Dissertations / Theses: 'Market Need'

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Mignérus, Elin. "Analysis of the neuronavigation market for development of a new technology: need validation and market aspects." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för teknik och hälsa (STH), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-150410.

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Neuronavigation is the technology used during brain surgery to verify the location in which the surgeon is working in terms of depth and width. Despite being considered to be helpful, the technology lacks when it comes to the consideration of brain shift, the dynamic changes of the brain during surgery. The purpose of this report was to verify the suspected need of an additional tool and investigate the market size and dynamics. The thesis work mainly followed the method of Biodesign – The process of innovating medical technologies, which covers all steps in the innovation process. To fit the specific purpose, the method was partly amended.The results of the report are divided into two categories – need and market. A need statement was developed and the market was mapped in terms of size and other players in the market space. The conclusions drawn are that there is a need for technology development in order to safely account for brain shift during tumour resection surgery, but that it is likely to be hard to enter the market due to other researchers who have made more progress in the area.

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Fairbairn, Heather. "Sustainability for women-in-need, making the transition to market housing." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/MQ63511.pdf.

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Jonsson, Ragnar. "Studies on the competitiveness of wood : - market segmentation and customer need assessments." Doctoral thesis, Växjö universitet, Institutionen för teknik och design, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-398.

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Over the last decades, wood has encountered increasing competition from other building materials. Hence, it is relevant to study the underlying factors of material substitution. The market for repair and remodelling (R&R) is growing in importance. The end-consumer´s, or the household?s, assessments as to material selection are generally more crucial in R&R than in construction of new houses, a circumstance highlighting the importance of the end-consumer. Consequently, this thesis deals with material substitution within an end-consumer context. Proper market segmentation and targeting presuppose an understanding of why households differ as to material preferences. Prioritising customer needs in quality improvement and/or product development requires information as to the importance of different customer requirements or needs as well as the performance of wood, relative substitutes, in providing for these needs. The thesis proposes a coherent approach for market segmentation and for prioritising customer needs: (i) how to provide a basis for market segmentation and targeting, i.e., to extract the distinguishing features of different material preferences; (ii) how to extract information enabling the prioritising of customer needs, i.e., importance and performance information. Identifying prominent discriminating factors of building application material preference, in order to subsequently explain why households differ within and between samples/cultures as to material preferences, and finally assessing customer requirements or needs as to the importance and the performance of wood relative substitutes in fulfilling them, presuppose an approach for data collection and analysis, which in turn requires a theoretical frame of reference. Hence, in the thesis a theoretical framework and different methods, for extracting decisive preferential predictors and assessing customer needs respectively, are suggested and evaluated. A pronounced design profile and distinct material alternatives make floorcovering a good illustrative example. The results indicate that material substitution with an end-consumer focus should be studied within a contextual framework. Hence, the usage context, the type of room refloored and whether the dwelling is owned or not, seems to define the types of materials actively considered. Further, households obviously differ in how they perceive the concept of floorcovering in a given usage context, depending on the general life situation and individual experience. Data collection, with the aim of identifying distinguishing factors of building application material preferences, must thus handle the collection of data related to usage context as well as the general life situation and individual experience. To obtain a deeper understanding of the underlying motives open-ended questions are called for. Performance benchmarking as to customer requirements or needs should be relative competitors in the same market segment, i.e., close substitutes. The assessment of customer needs should allow analysis on benefit levels, as alternatives in material substitution most readily can be compared in terms of the more abstract benefits/consequences they provide rather than concrete attributes. The apparent causal complexity, resulting from contextual influences, severely limits the usefulness and adequacy of traditional, additive, statistical analysis. Multivariate projection methods like partial least square discriminant analysis (PLS-DA); in coping with collinear variables, as well as the Boolean approach of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA); enabling data reduction in a theoretically guided manner, have potential for handling multiple conjunctural causation when analysing material preferences. Furthermore, both methods are able to handle binary variables resulting from open-ended questions, dependent as well as independent. PLS-DA can, however, more readily than Boolean algebra capture contextual influences. Analysis by means of PLS-DA thus seem to provide the information necessary for market segmentation and targeting, i.e., the causes of preferential differences both between and within cultures: evaluative criteria and variables related to the context. The output from the analysis of material preferences serve as input to the subsequent assessment of customer needs, as to the make-up of customer needs and as to which materials constitute close substitutes, i.e., share usage context. Customer satisfaction modelling (CSM) using partial least squares (PLS) seems well adapted for extracting the information necessary for prioritising customer needs: the impact on customer satisfaction of the fulfilment of different customer requirements or needs, and the performance of wood, relative substitutes, in providing for these needs. A valuable asset of CSM is the ability to allow analysis on customer benefit as well as attribute level. Usage context and data connected with the life situation provide instruments for market segmentation and targeting. For example: according to the present results, users of wooden flooring in the Netherlands are house owners to a greater extent and generally have a higher household income than users of laminated flooring. One of the apparently salient reasons for choosing wood, the natural material property, is part of the intrinsic nature, character, of the material. This quality of wood could provide an edge on the close substitute, laminated flooring. The results presented in the thesis further indicate that practical, functional, benefits exert the greatest impact on customer satisfaction, for wooden flooring as well as its closest substitutes laminate and carpet. This is noteworthy, as the salient evaluative criteria for choosing wooden flooring, unlike the other materials studied, were of a non-practical nature. This circumstance highlights the necessity of considering substitutes to identify latent needs. A low cost over the life cycle and hygiene are apparently the most important benefits to improve for wooden flooring manufacturers, as importance is high and performance relatively low.

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Jin, Hao (Hao Howard). "How do foreign auto suppliers need to compete differently in China market?" Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34626.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-166).
The China auto market is surging as the most fascinating place for the global auto industry today. All major foreign auto OEMs have been aggressively expanding their business in China, and expecting most of their global sales growth to come from China in the next decade. Following the move of foreign OEMs, many foreign auto suppliers also entered the China market, either to serve their traditional OEM customers, or to look for new business opportunities. Among them, one of the global exhaust system suppliers is very interested in China and invited us to conduct a case study on their China operations. In this thesis, we analyzed the dynamics of China auto market and the challenges to foreign OEMs and suppliers. Being driven by the market's rapid growth, tough competition, increasing margin pressures, global pressure on low-cost country sourcing and the Chinese government regulations, foreign OEMs have been increasing their efforts on the localization of manufacturing and product development. We first examine the current strategic role of China operations for major foreign OEMs in China, and the current and future requirements from foreign and Chinese OEMs on auto suppliers in China.
(cont.) Then we analyzed the China exhaust system industry in detail using the Porter's Five Forces. After obtaining a good understanding of how a foreign exhaust system supplier needs to compete in China, the authors focused on the global exhaust system supplier under the study and investigated how it has been competing in China market, what have been done successfully, and what could be done differently. The root causes of the issues were identified and the suggestions to address some of them were presented. In the last section, we extend the findings and suggestions to other foreign auto suppliers in China.
by Hao (Howard) Jin.
S.M.

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Potter, Gary. "Weed, need and greed : domestic marijuana production and the UK cannabis market." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2006. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/10377/.

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This study explores the phenomenon of domestic cannabis cultivation in the UK and examines its impact on the wider cannabis market. Cannabis growers were studied using both traditional and on-line ethnographic methods. Data was analysed both to produce a description of cannabis cultivation (and cannabis cultivators) in Britain and to analyse how domestic production of cannabis fits into our wider understanding of illegal drug markets. The thesis explores UK cannabis growing on a number of levels. Firstly it seeks to describe how cannabis is grown in Britain. Some is grown outside in natural conditions but most British cannabis is grown indoors with increasingly hi-tech cultivation methods being utilised. The method employed by an individual grower will depend on his opportunities, his intention for the crop and any ideological position which may influence his choice. We then explore who is involved in cannabis growing. At a basic level featuresdemographic and' ideological' - common to cannabis growers are considered. At a deeper level a typology of cannabis growers is offered based predominantly on motivation and ideology. The key point here is that a large number of cannabis growers seek no financial reward whatsoever for their involvement in what is essentially an act of drug trafficking. Others grow cannabis to make money, but are equally motivated by non-financial 'drivers'. Still others are mostly or entirely driven by financial considerations. These growers often display the same hall-marks as other organised crime outfits. Consumer concerns can be seen to influence the market with smaller independent 'social' and 'social/commercial' growers offering an ideo logical - ethical, even - alternative to larger scale organised crime outfits. Finally explanations for the recent surge in domestic cannabis cultivation are offered along with predictions for the future domestic production, not just of cannabis but other drugs as well.

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Giesecke, Jacob. "Multiple Sides, Multiple Challenges : The Need for a Uniform Approach in Defining the Relevant Product Market in Abuse of Dominance Cases on Multi-Sided Markets." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Juridiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-363381.

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The study shows that multi-sided markets pose difficulties when the relevant product market is to be defined. These difficulties pertain to two questions. The first question is whether one or several markets should be defined. In this regard, it is not easy to extract a coherent method from the cases examined. Instead, the methods applied give the impression of ad hoc-solutions, where similar circumstances result in dissimilar outcomes. Indeed, it is hard to reconcile the different market definitions in Visa International MIF and MasterCard MIF. The uncertainties are not limited to these two cases, as the methods applied in Google Shopping too give rise to ambiguities. Why was the market for general search engine platforms separated into two distinct product markets, but the market for comparison shopping services encompassed both sides? Unfortunately, this discussion was not present in the decision. This only serves to reinforce the impression that these questions are solved on an ad hoc-basis. A clear method of approaching multi-sided markets is desirable, not least because the enforcement of competition rules must be characterized by consistency and foreseeability. Hopefully, the judgement in Google Shopping will bring further clarity to this. Nonetheless, the conclusion is that one market should be defined when differences between competitive constraints on the two sides are absent. E contrario, this means that two markets should be defined when such differences are present. This is true regardless of the market in question being a transaction or a non-transaction market. This method seems preferable to strictly adhering to the division of multi-sided markets into transaction or non-transaction markets. If the Commission’s analysis is correct in that there are no differences in competitive constraints on the two sides of comparison shopping services, in combination with crossing network effects, the platform’s multi-sidedness is a necessary trait for both sides. This means that a substitute has to be multi-sided in order for it to be included on the relevant product market, which minimizes the risk for false negatives. Vice versa, the definition of two markets allows for one-sided products to be included on the relevant product market, which minimizes the risk for false positives. This is important not only for the binary finding of dominance or non-dominance, but also the degree of dominance. As concluded above, incorrectly defining one market may artificially inflate the degree of dominance into false super-dominance, and incorrectly defining several markets may artificially dilute the degree of dominance. The second question is how substitutability should be measured. It is obvious from the cases examined that qualitative measures are used and not quantitative measures. The products’ characteristics, intended use, purpose, functionalities, users’ perceptions of the product, etc. were given much attention. The SSNIP test was not applied in any of the cases. The first conclusion to be drawn from the examination above is therefore that the difficulties regarding measuring substitutability on multi-sided markets mainly concern quantitative measures. The arguments against applying a SSNIP test related to the cellophane fallacy (in two different forms, one of which was deceivingly similar to the reverse cellophane fallacy) and differences in price sensitivities between the two sides. Network effects present an additional difficulty, which may lead to exaggerated results when measuring substitutability. The second conclusion to be drawn is that there exists a reluctance to apply a SSNIP test in a way that is tailored for multi-sided markets. One method that has been proposed is to apply the test on the total sum paid by both sides, while allowing the intermediary to adjust the increase in price in accordance with its price structure. The categorical dismissal of applying the test in this way suggests that adapted versions have some time to wait before being introduced into case law and decisional practice. If they, as their proponents argue, are a robust way of broadening the evidence of possible substitutability, this is unfortunate. The risk of defining the market overly narrow or overly broad is of course present in this regard as well. A broader spectrum of evidence therefore minimizes the risk of incorrectly finding both dominance and non-dominance.

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Winkler, Martin, and Alexandru Armasu. "The need for change : Influencing factors on battery electric vehicles (BEVs) adoption among generation Y within the European market." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Jönköping University, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-48837.

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Background: Climate change has been becoming a major topic of interest, for research as well as for society. Transport caused emissions are constantly growing which forced the European Union to set the goal to decrease transport related emissions by 60% until 2050. A heavily discussed and promising tool seems to be being found in battery electric (BEV) vehicle adoption. However, BEV adoption seems to be underachieved which raises questions about potential influencing factors on BEV adoption. Additionally, latest research elaborated perception to be one of the key topics of interest for consumers adopting fully electric vehicles. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis was to examine influencing factors affecting BEV adoption and the perception of those factors among generation Y consumers. Method: To attain the purpose, a qualitative research was conducted. After collecting secondary data to evaluate existing factors influencing consumer’s willingness to adopt BEVs, 16 participants accountable to generation Y have been interviewed using semi-structured interviews. Using a qualitative research approach valuable data and in-depth insights which are essential for markets such as the automotive industry. Conclusion: The results show that there is a generally positive attitude towards BEV adoption among generation Y. However, there have been five influencing factors affecting consumer’s willingness to adopt BEVs. Analysis of the perception of each factor allowed the research team to get in-depth insights and to elaborate the importance of each factor and how the factors interrelate. Based on the gathered data relationships between influencing factors have been highlighted and based on TAM and TRI models a new model for further research has been developed.

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BERN, PATRIK, and Joakim Larsen. "How to Target the Need for Self-Scanning Solutions in the Northeastern American Food Retail Market : A Case Study with Datema." Thesis, KTH, Industriell marknadsföring, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-189466.

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The development of digital solutions has changed the way consumers complete purchases today. New distribution channels through internet and mobile applications have come to challenge the business of traditional retailers. Thus, retailers must find new ways of keeping customers loyal to the store. One way of retaining customers is to provide a more prominent customer experience. This study focuses on technological solutions for the food retail industry that enables the creation of this experience, more specifically self-scanning applications provided by the Swedish company Datema.The Swedish market, in which Datema acts, is among the most technologically advanced in the world regarding self-scanning solutions and has begun to reach a maturity phase. This, along with desires to expand the marketplace, has created an attraction to larger foreign markets such as North America. Similarities in business culture and a strong buying power have led to a certain interest in the Northeastern part of America. Thus, the purpose of this thesis is to investigate the need for self-scanning solutions in this specific area and to provide recommendations for how the market could be targeted.To create an overview of the market structure the consumer market has been studied through an in-depth literature review of the latest market investigations. Furthermore, the technological level of Northeastern supermarket chains was investigated through market observations and interviews with store managers in Boston, Massachusetts. To create the holistic view of the market, interviews with experts in the US retail market and with US IT-vendors were conducted. Additionally, interviews with management consultants and experts in market entries have contributed to answering the question of how the market should be entered. Finally, in order to provide conclusions and recommendations, the results have been analyzed with relevant literature and theories within marketing, change management and entry mode management.The findings in this master thesis indicates that there is a need for technological solutions that enhance the customer experience in the Northeastern American food retail market. Furthermore, the technological level of the existing supermarket chains in Boston is considered low and that the level and acceptance varies with the store concept. The previous resistance towards implementation of new technological solutions in the stores was found to mainly depend on a low knowledge, low trust in the consumers and fear of losing customer interaction.Datema is recommended to address the middle and high-end supermarket chains with a follower approach. Further recommendations include that the market should be entered through a joint venture with a local partner.

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Eriksson, Robin, and Erik Angel. "The Pursuit of Entrepreneurial Opportunities : early-stage investment and initiation of start-ups." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Projekt, innovationer och entreprenörskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-177279.

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The decreasing numbers of investments in early-stage start-ups indicate that fewer start-ups might become scale-ups and later sustainable business, affecting the eco- nomical development. Early-stage investment actors such as venture capital firms (VCs), incubators and business angels select and support investment in different ways. The VC and investment research mostly regards later-stage team and idea focused strategies. The thesis investigates what characterises and what is important for the early-stage process and selection of tenants pursued, through the investment process at the VC start-up Hidden Dreams, who combines incubator support with early stage investments. Organisational documents and previous research, presented in the frame of reference, lay the foundation for the analysis of the thesis. Research about VC selection strategies, investments, incubators, and more, paves the way of modeling a market need focused strategy combined with support. HD’s past pre-transaction processes and its current portfolio companies are analysed by the frame of reference. A model depicting the early-stage investment and support process is presented as a result, together with other findings in the analysis. The depiction explains the selection and support strategy and process by nine modules, each playing a role in the journeys of the VC and start-up. Insights about how the idea, team and market need affect the outcome of choice from the process are presented. The process becomes iteratively more characterised based on historical lessons. Since early-stage investments are considered risky, a way of minimising that risk can be seen through the combination of VC, incubator and business angel functions. The team and idea play a vital role in the process, especially the entrepreneur or advisor who contribute with market knowledge in the evaluation of market need. If the market inhibits competition the opportunity needs a hook, otherwise the initia- tors need to know why there is no competition. The team and idea plays important parts in the evaluation of market need. The idea works as initiator of the scope and to define value creation capabilities, whilst the entrepreneurial team, through the potential problem-owner, give each case market anchoring through experience and knowledge.

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Bernstock, Penny. "The 'quasi-market' in social care and its responsiveness to differentiated need : a case study of service provision for older African-Caribbean people in two London authorities." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2006. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1880/.

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This study is an exploration of the extent to which the introduction of a 'quasimarket' within Personal Social Services in England had enabled them to respond more sensitively to the different needs of those they served compared to the previous model of large scale local authority provision. This issue was examined in depth by concentrating on the possibly, distinctive needs/preferences of older 'African-Caribbean' people, as an illustration of the opportunities and difficulties that this new style of 'public management' presented in two London Authorities. To explore this question, three discrete, but connected methods of inquiry were pursued. The first focused on the implementation of the 'NHS and Community Care Act 1990', and more specifically the recommended introduction of a range of 'private' and 'not for profit' provider's under contract. The findings suggest this was only partially implemented. There were changes to the way in which services were purchased, and the way they were provided, but these changes did not constitute a genuine 'quasi-market'. The development of the purchasing function offered the potential for local authorities to respond to 'ethnic diversity', but this did not happen. Indeed an Exploration of service developments suggested that the previous model was more responsive to the differentiated needs of older 'African-Caribbean' people than this new model. The second dimension of this research explored the 'mixed economy' of care through a case study of 'meals' provision. The findings suggested a tendency to monopoly provision, with 'risk' and 'cost' operating as more significant factors than 'differentiated need' in shaping purchasing decisions. The third part of this study explored whether there were distinctive service preferences expressed by older 'African-Caribbean' people for 'culturally specific' provision, and found that whilst there were some, there were also a range of preferences within that community.

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Oluyeju, Sarah Oreoluwa. "Putting the accrued pension fund assets under management to work in Nigeria : the need for the review of regulatory-induced investment limits to promote equity market growth and development." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64633.

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The Nigerian stock market has been underperforming in recent years partly due to the bias of the investors towards the issuance of bonds and other debt instruments by governments and corporate organisations. And over the years, Nigeria’s pension funds’ assets under management has grown massively into a potential investment capital capable of closing investment gap in the Nigerian stock market to deepen the market in terms of the depth and liquidity and promote the economic development of the nation. However, this is being curtailed by the extremely low investment limit of pension fund assets in the stock market, hampering the development of the market. Although a new regulatory regime was introduced recently, it has not made an impact in resolving the restrictive investment limits of the pension assets in the stock market. This research has therefore sought to investigate the how reform of the regulatory framework for the investment of pension assets could deepen the stock market, providing investment capital to revive the struggling stock market. The thesis of this research is that the overly restrictive regulation on the investment of pension assets should be re-examined to provide the much needed finance the stock market requires for development. The results of this proposed study will help inform the need for the legal reform to unlock pension fund assets as a source of finance to deepen stock market development.
Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
Centre for Human Rights
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Bjärnram, Carl Johan. "Parallel trade in pharmaceutical products within the EEA: from first to final marketing : balancing the need to protect and promote public health and safety with the EC treaty objective of establishing a common market." Thesis, Durham University, 2007. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/2135/.

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This thesis provides a thorough clarification of the rules governing parallel trade in pharmaceutical products within the EEA; from first to final marketing. More specifically, the thesis provides an analysis of the application of EC competition law (Articles 81 and 82 EC Treaty), the free movement of goods provisions (Articles 28-30 EC Treaty), Community measures, and Member State laws to parallel import-restrictive measures. The EC Treaty and Community measures must, in conjunction with Member State laws, facilitate the establishment of an internal market without compromising public health and safety. For example, the application of Articles 81 and 82 EC Treaty to parallel import-restrictive measures must take into consideration the need to promote public health and safety by acknowledging the pharmaceutical industry’s reliance on future investments in 'research and development' (R&D). Similarly, the application of Articles 28-30 EC Treaty to repackaging of pharmaceutical products must take into consideration the need to protect public health and safety. The importance of balancing the pro-integration objective with the public health and safety objective is particularly evident in relation to the application of the EC Treaty to Member State laws governing the pharmaceutical market-specific and potentially parallel import-restrictive requirement of marketing authorisations. Parallel trade is, nevertheless, a statistically safe practice, and considered essential to market integration by encouraging intra-brand competition and widening customer choice. Parallel trade is also believed to generate savings to national health authorities, and ultimately patients and taxpayers. The thesis therefore concludes with a set of recommendations aimed at strengthening the protection and promotion of public health and safety without having an unduly negative impact on the establishment of an internal market.

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Daugalaitė, Vilma. "Aukštos kvalifikacijos specialistų rengimas ir darbo rinkos poreikiai: problemos ir sprendimo būdai." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2013. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2013~D_20130801_092252-39459.

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Vykstant ekonominiams pokyčiams šalyje, vienu iš prioritetinių švietimo sistemos tikslų tampa aukštos kvalifikacijos specialisto rengimas, orientuotas į darbo rinkos poreikius. Šalies aukštosiose mokyklose specialistų rengimas nepakankamai siejamas su jų poreikiu darbo rinkoje ir galimybėmis baigus studijas gauti darbą, atitinkantį absolventų įgytą kvalifikaciją. Magistriniame darbe pagrindinis dėmesys skiriamas aukštos kvalifikacijos specialistų prognozavimui bei realaus specialistų poreikio nustatymui. Todėl būtina numatyti aukštos kvalifikacijos specialistų poreikio prognozes, užimtumo bei įsitvirtinimo darbo rinkoje galimybes, tenkinant besiplėtojančios ekonomikos poreikius. Šiame darbe išanalizuotas aukštos kvalifikacijos specialistų rengimas šalies aukštosiose mokyklose. Ištirtas aukštos kvalifikacijos specialistų pasiūlos atitikimas darbo rinkos poreikiams. Atskleistos pagrindinės priežastys, trukdančios aukštųjų mokyklų absolventams įsitvirtinti darbo rinkoje. Atliktas aukštos kvalifikacijos specialistų poreikio empirinis tyrimas, atsižvelgiant į verslo subjektų interesus. Darbo tikslas - Ištirti aukštos kvalifikacijos specialistų rengimą ir jų atitikimą darbo rinkos poreikiams. Tyrimo hipotezė - Aukštos kvalifikacijos specialistų rengimas neatitinka darbo rinkos poreikių. Remiantis išvadomis galima teigti, jog darbdavių ir darbo rinkos tyrimų institucijų įtraukimas į mokymo programų sudarymo procesą, tikslingas profesinės praktikos... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]
During the economic changes in the country, one of the priority objectives of the education system becomes a highly qualified professional development geared to the needs of the labor market. Country's higher education professionals are lack of trainings, linked to their labor market needs and opportunities after graduation to obtain employment-graduate qualification. This master thesis focuses on the high-skilled professionals, and forecasting systems in the real demand for specialists setting. It is therefore necessary to provide highly skilled professionals demand forecasts of employment and stay in the labor market opportunities for meeting the evolving needs of the economy. In this paper the preparation of highly qualified specialists in the country's higher education institutions are analyzed. The preparation of high qualified specialist in country’s high schools is analyzed in this paper. The main reasons hindering the high school graduates in the labor market are revealed. An empirical study of business entities' interests of highly skilled professionals need was made. The aim - to investigate the training of highly qualified specialists and their relevance to the labor market needs. The hypothesis - Highly qualified specialists not fully fit for labor market needs. Based on the findings it can be said that the employers and the labor market research institutions in the curriculum process, targeted promotion of professional practice, should facilitate the... [to full text]

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Millares, Matilde. "Att välja välfärd : Politiska berättelser om valfrihet." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-112779.

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Welfare, and the role of social democracy in defining its content and meaning, is often described as one of Sweden’s distinguishing features. However, in the quest for liberalization and marketization, reforms in past decades have substantially changed the political landscape. These developments have led many to question the viability of describing the main political actors and their attitudes towards the welfare state in terms of left or right. This dissertation contributes to the understanding of ideological convergence and past and current political cleavages by analysing the welfare debate on freedom of choice between the two main political opponents in Swedish politics over three decades. Using a morphological approach, where ideologies are viewed as distinctive configurations of political concepts creating specific conceptual patterns depending on how they are combined, the analysis focuses on the content of the concept of choice by examining the conceptual relationships between political concepts such as choice, the public and the private, equality, equity and need. The analysis reveals a convergence suggesting that the parties have united around a narrower concept of freedom of choice that relates to how it is implemented in welfare services, that is, the choice between different providers of welfare services. However, important differences remain, which are expressed in the parties’ differing conceptions of the power resources citizens need to become truly free individuals. These findings suggest that, while freedom of choice has become a central concept in the political debate, it is not central to the parties’ ideologies. Instead, the core of the parties’ ideologies appears to be articulated in e.g. the political cleavages that remain, which can be described as differing views on the role of politics and competing conceptions of need and equality. It is how these cleavages are translated into policies that will determine possible welfare choices in the future.

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Tilley, Susan Mary. "Idealised land markets and real needs: the Experience of landless people seeking land in the Northern and Western Cape through the market-based land reform programme." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2009. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_5657_1285084476.

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This thesis interrogates the claim that resource-poor, rural land seekers can acquire land through the land market which constitutes the central mechanism of land redistribution in South Africa&rsquo
s market-based land reform programme. The study explores two key aspects in relation to this claim. Firstly, it provides a critique of the underlying assumptions prevalent in much of the current market-based land reform policy, as advocated by its national and international proponents, and the manner in which the market as a mechanism for land redistribution has been conceptualized and its outcomes envisaged. Secondly, it considers the extent to which this conceptualization - which it is argued, draws on idealized and abstracted notions of land market functioning - is realized and examines the extent to which the espoused outcomes of market-based land reform policy are aligned with or contradicted by the functioning of real markets and the experiences of resource-poor land seeking people in their attempts to engage in the land market with limited state support. The details of the market&rsquo
s operation are analysed, with a distinction made between the operational practice of real markets &ndash
based on direct evidence-based observation
and degrees of policy abstraction and theoretical assumptions regarding how markets should or might operate. The study&rsquo
s methodological framework draws on an agrarian political economy perspective, as used by theorists such as Akram-Lodhi (2007) and Courville (2005), amongst others. This perspective enables a consideration of the various contexts and socially embedded processes involved in land transactions and the extent to which these are shaped and framed by the politics of policy-making. In line with this perspective, the study focuses on the social relations brought to bear on the acquisition of land and the way in which land markets operate. It is suggested that land is not solely viewed as an economic commodity by land-seekers. Furthermore, it was found that markets cannot be understood as neutral institutions in which participants are equal players.

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LINDGREN, NATALIA, and MORTENSEN JULIA HEDE. "Product development in low income markets : Identifying user needs and approaches in design in a low income market, with focus on the water filtration market in Malaysia." Thesis, KTH, Produkt- och tjänstedesign, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-234254.

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The water situation in Malaysia is not ideal. Due to the unsatisfactory quality of the piped water, the demand of domestic water filters in Malaysia is increasing. At the same time, 40 percent of the Malaysian population are described as a low income group who are especially vulnerable against increases in living costs. Developing products that meet the needs of consumers who are constrained in resources is vital for straining the growth of poverty and reaching the global SDGs. To ensure that the access to clean water is achievable for all, regardless of income group, established methodologies within product development in emerging markets with low income target groups needs to be identified. The intention with this study is to identify and evaluate some of the existing models and methods within this area through thorough research and a case study. The main focus is to analyse the methodologies for identifying user needs, as well as the approaches in design and conceptualization, when developing products for the lower income group. An extensive literature study has been made, in combination with interviews from Engineers without borders, Sweden. The results were that no models or methods were frequently used in their different projects but every project was individually structured. These results were then applied in a field study in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. During the field study, a market analysis took place and a new product concept was shaped. The project was in collaboration with the company Blöndal, a water purification company in Kuala Lumpur. Their point of use water filter called Källa 8 was further developed, guided by the identified models and methods gained from the pre-development research. Before the development of Källa 8, the user needs were identified through surveys, in-home visits and shorter interviews. To translate the identified user want and needs to product attributes, a House of Quality matrix was used and worked as a basis of discussion during the conceptualization of the new Källa 8. Throughout the conceptualization, the mindset originating from the theory of Frugal Innovation was constantly present. The result of the market analysis clearly pointed to a too high of a price of the product, but stating that the already existing design of the product was both attractive and important for the lower income group. These attributes were later realized by foremost changing the configuration of the piping in the product. The purpose was to make the filters easily changeable, sparing the users the service cost of changing the filters. This was done without interfering with the most valued features of the product.
Vattensituationen i Malaysia är inte ideal. På grund av den dåliga kvalitén av kranvatten, har efterfrågan av vattenfilter för hemmabruk i Malaysia ökat. Samtidigt beskrivs 40 procent av Malaysias befolkning som en del av en låginkomstgrupp som är särskilt sårbara för ökade levnadskostnader. Att utveckla produkter som möter behoven hos konsumenter som är begränsade i ekonomiska resurser är avgörande för att förhindra tillväxten av fattigdom och för att uppnå FN:s Millenniemål. För att försäkra att tillgången till rent vatten är uppnåeligt för alla, oavsett inkomstgrupp, måste beprövade metoder inom produktutveckling i tillväxtmarknader med låginkomsttagare som fokusgrupp identifieras. Målet av denna studie är att identifiera och utvärdera vissa av de existerande modellerna och metoderna inom detta område genom grundliga studier och en fallstudie. Huvudfokus ligger på att analysera metoder för att identifiera användarbehov samt konceptualisering och utformning av produkter för låginkomstgrupper. En omfattande litteraturstudie har gjorts samt intervjuer med Ingenjörer utan gränser. Resultatet från intervjuena visade på att inga specifika metoder användes frekvent utan varje project utformades på eget vis. Detta resultat applicerades sedan på ett fältarbete i Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Projektet var i samarbete med företaget Blöndal, ett vattenfilterföretag med huvudkontor i Kuala Lumpur. Deras så kallade “point of use”-vattenfilter, vid namn Källa 8, vidareutvecklades med de identifierade modellerna och metoderna från förstudien som ledsagare. Före vidareutvecklingen av Källa 8, identifierades användarbehoven genom enkätundersökningar, hembesök och kortare intervjuer. För att översätta de identifierade användarbehoven till faktiska produktegenskaper, utarbetades en så kallad House of Quality-matris som sedan användes som diskussionsunderlag under konceptualiseringen av det nya Källa 8. Tankesättet som användes under utformningen av den nya produkten härleddes av konceptet Frugal Innovation. Frugal Innovation visade sig vara en värdefull teoretisk ramverk, men var inte så lätt att implementera på just denna fallstudie. Resultaten från marknadsanalysen visade tydligt att produkten kostade för mycket men att den yttre designen var attraktiv och viktig för låginkomstgrupper. Dessa attribut realiserades i produkten genom att främst förändra konfigurationen av rören i produkten. Anledningen till detta var att minska underhållskostnader för användaren, eftersom hen själv ska kunna byta ut filtrena. Detta gjordes utan att större förändringar på produktens högst värderade egenskaper.

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Dominy, Peter. "De-coding Mammon : money in need of redemption." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3065.

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This thesis is an attempt to understand the suspicion of money implied in Jesus' statement that it is impossible to serve both God and Mammon. I argue on the basis of Scripture, reason and tradition that problems associated with money do not arise simply from the way it is used, but from the nature of money itself. This is argued in three sections. First I consider the history of money and in particular of the commodity theory of money. Second I consider the issues of debt and interest, of central concern in the Christian Scriptures. Finally I consider money through four different lenses: justice, value, desire and power. The argument as a whole leads up to the last of these. As was already suggested by Jacques Ellul fifty years ago, I argue that money must be understood as a cosmic power to which we are all subject and which is in need of redemption. In the second and third sections I make suggestions as to what the redemption of money might look like. I summarise the argument in a final section, 'De-coding Mammon'.

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Bergendahl, Olle. "A market-centric approach to new media business: : LTE-Broadcast and the needs of the digital signage market." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-150378.

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The number of connected devices is rapidly growing. MNOs (Mobile Network Operators) work hard to offer their customers the latest technologies, and due to this it has become increasingly important to understand how new technologies can be leveraged and positioned in existing markets. This master thesis, made on behalf of the Swedish company Ericsson AB, is an evaluation of a new cellular technology called LTE-Broadcast. Since LTE-Broadcast is a very new technology, it is not certain how it should be positioned towards competing technologies such as 3G, Wi-Fi or fiber connections. The general aim of this thesis was to assess whether or not there are needs in the digital signage market that could be satisfied by the benefits of the LTE-Broadcast technology. The global digital signage market was used to collect quantitative data and the Swedish market was used to collect qualitative data to gain a deeper understanding of the digital signage actors and their needs. In total there wereeleven interviews conducted with selected actors from the value constellation. The most important results were found in the Swedish market, showing that almost every actor has experienced some issues with current media delivery systems. Their main issues include low bandwidth, bad cellular reception or unstable connections, high maintenance costs, high costs of data and time consuming cable installations. The analysis and discussion suggests that several of the issues could be solved by LTE-Broadcast. The increased QoS and guaranteed media delivery should be appreciated by a majority of the actors, while the ability to live stream content are sought after by some of the actors. The Porter’s five forces analysis has shown that the main threat to market adoption is the threat of substitute products such as fiber or Wi-Fi. This threat could however be averted by marketing LTE-Broadcast on verticals where the substitutes are unavailable, such as in the transportation and public transport vertical. To conclude, LTE-Broadcast has been shown to be a good fit for certain parts of the digital signage value constellation. Keywords: LTE-Broadcast, digital signage, Ericsson, media delivery, cellular technology, Porter’s five forces, DOOH, 4G.
Antalet uppkopplade enheter växer kraftigt. Täckningen på mobilnät med hög bandbredd utökas ochmobiloperatörer jobbar ständigt för att erbjuda sina kunder den senaste tekniken. På grund av detta har det blivit viktigare och viktigare att förstå hur nya teknologier kan positioneras på nuvarande marknader. Detta examensarbete, gjort på uppdrag av Ericsson AB, är en utvärdering av en ny mobilteknik kallad LTE-Broadcast. Eftersom LTE-Broadcast är en väldigt ny teknologi är det oklart hur tekniken ska positioneras i förhållande till konkurrerande teknologier såsom 3G, Wi-Fi och fiberuppkopplingar. Den övergripande målsättningen med denna uppsats har varit att undersöka huruvida det finns behov i digital signage-marknaden som skulle kunna tillgodoses av LTE-Broadcast-teknologin. Den globala digital signage-marknaden har använts för att samla in kvantitativ data och den svenska marknadenhar använts för att samla in kvalitativ data och för att få en djupare förståelse för digital signage-aktörerna och deras behov. Totalt genomfördes elva intervjuer med utvalda aktörer på marknaden. De viktigaste resultaten upptäcktes på den svenska marknaden, där det visade sig att nästan varje aktör har upplevt problem med nuvarande teknik. Deras huvudsakliga problem inkluderar otillräcklig bandbredd, dålig mottagning eller instabila uppkopplingar, höga kostnader för underhåll och tidskrävande kabelinstallationer. Analysen och diskussionen pekar på att flertalet av digital signage-aktörerernas upplevda problem skulle kunna lösas med LTE-Broadcast. Ökad QoS och garanterad leverans av innehåll borde uppskattas av en majoritet av aktörerna, medan möjligheten att live-sända innehåll borde uppskattas av några aktörer. Porters femkraftsmodell har visat att det största hotet mot ett införande av LTE-Broadcast är konkurrerande tekniker såsom fiber och Wi-Fi. Detta hot kan dock undvikas genom att marknadsföra LTE-Broadcast mot marknader där konkurrerande teknologier inte finns tillgängliga, såsom t.ex. transport- och kolletivtrafikindistrin. Sammanfattningsvis har LTE-Broadcast visat sig passa bra in i enskilda delar av digital signage-värdekedjan.

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Richards, Johannes Douglas. "Promotion of a legal firm during recessionary times / Johannes Douglas Richards." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4471.

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Nearly 80 years earlier, Henry Ford advised during the 1930 depression that: "A man who stops advertising to save money is like a man who stops a clock to save time". The purposes of this case study was to determine whether legal firms have taken cognisance of these wise words and have refrained from cutting back on expenses, and more particularly its promotional budget expenses during a down turning economy. It was discovered that, like nearly 80 years ago, costs today is still an important issue when considering and exploreing promotional opportunities. Small legal organisations have in general indicated that cost effectiveness is an important factor to take into consideration when deciding which type of promotion to explore. A further prerequisite was that the promotion should be target market orientated and effective. Interestingly enough, more than 60% of the sample organisations have failed to analyse their target market before commencing with any type of promotion. This immediately raised the question whether costs have not been wasted on wrong promotional efforts, rather than costs being an issue when considering promotion? It was concluded that small legal organisations have failed to properly analyse their target market and hence was unaware of their client?s needs. Various types of promotion were undertaken by the organisation, but in many instances were ineffective and costly. Should organisations have properly analysed their target markets they would have been in a better position to select an effective and less costly type of promotion. Limited recommendations were made in an attempt to assist small legal organisations to firstly analyse their target market which will result in more cost effective marketing and will enable them to address the needs of their target market directly.
Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.

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SILVA, MARIA ANGELA DA. "ENGLISH FOR TOURISM: A NEEDS ANALYSIS OF THE LEARNING SITUATION AND THE MARKET." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2007. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=11426@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
O objetivo deste estudo é identificar as necessidades da situação de aprendizagem (necessidades dos alunos) da língua inglesa dos estudantes de um curso técnico em Turismo e Hotelaria em uma escola técnica estadual, e da situação-alvo (necessidade do mercado de trabalho), comparando-as com a proposta curricular existente. Para levantar os dados, foram utilizados como instrumento de coleta: questionários, entrevistas semi- estruturadas e documentos sobre o curso de Turismo e Hotelaria e sobre a disciplina Inglês Instrumental. O principal arcabouço teórico que norteou esta pesquisa está fundamentado nos trabalhos de Hutchinson e Waters (1987/1996), Dudley-Evans e St. John (1998/2005) e Robinson (1991), autores da linha de estudo de ensino de línguas denominado Inglês para Fins Específicos - ESP (English for Specific Purposes), ou Abordagem Instrumental, termo adotado no Brasil. A análise dos dados confirma a extrema necessidade da situação de aprendizagem e da situação-alvo da compreensão auditiva e da produção oral. No entanto, o ensino da habilidade de leitura de gêneros discursivos tais como sites, folhetos, regulamentos, entre outros, precisa ser redimensionado. Esta pesquisa pretende dar subsídios para uma adequação do curso de Inglês Instrumental atualmente implementado na escola técnica onde esta pesquisa foi realizada, tendo em vista as necessidades dos alunos desta unidade escolar e do mercado de trabalho.
The aim of this study is to identify, first, the learning needs of students that study English as a foreign language in a technical course in Tourism and Hotel Management in a state school, and, second, the target needs for work in the market; in addition, the study compares the students` needs and market needs with the course syllabus followed in the school. The data were collected through questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and documents about the Tourism course and about the English course. The main theoretical framework of this study is based on Hutchinson & Waters (1987/1996), Dudley-Evans & St. John (1998/2005) and Robinson (1991), authors of the approach called ESP - English for Specific Purposes, or Inglês Instrumental, as it is known in Brazil. The analysis of the data confirms that, in both learning and target situations, speaking and listening skills are extremely important. However, the teaching of reading skills for genres such as web sites, brochures, and regulations must be reevaluated and adjusted to the reality of student and market needs. Suggestions are presented for new directions toward making the ESP course under study more suitable for both the learner and the market.

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Kruizenga-Muro, Denise. "Teaching collaborative writing to meet the needs of the job market: A model." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1999. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1527.

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Buys, Stefan. "Market needs analysis for Turnkey automation project based organisation in the Eastern Cape." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1021170.

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Customer value is essentially the perceived value that the customer gains when purchasing a product. The perceived value is the trade-off between the cost of the product and the benefits it provides. If the customer perceives the benefits exceed the costs, then the customer perceives value in the product. A need is defined as a perceived lack of something. Customers across industries consider fulfilment of their unique needs as a key metric in evaluating the effectiveness of a solution. In order for an organisation to successfully provide solutions based on customer needs it is crucial for the organisation to understand the needs of their target market. Market Needs Analysis (MNA) is the investigation that intends to improve knowledge about the needs of the organisation’s target market. Project Based Organisations (PBOs) are organisations who are primarily orientated to execute once-off projects with an organisational structure specially formed for a temporary period tailored to deliver a product that meets the needs of specific customers. This research investigates the value offering of a Turnkey PBO and its alignment to the needs of its market. The organisation is privately owned, operating primarily in the South African automotive industry. The true name of the organisation that will be researched will not be disclosed for confidentiality reasons; instead it will be called My Automation Company (MAC). Until the end of 2010, the core focus of the organisation was the supply and maintenance of specialised electronic and computerised tools and services used mainly for quality assurance and production support. Towards the end of 2010 the organisation shifted its focus to providing a new product and service, Turnkey Industrial Automation Projects, to its existing market. In the rush of introducing new products and services many organisations neglect to analyse the market to ensure that they fully understand and can satisfy its needs. Understanding customer needs is crucial in order for new products to be successful thereby capitalising on the available growth potential. Turnkey Industrial Automation Projects is a new product in the organisation’s existing market. It is therefore important that the organisation investigates the customer needs for this particular product as it will differ significantly from customer needs for Service Level Agreements which the organisation is familiar with. The purpose of this research study is to advance the current understanding of the Customer Value Proposition (CVP) of Turnkey PBOs by performing a systematic analysis of the determinants of customer value. This research is an exploratory quantitative study comprised of literature- and case study components used to test proposed hypotheses. The literature study was performed on secondary sources to establish the key concepts related to the topics of PBOs, Industrial Marketing, Market Needs Analysis and CVP. The empirical study consisted of surveys (questionnaires) completed by various customers and employees of MAC. The questionnaire used in this research consisted of questions regarding demographic data and questions regarding perceived CVP and influencing factors. Descriptive statistics was used to summarise the data into a more compact form which could simplify the identification of patterns in the data. Inferential statistics was used to verify if conclusions made from the sample data can be inferred onto a larger population Recommended business practices based on the statistical analysis of the survey results were identified. It was shown that there exists a relationship between Perceived Value and Product Characteristics, Relational Characteristics, Supplier Characteristics, Benefits and Sacrifices by using Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient to measure the linear association between the variables. A significant difference in the perceived performance of MAC in certain aspects was found. There is however no significant difference between the perceived importance’s assigned to CVP factors by High- and Low-level Management customers. It was also found that there is a significant difference in the perceived performance of MAC by Customers and Employees in certain aspects. While there is alignment between the importance Employees and Customers place on the majority of independent variables, there is misalignment with regard to the various Supplier Characteristics. Supplier Commitment was shown to be the factor that requires the most attention as: it has the biggest influence on the perceived value gained from dealing with MAC; Customers rate the organisations performance in this regard lower than Employees do and Employees assign lower importance to this factor than Customers. This study concluded in the development of a hypothesised CVP model that indicated not only which factors influence the CVP of a Turnkey PBO in the Eastern Cape but also the effect that each of the identified factors have on perceived value.

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Chan, Nora Yuk Mei. "What is needed by Hong Kong students? : a study of the learner needs, the market needs and the Putonghua curriculum." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2002. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/500.

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Rönnmark, Elena, and Mats Wiberger. "Beauty comes from within; A business case for Volvo Car Corporation about interior design on tomorrow's Chinese market." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-15809.

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The problem of this thesis is that the investigation is tied to a country that is not fully explored to Volvo Car Corporation at the present time. Differences within culture and attitudes will be important for Volvo Car Corporation to be aware of. Will the new customers emphasize the importance of social or functional needs or do they care for the same attributes as the Swedish buyers do? The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the consumer trends within interior design in the front row of the car among young potential car buyers in China. This will be done in order to gather information that can be interpreted and valuable for Volvo Cars future business decisions. To fulfill the purpose of this theis a deductive approach have been implemented with theories that are drawn from previous research. The theories will be integrated with quantitative findings that the authors have received through a conducted Internet survey. The study was implemented on a group of Chinese students and were then compared to a sample of Swedish students. This was done in order to investigate the different tendencies for the two samples regarding the interior design within a car. The findings shows that there are both similarities and differences between the two samples which dismiss the concept of a Global Teenager. The tendencies that the authors found through the conducted research shows that the hedonic and social factors are emphasised while the utilitarian needs seem to be accounted for as obvious in the majority of cases. The findings further states that there are no strong feelings concerning Roominess and Daily Life Usage. The liking of the smaller car do give a signal that roominess and storage is not of highest importance. These two concepts were not the most preferred interior attributes and were placed in the region from three to five in the ranking. The authors conclusion for Volvo Car Corporation is that the focus should lie on the aspect of a car that generates an emotional attachment to the customer.

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Snyman, Janetta Adriana. "The needs of tourists with disabilities / by J.A. Snyman." Thesis, Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/6527.

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The tourism industry involves people with specific but different needs to be satisfied, whether one is able-bodied or has a disability. People with disabilities are a global phenomenon and research indicated that 600 million people in the world have some type of disability. Therefore the market for tourists with disabilities cannot be disregarded, for it can significantly contribute to a country's tourism receipts. To understand and effectively cater for the disability market, there are several aspects that the tourism industry should look at. This leads to the aim of this study viz. to determine what the barriers and constraints faced by people with disabilities are. In order to achieve this aim, a hundred questionnaires were distributed to various sectors of the tourism industry, for example the accommodation sector (hotels, guesthouses, Bed and Breakfasts), tour operators and travel agents. The study indicated that: *The tourism industry needs to adapt and promote “Tourism for All”. *The lack of available and accessible facilities, transport, accommodation and attractions have an impact on the travel patterns of tourists with disabilities. * Marketing should include information to tourists with disabilities. * To achieve this goal and server diverse tourists, a universal design needs to be included in the current and future developments of tourism products. Evaluation of existing facilities and tourist attraction need to take place in order to provide a quality service and experience to people with disabilities. * Government and local authorities have an important role to fulfil to ensure that a universal design be implemented in tourist attraction and facilities. The key aspect that the tourism industry need to know and remember is that if a person has a disability, it does not mean that he/she is unable to travel or does not want to travel.
Thesis (M.A. (Tourism))--Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, 2003.

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Ha, Simon. "Construction industry market segmentation: Foresight of needs and priorities of the urban mining segment." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för maskinteknik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-1017.

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Context: Current unsustainable practices have resulted in the depletion of natural resources and a prevailing material scarcity. Urban Mining has emerged in this context and suggests the “mining” of cities or other sources in urban areas to retrieve valuable resources. It raises the topic of how urban mining as a market segment of the construction industry is like today and in the future. Objective: The thesis sets out to study what firms in the urban mining market segment desires in terms of needs and priorities. Furthermore, what could be prioritized in the future (2030), what future scenarios could be expected and what implications these can have on organizations within the segment and on the construction industry. Method: A foresight methodology was applied as a framework for the research design. Interview with representatives from 10 firms, including observations of their operations, resulted in a number of mutual needs shared across the urban mining segment. These were prioritized in relative importance based on a questionnaire of 67 respondents representing 44 different firms in Sweden. A combination of these studies and a review of technology trends further enabled the extrapolation of future scenarios. Results: The findings shows that firms within the urban mining market segment prioritizes and emphasizes needs related concerns in optimization, cost control, safety, environmental and social care today. Needs related to safety, environmental and social care are indicated to remain top prioritized as a result of the future market circumstances. A holistic and lifecycle approach in urban mining practices was deemed of low priority today but was indicated to grow significantly in relative importance in the future. Conclusion: Technology, urbanization and globalization indicates stricter and more competitive market circumstances in the future. Especially related to safety, lifecycle consideration, environmental, and social care. The research suggests that firms concerned and those operating within the urban mining segment may need to undergo transformational changes in their organization to meet what the market segment expects in the future. Moreover, the findings opens up the possibility for actors and stakeholders concerned with the construction industry to proactively go into a desired future by knowing how the future market could unfold.
Stanford University, ME310: Urban Mining

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Kwon, Oh Kyoung. "Managing heterogeneous traffic on rail freight networks incorporating the logistics needs of market segments." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35994.

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Steinschaden, Thomas, and Frank Pellhammmer. "Forming a base for a market entry decision into an emerging country market : A case study of a Swedish SME." Thesis, University of Kalmar, Baltic Business School, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hik:diva-1954.

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Gradually, Swedish SMEs are expanding into emerging markets in order to seize superior opportunities of growth. Within these internationalization efforts, identifying and selecting the most promising foreign target markets is regarded to be a critical success factor. The external business environment, the attractiveness of the targeted market segment in terms of the competitive situation, and the match between the customers’ needs and a company’s resources and capabilities are major factors which determine the prospects of success of establishing business in an emerging market. By applying an abductive research approach, the authors conducted a holistic single-case study of a typical case for Swedish SMEs internationalizing into emerging markets. Through that, the authors were able to answer the research questions of the paper. A theoretical framework was synthesized, combining latest research on emerging country markets with classical models. The framework guided the authors through the entire research process. Several propelling, as well as hampering factors for the case company’s prospects of success in the targeted market segment were identified. Based on the analysis of the empirical findings, the authors found that there are clear opportunities for the case company to increase its business. This conclusion is due to a weak threat of competitors in a broader context, which were regarded to not being able to satisfy the customers’ needs of key importance sufficiently. Competitors in a narrower context were regarded to not have a significant competitive advantage compared with the case company.

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Chen, Shyn-Ren 1971. "Web based market research methodology for unmet customer needs : estimating cost functions for design pallet." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/91767.

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Atkins, W. Henry (William Henry). "Market research--the changing needs for real estate investment decision-making in the 1990's." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/63199.

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Sachinis, Michail. "Curriculum renewal in Greek taught postgraduate translation courses : aligning student needs and translation market requirements." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/9639.

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The present research examines translator training in Greece, with the ultimate aim being to provide suggestions for revising the translation curriculum in Greece. It goes without saying that a translation course is usually highly vocational, and an attempt is made to simulate professional practices in the classroom. Hence, local market requirements should be pinpointed and incorporated into the translation curriculum, if translation schools are to produce fully-fledged translators and not churn out dilettantes. That is why the identification and analysis of the translation market in Greece was one of the primary objectives of the current research work. For this purpose, a questionnaire survey was conducted, addressing in-house employees of translation companies in Greece. Another no less important objective was to explore student needs and expectations. The current practice on translator training courses suggests that it should be student-centred and not teacher-centred, as used to be the case in the past. Therefore, if we intend to contrive an all-round, comprehensive curriculum, learner needs should not be ignored. On the contrary, they should be carefully investigated, in order to find out what it is that trainees expect to learn in a translation course and why they decided to study translation in the first place. Here again, a questionnaire survey was carried out. The respondents were not only students, but trainers too, as both groups are important stakeholders in the translation classroom. The data gleaned from the questionnaire surveys on the translation market and student needs, combined with a thorough examination of the germane literature on translator training, ultimately provided useful feedback which served as a springboard to making concrete suggestions about how the translation curriculum in Greece could be modernised and about how translation market and student needs could be aligned with the overall aims of a translation course.

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Reynolds, Renee H., and Renee H. Reynolds. "The Rise of Geek Chic: An Analysis of Nerd Identity in a Post-Cult Market." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/626700.

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This project is an analytical history of the discourse of media panics that have affected comics-like forms in the mid- to late-1800s, comic books in the mid-1900s, and comics media in 1990s and the contemporary moment. The study of these media panics shapes a theory of nerd culture in general and comics culture specifically in order to better understand the delicate and foundational dialectic that sustains a consumer identity that is paradoxical in its indulgence in and animosity towards popular culture. With its historical formation in mind, this project explores the formation of geek chic as a consumer identity that, in many ways, troubles and even threatens the status quo of nerd culture.

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Strickfaden, Michael H. "The German market of private higher education financing : are the existing products suitable to satisfy students' needs? /." Marburg : Tectum-Verl, 2009. http://d-nb.info/997161213/04.

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Alenezi, Abdulhameed. "Development of translation curricula at undergraduate translation courses in Saudi universities : exploring student needs and market demands." Thesis, University of Leicester, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2381/36292.

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This thesis focuses on the relationship between undergraduate translation curricula on the one hand, and students’ needs and market demands on the other hand, using translator training in Saudi Arabia as an example. This case study provides strong support for the argument that market demands and student needs should be reflected in the curriculum of translation training courses. There is a shortage of research on the relationship between translation curriculum design and situational context, and the recommendations of my study are generalizable to other locations, especially those where translator education is still a relatively new subject of study. The tools used in this study are extended questionnaires of three stakeholder groups: (i) final-year students following translation courses at three universities in Saudi Arabia, King Saud University, Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University and Effat University; (ii) translation instructors teaching translation at those universities; and (iii) translators working in the Saudi translation market. The questionnaires administered to students and instructors enabled me to identify their perceptions of the needs of students and the market, while the questionnaires administered to translators working as professionals in the market enabled me to identify both the actual needs of the market and professionals’ view of the translation courses and their graduates. Follow-up interviews with a fourth important group of stakeholders, namely curriculum decision makers in translation departments, were conducted once I had identified the students’ needs and the demands of the market, and the thesis discusses the relationships between the views of all four stakeholder groups. It is my hope that the study will contribute to enhancing the development of curricula in undergraduate translation courses.

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Altuhaini, Ahmed Saleem. "Bridging the gap between Saudi students translator training programmes and the needs of the Saudi translation market." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2016. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.705638.

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This study aims to develop a systematic, need-based approach to curriculum development in Translator Training (TT), informed by international best practice for identifying the extent and nature of the need for revision and renewal of current TT provision in Saudi Arabia. Social and global changes such as the advancement of public and private institutions, international politics, economic competition, foreign direct investment and rapid development of new information and communication technology place tremendous pressure on educational institutions to respond to a rapidly developing job market. Today's translation departments should not only continuously update their curricula and teaching methodology and raise their programmes' standards and evaluation measures, but also predict short- and long-term future training needs. Therefore, TT institutions should collaborate with relevant stakeholders to establish strong relationships to enrich the discipline and the industry. TT experts, Translation Studies (TS) scholars and professional translators have criticised TT programmes' detachment from the professional world, a likely result of the inability of existing TT curricula and methodologies to cater for the digital modern market and student needs. This thesis suggests that one way of solving this problem is to use training principles and concepts that have proven effective and successful in other disciplines such as training needs analysis and situational analysis, which are widely used in the fields of Human Resource Development, professional corporate training and education curriculum development studies. By applying a systematic and need-based approach to designing TT curricula, this study aims to promote ways to consider emerging social, professional and disciplinary needs and meet the expectations of all relevant stakeholders. This is achieved by enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of the design process through situational analysis, analysing the environment, mapping and identifying key stakeholders, setting SMART objectives, analysing training needs and key areas for development, and using a quality assurance-based evaluation approach.

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Beyrière, Loïs. "EDF face à la montée de la précarité énergétique : Quelle(s) posture(s) stratégique(s) pourrait adopter l’entreprise ?" Thesis, Pau, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PAUU2015/document.

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La publication de sondages et d’études sociologiques depuis le début de la crise économique en 2008, montre que la crainte d’entrer en situation de précarité est largement répandue au sein de la société française. Même si les fournisseurs d’énergie historiques (EDF et GDF) ont mis en place depuis longtemps des systèmes de solidarité destinés aux plus démunis, ils ne semblent pas avoir pris en compte, pour le moment, la crainte potentielle d’une partie des consommateurs en situation ordinaire de tomber en situation de précarité. Ce constat nous a amené à poser la question de recherche suivante : quelle(s) posture(s) stratégique(s) pourrait adopter EDF face aux craintes de précarité de ses clients non précaires ? Pour répondre à cette question nous avons mobilisé trois champs théoriques. Le premier, autour du concept d’orientation marché défini par Day (1990) comme la capacité à comprendre et satisfaire les besoins des clients, distingue deux types de stratégies : les stratégies de type market driven destinées à réagir aux mouvements du marché, et les stratégies de type market driving consistant à créer un nouveau marché. Or, il n’existe pas aujourd’hui de réponse de la part des fournisseurs d’énergie à cette crainte de la clientèle non précaire vis-à-vis de la précarité. Nous nous sommes attaché à étudier la possibilité de définir une nouvelle stratégie de type market driving. Ceci nous a conduit à étudier un deuxième champ théorique portant sur l’émergence des besoins. Afin d’anticiper la réaction des consommateurs face à une certaine posture d’un fournisseur d’énergie, nous nous sommes porté sur un dernier volet théorique traitant du comportement de réaction des consommateurs face aux offres des entreprises. Afin de savoir si une posture était envisageable sur la crainte d’entrer en précarité, nous avons cherché à savoir si des besoins liés à cette crainte existaient. A cet effet, nous avons utilisé la méthode projective des récits immersifs, consistant à immerger le sujet interrogé dans le récit d’un personnage fictif confronté à une succession d’évènements l’introduisant dans une situation précaire. Cette recherche a fait ressortir l’existence de trois groupes d’individus caractérisés par des besoins particuliers : les familles avec enfants, les retraités et les jeunes actifs. Nous avons également montré que l’attitude des consommateurs face à une posture simulée d’un fournisseur d’énergie sur cette crainte était très nuancée, voire négative. Ceci pourrait laisser envisager des marges de manoeuvre restreintes dans la définition d’une posture des fournisseurs d’énergie sur cette question
Since the beginning of the economic crisis in 2008, poll and sociological studies have shown that the fear of entering into a precarious situation is widespread in French society. Ever though, historical energy suppliers (EDF and GDF) have established systems of solidarity for poor people, they do not seem to have taken into account, for the time being, the potential fear of some consumers to fall into precarious situation. This observation has led us to pose the following research question: what strategic position(s) could EDF adopt in order to deal with the customer’s fear to fall into precariousness? To answer this question, we have mobilized three theoretical fields. The first one concerns the concept of market orientation defined by Day (1990) as the ability to understand and satisfy customers ‘needs. The market orientation is divided into two types of strategy: the market driven type for reacting to market movements, and the market driving type for creating a new market. Considering that energy supplier do not take any action regarding the fear of non precarious customer, related to precariousness, we are committed to studying the possible existence of a new market. This led us to study a second field of theory on the emergence of needs. To anticipate consumer reaction toward a certain position of an energy supplier, we focused on a last theoretical part dealing with the behavior of consumer response to companies offers. To determine whether a position in relation with the fear of entering in precariousness would be possible, we investigated whether needs linked with this fear exist. To this purpose, we used the projective method of narrative immersion. This method consists in immersing the person in the story of a fictional character facing a series of events introducing him in a precarious situation. This research has highlighted the existence of three groups, characterized by special needs: families with children, retired and young workers. We also showed that consumer attitudes to a simulated position of an energy supplier about this fear were nuanced, even negative. This could leave little scope for defining the position of energy supplier on this issue

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Thomen, Eva Christine Salzmann. "Labour market and institutional needs and dynamics in the introduction of a new technikon programme : a case study." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/17529.

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Bibliography: pages 84-88.
This study focuses on the nature and degree of articulation between Technikon education and labour market needs in South Africa. More specifically, it examines the effectiveness of the assessment of labour market needs as well as the influence of institutional needs and dynamics within the formal decision-making process which governs the introduction of new programmes. The research takes the form of a case study in which the researcher examines the decision-making process relating to the introduction of a particular programme - the ND: Education: Home Economics - at a particular Technikon. Data consisted of official records and documents as well as transcripts of interviews with key participants in the decision-making process. The data was used to reconstruct and analyse the decision-making process as implemented in the case of this programme. The study argues that, in this case, the formal, prescribed process which purported to assess labour market needs did not effectively engage with the actual dynamics of the market place. The mechanisms designed to assess labour market needs were largely symbolic and highly bureaucratised. In addition to being weak in design, assessment procedures were not stringently implemented. While the introduction of new programmes is explicitly justified on the grounds of labour market needs, the decision-making process was in this case, strongly - though implicitly and informally - influenced by institutional needs and dynamics within the Technikon itself. This study points to the weaknesses in the design and control of the official prescribed process which guides decisions regarding the introduction of all new programmes at South African Technikons. On a theoretical level, it also calls into question an assumption on which much literature pertaining to Technikon education is premised, that is, the assumption that there is a relatively smooth articulation between the supply of Technikon graduates and labour market needs.

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Cheung, Yiu-ming Sammy, and 張耀明. "Quality of life: an identification of property servicing needs and assessment of property servicing value inHong Kong real estate market." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2002. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B42576945.

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Lammikko, Marleena. "An exploration of Generation Z’s habits and needs considering news consumption : A case study in the Swedish and Finnish market." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-261621.

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In today’s media landscape news consumption is characterized by the consumers’ reliance on multiple platforms, which has led to the rapid expansion of availability of the news sources on different platforms. Despite this increase, studies show a consistent decrease in news consumption. Even though the time people spend consuming news is decreasing, the interest towards the news has remained somewhat the same. This indicates the market is not offering the consumers what they expect to get. In order to find out what the audience expects, this exploratory study aims to gain better understanding of the news consumption habits of Generation Z in the Finnish and Swedish market by using an online survey (N=219) and semistructured interviews (N=10). This study indicates that Generation Z is highly dependent on their phones when it comes to their news consumption. Contrary to their other media needs, Generation Z prefers text as a news format, and formality and transparency from the content. The news sites and the stories should be as simple and condensed as possible in order to limit Generation Z’s information overload. On the other hand, customization, adjustable platforms and high-quality content are expected from the news as from any other media product. According to the research findings it can be stated that there is a mismatch with what the audience wants and what the media houses are offering them. In order for the media houses to grow their market share among Generation Z, they should better know the needs of their audience.
I dagens medielandskap präglas nyhetskonsumtion av konsumenters beroende till flera olika plattformar, vilket har lett till en snabb expansion av tillgänglighet bland nyhetskällor på flera olika plattformar. Trots denna ökning visar studier på en konsekvent minskning i konsumtion av nyheter. Även om den tid som människor spenderar på att konsumera nyheter har minskat så har intresset för nyheter varit desamma. Detta tyder på att marknaden inte erbjuder konsumenterna vad de förväntar sig att få. För att ta reda på vad publiken förväntar sig, syftar den här studien till att få en bättre förståelse kring generation Zs nyhetsvanor på den finska och svenska marknaden genom att använda en onlineundersökning (N = 219) och semistrukturerade intervjuer (N = 10). Denna studie visar att Generation Z är mycket beroende av sina telefoner när det kommer till deras nyhetskonsumtion. I motsats till deras andra mediebehov, föredrar Generation Z text som ett nyhetsformat samt formalitet och öppenhet kring innehållet. Nyhetssidorna och dess artiklar bör vara så enkla och komprimerade som möjligt för att begränsa Generation Zs informationsöverbelastning. Å andra sidan förväntas anpassning, justerbara plattformar och högkvalitativt innehåll från nyheterna så som från andra medieprodukter. Enligt forskningsresultaten kan man konstatera att det finns en felmatchning mellan vad publiken önskar och vad mediehusen erbjuder dem. För att mediehusen ska kunna öka sin marknadsandel bland Generation Z bör de få en bättre insikt i publikens behov.

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Augustine, Tumwebaze, and Paula Augusto-Swerup. "Local Communities’ Social Needs Assessment and Adaptability by Multinational Companies Venturing into African Market : a Case Study of Epiroc AB." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Företagsekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-34360.

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Purpose – The purpose of this study is to explore the ways multinational companies implement CSR initiatives adapted to the social needs of local communities in African countries. The paper will highlight local communities’ social needs and the appropriateness of CSR initiatives to respond to them, performed by multinational companies, using Epiroc AB as a case study. Methodology - This research was conducted using a qualitative research approach, applying a case study strategy, and empirically inquiring, seeking new insights for a deeper understanding of phenomena. The authors carried out three formal semi-structured interviews, two conducted to relevant CSR employees, and one from a community member. The authors also used secondary data by reviewing published documents containing information on local communities’ social needs in Africa. Findings – Most demanding areas of CSR to be considered by the MCN are related to poverty alleviation (food, health, and shelter) but, to avoid dependency, these need to be coupled with a capacity-building (education/training) and/or access to infrastructure (drinkable water, electricity, communications). The MNC uses specific mechanisms to assess LCSN, called systematic assessments and on-sight assessments. MNCs tend to adopt locallydriven, globally-driven, or trend-driven CSR initiatives in its subsidiary African countries to build a long term business sustainability and create a balance amongst stakeholders in the host country. Originality – An assessment of local communities' social needs and adaptability by Multinational Companies venturing into the African Market is introduced and developed by the authors. Paper type – Qualitative/Exploratory paper.

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Richards, Scott. "The development of an operations strategy for Eissmann South Africa that addresses market requirements and the needs of its customers." Thesis, Port Elizabeth Technikon, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/88.

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With global competition becoming a key concept in the majority of companies worldwide, it is necessary for organisations to develop operations strategies that enable them to meet their customers‘ needs. Organisations will never be capable of reaching future goals without their customers. For this reason it is imperative for organisations to identify what competitive factors are required by the market, and which performance objectives are needed in order to increase the competitiveness of the organisation. In this research, Chapters 1 and 2 were used to identify the main and subproblems of the research, to delimit the research and to provide literature background to operations strategies and related operations topics. The empirical study in Chapter 3 was used to gather information pertaining to the specific requirements of ESA’s customers, and the operations performanceof ESA. Chapter 4 was used to analyse the data gathered from the empirical study. From this analysis it was possible for the researcher to identify the specific requirements of ESA’s customers and the operations performance of ESA. Chapter 5 was used to provide recommendations to bridge the performance gap between the customer requirements and the operations performance of ESA. By effectively implementing all of the recommendations suggested in this research, ESA will be able to improve its operation performance and meet the specific requirements of its market and its customers.

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Östman, Per. "When Minor Ventures Matter : Aligning the strategies of a small business with the needs of humanitarian organizations on a global market." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Industriell marknadsföring och industriell ekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-71624.

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The objective of the study is to identify and evaluate possibilities for aligning a small company’s strategy with the needs of a market consisting of NGOs. By doing so enabling further development of products and services to achieve a high fit to the market needs.

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Cheung, Yiu-ming Sammy. "Quality of life an identification of property servicing needs and assessment of property servicing value in Hong Kong real estate market /." Click to view the E-thesis via HKUTO, 2002. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B42576945.

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Zeng, H. Y. "The impact of fiscal decentralization and market transition on local public finance in China : fiscal inadequacy and unmet social security needs." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2010. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/20199/.

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One of the frequently observed issues related to fiscal decentralisation in developing and transition countries is that subnational governments may not have adequate resources to finance the expenditure responsibilities decentralised to them. This often results in expenditure needs not being met in poorer areas. In China, fiscal decentralisation has taken place in an extreme form, where the social security responsibility, a conventional central government function, has been devolved to subnational governments during the fiscal reforms. While existing studies have anatomised the problem of unmet fiscal needs in poorer areas of China using economic and political economy theories of fiscal federalism, they tend to under-estimate or neglect the fiscal needs induced by market transition—the increasing demand for social security by workers from state and non-state sectors since the mid-late 1990s. This research illustrates that excess fiscal decentralisation, as in the case of China, could also create serious fiscal burdens for relatively affluent local areas and generate unmet social security needs in these localities. It is discovered that in response to the emerging social security burdens, even the relatively affluent local governments are forced to adopt measures that may counter the intent of social benefit programs or produce other detrimental consequences. In addition, this dissertation applies statistical analysis to ascertain a few inconclusive issues raised by the China-specific literature. It is perceived that the negative correlation between the share of consolidated provincial budgetary spending on social security and health sector has become stronger and more significant in more recent time. This suggests that the expansion of social security expenses at subnational levels might have bid away budgetary resources for health. The result from the multiple regression analysis indicates that the degree of market transition has explanatory power on the size of provincial government, even when a number of other independent variables are controlled for. However, the explanatory power of market transition on the size of central-provincial fiscal transfer is not robust.

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Iroegbu, Henry Godson U. "An Empirical Examination of Multinational Corporations'(MNCs)Integration of Tourism Market Development Strategies(TMDS) With African Host Countries' Needs and Expectations." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26006.

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This exploratory study examined the different tourism market development strategies that tourism Multinational Corporations (MNCs) implement in their operations in African host countries. It empirically investigated the existence of any relationships between tourism MNCs’ market development strategies and the “Needs and Expectations of African host countries.” Also, it investigated the influences of external environmental factors on tourism MNCs’ tourism market strategic choice. Its sample population were top management executives of tourism MNCs‘ with operations in the African market. The unit of analysis was the corporation. The sample frame was an exhaustive list of tourism MNCs with operations in the African region. The initial sample size was 106 tourism MNCs’ executives. Thirty-seven of them responded to a mail in survey questionnaire. Two of the questionnaires were discarded due to numerous missing data. Thus, there were 35 usable questionnaires for data analysis, which is a response rate of 33%. The study results identified relationships between the integration of Multinational Corporations’ (MNCs) tourism market development strategies with the needs and expectations of developing African host countries, and their successful performance in those host countries in terms of growth in operations and profitability. It revealed that significant differences exist among the market development strategies on the factors of needs and expectations of African host countries. The significant factors were community participation, local entrepreneurship, and job and national security. Also, the economic development factor was observed to be partially significant. This study also identified free trade economy in the African host countries as a significant factor on the influence of external environment. The framework of this study is embedded in the underlying theories of international strategic management, international business, international development, and needs and expectations. The study’s final conceptual model depicts the significant factors of African host countries’ needs and expectations, the tourism market development strategies, an integration of the two concepts and the resultant tourism MNCs successful performance. This research study investigated MNCs in all sectors of the tourism industry. And the findings have shown that for the tourism MNCs to be successful in their African host countries, they should be sensitive to the identified sectors, namely economic development, community participation, local entrepreneurship, and job and national security measures. Also, they should exert more efforts in exploring African free trade economies for their business locations in the region.
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Akinbami, Folarin. "Improving regulation under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 : the need for a more assertive approach to supervision and implementation of regulatory objectives." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.538387.

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Björkstrand, Hanna. "The perceived benefits of an e-service in the mining industry among potential clients : -a case study for the project." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-1223.

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Information technology (IT) has developed and spread and the internet is now available in nearly every corner of the world all the time. It is adequate to say that we are entering an information economy. E-business is an important business tool, which is reflected by the emerging presence of the internet. Furthermore, the Internetworld says that in accordance with a development plan from the European Union it should be possible to carry out all government business electronically in 2010. But, already in January 2008, the state authorities shall be able to send and receive e-invoices. The project "E-service for safe mining projects" is one of the projects within the government owned Vinnova programme Innovative development of cross-boundary public e-services. This thesis is written on assignment for that project, taking on the role of a consultant.

Companies can through the internet easily find business over boarders, geographical or other, and there is money to be earned in new markets. To do this companies have a need to know their potential customers, their needs and wants. The purposes of this thesis are to explore the perceived needs for the "E-service of safe mining projects" and the benefits it could bring to its potential customers. By considering the customers potential needs with the aid of a theoretical lens this thesis also aims to make suggestions to the company of what to consider in the development process of this e-service and discuss how their desires could be met by the e-service.

The theoretical chapter begins with explaining the concepts of services and e-services. Cravens and Piercy's model for determining product-markets and Zeithaml's et al gap model are used. The study is done using semi-structured interviews of four different interest groups for the e-service. There were three researchers conducting the interviews together.

The conclusions of the study are that to satisfy the customers is not very easily done. Customers of today often have high expectations of the quality of the service and they want the service provider to know their needs and wants. What could be helpful for this e-service is that because it is semi-public service the potential customers may consider it a public service instead of a private service and thus the expectations will be lowered. The generic need is the "need to get the right information" and there are a number of specific perceived needs adherent to the potential customers. Also recommendations are given to the project.

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White, H. M. F. "Improving the market performance of UK fresh produce suppliers by identifying the needs of the multiple food retail sector : an interaction approach." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.385628.

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Elaokali, Zakarya Abdulla. "Developing a Delphi model of the relationship between higher education skills in Libya and labour market needs : a case study of Benghazi, Libya." Thesis, University of Gloucestershire, 2012. http://eprints.glos.ac.uk/3288/.

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Universities in Libya and in other North African and Middle Easter countries have experienced massive expansion in terms of quantitative growth and geographic distribution in recent years (Al-Badri, 2006; El-Hawat, 2007; Mogassbi, 1984). The labour markets in these countries, on the other hand, traditionally suffer from a shortage of skilled manpower (ILO, 2007). Thus, the main questions of this research are formulated as: In what ways could higher education (HE) skills and changing labour market (LM) needs in Libya be better aligned? The research was conducted by collecting and analysing primary and secondary sources of documented material on the case study of Libya, in particular the second city of Benghazi. The secondary data collection largely focused on the generation of continuous datasets on students and graduate numbers in Libya, a country in which the state controls such sectors as HE, but does not make data on the sectors easily available in the public domain. The empirical data collection comprised semi-structured interviews and the application of the Delphi Technique (DT) to develop future scenarios using a panel of experts. The latter activity generated a final key research question: How can the DT be adapted and applied to the understanding of the relationship between HE skills and LM needs in the context of Libya? This research focused specifically on the graduate skills and attributes of job commitment, competitiveness, desire for excellence and teamwork and problem-solving, due to factors relating to the internal and external environment. The DT has been applied effectively on this topic and has developed the analysis from primary data collection research resulting in four potential strategies for both HE and LM, as follows: 1. Survival strategy: to reduce negative effects of external threats. 2. Defensive strategy: to face threats and strengths as a support. 3. Reorientation strategy: to take advantage of opportunities to decrease weaknesses. 4. Radical strategy: to benefit from opportunities by exploiting strengths. In the light of all that has been said about the strategies for Libyan HE and Libyan LM, three kinds of scenarios - optimistic, possible and pessimistic - have been built for HE and three others for LM.

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Sibiya, Anthony Tolika. "Investigating the perceptions of the relationship between vocational education and the labour market: a case study of FET college students." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/20406.

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The study sought to investigate the perceptions of TVET students regarding vocational education and its relation to the labour market. It hoped to illuminate connections or disconnections between vocational education and employment. The research emanated from the prevailing view that TVET education by its very nature is work-oriented and therefore those who enroll in TVET colleges are able to find employment. Furthermore, that conceptually the TVET curriculum was and continues to be regarded as skills-based for labour market demands thereby enhancing national competiveness and economic growth. Qualitative questionnaires, which are open-ended in nature, were used to gather facts about students’ beliefs and experiences regarding certain engineering programmes and services offered at TVET colleges. Non-probability sampling was used to select one hundred and thirteen (113) participants who voluntarily completed qualitative questionnaires, which were structured to elicit the required information, and the results reveal divergent views shared by students. There are those who feel very strongly that a TVET qualification, in engineering in particular, leads to employment due to its demand and the fact that the institution generally assists students through the placement unit makes it even easier to find employment. Other students firmly believed that whatever qualifications one attained, the world of work cannot accommodate them, as they do not have work experience. They felt this was unfair because they are unable to find employment without being properly monitored and trained by the very same industry that hopes to employ them in the near future. They argue that the only problem pertaining to unemployment is job scarcity, rather than skills scarcity. The research is framed within the human capital theory. Research findings reveal the fact that there is no link between vocational education and the labour market and as a result employment is not easy. There are personal skills required but they are not available in our educational curriculum, which focuses on educational aspirations. The research further posits five distinct but necessary interventions that students are suggesting in order to increase their lack of experience in the job market.

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