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Namiri, Kioumars. "Model-driven management of internal controls for business process compliance." [S.l. : s.n.], 2008. http://digbib.ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de/volltexte/1000009242.
Full textMacias, Lloret Mario. "Business-driven resource allocation and management for data centres in cloud computing markets." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/144562.
Full textAndrivet, Sébastien. "Customer research, customer-driven design, and business strategy in Massively Multiplayer Online Games." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39531.
Full textThis thesis is a part of an exploration of how the relationships between the customers of Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) shape customer experience, and can be used to diminish customer churn and improve customer life expectancy, two critical drivers for any subscription-based business model. MMOGs are a very complex product, with a massive level of interaction within the customer base - in fact those interactions constitute a significant part of the appeal. Thus, MMOGs combine aspects of particularly tough online community management, online customer service, and game design/content creation. To be successful, all of those elements need a fine understanding of the customer, their needs and their virtual 'life' and relationships within the game world. This thesis explores the usefulness of detailed, sophisticated interview to gain a fine understanding of customer needs and of the tools necessary to organize communication with, and among, customers. From this knowledge, it projects examples of strategic thrusts necessary to achieve or maintain leadership within this recent, but very powerful and lucrative, business model.
by Sébastien Andrivet.
M.B.A.
Fleig, Christian [Verfasser], and A. [Akademischer Betreuer] Maedche. "Design of Data-Driven Decision Support Systems for Business Process Standardization / Christian Fleig ; Betreuer: A. Maedche." Karlsruhe : KIT-Bibliothek, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1206646667/34.
Full textKohler, Mathias [Verfasser], Claudia [Akademischer Betreuer] Eckert, and Max [Akademischer Betreuer] Mühlhäuser. "A Framework for ProActive Caching in Business Process-driven Environments / Mathias Kohler. Betreuer: Claudia Eckert ; Max Mühlhäuser." Darmstadt : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, 2011. http://d-nb.info/1105564304/34.
Full textEnquist, Bo-Jacob. "Values drive value when creating sustainable service business : A study of a medium-sized values-driven company: Löfbergs Lila." Thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Communication and IT, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-1418.
Full textThis Master thesis investigates how values can drive value when creating sustainable business.Concepts like Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainable Development (SD) has in the last years become more and more accepted and therefore practiced in the business world. Due to alarms of the climate change, decreased biological diversity and alarming reports of child labour in the export industry, today’s society claims for more sustainable actions among global enterprises. Evidently, some organisations have a more proactive sustainable approach and therefore managed to use sustainable actions to grow and strengthen their market positions e.g. IKEA and Starbucks. Service research related to the above research area at CTF (Service Research Center) at Karlstad University pointed out that corporate values such as social responsibility and environmental responsibility (among others) can be used to create customer value, brand equity and help strategic decision-making for future growth. This thesis investigates in the specific context of Löfbergs Lila what can be learned if the above mentioned strategy is used in a medium-sized company with strong values. Which processes are required to create sustainable business and how far has Löfbergs Lila come according to selected concepts and theoretical framework in business research?
The purpose of the thesis is to investigate, in an explorative way, how values can drive value for sustainable business, both empirically through the Löfbergs in the coffee context as well as theoretically. The whole thesis can be seen as a mix of a descriptive case study and an interpretative case study where understanding of the thesis will be created in the interaction between the theoretical and empirical parts. The study has been developed using a combination of inductive and abductive methods whereby the interaction between the conceptual/theoretical framework and Löfbergs Lila, in the coffee context, have constructed a new meaning.
The explorative study of Löfbergs Lila (or AB Anders Löfberg) presents an understanding of how values have affected the strategy and operation of this organization and is still doing so to this very day. Every company can work with sustainability, but strong corporate values incorporated into the business model are an advantage. There is a fundamental basis for more “sustainable growth” when these values drive “true” environmental and social progress, including accountability. This thesis claims that true core values are deep-rooted in the company and drive value for Löfbergs’ customers in the name of sustainable business.
The theoretically- and conceptually-driven findings, built on five (re)-constructed thick descriptions from Löfbergs Lila in the coffee context, end up in five general concepts for valuesbased sustainable business
1. Service Logic
2. Values-based service
3. Values-based service quality for sustainable business
4. Managing Value chain responsibility
5. Creating the service experience
Decker, Sebastian. "Data-driven business process improvement : An illustrative case study about the impacts and success factors of business process mining." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43958.
Full textVan, Eeden Joubert. "A generic business model and management information system for quick ERP implementation in a project-driven SME." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52640.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: A demand exists in SMEs to implement an ERP system to provide intime transaction and management information to the employees and management respectively. The reason for this study developed from problems experienced in the past with ERP implementations. As a first step, a generic business model for project management in an SME was developed. This business model is based mainly on the PMBOK. Experienced project management consultants provided inputs for the business model. CAE accepted the business model after a few reviews. The business model was implemented in CAE and the employees trained to perform their daily tasks on Omuzik by using the processes suggested by the business model. The five main processes in the project management business model are Initiating, Planning, Executing, Controlling and Closing. The model is complete with inputs to the processes and the resulting outputs from them. The business model was implemented on Omuzik, and comments were included with every business process. Reports for project management were developed to provide in the information requirements of the project managers. The reports developed and deployed aim at providing detail and summary information to assist project managers in performing project control. The reports were developed and implemented and are currently used by the CAE project managers. The project management business model and reports fit into the bigger project for the complete enterprise with great success. The bigger project has completed the templates and is ready for the first fast implementation where the methodology will be tested.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: 'n Behoefte bestaan by kleinsakeondernemings om ERP-stelsels te implementeer om in hulle intydse inligtingsbehoeftes vir transaksieinligting aan werknemers en bestuursinligting aan bestuur te voorsien. Die rede vir hierdie studie het ontwikkel uit die probleme wat in die verlede met ERP-implementerings ondervind is. As 'n eerste stap is 'n generiese besigheidsmodel vir projekbestuur in 'n kleinsakeonderneming ontwikkel. Die besigheidsmodel is hoofsaaklik op die PMBOK gebaseer. Ervare projekbestuur konsultante het insette gelewer vir die besigheidsmodel. CAE het die besigheidsmodel ná 'n paar hersienings aanvaar. Die besigheidsmodel is geïmplementeer, en die werknemers is opgelei om in hulle daaglikse werk Omuzik vir die voorgestelde besigheidsmodelprosesse te gebruik. Die vyf hoofprosesse in die projekbestuur-besigheidsmodel is Inisiasie, Beplanning, Uitvoer, Beheer en Afsluiting. Die model is afgehandel met insette vir die prosesse en die resulterende uitsette daarvan. Die besigheidsmodel is op Omuzik geïmplementeer, en kommentaar is by elke proses ingesluit. Verslae vir projekbestuur is ontwikkel om in die inligtingsbehoeftes van die projekbestuurder te voorsien. Daar word beoog om met die verslae omvattende en samevattende inligting te voorsien aan projekbestuurders om projekbeheer te kan uitoefen. Die verslae is ontwikkel en geïmplementeer en word deur CAE-projekbestuurders gebruik. Die projekbestuur-besigheidsmodel en verslae pas met sukses in by die groter projek vir die totale onderneming. Die groter projek is in die proses om die model te verpak vir die eerste loodsprojek.
Guillaume, Fumeaux. "Public Software as a Service a Business-Driven Guidance for Risk Control." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för datavetenskap (DV), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-60510.
Full textKratsch, Wolfgang [Verfasser], and Maximilian [Akademischer Betreuer] Röglinger. "Data-driven Management of Interconnected Business Processes : Contributions to Predictive and Prescriptive Process Mining / Wolfgang Kratsch ; Betreuer: Maximilian Röglinger." Bayreuth : Universität Bayreuth, 2021. http://d-nb.info/122950544X/34.
Full textSilva, João Miguel Carvalho da. "A business process model for Solvency II using event-driven process chains." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/15011.
Full textA directiva Solvência II trouxe alguns requisitos desafiantes para as companhias de seguros quanto ao montante e periodicidade da informação relatada. Com isto, é difícil para uma seguradora cumprir com tais requisitos sem mapear e organizar o fluxo de informação respeitante ao processo de Solvência II. Neste sentido, as companhias de seguros portuguesas não são excepção. Este relatório decorre de um estágio na CA Seguros, uma companhia de seguros portuguesa. O principal objectivo deste estágio foi mapear e documentar todo o processo de Gestão de Informação para reporte quantitativo (Pilares 1 e 3) respeitante ao processo de Solvência II. Para tal, é avaliada a possibilidade de mapear o processo de Solvência II de uma empresa com um modelo de processos de negócio utilizando Cadeias de Processo Conduzidas por Eventos. Seguindo essa linha de pensamento, é apresentada a revisão de literatura sobre Solvência II, Gestão de Processos de Negócio, Modelação de Processos de Negócio e Cadeias de Processos Conduzida por Eventos. Foi desenvolvida uma metodologia baseada na documentação de processos de acordo com a abordagem de Modelação de Processos de Negócio e a técnica de modelação Cadeias de Processo Conduzidas por Eventos. Os resultados mostraram que o modelo de processos de negócio foi eficaz, fornecendo uma colecção de documentação viável dentro das limitações das Cadeias de Processo Conduzidas por Eventos.
Solvency II brought some challenging requirements for insurance companies concerning the amount and periodicity of the reported information. Hence, it is difficult for an insurer to comply with such requirements without mapping and organizing the flow of information regarding the process of Solvency II. With reference to this subject, the Portuguese insurance companies are no different. This report follows an internship at CA Seguros, a medium sized Portuguese insurance company. The main objective of this internship was to map and document the whole process of Information Management for quantitative reporting (Pillars 1 and 3) on Solvency II. Hence, the possibility of mapping a company?s Solvency II process with a business process model using Event-driven Process Chains is assessed. Following this line of thought, literature review on Solvency II, Business Process Management, Business Process Modeling and Event-driven Process Chains is presented. A methodology based on process documentation in line with the Business Process Modeling approach and the Event-driven Process Chains modeling technique was developed. Results show that the business process model was effective, providing a viable collection of documentation within the Event-driven Process Chains limitations.
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Mulder, Sunette. "The role of emotional intelligence in the investment management industry : a case study of a South African investment manager." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/990.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: The investment management industry is a challenging, exciting and rewarding environment to be employed in. The financial markets and global economies that form the playground for this industry are continually changing and evolving. Firms place a high premium on the intellectual capabilities of their staff and the continued development of those capabilities. However, the perceived soft skills are very often overlooked within the recruitment and development process. The question arises, whether these soft skills have a place within such a highly performance driven environment and does the existence of above average cognitive ability imply the existence of above average emotional ability as measured by emotional intelligence? Adam Smith, who is widely regarded as the father of modern economic theory stated, “If you don’t know who you are, the market is an expensive place to find out”. The rationale of the study is to determine the individual and group emotional intelligence profile for the investment team of an investment manager and the role emotional intelligence plays within their daily operations. The resulting profile will enable the investment management firm to train and develop individual staff members and the group accordingly to improve performance. The result can also be used to build a profile of an ideal candidate that can be used in future recruitment. Data for the case study was collected from an investment management firm where 11 individuals out of the investment team volunteered to take part in the testing. The instrument used was the online BarOn EQ-i. The service of an accredited firm of consulting psychologists was used to conduct the testing. With the help of a trained EQ specialist, the writer compiled and interpreted the results. All results showed an average group composite EQ score below the target score put forward by the writer and EQ specialist and also below the South African standard score, with only a few individuals scoring on or above target for some of the subsections and components of EQ. This study concluded with recommendations to the firm for EQ development on the individual and group level. At an individual level the development should be constructed around the specific needs identified in the EQ results. At an organisational level the recommendations focused on creating organisational acceptance for the development initiative. The study also made proposals regarding future research.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die beleggingsindustrie is ‘n uitdagende, opwindende en lonende omgewing om in te werk. Die finansiële markte en wêreld ekonomieë wat op ‘n deurlopende basis verander vorm die arena waarbinne die industrie moet bestaan. Firmas heg groot waarde aan die intellektuele vaardighede van werknemers en die voortgaande ontwikkeling van daardie vaardighede. Die sogenaamde sagte vaardighede word egter gereeld oor die hoof gesien as nuwe werknemers aangestel word en bestaande werknemers ontwikkel word. Die vraag ontstaan of die sagte vaardighede ‘n bestaansreg het binne so ‘n hoogs kompeterende omgewing en of die bestaan van bogemiddelde intelligensie noodwendig ‘n aanduiding is van bogemiddelde emosionele intelligensie? Die sogenaamde vader van die moderne ekonomiese teorie, Adam Smith, het gesê: “Indien jy nie jouself ken nie, is die markte ‘n duur plek om jouself te vind”. Die beweegrede vir die studie is om die profiel te bepaal vir emosionele intelligensie vir beide die individu en die groep binne die beleggingspan van ‘n batebestuurder en te bepaal wat die rol is wat emosionele intelligensie speel binne die daaglikse aktiwiteite van die firma. Die profiel wat volg uit die resultaat sal die batebestuurder in staat stel om individue en die groep op te lei en ontwikkel om sodoende hul prestasie te verbeter. Die resultaat kan ook gebruik word om ‘n profiel te vorm van ‘n ideale kandidaat wat gebruik kan word in toekomstige werwing. Data vir die gevallestudie is vanaf ‘n batebestuurder verkry nadat 11 individue uit dit beleggingspan aangebied het om deel te neem aan die studie. Die aanlyn BarOn EQ-i is gebruik vir die toetsing. ‘n Geakkrediteerde fima konsulterende sielkundiges is gebruik om die toetse af te neem. Met die hulp van ‘n opgeleide spesialis in die veld van emosionele intelligensie en die BarOn EQ-i, het die skrywer die resultate saamgestel en vertolk. Alle resultate het getoon dat die gemiddelde group saamgestelde EQ telling laer is as die teiken telling wat deur die skrywer en spesialis voorgestel is en ook laer as die Suid-Afrikaanse Standaard telling met slegs enkele individue wat die teiken of hoër as die teiken telling behaal het vir sekere van die onderafdelings en komponente van EQ. Die studie is afgesluit met aanbevelings aan die firma om EQ te ontwikkel op beide die groep en individuele vlak. Aan die individuele kant moet die ontwikkeling bepaal word met inagneming van die spesifieke resultate van die EQ toetsing. Uit die oogpunt van die firma fokus die aanbevelings op inisiatiewe om aanvaarding vir die ontwikkeling in die firma te bewerkstellig. Die studie maak ook voorstelle aangaande verdere navorsing wat onderneem kan word.
Engelbrecht, Adrian [Verfasser], Peter [Akademischer Betreuer] Buxmann, and Alexander [Akademischer Betreuer] Kock. "Discovery and Diffusion of Digital Innovations – An Analysis of Enterprise Social Networks and Data-Driven Business Models / Adrian Engelbrecht ; Peter Buxmann, Alexander Kock." Darmstadt : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1177241692/34.
Full textSmogner, Peter, and Niklas Johnson. "How to enhance Shareholder Value through a Customer support in the Insurance industry : A BUSINESS DRIVEN APPROACH TOWARDS MOBILE- AND SELF-SERVICE- BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Management, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-133359.
Full textDe, Beer Christina Magdelena. "Leadership shifts required to be successful in the new economy." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/940.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: The mass production economy of the major part of the twentieth century has undergone a fundamental change to a global, knowledge-based and entrepreneurial-driven economy, where products and services are now fuelled by innovation, technology and knowledge. Over the last few decades, globalisation has transformed the commercial and political world, and globalisation itself is now entering a more complex phase. Centers of economic activities have shifted profoundly, not only globally, but also regionally. Along with this shift, new rules have been established. Faced with the challenges of the new economy, organisations are forced to adapt to the changes with which they are confronted as customers, markets, societies, employees, competition and technology are all impacted. The new economy requires a different type of leader. Achieving high performance in an increasingly interdependent world will become a challenge facing organisations in both developed and emerging economies. The degree of connectivity between economies, business and individuals worldwide is probably the most important element of the new economy. Highly improbable, but also highly consequential types of events will become more frequent as turbulence increases. Implausible events become possible. Leaders with the ability to anticipate the probability of such occurrences will be the ones who will reap benefits by applying the dynamics pertaining to the new economy. Interest in leadership and the theories thereof gained momentum during the twentieth century. Even though many leadership theories developed over the last decades, the core of these theories changed little. However, the new economy brings new challenges and leaders must also adapt to the changing environment. Without effective leaders companies cannot succeed. It is therefore imperative that leaders understand the qualities of the environment as well as the attributes they need to be successful. Leaders who have the foresight to take advantage of the opportunities which the new economy offers them and who have mastered the ability to react with agility to these opportunities will have the competitive advantage needed for the future.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die massa produksie ekonomie van die groter deel van die twintigste eeu het ‘n fundamentele verandering ondergaan na ‘n globale, kennis gebaseerde en entrepreneur gedrewe ekonomie, waar produkte en dienste nou deur innovasie, tegnologie en kennis aangevuur word. Globalisering het die kommersiële en politiese wêreld gedurende die laaste paar dekades getransformeer en globalisering is self besig om ’n meer komplekse fase binne te tree. Sentra van ekonomiese aktiwiteit het drasties geskuif, beide globaal en streeksgewys. Tesame met hierdie skuif het nuwe reëls ontstaan. Organisasies word gekonfronteer met die uitdagings van die nuwe ekonomie en is geforseer om aan te pas by die uitdagings wat voor hul lê, aangesien kliënte, markte, gemeenskappe, werknemers, kompetisie en tegnologie almal geïmpakteer word. Die nuwe ekonomie vereis ‘n nuwe tipe leier. Om hoë prestasie in ’n toenemend interafhanklike wêreld te bereik is ’n uitdaging wat organisasies in beide die ontwikkelde en ontwikkelende lande in die gesig staar. Die hoë vlak van skakeling tussen ekonomieë, besighede en individue wêreldwyd is waarskynlik die belangrikste element van die nuwe ekonomie. Soos wat turbulensie toeneem, sal hoogs onwaarskynlike, maar ook hoogs konsekwensiële tipes gebeurtenisse ook meer dikwels voorkom. Onverstaanbare gebeurtenisse het moontlik geword. Leiers met die vermoë om die waarskynlikheid van sulke gebeurtenisse te voorspel sal diegene wees wat die vrugte van die nuwe ekonomie sal pluk deur die regte dinamika toe te pas. Belangstelling in leierskap en leierskap teorieë het momentum bygekry gedurende die twintigste eeu. Alhoewel baie leierskap teorieë ontwikkel het gedurende die laaste paar dekades, het die kern daarvan weinig verander. Die leierskap model van die nuwe ekonomie verskil egter heelwat van die huidige. Maatskappye kan nie oorleef sonder effektiewe leiers nie. Om daardie rede is dit noodsaaklik dat leiers die eienskappe van die omgewing verstaan, sowel as die eienskappe wat hulle nodig het om suksesvol te wees. Leiers met die nodige insig om voordeel te trek uit die geleenthede wat die nuwe ekonomie aan hulle bied, en wie die vermoë bemeester het om met gereedheid te reageer op hierdie geleenthede, sal die kompeterende voordeel in die toekoms hê.
Schiller, Alexander [Verfasser], Bernd [Akademischer Betreuer] Heinrich, and Mathias [Akademischer Betreuer] Klier. "Concepts and Methods from Artificial Intelligence in Modern Information Systems – Contributions to Data-driven Decision-making and Business Processes / Alexander Schiller ; Bernd Heinrich, Mathias Klier." Regensburg : Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1203875061/34.
Full textSavola, Tommi, Tyko Tuohimaa, and Sebastian Berg. "AI-Enhanced Marketing Management – Factors Influencing Adoption in SMEs." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-39908.
Full textTurley, Helene. "Through the lens : using auto-driven photo-elicitation to capture the development of career aspirations of business management and fine art students." Thesis, University of Wolverhampton, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2436/621282.
Full textLunardi, Roben Castagna. "CHANGEADVISOR : uma solução para alinhamentos de planos de mudanças em infraestruturas de TI a objetivos/restrições de negócios." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/29008.
Full textChange planning represents a key element for the operation and management of Information Technology infrastructures and services. Its scope ranges from the high level design of change requests and change plans (by an operator) to the generation, possibly automated, of detailed plans that, if executed, will perform the requested changes (e.g., modification of network device settings and deployment of new services). A fundamental problem - considering the limitations of existing refinement solutions - is that, although correct, these refined change plans can not necessarily be aligned with the purposes defined in the business level (eg, minimizing the downtime of a particular service). Another problem encountered in the IT change planning is the absence of models and algorithms to achieve the correct association of human to tasks. These correct association can impact in results more optimized (lower cost of deployment) and with higher quality (according to the skills/experience required for the activities and acquired by human resources). To overcome this problem, in this thesis we propose a solution for the alignment of change plans with business objectives/constraints using novel strategies for the human assignments to activities. The proposed solution is experimentally evaluated through a prototypical implementation of a decision support system called CHANGEADVISOR, which helps IT managers to understand the trade-offs between alternative change designs and to choose change plans more aligned to the business purposes.
Frühauf, Michal. "Business Activity Monitoring." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-15513.
Full textGiner, Blasco Pau. "Automating the development of Physical Mobile Workflows. A Model Driven Engineering approach." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de València, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/8272.
Full textGiner Blasco, P. (2010). Automating the development of Physical Mobile Workflows. A Model Driven Engineering approach [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/8272
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Culumber, Janene Jones. "Physician Practice Survival: The Role of Analytics in Shaping the Future." Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7009.
Full textGullberg, Gustav, Anders Landström, Erik Widmark, and Mikael Nyström. "Design Thinking in Business Innovation." Thesis, Konstfack, Industridesign, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-859.
Full textThe world is undergoing change and the disintegration of the old economy is becoming evident. Production is moving to low cost countries and competition is growing fierce. In order to stay competitive, companies around the world recognises the need to become more innovative. In order to achieve this it is imperative to balance and compliment the linear business thinking that still rule the managerial body. Leading research in this area suggest that the key to innovation in business development lies within the creative thinking of the design field. This paper describes a joint master degree project that seeks to test these theories and develop methods and protocols to put them into practice. So the question is, what happens when one use industrial design as a tool to innovate business in the Creative Economy? The research group consists of four industrial designers from Konstfack, University of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm and four marketing students from School of Business, Stockholm University. During the project we applied action research and introspection in a case study where new business strategies where formulated for a live company as our empirical base. The process proved more difficult but also more rewarding than initially anticipated and resulted in several new potential strategies for the company while providing valuable insight and experience in interdisciplinary team work in this field. This paper presents suggestions to how design thinking and business thinking can be combined in the process of developing business strategies and accentuates some of the skills and qualities that inherently drive this process. The collaboration investigates the synergy between designers and business managers and illustrates the potential in combining these competences to find new ways to create, re-define and develop businesses in the creative economy.
Zielonka, Alexander M. [Verfasser]. "Data-Driven Problem-Solving in International Business Communication : Examining the Use of Bilingual Web-Based Tools for Text Production with Advanced English as a Foreign Language Professionals / Alexander M. Zielonka." Frankfurt a.M. : Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1138919993/34.
Full textAlgera, Puck Marloes. "Between utopia and reality: An exploration of Radical Corporate Responsibility in values-driven businesses." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Department of Management, Marketing and Entrepreneurship, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9028.
Full textSivenko, Alexandra. "Contemporary Leadership Challenges : Talented Organisation for Talented People." Thesis, University of Kalmar, Baltic Business School, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hik:diva-381.
Full textThe globalisation of economy, increase of employees’ mobility, the forthcoming shortage of people next 10 years and, hence, war for talented people are some of the most important problems of corporations today. This thesis has a purpose to show systematic picture of the organisation, which will be named as Talented Organisation, with appropriate conditions for having talented people within and developing their talents.
Some assumption of the research discussed in this paper are about the talented people themselves as special, difficult to work with, but interesting for any organisation. They can create some problems for leadership and co-workers and at the same time represent the most important source of ideas and to be essential resource.
It will be described the strategy for gaining the Talented Organisation which will facilitate the process of hiring talented people as well as will promote the utilisation of inner organisational potential: identifying, breeding, nurturing and retaining of talented people.
Dedge, Parks Dana M. "Defining Data Science and Data Scientist." Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7014.
Full textBeijer, Sebastian, and Per Magnusson. "Leveraging Customer Information in New Service Development : An Exploratory Study Within the Telecom Industry." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-354565.
Full textLi, Xin. "Management Control and Employee-Driven Innovation." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:32744406.
Full textRejeb, Olfa. "Proposition d’un cadre méthodologique pour le management de la continuité d’activité : application à la prise en charge à domicile." Thesis, Ecole nationale des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013EMAC0005/document.
Full textIn the present context, Information and Communication technologies are recognized as an inevitable element to improve business practices. Particularly in the home-care field in order to meet challenges of coordination and care continuity. However, these organizations operate in a highly dynamic and uncertain environment. In view of these endogenous and exogenous disruptions, they have to react in an agile way to face risks and to ensure their resilience. The Business Continuity Management (BCM) meets these expectations. Our motivation in this research work is to define a methodological framework to implement the business continuity management within a socio -technical system as an integral part of a new approach to model driven enterprise engineering. After delivering a synthesis of related work to Business Continuity Management, a research question concerning the structuring of this knowledge has been addressed. A methodological framework for business continuity management is then suggested. It is based on (i) the definition and the design of a meta-model integrating BCM and enterprise engineering, (ii) the development of a set criticality assessment matrix to support the business impact analysis, and finally on (iii) the definition of a modeling language adapted to concepts of BCM. A case study from the home-care sector illustrates the foundation of the methodological framework
Ribas, Maristella. "A Petri net decision model for cloud services adoption." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2015. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=15609.
Full textAtualmente, os serviÃos em nuvem sÃo amplamente utilizados, principalmente em infraestrutura como serviÃo (IaaS), com grandes fornecedores oferecendo vÃrias opÃÃes de compra e expandindo quase diariamente a gama de serviÃos oferecidos. A reduÃÃo de custos à o principal fator que promove a adoÃÃo de serviÃos em nuvem. No entanto, à preciso avaliar tambÃm fatores qualitativos, o que torna o processo de decisÃo de adoÃÃo de serviÃos em nuvem uma tarefa pouco trivial para os gestores. Este trabalho propÃe um modelo para tomada de decisÃo multicritÃrio (MDMC) utilizando redes de Petri para avaliar um serviÃo de nuvem comparado com um serviÃo disponibilizado localmente (on-premises), nas dependÃncias do usuÃrio. A avaliaÃÃo das duas opÃÃes considera questÃes qualitativas e de custo atravÃs de um mÃtodo novo e simples, que incorpora as melhores prÃticas de especialistas da academia e de tecnologia da informaÃÃo (TI). AlÃm disso, o uso de redes de Petri permite extensÃes poderosas para realizar anÃlises mais profundas de fatores especÃficos, conforme a necessidade de cada cenÃrio. O modelo pode ser Ãtil para apoiar gestores de TI na decisÃo entre as duas opÃÃes e pode ser usado para qualquer tipo de serviÃo de nuvem (IaaS, SaaS, PaaS). Como o custo à um dos fatores mais importantes para a adoÃÃo da nuvem, procedemos a uma anÃlise mais profunda de um fator de custo importante. à apresentada uma extensÃo ao modelo, tambÃm construÃdo com redes de Petri, para simular economias de custo usando uma determinada opÃÃo de compra de serviÃos em nuvens pÃblicas, as instÃncias spot. AtravÃs de extensas simulaÃÃes em vÃrios cenÃrios, o trabalho conclui que a utilizaÃÃo de instÃncias spot pode gerar uma grande economia no processo de escalonamento automÃtico, mesmo em aplicaÃÃes relativamente simples, utilizando apenas alguns servidores. Explorar diferentes opÃÃes de compra para os serviÃos em nuvem faz uma enorme diferenÃa nos custos e pode ter grande influÃncia no processo de tomada de decisÃo.
El, KHOURY Hiba. "Introduction of New Products in the Supply Chain : Optimization and Management of Risks." Phd thesis, HEC, 2012. http://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/pastel-00708801.
Full textPitka, Lukáš. "Podpora rozhodování pomocí podnikových informačních systémů společnosti Exact Software." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-10486.
Full textEl, Akkaoui Zineb. "A BPMN-based conceptual language for designing ETL processes." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/209198.
Full textHowever, the development of ETL processes is still considered to be very complex and time-consuming, to such a point that roughly 80% of the BI project effort is dedicated to the ETL development. Among the phases of ETL development life cycle, ETL modeling is a critical and laborious task. Actually, this phase produces
the first effective formal representation of the ETL process, i.e. ETL model, that is completely reused and refined in the subsequent phases of the development.
Typically, the ETL processes are modeled using vendor-specific ETL tools from the very beginning of development. However, these tools are unsuitable for business users since they induce overwhelming fine-grained models.
As an attempt to provide more appropriate tools to business users, vendor-independent ETL modeling languages have been proposed in the literature. Nevertheless, they still remain immature. In order to get a precise view on these languages, we conduct a survey which: i) defines a set of criteria associated to major ETL
requirements identified in the literature; ii) compares the surveyed conceptual languages, issued from research work, to the physical languages, issued from prominent ETL tools; and iii) studies the whole methodologies of ETL development associated
to these modeling languages.
The analysis of our survey reveals several drawbacks in responding to the ETL requirements. Particularly, the conceptual languages have incomplete elements for ETL modeling with few or no formalization. Several languages are only descriptive with no ability to be automatically implemented into executable code, nor are they able to be automatically maintained according to changes over time.
To address these shortcomings, we present, in this thesis, a novel approach that tackles the whole development life cycle of ETL processes.
First, we propose a new vendor-independent language aiming at modeling ETL processes similar to typical business processes, the processes responsible for managing the operations in an organization. The rational behind this proposal is to provide ETL processes with better access to data in events and applications of the organization, including fresh data, and better design capabilities such as available analysis for any users. By using the standard representation mechanism denoted BPMN (Business Process Modeling and Notation) and a classification of ETL elements resulting from a study of the most used commercial and open source ETL tools, the language enables building agile and full-edged ETL processes. We name our language BPMN4ETL to refer to BPMN for ETL processes.
Second, we build a model-driven framework that provides automatic code generation capability and ameliorates maintenance support of our ETL language. We use the Model-Driven Development (MDD) technology as it helps in developing software, particularly in automating the transformation from one phase of the software development to another. We present a set of model-to-text transformations able to produce code for different business process engines and ETL engines. Also, we depict the model-to-model transformations that automatically update the ETL models with the aim of supporting the maintenance of the generated code according to data source evolution. A demonstration using a case study is conducted as an initial validation to show that the framework covering modeling, implementation and maintenance could be used in practice.
To illustrate new concepts introduced in the thesis, mainly the BPMN4ETL language, and the implementation and maintenance framework, we use a case study from the fictitious Northwind Traders company, a retailer company that imports and exports foods from around the world.
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Colosimo, Mark. "A Data-Driven and Mixed Methods Analysis of Automotive Retail Operations Management." Thesis, Wayne State University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10973231.
Full textThe importance of effective retail operations management has never been more significant. Our research aims to expand the understanding for efficiency and dynamics of franchise outlets within retail networks with a focus on sales performance and profitability. The focus and contribution is the development of an actionable data analytics driven process by which automotive dealerships (retail outlets) can be analyzed to identify areas of opportunity for improvement. In general, automotive dealerships aim to sell product to make a profit, the manufacturer of the product/brand desires to sell vehicles to make a profit, and the customer desires to find a suitable transportation option that provides most utility. While substantial volumes of quantitative data exists about the details of operations and automotive dealership transactions, similar Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are typically generated and reviewed in making decisions about operational change. We will focus on the actions (inputs) that relate to outcomes (outputs) at the dealership level, including factors relating to all three stakeholders and their interactions, which are anticipated to be relevant. Input variables and factors relating to the business outcomes of the stakeholders involved will be the desired target for finding synergies.
To address these concerns, we first developed an analytical process for providing recommendations to improve dealership efficiency and performance through quantitative data and demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed process using a real-world dealership case study. With a desire to go beyond available datasets, there is a need to dig deeper into operations through aligning quantitative Key Performance Outcomes (KPOs) with qualitative survey analysis of dealership operators. This provides a detailed view of analysis not previously available, which should encourage dealerships to make change. Through the utilization of an interview process, with a focus on variance between dealerships, in creating a survey distributed to dealership management, an assessment of principal factors has been created. The assessment of these factors will help dealerships and manufacturers understand which activities, perceptions, and atmospheres have the greatest positive impact on new vehicle sales and profitability.
Ulmer, Jean-Stéphane. "Approche générique pour la modélisation et l'implémentation des processus." Thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011INPT0002/document.
Full textA company must be able to describe and to remain responsive against endogenous or exogenous events. Such flexibility can be obtained with the Business Process Management (BPM). Through a BPM approach, different transformations operate on process models, developed by the business analyst and IT expert. A non-alignment is created between these heterogeneous models during their manipulation: this is the "business-IT gap" as described in the literature. The objective of our work is to propose a methodological framework for a better management of business processes in order to reach a systematic alignment from their modelling to their implementation within the target system. Using concepts from Model-driven Enterprise and Information System engineering, we define a generic approach ensuring an intermodal consistency. Its role is to maintain and provide all information related to the model structure and semantics. By allowing a full restitution of a transformed model, in the sense of reverse engineering, our platform enables synchronization between analysis model and implementation model. The manuscript also presents the possible match between process engineering and BPM through a multi- erspective scale
Leijon, Anna Mikaelsdotter. "The Right Price - At What Cost? : A Multi-industry Approach in the Context of Technological Advancement." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-217898.
Full textAffärsklimatet genomgår en omvandling och företagsledare står inför flera utmaningar, inte minst utmaningar som är relaterade till prissättningsstrategi. Med en alltmer transparent marknad och en ökad konkurrens företag emellan samt en mer sofistikerad och välinformerad konsument, finner företagen i detaljhandeln det svårt att navigera i prissättningsdjungeln. Samtidigt härrör den konventionella visdomen inom prissättning och de teoretiska modellerna på samma ämne från en tid långt innan digitaliseringen. Gamla modeller är inte ett problem i sig, men när det finns nya krafter i prissättningens ekosystem, som drivs på av teknologisk utveckling, är en omprövning av de befintliga modellerna i både företag och akademikers intresse. Användningen av gamla modeller som bygger på felaktiga antaganden kan dock inverka på företagens prioritering av resurser eller på deras övergripande affärsstrategi. Dessutom kan forskare distraheras och forskningsfältet störas. Syftet med denna studie är således att diskutera huruvida det finns ytterligare dimensioner i prissättningsstrategi som inte omfattas av de befintliga prissättningsmodellerna. Här avser dimensioner nyckelkomponenter i företagens strategiska beslutsfattande när det gäller prissättning. Denna avhandling undersöker prissättningsmodellerna i dagens affärssammanhang för att svara på frågan: "Finns det ytterligare dimensioner av den empiriska verkligheten av prissättningsstrategi som inte omfattas av de befintliga prissättningsmodellerna?" Forskningsfrågan har studerats kvalitativt genom en litteraturgranskning, en pilotstudie och tolv fallstudier, där pilotstudien hade till syfte att utforska djupet, medan de flera fallstudierna inriktades på bredden, av prissättningsstrategier. Fallstudierna omfattar företag i industrin för detaljhandeln och företag av olika storlekar, nämligen inom detaljhandeln för Kläder & Accessoarer, Dagligvaror, Möbler och Leksaker & Verktyg, och av följande storlekar: mikro, små, medelstora och stora. Den empiriska datan har huvudsakligen insamlats med hjälp av intervjuer med produktions- och försäljningspersonal samt företagsledare hos företagen i fallstudierna. Uppgifterna har strukturerats, reducerats och analyserats med hjälp av en analysram som har utvecklats under pilotstudien. Resultaten av denna studie tar rygg på tidigare forskning och en huvuddelare i prissättningsstrategier har identifierats, eftersom företag använder antingen ett data-drivet eller ett intuition-drivet tillvägagångssätt i sitt strategiska arbete med prissättning. Som sådan föreslås att uppdelningen av prissättningsstrategier måste tas hänsyn till eftersom de separata metodologiska metoderna kan leda till olika resultat, samtidigt som de innebär olika kostnader samt kräver olika resurser och nödvändig förkunskap. Dessutom kan uppdelningen ligga till grund för konkurrensfördel, utvidgas till andra strategiska områden för företagsledare och bli tydligare, eftersom teknikens utbredning och påverkan kommer att öka i framtiden. Som en följd av detta kommer nyckeln i framtidens strategiska prissättning att vara att ta hänsyn till både de strategiska perspektiven och de metodologiska metoderna i den strategiska beslutsprocessen för prissättning.
Lawson, John. "Duty specific code driven design methodology : a model for better codes." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.274818.
Full textEllis, Raymond R. "Strategically-driven analysis and implementation of an integrated manufacturing information system." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.323846.
Full textJohansen, Rozelle. "Strategic management and the Christian nonprofit organisation operating in developing nations : a value-centred, mission-driven framework." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50642.
Full textA value-centered, mission-driven strategic framework has been developed for Christian nonprofit (NFP) organisations operating in the developing nations. This framework contains many of the same elements that are used by businesses to develop strategy. The various strategy elements used within the new framework have, where necessary, been adapted to accommodate the dynamics of a Christian NFP operating in the developing nations. The core values of the organisation have been placed at the centre of the process and the mission is what drives the process forward. It is important that the plans and goals developed are aligned with the mission and do not violate the core values. The Christian NFP operating in developing nations faces several challenges with regards to adopting and implementing a strategic management process of which some are restraints and some have to do with the way they view the strategic management process. Some of the restraints faced by them include the lack of clear measurements; a focus on resources instead of results; the lack of accurate, relevant information; strategic convergence and the nature of the competitive environment. The more challenging the environment and circumstances within which the organisation operates, the more important it becomes for a strategic management process. Furthermore Christians often view the strategic management process as a secular intrusion into a spiritual process. The value-centered, mission-driven framework goes some way in addressing these constraints. This research report provides a strategic framework, based on a theoretical approach. It therefore focuses more on the justification and the elements of the process than on guidelines to implement it. It does not address aspects outside of the framework that could hamper the successful implementation of the process. The importance of the spiritual dimension is ignored. The research's exclusive focus on Christian organisations and developing nations provides opportunity for further research. The research reflected in this study is interesting and useful. It adds to the body of knowledge and reveals that more work can be done to assist those in their mission to bring about social change where it is most needed.
Pavlou, Pavlos Georgiou. "The application of quality award driven assessment models in the health care sector." Thesis, University of Salford, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.247487.
Full textBrown, Mary Erin. "Data-Driven Decision Making as a Tool to Improve Software Development Productivity." Thesis, Walden University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3591716.
Full textThe worldwide software project failure rate, based on a survey of information technology software manager's view of user satisfaction, product quality, and staff productivity, is estimated to be between 24% and 36% and software project success has not kept pace with the advances in hardware. The problem addressed by this study was the limited information about software managers' experiences with data-driven decision making (DDD) in agile software organizations as a tool to improve software development productivity. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore how agile software managers view DDD as a tool to improve software development productivity and to understand how agile software development organizations may use DDD now and in the future to improve software development productivity. Research questions asked about software managers', project managers', and agile coaches' lived experiences with DDD via a set of interview questions. The conceptual framework for the research was based on the 3 critical dimensions of software organization productivity improvement: people, process, and tools, which were defined by the Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model Integrated published in 2010. Organizations focus on processes to align the people, procedures and methods, and tools and equipment to improve productivity. Positive social change could result from a better understanding of DDD in an agile software development environment; this increased understanding of DDD could enable organizations to create more products, offer more jobs, and better compete in a global economy.
Hayes, Charice. "Marketing Strategies of Small Traditional Travel Agencies in a Technology-Driven World." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3166.
Full textVenkatsubramanyan, Shailaja. "Discovering distributed and heterogeneous resources on the Internet: A theoretical foundation for an ontology-driven intelligent agent model. Its design, implementation and validation." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/284913.
Full textLiu, Dapeng. "Towards developing a goal-driven data integration framework for counter-terrorism analytics." VCU Scholars Compass, 2019. https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/5986.
Full textKader, Salim Abdul. "Developing an effective people management strategy to support and enable a manufacturing-based organisation in its transformation into a demand-driven market leader." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53357.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to develop an effective people management strategy that will enable manufacturing-based organisations to transform into demand-driven leaders. An effective people management strategy enables transforming organisations to position intellectual capital at the heart of organisational strategy in order to create a competitive advantage and long-term sustain ability. This study provides a step-by-step design blueprint for developing a generic people management strategy, while illustrating the contextual application thereof within the transformational journey of an organisation called Tiger Food Brands. This step-by-step approach involves an examination of the case for change within organisations in order to develop a people strategy that drives the desired future state of the organisation around key people factors. A well-designed people strategy then creates the strategic framework for repositioning the role of the Human Resources (HR) function, as well as for developing a comprehensive HR workplan that maps the appropriate HR outputs, drivers, measures and structures required to deliver the people strategy. The design of the people management strategy culminates in the development of HR interventions to support the strategic HR workplan of Tiger Food Brands. The design of an effective people management strategy is a holistic, integrated and sequential process that establishes the strategic role of people in an organisation while enabling the HR function to deliver as a strategic business partner.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die studie projek poog om 'n effektiewe menslike hulpbronne strategie te ontwikkel wat vervaardigings gebasseerde organisasies in staat stelom hulself te herposisioneer as mark gedrewe leiers. Die daarstel van 'n effektiewe menslike hulpbronne strategie posisioneer intelektuele kapitaal midde die organisasie strategie en skep sodoende 'n kompeterende voordeel wat langtermyn volhoubaarheid bevorder. Die studie projek verskaf 'n metodologie vir die ontwikkelling van 'n generiese menslike hulpbronne strategie. Die praktiese toepassing daarvan word geillustreer binne die grootskaalse veranderingsproses wat plaasvind in Tiger Food Brands. Die metodologie ondersoek die rede vir verandering binne organisasies en poog om die kritiese menslike hulpbron faktore te identifiseer wat die organisasie in staat sal te stelom sy toekomstige veranderde staat te bereik. Die menslike hulpbronne strategie skep die strategiese raamwerk om die rol van die menslike hulpbron funksie te herposisioneer. Dit stel die menslike hulpbronne funksie in staat om 'n omvattende werkplan op te stel wat die relevante prestasie uitsette, metings en strukture identifiseer wat benodig word om die gekose strategie uit te voer. Verder word die relevante intervensies geidentifiseer en ontwikkel om die Tiger Food Brands strategiese menslike hulbronne werkplan tot uitvoer te bring. Die ontwikkeling van 'n effektiewe menslike hulpbronne strategie is 'n holistiese en geintegeerde proses wat die strategiese rol van menslike kapitaal in die organisasie beklemtoon. Dit stel die menslike hulpbronne funksie in staat om sy rol as strategiese besigheidsvernoot te vervul.
Treatch, Richard B. "Institutional Isomorphism| A Case Study of a Congregational Leaders' Decision to Change to the Purpose Driven Ministry Model." Thesis, Indiana Wesleyan University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3645203.
Full textOrganizations seek legitimacy by copying the structure and operational models of similar organizations accepted as legitimate by society. This phenomenon is institutional isomorphism. Institutional isomorphism exists in Protestant congregations in the United States as evidenced by congregations holding to practices and structures identified by denominational bodies and society as legitimate. Leaders of some Protestant denominational congregations in the United States have decided to change their ministry model to the ministry model of another denomination's congregation. Congregations change to these ministry models and self-identify with the congregation with which the model originated. The practice of denominational congregations changing to the ministry model of another denomination is contrary to the theories of institutional isomorphism, which would expect congregations to hold to historically legitimizing denominational practices and structures. This study explored the case of a Protestant congregation of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), located in the United States, which changed to the Purpose Driven ministry model. The case explored the question: "Why did the leaders of Trinity Presbyterian Church decide to change to the Purpose Driven ministry model?"
Welcker, Laura Joana Maria. "The impact of domain knowledge-driven variable derivation on classifier performance for corporate data mining." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/5009.
Full textBrown, Mary Erin. "Data-Driven Decision Making as a Tool to Improve Software Development Productivity." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1075.
Full textOwusu-Nyamekye, Dwobeng. "Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment| Natural Resources a Driven Factor| The Case of Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo." Thesis, Keiser University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10841615.
Full textThe disappointing economic performance of Nigerian, Ghanaian, and the Togolese economies, coupled with the globalization of activities in the world economy, have forced them to look outward for development strategies. Many studies have been attempted to estimate the impact of natural resources on foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows around the world, but very few have been focused on Ghana, Nigeria and Togo. This study departed from previous studies and employed a gravity-type framework to explicitly explore the question of whether natural resource endowments was a more relevant factor that explained the FDI’s attraction to the countries under study. The study also included other FDI determinants. Accordingly, this study served to investigate whether natural resources attracted FDI inflows in Ghana, Nigeria, and Togo. Using time series data from 1980–2015, the study was conducted to answer two research questions. Two models were established utilizing the pooled ordinary least square method to estimate the coefficients of the models. Preliminary results were obtained using both the random effect and fixed effect models. The results of the study yielded by both techniques registered natural resources to be significant as a driven factor for FDI inflows to the countries under review. Other factors such as GDP per capita, trade openness, political stability, and economic liberalization were also found to be significant in FDI determination.