Dissertations / Theses: 'Area intended to business'

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Tuscher, Martin. "Zhodnocení ceny stavebního objektu při jeho rekonstrukci na nebytové prostory." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Ústav soudního inženýrství, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-232894.

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The thesis deals with valuation of real property before and after change the purpose of use. The thesis is divided into two parts. In the theoretical inputs are defined areas related to real estate assessment. Cases study is dealt in the practical part. Case study is focused on real estate assessment and deals with determination of the impact on price of real property when will be changed the purpose of use. Also construction works related with change the purpose of use from residential unit to area intended to business. Construction works were calculated by budgeting programme. In the end is analysed price of real property before the purpose of use and after the purpose of use and evaluation of this price.

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Spittal, Ryan. "The Impact of Geographic Expansion on Intended Identity of an Organization." NSUWorks, 2010. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/hsbe_etd/106.

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As organizations grow and expand past their operational headquarters, individual branches may reflect a different identity than that of the headquarters. The question then is, "Is senior management able to transcend geographical boundaries and communicate the identity that has shaped their strategy for the organization?" The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of geographical expansion on the reflected perceptions of internal stakeholders related to the organization's intended identity as defined by senior management. Through this study, four themes emerged from the data. The themes included a reliance on reputation, a sense of belonging, peer influence, and communication congruence. Based on this data, the study provides a marketing of identity process to assist organizations in communicating their identity throughout the organization and across geographic locations.

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Moore, Jan R. (Jan Roxy). "Determination of the Relationship Between Ethical Positions and Intended Behavior Among Managers." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1993. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279005/.

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Bygdeman, Caroline. "Development and production of a film intended for education and PR in the area of Reactor Technology products." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för teknikvetenskap (SCI), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-106988.

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Avdelningen för reaktorteknologi på Alfa Laval har identifierat svårigheter vid förmedlingen av kunskap till potentiella kunder. Examensarbetet innefattar utveckling och produktion av en film avsedd för utbildning och marknadsföring av Alfa Lavals flödesreaktorer, ART® Plate Reactors, för att förbättra Alfa Lavals sätt att förmedla kunskap till och fånga intresse hos potentiella kunder på mässor. Målet med examensarbetet är att filmen ska användas på kemiteknikmässor där reaktorerna ställs ut, och syftet med arbetet var att med mässbesökarnas förkunskaper som bas utveckla en film som väcker intresse och samtidigt fungerar som ett lärandemedel. Genom intervjuer har information om hur mässor går till, önskemål om filmens utformning, samt bedömning av besökarnas förkunskaper samlats in. Dessa intervjuer, samt litteraturstudier inom området för kemiska reaktorer och lärande med animation och kommunikation på mässor har legat till grund för arbetet med framtagandet av filmen. En storyboard utvecklades, och lade grunden för produktionen av filmen som gjordes i samarbete med filmbyrån Upper/First i Malmö. Produkten av examensarbetet, filmen, finns att se på http://youtu.be/PyoX3mVXuYc. Nyckelord: Storyboard, Multimodalt lärande, Kontinuerliga flödesreaktorer, Reaktorteknologi, ART® Plate Reactors
The Reactor Technology department at Alfa Laval has identified a difficulty in the mediating of knowledge to potential customers. The Master Thesis consists of the development and production of a film intended for education and marketing of the flow reactors at Alfa Laval, the ART® Plate Reactors, in order to improve Alfa Lavals way of mediate knowledge to potential customers and to catch their interest. The purpose of the Master Thesis was to show the film at chemical engineering fairs where the reactors are exhibited, and the aim of the work was to develop a film which catches interest and serves as a learning tool with the visitors’ prior knowledge as the basis. Information about what happens at fairs, requests for the presentation of technical content in the film and the assessment of the visitors’ prior knowledge was collected through interviews. These interviews, together with literature studies in the field of chemical reactors, learning with animations and communications at fairs formed the basis for the development of the film. A storyboard was developed, and was formed as the basis for the production of the film which was developed together with the film bureau Upper/First in Malmö, Sweden. The product of the Master Thesis, the film, can be found at http://youtu.be/PyoX3mVXuYc. Keywords: Storyboard, Multimodal learning, Continuous flow reactors, Reactor Technology, ART® Plate Reactors

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Dietrich, Katrina. "How to implant an intended Destination Image into the tourists mind : The case of Östersund, Sweden." Thesis, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:miun:diva-13147.

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The purpose of this paper is to explain the way destination marketing works and whatneeds to be done to implant a destination image into the tourists mind. The marketingclaims that the occurrence of recognition and recall makes an image become activelyrecognized in the mind of customers. To visualize this case, the Swedish city Östersund, isexamined to show how the responsible tourist information office succeeded with theimplementation of their image into the tourists mind. To clarify this, a comparison is madefrom questionnaires hold in the summer and winter 2010 as well as an qualitative interviewwith the managing director of the tourist office in Östersund Camilla Olsson.

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Hedin, Stenmark Olof. "Strategy Mapping : The Intended Effects of an Investment in Information Systems - A Case Study on Alpha AB." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-15193.

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Problem Deciding where to spend the information system investment budget with respect to strategic priorities is important for companies, but it is far from every company that does it. There is no consesus in the literature on how information system investment decisions should be assessed. This case study is conducted on Alpha AB. The company consists of several departments that each require different kind of information to support, improve and facilitate their area of operation. They are in the process of deciding where to spend their investment budgets. Purpose The Purpose of this thesis is to identify the processes that will be improved by a new information system and display how it affects the overall goal of Alpha AB, using the strategy map and the balanced scorecard. This will enable decision makers to make better decisions regarding information system investments. Theoretical Framework In order to fulfill the purpose have a review of how information systems improve companies been done, furthermore have investment issues been discussed. In order to display the effects of the intended investment will the strategy map be used, the balanced scorecard will be introduced for performance measurement. Empirical Findings The empirical findings are collected from four high level employees at Alpha AB. Through unstructured and semi-structured interviews have information about the company, its goals, customers, the internal processes and their hopes for the new information system been collected. Analysis The empirical findings have been compiled on the strategy map with the intension to show the causal relationship that the intended investment will have on the company. In order to quantify the targets on which the investment is supposed to cause its effects, have the empirical findings also been compiled on to a balanced scorecard Conclusion The strategy map and the balanced scorecard display the intended effects that the investment causes. The decision makers at Alpha AB can with a holistic view follow the causal relationship from the expectations of the investment and see which of them will be a priority to invest in.

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Joice, Joice. "Public Transport in JABODETABEK Area." Thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Communication and IT, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-4569.

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Martin, Ethan A. "Will Attending a Career and Employability Readiness Program Impact High School Graduates’ Intended Citizenship Behaviors?" Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1457601688.

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Ejenstam, Jesper. "The lime industry, a potential business area for Kanthal." Thesis, Uppsala University, Department of Engineering Sciences, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-122379.

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The subject of this M.Sc. thesis is to find out whether the lime industry is a possible business area for Kanthal AB. The lime industry is one of the biggest chemical industries in the world and it is very energy demanding. In the process of making quicklime, calcium oxide, a lot of energy is needed as the dissociation of limestone, which consists mainly of calcium carbonate, takes place in the temperature span between 900°C and 1300°C. The total production of quicklime was in 2009 about 280 million tonnes, and the selling price was about $100 per ton. Today, all limekilns are driven by fossil fuels, i.e. oil, coal and gas. The increasing demand on lowering the emissions of carbon dioxide strongly affects the industry, as it is responsible for about 2 % of the total emissions of carbon dioxide. The industry itself claims that the emissions may only be reduced about 10 %, although at very high costs. Kanthal AB produces electric heating solutions that may be suitable for lime production. However, the lime industry is conservative and the use of electricity for lime production is not economically feasible today. Most of the electricity comes from coal power plants and therefore the use of electricity would not be more environmentally friendly in most countries. New limekilns, which are more environmentally friendly, are on the way. These kilns do not necessarily have to use fossil fuels, provides a purer end product and the emission of carbon dioxide is minimized. The size of the production is also much lower, but the end products might be used in more demanding areas, e.g. the pharmaceutical industry, and be sold at a higher price. It is this area Kanthal has to focus on if going to enter the lime industry at this point.

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Chen, Xiaoshan. "Business and growth cycle analysis for the Euro area." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2009. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/35617.

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This thesis revisits the issue of business cycle synchronisation in the Euro area by utilising time-series models that may overcome some of the drawbacks in the existing literature. Two major contributions are made to the existing literature of evaluating cycle synchronisation. First, instead of identifying turning points from individual macroeconomic timeseries, as carried out in most studies, this thesis obtains turning points from multivariate information. It is hoped that including more variables containing business cycle information in the dating process may produce more accurate turning points and, in turn, improve the accuracy of measuring cycle correlation. In doing so, both parametric and non-parametric business cycle dating procedures are used. These include the quarterly Bry-Boschan (BBQ) algorithm, a single dynamic factor model and the Markov switching dynamic factor model. Second, unlike the traditional approach that measures growth cycle synchronisation in the euro area by calculating pairwise cycle correlations, this thesis analyses the degree of growth cycle co-movement within a multivariate setting by using a VAR model with cointegration.

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Brito, Orellana Matías Alejandro. "Propuesta de un modelo business to business para el area de compras de Aramak." Tesis, Universidad de Chile, 2012. http://www.repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/111918.

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Ingeniero Civil Industrial
El presente trabajo de Título se desarrolló en Aramark, específicamente en el Área Compras que depende de la Vicepresidencia de Supply Chain, y tuvo como objetivo proponer un modelo business to business para el Área de Compras, haciendo más eficientes sus core processes, que otorguen la flexibilidad para lograr gestionar la cadena de abastecimiento desde el cliente final hasta el primer proveedor relevante. Aramark se desenvuelve en el rubro de Alimentación Industrial y Facility, cuyo mercado se ha ido comoditizando paulatinamente, por lo que una adecuada sincronización de la cadena de abastecimiento, en la cual los proveedores se integren a la cadena de valor del cliente puede significar la diferencia entre ganar o no propuestas de nuevos clientes y afianzar la relación con los existentes. En este contexto, el Área de Compras juega un rol fundamental para la compañía, en la medida que logre gestionar de manera eficiente esta cadena; actualmente sus procesos internos, impiden desarrollar de manera óptima esta labor. Como metodología, primero se llevó a cabo una revisión del diseño actual de la cadena de suministro de la compañía siguiendo un diseño de cadenas de suministros eficaces. De esta revisión se determinó que la Vicepresidencia de Supply Chain busca adoptar una estrategia Pull (responder a la demanda en tiempo real) bajo un enfoque de Quick Response (buscando incrementar la satisfacción del cliente) para de este modo, conseguir una integración con sus principales clientes. Desde el lado de los proveedores, busca estrategias orientadas al logro de la eficiencia, a tener políticas de reacción conjunta ante eventualidades o excepciones y lograr una capacidad de respuesta ágil hacia los clientes. Dado este escenario, pretende entonces adoptar procesos basados en un método que facilite la colaboración entre miembros de una cadena de abastecimiento (CPFR). Teniendo definido el propósito de la Vicepresidencia de Supply Chain, se realizó un levantamiento y diagnóstico de los procesos de negocio del Área de Compras, donde se evidenció la discontinuidad de los mismos en documentos, personas y sistemas. Para definir la dirección de cambio, se identificaron los core processes con el objetivo de potenciarlos y se tomó como base los aspectos más relevantes del método CPFR. Finalmente se rediseñaron los procesos conforme a las direcciones de cambio y potenciando los core processes identificados. Como resultado del rediseño se obtuvo un workflow montado sobre una plataforma web, que se hace cargo de las discontinuidades en los procesos y que permite adquirir productos en línea por parte de los clientes, cuyas solicitudes llegan directamente a los proveedores en tiempo real. Este workflow no sólo hará más eficientes los procesos de compras, también permitirá una integridad de los datos que habiliten al Área de Compras para un intercambio de datos seguro, y de los cuales se pueda obtener información de negocio. Éste cuenta además con módulos que permiten compartir la demanda con los proveedores, de modo de realizar planificaciones conjuntas de la demanda. De implementarse, este modelo B2B podría reportar los siguientes beneficios: facilitar la construcción de relaciones flexibles con clientes y proveedores y una colaboración más profunda, disminuir niveles de inventario y costos de almacenaje, mejorar la exactitud de pronósticos, aumento del volumen de negocio por la mejora de disponibilidad de productos y por una mayor tasa de generación de órdenes de compras, ente otros.

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Deleonardo, Susan M. "A voice intended for the spirits themselves analysis of excavations at El Mirador (the Lookout) of Cerro de Trincheras and nearby residential area B7 /." Diss., Online access via UMI:, 2005.

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Wallensten, Jönsson Otto, and Amanda Linderoth. "The Pulsed Employee Survey : A multifaceted transformation of an institutionalized practice from formal policy to intended outcome." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-387651.

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Based on the limited outcomes and often failed implementation processes of annual employee surveys a new phenomenon for collecting people data has risen; the pulsed employee survey. This survey and its continuous way of measuring are by many providers and consultants stated to be an important tool that increases employee engagement. The phenomenon of the pulsed employee survey has so far received limited academic attention, despite its growing importance as a potential institutionalized practice. Therefore, this study aims at broadening the understanding of the phenomenon of the pulsed employee survey. How is it transformed into organizations during an implementation process and can the process be seen as coupled or decoupled from the institutionalized practice? Further, what explains the potential coupling or decoupling? To investigate this, a model based on decoupling theories by Bromley & Powell(2012) has been used through a qualitative case study. The result shows that, even though the surveys are implemented into the organizations, means-ends decoupling can be found, whichmay be explained by the complexity of what is measured as well as the multifaceted expectations and perceptions at different organizational levels.

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Gabel, Sharon. "Future Work| Denver Metropolitan Area Jobs in a Globalizing Economy." Thesis, University of Denver, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3641984.

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In the past twenty years, globalization has had both observable and intangible impacts on business and labor markets at the local level, that are of critical importance to communities and the people who inhabit them. While impacts of global economic change on local labor markets have been anticipated, there is little insight in the research literature into the empirical dynamics of the interrelationship between global economic change and local labor markets. This study examined the impacts of globalization on local labor markets through three lenses: (1) quantitative analysis of employment change in the Denver Metropolitan Region local labor market, (2) quantitative comparison of six other metropolitan regional labor markets across different geographies, and (3) a qualitative analysis of explicit reports by participants in the Denver Metropolitan local labor market (people in business, consulting, the public sector, and education). The main hypothesis of this study is that, in metropolitan areas where the forces of global economic change are at work, two proxy measures for globalization, foreign direct investment (FDI) and export trade, have a statistically significant relationship to changes in industry employment in local labor markets. Quantitative analysis used multiple regression to identify correlation between industry employment and FDI and export trade. Results indicate that there is a correlation in selected industries where the geographic factors of location provided an explanatory basis for the results. Qualitative analysis revealed that respondents have cautious optimism regarding the economic promise of globalization and still acknowledge the challenges that globalization brings into focus for the region's business, education and government stakeholders. It also demonstrated the differences in perspectives of the respondents from different roles: business owner, enterprise employee, educator, and government official. The study concludes that the data support the hypothesis in select industries where there are geographic advantages, but they do not support the generalization of the hypothesis to all cases where FDI or international export trade affect industry employment. The study further finds that each of the metros examined have unique regional economic development entities that partner to attract FDI and encourage international export trade.

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Choto, Prominent. "The impact of business incubators on survivalist entrepreneurs in the Cape Metropolitan area." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2069.

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Thesis (MTech (Business Administration (Entrepreneurship)))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2015.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of business incubators on survivalist entrepreneurs in the Cape Metropolitan Area. The question that guides this research is: What is the impact of business incubators on survivalist entrepreneurs in the Cape Town Metropolitan Area? This study was conducted in the context of economic growth and development, considering addressing the following problems: small business failure and the unemployment rate in South Africa. Although entrepreneurship is of greater importance to the growth and development of an economy, not all entrepreneurs are presented with the same opportunities and resources as others. As opposed to formal businesses, informal small businesses are normally discriminated against in terms of support, which is offered to them to necessitate their growth. The contribution that they make towards economic growth and development is often seen as insignificant. They lack opportunities that are enjoyed by large businesses and they suffer from discriminating policies, which has resulted in suppressed growth of these business ventures.

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O'Brecht, Michael. "Fund-raising by non-profit agencies in the health area." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/5715.

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Non-profit health agencies are examined from three perspectives: their contribution to medical research by region and subject area; changes in their revenue sources and fund-raising techniques between 1982 and 1987; and, correlates of fund-raising effectiveness. Data are obtained from a survey of 1,103 health charities and foundations, interviews with the executive directors of six hospital foundations across Canada and statistics in the public domain. Results indicate that in comparison with the distribution of Federal government research grants, health agency research funding is more highly concentrated in one province, Ontario, and two subject areas, cardiovascular disease and cancer. Agencies appear to be obtaining larger proportions of their total funding from donations or business activities and smaller proportions from government grants or transfers. Large-established agencies are shifting fund-raising resources from canvassing to direct mail. Two variables, public awareness of the agency and the proportion of agency funds derived from donations, appear to be important correlates of agency effectiveness as measured by donations per fund-raising dollar. Small, positive correlations are noted between two indicators of a marketing approach and fund-raising outcome. Implications for future research are discussed.

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Jonsson, Emma, and Linda Samuelsson. "Business Valuation : Valuation of IT-companies in the area of Jönköping." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, Business Administration, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-1322.

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In Sweden Internet was introduced in 1983 and IT became a popular phe-nomenon in the 1990s. In the middle of this decade IT-companies had a prosperous period. Many companies acquired competitors frequently dur-ing these years in order to build brand names and stay competitive. More than 400 IT-companies went bankrupt during 2001, due to the burst of the IT-bubble. Today, there is no doubt that IT-companies are willing to acquire other companies in the industry. Before an acquisition both the purchaser and seller do a careful valuation of the current company, using different valuation methods. Lately, there are some IT-companies in the area of Jönköping and its surroundings that have carried out acquisitions.

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In this thesis IT-companies in the area of Jönköping are considered in or-der to describe what valuation methods that are used when valuing these before an acquisition. Intangible assets are of great importance for this in-dustry. Therefore the aim is also to find out which these are and how they are valued.

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In order to fulfill the purpose a qualitative research is maintained. Primary data is collected from two telephone interviews and six face-to-face inter-views. Three of the interviews are conducted with people working at IT-companies that have carried out an acquisition between 2006 and 2008. The other interviews were performed with people working with business valuation on a daily basis.

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When valuing IT-companies as well as the intangible assets, where good-will is significant due to synergies, the net present value approach is most commonly used. The relative valuation approach is also useful, especially for companies in the early phase of the life cycle since these do not show any historical facts. Within the IT-industry; P/S, P/E, and value per em-ployee, are all useful. The net asset value approach is the most common before a direct acquisition. In this research indirect acquisitions are most often applied.

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I Sverige introducerades internet 1983 och IT blev ett populärt fenomen under 1990-talet. I mitten av decenniet hade IT-företagen en blomstrande period. Många företag förvärvade konkurrenter ofta för att skapa varu-märke och fortsätta vara konkurrenskraftiga. Över 400 IT-företag gick i konkurs under 2001 på grund av IT-bubblan. Idag är det ingen tvekan om att IT-företag är villiga att förvärva andra företag i denna industri. Innan ett förvärv genomför både förvärvaren och säljaren en noggrann värdering av det aktuella företaget med användning av olika värderingsmetoder. Det finns några IT-företag i Jönköpingsregionen som genomfört företagsför-värv på sista tiden.

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Syftet i denna uppsats är att beskriva vilka värderingsmetoder IT-företag i Jönköpingsregionen använder vid värdering innan ett företagsförvärv. Immateriella tillgångar är viktiga i denna industri. Därför är syftet även att identifiera dessa och se hur de värderas.

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För att uppfylla syftet används en kvalitativ metod. Primärdata är insamlad från två telefonintervjuer och de andra sex på intervjuobjektens kontor. Tre intervjuer genomfördes med personer som arbetar på IT-företag som genomfört företagsförvärv mellan 2006 och 2008. De andra intervjuerna genomfördes med personer som arbetar med företagsvärdering dagligen.

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Vid värdering av IT-företag såväl som de immateriella tillgångarna, främst goodwill tack vare synergier, används i första hand avkastningsvärdering. Relativvärdering är också användbar, särskilt för företag i det tidiga skedet av livscykeln då ingen historisk information finns att tillgå. Inom IT-industrin är; P/S, P/E och värde per anställd, alla användbara. Substans-värdering är vanligast vid ett direkt förvärv. I denna studie är indirekta förvärv oftast förekommande.

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Williams, Aneesah N. "Fay-Herriot small area estimation in the survey of business owners." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/7801.

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Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2007.
Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Mathematics. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.

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Grochowski, Edward A. "Needs assessment for small business operations program at Madison Area Technical College." Online version, 2004. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2004/2004grochowskie.pdf.

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Johansson, Elin, Vanessa Julianose, and Lisa Winroth. "Sustainable Chic : A cross-cultural study on Millennials' perception of sustainability and intended buying behaviour in the fast fashion industry." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65081.

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Globalisation has led to a rising need for sustainable efforts, not least in the fast fashion industry which is associated with unsustainable procedures in order to meet consumers’ needs and desires. In the fast fashion industry, collections of ecological fabrics, fair working conditions as well as higher quality are examples of sustainable actions. Additionally, the increasingly globalised world has created a demand to comprehend how the deeply rooted national culture affects consumers in the international fast fashion industry. The main target segment of the fast fashion industry is the Millennial generation and should thereby be further emphasised. The relevance of these topics led to the formulation of following research question: How does national culture affect Millennials’ perception of sustainability and intended buying behaviour in the fast fashion industry? The literature review introduces the five identified themes which are considered relevant in relation to the area of research; the Millennials, sustainability, fast fashion, sustainable consumer behaviour and culture. To finalise the literature review, a conceptual framework is presented which explains the connection between the themes. Furthermore, the thesis adopts a qualitative research method with an abductive approach. Therefore, four cross-cultural focus groups of 28 Millennials with seven different nationalities are conducted. This method is considered the most suitable for this thesis’ research area and purpose. Further, the empirical findings and the analysis are combined into one chapter which creates a discussion between the literature review, especially Hofstede’s dimensions of national culture, and the gathered data. Finally, the conclusion includes the answer to the research question, theoretical and practical implications, limitations and suggestions for further research. The results of this thesis indicate that national culture affects the perception of sustainability and the intended buying behaviour in the fast fashion industry in a complex manner, since the impact of national culture depends on the combination of dimensions. Furthermore, certain dimensions appear to be more dominant and decrease the impact of others.

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Kroukamp, Thelma. "Facilitating banking finance access for BBBEE firms in the Southern Cape area." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/996.

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Studies have shown that BBBEE parties are unsuccessful in raising banking finance due to a number of reasons. The objective of the enactment of the Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) Act is primarily to promote the participation of black people in the economy. The measurement of BBBEE is determined by the codes of good practice for Qualifying Small Enterprises (QSE), which consists of seven elements namely: ownership, management control, employment equity, skills development, preferential procurement, enterprise development and socio-economic development. Enterprises with annual turnover ranging from R5 million and R35 million qualify as QSE. These elements measure the level of BBBEE status. The enactment of the National Credit Act replaced the Usury Act, 1968 and the Credit Agreements Act, 1980. The objective of the act is to promote accessibility to the credit market and to prevent the over-indebtedness of consumers. The Act is applicable to natural persons with contractual capacity and juristic persons with monetary assets or annual turnover of less than R1 million. This study aims to establish the facilitation of access to banking finance for BBBEE SME’S within the George and Mossel Bay area as these towns form part of the Garden Route Business Banking Division of Nedbank. The effect of the BBBEE and NCA on the accessing of banking finance was studied and analysed. Credit applications are subject to stringent credit scoring systems to rate applicants, monitor performance and manage accounts. The Basel rating which measures the minimum level of capital a bank should hold to protect investors determines the interest rate charged for loans. These ratings affect the accessibility of banking finance. A framework for bank and SME relationship building shows the relationships between: • The accounts manager’s role in relationship management; • Branch staff role in relationship management; • Corporate policies as part of relationship management. A survey was conducted in the form of a questionnaire in order to obtain primary information from two sample groups, banking officials and BBBEE clients to establish the relationship between the two sample groups. Quantitative techniques were used and the data obtained from the two sample groups were analysed. The study revealed that the by establishment of relationships between BBBEE clients and banking officials would facilitate access to banking.

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Starkhammar, Victoria, and Anna Neglén. "Managing the gaps between intended and enacted value propositions : A qualitative study exploring internal marketing in a retail context." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-137279.

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The fierce competition on the retail market has led firms to stop focusing on firm-customer transactions and start focusing on firm-customer relations. New customer demands makes it impossible for firms to gain a sustainable advantage by focusing only on their goods assortment. This forces retailers to consider the customer experience and differentiate themselves by how they offer what they offer. This have led to that many retail companies try to shape the behaviours and emotional displays of their frontline employees in encounters with customers. Many firms define customer service concepts as an attempt to create high quality customer experiences. However, a successful realisation of these concepts can be challenging. Service-Dominant Logic researchers argue that firms cannot single headedly create value but that it is co-created in the interaction with customers. Therefore, they can only create value propositions, which is a proposal for value co-creation based on an integration of products and services. Services marketing researchers emphasise the importance of internal marketing for enabling frontline employees to represent the firm in the interactive value-creating process with the customer. Prior research focuses on the customer-driven development of value propositions, and techniques to conduct internal marketing, but does not provide relevant theories about the realisation of value propositions or the implementation of these internal marketing techniques. This thesis conceptualise the human factor of the realisation of the value proposition with the concept of intended and enacted value propositions. The purpose was to develop a deeper understanding of how internal marketing can be used to manage the gaps between intended and enacted retail value propositions. This was addressed by investigating one of Sweden’s largest retail companies on commission. Since the company has requested to remain confidential, it will be called Anonymous Commission Company (ACC) in this thesis. The current study has answered the following research question: “How can the gaps between intended and enacted retail value propositions be managed through internal marketing?” The research question was answered through a qualitative study and in-depth interviews with both CS concept managers and frontline employees. The intended value proposition was investigated by a combination of ACC documents related to the CS concept, and interviews with the CS concept managers. By interviewing the frontline employees, their perceptions and enactment of the value proposition was investigated, as well as how they experience the current internal operations at ACC. The findings confirmed the proposed concept of intended and enacted value propositions, and four main barriers causing the gaps between them were identified through a thematic network analysis. Internal marketing theories were used to analyse how retail companies can overcome these barriers by engaging, enabling, empowering and ensuring their frontline employees. The thesis offer implications for retail managers on how they can manage the gaps between intended and the enacted value propositions. The study contributes to prior research by combining value proposition theories and internal marketing theories, and by offering detailed recommendations for retail firms. Furthermore, the study enriches the practical implications regarding retail value propositions and retail value proposition realisation.

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Le, Roux Ingrid. "Economic and management science learning area of Curriculum 2005 and entrepreneurial orientation." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2003. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11242003-170243/.

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Ball, Rafael. "Bibliometric analysis as a new business area in libraries: Theory and practice." School of Communication & Information, Nanyang Technological University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/105995.

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Supplying users with literature by a seamless linking of media is the goal of (scientific) libraries. By the digitization of primary and secondary data and the convergence of products and providers, libraries have already come very close to achieving this ideal. A digital library is the realization of this goal. However, many librarians are in danger of running out of imagination. What will come after the digital library? Do we still need information professionals today? And, above all, what services are required? This paper identifies new fields of business for libraries with the example of bibliometric analysis. The discussion concerns the shape this service could take in practice, who needs it and what target groups exist in the scientific environment. Concrete examples of bibliometric analysis from the Central Library of Research Centre Jülich, the largest interdisciplinary research institution in Europe, round off the overview.

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Miranda, Vianka. "Strategies to Sustain a Real Estate Small Business in Postnatural-Disaster Area." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6458.

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Many small real estate business leaders lack effective strategies to resume and sustain operations in a postnatural-disaster environment. This multiple case study investigated strategies that 3 small real estate business leaders in southeastern Louisiana used to resume and sustain operations in the aftermath of a natural disaster. The chaos theory and stakeholder theory were the conceptual frameworks for this study. Data were collected from semistructured interviews, and reviews of business continuity plan documents and member checking. The themes that emerged from data analysis were leaders' strategies relating to business planning and innovation, stakeholder engagement, operations management, and disaster responsiveness. Implications of the findings of this study for social change include identification of effective strategies for increasing the sustainability of small businesses in the real estate industry through implementation of proven business continuity strategies that might help keep communities intact, reestablish commerce, and contribute to regional economic sustainability in the aftermath of a natural disaster.

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Liebert, Andreas. "Industry 4.0 – the intended impact of Cyber Physical Systems in a Smart Factory on the daily business processes : A Study on BMW (UK) Manufacturing Limited." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-54407.

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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the opportunities that Industry 4.0 brings within the framework of applying Cyber Physical Systems in an environment of a Smart Factory. This paper shall identify the changes within daily business processes and the impact of these changes on the daily business life. Design/Methodology/Approach: The research is carried out as a case study research. Due to a qualitative approach for this case study interviews are conducted and the results are analyzed and discussed. Findings: Industry 4.0 will change the way we are working today and influence businesses and business processes in many ways. Data handling, processes and efficiency will change and the way we perceive manufacturing will change in a long term view. Further Research: It would be recommended to expand this research by conducting more research in this particular field as well as impacts on the employee should be studied more in detail.

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Gummesson, Sandra. "Employer Branding- Attracting Employees to the area of GGV." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-35646.

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Abstract Background: Although the area of Gnosjö, Gislaved and Värnamo (GGV) have many companies it still lacks of highly educated people. The three municipalities are underrepresented of highly educated employees in relation to population, thus being able to attract and keep employees are a crucial part for the survival of the companies. The new younger generation, generation Y, is different from previous generations as they demand more from their employer and change jobs more frequently than previous generations thus the employer branding and internal marketing strategies must be improved. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to understand how different companies in the area of Gislaved, Värnamo and Gnosjö can attract and retain highly educated employees. Method: The study was made with a qualitative method, through in-depth interviews with the HR-managers of the companies chosen. A judgmental sampling technique was used with the criteria’s of manufacturing companies, 35 number of employees, 300 million SEK in turnover and located in the area of GGV. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and coded. Conclusion: Concluding, the majority of the companies are lacking highly educated employees. The results show that companies are to some extend using strategies for attracting and retaining employees. The participants were asked about employees, employer branding strategies and internal marketing activities. However the strategies are not grounded in how the employees want it, nor in previous research. The companies could use several more strategies and in a more structural way.

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Chodokufa, Kudakwashe. "An analysis of the business relationship between SMEs and insurance companies in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan area." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/279.

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Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs) play an important role as employers and in the economic growth of South Africa and in Africa as a whole. SMEs comprise over 90 percent of African business operations and contribute to over percent of African employment and GDP. SMEs sector has shown positive signs in South Africa, Mauritius and North Africa. SMEs constitute 95 percent of formal manufacturing activity in Nigeria. Senegal and Kenya have provided an environment which is conducive for SMEs (African Development Bank 2005). In August 2006, flood damage to small businesses and residential premises in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Area was estimated at R120million (SABC News 2006). The holding of an insurance cover by SMEs is crucial and beneficial to the economy and to the survival and success of the Small and Medium Enterprise sector. If a business has an insurance policy and a relationship with its insurer it becomes easier for the company to over come such a catastrophe. However, literature has shown that insurance companies are not willing to insure SMEs and it is the aim of this research to establish whether a relationship between the two constructs exists. An article entitled New Deal In The Offering for SMMEs, the author stated that the insurance industry prefer to deal only with established businesses (Mthimkhulu 2008). The aim of this research is to establish the importance of business relationship between Insurance companies and SMEs. The research will show how beneficial such a relationship is to both industries. The data for the research was collected through a survey type structured questionnaire that was developed and validated. The questionnaire was administered to the owners or managers of SMEs in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Area. The primary objective of this research was to establish whether SMEs in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Area have insurance policies for their businesses, and the results have shown that most of the SMEs in the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Area do not have insurance policies for their businesses.

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Jahnke, Nina Candice. "Financial integration and business cycle synchronisation in the Euro area : exploring the links /." Mannheim, 2008. http://opac.nebis.ch/cgi-bin/showAbstract.pl?sys=000254274.

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Schneckloth, Lindsey Lea. "Crossing borders: from Iowa to Argentina : a cross-cultural training program for business professionals." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2011. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1076.

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Crossing Borders: From Iowa to Argentina is a cross-cultural training program for business professionals originating from Iowa that may work in Argentina or with individuals that do or are from there.

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Awliya, Sahar Abdulhalim. "Experiences of Suitable Housing Developers in the Jeddah Metropolitan Area, Saudi Arabia." Thesis, Argosy University/Twin Cities, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10692963.

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The rising demand for suitable housing for low- and middle-income Saudi residents in the Jeddah, Saudi Arabia metropolitan area exceeds the supply. This study explored the possibilities and obstacles facing private sector real estate developers in the development of suitable housing in the Jeddah metropolitan area. The study identified and described developers’ perspectives relative to supply and demand trends, obstacles that inhibited the development of suitable housing, incentives that might help build suitable housing, and possible long-term solutions to address the ongoing mismatch between supply and demand. The study employed a qualitative case study design, and the case was private sector real estate development in Jeddah. The researcher conducted semi structured, open-ended interviews with 16 private sector, residential real estate developers in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Case study findings revealed four major obstacles: bureaucratic frustrations with the Ministry of Housing and the Municipality of Jeddah; lack of financing options for potential homeowners and private sector developers; lack of land with the necessary infrastructure to create communities; and potential homeowners’ culture-based desire, or housing norm, for large, expensive villas. Future research could investigate the efficacy of the solutions recommended by the study’s participants; how other nations’ housing solutions could be adapted to the Saudi context; and best practices for integrating the study’s findings, conclusions, and recommendations with the Kingdom’s National Transformation Program 2020 and Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 .

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Tassin, Rolline Estelle Ndjike. "TRANSITING FROM THE INFORMAL TO FORMAL BUSINESS: MOTIVES, CHALLENGES AND THE COPING MECHANISMS OF SELECTED TRANSITED BUSINESSES IN THE BLOEMFONTEIN AREA." Thesis, Bloemfontein: Central University of Technology, Free State, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11462/235.

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Thesis (M. Tech. (Business Administration)) -- Central University of Technology, Free State, 2014
This exploratory study seeks to contribute to the theoretical and empirical understanding of the transition of small businesses from the informal to the formal sector. It builds on the role of the informal sector as “engines” for economic and socio-cultural development. Using selected businesses in the Mangaung area of the Free State province as case studies, this study investigates the motives for transition of informal businesses to the formal sector in South Africa, challenges encountered in the process of formalisation and the coping strategies relied upon to deal with challenges encountered in the process of formalisation. Key indicators were identified from the literature and were further developed for investigation. A qualitative approach was used for the collection of data from selected transited businesses in the Bloemfontein area using semi-structured interviews. Findings from the study suggest that the decision by small business owners to formalise is motivated by their desire to grow and expand their businesses; access to proper banking services; and to access government contracts and tenders. The results also reveal that the quest for growth is however hindered by long queues endured by business applicants during the process of formalisation; lack of adequate and relevant information on the process of formalisation; coupled with the lack of government support for informal businesses’ transitioning to the formal sector. Findings further revealed that adequate information on the process of formalisation and self-trust are key coping mechanisms needed by small business owners to successfully progress/ transit to the formal sector. Based on these findings, the study recommends that government both provincial and national play a more proactive role in regulating the informal economy by creating an environment conducive for their growth and development, and facilitating their transition to the formal sector. Informal small business owners also must be provided with information on the process of formalisation and of the existing government structures put in place to support businesses in their transition phase.

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Bedi, David Seikokotlelo. "Information security in hospitality SMMEs in the Cape Metropole area: policies and measures in the online environment." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/1693.

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Thesis submitted in the fulfilment of the requirements for the degree Master of Technology: Office Management and Technology In the Faculty of Business At the Cape Peninsula University of Technology 2013
In the past Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMMEs) used to be confined to a particular geographical location to conduct their business. This is no longer the case especially since the introduction of the internet. The World Wide Web (Web) now offers SMMEs an opportunity to market, communicate, advertise, purchase and sell goods and services online 7 days a week, 24 hours a day around the globe. However, doing business online is not without risk, as companies also have to ensure that they have adequate security measures in place. SMMEs need to be kept updated on security threats that keep on emerging. They need to keep their information secure in order to avoid unnecessary losses. The advances in modern technology, especially with computers that are connected to the internet have resulted in SMMEs being exposed to cyber-attacks. In most cases, these companies do not have the financial muscle to effectively address such data breaches. Even though cyber-attacks are on the rise, hospitality SMMEs still leave themselves vulnerable to these attacks. Data breaches can be a result of both internal and external attacks. Research indicates that internal attacks are not easy to detect thus making them more deadly than external attacks. It is therefore, important for SMME to come up with policies that will curb inside attacks. However, information security policies are not common amongst hospitality SMMEs. SMMEs are not always aware of the risks that they are exposed to even though their customers expect them to keep information secure whenever they conduct online business. Most of the hospitality SMMEs are expected to provide online bookings. Credit cards are commonly used in this instance and if the information is not kept secure, companies may face lawsuits from customers. Even though the majority of the hospitality SMMEs indicate that they keep credit card data secure, there are still cases where some do not ensure secure transactions whenever credit card information is exchanged. Vulnerability assessment in order to check if there are any loopholes in networks is rarely carried out by SMMEs. These companies hire IT experts on a temporary basis; further exposing themselves as they there is no one to monitor their networks on a daily basis. In most cases SMMEs believe that technology is their answer to security problems. They omit the human aspect of security. Even though SMMEs indicate that data loss is one of the challenges they are facing, they still fail to put measures in place to address this. This research examines measures and policies implemented by hospitality SMMEs in their quest to address data security breaches. Only hospitality SMEs that are connected to the internet are used in this research.

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Schmid, Timo [Verfasser], and Ralf [Akademischer Betreuer] Münnich. "Spatial Robust Small Area Estimation applied on Business Data / Timo Schmid ; Betreuer: Ralf Münnich." Trier : Universität Trier, 2012. http://d-nb.info/1197806121/34.

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Tate, Graham J. "An evaluation of the Shropshire Hills Environmentally Sensitive Area from the farm business perspective." Thesis, University of Reading, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.394150.

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Johnson, Gary W. "An analysis of electromechanical competences by business and industry within the Chippewa Valley area." Online version, 2008. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2008/2008johnsong.pdf.

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Hsiao, Ya-fan, and 蕭雅帆. "Research on Renewal and Reconstruction of Business Area-the Case of Tianmu Business Area." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/n5ncbg.

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國立臺北科技大學
建築與都市設計研究所
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With the business environment in the city has changed, between the traditional and the new business area will continue to rise and fall of the competition. The traditional district in the city was development naturally in the site conditions, traffic environment and different cultural. Under the influence of environment of business area without an overall plan, decline in the quality of the physical environment and the lack of resources, the traditional business area can not contend with the new one, it will decline and recession gradually. The Reconstruction of Business Area has been promoting more than ten years, the process of reconstruction in recent, whether in the improvement of physical environment, the operation and management of district organization, policies, and the communication with local residents, are facing the issues and problems. As a result, it is necessary to review these issues and problems. This research takes the examples of Tianmu Business Area. Using field study, in-depth interview, analyzing the questions from three fields—government, counseling team, local representatives and district organizations. Important discoveries in this research are as follows, 1. Should be established the model of reconstruction suit the measure to local conditions and plan comprehensively. According to the characteristics of different areas, design different interaction for the local environment. 2. Local residents and the district stores gather consensus to exist and flourish together, increasing the sense of identity with the environment. 3. The establishment of the operating mechanism of the district organizations, learning independent operation, as well as the concept of sustainable planning. Suggestions: To governments: To provide a wide range of financial benefits, business area of the fund mechanisms and the establishment of decision-making organizations. To counseling team: Enhance the communication with local residents and stores, with the direction of identity, developing appropriate a mode of the reconstruction of business area. To district organizations: Draft the direction and development of business area, learning how to exist and flourish together, promoting regional industrial and commercial development, create the overall business environment improvement and growth.

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Mokoaleli, Thabo C. "An investigation into why housing consolidation projects only reach 70%-80% of intended beneficiaries on closure of the project in Metropolitan Durban." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2136.

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When the Government of National Unity (GNU) came to power in South Africa in 1994, it inherited a housing sector with severe abnormalities as a result of the policies and political turbulence of the apartheid era (Department of Housing/DOH, 2000a). One of the main problems was and is still the enormous housing backlog facing large sections of the country's population both in rural and urban areas. The housing crisis in South Africa has received extensive attention by the South African government, non-profit organizations and international actors such as research and aid organisations since the demise of apartheid. This shows the historical and present interest on the SUbject. The most significant development in housing policy in 1990 was the creation of the Independent Development Trust (lOT). The lOT, was a parastatal, a government created institution in 1991, which was to address the housing needs of the country's poor. As one form of housing subsidisation, housing consolidation subsidies have been used in housing projects for households to build new houses or improve existing structures on the serviced sites that were previously subsidized through the Independent Development Trust (lOT) in the 1990's. The realisation that between 20%-30% of beneficiaries do not take occupancy at the end of a specific project, has brought a serious concern to the Housing Department, local community structures and Project Managers. This study, focuses on the Durban Metropolitan Area; it intend to increase one's understanding of why consolidation housing projects only reach 70%-80% of intended beneficiaries on closure of the projects. The housing consolidation projects in Luganda and Savannah Park, Southern Pinetown, Durban, which are the sUbject of the present stUdy, were initiated in 1996 and 2000 respectively with the intent to deliver over 2000 houses in both study areas. These are being investigated. The study takes a form of a wholes tick approach and tries to make a link between the absent beneficiaries and those who informally transfer their property to new owners. The reason is simply that the 20-30% originally intended beneficiaries are not benefiting from the Consolidation Housing Subsidy. The study aims to look at alternative, cheaper and affordable ways of obtaining title deeds for people who have bought sites informally from the authentic officially recognised beneficiaries. Lastly, the study will contribute by data gathering and analysis, to the understanding of the phenomenon of low-occupancy and informal or de facto transfer of property.
Thesis (M.Housing)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2006.

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Lin, Su-hua, and 林素華. "A Study on Performance Satisfaction on the Renewal and Reconstruction of Business Area – the Case of Wang-Kung Business Area." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96113478720245499283.

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臺中健康暨管理學院
經營管理研究所
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To improve the competence of traditional business areas, since 1995, the MOEA had gradually budgeted to renew and reconstruct the business areas year by year. How about the actual achievement for the consulting efforts made by MOEA? It is worthy of our further investigation. The actual consulting achievement can be evaluated in view of efficiency and performance. However, the duration of consulting effort made by MOEA is still too long to substantially evaluate the achievement. Thus, through the satisfaction degrees for vendors and customers in response to the consulting efforts, we can evaluate the real achievement and also investigate the factors possibly influencing the real performance. Thus, we can offer the suggestions to improve the performance and achievement for consulting efforts made MOEA. Within this research, we put our aiming efforts onto the dimensions of interview questionnaires for the consulting efforts made for the Wang-Kung Business Area Plan with 4 goals included. Also, we focus on the said 4 goals to create the major questionnaire contents and separately interview vendors and customers of business areas. As for the part of vendor interview, we have made the overall visiting interview. As for the customer part, we focus on the customers who used to visit the Wang-Kung Business Area to act as the experimental subjects for this research. We have made 300 subjects for sampling research. The higher expectation for vendors and customers in request for the consulting efforts also means the higher demands. The ones with lower expectation mean lower demands in consulting efforts. The difference between expectation and actual sense means the performance satisfaction of both vendors and customers so that we can understand whether the consulting efforts can meet the actual demands and the real achievement of the relevant consulting plan. We conclude as below: 1. The performance for renewal and reconstruction of business area is not as good as we suppose. 2. The consulting service items with least satisfaction answered by vendors and customers are separately ”The Eye-catching Labels Leading to Wang-Kung and Adjacent Scenic Spots” and “The Improvement for Store Environment Hygiene” for inferior execution performance. The items with mediocre satisfaction for plan execution performance answered by vendors and customers are separately “The Art Object Made by Oyster Shells Is Worthy for Sales Promotion!” and “The Activity Arrangement & Explanation for Oyster Farming Ecology Visit”. 3. The real sense for vendors feel about the “Promotion Activities” and “Ecology Experience Visit” will positively influence the overall performance satisfaction. The “Product Innovation” and “Business Opportunity Improvement” expected by vendors will negatively influence the overall performance satisfaction. 4. The real sense for customers feel about the “Touring Information” and “Product Features” will positively influence the overall performance satisfaction. The “Touring Information” expected by customers will negatively influence the overall performance satisfaction. Key Word: Renewal and Reconstruction of Business Area

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LIN, HONG-NAN, and 林鴻南. "The Effect of User-Perceived Web Quality and Habit on the Intended Use of Business-to-Consumer Web Sites." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/52645459922138383229.

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國立中正大學
資訊管理學系
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A business-to-consumer (B2C) Web site not only provides information about products and services but also acts as platform of online transactions. Whether the excellence of Web qualities, such as aesthetics of Web appearance, completeness of Web content, sufficiency of function, technical adequacy, and so forth, can meet the demand of users will affect users’ perception of a Web site, and will be the crucial factor for the users to assess if the Web retailer is trustworthy and the Web site is useful and then to influence their intention to use the Web site. It is assumed that when an experienced online shopper is satisfied with the products and/or services provided by a Web site and is familiar with the usage of the Web site, he or she may form a habit of using the Web site and unwilling to switch to another. This study will attempt to combine two diverse viewpoints of consumer’s rational assessments, usefulness and trust, and non-rational assessment, habit, on choosing a B2C Web site, and to conduct an empirical analysis to understand which factors will affect the consumer’s intended use of a B2C Web site. Furthermore, by taking Web quality and habit as external variables, their effects on trust and perceived usefulness will be explored. Data were obtained through survey. A total of 344 useful responses were retrieved. The study used structural equation modeling to analyze the samples. The findings of this paper are as follows: 1. Perceived usefulness, trust, and habit have positively effect on the intended use of a B2C Web site. 2. Habit has positively effect on perceived usefulness and trust and it indirectly impacts the intended use of a B2C Web site. Furthermore, trust also has positively effect on perceived usefulness. 3. Of the four dimensions of Web quality, content quality, specific content, and technical adequacy have positively effect on trust, but only technical adequacy has positively effect on perceived usefulness. 4. For experienced online shoppers, habit, the non-rational factor, affects behavioral intention more than trust and perceived usefulness, the rational factors, do.

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Hellberg, Astrid Edelgard Suzanne. "Is the turnover tax system functioning as intended? An exploratory study." Diss., 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/27725.

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Abstracts in English, Afrikaans and Tswana
This study explores whether the turnover tax system (TTS) fulfils its intended function of being a simplified tax system, using primary and secondary data. Structural-functionalism and the tax canons form the theoretical foundations for this study and are used to guide the questionnaire design, data collection process, identification of the overarching themes and the data analysis. Semi-structured interviews are utilised to solicit information from the selected participants, using convenience and snowball selection techniques. The participants believe that the TTS is not functioning as a fully simplified tax system, as not all the tax canons and structural functionalism principles of an effective tax system are being met. The concept of the TTS is perceived as good, although the administration thereof and the South African Revenue Service officials’ knowledge on the TTS are seen to be inadequate. Various recommendations are provided to improve the TTS.
Hierdie studie het ten doel om te bepaal of die omsetbelastingstelsel (“TTS”) sy beoogde funksie vervul – naamlik dié van ŉ vereenvoudigde belastingstelsel, deur die gebruik van primêre en sekondêre data. Strukturele funksionalisme en die belastingbeginsels vorm die teoretiese grondbeginsels vir hierdie studie en word gebruik om die vraelysontwerp, data-insamelingsproses, identifisering van die oorkoepelende temas en die data-ontleding te lei. Halfgestruktureerde onderhoude word gebruik om die uitgesoekte deelnemers om inligting te vra met behulp van gerieflikheid- en sneeubalselekteringstegnieke. Die deelnemers glo dat die omsetbelastingstelsel nie as ŉ ten volle vereenvoudigde belastingstelsel funksioneer nie, aangesien nie al die belastingbeginsels en strukturelefunksionalismebeginsels van ŉ doeltreffende belastingstelsel gevolg word nie. Die konsep van die omsetbelastingstelsel word as goed beskou, hoewel die administrering daarvan, sowel as die kennis wat die Suid-Afrikaanse Inkomstediens se amptenare ten opsigte van die omsetbelastingstelsel het, as ontoereikend beskou word. Verskeie aanbevelings word gedoen om die omsetbelastingstelsel te verbeter.
Thuto ye e lebeledišiša ge e le gore poelo ya tshepedišo ya lekgetho (TTS) e kgotsofatša mohola wo e nepetšwego wona e lego wa go ba tshepedišo ya lekgetho yeo e nolofaditšwego ka go šomiša tshedimošo ya motheo le ya tlaleletšo. Tšhomišego ya sebopego le melao ya motšhelo go hlama metheo ya dikgopolo ya thuto ye le go e šomiša go hlahla tlhamo ya letlakalapotšišo, tshepedišo ya go kgoboketša tshedimošo, tlhaolo ya merero ya go tlaleletša le tekolo ya tshedimošo. Dipoledišano tša go hlamega gannyane di šomišwa go hwetša tshedimošo go batšeakarolo bao ba kgethilwego, go šomišwa kgonagalo le mekgwatiro ya go kgetha ka go ya godimo. Batšeakarolo ba dumela go re TTS ga e šome bjalo ka tshepedišo ya go tlala ya lekgetho, ka ge e se metheo ka moka ya melao ya lekgetho yeo e fihlelelwago. Lereo la TTS le lemogwa bjalo ka le kaone, le ge tshepedišo ya lona le tsebo ya bašomi ba Ditirelo tša Lekgetho tša Afrika Borwa ya TTS e bonala e sa lekana. Ditigelo tše mmalwa di tšweleditšwe go kaonafatša TTS.
College of Accounting Sciences
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黃曉玲. "A Research on Management Strategy of Business Area Regeneration － Case Study of Yeong-Leh Street Image Business Area Chang-Hua City." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/24880322666964055548.

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國立彰化師範大學
地理學系
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Since today Taiwan’s standard of living rose, the life-style changed and the structures of the industries reformed, the populace regarded the consumable archery target request also along with it increased, and the traditional obsolete business area were unable to meet consumer's need. Moreover, these business area faced the hard commercial competition that was many large-scale retail stores developed, and caused its business area management condition to decline day after day. In order to make their business opportunities again, inevitably it would revitalize business area in accordance to present situation. The subject of the study was Yeong-Leh Street Image Business Area Chang-hwa city and the researcher prospected the spot personally to find out its business categories, business space, the street use situation, and consumer behavior. Then using the questionnaires to come at consumers’ cognitive difference between before and after. Finally, the researcher analyzed and drew up the strategies of trade area redevelopment by S.W.O.T analysis model. Through those researches and discussions that mentioned above, Yeong-Leh Street Image Business Area has transformed into an amusement trade area by molding it. For the long-term operating goal of composite business area, however, Yeong-Leh Street Image Business Area still has much space to develop. If the redevelopment plan focuses only on changing the commercial environment and facilities but doesn’t aim at strengthening the co-prosperity management idea of the shops and make self-criticism of commercial environment in accordance to present development trend, it will be disadvantageous to the external management of the redeveloped business area. The most important thing is to establish an external management mechanism as well as make laws and regulations in order to give an impetus to business area redevelopment plan successfully. The experience of Yeong-Leh Street Image Business Area redevelopment can be the foundation for the public sector plan and carry out Yeong-Leh Consumer Center for the future. How to establish a mechanism of external management and build a comfortable and safe shopping space to satisfy consumers’ demands is the main point of carrying out the trade area redevelopment plan.

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SEN, LI CHU, and 李竹森. "Survey Research of Pawnshop Business Operation In Taipei Area." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/15642130996330819435.

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Mchunu, Goodness Busisiwe. "Survival strategies of micro business in the Pinetown area." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/11248.

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There are numerous government and private sector initiatives aimed at supporting micro business in South Africa, yet there seems to be a lack of coercion, synergy and harmony in these endeavours to assist such businesses. A common perception about government is that all of its business programmes, have a string of protocols, red tape and intermediaries resulting in delays and inefficient support. Efforts to access this assistance is burdensome for micro-business. There is loss of time and resources in the process. This research paper sought to establish what business management strategies are employed by the micro-business owner in the Pinetown area, as a means to survive and grow. Business management strategies have been discussed in light of their strength to help the business survive and grow. The effectiveness and the efficiency of these management strategies is measured based on the classification of micro- business and the research methodology chosen. Questionnaires have been self administered to the micro-business owners to obtain their response on strategies practical for their survival. The area of study selected has been the Pinetown Area located within the Ethekwini Municipality, and part of the Province of KwaZulu- Natal. Findings from literature have highlighted constraints limiting micro business growth in South Africa. Findings have also highlighted major survival strategies viewed as the main motivating factor for micro-business owners to survive. Two key findings emerged from the study; firstly the need micro business owners to be financially prudent and to manage their business better. The second major finding was the existence of collaborative savings (stokvel), utilized as a traditional investment strategy. Recommendations based on these are the provision of financial management skills to micro business, through mentorship and financial assistance programmes by government agencies. This would benefit the micro-business owners realize their dreams of substantial and extensive business expansion.
MBA. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 2012.

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Li, Hung-chi, and 李弘吉. "Business Model Analysis of E-Learning in Taiwan Area." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/9ns7th.

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碩士
國立臺灣科技大學
企業管理系
94
Under the circumstances that e-commerce environment is ripe gradually, the state plan is promoted and grown up with the global market, e-learning market begins to activate in digit. In recent years , several Taiwan learning enterprise establish one after another,and the quantity increases continuously. Under this situation , Many types of operation becomes to be quite important research topic. The main purpose of this research is to discover concept structure that e-learning is studied and managed, and uses the constructing of value chain to conduct the operation of the procedure and increase the specific enterprise's competitiveness. First, the research passes document retrospect that collects and learns several relevant papers extensively, in order to strengthen the theoretical foundation, and then add the interview of the practice expert that constructs several studys and analyzes the cases. Moreover, it carry on the planning of case interview that select the research object, draft the interview questionnaire, carry on depth interview by revising the idea structure, increase the integrality and suitability of the structure. In conclude , it takes the idea structure revised as the core finally, and the discovery of cooperating with the real example to analyze, and develops out this research proposition and get results and suggestions. E-learning operators provide service by way of adding fictitiously in the entity, they use to increase the value of the goods and service, and transmit the service or the products to others . To achieve purpose this create competitiveness of advantage most, several study operator can adopt the e-learning structure of value chain, through the main activity and auxiliary activity, offer service of studying for consumers.

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Brito, João Renato Figueiredo. "Business intelligence solution for the economic and financial area." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10773/25127.

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When used properly, the most powerful tool that companies have to understand their business is the data generated by the business. Nowadays every mid-to-large size company uses an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that collects information about the state of all di erent divisions of the enterprise and stores this information, making it available to be used by every department of the company. The data stored is very valuable to a company and properly analyzed it can help companies take better business actions. The current Business Intelligence solutions work great when analyzing data from a single source, but struggle to collect data from di erent sources. The objective of this dissertation is to create a Business Intelligence solution, focused in the nancial and economic eld, that can extract data from all the di erent ERPs that currently exist and store that information in a Data Warehouse, making it available to further processing and analyzing. This project was proposed by a portuguese company, Satbyte, and it was done in a business environment in collaboration with it to develop a new marketable product for the company. This document contains the proposed solution to the problem and a implementation of it. That consisted in the creation of a Data Warehouse to store the data in an integrated way, coming from several ERPs and the development, in web environment, of several use cases from the economic and nancial analysis eld. The developed solution proved to be e ective for the purpose initially formulated and was validated by the company as having a crucial role for the continuation of the development of the extended Business Intelligence solution in which they intend to continue to invest.
Quando usada correctamente, a ferramenta mais poderosa que uma empresa tem ao seu dispor para compreender o seu negócio são os dados gerados pelo próprio negócio. Actualmente todas as médias e grandes empresas usam um sistema de Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) que junta informação sobre o estado de todas as diferentes divisões da empresa e armazena essa informação, disponibilizando-a para ser depois usada por todos os departamentos da empresa. Os dados armazenados são muito valiosos para uma empresa, e devidamente analisados podem ajudar as empresas a tomar melhores acções de negócio. As soluções actuais de Business Intelligence são óptimas ao analisar dados de uma única fonte, mas não foram pensadas para analisar dados de fontes diferentes. O objectivo desta dissertação é criar uma solução de Business Intelligence, com foco na área económico-financeira, capaz de extrair dados de diferentes ERPs que existem actualmente e armazenar esses dados numa Data Warehouse, disponibilizando-os para serem mais tarde processados e analisados. Este projecto foi proposto por uma empresa portuguesa, Satbyte, sendo realizado em ambiente empresarial em colaboração com a mesma por forma a desenvolver um novo produto que possa ser comercializado pela empresa. Este documento apresenta a solução proposta para o problema e a implementação da mesma. Esta consistiu na construção de uma Data Warehouse para guardar os dados de forma integrada, proveninentes de diversos ERPs e o desenvolvimento, em ambiente web, de diversos casos de uso do âmbito da análise financeira e económica empresarial. A solução desenvolvida provou ser eficaz para o propósito inicialmente formulado e foi validada pela empresa como a peça crucial para a continuação do desenvolvimento da solução de Business Intelligence alargada na qual pretendem continuar a investir.
Mestrado em Engenharia de Computadores e Telemática

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Chi-Feng, Chang, and 張旗峰. "Kaohsiung area, private swimming pool business critical success factors." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/00071816115842783645.

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碩士
高苑科技大學
經營管理研究所
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This study aims to investigate the Kaohsiung area, private swimming pool business critical success factors for the Delphi method and Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method for the study used purposive sampling invite the industry to professional managers and management practices experienced experts participate in the survey. The first stage of issuing 16 questionnaires, 15 questionnaires recovery 93.75%; second stage and recovered 15 questionnaires distributed, 100% recovery rate; third stage 30 questionnaires distributed and recovered, the recovery rate of 100%. The results show that: The four assessment dimensions weight order as follows: (1) Operational management, (2)Operations base, (3)Marketing strategy, (4)Services quality. Management factors weights order: (1)Sound financial condition, (2)Management team's expertise and ability, (3)Complete training, (4)Crisis management capabilities. Operations base factors weights order: (1)Traffic and parking convenience, (2)With the competitors distance, (3)Equipment and facilities standards and the environment is clean and tidy, (4) Space and line planning. Marketing strategies influencing factors weights order: (1)Issuing membership cards & VIP cards, (2)Teaching and swimming training class planning, (3) Advertising and promotional activities, (4)Different industry cooperation and development. Service quality factors weights order: (1)Standards of service and professional experience, (2) Customer satisfaction surveys, (3)Handling customer complaints authorization levels, (4) Provide customized services. Kaohsiung area private pool key success factors of the overall level weights comprehensive comparison revealed that: Sort 1-5 total weight of 58.04%, respectively, for the sound financial position (19.69%), transportation and parking convenience resistance (14.21%), management team's expertise and ability (8.77%), with the competitors from (8.59%), equipment, facilities and environment clean and tidy level (6.78%). Sort 6-10 items total weight 26.67%, respectively, issuing membership cards, VIP cards (6.63%), and improve education and training (6.39%), service level and professional experience (5.07%), crisis management capability (4.84%), teaching and swimming training classes planning (3.74%). Sort by 11-16 items total weight 15.29%, respectively, space and line planning (3.32%), advertising and promotional activities (3.25%), customer satisfaction surveys (3.23%), handling customer complaints authorization level (2.61%), cross-industry cooperation and development (1.48%), providing customized services (1.39%). Sort than the latter, but the importance of the different levels, does not mean it is completely unimportant. Key Words: Private Swimming Pool, Critical Successful Factors (CSF), Delphi method, Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method

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SAFRIANA, DESI, and 李岱稀. "Revitalization of Peunayong Area as Central Business District (CBD)." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/87127334968977801606.

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碩士
中華大學
建築與都市計畫學系碩士班
101
The redevelopment of Peunayong area has been seen as a primary issue on revitalizing urban areas. In the case of Peunayong Downtown area, is in need of such rejuvenation/regeneration because this area considered as Central Business District (CBD) of Banda Aceh city which support the economic growth of Aceh people. In 2011 redevelopment plans for the area are underway; City Government has set out a proposal to redevelop both core area and its riverfront area. However, the program was not implemented successfully due to several obstacles. Therefore, in order to accomplish the goal of a revitalization of Peunayong area, the authors must first identify site problems and inhibiting factors, and then determine research questions to address the issues properly. The purpose of this thesis is to define the strategy and conceptual design in order to recommend new design that should be included in the redevelopment effort. Based on research findings it has been found several strategies which include nonphysical and physical improvement. Furthermore, Recommendations for future development are also provided. It is expected that this thesis could give contribution and support to the government to realize the revitalization efforts in Peunayong area as Central Business District (CBD) of Banda Aceh city.

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Lin, Jyh-Woei, and 林治緯. "Guojun Stay Business Service Quality Research -Research Stay in Kaohsiung Area Business Group Patients." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/54348197673182493039.

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碩士
樹德科技大學
經營管理研究所
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In recent years, the Government has vigorously promote various measures of administrative reform and innovation, the purpose of "serving the public" for the purpose, at all levels of the national army to distinguish between the different types of field operations, logistics, services, agencies and other service units, especially organ types also to promote the quality of service innovation combined with the current government policy objectives, the thesis that explore the Kaohsiung region perform Guojun stay business service quality, for the satisfaction of the Army (heritage) dependents of empirical research, comprehensive literature study to by Parasuraman, Zeithaml &; Berry (1988) the expectations raised by the three scholars feel actual perception gap mode, and the 1991 amendments SERVQUAL scale based deliberate project and the characteristics of the Kaohsiung area left behind business units serving the public, and thus "tangibles"," reliability "," responsiveness "," assurance "," caring "factors of the five dimensions of PZB model gap 5, the desired degree of service quality and the degree of cognitive research framework ,by questionnaire survey to measure the Guojun the Army (heritage) dependents receive services, stay on the Kaohsiung area business group perform a desired degree of actual satisfaction of serving the people working for statistical analysis after the survey, access to improve service quality the helpful. The results showed that stay in Kaohsiung services business unit country Junjun (left) dependents degree of service quality expectations and the actual cognitive feelings both have significant differences, such as age, education, served in the degree of attention from the actual cognitivethe extent generally are of significant difference.

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Hsu, Lieh-Chia, and 許烈嘉. "Management and Planning Design Interface of Metropolitan Area Business Hotels." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55q9ac.

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碩士
國立臺北科技大學
建築與都市設計研究所
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Tourism development serves as an indication of the internationalization and modernization of a nation. As a result of increased income per capita, recreational time and demand for business travels, local tourism industries flourish, and hotels have assumed a significant role in the modern economic system and the recreation infustry. Since the initial preparation of an investment proposal, hotel management and planing/design have been knitted together. Investment concept, market positioning, hardware facility planning, financial planning and management are interlaced. Yet, in most of the cases in time past managers were not involved in hotel development until the buildings and the hardware facilities were completed. The practice often created gaps between administrative requirements and hardware facilities and severely impacted operational efficiency. Very few past researches were devoted to studies of the interface of hotel management and planning/design. It would be of significant meaning, therefore, to explore integration of management and planning/design interfaces of business hotels. This study proposes to delve into three main issues: “hotel industry,” “hotel management” and “hotel planning/design”. Research methods include literature review, case analysis and in-dpeth interviews. From the perspective of management and planning/design, it proposes a busines hotel management and planning/design principle checklist to help the management team formulate win-win management and planning/design strategies in the beginning of the development in order to perfect the ultimate hotel product, enhance operational performance and customer satisfaction, and reduce investment risks. Outcomes of the sutdy can be summarized as follows: 1. Business hotel planners and designers need to understand the relations of management and planning/design and integrate the interfaces. 2. Business hotel entities need to understand the concept of “market positioning” and include professional managers in the management team. 3. Planning/design of business hotels needs to meet customers’ basic needs, and enhancing customer satisfaction shall be the highest principle. 4. Sound management system and standard operational procedures need to be established for management of business hotels. 5. Layout and movement line planning for business hotels must be in line with the standard operational procedures in order to meet the actual need and make space utilization most cost-effective.

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