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Chu, Yin-wah, and 朱燕華. "Dependent industrialization: the case of the Hong Kong garment industry." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1988. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B30252635.
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Berta, Whitney Blair. "Condition-dependent adaptivity of organizational learning in Ontario's long-term care industry." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape2/PQDD_0025/NQ49937.pdf.
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Mills, John. "Bacterial Community Analysis of Meat Industry Conveyor Belts." The University of Waikato, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10289/2236.
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At the commencement of this study, some sensitive overseas markets were rejecting chilled vacuum-packed New Zealand lamb due to higher than expected total viable counts, and counts of Enterobacteriaceae, a family of bacteria used to indicate sanitary condition. Of the many factors that influence the bacterial composition of chilled lamb in the overseas marketplace, the meat producer can only exert significant control over: Hygiene, ensuring the bacterial viable count on the meat prior to packaging is as low as possible, and comprised of as few species as possible that are capable of anaerobic growth at chilled meat temperatures. Maintaining the pH of the meat within acceptable limits, by careful animal selection and minimal pre-slaughter stress. Refrigeration temperatures, through rigorous maintenance of the cold-chain. The type of preservative packaging used, which is often limited by regulation in the marketplace. Initial work established that the bacterial microbiota present on the meat contact surfaces in the butchering facilities at some premises, in particular conveyor belting, was excessive and comprised of species that contributed to the high counts on the meat reported above. As a means of improving the hygiene of this process, this study investigated the hypothesis that some species of bacteria were able to form biofilms on the conveyor belt contact surfaces, becoming reservoirs for cross-contamination. This hypothesis was not been proven by this work; the results showing that biofilms were not present and that adequate hygiene of these surfaces instead depends on the ability to remove all meat-based residues from them at the completion of each day's processing. For premises operating interlocking belts from one manufacturer (Intraloxreg), a clean-in-place system is now available that is able to achieve this. Premises operating conventional disinfectant and water sanitisation of either continuous or interlocking belts must ensure that meat residue is completely removed before disinfection. The majority of New Zealand meat industry premises can now demonstrate that their hygienic processes in this area are under control. The microbiota of conveyor belting in this study was found to consist of bacteria from five taxonomic groups; the Flavobacteriaceae, the Actinomycetales, the Bacillus/Clostridium group, and the alpha and gamma branches of the Proteobacteria. The genera present on belts from premises whose hygiene was found to be in control did not contain species known to cause food-borne disease or spoilage of vacuum packaged meats. The bacterial viable count remains the most effective method available at this time for monitoring conveyor belt hygiene. Attempts to develop a monitoring system based on microscopy of an in-situ sampling device were unsuccessful due to an inability to penetrate the meat residue matrix. Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis (DGGE) may offer an alternative for rapid investigation of diversity, but further work is required before this can be validated for routine use.
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Wako, Adi Liban, University of Western Sydney, College of Social and Health Sciences, and School of Applied Social and Human Sciences. "Ideology as commodity : industry of a theocracy and production of famines in Ethiopia." THESIS_CSHS_ASH_WakoAdi-L.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/452.
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This work introduces an alternative paradigm that claims that the primary industry of imperial Ethiopia has been (and still is) one that has evolved around the Abyssinian national mission vis-a-vis the populations it rules from a point of conquest. Abyssinia, like Catholic Spain in the Americas, carried out a series of 'civilising' missions (Christianising), that has spanned centuries to modern times. Around a theocratic mission evolved a service type industry, the author calls theo-industry. On that basis, the work demonstrates how well-known categories of 'land-tenure', namely, the gult/goolt, the gultenya/gooltenya, the rist, the ristenya, the gabbar and related others are categories of a fiscal system of theo-industry, not of an agrarian system or agrarian industry. It is argued how these rather complex categories belong in the realm of wages and pensions of a service-type industry, not in those of agriculture. By failing to establish the functional link between agriculture and the national mission of the rulers, the scholars of Ethiopian studies have so far been unable to identify this 'elusive' but all-pervasive primary industry of Ethiopia. That in turn, the author argues, has had a rub-off effect in hindering a clear and comprehensive understanding of issues such as poverty and famine. The central topic of this work is the 'identification' of this 'elusive' industry. The study of its evolution, set in historical grounds, of its dynamics and the intricate maze of multi-natured relations is attempted. On this basis, the option of creating an independent (from theo-industry), and more importantly, renewable agricultural industry is proposed as the key to tackling chronic levels of poverty and famine in EthiopiaDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Anemyr, Mattias. "Optimization of Production Scheduling at IKEA Industry Hultsfred." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Kommunikations- och transportsystem, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-167145.
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IKEA Industry has factories in several locations where one location is in Hultsfred, Småland. IKEA Industry Hultsfred produces IKEA:s wardrobe collection PAX. In 2018, 2.8 million wardrobes were manufactured in Hultsfred. This thesis covers the subject of constructing and developing an optimization model which has the same characteristics as the plinth production at IKEA Industry Hultsfred. This means that the optimization model must consider production sequence; the setup time is different depending on which products that have been produced in the machine earlier. The thesis also covers to investigate how much time that is necessary to produce the plinths to Hultsfred, Portugal, and Germany under different circumstances. This thesis also balances inventory levels and setup time. I.e., how the inventory levels are changed if more emphasis is put into minimizing setup time, and the other way around. The results show that lower inventory levels and setup times are achievable over seven days if the production planning technique is changed.
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Dong, Bingfeng. "Application of Water/Wastewater Treatment in Trace Organic Compounds Removal and Other Industry Sectors." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/333205.
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Wastewater reuse is fast becoming an imperative issue based on the developments in water/wastewater engineering coupled with increasing pressures on water resources. Trace organic compounds (TOrCs) that exist in water/wastewater, are a serious threat once they were released in the environment. During the past decade, there has been much progress toward understanding the occurrence, fate and toxicology of trace organic pollutants that enter the environment in treated wastewater. The objective of the first part of this research was to evaluate the combined effects of sequential anaerobic/aerobic digestion on residual TOrCs, concentrating on chemicals that are responsible for observed estrogenic/androgenic activities in biosolids. Full-scale digestion was simulated using bench-scale bioreactors in which the primary independent variables were retention time, temperature, and oxygen loading during aerobic digestion. Treatment-dependent changes in estrogenic/androgenic activity and concentrations of specific Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) were measured. Results suggest that standard mesophilic anaerobic digestion increases the total estrogenic/androgenic activity of sludge while aerobic digestion was effective in the reduction of estrogenic/androgenic activity as a supplementary treatment stage. The second part of the study was focused on the fate of TOrCs and estrogenic activity in water and sediment of the Santa Cruz River, which is effluent dependent except during infrequent periods of rainfall/runoff in Tucson area. Several sampling campaigns were carried out from 2011 to 2013. Results suggest that some organic TOrCs, including those that contribute to estrogenic activity, were rapidly attenuated with distance and time of travel in the Santa Cruz River. Indirect photolysis of estrogenic compounds through the river might play an important role for the observation of estrogenic activity changes in the SCR. Hydrophobic TOrCs may accumulate in river sediments during dry weather periods. Riverbed sediment quality is periodically improved through storm-related scouring during periods of heavy rainfall and runoff. Wastewater effluent can be applied to the algal biodiesel industry based on regional water stress across the world. In the third part of the research, reclaimed wastewater was explored for this purpose, simultaneously satisfying the needs for water, macronutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus, and micronutrients necessary for growth of microalgae. At the same time, algal growth in conventionally treated wastewater will improve water quality through the same nutrient removal processes and perhaps by lowering residual levels of trace organics that are an impediment to potable reuse. Results showed that metals levels in most municipal wastewaters are unlikely to disrupt growth, at least by metals tolerant microalgae like Nannochloropsis salina. Cells can grow without inhibition on nutrients from treated municipal wastewater or a centrate stream derived from wastewater treatment. The results also suggest while wastewater provides a suitable nutrient source for algal growth, there is simply not enough municipal wastewater available to support a meaningful biofuels industry without water recycling and nutrient recovery/reuse from spent algae. The last part of the dissertation was the application of water/wastewater treatment techniques, specifically advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) in other industrial sectors. In the integrated circuit production industry, chemical formulations used for megasonic cleaning typically contain hydroxides, peroxides and carbonates, which can affect particle removal efficiency and feature damage. The role of carbonates and ammonia in modulating the oxidation power of megasonic irradiated alkaline solutions through the scavenging of hydroxyl radicals by varying levels of carbonates, bicarbonates, ammonia and solution temperatures on net generation of hydroxyl radicals for applications in semiconductor industry was investigated in this study. The simulation of actual megasonic cleaning process was carried out at acoustic frequency of ~ 1 MHz and different power densities. Carbonate ions were better scavengers of hydroxyl radicals than bicarbonate ions. The effect of bulk solution temperature revealed that the rate of generation of hydroxyl radicals at a power density of 8 W/cm² increased with temperature from 10-30°C, which suggests an increase of transient cavitation with temperature.
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Sánchez, Montoya Trinidad. "Role-dependent information displaying design and implementation using augmented reality." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-19870.
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This thesis project aims to study the design of an Augmented Reality solution for the industry that benefits the user. Three industry-related roles are studied individually, the shop floor worker role, the line manager role, and the maintenance worker role. In order to do this, two different information display approaches; having access to a personal source of information, and having distributed sources of information linked to the working space, are implemented, analyzed, and compared, from acognitive ergonomics perspective. Insight on how the different design decisions can affect the outcome of the Augmented Reality system in each case, is extracted from performance, usability, perceived workload, and user experience evaluations of each of the approaches for each of the roles. The design and creation methodology for information system and computing research is followed for this project. A literature review is performed in order to define and understand the addressed problem, solutions are proposed in an iterative process, culminating in the implementation of the final idea, which is then evaluated by a group of test subjects. These evaluations target cognitive ergonomics assessments of the different design approaches and their results are collected and analyzed in order to draw conclusions and present the project’s findings. The obtained results point to a set of different strengths and weaknesses for each of the Augmented Reality approaches implemented for each of the industry roles considered. For the shop floor and maintenance workers, distributed approaches for information display can be more exciting and engaging, but they can also increase task completion time, in comparison to information displayed in personal panels. However, the results point to line managers can possibly benefit more from the use of personal panels.Det finns övrigt digitalt material (t.ex. film-, bild- eller ljudfiler) eller modeller/artefakter tillhörande examensarbetet somska skickas till arkivet.
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Chlebna, Camilla M. "The role of institutions for the path dependent development of the wind energy industry in Germany and Britain." Thesis, Oxford Brookes University, 2017. https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/21dd4aef-25b7-41ab-9ff0-4eeadaf4c7e7/1/.
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The key argument of this thesis is that institutional settings have a crucial impact on path dependent economic development. It is also argued that both formal and informal institutions play an important role. The contribution to knowledge lies in the unique combination of a path dependency perspective with an institutional focus and the proposition of two frameworks to examine the relationships between the concepts. It is evidence for the valuable contribution that strongly qualitative approaches in studies in evolutionary economic geography can make. A multi-level perspective is applied in two frameworks. Three key levels are examined: The civil society, where transitional new pathways originate, the path dependent industrial landscape which new technological pathways seek to reach, and the institutions which need to support these new technological pathways so they can develop. It is argued through the conceptual framework that the institutional arrangements act as a filter on agents’ perceptions and that therefore different institutional constellations in different regions or countries are one important cause of divergent economic development. The analysis framework proposes a role for both informal and formal institutional arrangements, where informal institutions have an important impact on whether and how the formal institutional arrangements are co-evolved by agents because of their immediate effect on their perceptions and behaviour. These frameworks were tested by applying them to the case of the path dependent development of the wind energy industry in Germany and Britain. 32 semi-structured interviews with industry experts followed a pilot study of four interviews with academics. A good spread across the two countries and across perspectives was achieved. It was found that in Germany the strength of the anti-nuclear sentiment in combination with the federal structure allowed for new ideas about energy generation to get a foothold amongst policymakers. In contrast the relatively closed, hierarchical formal institutional structure in Britain in combination with a lack of a comparable strength of sentiment amongst society in general hindered similar institutional co-evolution and institutional hysteresis continued.
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Roussel, Yann. "Adjusting VMI settings for overlapping successive models, with stock-dependent demand and cannibalization: A case study in consumer electronics retailing in Germany." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-102745.
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This thesis develops a method to optimize the inventory-related performance of a VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) in retailing environments, for two successive products with overlapping lifecycles, under stock-dependent demand. The study refers to existing research in different fields, such as inventory policies and VMIs, retailing of substitutable products, stock-dependent demands and product lifecycle management. However, no study encompassing all these research streams could be found, and thus an abductive approach is developed, aiming at building new theory. The thesis draws upon a case study at Sony Germany, which has started an ambitious VMI initiative with the largest retailer of consumer electronics products in Germany. First, stock and sales data available, along with insights collected among employees, is used to understand the key profit-drivers when lifecycles of the two products overlap, and a set of indicators is propounded to measure them. The pattern of sales in relation to inventories of the two products is studied, and results in the validation of the stock-dependent demand assumption, with demand following a Poisson distribution of parameter λ [on-hand stock]. Demand for the new product is also found to be negatively affected by stock levels of the old product, in an exponential way. Second, a model is built and a scenario- based simulation embedding the patterns previously established is performed to evaluate different strategies to steer the stock levels in the VMI. Scenarios are evaluated against the proposed set of indicators, but no scenario is found to over perform consistently the others. Nevertheless interesting patterns emerge and it is possible to relate the performance observed to specificities of scenarios and product contexts. Using the patterns identified, a set of guidelines is suggested, along with proposals for practical implementation.
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Leeuwen, Erik Pieter van. "Recovered-resource dependent industries and the strategic renewal of incumbent firms a multi-level study of recovered-resource dependence management and strategic renewal in the European paper and board industry /." [Rotterdam] : Rotterdam : Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), Erasmus University Rotterdam ; Erasmus University [Host], 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/10183.
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Batigun, Caner. "Determination Of Welding Parameter Dependent Hot Cracking Susceptibility Of 5086-h32 Aluminium Alloy With The Use Of Mvt Method." Phd thesis, METU, 2005. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/3/12605721/index.pdf.
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Hot cracking is a serious problem that encounters during welding of aluminium-magnesium alloys. In the present study, solidification and liquation type of hot cracks in weld metal and the heat-affected zones of 5086-H32 aluminium alloy were investigated by using Modified Varestraint Test (MVT) with TIG-AC and TIG-DC welding. With determining the size, type and number of cracks, a relation was established between welding line energy and strain on the hot crack formation. This information was used to determine the hot crack safe parameter ranges. The hot cracking tendency as a function of applied parameters were discussed in the frame of temperature fields around the moving heat source. Moreover, the characteristic hot crack locations on the 5086-H32 MVT specimens were generalized.
The results of the study indicated that the increase in line energy and strain increased the hot cracking tendency of the specified aluminium alloy. In the low line energy range, the main hot cracking mechanism is the solidification cracking which could be overcome by the use of a suitable filler material. At high line energy range, due to the increased amount of interdendritic liquid, the amount of solidification cracking decreases by healing mechanism. However, because of the enlarged-temperature-field around the weld zone, fraction of HAZ cracking increases. The comparison between the hot cracking tendencies in low and high line energies indicates that the low line energy ranges with low augmented strains resulted in hot crack safer parameters.
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Wako, Adi Liban. "Ideology as commodity : industry of a theocracy and production of famines in Ethiopia." Thesis, View thesis, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/452.
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This work introduces an alternative paradigm that claims that the primary industry of imperial Ethiopia has been (and still is) one that has evolved around the Abyssinian national mission vis-a-vis the populations it rules from a point of conquest. Abyssinia, like Catholic Spain in the Americas, carried out a series of 'civilising' missions (Christianising), that has spanned centuries to modern times. Around a theocratic mission evolved a service type industry, the author calls theo-industry. On that basis, the work demonstrates how well-known categories of 'land-tenure', namely, the gult/goolt, the gultenya/gooltenya, the rist, the ristenya, the gabbar and related others are categories of a fiscal system of theo-industry, not of an agrarian system or agrarian industry. It is argued how these rather complex categories belong in the realm of wages and pensions of a service-type industry, not in those of agriculture. By failing to establish the functional link between agriculture and the national mission of the rulers, the scholars of Ethiopian studies have so far been unable to identify this 'elusive' but all-pervasive primary industry of Ethiopia. That in turn, the author argues, has had a rub-off effect in hindering a clear and comprehensive understanding of issues such as poverty and famine. The central topic of this work is the 'identification' of this 'elusive' industry. The study of its evolution, set in historical grounds, of its dynamics and the intricate maze of multi-natured relations is attempted. On this basis, the option of creating an independent (from theo-industry), and more importantly, renewable agricultural industry is proposed as the key to tackling chronic levels of poverty and famine in Ethiopia
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Huddleston, Veronica. "Restructuring and adjustment in resource-dependent coastal communities : a case study of the Western rock lobster fleet hosting communities." University of Western Australia. Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2010.0001.
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In an attempt to address the seeming imbalance within studies of rural communities in Australia linked to primary industries, this study examines the broader aspects of policy changes and bio-economic imperatives in the Western Rock Lobster Fishery and the effects of the restructuring of the fishery on communities that host the rock lobster fleet. It is an innovative study in that it is one of the first comprehensive studies of industry restructuring in the fisheries sector; a study of the linkages and implications of restructuring on the social, economic and cultural facets of coastal communities in Western Australia. Globalisation in the fishery sector, aided by technological advances, has resulted in a greater exploitation of high-value fisheries for export. Intensified globalisation has also brought about environmental and social standards that ensure the survival of by-catch species and promote responsible codes of fishing practice. In Australia, the active support of the government for globalisation, led to the adoption of export-oriented policies emphasising competitiveness and efficiency. Consideration of market principles thus govern fisheries regulators when deciding on the management arrangements to adopt for a particular fishery. In considering a number of policy instruments and management measures, government regulators also consider the conservation of marine resources alongside the production of significant economic and social benefits. The Western Rock Lobster Fishery is the most valuable single species fishery in Western Australia with a sizeable financial and employment contribution to coastal communities along the Western Australian coast. Any management scheme adopted for this fishery, as such, not only has to take into account biological and environmental imperatives but also economic and social objectives. The analysis of the fishery undertaken in this thesis underlines the need for a holistic view of fishery management that takes into consideration not only biological sustainability, but also promotes an understanding of fishers' behaviours and fishing patterns and the consequent effects on specific communities. The demographic and social changes that affect rural communities further complicate the economic restructuring at the fishery level, with fishers' responses differing based on their circumstances and preferences. This thesis presents a snapshot of a fishery deliberating changes in management arrangements and its effects on coastal communities whose socio-demographic and economic development historically has depended, and to a great extent is still dependent, upon rock lobster fishing. It provides empirical evidence that lends support to the view that the pro-market policies promoting competition and entrepreneurialism have resulted in a spatially uneven development in regional Australia. Specific localities can deal with the changes brought about by globalisation and policy change. However, the manner in which these communities deal and cope with these changes depends on a number of factors, among others, the level of diversification of the local economy, demographic and social structures, and other factors such as the level of resilience and the social capital base within the community.
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TOMASSINI, RODRIGO DE ALMEIDA SANTOS. "HISTORY MATTERS: PATH DEPENDENCE AND THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2011. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=19108@1.
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É frequente o questionamento acadêmico acerca das razões que levam
empresas diferentes a adotarem estratégias distintas. No caso de atividades
maduras de manufatura, como a produção de calçados, onde são poucas as
características técnicas e organizacionais não compartilhadas por todos os atores,
esta indagação torna-se ainda mais premente. É no intuito de investigar esse
problema que o trabalho empreende um estudo de caso simples, tomando a
indústria calçadista como foco primário e utilizando como múltiplas unidades de
análise os exemplos de China, Itália e Brasil – países com comportamentos
estratégicos muito diferentes, neste setor. Tirando proveito das conclusões
advogadas pela teoria de path dependence, sobre a importância de se considerar
uma perspectiva longitudinal na análise das características e do desempenho de
uma indústria, o trabalho busca identificar, no decorrer histórico dos
acontecimentos, elementos determinantes para a posição global detida atualmente
pelos países estudados. A investigação aponta para a existência de diversos
eventos-chave, que se caracterizam pela aleatoriedade, reforço cumulativo e
relação de interdependência. Ademais, considerações culturais, sociais e políticas
também se mostram relevantes, contribuindo para gerar um efeito de
aprisionamento estratégico do qual as empresas têm dificuldade para se
desvincular.The academic inquiry regarding the reasons that lead different companies towards the adoption of different strategies is very common. When it comes to mature manufacturing activities, such as the production of shoes, where only a few technical and organizational characteristics are not shared by all actors, this question becomes even more critical. In order to explore this problem, this work relies on a simple case study, placing footwear industry in focus and following the examples of China, Italy and Brazil - countries that show very different strategic behaviors in that sector. Taking advantage of the conclusions advocated by path dependence theory, on the importance of considering longitudinal analysis when evaluating characteristics and performance of an industry, this research seeks to identify crucial points, in the course of historical events, that could have affected the overall position currently held by those countries. Conclusions show the existence of several key events, which are characterized by randomness, increasing returns and technological interdependence. In addition, social, cultural and public policies considerations seem relevant as well, contributing to lock companies inside strategies from which it is hard to detach.
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Peters, Stuart Richard. "Competition and technological change in the liquid crystal display (LCD) industry." Thesis, Brunel University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.327114.
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Scott, Krista Janette. "Temperature dependency of burn-off emissions in the automobile industry." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2008. http://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/24.
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Romero, Guastavino Diego Alonso. "Development of the Chilean mining industry – its dependence of natural resources." Thesis, KTH, Entreprenörskap och Innovation, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-189232.
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The resource curse, also known as the “paradox of plenty”, basically states that countries that have natural resources in abundance, particularly in terms of non-renewable resources such as oil and gas and minerals, in the long run tend to have less economic growth and prosperity, than countries with relatively lesser endowments of natural resources. This research investigates the case of the Chilean economy; its erstwhile saltpeter mining industry and current copper mining industry. The study attempts to answer the research question of whether Chile is still under the resource curse. Through the facts of the case study, semi-structured formal and informal interviews and extensive literature review, the researcher identified four main outcomes of the resource curse which are true to the Chilean history and current events; plundering of national wealth by political leaders, weak policy enforcements and military challenges to the government and the subsequent threats to the country’s democracy. The results of the case study suggest that, Chile is indeed still under the resource curse. The researcher draws on economic theory by Joseph Schumpeter in his most celebrated publication, “The theory of Economic Development” to gain understanding into the Chilean reality of economic under development and any other possible factors besides the resource curse, mainly lack of entrepreneurial ambitions by the human capital of the economy. The study contrasts, Schumpeter’s economic theory to Marxist economic theory of total control of nation states’ resources by governments and the Keynesian economic theory of government intervention aimed at supporting growth.
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Herbstreuth, Sebastian. "The problem of foreign oil dependence in the United States." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.608185.
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Holmberg, Rurik. "Survival of the Unfit : Path Dependence and the Estonian Oil Shale Industry." Doctoral thesis, Linköping : Linköping University, Department of Technology and Social Change, 2008. http://www.bibl.liu.se/liupubl/disp/disp2008/arts427s.pdf.
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Koch, Sharron Lee. "Relationship Building and Unethical Behavior in the Hospitality Industry." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2492.
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Relationship building is a fundamental component to develop successful businesses, although corrupt purchasing executives pay bribes in excess of $1.5 trillion dollars annually. The participants for this case study consisted of 10 national sales managers who have successfully implemented strategies to train suppliers in relationship building in a hotel in Greensville, South Carolina. The resource dependence theory grounded the study. The purpose of this single case study was to explore strategies a hotel owner in Greenville, South Carolina used to train managers on relationship building. Collection of data included 8 semi-structured telephone interviews and 2 video interviews that were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim, archived data, and field notes. Using a modified van Kaam method and methodological triangulation, 3 prominent themes were identified that included the appropriateness of relationship building activities to collect data critical to negotiations, the need to clarify unclear expectations, and developing an increased awareness of the gray areas for possible boundary violations between the vendor and the customer. The data from the results indicated the need for increased training to reduce the number of instances of unethical behavior perceived in relationship building activities. The implications for positive social change include the potential to increase the awareness of ethical issues in multicultural business settings on the part of national sales managers, which could decrease the rate of unethical behavior in the hospitality industry.
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Reilly, Brendan Michael Declan. "Tiki to Mickey: The Anglo - American Influence On New Zealand Commercial Music Radio 1931-2008." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Social and Political Sciences, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/5248.
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Emerging consensus tends to suggest there is overwhelming American dominance of New Zealand radio in music. This study sets out to investigate such claims by looking at music, and incorporating a study of technology, announcing and programming as well. There is evidence emerging that instead of overwhelming dominance, there is a mixture of American as well as British influence.
Foreign influence in the radio scene has been apparent since the time it became a popular addition to the New Zealand household in the 1920’s. Over the following decades, the radio industry has turned to the dominant Anglo-American players for guidance and inspiration. Now with a maturing local industry that is becoming more confident in its own skin, this reliance on foreign industry is coming under question regarding its effect on indigenous culture. The cultural cringe is slowly disappearing, but what is replacing it has been the centre of cultural debate.
Utilising methods of content analysis and interviews, we set out to question which theory best describes the new landscape that the radio industry finds itself in, and how this is affecting the production of content received by the listening public. Working within a framework of cultural imperialism and hybridity, the findings indicate a complex mixture of the local and the global that could not be explained by simplistic notions of hybridity.
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Heidebrecht, Sarah E. "Dependency and development in the garment industry: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8614.
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Master of ScienceDepartment of Apparel, Textiles, and Interior Design
Joy Kozar
This study examines colonization, development, and globalization in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) with respect to the garment industry, the main industry of the islands. A broad-reaching analysis examined population, gender, economic factors, and import/export data in order to explore the repercussions of garment industry development and subsequent decline on the CNMI. A quantitative analysis was conducted utilizing data from the United States Census Bureau, the CNMI's Department of Commerce, and the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Textiles and Apparel. This research illustrates how the effects of the garment industry in small developing nations are dramatically impacted by a trade arrangement, the Multi-Fiber Arrangement (MFA), which was a protectionist measure used to restrict manufacturing of certain product through a quota system. In addition, this study reveals the economic implications and societal outcomes for the CNMI after the collapse of the garment industry as a result of the 2005 MFA phase-out. Garment production orders shifted to large producer nations once quota restrictions were no longer in place. Factory closures, lost business revenue, and a loss of manufacturing positions affecting predominantly women plagued the CNMI as well as cost-of-living increases. Federalization of the CNMI took place in 2009 which further complicated the islands’ politics and guest worker population status. Tourism is now the CNMI's chief industry although its growth is dismal and heavily reliant upon world economies. A comparison between Mauritius, another small island nation, concludes the discussion with insight on women's development and future considerations for economic growth as a means of development and dependency in the CNMI.
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Axell, Sandra, and Chanelle Fortune Mugororoka. "På vems villkor? : En fallstudie om barnarbete i Ghana." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-11406.
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The purpose of this paper is to describe and analyze two factors contributing to child labor in Ghana, one of the world's largest producers of cocoa. These two factors are: poor countries economic and political dependency on the rich countries, political leader’s ambitions and decisions. We will also describe and analyze the UN's efforts and measures to combat child labor. The method we used was a case study of child labor in Ghana‘s cocoa industry together with interviews. Questions to be answered were: How is poor countries economic and political dependency towards rich countries a contributing factor to child labor? How do political leader’s ambitions and decisions affect child labor? Despite UN efforts to combat child labor it does not diminish in some parts of the world such as West-Africa, why? The theories used were the Dependency Theory and Political Leadership Theory. Our results show that dependency theory can contribute to child labor. It does that because of colonialisms effects still are showing in poorer countries. This in turn leads to that children need to work to help their family economically. UN broad actions and measures to combat child labor did not help to reduce child labor. UN must specify its policies and actions in each country depending on what kind of child labor it is. Political leadership was important to ensure that child labor should decrease. The political leader should have understood the issue and ensured the protection of children under 15 from hazardous work, this by ensuring that there were laws that protected them, but also by accepting the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
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Bragg, Lisa A. "Spatial Dependence and Omitted Variable Bias Effects on Efficiency Analysis: A Study of the Maine Dairy Industry." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2005. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/BraggLA2005.pdf.
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Lenzer, Jr James Hans. "From path creation to path dependence in international financial centre development : the emergence of the entrepreneurial financial firm." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/197521.
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International financial centre (IFC) development is a hot topic in today’s global arena at the political state level and within academic circles as they can have a significant impact on national, regional and local economies. A critical review of the literature on this topic reveals that not much scholarly attention has been directed towards how IFCs develop from within, more specifically how local entrepreneurial activity contributes to the advancement and evolution of an IFC. In addition, a number of different theories such as path dependence and the concept of social networks have been used as alternative frameworks to explain the phenomena of spatial agglomeration in international financial centres (IFCs); however, these theories haven’t either been properly constructed in a geographical context, empirically applied in a convincing manner or been further investigated using different methodological frameworks.
Through the lens of the entrepreneurial hedge fund (EHF) firm and by incorporating a multiple methodological approach (quantitative, descriptive and spatial analysis); this research investigates four separate empirical lines of inquiry in regard to either the firm, its proprietor or the IFC that focuses on micro characteristics, spatial characteristics, the general business arena and development mechanisms.
The major empirical findings are that the EHF firm can be classified as small and large based on a number of different factors; while the proprietor is a well educated individual who was previously employed as a high level manager of a large multinational corporation and has previous career ties to the investment banking and traditional fund management sectors. EHF firms agglomerate in IFCs with the most intense clustering occurring within close proximity to the nucleus of the main financial district and other agglomeration patterns are evident. Categorically, government and regulatory factors and people factors are considered as the most important competiveness factors of an IFC. When compared as a whole with previously conducted studies, the findings were found to be statistically indifferent; however, at the individual factor level there are distinct differences. The factors that trigger entrepreneurial behavior are endogenous in nature and the top barriers encountered were customer related followed by employee recruitment and regulatory issues. Finally, human agency and social networks are an integral part of the entrepreneurial process and can be categorized into five separate groups with professional and associate considered to be the most important.
This study makes three theoretical contributions on developmental aspects of IFCs. First, a spatial agglomeration model is proposed based on areal differentiation that is derived from the established and changing patterns in the human landscape and its institutions. Second, the theory of path creation is introduced along with social network interaction to account for the genesis of new financial firms at a micro level and a ‘path as processes’ model that incorporates ‘place dependence—path creation—path dependence’ as an economic process is proposed to illustrate the development of the alternative asset management sector which ultimately contributes to the advancement and evolution of an IFC in the defined study area.published_or_final_version
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Arnesson, Malin. "A business network analysis of the Botswana tourism industry : – Putting local ground operators relationships with foreign tour operators in the centre." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-35900.
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Purpose: This study aims to (1) describe and analyse the local ground operator’s role in the network of the Botswana tourism industry, (2) to investigate what factors characterize and influence their relationships with foreign tour operators, as well as (3) to provide implications for improving these relations. Methodology: This study has been conducted as a case study, where the empirical data was collected during a two months field trip to Botswana. A qualitative research method, and a deductive approach has been used. Five semi-structured interviews were conducted with ground operators to get their perspective of their own situation, and one with a person representing a governmental organisation. Most data was collected through the interviews, but participating observation also served as a source of information. The validity and reliability of the study has been enhanced by defining core concepts, interviewing several respondents, using an interview guide and recording most of the interviews. Results: Local ground operators play are crucial role in the network of Botswana’s tourism industry, as they are engaged in a high number of business relationships, are bringing the services at the destination together, and are connecting them to the tourists. They play a role as both customers and suppliers. Their relationship to tour operators abroad consists of a lot of resource ties, activity links as well as some actor bonds. Trust is found to be a very essential part of the relationship, and they perceive themselves as being dependent on the tour operators. Culture is not identified as a major influencing factor. As for managerial recommendations, a better communication in expectations and an increased adaptation of products and processes, to create customer dependence, are among the results advised.
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Jepsen, Brian. "Norm-based bilateral governance and dependence symmetries in buyer-supplier dyads in the Norwegian oil industry." Thesis, Brunel University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302575.
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Meyer, Tobias Georg [Verfasser]. "Path dependence in two-sided markets : A simulation study on technological path dependence with an application to platform competition in the smartphone industry / Tobias Georg Meyer." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1128844273/34.
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Aldridge, Jessica R. "Ending America's Dependence on Foreign Oil: Risk Perceptions among Texans." TopSCHOLAR®, 2009. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/85.
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Flores, Reyes Romina. "Cuando el trabajo depende del lugar y el lugar del trabajo." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2012. http://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/110337.
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Informe de Seminario para optar al grado de Licenciado en HistoriaEste seminario aborda la experiencia de los trabajadores de uno de los tres nichos laborales orientados al mar que aquí se han mencionado; este es el de la Industria Pesquera. Sus inicios en la localidad se pueden periodificar en dos etapas según su desarrollo y producción. La primera de ellas desde la década del cuarenta hasta fines de los setenta; la segunda desde mediados de los ochenta hasta fines de los noventa. Ambas etapas estuvieron en estrecha concordancia con el acontecer del país en las décadas en las que éstas se enmarcaron, afectando no sólo la existencia de ésta industria, sino también la vida de hombres y mujeres que ligaron sus vidas a este rubro laboral. Ellos son los trabajadores de la industria pesquera de San Antonio, quienes tras años de trabajo, de un momento a otro experimentaron sucesivas transformaciones, las cuales trastocaron no sólo su presencia como trabajadores, sino también su mundo cotidiano y la de su localidad.
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Liu, Chi-Wei. "Hog island agricultural protectionism, food dependency, and impact of the international food regime in Taiwan /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2008.
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Shane, Rachel. "Negotiating the creative sector understanding the role and impact of an artistic union in a cultural industry : a study of Actors' Equity Association and the theatrical industry /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1158512076.
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Frausto, Victor A. "An analysis of the U.S. Navy's military housing privatization initiative and the application of transaction cost economics as a component of the decision framework for the establishment of future partnerships between the Department of Defense and private sector industry." Monterey, Calif. : Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA429312.
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"Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration from the Naval Postgraduate School, December 2004.""MBA professional report"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-89). Also issued in paper format.
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Gadd, Sandra, and Therese Gustafsson. "Organizational and Board Characteristics’ Impact on Female Board Representation: Evidence from Swedish Publicly Listed Financial Firms." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43863.
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Background - The underrepresentation of women in corporate boardrooms has been a central corporate governance issue for decades; still, improvement is made at a slow pace and varies by industry sector. On average, the Swedish financial industry displays high levels of female board representation compared to other industry sectors; however, there are large differences between the companies. Therefore, investigating whether certain organizational and/or board characteristics have an impact on female board representation in this industry may provide valuable insights as to whether some factors enhance gender diversity on these boards and, consequently, could serve as tools for further growth of female board representation. Purpose - The purpose of this study is to evaluate the development of female board representation in Swedish publicly listed financial firms and to investigate whether certain organizational and/or board characteristics have an impact on female board representation. As such, the study answers call for research regarding women on boards in the finance industry, while also contributing to the limited amount of research examining whether certain organizational factors may act as predictors of female board representation. Method - The study is of quantitative nature with a deductive approach and longitudinal design. Data is collected from annual reports and corporate governance reports of Swedish public financial firms listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and NGM Equity between 2011 and 2017. The initial sample contains all 60 listed firms, while the final sample consists of 37 firms. The dependent variable is female board representation and the independent variables are firm size, female employment base, board size, outside directors, multiple directorships, older directors, and female chairman. Control variables for market capitalization segments and year-fixed effects are included. Data is analysed using multiple linear regression, which is in line with prior research. Conclusion - The results of the study show that there is a significant negative relationship between female board representation and board size, while there are significant positive relationships between female board representation and the variables outside directors and female employment base. Significant positive relationships are also found between female board representation and effects related to time and market capitalization segment. The results are both in line with and contradictory to prior research, indicating the need for further research to clarify the relationship – if any – between certain factors and female board representation. Moreover, the results provide indications for policymaking, especially concerning the large inequalities found regarding the position as chairman as well as the relationship between the female employment base and female board representation.
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Helena, Flavia. "O fabricante de textos - uma leitura de Budapeste de Chico Buarque." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8151/tde-08092011-105053/.
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O romance Budapeste de Chico Buarque é uma narrativa em primeira pessoa que relata de forma não linear a trajetória do ghost-writer José Costa, desde os tempos de faculdade, quando vendia sob encomenda monografias e trabalhos acadêmicos, no Rio de Janeiro, até o seu estabelecimento definitivo na cidade de Budapeste, na Hungria, depois de ser-lhe atribuída a autoria de Budapest, livro que afirma não ter escrito e que relata grande parte de sua vida. Abordando o motivo do duplo, uma vez que o protagonista não se divide somente entre duas cidades, mas também entre duas línguas e duas mulheres, o relato se constrói a partir de um foco não confiável, o que reforça a problemática do logro e do embuste que a narrativa engendra. A associação desses elementos a saber, o foco não confiável, a profissão exercida pelo protagonista e seu deslocamento entre dois países possibilita algumas das questões que se colocam no romance e que selecionamos para análise, tais como a simulação e a abstração, as relações de dependência entre o Brasil e os países economicamente dominantes e a indústria cultural. Assim, partindo-se do pressuposto de que a obra literária recria em seu interior uma realidade ficcional autônoma, o propósito deste trabalho é examinar os temas apontados, verificando em que medida e de que maneira essas questões são captadas e formuladas pela estrutura da obra e assim revelam aspectos próprios da realidade concreta.The novel Budapeste, by Chico Buarque, is a first-person narrative which relates in a non-linear way the trajectory of the ghost-writer José Costa since he used to sell monographs and academic papers in Rio de Janeiro until his settling in Budapest, the Hungarian capital, when he is pointed as the author of Budapest, a book which he does not recognizes as his and which tells a great part of his life. Dealing with the motif of the double, as the protagonist does not only divide himself between two cities, but also between two languages and two women, the story is told by an unreliable narrator, which reinforces the issue of deceit which the narrative constructs. The association of these elements unreliable narrator, profession of the protagonist and his circulation between two countries creates some of the questions that are present in the novel and herein analyzed, for instance, simulation and abstraction, relations of dependency between Brazil and economically dominant countries and the cultural industry. Therefore, starting from the idea that the literary work recreates an autonomous fictional reality, the aim of this dissertation is to examine the mentioned themes, observing in which ways these questions are grasped and formulated by the structure of the novel and hence can reveal specific aspects of concrete reality.
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Fabiánová, Jana. "Demografické faktory ekonomického růstu." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-162896.
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Development of the economic situation in recent years raises number of issues, including defining what are the factors of this development and whether it is possible to affect them. This thesis deals with the demographic factors of economic growth; those are factors associated with general population and factors which may have an impact on the country's economy. The main aim of this work is to precisely identify the demographic factor and analyze their development in the Czech Republic since the early 1990s to the present days. Furthermore, the economic development is analyzed along with the indicators of economic activity in sorting by various demographic factors. Special attention is given to the status of working foreigners within the labor market. To emphasize the specifics of the development of the various sectors of national economy the construction industry was selected as a case example. The analysis of the employment in the construction industry was conducted in regard to demographic and economic indicators. To illustrate the results of the analysis column, line and pie charts were used in addition to the figures in the tables.
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Uszacki, Arno. "A economia do município de Dom Feliciano : diagnóstico preliminar e cenário como ferramenta para tomada de decisão." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/10111.
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Nesta dissertação inicialmente foi realizado um estudo sobre as ferramentas utilizadas pelas organizações para referendar seus planejamentos estratégicos, tecendo uma linha comparativa entre aquelas ações que projetam o futuro com base em acontecimentos passados e a criação de cenários prospectivos, método pelo qual são consideradas visões de possíveis futuros e as implicações destas, na atividade empresarial. Para alcançar o objetivo principal deste trabalho que é a avaliação do grau de dependência da economia do município de Dom Feliciano em relação a indústria fumageira, foi realizada uma pesquisa envolvendo uma amostra de 500 agricultores. A análise do resultado desta pesquisa acrescido pelas informações constantes nos dados estatísticos fornecidos pela Secretaria da Fazenda do município, identificam claramente a relação de dependência e apontam para a necessidade de criação e implementação de ações preventivas capazes de contornarem as possíveis turbulências identificadas na criação do cenário para o setor fumageiro.This dissertation has as objetive an evatuation of the economical dependency to the smoking industry, of Dom Feliciano town. Inittialy, the author presents results os studies about tools used by organizations to verify is estrategic planning and for that, draw a comparative between the actions that project the future based on past events and the creation of prospective sceneries, which method is to consider possible future visions and its implications. The execution method of this work includes, beyond the bibliographic research, interview proceedings with specialists, analysis and evaluation of the town history, the utilization of different sources estatistical data and the research execution, which sample involved 500 farmer from the region. The analysis and the sceneries technique concludes enphasizing the economical dependençy relation and shows the necessity of the creation and implementation of preventive actions and/or economical focus change.
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Edestav, Andreas, and Johanna Linder. "Information Sharing in Independent Dyadic Business Relstionships : A Case Study of Four Focal Companies in the Clothes Manufacturing Industry of Imbaba and Warrak, Great Cairo, Egypt." Thesis, Jönköping University, JTH, Industrial Engineering and Management, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-9106.
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Purpose - The purpose of the thesis is to record the content of the information shared by buyer to supplier in independent dyadic business relationships in the clothes manufacturing industry of Imbaba and Warrak, Great Cairo, Egypt. The objective is as well to describe how this sharing is managed in terms of communication frequency, order cycle time and information technology used.
Methodology – A case study was performed on four companies in the clothes manufacturing industry of Imbaba and Warrak, Egypt. The empirical data was collected through six semi-structured interviews. The results were thereafter analyzed through a summarized framework.
Findings - The content of shared information is mainly of traditional character, nevertheless do 50 % of the relationships as well include elements of additional soft information. When the information sharing is performed through regular communication do the frequency vary with an average of 0.43, once every 2.3 days. The order cycle times vary from delivery the same day as order placement to three days after order placement, with an average of 0.5 days. The information is shared through two different information technologies: face-to-face and telephone.
Research implications – Imbaba and Warrak are considered one of the poorest districts in the Great Cairo region. The region has although seen great development the last 12-15 years and is today a main district for the industry of clothes manufacturing in Cairo. The role of information sharing yet appears to be poorly examined.
Originality/value - Making the situation evident to the case companies will impact on their possibilities to make further improvements within the area of information sharing.
Key words Information sharing, dependence, independence, dyad, content, frequency, order cycle time, information technologies.
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Gavelli, Alessandro. "Verso Industry 4.0: profilazione di dati telemetrici di produzione presso Bonfiglioli Riduttori S.p.A." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2021.
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Nella cosiddetta “era dei Big Data” le aziende sono sempre più guidate dai dati nel prendere decisioni strategiche, tanto che è stato coniato il termine data-drive companies per descrivere questo fenomeno. Tra le numerose tipologie di dati, l’acquisizione di quelli telemetrici, ovvero ottenuti a partire da sensori posizionati sulle macchine, si sta sempre più affermando grazie al paradigma dell’Industria 4.0. Il vantaggio principale consiste nella possibilità di utilizzare le informazioni ricavabili per aumentare la produttività degli impianti, in particolare grazie alla manutenzione predittiva. La trasformazione da dato in informazione ed infine in conoscenza non può però prescindere dalla presenza di metadati in grado di fornire alcune informazioni preliminari e riassuntive relative alla distribuzione dei dati e dalla qualità di questi ultimi. Il progetto realizzato presso l’ufficio IT di Bonfiglioli Riduttori S.p.A. ha proprio l’obiettivo di creare tabelle e dashboard in grado di raccogliere e presentare grandezze, tra cui media, deviazione standard, massimo e minimo, calcolate per le variabili telemetriche di coppia, corrente e potenza raccolte dall’azienda dalle proprie macchine e progettare un “engine” volto a verificare l’eventuale presenza di valori anomali, frutto di un possibile problema di mapping delle variabili. Gli output prodotti andranno a supportare l’implementazione della manutenzione predittiva sulle macchine presenti negli stabilimenti produttivi dell’azienda.
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Rozen, Daniel. "How can a hostile environment empower the creation of a hi-tech cluster?" Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-35241.
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The intention of this paper is to analyze the impact of a threat environment in the creation of a hi-tech cluster through the development of an independent defense industry. In order to conclude the implications of a military industry in the development of a hi-tech cluster, it was studied the case of the evolution of Israel’s defense industry into a diverse hi – tech industry (Silicon Wadi). This work emerges from a personal concern in order to understand if there are some benefits or positive side effects in developing an indigenous military industry. Coming from a country in the developing process that has no military forces (Costa Rica) and at the same time has been struggling to create a hi-tech cluster, I wanted to learn what are the implications in the hi-tech sector for lacking an indigenous defense industry and a threat environment. As it will be presented in this study, the major implication of having an independent defense industry is that it creates a path dependency in the military sector and if it’s handled correctly through the cooperation between academia, military forces and business sectors it will be possible to create transitions of this technologies into civilian applications, diversifying the entrance of resources and creating an entrepreneur environment.
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Simon, Samantha Mea. "Technological Disruption in Entertainment: Navigating the Film Industry's Dynamic Relationship to the Consumer." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2017. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/1028.
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The following thesis acts as a critical cultural progression report surrounding the current technological disruption in the entertainment industry and its impact on consumers. This begins with a study of the history starting in 1910 and covers the urbanization of America during the Industrial Revolution, the developing fan experience, a history of consumer demands in relation to oligopolistic principles and the blockbuster method, the invention and influence of the television, and the current effect of technological advancement in the entertainment industry. Following this historical overview, four chapters will study different methods of analysis covering the intricacies of the current technological disruption using four theories: population ecology, media systems dependency, the mainstream cult, and convergence and participatory culture. The culmination of this work will consist of drawing together the history, the theories, and the contemporary examples into a conclusion about the fate of the media oligopoly in which this researcher points to the importance of seamless integration between the media industry and the consumer by way of three possible outcomes.
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Yang, Zhen. "The inter-dependence model revisited : the development of modern banks and the effects on the evolution of piao-hao firms in the context of the Shanghai banking industry, 1847-1940 /." View abstract or full-text, 2008. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?MGTO%202008%20YANG.
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Nava, Pablo José Carrizalez. "O gás natural como indutor de desenvolvimento na Venezuela: uma leitura à luz de Bambirra, Dos Santos e Marini." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/86/86131/tde-15052015-232713/.
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Esta dissertação visa estudar a indústria do gás natural da Venezuela a partir da Teoria Marxista da Dependência (TMD). Mudanças estruturais acontecem nesse país desde o início do século XXI, e esse processo não pode ser entendido sem se observar o papel fundamental da energia. O termo energia refere-se, neste trabalho, ao petróleo e gás natural. O primeiro tem sido o responsável pela penetração do capital estrangeiro no país e o segundo foi historicamente tratado como subproduto da indústria petroleira. A principal mudança nessa perspectiva foi introduzida pelo atual processo político, que usa ambos os recursos como instrumento para superar a relação de subordinação aos países industrializados. Portanto, objetiva-se analisar, com base na TMD, se, dada uma ampliação da indústria do gás natural da Venezuela estarão presentes os elementos capazes de promover uma ruptura com a forma subordinada em que se inseriu o país na economia mundial. Entende-se essa ampliação como um projeto nacional que procura a diversificação da economia e a conquista do desenvolvimento, entendido nos termos expostos pela TMD. Para facilitar o uso da TMD, foram selecionados três de seus expoentes, a saber: Vânia Bambirra, Theotônio dos Santos, e Ruy Mauro Marini. No que concerne à indústria do gás natural, a mesma foi avaliada seguindo parâmetros estabelecidos no Programa de Massificação do Uso do Gás Natural da Petrobras (2004). Por fim, foram contrastados os segmentos da cadeia produtiva do gás avaliados com os parâmetros da TMD, permitindo, por um lado, elucidar o processo que contribuiu para o subdesenvolvimento no país, e, por outro, avaliar o potencial dos atuais planos da IGN para estimular a industrialização nacional e a integração regional.This document aims to study the Venezuelan natural gas industry using the Marxist Dependency Theory (MDT). Structural changes have been occurring in this country since the early twenty-first century, and those transitions cannot be understood without observing the fundamental energys role. The term \"energy\" refers, in this research, to oil and natural gas. The first one has been responsible for the foreign capital penetration in the country and, the second has been historically treated only as an oil industry derivate. The main change in this perspective was motivated by the current political process, which uses both resources as a tool for overcoming the subordinated relationship with the industrialized countries. Therefore, the objective is to analyze, based on MDT, if an expansion of Venezuela\'s natural gas industry will change the subordinated Venezuelan role in the global economy. This expansion is understood as a \"national project\", which looks for economic diversification and achievement of development, understood in the MDTs terms. To make easier to use the MDT, three exponents was selected: Vania Bambirra, Theotônio dos Santos, and Ruy Mauro Marini. The assessing for the natural gas industry expansion follows the parameters stablished in the National Gasification Program of Petrobras (2004). Finally, the segments of the productive gas chain was contrasted with the MDT parameters, allowing to understand the process that contributed to the country underdevelopment and, evaluating the potential of current plans in natural gas industry for stimulating national industrialization and regional integration.
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Andersson, Jasmine, and Klara Bech. "Vinterns ohållbara cirkel - en studie om svenska skidbranschens klimatberoende samt klimatpåverkan." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22852.
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I studien undersöks relationen mellan svenska skidbranschens klimatberoende samt klimatpåverkan. Huvudfrågan är: Vad är skidbranschens ansvar i klimatfrågan och hur kommer branschen hantera förändringar i framtiden? Intervjuer samt tidigare forskning sattes i relation till teorier av Boserup, Ostrom samt Hess. Skidbranschen är enligt tidigare forskning till stor del beroende av ett kallt klimat samtidigt som branschen bidrar till den globala uppvärmningen, främst genom transporter. Utifrån informanterna samt tidigare forskning styr konsumenterna till stor del branschens utveckling och i enlighet med Boserups teori bekräftar vår studie att de tekniska lösningarna skett som ett svar på en större efterfråga samt konsumenters hårdare krav. Den tekniska utvecklingen ses både av informanterna i branschen samt den tidigare forskningen som en lösning på de konsekvenser som klimatförändringarna kan föra med sig. Klimatförändringarna förväntas, enligt tidigare forskning att påverka skiddestinationer och åtgärder för att minska utsläppen av växthusgaser behöver tas. Utifrån Ostroms och Hess teorier föreslår vi vintern som en common för att på så sätt få mer effektiva styrningssystem gällande skidbranschen.This study examines the relationship between the Swedish ski industry’s dependence and impact on the climate. The main question was: What is the ski industry’s responsibility in the climate issue and how will the industry handle climate changes in the future? Interviews and previous research were put in relation to theories of Boserup, Ostrom and Hess. According to previous research, the ski industry is largely dependent on a cold climate, while at the same time the industry contributes to global warming, primarily through transports. Based on the informants as well as previous research, the consumers largely control the industry’s development and our study in connection with Boserup’s theory, is that the technical solutions have been made in response to a greater demand and harder consumer requirements. The technological development is seen both by the informants in the industry and the previous research as a solution to the consequences that climate change may bring. According to previous research, climate change is expected to affect ski destinations and measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions need to be taken. Based on Ostrom’s and Hess's theory, we propose winter as a common in order to get more efficient control systems for the ski industry.
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Benezra, Charles. "Eco-innovation dans le secteur automobile : vers un nouveau sentier de dépendance ? : une lecture évolutonniste." Phd thesis, Université de Grenoble, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00993653.
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L'industrie automobile tient une place à part dans l'histoire du capitalisme, dont elle détermine jusqu'à l'appellation de sa dernière grande période : le " fordisme ". Depuis la fin du 20ème siècle, elle se trouve confrontée à une double contrainte environnementale : l'épuisement annoncée des carburants fossiles et la lutte contre les pollutions, atmosphériques notamment. Le transport routier représente en effet 20% des émissions de GES. L'objectif de ce travail est d'analyser la réaction de cette industrie pour internaliser cette double contrainte, en se centrant sur la dimension " innovation ". La grille théorique proposée par Schumpeter et prolongée par les auteurs évolutionnistes est mobilisée pour tester l'hypothèse suivante : l'industrie automobile est en train d'amorcer un nouveau sentier de dépendance pour s'émanciper de cette double contrainte. Dès lors, le passage au moteur hybride, lu comme une éco-innovation de rupture, marque la fin du " lock in " sur le sentier précédant caractérisé par la dépendance au moteur à combustion interne.
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Álvarez, Sepúlveda Humberto Andrés. "La creciente incidencia de China en el desarrollo económico de Chile. El sector cuprífero y la industria forestal en el marco de la paradoja de la abundancia (1970-2014)." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/462109.
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La presente investigación pretende dar a conocer, desde la perspectiva de la maldición de los recursos, el impacto desencadenado por el sector cuprífero chileno — liderado por Codelco— y la industria forestal —encabezada por la Compañía Arauco y la Celulosa CMPC— para satisfacer el creciente protagonismo de China como el principal destino de las exportaciones remitidas por dichas áreas productivas.
La tesis se estructuró en siete capítulos que se distribuyen en tres partes, a los que se les ha incorporado una serie de cuadros estadísticos, mapas, tablas y gráficos que ayudan a la comprensión del estudio presentado.
La primera parte, que involucra los capítulos I y II, se centra en el marco metodológico (estado de la cuestión, objetivos, detalle de fuentes y descripción del método) y teórico de la tesis. En este último, se pretende abordar y justificar el uso de los paradigmas científicos que se utilizarán (mundialización económica, globalismo transnacional, historia actual y paradoja de la abundancia) en el análisis de la relación chino-chilena.
La segunda parte, que incorpora los capítulos III, IV y V, desarrolla las principales características de la economía china y chilena, así como también aborda la relación bilateral entre ambos países durante el periodo 1970-2014.
En los temas mencionados, se presentan las orientaciones fundamentales que guían los procesos y paralelismos que van viviendo Chile y China en su desarrollo económico particular, así como la evolución de sus vínculos bilaterales, en los cuales se evidencian la fuerte dependencia comercial que presenta el país andino a favor del gigante asiático, su primer socio comercial y el más importante consumidor de cobre y celulosa a nivel mundial.
La tercera parte, que considera los capítulos VI y VII, analiza, desde la perspectiva de la maldición de los recursos, el impacto desencadenado por el sector cuprífero chileno —liderado por Codelco— y la industria forestal —encabezada por la Compañía Arauco y la Celulosa CMPC— para satisfacer el creciente protagonismo de China como el principal socio comercial de Chile.
En líneas generales, en el caso del sector cuprífero, se aborda el impacto socioambiental provocado por el modelo extractivista de Codelco, el aumento de la subcontratación laboral y la repercusión de China como fuente de fluctuación de los aportes hechos por dicha corporación estatal al Fisco desde el año 2004 en adelante. En el ámbito de la industria maderera, se explica la agudización del impacto socioambiental y el incremento progresivo de la subcontratación laboral que han
liderado la Forestal Arauco y la Celulosa CMPC para mejorar su capacidad productiva, con el fin de adaptarse a los ciclos de volatilidad de la demanda china.
Por último, el trabajo concluye con un apéndice documental donde se entregan diversas transcripciones de textos oficiales y documentación diplomática que sirve para conocer en mayor profundidad la relación bilateral entre Chile y China, especialmente en el ámbito político y comercial.The present research aims to reveal, from the perspective of the resource curse, the impact triggered by the chilean copper sector —led by Codelco— and the forestry industry —controlled by Arauco Company and the Cellulose CMPC— to satisfy the growing role of China as the main destination of exports sent by these productive areas. The thesis was structured in seven chapters that are distributed in three parts, which have been incorporated a series of statistical tables, maps, tables and graphs that help the understanding of the presented study. The first part, involving chapters I and II, focuses on the methodological framework (state of the question, objectives, details of sources and description of the method) and hypothesis. In the latter, it is intended to address and justify the use of scientific paradigms to be used (economic mundialization, transnational globalism, current history and resource curse) in the analysis of the chinese-chilean relations. The second part, which incorporates chapters III, IV and V, develops the main characteristics of the chinese and chilean economy, as well as the bilateral relationship between the two countries during the period 1970-2014. The third part, which considers chapters VI and VII, analyzes, from the perspective of the resource curse, the impact triggered by the Chilean copper sector —led by Codelco— and the forestry industry —controlled by Arauco Company and the Cellulose CMPC— to meet the growing role of China as Chile's main trading partner. Finally, the thesis concludes with a documentary appendix where various transcripts of official texts and diplomatic documentation that serves to know in greater depth the bilateral relationship between Chile and China, especially in the political and commercial field.
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Kinuthia, Wanyee. "“Accumulation by Dispossession” by the Global Extractive Industry: The Case of Canada." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30170.
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This thesis draws on David Harvey’s concept of “accumulation by dispossession” and an international political economy (IPE) approach centred on the institutional arrangements and power structures that privilege certain actors and values, in order to critique current capitalist practices of primitive accumulation by the global corporate extractive industry. The thesis examines how accumulation by dispossession by the global extractive industry is facilitated by the “free entry” or “free mining” principle. It does so by focusing on Canada as a leader in the global extractive industry and the spread of this country’s mining laws to other countries – in other words, the transnationalisation of norms in the global extractive industry – so as to maintain a consistent and familiar operating environment for Canadian extractive companies. The transnationalisation of norms is further promoted by key international institutions such as the World Bank, which is also the world’s largest development lender and also plays a key role in shaping the regulations that govern natural resource extraction. The thesis briefly investigates some Canadian examples of resource extraction projects, in order to demonstrate the weaknesses of Canadian mining laws, particularly the lack of protection of landowners’ rights under the free entry system and the subsequent need for “free, prior and informed consent” (FPIC). The thesis also considers some of the challenges to the adoption and implementation of the right to FPIC. These challenges include embedded institutional structures like the free entry mining system, international political economy (IPE) as shaped by international institutions and powerful corporations, as well as concerns regarding ‘local’ power structures or the legitimacy of representatives of communities affected by extractive projects. The thesis concludes that in order for Canada to be truly recognized as a leader in the global extractive industry, it must establish legal norms domestically to ensure that Canadian mining companies and residents can be held accountable when there is evidence of environmental and/or human rights violations associated with the activities of Canadian mining companies abroad. The thesis also concludes that Canada needs to address underlying structural issues such as the free entry mining system and implement FPIC, in order to curb “accumulation by dispossession” by the extractive industry, both domestically and abroad.
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Marty, Gérard. "Sociologie des institutions marchandes : le cas de la mise en vente des bois publics en Lorraine." Thesis, Paris 4, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA040081/document.
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A travers cette thèse nous apportons un éclairage sociologique au débat engagé depuis des décennies sur la problématique de la mise en vente des bois publics. A ce titre, nous étudions, dans la première partie de la thèse, le système d’enchères qui reste encore le principal mode de vente utilisé par l’Office National des Forêts. Nous identifions les conditions d’encastrement de ces ventes, considérant que les comportements des participants sont déterminés par l’interaction complexe de facteurs économiques, socio-structuraux, politiques, cognitifs, institutionnels formels et informels. Nous montrons à cette occasion que l’intérêt accordé à l’enchère réside dans sa capacité à trouver collectivement un consensus sur la valeur et l’allocation des lots de bois. Dans la deuxième partie de la thèse, nous analysons l’évolution récente du cadre institutionnel appliqué aux ventes de bois publics en nous appuyant sur les notions de construction sociale des institutions et de dépendance au chemin. Nous y démontrons que, malgré le verrouillage institutionnel organisé autour de l’enchère pendant plusieurs siècles, le développement des contrats d’approvisionnement, à la suite des tempêtes de 1999 et de l’action concertée d’une partie de la filière bois, marque l’émergence d’un embranchement institutionnel en matière de vente de bois publics. La présentation des facteurs économiques et non économiques mis en avant par les partisans de chacun des deux modes de vente nous amène à conclure que la double trajectoire institutionnelle (enchères/contrats d’approvisionnement) devrait dans l’avenir permettre de répondre aux différentes problématiques d’approvisionnement propres à la filière boisThis thesis gives a sociological perspective on a debate that started more than thirty years ago, concerning the choice of methods for selling public timber. For this reason, the first part of the thesis focuses on the study of the auction system − the main selling method still used by the French National Forest Service. We have identified the conditions of the embeddedness of auctions, considering that during the exchanges actors are influenced by the complex interaction of economic, socio-structural, politic, cognitive, formal and informal institutional factors. We have shown that the point in using auctions has to do with its capacity to collectively find a consensus about the value and the distribution of timber lots. In the second part of the thesis, we have analyzed the recent evolution of the institutional framework applied to the public timber sales by leaning on the concepts of “the social construction of institutions” and “path dependence”. We have demonstrated that, despite the institutional lock-in that has been organized around the auction (since) for many centuries, the raise of supply contracts − due to the storms of 1999 and the planned action of a part of the timber industry − has indicated the outbreak of an institutional junction regarding the selling methods of public timber. After the presentation of the economic and non-economic factors underlined by the supporters of both selling methods we have concluded that in the future the double trajectory (auction/supply contracts) should be kept, since it should make it easier to find solutions to the various supply-related problems of the timber industry
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李宜珏. "Attractiveness of Hotel Industry in Taipei─Application of Context-Dependent DEA." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/60275740943795614986.
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Lu, Chih-Hao, and 盧致豪. "The Context-dependent Total-factor Input Efficiency: An Application to the Display Industry." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/kv4q2m.
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The context-dependent total-factor input efficiency is an approach combing context-dependent DEA and the concept of total-factor input efficiency. It incorporates the advantages of both context-dependent DEA and total-factor input efficiency such that we can evaluate the DMUs by dividing them into specific levels and realize the disaggregate input efficiency. To illustrate this approach, we use the data of 25 manufacturers of display industry from Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and China, for the period from 2010 to 2014. The results show that the level rankings are different under the three measurements: overall technical efficiency (OTE), total-factor input efficiency (TFIE) of total assets, and total-factor input efficiency (TFIE) of R&D expenses.