國立臺灣科技大學
企業管理系
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The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of employee participation in decision-making and profit sharing on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and team cooperation effectiveness. With 189 samples collected from employees in Taiwan’s high-tech industry, we employ LISREL to verify the relationships among variables. The findings are as follows: 1. Employee participation in decision-making has direct and indirect positive effects on OCB；2. Employee profit sharing has only indirect positive effects on OCB；3. Employee participation in decision-making has direct and indirect positive effects on employee team cooperation effectiveness；4. Employee profit sharing has only indirect positive effects on employee team cooperation effectiveness；5. Job satisfaction, organizational commitment, organizational justice and psychological ownership are mediators of the relationship between employee participation in decision-making and OCB；6. OCB is positively related to team cooperation effectiveness. This study would provide professional managers with significant insights in forging the mechanisms and processes that stimulate employees’ OCS and team cooperation effectiveness.
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Lee, Yu-Shu, and 李雨書. "The Impact of Information Technology to The Staged of Cooperation Relationship Development." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/24998791616953682989.
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碩士元智大學
資訊管理學系
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In this complicated and competitive world, cooperation seems to be the most important issue between enterprises. In this research, we observed cooperation relationships through the view of cooperation staged, and discussed the impact to different cooperation stage of enterprise implement Information Technology(IT). By systemize past cooperation staged related research, our research provide a stage including three sub-stage(Cooperation Erection、Mutual Trust and Benefits、Benefits Co-creation)、seven material(Raise Cooperation Motivation、Considerations of Selecting Partner、Alliance or Agreement、Deeper Trust、Collaboration、Relationship Maintenance、Benefits Co-creation) in a cooperation relationship developing structure; By observe two IT implemented businesses case, we focus on the critical material in the stage and discussed the impact and characteristics bring from IT to different stages. In the end of this research we come up with some findings as following:The critical material in Cooperation Erection stage is the consistence of profits motivation、 complementary and good ability partnership selection; The critical material in Mutual Trust and Benefits stage is build trust enhancing mechanism and let all members gain the benefits. The impact of IT in the Cooperation Erection stage is improving enterprise cooperate in the industry, the characteristic is draw more IT users to cooperate; The impact of IT in the Mutual Trust and Benefits stage is better communication efficiency between enterprise to improving trust relationship prompt sharing between enterprise to gain working efficiency, the characteristic is deeper trust relationship between cooperated members. The research survey enterprise cooperation by staged view through past references and case study .In order to let future researchers have more understanding to IT impact in the cooperation developing, for those enterprises who intends to cooperate supported by IT.
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Ling, Tien Yueh, and 田月玲. "A study on the relationship between industry-university cooperation and university competitiveness." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/10029530009002638429.
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碩士國立中興大學
高階經理人碩士在職專班
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Abstract Universities in Taiwan are searching proactively the upgrading measures so as to alleviate the pressure of higher education deregulation and shrinkage of educational resources. Previous western researches demonstrated that industry-university collaboration not only expedites industrial R&D and innovation but also enhances university’s competitiveness. We find from literature review that American university-industry collaboration emphasize more on the institutional operation in universities. Empirical evidences prove that well managed governmental funding induces private R&D investment and enhance R&D performance. Intermediary institutions are more employed to facilitate university-industry collaboration in Germany and the UK. Thus, this research is aimed at researching on the influences of university-industry collaboration based on its types, scales, and university types. Empirical results show there is positive correlation between a university’s ranking and its university-industry collaboration activities. Universities have better performance than their technological university and technological institute counterparts in both project numbers and scales. Synthesizing empirical results, we demonstrate positive correlation in university-industry collaboration and university competitiveness in Taiwan. Relevant suggestions are discussed in conclusion. (Keyword: University-industry Collaboration, University Competitivenss)
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Chen, Shih-chieh, and 陳世杰. "The relationships among the congruence of teachers and schools, organizational conflict, relationship quality, organizational loyalty, and team cooperation." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54244472894556495666.
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碩士國立臺南大學
教育經營與管理研究所碩士班
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The concept of congruence is used very widely. It is not only very suitable to the relationship between people and organizations, but also people and environment, or people and people. Even though we understand interaction is very important, there are few researches in this area. The relationship between school teachers and schools is same as the relationship between people and organizations. However, the current researches about congruence in the field of education are very rare. This prompts us to investigate whether congruence will affect some variables in the field of education, and we hope to fill this gap up. In addition, an organization operates well or not is closely related to the members of the organization. Related literature indicated that congruence of customers and employees will affect their personal interaction, and if the ideas and the value of members are consistent with their organization, then they will interact well and positive with each others, and organization will minimize the conflict. Moreover, if an organization has a better relationship quality with its members, they will create high job efficiency and help the organization to be better. Organizational loyalty in the enterprises is a more often discussed issue, but whether it can be clearly shown in the educational field is worth considering. The school organization itself is a team, and whether the operation of a school is good or bad is closely related to the members in the team. Specifically, a school with good team cooperation is more expected in having good operation and performance. Therefore, this study discusses the relationship between "the congruence of teachers and schools", "organizational conflict", "relationship quality", "organizational loyalty degree" and "team cooperation" . This study uses stratified random sampling method to choose teachers in elementary schools in Taiwan as the targets of the questionnaire survey. Totally, 600 questionnaires are sent, and 428 valid questionnaires are returned. After examining the reliability and validity by SPSS and LISREL software, we analyze our structural model by structural equation modeling (SEM) to explore the relationships among the research variables. The major findings are: 1. Congruence between teachers and school has a significant negative influence on the organizational conflict, and has significant positive influences on the relationship quality and organizational loyalty. 2. Organizational conflict has significant negative influences on the relationship quality and team cooperation. 3. Relationship quality has significant positive influences on the organizational loyalty and team cooperation. 4. Organizational loyalty has a significant positive influence on the team cooperation. Finally, based on the above results, this study proposes the conclusions, suggestions to the practitioners and researchers in the future, and contributions.
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Wang, Chih-Hsuan, and 王志軒. "Modeling the horizontal competition / cooperation and the vertical relationship in the supply chain." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/75670143616948949926.
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博士國立臺灣大學
商學研究所
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This thesis can be separated into two parts: first topic discusses a scenario that two upstream manufacturers are assumed to compete for the order simultaneously on price and quality or they may agree to cooperate on quality and simply compete on price. In addition, we assume that the investment of manufacturers on quality improvement in the first period can generate benefit to lower manufacturers’ production costs in the second period. Results show that competitive manufacturers may be reluctant to improve their quality cost but cooperative manufacturers may have an incentive to improve their quality synergy when the effect of quality benefit is large enough. Secondly, results show that the margin of competitive manufacturers is always less than the retailer’s, but the margin of cooperative manufacturers will be improved to be the same as the retailer’s. Under a special condition, the retailer has higher profits in the competition scenario while symmetric manufacturers have higher profits in the cooperation scenario. The managerial implication is that two manufactures facing a single retailer should cooperate with each other and enhance their quality level to reach a win-win situation, especially when the epoch of micro-profit is coming. The second topic, using the concept of Stackelberg game, analyzes the traditional issues of quality inspection and joint production, and discusses the impact of sequential decision on supply chain management. In quality inspection, we assume that the upstream supplier incurs production cost for its yield rate and the downstream buyer incurs appraisal cost for its inspection rate. Moreover, the buyer will require the supplier to replace defective products or share relevant cost in customer service. In joint production, we assume that the upstream supplier provides internal components to be installed in their final products for the downstream buyer and both of them agree to share common sale benefit or respective failure cost according to their contract in advance. In particular, we utilize the concept of sequential decision to compare the results of decision variables and profits of channel partners among four scenarios, such as first best, second best, supplier Stackelberg, and buyer Stackelberg. Our results show that the suboptimal production level under second best is lower than the socially optimal level under first best, but the suboptimal monitoring level under second best is higher than the socially optimal level under first best. In addition, both channel members under quality inspection prefer to the scenario of supplier Stackelberg and it implies that the structure of supplier-leader with buyer-follower can sustain a stable Nash equilibrium in the supply chain. Furthermore, based on the pay-off matrix, we also show that both channel partners under joint production prefer to become followers. Hence, there are two pure strategy equilibriums and one mixed strategy equilibrium coexisting in the supply chain.
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Lee, Yin-Sheng, and 李營生. "The Study of Intergrated Marketing Communication Strategy for Interreligious Cooperation Relationship: A Case Study of Catholic And Buddhist Cooperation joint Marathon Competition event." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/xeq6n4.
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碩士國立高雄第一科技大學
行銷與流通管理系碩士專班
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The Study of Intergrated Marketing Communication Strategy for Interreligious Cooperation Relationship : A Case Study of Catholic And Buddhist Cooperation joint Marathon Competition event Abstract Religious cooperation is a global issue that has been disregarded in the twenty-first century. Promoting the dialogue and cooperation between religions is undoubtedly a precondition for lasting world peace. At the same time, marathon is a popular sport in the 21st century. Regardless of religion, race, color, and geography, marathon enjoys increasing popularity among people and can thus serve as a tool to promote cross-religious cooperation. This study focuses on the "2013 Cardinal Shan Kuo-His Marathon" event as an example of inter-religious cooperation. The research goal is to analyze the integrated marketing communication strategy that was used to promote this event, and the outcome of the strategy. In-depth interviews were conducted with key participants and decision-makers of the event, complemented by secondary data retrieval from the church archives and general public data sources. The integrated marketing communication strategy and its components are analyzed and its outcome evaluated. The study concludes with suggestions for similar future events. Keywords：Integrated Marketing Communication IMC，Inter-religious Cooperation，Qualitative Research，Event Marketing