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Zejda, Vladimír. "Services for Effective Rural Governance: A Design Thinking View." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-198398.
Full textSeward, Paul. "Rethinking groundwater governance in South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4762.
Full textGovernance is essentially the process whereby organisations or networks of organisations exercise their authority. It describes how a body with authority makes or does not make decisions, and how it implements - or does not implement - those decisions. 'Good' groundwater governance can then be defined by how fair the decision-making process is, and how effective the implementation process is. Groundwater governance in South Africa is increasingly being categorized as ineffective. The purpose of this thesis is to explore ways to improve groundwater governance in South Africa. Initial reviews of international studies of groundwater governance did not find any processes that could be directly imported into the South African governance landscape for testing. The global consensus was that there were no blueprints for improving groundwater governance, and that each case should be treated as unique. Therefore the thesis had to change from its initial aim of finding firm rules that could be tested in the South African context, to a revised aim of formulating tentative heuristics, rules, strategies and hypotheses that might be useful for further work in the South African context.An exploratory, inductive-based, loosely structured methodology was therefore employed rather than a more formal, deductive-based testing of hypotheses. In short, the objective of this thesis was concerned with formulating hypotheses rather than testing them.The novel, general, contribution made by this thesis is to synthesize global groundwater governance literature with the specific aim of improving groundwater governance in a specific country. While reviews of global literature do exist, they have thus far only been used to make generic recommendations, and have not been specifically applied to a country. Conversely, while attempts to improve groundwater governance for specific regions and countries do exist, these attempts have largely done so without synthesizing existing global knowledge. Indeed, the emphasis on national, regional and local studies has principally been to understand the factors at work affecting groundwater governance, rather than to improve governance.
Li, Gregg G. K. L. "Governance systems for organisations : governance information control system design and development methodology for NGO boards : executive summary." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2003. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/1253/.
Full textElton, Christopher John. "The re-design of rural governance : new institutions for old?" Thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, 2011. http://shura.shu.ac.uk/19624/.
Full textOlivier, Tomás, and Tomás Olivier. "Institutional Design and Adaptation in Regional-Scale Common-Pool Resource Institutions: Securing Access to High-Quality Drinking Water in Boston, New York, Portland, and San Francisco." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625646.
Full textPellicciaro, JP. "Community-centered Governance Design : Codesigning Food Systems Work Across Institutional Boundaries." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2014. http://repository.cmu.edu/theses/69.
Full textMuniz, César Rocha. "O design das redes e interfaces da governança conectada sob o prisma das políticas públicas para os serviços urbanos." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18142/tde-10112010-100227/.
Full textIn this study we investigate design and urban governance practices. The theoretical framework has two parts. In the first one, we examines the cognitive, communicative, cultural, economic and socio-political dimensions of space in a context of widespread dissemination of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). In the second one, we discusses policy formulation in public urban services focusing on cooperation under its regulatory, strategic and operational dimensions. In the empirical research, we examine the networks and public interfaces used by government agencies of Ribeirão Preto municipality. Graph analysis, elements of social construction of technology and actor-network theory were used to evaluate how ICTs can increase the opportunities for participation and social control of space and urban services management. We conclude the study with contributions to the networks and interfaces design aiming to develop a form of connected urban governance.
Faragher, Tamsin. "Sustainable water governance: An incremental approach towards a decentralised, hybrid water system." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29658.
Full textDeCaro, Daniel A., Brian C. Chaffin, Edella Schlager, Ahjond S. Garmestani, and J. B. Ruhl. "Legal and institutional foundations of adaptive environmental governance." RESILIENCE ALLIANCE, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/623959.
Full textZiegler, Dustin P. "Foundations of a defense digital platform : business systems governance in the Department of Defense." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/70826.
Full textCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-155).
In 2010, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) spent more than $35 billion on information systems development and sustainment, with nearly $7 billion to defense business systems investments alone. It is not surprising given the scale of expenditure and complexity of the enterprise that its track record on business systems investments has not been great. Indeed, the DoD's investment management practices have been the target of many studies identifying critical concerns with how the taxpayers' dollars are spent. The get-well plan, according to these same studies, is to apply "industry best practices" to achieve the same results. Yet this view fails to adequately account for the underlying issues that give rise to these symptoms. Mistrust and confusion in governance decision structures, strategic goal misalignment, externally driven metrics that incentivize the wrong behavior, and a culture of guarding rather than sharing information were among the dominant challenges identified through stakeholder interviews. Cross-cutting issues included language barriers between the Services and Corporate DoD that impede knowledge integration and complicate performance measurement. These systemic foundational problems are deeply rooted in the nature of this public administration network and in the cultures of its strongly independent member institutions. Resolving these dysfunctional characteristics requires more than a transformation "playbook" of best practice initiatives. This research sets the trajectory for meaningful progress in defense business systems investment planning and management by outlining the fundamental changes that must occur, anchored by a more robust and transparent governance framework.
by Dustin P. Ziegler.
S.M.in Engineering and Management
Balasubramaniam, Arun S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Socially Responsible Investing : a comparative analysis of environmental, social, governance, reputational and labor factors." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76922.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-92).
Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) aims to deliver competitive investment returns while fostering social good. It aims achieves its objective by including a firm's corporate social performance (CSP) in its investment d s . I has giesgnfct momentum over the past few years and is poised to assume a mainstream role in the asset management business. However, the scholarship on the effect of corporate social performance on a firm's corporate financial performance (CFP) is ambiguous. CSP is a complex entity made of multi-dimensional sub-components. This thesis attempts to breakdown the multi-dimensional CSP into its core constituent dimensions and to examine their inter-relationships and relationship with CFP, using statistical analysis. Two different vendor data sets were used as samples to understand if proprietary transformations made by vendors affect results. Analysis reveals that differences in factor payoff horizons, difficulties in transforming environmental, social and governance data into composite CSP ratings and the proprietary nature of such transformation could be some of the contributing factors to the ambiguity in establishing the nature of CSP-CFP relationship.
by Arun Balasubramaniam.
S.M.in Engineering and Management
Cochran, Allen J. "A Participatory Action Research Case Study: Designing for a Transformative Service Experience with a University Graduate Student Governance Organization." The Ohio State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1374262360.
Full textSchwarzenbeck, Helena [Verfasser]. "Politische Verantwortung : Der Einfluss von Governance-Design auf die öffentliche Zuweisung von Verantwortung / Helena Schwarzenbeck." Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1160484708/34.
Full textAuzer, Khazal Abdullah. "Institutional design and capacity to enhance effective governance of Iraqi-Kurdistan's oil and gas wealth." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2016. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/85986/.
Full textSchwarzenbeck, Helena Katharina [Verfasser]. "Politische Verantwortung : Der Einfluss von Governance-Design auf die öffentliche Zuweisung von Verantwortung / Helena Schwarzenbeck." Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:101:1-2018060412095931164696.
Full textAl-Habil, Wasim. "OCCUPATIONS, A DIASPORA, AND THE DESIGN OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR A PALESTINIAN STATE." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1226688053.
Full textIsyaku, Usman. "Beyond policy design : REDD+ implementation and institutional complexities of environmental governance in Cross River State, Nigeria." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/40349.
Full textEmas, Rachel. "Successes and Shortcomings in the Implementation of National Sustainable Development Strategies: From the Greening of Governance to the Governance of Greening." FIU Digital Commons, 2015. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2197.
Full textMineur, Eva. "Towards sustainable development : Indicators as a tool of local governance." Doctoral thesis, Umeå : Department of Political Science, Umeå Universitet, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1428.
Full textUmbach, Christian. "Management and governance of external developer platforms - at the example of Akamai, Inc. and Uber Technologies, Inc." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110142.
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How do companies manage and govern external developer platforms? Drawing on platform ecosystem, product management, and IT governance theory a comparison of the developer platform approaches of two technology firms, Akamai, Inc. and Uber Technologies, Inc. is presented. Internal organizational structures and processes are evaluated in combination with external governance mechanism to develop and manage third party partner relations. The case studies test existing IT governance and app developer platform theory with regards to its applicability to platforms for developer products such as APIs. The two teams are analyzed along the dimensions of organizational structure, internal governance process and risk management, external governance and partner relations, as well as KPIs for team steering. A set of key governance mechanisms is identified as success factors for limiting risks around open developer platforms: Internally, API standards and working groups supported by a high degree of interconnectedness support governance and avoid de-acceleration around a company's product development process. Externally, legal agreements around terms of use shift control from the developer to the platform provider. Access limitations can serve as a supporting gatekeeper for access, or punitive penalty in case of violations of agreements. In support of contractual agreements, transparent developer communication around a firm's intended fields of innovation help avoid discords between developer platform providers and its users. Results are discussed.
by Christian Umbach.
S.M. in Engineering and Management
Nilsson, Andreas. "Doing IT project alignment : Adapting the Delta model using design science." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-94891.
Full textBlount, Kristin E. (Kristin Ellen) 1963, and Jay G. 1962 Hooper. "CMBS structure and governance : an empirical analysis of security design and the role of the special servicer." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/9669.
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The CMBS market has experienced tremendous recent growth. Issuances in 1998 are anticipated to double 1997 levels of approximately $44 billion. At this point in the development of the market, most participants have a good understanding of the basic investment characteristics of commercial mortgage-backed securities. However, as the CMBS market continues to evolve and as innovations occur in security design and structuring and in security governance, participants should be cognizant of the impact of these elements on subordination levels, as set by the rating agencies, and on security pricing, as set by investors. This thesis empirically examines the determinants of CMBS security pricing and subordination levels, focusing on the influences of security design and governance as it pertains to special servicing. For security design, we examine whether rating agencies and investors recognize complexity. With respect to special servicing, we examine the contrasting theories of the conflict of interest between the AAA-rated classes and the Special Servicer, and of the efficiency of the Special Servicer governance mechanism. Regression analysis is performed on 125 AAA-rated securities derived from 70 CMBS issuances between 1994 and 1996. The results of our analyses show that complexity is costly, as rating agencies increase subordination levels and investors increase security yield spreads in response to complexity issues in security design and structuring. In addition, regarding the role of the Special Servicer, our findings suggest that rating agencies and investors recognize the conflict of interest theory over the efficiency theory. Furthermore, rating agencies and investors appear to adjust subordination levels and prices in response to the presence of certain Special Services.
by Kristine E. Blount and Jay G. Hooper.
S.M.
du, Fresne Andrew J. "Can Audits be an Effective Method to Improve Information Governance Compliance Objectives?" University of Findlay / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=findlay1595949409362295.
Full textHeggie, Gordon. "The European Committee of the Scottish Parliament : a study of multi-level governance, institutional design and institutional change." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.417427.
Full textLowe, Nichola J. "Trainers by design : a case study of inter-firm learning, institution building and local governance in western Mexico." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30040.
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Studies of international economic development often feature the competitive gains from inter-firm cooperation. By cooperating, firms within a region can draw on their collective resources and experience to test out new production processes and techniques; share the risks associated with system-wide upgrades and improvements; and identify and transition to more secure niche markets. What many development analysts and practitioners often forget, however, is that local economic actors do not always realize these benefits themselves, nor in unison. In recent times, sophisticated manufacturers have been known instead to employ less cooperative survival strategies, including disassociating themselves from their existing manufacturing base and especially from local colleagues with less training and experience. What then leads firms to work together and cooperate? This is the central question of this dissertation and case study of apparel manufacturing in Guadalajara, Mexico. Since the mid-1990s, a growing number of sophisticated, medium sized apparel makers in the region have been working with smaller sized, less experienced or barebones subcontractors and in the process, have established dynamic upgrading and learning alliances. Together these firms are having to "unlearn" an entrenched relational pattern based on strict production hierarchies and centralized forms of control; establish a new set of rules and routines that are more suitable for open learning and joint decision making; and finally, develop a shared "identity" around which to build out and legitimize their collective activities and experience.
(cont.) In contrast to existing studies of craft manufacturing, success here does not come from established cultural norms or individual initiative and self-interest. Rather, it is a case in which three actors-from the state government, industry association and university extension center-have come together in an unexpected alliance to create the institutional structure and governance framework needed to support, guide and motivate this particular form of social learning and collective exchange. In describing the coordinated efforts of these three institutional actors, this case study not only provides planning lessons for other regions not "born with the sprit to cooperate," but more importantly offers a set of policy guidelines for development practitioners wishing to keep skilled and well-connected manufacturers active and invested in their own communities.
by Nichola J. Lowe.
Ph.D.
Turnbull, Shann. "The governance of firms controlled by more than one board theory, development and examples /." Doctoral thesis, Australia : Macquarie University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/573.
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The contribution of this thesis is to present a framework to analyse firms controlled by more than one board. The literature survey of Chapter 2 revealed that there is little recognition of this phenomenon and no accepted way to investigate firms governed by multiple control centres described as a "compound board". The framework is developed in Chapter 3. The historical emergence of compound boards is outlined in Chapter 4 with examples of their architecture described in Chapters 5 and 6. Chapter 7 shows how the framework provides insights not available from other theories of the firm and how selfyes governance can be furthered by utilising contrary human attributes of competition/co-operation, trust/suspicion and self-interest/altruism.
The framework is described as transaction byte analysis (TBA) as it is based on the limited and inconsistent ability of humans to transact units of information described as "bytes". TBA identifies cybernetic principles and strategies that can mitigate human limitations in processing bytes. These provide organisational design criteria for firms to obtain operating advantages. As information is a common element in varies theories of the firm, TBA relates and subsumes them while allowing any type of organisation to be analysed.
Propositions are presented in Chapter 7 for illustrating how TBA provides insights into explaining: (i) why non-trivial employee owned industrial firms have more than one board; (ii) why self-regulation and self-governance of non-trivial firms cannot be assured without a compound board; (iii) how compound boards can simplify the role, knowledge, duties and liabilities of directors; (iv) the competitive advantages of appropriate compound boards in relation to unitary control systems; (v) how to compare and evaluate the relative advantages and disadvantages of firms with different ownership and control structures; (vi) how to compare the relative efficacy of hierarchical and non-hierarchical firms be they in the private or public sector.
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Southern, Adrian. "Implementing an Integrated Approach to Natural Resource Governance : A Case Study in Whole Landscape Design at the Catchment Scale." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.514283.
Full textSalvador, Iborra Susana. "Holding the Stick at Both Ends: The Design of Network Administrative Organizations." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Ramon Llull, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/404968.
Full textEl objeto de esta tesis doctoral es el diseño de las Network Administrative Organizations (NAOS), las unidades especialmente establecidas de forma intencionada por los miembros de las redes públicas inter-organizacionales para gobernar y administrar las mismas. A pesar del interés mostrado por la reciente investigación en gestión pública y por los estudiosos de las organizaciones en el ámbito de la gobernanza de las redes públicas creadas con objetivos específicos (goal-directed networks), pocos estudios teóricos han basado en la contribución seminal de Provan y Kenis (2008). Como resultado, este campo sigue siendo una vía prometedora para la investigación. Uniendo la literatura sobre redes, colaboraciones inter-organizativas, diseño organizativo y gobierno corporativo, esta tesis revela dos factores íntimamente relacionados con el diseño de las Network Administrative Organizations: la interdependencia estratégica y la evitación de la incertidumbre en los resultados.
The focus of this Ph.D. dissertation is the design of Network Administrative Organizations (NAOs), the separate units purposefully set up by public inter-organizational goal-directed network partners for to govern and manage it. Despite the interest shown by both public management and organizational scholars in the field of Goal-Directed networks governance, few theoretical studies have built on Provan and Kenis’s (2008) seminal contribution. As a result, this field remains a promising avenue for research. By bringing together the literature on networks, inter-organizational collaborations, organizational design, and corporate governance, this Ph.D. dissertation sheds light on two factors intimately associated with the design of Network Administrative Organizations: strategic interdependence and outcome uncertainty avoidance.
Smith, Vivian Paes Barretto. "Comunicação, governança e sustentabilidade: como desenhos de interação influenciam o engajamento de empresas com stakeholders." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/27/27154/tde-08092016-152351/.
Full textCorporate social responsibility and sustainability practices are developed by companies in order to address stakeholder claims. The stakeholder engagement practices are especially interesting. They are based on managerial and strategic theories and have not performed environmentally well lately. In order to evaluate the quality of those practices to promote sustainability, a multidisciplinary study took place. Communication and management theories were compared and different types of engagement, named interaction designs, were identified. Based on Deetz communication theories it was possible to understand specific designs - Collaboration, Dialogue and Generative Democracy - and its propensities to promote sustainability, due to their ability to generate mutual benefits and creativity.
Albassam, Waleed. "Corporate governance, voluntary disclosure and financial performance : an empirical analysis of Saudi listed firms using a mixed-methods research design." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2014. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/5280/.
Full textMaxwell, Daniel M. "Water Governance in Bolivia: Policy Options for Pro-Poor Infrastructure Reform." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2013. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/767.
Full textSantoso, Muhammad Iman [Verfasser], and Bernd [Akademischer Betreuer] Noche. "Contribution to the Design of Digital Supply Chain Governance Concepts for Sustainable Development of Biodiesel / Muhammad Iman Santoso ; Betreuer: Bernd Noche." Duisburg, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1127527665/34.
Full textMontenegro, Marcos Paulo Rodrigues. "Economicidade colaborativa: uma arquitetura democrática para a contribuição de órgãos de controle externo na governança dos desastres." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/24731.
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O objetivo geral desta pesquisa é demonstrar como o Controle Externo pode contribuir na redução dos riscos de desastres, contribuindo para a governança democrática. Em seus objetivos específicos, o estudo pretende: a) identificar os Tribunais de Contas como condutores da participação social em estágios pré-decisórios da formulação de políticas de Redução dos Riscos de Desastres (RRD); b) propor o conceito de Economicidade Colaborativa como abordagem teórica para garantir o fortalecimento do sistema de controle e da governança democrática; c) aplicar a metodologia do design-thinking como abordagem prática para o entendimento da demanda pública ante cada realidade local.
Objective - The general objective of this research is to demonstrate how External Control can contribute to reduce the risks of disasters, contributing to democratic governance. In its specific objectives, the study intends to: a) identify Audit Courts as drivers of social participation in pre-decision stages of formulating policies for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR); b) propose the concept of Collaborative Accountability as a theoretical approach to ensure strengthening of the control system and democratic governance; c) apply designthinking methodology as a practical approach to understanding public demand of each local reality. Methodology - Design-Thinking, applying the concept of Collaborative Accountability at the ex-ante moment of the public policy of DRR, with i-Cities indicator (IEGM) in the Kingdon Multiple Flow Model (2003).Discussion and Possibilities - The possibilities revolve perspectives of the Schools of Accounts and Management (ECG), Schools of the Audit Courts that seek to improve internal and external controls. Pedagogical essence of the concept of Collaborative Accountability provides a more integrated and cohesive architecture in DRR policy, strengthening system of control of public administration, engagement of society, and democracy. Practical implications – Applicability of the research was shown to be relevant, since it opens up possibilities for better qualification of public policies capable of dealing with wicked problems such as disasters, when from the moment of the pre-decision stages of its formulation. It also improves degree of institutionality of the Audit Courts, contributes to updating of IEGM as well as improves DRR policy and Public Administration. Social implications - The study allows to know performance of the Accounts Courts and to propose improvements in external control given historical and evolutionary conditions of the public administration, in the context of a democratic society in network. In this context, when referencing the citizen in the center of the democratic framework, Collaborative Accountability uses social learning to bring educated citizens and trained public servants, concerned with generating a public value that considers equity and culminates in Social Resilience. It seeks to develop a collective consciousness capable of arousing in the elected agent greater capacity to operate with different forms of knowledge acquisition, allowing greater inclusion and participation of citizens and public servants in formulation of public policies (RRD), when in their pre- according to local reality. Originality - Collaborative Accountability, of pedagogical essence and applicable by Schools of Accounts and Management (ECG), revisits classical approaches and suggests new arrangements capable of dealing with complexity of current public problems such as disasters. Thus, External Control Bodies can use these arrangements to watch over public policy cycle - from the origin - exercising a more integrative and cohesive control. It is a new approach to stimulate democratic concertation and civic engagement in policy-making, providing new areas for future research on subject
Wenz, Laura Alexandra [Verfasser], and Paul [Akademischer Betreuer] Reuber. "Worlding Cape Town by design : creative cityness, policy mobilities and urban governance in postapartheid Cape Town / Laura Alexandra Wenz ; Betreuer: Paul Reuber." Münster : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Münster, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1141793598/34.
Full textTsui, Carlyle Wai-Ling. "Design and implementation of a scheme for accreditation of company directors by the Hong Kong Institute of Directors in advancing corporate governance." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2007. http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/2668/.
Full textHarmes, Riccardo Lucian Paul. "Localism and the design of political systems." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/30140.
Full textMenezes, Renan Grassi Franco de. "Percepção de risco e escolha dos contratos nas transações de venda do café." Universidade de São Paulo, 2012. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-21012013-171433/.
Full textThere are evidences pointing that coffee producers rather prefer transact their product through spot market than by future contracts or by long-term contracts with the industry. If the establishment of those contracts allows risk reduction and mitigation, what factors associated with these transaction forms are influencing the producers\' decisions? This study seeks to unite the governance form choice of the coffee selling transaction with the risk observance by the producers. Under the perspective of income generation, the preference for spot transactions is justified? How the decision maker aggregates his risk vision in order to make such choice? To answer those questions, first, an income simulation model is derived, using two scenarios, one using real spot price and another one with hypothetical contracts that diminishes the price fluctuation. Following that, interviews with a few producers take place, in order to understand how they, even if in implicit way, incorporate a risk managing notion to their activity.
Moreira, Virginia Westphalen Correa. "Proposição de um framework para negócios de plataforma baseados em capitalismo consciente : uma validação internaiconal." Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2018. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/7293.
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Iniciativas que vão além de buscar somente geração de lucro estão ganhando cada vez mais espaço no meio empresarial, não apenas como projetos paralelos de responsabilidade social das organizações, mas como sua principal estratégia. Essas iniciativas estão relacionadas com o entendimento do importante papel da iniciativa privada na transformação e solução de problemas sociais existentes hoje. Neste contexto, a abordagem do Capitalismo Consciente (CC) define que o propósito de uma empresa deve ir além de gerar lucros e valor aos shareholders. Deve haver uma razão superior central para a empresa existir. Outra abordagem de negócios que provoca mudanças no mercado e quebras de paradigmas no ecossistema tradicional das empresas é a evolução dos negócios de plataforma. Nessas organizações são comercializadas as interações entre dois usuários finais e o valor adicionado para ambas as partes precisa ser claro, de forma a desenvolver a rede necessária. Esta dissertação une essas duas abordagens, com o objetivo de propor a configuração de um framework que sirva de apoio a empreendedores. Para tanto, adotou-se o método design research, constituído por cinco passos (consciência do problema, sugestão, desenvolvimento, avaliação e conclusão), que possibilita a construção e validação de um artefato. Após a consciência do problema e análise da literatura, foi elaborada a primeira versão do framework. A validação foi dividida em três fases, totalizando 12 especialistas entrevistados e cada etapa terminando com uma nova versão do artefato. O framework final é composto por um núcleo que compreende origem do propósito, início do desenvolvimento de rede e suporte financeiro; quatro quadrantes estáticos: Tecnologia, Gestão Consciente, Liderança e Rede; além de elementos divididos em 2 níveis de evolução, dentro dos quadrantes que correspondem às suas áreas de conhecimento. Entende-se que este estudo agrega conhecimento pois estabelece uma conexão entre as abordagens dos negócios de plataforma e do Capitalismo Consciente, exemplificando como isso pode ocorrer e seu potencial transformador.
Initiatives that go beyond seeking only profit generation are gaining more space in the business environment, not only as parallel CSR projects, but also as their main strategy. These initiatives are related to the understanding of the important role of private initiative in transforming and solving current social problems. In this context, the Conscious Capitalism (CC) approach defines that the purpose of a business must go beyond generating profits and value to shareholders. There must be a central purpose for the company to exist. Another business approach that causes market shifts and breaks paradigms in the traditional corporate ecosystem is the evolution of platform business. In these organizations the interactions between two end users are commercialized and the added value for both parties needs to be clear in order to develop the necessary network. This dissertation unites these two approaches, with the purpose of proposing the configuration of a framework that will support entrepreneurs. In order to do so, the design research method was adopted, consisting of five steps (problem awareness, suggestion, development, evaluation and conclusion), which allows the construction and validation of an artifact. After the awareness of the problem and analysis of the literature, the first version of the framework was elaborated. The validation was divided into three phases, totaling 12 experts interviewed and each stage ending with a new version of the artifact. The final framework is comprised of a core that understands purpose, initiation of network development and financial support; four static quadrants: Technology, Conscious Management, Leadership and Network; in addition to elements divided into two levels of evolution within the quadrants that correspond to their areas of knowledge. It is understood that this study adds knowledge since it establishes a connection between the approaches of the platform business and Conscious Capitalism, exemplifying how this can occur and its transforming potential.
Blacky, Nosipho. "Organization management challenges of national heritage institutions in South Africa : a case study of the Robben Island Museum (RIM)." University of the Western Cape, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5083.
Full textIn January 1997, Robben Island Museum (RIM) opened its doors to the public as a tourist destination. This was done without any formal management structure or strategic planning, to cope not only with its mandate as the first National Museum of the new democratic South Africa, but also to meet the demand of the great interest of visitors to see this prison where the icon of the liberation struggle, Nelson Mandela was incarcerated for 27 years. This operational take-off without formal administrative management structure and strategic planning was understandable given the social and political transitional climate in the country. The effect thereof as the old adage states ‘failure to plan is planning for failure’ seems to hold true for RIM who is struggling to become a well-managed national heritage site. RIM over the years have been beset with governance and management challenges and enjoyed continual bad publicity. The study’s aim was to bring an understanding of what the major governance and managerial challenges were and to make recommendations to address those. The study was guided by a central research question namely What were the administrative and management challenges of RIM and in what ways did it impact on the operational effectiveness of RIM as a national museum and World heritage site. A number of findings emanated from the study. A key one was that clarity of roles and responsibilities of the council and the management is required. Furthermore, the vision and mission of RIM must inform the formulation of strategies to give effect thereto. This in turn must be the base for the development of an appropriate organisational structure to implement the strategies. A number of recommendation stems from the research. An important one was that appointment must be on the basis of ‘fit for purpose’. This means that staff with the right skills and capacity should be appointed as a matter of priority. In conclusion, the findings of the study could be used by other heritage organisations faced with similar organisational challenges.
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Kim, Min Kyung. "Governance Matters in Policy Design Process for Urban Cultural Redevelopment: A Comparative Case Study of Gordon Square Arts District and Uptown District in Cleveland, Ohio." The Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu154654842562896.
Full textRode, Philipp. "The integrated ideal in urban governance : compact city strategies and the case of integrating urban planning, city design and transport policy in London and Berlin." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2016. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3399/.
Full textFransson, Barbro. "Business and governance models for DTN-based internet access : Gender and cultural considerations and application cases using open source software and design principles for ICT commons." Licentiate thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Arbetsvetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-18378.
Full textGodkänd; 2011; 20111006 (barfra); LICENTIATSEMINARIUM Ämnesområde: Människa-maskin med inriktning mot genusforskning/Man Machine Relation Focusing Gender Examinator: Docent Maria Udén, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, Luleå tekniska universitet Diskutant: Universitetslektor Annica Sandström, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, Luleå tekniska universitet Tid: Fredag den 11 november 2011 kl 13.00 Plats: Taylor F719, Luleå tekniska universitet
Norlin, David. "Risk- och sårbarhetsanalysprocessen i svenska kommuner från ett deltagarpespektiv." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa, natur- och teknikvetenskap (from 2013), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-67726.
Full textPanagos, Mélina. "Le serious gaming, un outil de gouvernance contributive et participative du bien-être et de la santé : Le cas du game design des jeux vidéo chez les 14-17 ans, une réalité contrastée." Thesis, Université Côte d'Azur, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020COAZ2001.
Full textThe Doctorate thesis entitled 'Serious gaming, a tool of contributive governance and participant of well-being and health. Game design in video games for the 14 to 17 years old, a contrasted reality' is a work which comes within the scope of science of the information and communication study field. This interdisciplinary research makes sure to use many concepts and theories attached to the field of game studies and cultural studies but also to the field of health promotion and public health.The media in general and video games more particularly are already the object of several works incriminating it. Therefore, in this study, these objects will be analyzed from an exonerating point of view. The point here is to understand how these information and communication technologies can in the end become a tool allowing to tip the scale of risks and benefits in favor of the well-being and health of its users. The case study at the very heart of this study-action focuses on an object which for a certain group age is still under institutional and epistemological polemics: video games for the 14 to 17 years old.The topic will be treated here in three different parts : A first part which will demonstrate how, at the crossroad of theories, concepts and models from a great variety of disciplines, the use of video games inscribes in contexts in favor of well-being and health ; a second one in which the study is built around an experimental communication approach ; the third part which, after reading the final results and their capacity to be applied in the current administrative and political context, allows to uncover the elements of the answer about this topic.At the end of this walk through, it actually appears that this topic, once skimmed from the simplistic correlations and cultural considerations, is indeed the object of an a traitement which does not consider the academic conclusions about the empowerment that the game design in particular and the use of video games in general are creating. Subsequently, if the serious gaming of the game design in video games builds itself like and efficient tool when it is used in a populational approach, the question of its capacity to be applied and of its effects in other contexts and/or in other digital or traditional media can be asked
Silva, Vieira de Oliveira Pedro José [Verfasser], Gesche [Akademischer Betreuer] Joost, Holger [Akademischer Betreuer] Schulze, Gesche [Gutachter] Joost, and Holger [Gutachter] Schulze. "Decolonizing the Earview of Design: Listening Anxieties and the Apparatus of Auditory Governance / Pedro José Silva Vieira de Oliveira ; Gutachter: Gesche Joost, Holger Schulze ; Gesche Joost, Holger Schulze." Berlin : Universität der Künste Berlin, 2018. http://d-nb.info/1203305923/34.
Full textLenz, Tobias. "The EU's inescapable influence on global regionalism." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2012. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:aed07c5f-37a3-4b05-a57b-2ac85cbc12d0.
Full textWeisman, Robert. "A Leadership Approach to Successful Digital Transformation Using Enterprise Architecture." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/39993.
Full textEid, Cherrelle. "Towards the design of flexibility management in smart grids : A techno-institutional perspective." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektro- och systemteknik (EES), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-214857.
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Laousse, Dominique. "L'institutionnalisation de l'innovation intensive dans les transports publics. Industrialiser, métaboliser et gouverner l'innovation." Thesis, Paris Sciences et Lettres (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PSLEM084/document.
Full textWhile affirming the vital need for technical, economic and social breaks, their conditions of emergence and institutionalization in large companies still remained an object of fundamental research and many questions were still open : what design engineering to face intensive innovation ? What organization should be put in place to professionalize the disruptive processes and integrate them into the strategic agenda ? What model of institutionalization is compatible with this new regime of the firm ? Based on many works spread over more than a decade, in large public transport companies, this thesis shows that the institutionalization of breakthrough innovation is built and analyzed according to a model with three complementary dimensions : the industrialization of innovative design methods, the metabolization of professionalized actors and the governance of intensive innovation. In addition, this model highlights the endogenous process of piloting intensive innovation that is at the heart of this institutionalization. It begins with the routinisation of collaborative innovation devices (KCP) in the form of "laboratories / networks". Demonstrated in a repetitive way, the generative power of these devices gives credibility to new innovative domains, as well as the multiple actors involved. Then emerges a transversal organization (Innovation Intensive function) that capitalizes on new collective metabolism: breakthrough innovation then integrates, with its benchmarks and resources, into the daily activity of the company. On these bases, a real "design" governance, adapted to breakthrough innovation, is then made possible. Thus, the institutionalization of disruptive innovation mobilizes classic forms of institutionalization, but it also distances itself from it by its necessary coupling to the strong cognitive generativity that the rupture requires. Ultimately, this model refers in a certain way to the emergence of the modern enterprise itself, when it has institutionalized scientific research
Voß, Jan-Peter. "Designs on governance development of policy instruments and dynamics in governance /." Enschede : University of Twente [Host], 2007. http://doc.utwente.nl/58085.
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