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Hancock, Wayne Mitchell, of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, and of Science Technology and Agriculture Faculty. "Towards a farming systems approach to tree nut research in Malawi." THESIS_FSTA_XXX_Hancock_W.xml, 1992. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/413.
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This thesis covers years of field work in Malawi, Africa by the author as a Research Agronomist (Tree Nuts) for the Government of Malawi. The thesis is an action research type with core and thesis projects which are closely linked. The client group are large estate managers who control the tree nut industries in Malawi. The political, economic and historical perspectives are different from those commonly faced by Australian agronomists and the isolated location of the work make this a unique study. The thesis includes sections on plantation or estate agriculture, farming systems approaches to research and problem solving, systems concepts in agricultural settings and action research concepts. These provide a framework for the study within the constraints of the government research system and industry expectations. The body of the thesis is a review paper presented to estate managers and co-researchers after one year's work. Relevant outcomes of the study are presented. The discussion draws together the outcomes through reflection on the process and methods used. Advantages and disadvantages are considered and risks, such as the dangers to the researcher of this type of study, are highlighted.Master of Science (Hons)
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Argwings-Kodhek, Clement Gem 1963. "An economic analysis of the desirability of another tree nut marketing order: Pecans." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276789.
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The Agricultural Marketing Agreements Act of 1937 allows groups of specialty crop producers to form marketing orders to affect various aspects of the market in which they sell. Two of the three major tree nuts--almonds and walnuts--operate under marketing orders. This study examined the question of whether or not the third major tree nut industry--pecans--should follow suit. An econometric model of the demand side of the tree nut industries was developed and used in simulations to see how prices and total revenues in the pecan industry would change under different assumptions as to the existence, or form, of a marketing order. The results showed that over the simulation period--1988 to 1992--the industry would benefit from the formation of a marketing order that limited quantities reaching the primary market, and used the surplus for developing new markets.
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Hancock, Wayne Mitchell. "Towards a farming systems approach to tree nut research in Malawi." Thesis, View thesis, 1992. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/413.
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This thesis covers years of field work in Malawi, Africa by the author as a Research Agronomist (Tree Nuts) for the Government of Malawi. The thesis is an action research type with core and thesis projects which are closely linked. The client group are large estate managers who control the tree nut industries in Malawi. The political, economic and historical perspectives are different from those commonly faced by Australian agronomists and the isolated location of the work make this a unique study. The thesis includes sections on plantation or estate agriculture, farming systems approaches to research and problem solving, systems concepts in agricultural settings and action research concepts. These provide a framework for the study within the constraints of the government research system and industry expectations. The body of the thesis is a review paper presented to estate managers and co-researchers after one year's work. Relevant outcomes of the study are presented. The discussion draws together the outcomes through reflection on the process and methods used. Advantages and disadvantages are considered and risks, such as the dangers to the researcher of this type of study, are highlighted.
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Gomes, Carlos Valério Aguiar. "Dynamics of land use in an Amazonian extractive reserve the case of the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve in Acre, Brazil /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2001. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0000320.
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White, John Gordon. "Control of rodent damage in Australian macadamia orchard systems." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999.
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Torres, Thomas Edson Lima. "AvaliaÃÃo comparativa: sistema de gestÃo especÃfico versus sistema integrado, o estudo de caso do beneficiamento da castanha de caju." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2004. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=2103.
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nÃo hÃA escolha da estratÃgia ambiental a ser utilizada pelas empresas leva em consideraÃÃo se a empresa abordarà suas questÃes ambientais atravÃs de sistemas de gestÃo ambiental ou de sistemas integrados de saÃde, seguranÃa e meio ambiente, devendo esta escolha ser baseada no planejamento estratÃgico da empresa. Este trabalho possui como objetivo estudar em uma indÃstria de beneficiamento de castanha de caju, a adequaÃÃo de dois sistemas de gestÃo, um especÃfico de gestÃo ambiental baseado na NBR ISO 14001 e outro de gestÃo integrada de saÃde seguranÃa e meio ambiente baseado no controle de perdas. A metodologia utilizada apresenta inicialmente uma revisÃo dos principais modelos de estratÃgia ambiental, entre eles os modelos de Shrivastava, Hart, Heinhardt, Sharma e o de Stead & Stead. A partir daÃ, busca, atravÃs de um estudo de caso identificar a estratÃgia da empresa, a qual utiliza dois diferentes sistemas, um Sistema de GestÃo Ambiental e um sistema de gestÃo integrada de saÃde, seguranÃa e meio ambiente. Uma comparaÃÃo teÃrica baseada em uma revisÃo bibliogrÃfica apresenta as semelhanÃas e diferenÃas entre estes dois sistemas, e uma pesquisa realizada utilizando-se aplicaÃÃo de questionÃrios semi-estruturados aplicados aos gestores responsÃveis pelos sistemas, visa avaliar qual dessas duas ferramentas se apresenta como mais adequada para atingir os objetivos da estratÃgia ambiental da empresa. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que, o sistema de gestÃo ambiental baseado a NBR ISO 14001 obteve um pontuaÃÃo maior, de acordo com os questionÃrios aplicados, que o programa de controle de perdas CTP. A conclusÃo a respeito dos resultados mostra que para a empresa estudada, a gestÃo das questÃes ambientais, tratada atravÃs de um Sistema de GestÃo Ambiental se mostrou mais adequado que o sistema de gerenciamento integrado.
The choice of an environmental strategy by a firm must consider a set of variables, among them, whether a firm approaches its environmental issues through out a specific environmental management system or an integrated one. Therefore, this work aims to study the performance of two management systems â a specific environmental system based on the ISO 14001 and an integrated one based on the Total Loss Control â that are running simultaneously in a processing plant of cashew nuts in the State of CearÃ, Brazil. Based on the main models of environmental strategies â Shrivastava, Hart, Heinhardt, Sharma and Stead & Stead â we identify which strategies the industry adopts to solve its environmental problems. Analyzing the principles and elements that constitute each system, we point out structural similarities and differences among them. Finally, by applying a semi-structurated questionnaire to the managers responsible for the systems, we evaluate, using a Likert scale, which system was more appropriated to reach the environmental goals of the firm. We found that the specific system showed the highest avarage ponctuation according to the managerâs opinions. Therefore, we can conclude that the specific environmental system was better than the integrated system for dealing which the environmental issues in the cashew nut industry.
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Torres, Thomas Edson Lima. "Avaliação comparativa: sistema de gestão específico versus sistema integrado, o estudo de caso do beneficiamento da castanha de caju." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFC, 2004. http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/16712.
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TORRES, Thomas Edson Lima. Avaliação comparativa: sistema de gestão específico versus sistema integrado, o estudo de caso do beneficiamento da castanha de caju. 2004. 86 f. : Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Ceará, Pró-Reitoria de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação, Mestrado em Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente - PRODEMA, Fortaleza-CE, 2004.Submitted by Nádja Goes (nmoraissoares@gmail.com) on 2016-05-11T12:22:28Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2004_dis_teltorres.pdf: 535337 bytes, checksum: e865dbe05eb45cf7a03f06311ebbb8fa (MD5)
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The choice of an environmental strategy by a firm must consider a set of variables, among them, whether a firm approaches its environmental issues through out a specific environmental management system or an integrated one. Therefore, this work aims to study the performance of two management systems – a specific environmental system based on the ISO 14001 and an integrated one based on the Total Loss Control – that are running simultaneously in a processing plant of cashew nuts in the State of Ceará, Brazil. Based on the main models of environmental strategies – Shrivastava, Hart, Heinhardt, Sharma and Stead & Stead – we identify which strategies the industry adopts to solve its environmental problems. Analyzing the principles and elements that constitute each system, we point out structural similarities and differences among them. Finally, by applying a semi-structurated questionnaire to the managers responsible for the systems, we evaluate, using a Likert scale, which system was more appropriated to reach the environmental goals of the firm. We found that the specific system showed the highest avarage ponctuation according to the manager’s opinions. Therefore, we can conclude that the specific environmental system was better than the integrated system for dealing which the environmental issues in the cashew nut industry.
A escolha da estratégia ambiental a ser utilizada pelas empresas leva em consideração se a empresa abordará suas questões ambientais através de sistemas de gestão ambiental ou de sistemas integrados de saúde, segurança e meio ambiente, devendo esta escolha ser baseada no planejamento estratégico da empresa. Este trabalho possui como objetivo estudar em uma indústria de beneficiamento de castanha de caju, a adequação de dois sistemas de gestão, um específico de gestão ambiental baseado na NBR ISO 14001 e outro de gestão integrada de saúde segurança e meio ambiente baseado no controle de perdas. A metodologia utilizada apresenta inicialmente uma revisão dos principais modelos de estratégia ambiental, entre eles os modelos de Shrivastava, Hart, Heinhardt, Sharma e o de Stead & Stead. A partir daí, busca, através de um estudo de caso identificar a estratégia da empresa, a qual utiliza dois diferentes sistemas, um Sistema de Gestão Ambiental e um sistema de gestão integrada de saúde, segurança e meio ambiente. Uma comparação teórica baseada em uma revisão bibliográfica apresenta as semelhanças e diferenças entre estes dois sistemas, e uma pesquisa realizada utilizando-se aplicação de questionários semi-estruturados aplicados aos gestores responsáveis pelos sistemas, visa avaliar qual dessas duas ferramentas se apresenta como mais adequada para atingir os objetivos da estratégia ambiental da empresa. Os resultados obtidos mostraram que, o sistema de gestão ambiental baseado a NBR ISO 14001 obteve um pontuação maior, de acordo com os questionários aplicados, que o programa de controle de perdas CTP. A conclusão a respeito dos resultados mostra que para a empresa estudada, a gestão das questões ambientais, tratada através de um Sistema de Gestão Ambiental se mostrou mais adequado que o sistema de gerenciamento integrado.
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Kelly, Stephen P. "An air-coupled ultrasonic array scanning system for rapid through transmission NDT." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2000. http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=24320.
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Within the aerospace industry there is an increasing requirement to investigate the structural integrity of the new composite materials that are now being used frequently in the manufacture of aircraft. The complexity of the material manufacture necessitates that evaluation is required prior to final production and it is the development of a novel approach to this testing that constitutes the focus for the work of this Thesis. Existing techniques frequently utilise ultrasonic signals to interrogate the sample under investigation, however, these are cumbersome and scan speed is invariably slow when testing of large samples is considered. This is because large samples are normally tested using a through transmission approach, where narrow jets of water are used to couple the ultrasonic signal through the propagation channel. The fundamental basis of the proposed approach is the removal of the water couplant, enabling a receiver array to be employed, and thus scan large areas more quickly. Flexibility would also be increased with this technique due to a capability to scan moisture sensitive parts. In order to achieve this, however, the considerable problem of the acoustic impedance mismatch at each solid/air boundary would have to be overcome. Firstly, a narrowband, relatively low frequency approach is selected. It is concluded however, that in order to maximise the scan speed benefit, parallel data acquisition from the receiver array elements must be achieved and no signal averaging must be performed. A small array element pitch and focussing are deemed necessary in the pursuit of adequate defect detection resolution. It is important to select the most appropriate transducer technology for coupling in air and a comprehensive comparison of two relevant technologies (piezocomposite and electrostatic) is carried out. Piezocomposites are found to be superior in terms of sensitivity, robustness and focusing capability. A novel acoustic matching layer is developed to improve coupling from the transducers to the air load. This is investigated microscopically and acoustically and a linear model is developed to enable the design for the most successful operation. Prototype air-coupled systems are produced and scan results compared favourably with the results using water-coupled techniques.
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Ashcraft, Adrienne D. D. "Keeping the Tree Care Industry Safe when Management is not Present." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1619089448849247.
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Harrami, Salma. "RSE et Management des risques psychosociaux (RPS) dans l'industrie Textile au Maroc : le stress professionnel et son impact sur le bien-être des salariés." Thesis, Montpellier 3, 2020. https://ged.biu-montpellier.fr/florabium/jsp/nnt.jsp?nnt=2020MON30027.
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Ces dernières années, après le drame social de l’usine textile ROSAMOR de Casablanca, en 2008, dans lequel ont péri 55 travailleurs et travailleuses, le Maroc s’est engagé́ à prendre de nombreuses responsabilités dans le secteur social (risques professionnels, santé et sécurité́ au travail, handicap, etc.), et à lutter contre les mauvaises pratiques qui détériorent la répartition et la prévention des risques professionnels, et constituent un véritable problème de santé publique. Le fantôme de ce sinistre industriel, facteur de laxisme et d’inconscience criminelle, demeure encore omniprésent. Face à cette situation critique, l’État marocain a pris en considération l’exigence morale de s’inscrire dans une véritable politique de prévention et de santé et sécurité́ au travail, en en faisant l’objet central du dialogue social au sein de l’entreprise. Cette thèse consiste à éclaircir la situation actuelle de quelques entreprises marocaines du secteur textile (PME et multinationales) par rapport à la question relevée, à déterminer les théories sur la gestion des risques psychosociaux selon une revue de la littérature fondée sur les concepts fondamentaux de notre étude (RSE, RPS, Stress et BE). Et ce, en se focalisant sur le stress au travail qui se caractérise par un déséquilibre entre la capacité́ des salariés à faire face à une situation de travail, et le bien-être au travail qu’on définit comme une force et un moyen de développer la performance globale d’une entreprise. Selon une méthodologie de recherche hypothético- déductive et un positionnement épistémologique positiviste, les données seront récoltées en utilisant des questionnaires validés, qui s’appuient sur les grands axes de notre objet de recherche, sur un échantillon représentatif de 130 salariés du secteur textile marocain, en mobilisant la théorie de la conservation des ressources (COR) d’Hobfoll. Cette dernière s’appuie sur les deux méthodes d’analyse factorielle et de régression, pour mesurer les variables explicatives et descriptives, et démontrer la validité́ nomologique de la liaison entre nos concepts, et voir si cette relation est conforme ou non avec les prédictions issues de nos réflexions théoriques. Notre étude a comme perspective d’encourager les entreprises textiles marocaines à s’engager dans une démarche RSE et à prendre les décisions managériales nécessaires pour assurer l’amélioration continue, donner de l’importance au facteur humain. Mots clés : Risques psychosociaux, stress professionnel, bien-être au travail, STT, dimension culturelle, performance, RSEIn recent years, after the social tragedy of the ROSAMOR textile factory in Casablanca, in 2008, in which 55 workers died, Morocco has undertaken to take on many responsibilities in the social sector (occupational risks, health and occupational safety, disability, etc.), and to fight against bad practices which deteriorate the distribution and prevention of occupational risks, and constitute a real public health problem.The ghost of this sinister industrialist, a factor of laxity and criminal unconsciousness, is still omnipresent. Faced with this critical situation, the Moroccan State has taken into consideration the moral requirement to be part of a genuine policy of prevention and health and safety at work, by being the central subject of social dialogue within the 'company. This thesis consists in clarifying the current situation of a few Moroccan companies in the textile sector (SMEs and multinationals) in relation to the question raised, in determining the theories on the management of psychosocial risks according to a review of the literature based on the fundamental concepts of our study (RSE, RPS, Stress and BE).And this, by focusing on stress at work which is characterized by an imbalance between the ability of employees to cope with a work situation, and well-being at work that we define as a strength and a means of development. the overall performance of a company. According to a hypothetico-deductive research methodology and a positivist epistemological positioning, the data will be collected using validated questionnaires, which are based on the main axes of our research object, on a representative sample of 130 employees of the Moroccan textile sector, by mobilizing the resource conservation theory (COR) of Hobfoll.The latter is based on the two methods of factorial analysis and regression, to measure the explanatory and descriptive variables, and to demonstrate the nomological validity of the link between our concepts, and to see if this relation is consistent or not with the predictions made. of our theoretical reflections. Our study aims to encourage Moroccan textile companies to engage in a CSR approach and to make the managerial decisions necessary to ensure continuous improvement, to give importance to the human factor.Keywords: Psychosocial risks, professional stress, well-being at work, STT, cultural dimension, performance, CSR
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Brown, Hugh. "It’s not me, it’s you : a participant observation case study of the self-publishing musician in the 21st century." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2010. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/47034/1/Hugh_Brown_Thesis.pdf.
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This thesis explores the business environment for self-publishing musicians at the end of the 20th century and the start of the 21st century from theoretical and empirical standpoints. The exploration begins by asking three research questions: what are the factors affecting the sustainability of an Independent music business; how many of those factors can be directly influenced by an Independent musician in the day-to-day operations of their musical enterprise; and how can those factors be best manipulated to maximise the benefit generated from digital music assets? It answers these questions by considering the nature of value in the music business in light of theories of political economy, then quantitative and qualitative examinations of the nature of participation in the music business, and then auto-ethnographic approaches to the application of two technologically enabled tools available to Independent musicians. By analyzing the results of five different examinations of the topic it answers each research question with reference to four sets of recurring issues that affect the operations of a 21st century music business: the musicians’ personal characteristics, their ability to address their business’s informational needs; their ability to manage the relationships upon which their business depends; and their ability to resolve the remaining technological problems that confront them. It discusses ways in which Independent self-publishing musicians can and cannot deal with these four issues on a day-to-day basis and highlights aspects for which technological solutions do not exist as well as ways in which technology is not as effective as has been claimed. It then presents a self-critique and proposes some directions for further study before concluding by suggesting some common features of 21st century Independent music businesses.
This thesis makes three contributions to knowledge. First, it provides a new understanding of the sources of musical value, shows how this explains changes in the music industries over the past 30 years, and provides a framework for predicting future developments in those industries. Second, it shows how the technological discontinuity that has occurred around the start of the 21st century has and has not affected the production and distribution of digital cultural artefacts and thus the attitudes, approaches, and business prospects of Independent musicians. Third, it argues for new understandings of two methods by which self-publishing musicians can grow a business using production methods that are only beginning to be more broadly understood: home studio recording and fan-sourced production. Developed from the perspective of working musicians themselves, this thesis identifies four sets of issues that determine the probable success of musicians’ efforts to adopt new technologies to capture the value of the musicians’ creativity and thereby foster growth that will sustain an Independent music business in the 21st century.
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Zhang, Yinglei. "Net operating assets as a predictor for future stock returns an industry analysis /." Connect to this title online, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1116992225.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005.Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 119 p.; also includes graphics (some col.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-119). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
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Kawai, Shingo S. M. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "Strategies to enhance long-term competitiveness in the telecommunications industry : lessons for NTT." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105296.
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Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2014.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 73-75).
In the telecommunications industry, the market is highly global as well as competitive in this era of Internet and data communications. Telecommunications carriers compete with not only other telecommunications carriers providing broadband access and mobile communication but also network application and service providers, which are significant threats for telecommunications carriers. It is difficult for telecommunications carriers to control the market for two significant reasons. Firstly, due to the maturity of technology as well as customers, network services have become commoditized. Secondly, telecommunications network services are vulnerable to over-the-top services based on the Internet. This study aims to investigate how large telecommunications carriers can continue to be competitive in such an environment. This paper focuses on three kinds of strategic options that enable large high-tech companies to continue to make profits; internal R&D, growth and diversification, and M&A. In the second chapter the author focuses on IBM and Cisco, which are good examples of how large companies have evolved over time, combining these three strategies. Then, the use of the three strategies by major telecommunications carriers is investigated. Finally, in the fourth chapter, the author analyzes the future competitiveness of the NTT Group, the major telecommunications carrier in Japan, using these strategies within the next decade.
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Lukach, Sarah Elizabeth. "Feasibility of business expansion in the seed industry." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/35297.
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Master of AgribusinessDepartment of Agricultural Economics
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The landscape of the United States seed industry has changed substantially over the last 100 years. In the mid-1930s, there were 115 active seed corn companies marketing seed in the United States. By the 1980s, there were 303 hybrid seed corn companies and in 2016 there were 140 active hybrid seed corn companies in the United States. As the seed industry continues to evolve, so will the logistics and methods of which seed is sold to farm customers. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze and determine if a seed business expansion provides a positive net present value and rate of return for the management based on the capital costs of the investment and estimated income opportunities. Based on historical information of the existing business and the new market territory opportunities, a ten year projected cash flow was estimated to provide a basis for the net present value and internal rate of return analysis. Sensitivity analysis was applied to different variables in the cash flow model to identify variables of risk and the impact on the projected cash flow and net present value analysis. The projected cash flow model and net present value analysis provides management a basis for the decision to expand their existing business. The conclusion of the net present value and internal rate of return analysis was that the expansion of the seed business was profitable under most sensitivity scenarios. Recommendations were made for additional research that could be performed to maximize and diversify the business’s product offerings and net income.
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Panopoulos, Georgios D. "Economic aspects of safety in the Greek construction industry." Thesis, Aston University, 2003. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/12233/.
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The thesis addresses the economic impacts of construction safety in Greece. The research involved the development of a methodology for determining the overall costs of safety, namely the sum of the costs of accidents and the costs of safety management failures (with or without accident) including image cost. Hitherto, very little work has been published on the cost of accidents in practical case studies. Moreover, to the author’s belief, no research has been published that seeks to determine in real cases the costs of prevention. The methodology developed is new, transparent, and capable of being replicated and adapted to other employment sectors and to other countries. The methodology was applied to three construction projects in Greece to test the safety costing methodology and to offer some preliminary evidence on the business case for safety. The survey work took place between 1999 and 2001 and involved 27 months of costing work on site. The study focuses on the overall costs of safety that apply to the main (principal) contractor. The methodology is supported by 120 discrete cost categories, and systematic criteria for determining which costs are included (counted) in the overall cost of safety. A quality system (in compliance with ISO9000 series) was developed to support the work and ensure accuracy of data gathering. The results of the study offer some support for the business case for safety. Though they offer good support for the economics of safety as they demonstrate need for cost effectiveness. Subject to important caveats, those projects that appeared to manage safety more cost-effectively achieved the lowest overall safety cost. Nevertheless, results are significantly lower than of other published works for two main reasons; first costs due to damages with no potential to injury were not included and second only costs to main constructor were considered. Study’s results are discussed and compared with other publish works.
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Burnham, Sheri Ann. "Bigger is not always better outsmarting mega-retailers in the 21st century gift industry /." Connect to Electronic Thesis (CONTENTdm), 2010. http://worldcat.org/oclc/648153856/viewonline.
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Everton, Sean F. "To have and have not : it experience and success in the venture capital industry /." May be available electronically:, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU1MTUmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=12498.
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Gullbrandsson, Johanna, and Andersson Ludwig Löfkvist. "The influences on consumers’ decision to fly or not to fly." Thesis, Högskolan Kristianstad, Fakulteten för ekonomi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-20821.
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Over the years, the consumption of airplane travels has increased, and the aviation industry is seen as one of the fastest growing sources for greenhouse gases. As a result, the climate debate has intensified and the phenomenon “flight-shame” has been introduced which has contributed to more environmental awareness. Despite this, consumers still choose to fly and therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore how the climate debate and the phenomenon “flight-shame” influence consumer behaviour in the aviation industry. Empirical data was collected through four focus groups and a total of 18 travellers participated in this study. Based on the answers from the focus group, this study has found that factors such as consumer needs, values, and reference groups influence consumers’ decision to fly or not to fly differently depending on their travel motives. Moreover, the climate debate and “flight-shame” is also found to influence the consumer behaviour of some leisure travellers whereas they have mostly influenced consumer attitudes of business travellers. This study contributes to a deeper understanding of the underlying factors which influence consumers’ decisions to fly or not to fly. Moreover, it highlights the media as an additional influence on consumer behaviour which to the best of our knowledge has not been explored before. Also, the study sheds light on the importance of green marketing communication by airlines. Lastly, limitations are discussed, and future research is suggested to extend and address the generalizability of the findings by a quantitative research.
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Jacobsson, Andrea. "Dashboard : Realtidsvisualisering av flödet mellan skog och industri." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Avdelningen för informationssystem och -teknologi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-34067.
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Big data is a term used to describe large amounts of data. The aim of the work has been to develop an efcient system that analyzes large quantities of data. Which in this case is the transport of wood between forest and industry. By man- aging this amount of data, the user can quickly receive information about the lo- cation of the timber and compare historical data regarding it. This report de- scribes the work of implementing a dashboard that compiles "Big data" in real time and in a comprehensible way. The project uses scrum as a project tool. This means an iterative development where you work towards smaller sub-goals. The report also includes evaluations conducted with a focus on usability and also a compilation of research within the subject of data visualization and BI. The evalu- ation indicated that by using the developed dashboard, it took a standard com- puter user an average of 3.4 seconds to fnd the requested information. Before, programming skills would be required and it would take much longer to obtain corresponding information.Big data är ett begrepp som idag används flr att beskriva stora datamängder. Må- let med arbetet har varit att utveckla ett efektivt system som analyserar stora mängder data. I det här fallet transportfldet av virke mellan skog och industri. Genom att hantera den här mängden data får användaren snabbt fram information om vart virket befnner sig och mljlighet till att jämflra historiska data. Den här rapporten beskriver arbetet med att implementera en dashboard som i realtid sammanställer Big data på ett begripligt sätt. Projektet använder sig av scrum som projektverktyg. Det betyder ett iterativt arbete där man arbetar mot delmål. Rap- porten innehåller även utvärderingar som genomflrts med användbarhet i fokus samt en sammanställning av forskning inom området datavisualisering och BI. Utvärderingen visade att med den utvecklade dashboarden så tog det flr en nor- mal datoranvändare i snitt 3,4 sekunder att hitta den efterslka information. Tidi- gare så krävdes det programmeringskunskaper och betydligt längre tid flr att få fram motsvarade information.
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Vinodrai, Tara. "All the world is not a stage, production and work in the Toronto theatre industry." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0008/MQ36092.pdf.
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Chabalgoity, Luiz OtÃvio. "Efficiency technique, productivity and technological leadership in the Brazilian banking industry: a not-parametric boarding." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2008. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1829.
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nÃo hÃDesde 1995 o governo implementou uma sÃrie de mudanÃas de cunho legal, institucional e regulatÃrio que visavam sanear e fortalecer o Sistema Financeiro Nacional. Uma das principais alteraÃÃes na dÃcada passada se deu na entrada e/ou aumento da participaÃÃo do capital estrangeiro nas instituiÃÃes financeiras que operam no paÃs. O intuito dessa medida foi o aumento da eficiÃncia do sistema e o aprimoramento tecnolÃgico das instituiÃÃes atravÃs dos investimentos feitos por grandes grupos internacionais, que se supunham à Ãpoca serem tecnologicamente mais avanÃados que os pares nacionais. O objetivo deste trabalho à avaliar se os objetivos do governo quanto à eficiÃncia e a produtividade da indÃstria bancÃria brasileira foram atingidos para o conjunto dos bancos da amostra. Com o intuito de avaliar os impactos das mudanÃas sobre diferentes segmentos da indÃstria, o trabalho separarà a amostra em trÃs subgrupos de bancos por origem do capital controlador â privados nacionais, estrangeiros e pÃblicos. Para a construÃÃo da fronteira de produÃÃo serà utilizada a metodologia Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) que permite o cÃlculo das eficiÃncias tÃcnicas e do Ãndice de produtividade total de Malmquist. Para a amostra total de bancos, os resultados mostraram que a eficiÃncia tÃcnica nÃo evoluiu como se esperava, contudo houve aumento da produtividade total dos fatores, advindo unicamente do progresso tÃcnico. Os trÃs subgrupos de bancos apresentaram resultados similares para o comportamento da eficiÃncia tÃcnica. A maior variaÃÃo do Ãndice de produtividade total de Malmquist foi apresentada pelos bancos estrangeiros, seguidos dos privados nacionais e dos pÃblicos. Foi aplicado tambÃm o teste de lideranÃa tecnolÃgica proposto por MARINHO e BENEGAS (2002), utilizando como base teÃrica o conceito de meta-fronteira de produÃÃo, e mostrou-se que essa lideranÃa à exercida pelos bancos privados nacionais, contrariando o argumento levantado pelo governo de que os bancos estrangeiros teriam um processo tecnolÃgico mais avanÃado do que os nacionais.
Since 1995, the Brazilian government implemented a great number of legal, institutional and regulatory changes with the purpose of adjust and strengthen the National Financial System (NFS) to the new stabilized macroeoconomic scenario. One of the main movements that took place last decade was the entrance and/or the increase of the foreign participation in the financial institutions that operate in the country. The aim of this measure was the improvement of the efficiency and of the technological pattern of the Brazilian financial institutions. From the point of view of the government, this would be done through investments made by the global financial institutions that supposedly, at that time, have more advanced technology than their national peers. The purpose of this research is to evaluate whether the governmentÂs goals toward the efficiency and the productivity of the Brazilian Bank Industry were achieved for the whole sample of banks analyzed. Furthermore, the total sample will be separated in three subgroups of banks by the origin of the main shareholder â private national banks, foreign banks and public banks. The Data Envelopment Analysis methodology will be used for the construction of the production frontier. This methodology will allow the estimation of the technical efficiency and of the Malmquist total factor productivity (TFP) index. The data showed that, for the total sample of banks, the technical efficiency has not evolved as expected, however the TFP had an increase, mainly due to the technological progress. The three subgroups of banks showed similar behavior for the technical efficiency. Foreign banks had the greater increase in the Malmquist TFP index, followed by the national private banks and by the public banks. It was applied a non-parametric technology leadership test developed by MARINHO and BENEGAS (2002) that is based in the theoretical concept of meta production frontier. The test showed that the national private banks performed the technological leadership. This result is very significant because it contradicts the argument used by the government that the foreign banks would have a more advanced technological process than the national banks.
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Akon, Yamga Gordon. "Oil in Ghana: a curse or not? Examining environmental justice and the social process in policymaking." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1157653/.
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There is great expectation that oil development in Ghana will catapult the nation towards prosperity and lead to drastic improvement in the wellbeing of Ghanaians. However, there is also concern that Ghana could fail to achieve these due to the resource curse notwithstanding the fact that scholars of the curse have yet to agree on the inevitability of the curse. Resource curse scholars adduce different reasons for its occurrence or absence. One thing common among the scholars, however, is that none discusses environmental justice in the context of the curse. In this dissertation, I examine Ghana's attempts at avoiding the resource curse through policymaking and implementation using the Guidelines on Environmental Assessment and Management of Ghana's offshore oil sector as a case study. I argue that a strong environmental justice frame is required to avert the curse in Ghana. Specifically, I assess the policy process in Ghana's oil sector, the institutional framework for managing the sector, and analyze the perception of environmental justice for policymaking. The outcome of these assessments show that although the policy process requires broadening for full and effective participation, Ghana has checks and balances policies to avert the resource curse and to deliver environmental justice in the oil sector. In addition, Ghana has an institutional framework that requires strengthening, in various way, in order for it to complement the checks and balances policies
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Välitalo, Heli. "CARD-NOT-PRESENT FRAUD IN FINLAND: WHO PAYS? AN ORGANIZATIONAL ECONOMICS APPROACH." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-24620.
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As popularity of online banking services has grown exceedingly among Finnishconsumers, it has become necessary for banks to provide their customers withsafety advice against the emerging threat of card-not-present fraud (CNP) in orderto protect them from monetary losses. However, it is unclear how effective thisadvice is and how well it is filling its purpose. This study aims to fill this gap andexamines the advice provided by Finnish banks in order to protect their customersfrom CNP-frauds by applying an economical approach to the criminological field.A multilayered approach including a literature review, a web page qualityassessment and a qualitative interview was used for this purpose. Contributing toexisting literature on the enabling and constraining influences within the financialindustry, this study increases the understanding of why Finnish banks’ arehomogenously tilting the balance towards their own private interests rather thanpublic good.
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Lin, Bing Chun. ""Do Not Disturb": A Micro-Macro Examination of Intrusions at Work." PDXScholar, 2013. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/1500.
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Intrusions, or interruptions by others, are a common phenomenon in the modern workplace (Grove, 1983; Jett & George, 2003), particularly in the computing and information-technology (CIT) industry, as cross-specialty, and cross-team collaborations become more common (Beck et al., 2001). The present study examines the relationship between day-to-day intrusions (measured Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday) and strain reactions and perceived job performance over the week (measured on Thursday) among 150 CIT employees. Using a number of resource-based theories (i.e., Conservation of Resources, Ego Depletion Model, Cognitive Fatigue Model), I hypothesize that participants experiencing more frequent intrusions on a day-to-day basis will experience greater levels of overall strain reactions (i.e., fatigue, self-regulation failure, and cognitive failure), and lower levels of overall perceived job performance for the week. To test these hypotheses, I applied a micro-macro multi-wave design, such that intrusions were measured at the end of three consecutive workdays (Level-1 Predictors) and strain reactions and performance measured on the fourth day (Level-2 Outcomes). Using Structural Equation Modeling and the technique put forth by Croon and van Veldhoven (2007), I specified four models to test my hypotheses, wherein level-1 variables (i.e., day-to-day intrusions) predicted level-2 outcomes (i.e., week-level fatigue, self-regulation failure, cognitive failure, and perceived performance).
I found that day-to-day intrusions were significantly positively associated with fatigue, self-regulation failure, and perceived performance. However, day-to-day intrusions were not significantly associated with cognitive failure. These results suggest that intrusions may consume time and self-regulatory resources but may not consume cognitive resources, and that although intrusions cause impairment from a physical and self-regulatory perspective, they may not inhibit cognitive functioning. Future research should further investigate the relationship between intrusions and cognitive functioning. The present study is one of the first to explicitly study intrusions and recognize it as a stressor that influences both strain and performance variables. This is critical as intrusions become a more prominent fixture in the American workplace. This study also contributes to our understanding of the use of micro-macro approaches to statistical analyses, and provides additional insight into how occupational health psychologists can test long-held assumptions; namely day-to-day stressors contribute to long-term strain.
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Ljungblom, Emma, and Emelie Rydeblad. "Motivationsfaktorer för medarbetare inom tillverkande industri." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Industriell ekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-30092.
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Industries aim to have a high performance to get a high profitability. A high performance comes from the employees' work performance every day. This work performance for industry employees comes largely from the motivation they feel for the work. In this study, work motivation for employees in industry has been examined through a questionnaire study together with interviews with selected persons from the management. The conclusion for this study is that employees' work motivation in industry´s is strongly linked to how the management manages and acts within the organization. The management influences the employees' motivation by controlling how the organization is structured, which reward systems are to be used and how the corporate culture is structured. If employees in industry´s experience high motivation for their work, the work performance will increase along with increased work motivation. The result of this study shows how corporate culture together with other motivation factors can motivate employees to increase work performance in the manufacturing industry. This study has also resulted in a self-developed model that can be used by companies to increase work motivation and thereby the work performance of the company.
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Lindén, Tilda, and Johanna Persson. "Blockchain technology adoption in agri-food supply chains: why or why not? : Exploring Swedish organizations’ reasoning and approach to adoption." Thesis, Jönköping University, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-52730.
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Background: Industry 4.0 technologies are expected to play an important role in the near future. Among these, blockchain technology is in the spotlight and recognized to be revolutionary within the agri-food industry and its supply chains. However, the technology and its adoption is in an early phase and involves several challenges for agri-food organizations. Given its nascent nature, academic research is scarce and a need for research of blockchain technology adoption in different contexts has been identified. Purpose: The purpose of this thesis is therefore to analyze the reasoning behind Swedish agri-food organizations’ decisions to adopt or reject blockchain technology as well as their approach to its adoption in their supply chains. Method: A qualitative research design with an inductive approach was applied, where the primary data was gathered through 9 semi-structured interviews with agri-food organizations and experienced individuals within the field. Conclusion: The findings show that trustworthiness is the main goal and driver of blockchain technology adoption and identified several secondary reasons for adoption. The research also specifies challenges which act as reasons for rejection as well as two-edged critical factors affecting adoption decisions. Further, Swedish agri-food organizations were recognized to be in an immature adoption phase and hence two main approaches to blockchain adoption, proactive and pending, were determined. Based on these findings, the BAP framework visualizing the blockchain adoption process was developed.
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Liang, Edwin En-Wei. "Not just about the money : managing beyond extrinsic rewards to thrive in the real estate industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/77134.
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Thesis (S.M. in Real Estate Development)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Real Estate Development in Conjunction with the Center for Real Estate, 2012.Cataloged from department-submitted PDF version of thesis. This electronic version was submitted and approved by the author's academic department as part of an electronic thesis pilot project. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 69-70).
Companies in the 21st century are increasingly relying on knowledge workers -- people who put to work what they have learned from systematic education as opposed to manual skills -- for value creation. Knowledge workers are the link to all of the company's other investments, managing and processing them to achieve company objectives. But because people, rather than things, are the means of value creation, they are mobile and must exercise choice to join, stay, and work hard for a particular company above all others. A company's survival in the knowledge-based economy is therefore contingent upon its comparative advantage to attract, retain, and make productive its people. This thesis seeks to develop an understanding of the motivational systems and strategies available to companies for sustained value-creation, and the extent to which they can be applied to the real estate industry. To accomplish the latter, the thesis conducts a case study on a leading real estate development and investment company. Through interviewing senior managers and high-performing employees, the thesis explores the specific systems and strategies implemented, and their implications for motivating attraction, retention, and superior value creation. After surveying the relevant literature and analyzing the theory in practice, the thesis concludes that extrinsic rewards and intrinsic motivation are complementary features of high-performing organizations. The case study further suggests that real estate companies need to thoroughly understand their working culture and business model in order to craft tailored motivational strategies that support their high performers and the way they work. Only then can companies move away from merely managing the work of its people to successfully managing for lasting performance.
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Matthew, Macaskill. "To plan or not to plan: if and when business plans help entrepreneurial ventures grows?" Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25259.
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This study investigated the relationships between business planning and venture growth while also exploring the moderating variables of entrepreneurial pre-entry knowledge and industry dynamism. Scales that allowed for empirical testing were collected and collated from the broader business planning literature. Using a sample of 103 entrepreneurs from three industries, entrepreneurs were surveyed in an attempt to measure entrepreneurial business planning practices in a South African environment. The results of the study indicated that while planning is an important process of an entrepreneurial venture its effectiveness depends on planning combinations and contextual factors. Specifically, it provided evidence for planning’s positive impact on venture growth; when an entrepreneur engaged in prior business planning and then implemented the plan. Furthermore the extent of an entrepreneur’s pre-entry knowledge was shown to have a positive impact on venture growth. While a synergy effect was observed when entrepreneurs had both pre-entry knowledge and engaged in prior planning. In contrast, the findings suggest that when an entrepreneur launches a business and has pre-entry knowledge it is more valuable not to implement these plans. Lastly the results suggested that planning practices were more likely to positively impact venture growth in industries experiencing lower levels of dynamism. CopyrightDissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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Karlsson, Malin. "Koldioxidneutral läkemedelsindustri : BECCS som en möjlighet för att uppnå nettonollutsläpp på en produktionssite." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-54927.
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Industries have faced challenges trying to lower carbon emissions and reach climate goals solely with energy efficiency and renewable energy sources but there are still some emissions that will not be mitigated by this. The purpose of this work has been to evaluate bio-energy with carbon capture and storage with co-combustion in a current study as a way to breach the gap and achieve net zero emissions on AstraZenecas production site Snäckviken. A carbon audit based on GHG Protocol has been performed to evaluate the total emissions at the site. Energy calculations were performed based on the possibilities of co-combustion with waste solvent and biofuel to produce process steam. With the flue gas characteristics for the combustion, calculations for a post combustion carbon capture plant using MEA solvent was made. An economic evaluation has been performed based on a reference plant and carbon captured for the current study. The results showed that the carbon capture lowered the emissions for the production site from 1 020 tons CO2 per year to - 2 400 tons CO2 at a cost of 1 360 SEK/tons CO2. The CO2 avoidance cost was high compared to other studies due to lower capacity. However, great savings could be m ade from handling the waste solvent on site instead of paying for the destruction of the waste. Therefore, a carbon capture plant could still be feasible for the current study.
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Sun, Huimin. "Leakage and Value Chain in Relation to Cruise Industry." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för teknikvetenskaper, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-380871.
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The Cruise Lines Association draws an optimistic scenario for cruise, and points out the fastest growing market is in Asia, where Chinese are the main force. Cruise travelling, as a new economic engine, is developing rapidly in China. However, among all the cruise terminals in China mainland, WSICT is the sole profitable port. Serious leakages of cruise industry are considered as the cause. What result in the leakage? In this thesis, a cruise value chain is proposed, covering main stages from planning to shore visiting. By tracking the cash flow in the value chain, potential sources of leakage are come up and then verified in the case study of Shanghai, where two typical companies, WSICT and Ctrip, are further analyzed. The investigation reveals some Chinese-Styled characters, such as “Retailer charter selling”, “packaged cruise products” and Chinese passengers’ preferences. All these factors impact on the value chain differently. The results implicate severe leakages in cruise planning, visiting and shopping. The preliminary success of WSICT could be attributed to its earliest participation into cruise, and geographical advantages. For travel agency like Ctrip, the typical retailer charter selling entitles them the right to design products, so they add extra services such as insurance and shore visiting to enhance profits. Totally, except for port companies and travel intermediaries, limited local communities participate in cruise industry. Hence, more positive policies are essential to motivate local communities.
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Lernäs, Carl-Jacob, and Fredrik Rister. "To Launch or Not to Launch? : A study on how retailer acceptance affects the success of a product-launch." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-256340.
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In the Swedish Fast-moving consumer goods industry (FMCG), most suppliers sell their products through retailers. For a successful product-launch, retailer acceptance is essential. Up to ninety percent of all product-launches fail, thus retailers must choose wisely which products to accept. Failing product-launches cost large sums of money for both retailers and suppliers. A number of factors have been shown by previous research to affect the success of a productlaunch and retailer acceptance, but there are factors that have been previously ignored, such as inter-organizational relationships. The authors of this study have chosen to conduct a study regarding how retailer acceptance and relational factors affect the success of a product launch in the Swedish FMCG-industry. The focus of this study has been on the relationships of Swedish retailer ICA AB and three of its suppliers. ICA AB was chosen because it is the largest retailer on the Swedish market. This study shows that retailer acceptance is positively affected by mutual trust, commitment and the relationship itself between the supplier and the retailer. However, the importance of these factors varies depending on the size of supplier and type of product.
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Chiang, Feichi. "Numbers do not matter : gender politics and how women remain marginalised in the newspaper industry in Taiwan." Thesis, University of London, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.514391.
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Obi, Chuka Obinna. "Local content development in the Nigerian oil and gas industry : why it is not succeeding? / C.O. Obi." Thesis, North-West University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/2645.
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This research focuses on human capacity development in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The need for local capacity building in this industry is imperative because oil and gas proceeds are the major source of foreign exchange earnings for the country. Oil has been exploited in Nigeria for over five decades and there is still relatively poor local participation and hence the need for this research. The idea is to encourage local participation so as to promote economic growth and industrial development.
This research identifies reasons for the ineffective implementation of the Nigerian content policy and will develop a framework that will address holistically the factors needed to ensure industrial growth through proper implementation and particular attention is paid to specific factors that enhance participation of local firms in the oil and gas industry.
The experience of Norway will be used as a case study to demonstrate the means by which they were able to achieve domestically based industrial competence while exploiting their petroleum resources and also the necessary conditions that was in place that encouraged proper exploitation of their resources.Thesis (M.Ing. (Development and Management Engineering))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2009.
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Bartolin, Alexandre (Alexandre Fernand Sauveur). "Offshoring is not the panacea : ensuring sustainable employment in the US manufacturing industry by leveraging demand proximity." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35705.
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Thesis (S.M. in Transportation and S.M. in Civil and Environmental Engineering)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2006.Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-216).
This thesis investigates the theme of "manufacturing offshoring" that became a political issue during the 2004 U.S. presidential election. As during previous elections, employment became a key focus on the home front. Whereas the 1992 presidential election was marked by the debate around the loss of manufacturing jobs due to NAFTA, the 2004 election focused on both manufacturing and services jobs lost due to offshoring to low cost countries. For the first time, well paying jobs, such as IT programming, were outsourced to emerging countries like India or China. Offshoring of "white collar" jobs became the focus of academic, consultant, and journalist discussions in U.S., whereas offshoring of manufacturing activities generated comparatively less interest. For decades offshoring of manufacturing activities to low cost countries was used by American companies to either reduce production cost or to avoid high tariffs on exports. Offshoring strategy was historically applied in labor intensive industries, such as the apparel and electronics sectors. On the other hand, the influence of offshoring on high-tech industries was assumed to be limited. However, with the fast technological development of China and India, this paradigm might change quickly.
(cont.) This thesis explores the U.S. manufacturing sector by looking at employment and trade data at a macro-level. The terms offshoring and outsourcing will be defined and the main international trade theories discussed. The thesis develops a model to show that offshoring was only a part of the reason for the shrinkage in manufacturing employment between 1997 and 2003; the others being a drop in demand and gains in productivity. After introducing several case studies of companies in the apparel sector and the semi-conductor industry, a framework for understanding the offshoring decision process is developed. This framework defines the conditions needed to make manufacturing in U.S. competitive with production abroad. Finally through a detailed study of the expansion of the Chinese economy and the Wal-Mart phenomenon, the thesis presents the next challenges of the U.S. manufacturing sector: the birth of new competitors for high value added products and the rising constraints on price due to the pressure of retailers on manufacturers.
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Khadri, Ines Julia. "The challenge of implementing Corporate Sustainability : The case of Swedish energy industry." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-355633.
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Trewhitt, Lisa. "Employee share ownership in the UK bus industry." Thesis, University of Bedfordshire, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/322256.
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The aim of this thesis was to generate a series of propositions identifying the elements most likely to be found in 'durable' employee-owned organisations. Previous studies in the field had often been marked by the assumption that benefits associated with employee share ownership, including reduced 'social divisions' between employees and their managers and a greater propensity among the former to work harder, would follow in all employee-owned enterprises, Few researchers had addressed the 'empirical reality' and 'diversity' of individual employee share ownership conversions and the circumstances in which systems had been created, implemented and subsequently managed by organisations.' Areas covered by the thesis included an examination of employee participation structur'es in different employee share ownership environments and 'feelings of ownership and commitment' among employee shareholders. The thesis also considered whether the 'traditional' trade union role would be undermined by new forms of representation and participation resulting from the introduction of employee share ownership programmes, Applying an extensive 'multimethod' approach, quantitative and qualitative data were collected over an eighteen-month period from six organisations in the UK bus industry -regarded by the mid 1990s as the most important locus of employee-owned companies. In 1994, some twenty-five UK bus companies were defined as 'employee-owned', generally consisting of non-managerial employees holding at least 25 per cent of the equity in their work places, Results from the investigation revealed that 'direct monetary investment' by employees and extensive information and communication programmes were among the elements characterising durable employee-owned organisations, Preservation of the 'traditional' trade union role was also evident, with employee shareholders generally content to participate in company matters through their union, More broadly, the thesis concluded that recognition in future research of the interplay of different variables was essential to increase understanding in relation to employee commitment, participation and industrial relations outcomes.
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Johansson, Emma, and Sebastian Falk. "If you can not be different - what differentiates you? : A study of value creation in the commodity industry." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-27275.
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This thesis draws attention to understand how firms in the B2B commodity industry seek to utilize value-creating activities to achieve competitive advantage, which is also the overall purpose of this thesis. The premise of this thesis is of empirical nature, thus empirically applicable and experienced by other companies inside the commodity industry. In order to reach the purpose of this thesis a case study of Alpha International, Beta and Delta has been carried out which involved personal interviews with different respondents from the companies. The theoretical framework involves a description of competitive strategy, value creation, value chain, value proposition and finally value delivery. The empirical study is based on building a framework of how the companies create value by using different value creating activities. In the analysis the theoretical framework is related to the results of the empirical study. It is here discussed how the different case companies value creating activities leads to a competitive advantage. In addition to analyzing the value creation activities; the value proposition of the case companies is analyzed and how these are delivered. It is concluded that the case companies studied seeks to utilize value-creating activities to achieve competitive advantage in many different ways. Generally speaking, it is found that the case companies most commonly try to achieve similar types of value; delivery reliability and quality. However this is achieved in different ways; through different types of activities such as services, different types of integration strategies or a certain type of technology that surrounds the product offering that is utilized by different types of labor in the companies. The companies also have different ways in offering and communicating the value towards the customer by using a value proposition; depending on what type of benefit the customer seeks. At last, discussion and implications are given to present managerial and theoretical implications together with further research.
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Haller-Hayon, Orit. "To share or not to share: The pre-conditions for creating partnerships between industry and academia in Israel." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.489547.
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The research explores models of knowledge diffusion through social exchange processes. The established theoretical basis of bridging the interests and requirements of the business sector and academia through constructing information sharing frameworks and through partnerships in knowledge is severely lacking. This study aims to develop a generic model of information sharing between organisations with synergistic benefits to all parties.
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Nishioka, Kenichi. "Roles of inter-firm relationships in R&D : the case of NTT in the Japanese telecom industry." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4030.
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The value and scope of telecom services have increased substantially in the decade from the mid 1990s. The telecom companies have offered not only telephone services but also data exchanges for example streaming services. Therefore, they now offer telecom services as packaging into which layered services are integrated. The number of actors involved in the market has increased due to the expansion of business areas, while rapidly changing technological trends have altered R&D methods. The thesis shows that the adoption of the marketing concept and the development of complex inter-firm technology based relationships underpin the creation and management of new telecom services. The relationships have originated from an exchange of technological knowledge and specialized skills. This research uses the NTT-centred collaboration system in Japan, which features relational exchanges and high mutual dependence. This case shows that inter-firm relationships greatly contributed in the development of technological resources in two ways; collecting advantageous technologies from others and mediating in the introduction of new technologies. In addition, developments in technology resulted in an expanded domain of applicability. Consequently, not only the market structure was changed but also the relationship between marketing and R&D changed. With increasing integration of the market, the number of related firms increased as firms concentrated on specific technologies, with additional firms having superior competitive advantages in each layered business area. The case in the thesis also shows mechanisms of changing inter-firm relationships under dynamic business circumstances; indirect exchanges occurred when inter-firm relationships changed. Inter-firm relationships are changed, keeping existing but adding new relationships. The study also indicates a new direction to study service marketing. As the new trend of service development in ICT industry develops so the integration abilities and the management of inter-firm relationships in supply-sides become more focused. The thesis points to the importance of these upstream activities (coordinating inter-firm relationships in a service-oriented approach) and advocates the presence of a facilitator who can bridge both upstream and downstream activities. The results should contribute to both marketing and technology management in academia as well as business practices in R&D management.
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Haller-Hayon, Orit. "To share or not to share : the pre-conditions for creating partenerships between industry and academia in Israel." Thesis, Anglia Ruskin University, 2008. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.489632.
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Van, Straaten Tanagra Martha. "Partners not adversaries : adopting the EITI towards effective collective governance to improve the extractive industry in South Africa." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/60109.
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On 16 August 2012, 34 mine workers were killed at Marikana, South Africa, following a stand-off with the South African Police as a direct result of a wage dispute with a multinational mining company. The Marikana tragedy has highlighted the abject poverty suffered by mining-affected communities, with both labourers and local communities demanding a stake in mining activities affecting their area. The promises of a ?better life? remain largely unfulfilled, with the consequence that many communities live in barren and polluted environments blighted by crime, unemployment and failing infrastructure.
The root of the matter lies in the age-old economic debate over natural resources endowment, more particularly as it relates to resource-dependant developing countries. One way to address this challenge is through transparency, which is not an end in itself but is fundamental in empowering an informed constituency to demand the adequate and equitable use of natural resource revenues for optimum development impact.
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) could create a much-needed platform for dialogue between government, extractive companies, labour representatives and communities. However, despite continued calls to join the initiative, South Africa?s government, citing various reasons, continues to refuse to subscribe to the standard. With labour agitation increasing, the country?s extractive industry dwindling and local communities gaining momentum in their quests, the need for South Africa?s extractive industries to be subject to greater reform and transparency is becoming a necessity.
Acknowledging the need for greater collaboration between the various stakeholders, one of the key questions asked at the Southern African Metals and Engineering Indaba in May 2016, was on how to forge a tripartite between Government, Business and Labour to improve the extractive industry in South Africa. This study submits that the focus should move to a quadripartite to also accommodate the views and contributions from the Community as a fourth pillar towards collective governance.
This study therefore explores the suitability of the implementation of the EITI as a transparency standard towards the development and fostering of a culture of co-ownership between the various stakeholders of South Africa?s mining sector, with a view to achieving meaningful and effective collective governance of South African extractive industries.Mini Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2016.
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Koivula, Lotta, and Elshad Mirzayev. "When the Network Strategy Is Not Enough -The Case of European Full-Service Airlines." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-2709.
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The 1990s were one of the most profitable periods for European airline companies, mainly because of development of world economy and increasing globalisation trends. However, towards the end of the decade, a global economic downturn, high oil prices and new forms of competition turned the industry towards troubled times. The European air-travel industry had to face and accept the new airline business concept, called low-cost or no-frill airlines. In these conditions, traditional airlines had to rethink their strategies and question the old business model. As a response to the competition, European traditional full-service airlines formed alliances or networks to expand the route network and to increase efficiency. Although joint actions of airlines within alliances started to grow, full-service airlines continued to report losses in the weak business environment, in which the low-cost airlines were growing. This thesis aims at identifying the strategic decisions the European traditional airlines have made during the recent downturn in the industry and how the case companies perceive customer value in the alliance they are members of. In order to conduct this study, the authors have chosen two airline companies from two large European alliances. Interviews have been used as a main information source. Interviews were conducted with managers of companies, which at the same time were representatives of companies in the respective alliances. The secondary material such as previous interviews, annual reports of companies, recent studies in thefield, were used as complementary data. Findings and analysis at the end are introduced in response to general market situation, and as a company - alliance information.
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Bertoni, Alessandro. "Value assessment capabilities in early PSS development : a study in the aerospace industry." Licentiate thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Innovation och Design, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-25821.
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Providing added value to standalone products by adding services is at the core of product service systems (PSS) offered in manufacturing industries. Providing PSS requires a change not only in the way products are sold, but also in the way they are designed and developed. Engineers need to assess the value of a forthcoming PSS solution as soon as possible in the design process, addressing service-related issues that often fall outside their technical horizon and are challenging to seamlessly translate into the product technical requirements. The aim of the thesis is to investigate the early stages of aerospace product development, proposing methods and tools in order to improve the decision-making process, by enhancing the awareness of engineers and designers about the value contribution of different design alternatives. This academic work was performed through action research in close collaboration with major European aerospace manufacturers, research centers, and academic institutions conducting research in product development. The thesis first depicts the current practices and limitations of value assessment in early design stages, describing the increasing complexity of the aerospace development projects. Improvements for current practices are proposed in terms of developing value assessment capabilities coupled with requirements analysis and enhancing communication of the expected value contribution of a forthcoming solution.Second, this thesis proposes a conceptual approach aiming to enhance the communication between engineers and designers of the value-related aspects of a solution in early design stages. This approach allows for the visualization of the results of a value assessment activity using color-coded features on the product computer aided design (CAD) model. The characteristic of the approach is to allow for the simultaneous visualization of value scores and knowledge maturity in a unique representation. The approach is meant to increase the awareness about the multifaceted aspects of the value assessment of different designs, promoting tradeoff and impact analysis.In conclusion the thesis summarizes the findings of the empirical analysis, showing the need to complement requirements information with the assessment of value and knowledge maturity, and proposing color coded CAD models as technological enabler for the communication of the outcomes of the value assessment. Finally guidelines for future research are provided.Godkänd; 2012; 20120215 (berale); LICENTIATSEMINARIUM Ämnesområde: Funktionella produkter/Functional Product Development Examinator: Associate Professor Åsa Ericson, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, Luleå tekniska universitet Diskutant: Tekn Dr Christian Kowalkowski, Div. of Industrial Marketing, Linköping University Tid: Torsdag den 15 mars 2012 kl 09.00 Plats: A1545, Luleå tekniska universitet
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Samuelsson, Sofia. "Evaluating Servitization in the Manufacturing Equipment Industry." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-239680.
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In the manufacturing equipment industry, sensors integrated in manufacturing equipment is a prerequisite for higher levels of servitization, such as maintenance and product support services, as the sensors can provide data of equipment usage. In this study, a framework called Evaluation of readiness of servitization has been developed, where manufacturing equipment companies can evaluate whether they benefit from developing new solutions with a higher level of servitization. In the evaluation of servitization, a company in the manufacturing equipment industry should consider the following three factors; Value proposition’s fulfilment of customer needs, Market acceptance of value proposition and Internal capabilities to develop and deliver the solution. This study shows that all three factors must be considered for a justified evaluation. The study is based on a single case study on the manufacturing equipment company Atlas Copco Industrial Technique, and a literature review on servitization in the manufacturing industry. This study shows that uncertainty about customer needs and market acceptance of the new value proposition that servitization entails, constitute obstacles to develop new solutions with a higher level of servitization. Thereby, it is of great importance to a manufacturing equipment company to assess readiness both internally and externally when evaluating if they benefit from developing new solutions with a higher level of servitization.Inom tillverkningsindustrin är sensorer i verktyg en möjliggörare för att utveckla tjänster, såsom underhålls- och produktsupporttjänster, då sensorerna kan tillhandahålla data om verktygens användning. I denna studie har ett ramverk benämnt Utvärdering av beredskap för tjänstefiering utvecklats. Med hjälp av ramverket kan tillverkande företag utvärdera om de profiterar av att utveckla nya lösningar med högre servicegrad. Vid utvärdering av tjänstefiering bör ett företag inom tillverkningsindustrin beakta följande tre faktorer; Värdeerbjudandets uppfyllande av kundbehov, Marknadens acceptans av värdeerbjudandet och Intern förmåga att utveckla och leverera lösningen. Denna studie visar att samtliga faktorer måste beaktas för en motiverad utvärdering. Denna studie är baserad på en litteraturstudie om tjänstefiering inom tillverkningsindustrin och en fallstudie om tillverkningsföretaget Atlas Copco Industriteknik. Studien visar att bristande kunskap om kundbehov och marknadens acceptans av det nya värdeerbjudande som tjänstefiering innebär utgör hinder för företag inom tillverkningsindustrin för att kunna utveckla värdeerbjudande med högre servicenivå. Studien visar även att det av stor betydelse för tillverkningsföretag att bedöma beredskap både internt och externt vid utvärdering av beredskap för tjänstefiering.
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Shao, Renyuan. "The Design and Evaluation of Price Risk Management Strategies in the U.S. Hog Industry." The Ohio State University, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1051933573.
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Haro, Vicente Juan Carlos, and Emelie Sun. "Customer Loyalty in the Swedish Telecommunication Industry : A case study at Telia." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Logistik- och kvalitetsutveckling, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-119928.
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There are two main purposes of this thesis. The first one is to get a better understanding of the aspects affecting customers’ loyalty in the telecommunication industry, in the context of when customers are using the services. The second purpose is to look into what the case company gains by having customers that are more loyal, where the degree of loyalty is measured by the Net Promoter Score metric. The methodology used to carry out the research is a case study with an approach that is both qualitative and quantitative. Where the quantitative approach has the largest share. Two datasets have been used in this thesis, one collected by the authors by sending out surveys and one collected beforehand at the case company. The survey created by the authors aim to let customers assess the satisfaction level with technical and non-technical aspects that can affect loyalty. The dataset that is already collected by the case company document the initial degree of loyalty of customers along with the revenue per customers over a period of years. The two datasets are used for the two different research purposes respectively. The statistical analysis for the data is conducted using the statistical tool Minitab. The findings for the first purpose are that our survey questions can be split into three categories using factor analysis. The categories are Perceived mobile multimedia quality, Perceived broadband multimedia quality and General perceptions. The first two categories are driving customer loyalty and the third category are indicators of customer loyalty. For the second purpose the findings are that the case company has different gains of more loyal customers depending on if the customers are either mobile or broadband customers. More loyal mobile customers stay longer as customers and also buy more. More loyal broadband customers only stay longer as customers. The practical implications of the findings are that the case company has to think of customer loyalty in new ways. There are more indicators of if a customer is loyal than the Net Promoter Score, these are for example customer satisfaction, perceived brand value, perceived overall quality, perceived customization etc. Therefore it would be better to measure customer loyalty not only with the Net Promoter Score Metric but to pick out 2-3 indicators to ask the customer and create an average index for all the questions that can represent the customers’ loyalty. Furthermore there are not a specific variable that drives customer loyalty more or less, several aspects are acting together in two high level groups. Another practical implication is that the gains of more loyal customers are higher for mobile customers since they buy more from the case company and stay longer as customers. However, for broadband customers, they only stay longer. Therefore the Net Promoter Score is not as useful to track for broadband customers. Either the broadband customers should have more opportunities to buy more or another metric should be used for broadband customers.
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Tilaar, Margaritifera Jennifer Ignatia. "The Tourism Industry in A Developing Destination in Time of Crisis : The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on The Tourism Industry in North Sulawesi, Indonesia." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-412619.
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The tourism industry is a developing industry that has the risk of facing various challenges in the form of crisis. World Health Organization (WHO) announced the COVID-19 pandemic on March 11th, 2020 that caused disruption in people's mobility across the world in order to reduce the infection rate. Many industries were affected by this, especially the tourism industry as it relies on people traveling to different places to run. The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) already made initial assessment to see the potential economic impact. The result helped the general population to understand the scale of impact of the crisis. However, business owners need to understand how it affects the contingency of their business. This research conducted a study towards business owners in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, as a developing destination, to assess the impact to the businesses through the five components of Service Management System (SMS) model. The result shows how big the impact is, which is in line with the initial assessment from economic perspective by UNWTO, where three out of five components of SMS are impacted with minimum space for workaround.
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Carracinha, Filipe José Martins. "Análise de funções de segurança num processo industrial e num posto de transformação de energia eléctrica, numa industria papeleira, aplicando a metodologia SFA." Master's thesis, FCT - UNL, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/2558.
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Dissertação apresentada na Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa para obtenção do grau de Mestre em
Engenharia IndustrialEste trabalho descreve um estudo de segurança que aplica um método recente, desenvolvido para avaliação do risco de acidente ocupacional, chamado “Safety Function Analisys – SFA”. Este método insere-se no âmbito geral das metodologias de avaliação de risco, sendo no entanto mais específico que os métodos tradicionais. Por um lado, esta especificidade resulta do facto do SFA apenas avaliar os perigos mais críticos, previamente identificados através de outros métodos mais abrangentes. Por outro lado, tem como principal objecto de estudo a análise do “estado de segurança” de um sistema através da avaliação das Funções de Segurança (ou existentes ou em falta no sistema em causa). O SFA integra conceitos e abordagens actuais, nomeadamente os conceitos de “Safety Barrier” e “Safety Function”. O conceito “Safety Barrier” ou “Barreira de Segurança”, é usado para identificar quais os meios físicos e/ou não físicos concebidos para prevenir, controlar ou atenuar acontecimentos indesejáveis ou acidentes. De forma análoga, uma “Safety Function” ou “Função de Segurança” é, por definição, (Ringhdal, 2001), “uma função técnica, organizacional ou a combinação de ambas, que podem reduzir a probabilidade e/ou as consequências da ocorrência de acidentes ou outros eventos indesejáveis num sistema”. O presente trabalho aplica a metodologia SFA a um Posto de Transformação de Energia Eléctrica (PT) e a um Paletizador de Caixas de Cartão, ambos da Renova. Para os perigos com risco mais elevado foram avaliadas cada uma das Funções de Segurança necessárias, sendo 59 no caso do PT e 32 no caso do Paletizador. Dessa avaliação resultaram propostas de alteração do estado da respectiva Barreira de Segurança, ou não, consoante a sua aceitabilidade.
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Vassberg, Gustav, and Jacob Blixt. "Reducing the Energy Consumption within the Retail Industry : A Case Study of Scania, Prestons." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-388692.
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The importance of reducing the energy consumption and commit towards sustainability efforts has become increasingly important for organizations to consider. Often, managers rely on technology to reduce the energy consumption within facilities. The importance of the behaviour of people within the facility is often overlooked. This thesis focus on investigating how the retail industry in Australia can reduce its energy consumption by changing the behaviours of employees within the facilities. In order to answer how the retail industry can reduce its consumption the following research questions was established: - What processes contributes to the energy consumption at a retail facility? - How does occupant behaviour affect the energy consumption at a retail facility? - How does internal influence barriers for an organization affect the energy consumption within a retail facility? The following master thesis of 30 ECTS is a qualitative, explorative case study conducted at one of Scanias facilities in Prestons, Sydney. With roughly 80 employees and 12 workshop bays. Primary data have been collected from semi-structured interviews, observations and survey questions. The results showed that behaviour are influenced by many drivers and personal values are often not a good predictor of behaviour. Internal barriers occurring in the facility are lack of vision, people, communication, resource and management. Furthermore, norms and behavioural practices change along with the change of environment. Conversations about energy and sharing of energy-efficient experiences and knowledge are not occurring in the facility. However, there is a strong willingness and desire to change and to develop more efficient behaviours at the facility in Sydney. Lastly, occupant behaviour such as lack of communication, turning off the lights or AC and not turning off their computers are the biggest contributors to the energy being consumed in a retail facility.
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Wick, Jodie. "The infrastructure of the animation industry in the East of England between 2009 & 2011." Thesis, University of the Arts London, 2016. http://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/12066/.
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This research investigates how the animation industry in the UK is defined. It proposes a new framework for data collection to quantify the extent of the sector, with particular focus on infrastructural requirements in the East of England. This thesis is designed to develop a potential model based on robust and methodologically sound research, that can better quantify animation and related activities from a regional perspective. It is not intended that this thesis will offer a solution to the understanding, or support requirements of the animation industry at a local level. Through developing enhanced measurement and definition, the research has the potential to affect the way that UK animation as a whole is understood, valued and supported. Based on detailed mixed method research and thorough analysis using the East of England as a case study, the thesis proposes recommendations for new approaches to data collection and classification. The application of a ‘Grounded Theory’ approach has been developed using defined procedures and sounder theories and structures for potential future policy development. Previous studies of the creative industries recognised that Norwich and the East of England were identified as centres for excellence in Animation. This view was primarily based on assumptions rather than on mapping specific business and employment data. Inadequate subject analysis resulted in the development of unsubstantiated policies and therefore placing immediate limits on their effectiveness. By studying the East of England animation industry sector in detail, using primary research as well as government-recognised data, it was possible to develop new methods for collection and definition. Through analysis of a cross section of the UK animation sector and applying original models at regional level, the research clarifies the landscape of the animation sector and proposes a new framework model to contribute to future policy development.