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Callbo, Daniel, and Carl Jacobsson. "Meta-organizational Consensus : A case study of decision-making in a meta-organization in Swedish healthcare." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-354015.
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Purpose – In the context of digitalization in healthcare and Swedish demographical development, the importance of meta-organizational decision-making can be discussed. This paper studies the decision-making processes in a national meta-organization which members face the current challenges of Swedish public healthcare. Therefore, this paper aims to contribute to meta-organizational decision-making. Design/methodology/approach – This paper has a qualitative approach and is based in abductive reasoning towards theory and research. Data has been collected from interviews, podcasts and documents that describe the decision-making process in the meta-organization. Findings – Our empirical findings show that the decision-making process of the metaorganization is complex, time-consuming and aims to provide consensus before its members' decisions. To reach consensus, the meta-organization uses various coordination and collaboration activities and groupings such as networks, workshops, expert panels, and conferences. Practical implications – Both informal and formal activities and groupings are considered important in reaching consensus. Furthermore, both formal and informal groupings help to overcome interest-conflicts such as differing priorities. It is also important the metaorganization provide an arena where all members feel that the can contribute and influence the decision-making process, regardless of size or resources. Originality/value – Because of dichotomic views on the importance of consensus in decision-making in meta-organization, and from calls for future research, this study can be argued to be of interest. Furthermore, digitalization and demographical development suggest that the healthcare sector is in current and significant change. Keywords – decision-making, meta-organizations, digitalization, demographics, healthcare, coordination, interest-conflict, consensus Paper type – Research paper, master's thesis
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Atan, Serap. "Turkish peak business organizations and the europeanization of domestic structures in Turkey: meeting the European Union membership conditions." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210468.
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This study analyses the possible impact of the European Union (EU) on the development of the relations between business interest groups and the government in Turkey, more precisely on the interventions of the business interest groups in domestic policy-making. Hence it deals with the links between the progress of the relationship between Turkey and the EU and the development of domestic interest group activity in Turkey. The progress of Turkey’s relations with the EU enhanced the visibility of the Turkish Peak Business Organizations (PBOs) in representing Turkish business interests in Brussels. Moreover, the evolution of the activities of the PBOs, provides a broader understanding of the developments of the general characteristics of the relations between the government and business interest groups in Turkey. Hence the investigation focuses on the major Turkish PBOs.
We examine the relations of Turkish PBOs with the EU, essentially, on the basis of the observation of their transnational actions within the EU as well as their participation in financial and technical assistance programmes of the EU and in the joint institutional structures of the association regime between Turkey and the EU. By analysing these two dimensions we assess the repercussions of the socialization of the Turkish PBOs on their strategies of action in dealing with European Affairs, on discourses they adopted regarding domestic policy-making and on their organizational structure and policy agenda.
We elaborate our topic with reference to the Europeanization concept, which covers the examination of the consequences of the European governance on national systems. Through the Europeanization concept we observe the correlation between the progress of the Turkey-EU relations and the ongoing process of change in the patterns of interventions of the Turkish business interest groups in domestic policy-making.
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Tomson, Klara. "Amnesty in Translation : Ideas, Interests and Organizational Change." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : School of Business, Stockholm University, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-7558.
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Lindgren, Emilie, and Inara Rudko. "Speglingen av organisationers egenintresse i remissvar : En studie av yttranden över fyra av Statens Offentliga Utredningar." Thesis, Södertörn University College, School of Business Studies, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-2786.
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Objective: In this thesis, we assume that the organizations' interests are governing their behavior/positions. It seems possible to draw conclusions about organizations'interests on the basis of the behavior / positions that will appear in the givenopinions on Swedish Public Investigations. The purpose of this thesis is toidentify self-interests of the studied organizations as they appear in their givenopinions.
Method: The authors have made a qualitative and quantitative study of the opinions.
Theoretical perspective: The basis of the study is the organization theories that focus the self-interest oforganizations.
Empiric: Information is taken from four Swedish Public Investigations: the New Company Act, International Accounting for Swedish companies, Abolition of the audit requirement for small and medium sized enterprise and Simplified accounting. Altogether 310 opinions have been given on these, out of which we have studied 59. Furthermore, we have collected information on tasks, activities and objectives from the websites of the opinion giving organizations.
Conclusions: In the literature, we found, as mentioned, that organizations havet hree self- interests which we define as general self-interests. They are the interest in survival, resources and power. We have found - what we believe – an additional general self-interest of organizations, namely the interest to avoid accountability and transparency. It was possible to divide the organizations intogroups with high community of interest within each group while the community between the groups was low. This provides an empirical support to Dimaggio’s and Powell’s theory which says that organizations in specific areas are similar. This means that it is possible to study the interest of organizations, without studying the individuals in an organization. We found that the owner's interests expressed in tasks, activities and objectives of the organization are important factors affecting the organization's interest structure. We also found indications - however unclear - that the public interest has an impact on the organizations' self interests. We also found an interest to protect its own market which can be related to the general interest of resource influx under Pfeffers and Salanciks theories of resource dependence.
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Funke, Michael. "Regulating a Controversy : Inside Stakeholder Strategies and Regime Transition in the Self-Regulation of Swedish Advertising 1950–1971." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-260201.
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This thesis concerns the development of the self-regulation of advertising in Sweden from 1950 until 1971. Self-regulation was initiated in the 1930s due to a business desire to regulate fair competition in marketing, and while it initially was a minor operation, the 1950s and 1960s were characterized by extensive development. When self-regulation was overtaken by state policies in 1971, it included several interlocking systems, of which parts survived the introduction of the state regime. The thesis’ aim has been to analyze how the rapid regime transitions in the self-regulation regime can be understood. The existing literature identifies four major transitions that occurred during the studied time period. To understand them, the thesis has studied the policy processes leading up to these transitions. Focus has been on the business interest organizations that controlled the regime and their regulatory strategies. Theoretically, the analysis has departed from the hypothesis that tensions between these organizations, due to their members’ different market interests and varying levels of exposure to regulation and public badwill, to a significant degree informed their strategic choices as well as policy outcomes. The results show that the policy processes preceding the regime transitions were characterized by internal tensions, whereby organizations representing advertisers, and to a lesser degree media carriers, due to their members’ higher level of exposure to regulation and public badwill, successfully supported stronger market policing, while ad agencies, being less exposed, as well as a peak industry organization for the proliferation of marketing largely opposed such measures, preferring a more lenient regulation. However, due to increased exposure to regulation and bad will, the ad agencies finally abandoned their opposition and took the lead in regulatory innovation through the introduction of an extensive clearance program that survived the launch of the state regime, becoming a key component in the co-regulatory structure that followed.
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Coppock, Karen Marie. "Firms and inter-organizational collaborations to create internet demand in emerging markets : the case of Mexico /." Thesis, Connect to Dissertations & Theses @ Tufts University, 2005.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Tufts University, 2005.Chair: Lisa Lynch. Submitted to the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Includes bibliographical references. Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;
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Ozaki, Adalton Masalu. "Estrutura organizacional para a realização de negócios eletrônicos em empresas tradicionais: um estudo de caso." Universidade de São Paulo, 2003. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-23122003-111137/.
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Nesta dissertação foram estudadas as alternativas de estrutura organizacional que podem ser adotadas para a realização de negócios eletrônicos (e-business) em empresas tradicionais, enfocando principalmente a análise sobre centralização ou descentralização desta estrutura. Na pouca literatura existente especificamente sobre estrutura organizacional para negócios eletrônicos, fica claro que existe um leque de opções em termos de alternativas de estrutura, desde criar uma empresa ponto com totalmente separada, até descentralizar os negócios eletrônicos pelas várias unidades de negócio. No caso estudado nesta dissertação, inicialmente foram identificadas as iniciativas de negócios eletrônicos praticadas pela empresa, sendo discutido o processo de adoção de tais ferramentas. Depois, foi analisada a evolução da estrutura criada para negócios eletrônicos desde o seu início até o momento em que a pesquisa foi realizada. Foi identificado que as atribuições delineadas inicialmente para os negócios eletrônicos não são rígida e uniformemente desempenhadas pelas várias unidades de negócio. Como a empresa estudada passava justamente por um período de discussão sobre descentralizar o Departamento de eCommerce, o momento foi altamente apropriado para a realização da análise sobre centralização e descentralização. A empresa identificou três alternativas de estrutura, bem como os critérios para uma análise aprofundada. A alternativa de estrutura de eCommerce centralizado foi a mais recomendada, dentro das limitações da metodologia, devidamente apresentadas e discutidas no texto. Mais do que a recomendação final da análise realizada, que serve apenas para a empresa pesquisada, a metodologia utilizada é uma das grandes contribuições desta dissertação. Com as devidas adaptações, ela pode ser útil em outras situações reais, auxiliando assim os gestores nesta complexa decisão sobre qual o grau de descentralização a ser adotado nos negócios eletrônicos.Were studied in this dissertation the alternatives in organizational structure which could be adopted in electronic business (e-business) in traditional companies, mainly focusing this structures centralization or decentralization analysis. In the brief existing bibliography specifically about organizational structure for e-business, it is clear that exists a range of options in terms of structure choices, from creating an independent dot com company, to the decentralization of the e-business through the business units. In the case studied in this dissertation, firstly were identified the e-business initiatives practiced in the company and were discussed the adoption process of these tools. After that, the evolution of the structure created for e-business was analyzed, from the beginning to the application moment of this research. It was possible to identify that the initially delineated attributions for e-business are not rigid and are not uniformly realized by all of the business units. As the studied company was discussing the decentralization of the eCommerce Department, the timing for the centralization or decentralization analysis was very appropriate. The company identified three alternatives of structure, as well as the criterions for an in depth analysis. The centralized eCommerce structure alternative was the most recommended, considering the limitations of the methodology, properly presented and discussed in the text. More than the final recommendation of the analysis made, which interests only for the studied company, the applied methodology is one of the mainly contributions of this dissertation. With the needed modifications, this methodology can be useful in other real situations, helping the managers in this complex decision about which degree of decentralization to adopt in e-business.
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Ngoqo, Bukelwa. "Small hospitality enterprises and the internet: an IT governance model for conducting business online." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/382.
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The Internet has made a considerable impact on how business is conducted. Empowered by technology consumers are using the Internet as a tool to communicate and transact online. E-commerce (electronic commerce) presents opportunities for business to gain a competitive advantage, however it also posses certain challenges. Small and Medium Hospitality Enterprises (SMHEs) sector within the tourism industry, is one of the sectors which stands to benefit from using the Internet for business. Researchers agree that the contribution made by the tourism sector in developing economies is substantial. However, SMHEs are noted for their failure to derive optimal benefits from using the Internet for business to improve their competitiveness. This study which seeks to develop a model for use by SMHEs as a guide when making the decision to adopt technology was necessitated by the importance of SMHE’s contribution in the economy of developing countries. This model is based on the examination of existing theories and models such as; the Delone and McLean IS success model (2004), and the ITGI’s (2007) IT governance focus areas model. To elicit the desired outcomes, additional data was collected using questionnaires, interviews, and observations. The collected data was analysed and resulted in the development of a model that can be used by SMHEs in order to derive value from IT and to gain a competitive advantage.
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Hysenlika, Vjollca. "Communicating During an Organizational Crisis: Using Facebook as a Relationship Management Tool." Scholar Commons, 2012. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4337.
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The purpose of this study was to determine how organizations communicate on Facebook during a crisis, from a relationship management perspective, and how their interactivity, responsiveness, and transparency affect their Fan page's relevance, importance, and appeal. In this study, the researcher conducted a controlled experiment to examine if a strategized Facebook Fan page that contained a high level of interaction, responsiveness, and transparency contributed to long-lasting relationships with fans or helped organizations recover/prevent a crisis. The researcher created eight different conditions (Facebook Fan Pages) presenting a crisis message, and recruited 200 students (25 participants per condition) from the University of South Florida (USF) to participate in the experiment. The findings did not demonstrate exactly what the research study was designed to find. The individual hypotheses were not supported during the ANOVA tests, except Hypothesis 1a. The ANOVA tests showed that the high vs. low interactivity, high vs. low responsiveness or high vs. low transparency did not have a significant effect on a Fan page's relevance, importance, and appeal. The variables did not have an independent influence, and they did not show any significance standing alone. However, the ANOVA tests surprisingly revealed a dramatic three-way interaction effect of all three independent variables on relevance and importance.
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Floriano, Sergio. "Market challenges of incumbent telecom companies entering Internet-of-Things (IoT) ecosystems and organizational implications : A case study." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-231849.
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The Internet-of-Things (IoT) brings machine-to-machine communication to a global scale together with new business scenarios and inter-relationships. If compared to previous communication technologies, IoT transforms the traditional value chain and creates a different business ecosystem. In this scenario, incumbent telecom companies are taking the role of technology enablers to enter the market. These companies are trying to find ways to generate new value propositions and to position themselves along the IoT-specific value chain. To do that, incumbents need to overcome a number of external and internal challenges. The purpose of this research is to investigate those challenges from the perspective of an incumbent telecom company via a case study carried out at Ericsson. This Thesis is built on the theoretical foundations of innovation management and business model innovation. The research behind is based on academic literature, opinions from industry experts, market analyses, and qualitative data collected from several interviews and online resources. The outcome from this study remarks some major external and internal challenges faced by incumbents. From the internal perspective, the challenges are related to enable the structures within the company to make possible the development of IoT as a radically new business area. On the external side, the main challenges shift from entering the market and position themselves in the new IoT value chain, to the development of unprecedented relationships, innovative value propositions and a new business paradigm. In order to do that, companies need to understand the unexplored IoT ecosystem, find needs and opportunities via partnerships and develop joint business models. This work provides specific data to complement the scarce literature around the topic of IoT business models and challenges for incumbent companies. It offers practical help to guide managers to understand the nascent IoT market, to define adoption strategies and to find their way through the emerging ecosystems.
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Mansfield, Glen Martin. "A strategic architecture and its role in enhancing the performance of commercial web-enabled enterprises." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1434.
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Ahmad, Nadzri Farah Aida. "Roles and impacts of Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) in dealing with the accounting and disclosure of Zakah and Interest (Riba) : a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business (MBus), 2009 /." Click here to access this resource online, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/754.
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The issues of zakah and interest for IFIs have been highlighted for several years and attracted many arguments among Islamic scholars and public. The increasing public interest on the Islamic Banking since 1970s has been driven by the increasing sensitivity among Muslims to the relationship between religion and economic activities. With the emergence of IFIs, Muslims community has demanded for an establishment of an accounting body to develop a set of accounting standards that adhere to the Islamic tenets, hence AAOIFI was established. However, the journey of AAOFI in achieving such objective has not been smooth. This paper intended to study the effectiveness of AAOIFI in dealing with the issues of zakah and riba for IFIs by examining the disclosure practice of 25 IFIs worldwide. Based on the analysis conducted, it is concluded that the extents of disclosure by the IFIs are much lower than the AAOIFI requirements. The study also found that leverage and origin factors might contribute to the level disclosures of zakah and financial products. In addition, the test performed also revealed that the adopters of AAOIFI do provide more disclosure as compared to the non-adopters. However, the mean result is relatively low to suggest full compliance with the AAOIFI standards.
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Percudani, Pietro, and Mohamad Batrawi. "The Impact of Internet of Things unification with Project Management Disciplines in project-based organizations." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-145428.
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The greatest advantage of Information Technology (IT) is its ability in entitling personnel to achieve their goals. Allowing personnel to grasp knowledge and skills they weren’t aware of previously, rendering to a sense that it’s all about potential; as expressed by former CEO of Microsoft Steve Ballmer. Internet of Things (IoT) data, according to ORACLE (2017), provides insight from new data collected and provides solutions. Thus, allowing businesses to achieve new innovative services at a more efficient and productive manner while reducing the risk factors. Proving that the connections between the organisation and devices are securely connected, analysed, and integrated simultaneously with IoT data. Project Management (PM) the leading discipline in management that benefits enterprises through actual and operative management of change through its systematic approach of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring & controlling, Testing & Commissioning and finally Handing Over to the client the project; managing various types of projects with various drivers of change and uncertainty. (Sawyer, L. 2016). As significant as technology has become in our lives, this study aims in highlighting the importance of Internet of Things and the synergic implementation of Project Management disciplines in project-oriented organisations. It also explores the challenges, barriers, and benefits of IoT in synergy with PM disciplines. The paper also considered one of the most crucial elements of any organization or business, people, fixating on project managers and how the role of a project manager is affected in the innovative project oriented organizations.
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Koekemoer, Johannes Frederik. "A grounded theory analysis of networking capabilities in virtual organizing." Thesis, Pretoria : [s.n.], 2008. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-11102008-150737/.
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Lee, Hoan Soo. "Essays on Applied Microeconomics." Thesis, Harvard University, 2013. http://dissertations.umi.com/gsas.harvard:10837.
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Empirical and theoretical topics in applied microeconomics are discussed in this dissertation. The first essay identifies and measures managerial advantages from access to high-quality deals in venture capital investments. The underlying social network of Harvard Business School MBA venture capitalists and entrepreneurs is used to proxy availability of deal access. Random section assignment of HBS MBA graduates provides a key exogenous variation for identification. Being socially connected to peer venture capital firms and private equity seeking startups leads to more deal flow, larger asset under management and better performance in the inaugural funds of HBS-executive run venture capital firms. The second essay presents a two-stage model of competing ad auctions. Search engines attract users via Cournot-style competition. Meanwhile, each advertiser must pay a participation cost to use each ad platform. Advertiser entry strategies using symmetric Bayes-Nash equilibrium that lead to the Vickrey-Clarke-Groves outcome of the ad auctions are derived. Consistent with the model predictions, empirical evidence shows that multi-homing advertisers are larger than single-homing advertisers. Comparative statics on consumer choice parameters, quality, and user welfare are used to analyze the prospect of joining auctions to mitigate participation costs. The analysis provides conditions when such joins do and do not increase welfare. The third essay develops and computes a dynamic model of search in internet advertising. Micro-level browsing data from Microsoft's Bing.com (formerly known as Live.com) is used for structural estimations. The model predicts that users do not click on any ad with weak signals due to accumulating search cost and monotonicity of the value function. Rational search reveals a cascading pattern: the user clicks on a sufficiently high, highest-signal ad first, then moves on to the ad with the next highest conditionally expected probability of match once his assessment on the current ad degrades over time. The user exits when maximum assessment of likelihood of match over all ads is below a threshold value. The essay provides a novel approach to understanding rational herding behavior when product quality is only partially unraveled.
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Al, Abbasi Hawazin. "Organizational Information Security: Strategies to Minimize Workplace Cyberloafing for Increased Productivity." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4773.
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Productivity loss occurs in organizations that experience high levels of personal Internet use by employees on company time, which includes employees using smartphones to surf without needing the firm's Internet connection. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore reliable ways for organizational leaders to monitor or limit their employees' use of smartphone technology for personal use (cyberloafing) while on the job to minimize wasted work time. Social cognitive theory, which includes an emphasis on human behavioral changes based upon the environment, people, and behavior, served as the conceptual framework. The general research question was as follows: How can managers minimize wasted work time by limiting the personal Internet activity of employees who use personal mobile devices while on the job. Data collection involved gathering information from interviews with 20 frontline supervisors, human resource managers, and information technology managers and specialists in 2 U.S. industries: education and telecommunications. Data analysis included examining word frequencies, keyword coding, and identifying themes. Four management themes emerged: create mobile device usage policy, enforce monitoring technology, create a deterrence strategy, and customize monitoring and tracking technology. This study may be important because the analysis revealed effective ways to prevent or minimize employees from Internet surfing and wasting time at work. The findings could lead to positive social change through increased employee productivity and responsibility by providing managers with information to control or limit cyberloafing activities and by fostering an increased commitment to comply with an organization's Internet use policy.
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Sakat, Mohamed-Amine, and Lingyu Ye. "Transformational Leadership in the Chinese Culture : A Quantitative Study on the Impact of Transformational Leadership on Chinese Internet Companies’ Performance." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-103948.
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Abstract Linnaeus University – Campus Kalmar School of Business and Economics Leadership and Management in International Contexts (60 credits) Title: Transformational Leadership in the Chinese Culture – A Quantitative Study on the Impact of Transformational Leadership on Chinese Internet Companies’ Performance. This research aims to study how transformational leadership affects organizational performance and the mediation effect of employee voice behaviour. A quantitative research method and a deductive research approach were used for this research study, where theoretical concepts were developed. Several hypotheses were derived as means to test the existing theories regarding research variables. The data in this research was collected through a 384 completed online survey questionnaire from employees of the top ten listed Chinese internet companies. Various statistical techniques, including Pearson correlation analysis, linear regression analysis, and mediation effect testing, were implemented to provide evidence for hypothesis testing. The statistical analysis results indicate that a particular dimension of transformational leadership positively impacts Chinese internet companies’ performance, and employee voice behaviour has a partial mediation effect in this relationship.
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Holguin, Emilsen Salazar. "Strategies Functional Managers Use to Control Cyberloafing Behaviors." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2604.
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Computer technologies have increased the opportunities for employees to engage in cyberloafing by using the Internet at work for personal purposes. Uncontrolled cyberloafing is a threat to organizational effectiveness because it affects organizational productivity. The purpose of this single case study was to explore successful strategies functional managers use to control cyberloafing behaviors of their employees at an e-learning organization located in the northeastern United States. The theory of planned behavior, which emphasized behavioral, normative, and control beliefs as key elements to predict individuals' intentions to behave was the conceptual framework. Data collection included semistructured face-to-face interviews with 11 functional managers and an exploration of organizational policies, procedures, and handbooks. Data analysis included examination of word frequencies, keyword coding, and theme identification. Using Yin's 5 steps for data analysis, 3 themes emerged: create engaging jobs, communicate clear expectations, and promote a positive work environment. Functional managers in the e-learning organization in this study may control cyberloafing by ensuring that social norms convey disapproval, combining deterrence policies and performance metrics; and showing attitudes that promote citizenship behaviors. The implications for positive social change include the potential to provide the e-learning organization in this study with best practices that support employees' needs for work-life balance, thus promoting employee satisfaction while maximizing employee productivity. As a result, the findings of this study can decrease stress, increase morale and positively impact the overall well-being of the organization's workforce.
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Alvarsson, Johanna, and Hanna Schjelderup. "Ett kundägt bolags separation av ägande och kontroll : En fallstudie på Länsförsäkringar Gävleborg." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för ekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-24362.
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Syfte: Syftet med studien är att ur ett agentteoretiskt perspektiv skapa förståelse för hur separationen av ägande och kontroll ter sig i ett svenskt kundägt bolag samt vilka konsekvenser detta medför och vilka lösningar bolaget arbetar med. Metod: Studien präglas av en abduktiv forskningsansats. Studien är en fallstudie där vi syftar i att undersöka en specifik organisation. Data är insamlad med hjälp av semistrukturerade intervjuer som bearbetats genom tematisk analys. Resultat & slutsats: Vi ser tendenser till en stor separation av ägande och kontroll likaväl som en mindre. Den större separationen beror främst på spritt ägande och resulterar i en hög grad informationsasymmetri. Separationen tenderar dock även att minskas till följd av användning av fullmäktige, lokal placering samt återinvesteringar i länet. Förslag till fortsatt forskning: Förslag till vidare forskning är att skapa förståelse för vilken effekt kundägda bolag upplever till följd av att de två parterna kund och ägare innehas av samma person. Uppsatsens bidrag: Studiens teoretiska bidrag är att öka kunskapen om kundägda bolag och dess hantering av separation av ägande och kontroll. Det praktiska bidraget för studien är att bidra med kunskap till intervjuernas respondenter samt övriga intressenter till organisationen vi undersökt. Vår ambition är även att öka intresset för engagerade ägare. Nyckelord: kundägda bolag, agentteori, separation av ägande och kontroll, informationsasymmetri, intressekonfliktAim: The aim for this study is from an agent theoretical perspective generate comprehension of how the separation of ownership and control seems in a Swedish mutual organization as well as what consequences this leads to and what solutions the organization is working with. Method: The study is characterized by an abductive approach. The study takes the form of a case study aimed for research of a specific mutual organization. The collected data is a result of semi-structured interviews that has been analyzed with a thematic analysis. Result & conclusions: We anticipate both a large separation of ownership and control as well as a small one. The larger one is due to a scattered ownership that results in a greater extent of information asymmetry. The separation also tends to get smaller due to the establishment of the council, that the organization operates locally and due to the reinvests in the local community. Suggestions for future research: Suggestions for future research is to generate comprehension of which impact mutual organizations experiences from the fact that two parties, customer and owner, are held within the same individual. Contribution of the thesis: The theoretical contribution is to increase knowledge about mutual organization and their management of separation of ownership and control. The practical contribution is to distribute knowledge to the respondents as well as other stakeholders of the examined organization. Our ambition is also to increase interest for committed owners. Key words: mutual organization, Agent theory, separation of ownership and control, information asymmetry, conflict of interest
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Bilyayeva, Tetiana A. "Cross-Cultural Comparative Study of Users’ Perception of the Navigation Organization of an E-Commerce Web Application." UNF Digital Commons, 2012. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/413.
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The object of this study was to assess the influence of native language, as a principal cultural characteristic, one users’ behavior when using a web-based e-commerce application. The study expands on previous research by comparing English and Russian users. The research also considered demographic data to assess additional factors that influence behavior and task performance. The research design encompassed an online shopping application with two different navigation menus. One menu was based on the action-object model and the other was based on the object-action model. The user interface was created in two different languages (Russian and English). This study suggests that language, as a cultural indicator, has a direct relationship to user satisfaction and performance in e-commerce web applications.
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Ghebali-Boukhris, Laura. "Analyse de la contribution d’un nouvel usage des réseaux sociaux numériques à la connaissance organisationnelle : la curation de contenu." Thesis, Paris, CNAM, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018CNAM1173/document.
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Les recherches en Sciences de Gestion et Sciences des Systèmes d'Information ont proposé diverses analyses des bénéfices des réseaux sociaux et de leurs processus d’adoption. Toutefois, les usages des réseaux sociaux sont multiples et chacun mériterait d’être approfondi. En particulier, la curation digitale est une pratique qui s’impose comme un objet de recherche particulièrement pertinent. Il propose une nouvelle utilisation des réseaux sociaux numériques, potentiellement bénéfique à l’entreprise. Ainsi, il est proposé de rapprocher les notions de curation, réseaux sociaux numériques et connaissance organisationnelle au travers de la problématique suivante : en quoi l’usage professionnel de la curation sur les réseaux sociaux permet-il d’améliorer les connaissances organisationnelles ? Pour y répondre, cette question a été articulée en trois sous-problématiques, permettant trois différents niveaux d’analyse. La première aborde les facteurs influençant l’adoption de la pratique de curation par l’individu ; la deuxième propose d’analyser l’intérêt des réseaux sociaux en tant qu’outil de support pour effectuer la curation de contenu ; la dernière associe les deux notions de curation et réseaux sociaux dans le cadre organisationnel, afin d’en comprendre ses bénéfices. Les cadres théoriques de la richesse des médias, la présence sociale, l'UTAUT et le model SLAM de l'apprentissage organisationnel ont été mobilisés à cet effet. Un questionnaire récoltant 841 réponses et 14 entretiens semi-directifs ont permis de confirmer la présence d'un lien positif entre l'adoption de l'usage de la curation sur les réseaux sociaux et l'amélioration des connaissances individuelles et collectives. Afin qu’elles puissent être converties en connaissances organisationnelles, il a été prouvé que les flux informationnels de l'entreprise doivent être alignés avec les différents niveaux de stock de connaissancesResearch in Management Science and Information Systems has proposed a series of work centered around the benefits of social networks for individuals and the adoption process that it entails. However, social network uses are numerous and each of them deserve in-depth studies. Specifically, the practice of content curation becomes truly relevant in a context of digital transformation. It proposes a new social network use that can benefit the organization. Thereby, the research opts to gather the concept of social network, curation and organizational knowledge through the following question: how does profesionnal content curation on social network participate to organizational knowledge ? This question has been sub-divided into three questions, allowing different multi-level analysis. The first one questions the influencing factors of social network curation for individuals ; the second one interrogates the benefit of using social network tool to operate content curation ; the third one combines both concepts in an organizational context with the aim of clarifying its benefits. Media Richess Theory, Social Presence Theory, UTAUT and SLAM Framework has been used to bring an answer to them. 841 questionary respondants along with 14 semi-directional interviews sufficed to confirm positive link betwen the adoption of social network curation and improvement of individual and collective knowledge. To reach organizational knowledge, the research demonstrates that informatio flows and the different stocks of knowledge need to be aligned
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Meissner, Frank. "Zeithandeln in Projektarbeit." Doctoral thesis, Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, 2013. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa-117509.
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Am Beispiel von Projektarbeit in der IT-Branche werden die Auswirkungen neuer Managementkonzepte auf die Zeitsouveränität von Projektbeschäftigten anhand qualitativer Interviews untersucht. Flexible Formen der Arbeitsorganisation zielen auf eine Veränderung des Arbeitskraftvermögens hin zu größerer Autonomie und Übernahme betrieblicher Verantwortung durch die Beschäftigten. Mit den veränderten Kontrollformen des Managements modifizieren sich die betrieblichen Machtverhältnisse.
Im Konzept des Zeithandelns werden die aktiven Gestaltungsleistungen der Beschäftigten bei der Arbeitszeitgestaltung hervorgehoben, gleichzeitig können verschiedene zeitsoziologische Theorien integriert werden.
Wesentliches Ergebnis der empirischen Untersuchung verschiedener Arbeitszeitkulturen in IT-Betrieben ist eine Machtverschiebung zugunsten des Managements. Auf Seiten der abhängig Beschäftigten ist positiv zu verbuchen: eine größere Autonomie in der Arbeit, die Ausdifferenzierung eigenständiger Zeitstile sowie eine hohe Wertschätzung und Anerkennung durch Vorgesetzte. Dagegen stehen restriktive Rahmenbedingungen wie Zeitdruck, ungünstige Bedingungen für die Work-Life-Balance und starke zeitliche und gedankliche Vereinnahmung der Beschäftigten durch den Betrieb. Durch das Fehlen kollektiver Formen der Interessenvertretung und einen defensiven Konfliktumgangsstil sind die betrieblichen Beziehungen durch individuelle Aushandlungsprozesse geprägt.
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Perron, Geneviève Mireille. "ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS AND BARRIERS TO ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: ADDRESSING THE ROLE OF COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE, LANGUAGE, AND MENTAL MODELS IN ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE." 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10222/14072.
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The current state of organizational environmental management is inadequate to face the risks posed by the natural environment such as resource scarcities resulting from natural, social and/or economic processes such as increases in extreme weather events, natural resources-based conflicts, regulatory restrictions, or trading commodities fluctuations. These changes to the organizational environment call for adaptation so that we may maintain our ability to produce and function sustainably.
Organizations need to adopt practices and processes that consider the natural environment. The adoption of environmental management practices and processes has, however, met barriers. Faced with initiatives that promise considerable financial and environmental benefits, research has reported resistance to buy-in. I suggest that perception barriers, imbedded in language, have a role to play in this lack of change. I propose that individual’s mental model of the organization filters information for decision-making based on language. I suggest that the linguistic repertoire of communities of practice is used to filter information relevant to organizational decision-making.
A quantitative study showed that differences in community of practice linguistic repertoires are found between the environmental and business communities. In addition, varying levels of familiarity with the repertoire of a community of practice were explored to determine whether community membership is reflected in the linguistic repertoires of individuals. The results suggested that the familiarity of graduate students with the linguistic repertoire of the community of practice they were studying was more akin to membership in a community of interest than a community of practice. In addition, the results suggested that environmental and business communities held opposing sets of relevant linguistic repertoires, providing grounds for communication barriers.
Finally, in addition to exploring language’s potential as a barrier and opportunity for change, the in individual’s mental models ability to change was explored. Through case study observations, I showed that a change in the individual’s mental model of the organization could result from participation in an eco-efficiency program. The participants, high-level decision-makers in the organizations, introduced the natural environment as a new aspect to their future decision-making process following participation. Contributions to management and social theory are also discussed.À mon frère Pascal Perron, il aurait été si fier. - To my brother Pascal Perron, he would have been so proud.
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Gaglio, Nicolò Lo. "Development of a business model for Industry 4.0 based on industrial analytics." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/22275.
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Over the last few years, the manufacturing sector has changed and is continuing to change due
to the use of new technologies resulting from the advent of the fourth industrial revolution
(Industry 4.0), such as the Internet of Things (IoT), technology whose importance is becoming
increasingly recognized by citizens, businesses and governments and which is proving capable
of changing not only our daily way of life, but also the way companies carry out their activities,
redefining the relationships between companies themselves and their customers, employees and
partners. This technology also allows the exploitation of new Industrial Analytics processes,
which allow companies to perform a systematic computational analysis of data and statistics in
order to better interpret such data, applying models that make the decision-making process more
effective.
The goal of this thesis is to develop a new business model for Industry 4.0 based on Industrial
Analytics. This model intends to act as a starting point and help for all those companies that
want to install IoT solutions or platforms based for Industrial Analytics.
The methodology used to achieve this goal has consisted in administering a questionnaire to 3
companies, with the aim of understanding how these companies are changing their way of doing
business thanks to the advent of the IoT, of Industrial Analytics. and other technologies that are
part of the Industry 4.0 context. The analysis of the responses to the questionnaire was the basis
for the development of the business models of the three companies interviewed. Finally, by
comparing the three models, a new business model for Industry 4.0 based on Industrial
Analytics was developed.Nos últimos anos, o setor industrial mudou e continua mudando devido ao uso de novas tecnologias decorrentes da quarta revolução industrial (Indústria 4.0), tais como a Internet of Things (IoT); esta é uma tecnologia cuja importância está a ser cada vez mais reconhecida por cidadãos, empresas e governos e que se mostra capaz de mudar não só o nosso quotidiano, mas também a forma como as empresas desenvolvem as suas atividades, redefinindo as relações com os seus clientes, colaboradores e parceiros. A IoT viabiliza ainda a exploração de novos processos de Industrial Analytics, que permitem às empresas realizar uma análise computacional sistemática de dados e estatísticas conducente a uma melhor interpretação dos mesmos, aplicando modelos que tornam mais eficaz o processo de tomada de decisão. O objetivo desta tese é desenvolver um novo modelo de negócios para a Indústria 4.0 baseado em "Industrial Analytics". Este modelo pretende ser um ponto de partida e ajudar todas as empresas que pretendam instalar soluções IoT ou plataformas baseadas em "Industrial Analytics". A metodologia utilizada para atingir este objetivo consistiu na aplicação de um questionário a três empresas, com o objetivo de compreender como elas estão a mudar a sua forma de fazer negócio graças ao advento da IoT, da "Industrial Analytics" e de outras tecnologias que fazem parte do âmbito da Indústria 4.0. A análise das respostas ao questionário serviu de base para o desenvolvimento dos modelos de negócio das três empresas entrevistadas. Finalmente, desenvolveu-se um novo modelo de negócio para a Indústria 4.0 com base na análise avançada de dados industriais e por comparação dos três modelos previamente concebidos.
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Fernandes, Joel Augusto Barros. "Comportamento das organizações: a influência da dimensão das empresas na capacidade de internacionalização e o interesse daquelas no aumento da dimensão." Doctoral thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/41589.
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Teses de Doutoramento em Ciências Empresariais.O contexto macroestrutural em que se inserem as empresas nos dias de hoje impõe-lhes grandes desafios. Os mercados são progressivamente mais concorrenciais e a noção de distância é cada vez mais ténue. Perante este contexto competitivo, as empresas têm de adotar estratégias de internacionalização que lhes permitam consolidar-se nos mercados interno e externo onde já atuam e simultaneamente conquistar clientes em novas localizações. O processo de internacionalização faz parte de uma estratégia relevante para as empresas, tem implicações e é influenciado por inúmeros aspetos específicos, nomeadamente pelo comportamento das organizações, pela sua cultura e estrutura, bem como pela sua liderança, mas é na estrutura organizacional que encontramos um dos aspetos mais relevantes: a dimensão das empresas. Sistematicamente os empresários Portugueses lamentam a falta de dimensão das suas empresas para conquistarem novos mercados. Se algumas grandes empresas nacionais se queixam de falta de dimensão para concorrer nos mercados internacionais, então que dizer do restante tecido empresarial nacional, caracterizado maioritariamente por microempresas de tipo familiar. É também o caso dos empresários do setor da CAE31 – fabrico de mobiliário e colchões. A reduzida dimensão das empresas Portuguesas levou-nos às seguintes questões de partida: (1) A dimensão das empresas Portuguesas da CAE31 influencia a sua capacidade de internacionalização? (2) As empresas Portuguesas da CAE31 estão ou não interessadas no aumento da sua dimensão com vista à internacionalização/aumento das exportações? (3) Quando as empresas Portuguesas da CAE31 estão interessadas no aumento da sua dimensão que instrumentos privilegiam para esse aumento? Com base numa metodologia mista, recorrendo à aplicação de entrevistas e de questionários aos gestores do setor selecionado (CAE31 - fabrico de mobiliário), efetuamos uma análise triangular de dados que nos permitiu medir, descrever e compreender esta realidade. Desta análise, concluímos que quanto maior é a dimensão das empresas Portuguesas da CAE31 maior é a sua capacidade de internacionalização e que as referidas empresas têm interesse em aumentar a sua dimensão e que para isso valorizam vários instrumentos, tais como: alianças estratégicas/cooperação empresarial; fusões e aquisições; e intervenções com capital de risco.
The macro-structural context in which enterprises operates these days is highly challenging. Markets are increasingly competitive and the notion of distance is disappearing. Facing an increasingly competitive scenario, companies have to adopt internationalization strategies that enable them to consolidate in domestic and foreign markets and simultaneously acquire new customers at new locations. The internationalization process is part of an important business strategy and has implications and is influenced by a number of specific aspects: organizational performance, culture, structure and leadership. The organizational structure is the item that we considered the most important, more specifically the size of the companies. Entrepreneurs refers often that the size of Portuguese companies is one of the main barriers to conquer different markets. It is also the case of entrepreneurs from the CAE31 sector - manufacture of furniture and mattresses. The small size of Portuguese companies led us to answer two questions: (1) the size of Portuguese companies that produce furniture and mattresses (CAE31) influences their internationalization capacity?; (2) The Portuguese companies that produce furniture and mattresses (CAE31) are inclined to increase their size in order to promote internationalization /exports?; (3) When Portuguese companies that produce furniture and mattresses (CAE31) are interested in increasing their size, what kind of instruments are privileged?. Based on a mixed methodology, applying interview and questionnaire to managers of the sector (furniture sector), we have done a triangular data analysis that allowed us to measure, describe and understand this reality. From this analysis we concluded: as the size of the Portuguese companies (CAE31 – furniture and mattresses production) increases, stronger is their capability to internationalize. We also concluded that these companies are interested in increasing their size and that they consider important some instruments such as: strategic alliances / business cooperation; fusions and acquisitions and risk capital interventions.
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Suaria, Santi. "Business plan of Clothie: an innovative platform to shop for local fashion." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/17614.
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The objective of this master project is to develop a business plan for an innovative fashion service.
Over one-third of the global population own a smartphone. Statistics reveal that more than 90% of
the time spent by smartphone users on their devices, is consumed within Apps. Nevertheless, millions
of local stores around the world do not benefit from this opportunity.
Clothie wants to unlock the market for those fashion retailers that are struggling to stay in business,
by offering a tool capable of creating a potentially unlimited client base. Besides, its entertaining
approach to the fashion world is expected to generate unprecedented value for the ones eager to find
new apparel products.
Shaping its strategy around the concept of ‘Lean Startup’, the team will develop the platform in light
of the feedback received from the customers, creating authentic value while saving time and
resources. Joining the fast-growing Portuguese economy will facilitate the customer development
process, granting the opportunity to introduce Clothie to an increasing audience of tourists keen to
shop locally.
Thanks to its unique value curve, Clothie is able to stand out from the competition and create a ‘Blue
Ocean’ - becoming the first ever 'location-based fashion shopping app' to be released on the market.
The astonishing potentialities of the project are evidenced by the financial forecasts generated, which
outline the scalability of the business and the exceptional value Clothie can provide to its
shareholders.O objetivo deste projeto de mestrado é desenvolver um plano de negócios para um serviço inovador de moda. Mais de um terço da população mundial possui um smartphone. As estatísticas revelam que mais de 90% do tempo gasto pelos utilizadores de smartphones nos seus dispositivos é gasto nos aplicativos. No entanto, milhões de lojas locais em todo o mundo não beneficiam dessa oportunidade. A Clothie quer desbloquear o mercado para os retalhistas de moda que estão a lutar para permanecer no negócio, oferecendo uma ferramenta capaz de criar uma base de clientes potencialmente ilimitada. Além disso, estima-se que a sua abordagem de entretenimento para o mundo da moda crie valor sem precedentes para aqueles que desejam encontrar novos produtos diferenciados. Moldando a sua estratégia em torno do conceito de "Lean Startup", a equipa desenvolverá a plataforma à luz do feedback recebido dos clientes, criando valor autêntico enquanto poupa tempo e recursos. Juntar-se à economia portuguesa em rápido crescimento facilitará o processo de desenvolvimento do cliente, dando a oportunidade de apresentar a Clothie a um público cada vez maior de turistas ávidos por fazer compras no país. Graças à sua curva de valor única, a Clothie é capaz de se destacar da concorrência e criar um “Blue Ocean” - tornando-se o primeiro aplicativo de compras de moda baseado em localização a ser lançado no mercado. As surpreendentes potencialidades do projeto são evidenciadas pelas previsões financeiras geradas, que descrevem a escalabilidade do negócio e o valor excepcional que a Clothie pode proporcionar aos seus acionistas.
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Oliveira, Tiago André Gonçalves Félix de. "Estimation Models for the adoption and use of information technology: internet-related technologies at firm level in the Portuguese and European context." Doctoral thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/6735.
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Doutoramento em Gestão da Informação, especialização em Tecnologias de InformaçãoNowadays it is consensual that information technology (IT) has a significant effect in the productivity of firms. However, this contribution can only be accomplishe if, and when, the new IT are widely spread and used. Understanding the determinants of adoption and use is a fundamental question, not only for economists, but also for society in general.(...)
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Ferreira, José Maria Falcão de Carvalho Ramos. "Matching Portuguese retail e-businesses to online consumers." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/18802.
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E-commerce is being rapidly diffused geographically and is shaping all sort of industries that seek solutions to meet increasing society demands. Due to its growing importance, researchers are finding ways to track the impacts and variations of this technology all over the world. Some approaches focus on specific industries including e-grocery shopping that function as a branch for e-retail with a large number of product categories.
With so many variables, there are still gaps on the research of certain product categories and countries.
This research fills the gap of the online grocery retailing literature in Portugal. The research contributes to a clarification of what consumers are valuing online, for grocery shopping, in comparison to what retailers are offering. Through an extensive literature review, it was developed a tool that combines the 41 most important attributes for online consumers into 5 different dimensions: Shopping Experience, Accessibility, Security,
Interactions and Customer Service.
This study allows to conclude that there are three different maturity stages regarding the online supply of groceries. On a more mature phase it can be found Continente and Jumbo e-retailers that greatly exceed customer expectations. Secondly it can be found El Corte Ingles that is not as mature as the previous competitors but demonstrates a clear vision and strategy for development. Finally, with the least mature offer, it can be found Intermarché, which does not meet customer expectations. Matching Portuguese retail ebusinesses to online consumers is a starting point to understand and predict the potential of the online grocery retail market in Portugal.O comércio eletrónico está a ser rapidamente difundido em termos geográficos e está a moldar vários tipos de indústrias que procuram soluções para fazer face às necessidades da sociedade. Devido à crescente importância, investigadores procuram formas de acompanhar os impactos desta tecnologia a nível mundial. Algumas abordagens centramse em indústrias específicas como o mercado alimentar online, que funciona como uma ramificação do retalho online mais abrangente, que engloba um número grande de categorias. Com tantas variáveis, existem ainda lacunas na pesquisa de determinadas categorias de produtos e países. Este trabalho preenche a lacuna sobre o mercado alimentar online em Portugal. Visa clarificar o que os consumidores valorizam no mercado alimentar online, por comparação com a oferta dos retalhistas online. Através de uma extensa revisão de literatura, desenvolveu-se uma ferramenta que agrega os 41 atributos mais importantes para os consumidores online em 5 dimensões: Experiência de Compra, Acessibilidade, Segurança, Interações e Apoio ao Cliente. Este estudo permite concluir que existem três diferentes estádios de maturação no mercado alimentar online. Numa fase mais madura encontram-se o Continente e o Jumbo que excedem as expectativas dos consumidores. Em seguida, o El Corte Inglês cuja oferta não se encontra tão amadurecida como a dos seus concorrentes anteriormente mencionados, mas demonstra uma visão e estratégia claras para o seu desenvolvimento. Finalmente, a oferta menos madura do mercado provém do Intermarché, que não vai ao encontro das expectativas dos consumidores. Comparar os modelos de negócio retalhistas existentes com os consumidores online é um ponto de partida para compreender e prever a potencialidade do mercado alimentar online em Portugal.
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Sousa, Rita Lourenço de. "How to turn innovative startups into successful businesses: The case of Techperks." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/19352.
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The Internet of Things, also known by the acronym IoT, comprises all devices and objects that are enabled to be permanently connected to the Internet, being able to identify on the network and communicate with each other. This technology is incorporated into a variety of products that are available today and designed to make life easier for consumers. The result was the emergence of smart cities, connected factories, connected cars, and an enormous amount of many other applications. All of this is evidence of how the world is adapting to the Internet of Things (IoT). IoT is a hot topic in our days and many business models arise from this trend, in form of new technologies, products, and services. However, when it comes to business strategy and profitability, it is not only about having the best idea or the best product but how to market it in the best way and attract the right target. Techperks is a startup built with the objective of bringing new IoT products to Portugal. However, the concept was not innovative enough to succeed as predicted in the Portuguese market. This case aims to highlight the biggest reasons explaining the brand's low performance and serve as a guide of “mistakes to avoid when launching a new innovative business”. It can also be used to stimulate student’s creativity in developing strategies used by Techperks to exploit the brand's total potential. “How should I begin?”: this is the question which students will be able to answer.A Internet das Coisas, também conhecida pelo acrónimo IoT, compreende todos os dispositivos e objetos que se conectam permanentemente à Internet, e que comunicam entre si. Daí, surgiram cidades inteligentes, fábricas conectadas, carros conectados e um sem número de outras aplicações que nos trazem, todos os dias, novas funcionalidades. Este é um tópico muito relevante e muitos novos modelos de negócios surgem dessa nova tendência, sob forma de novas tecnologias, produtos e serviços. Espera-se que muitos provavelmente tenham sucesso, dado o crescimento desta nova era da tecnologia. No entanto, quando se trata de estratégia de negócios e lucro, não se trata apenas de ter a melhor ideia ou o melhor produto, mas também como comercializá-lo da melhor maneira e atrair o alvo mais atrativo. A startup Techperks foi criada com vista a trazer novos produtos de IoT para Portugal, através da sua revenda. No entanto, o conceito não foi inovador o suficiente para criar sucesso no mercado português e a startup não conseguiu instigar sua visão no mercado. Embora ainda em operação, a loja tem demonstrado resultados aquém das previsões. Este caso, tem como objetivo destacar os principais motivos que explicam o fraca performance da marca e servir como um guia para "os erros a serem evitados ao iniciar um novo negócio retalhista inovador". Além disso, pode ser utilizado para estimular a criatividade dos alunos no desenvolvimento de estratégias que poderiam ter sido usadas pela Techperks para evitar o insucesso e utilizar todo o potencial da marca.
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Silva, Ana Filipa Vaz Almeida da. "Consumo de conteúdos musicais e de filmes/séries "online": comparação entre Portugal e Europa dos 15." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/15755.
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Atualmente, a utilização da Internet cresce de forma exponencial, tornando-se
significativa a sua presença nas atividades quotidianas. O tempo passado a navegar na Internet,
ultrapassa a simples pesquisa nos motores de busca ou a consulta do "email". As tendências
mostram que os utilizadores de Internet necessitam de larguras de banda elevadas e com rápida
resposta uma vez que os comportamentos mais frequentes são em P2P ("peer-to-peer"), como é
o caso de partilha de ficheiros, o "streaming" de vídeos, música, filmes e séries. O "streaming" de
conteúdos é cada vez mais a forma escolhida para ouvir música ou ver filmes e séries. A
Internet é cada vez mais o fornecedor de conteúdos mundialmente. Mas, serão as escolhas
homogéneas entre os vários países da Europa? A resposta a esta questão motivou este estudo
que analisa o consumo de conteúdos musicais e/ou de filmes e séries e no perfil dos seus
consumidores. Recorreu-se à base de dados "Flash Eurobarometer" 437 onde se compararam
duas áreas geográficas: Portugal e o grupo de países da Europa dos 15.Nowadays, the use of Internet grows exponentially, becoming significant its presence in everyday actvivities. The time spent on Internet, goes beyond simple search in the search engines or the checking the email. Trends show that the Internet users need high bandwidth and fast response times since the most frequent behaviors are peer-to-peer (P2P), such as file sharing, streaming videos, music, movies and series. Streaming content is increasingly the way to listen to music or watch movies and series. The Internet is increasingly the content provider worldwide. But, will be the choices homogeneuous among the Europe 15? Answering this research questions is the aim of this study, which analysis the comsuption of musical contents and/or movies and series, as well consumers’ profile. Using the data base of Flash Eurobarometer 437, two geographic areas were compared: Portugal and the group of countries of the Europe of the 15.
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Ross, Nicole Kristine. "Doing Good While Going Public: Ramping Up the ExactTarget Foundation Amidst the IPO Process (Q1 2012)." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/3222.
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Deng, Wenhao. "Factors influencing consumer intention to electric car sharing program in China." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/16445.
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Time-shared rental has been developed as an emerging model in the area of sharing
economy in recent years in China. Since the technology of Internet of Things (IoT)
and new energy automobile evolved, there are more and more people paying attention
to innovative transportation such as eco-car sharing. As attitude towards eco-car,
which may profoundly influence the industry, is on the turning point, the purpose of
this dissertation is to examine what influence consumers` intention on e-car sharing
and to understand how to better increase consumer intention to use time-shared rental.
A 14-item survey was cited and developed to collect data from China delivered
through Internet. Responses were collected from 183 participants. The results show
that PEOU, GSI and CID have positive impact on intention to use time-shared rental
while PE doesn`t associate with it. At the same time, the analysis of moderating roles
indicates that neither age nor gender has moderating effect on the relationships
between intention and the predicted variables. However, the income level of
participants was identified to be the moderator of PE to intention, which is slightly
positive.O aluguel de time-shared foi desenvolvido como um modelo emergente na área de economia compartilhada nos últimos anos na China. Com a evolução prosseguida da tecnologia da Internet of Things (IoT) e da nova energia automóvel, há cada vez mais pessoas a prestar atenção ao transporte inovador, tal como a eco-car sharing. Como a atitude em relação ao eco-car poderá ter grande impacto na indústria, este novo transporte ainda está num ponto de viragem. O objetivo desta dissertação é examinar o que é que influencia a intenção do consumidor em e-car sharing e entender como melhorar a intenção do consumidor em uso o aluguel de time-shared. Uma pesquisa de 14 itens foi citada e desenvolvida para recolher os dados que são transmitidas pela Internet. As respostas foram obtidas de 183 participantes. Os resultados mostram que PEOU, GSI e CID têm um impacto positivo na intenção de uso do aluguel time-shared enquanto o PE não se associa a ele. Ao mesmo tempo, a análise dos papéis moderadores indica que nem a idade nem o gênero têm efeito moderador nas relações entre a intenção e as variáveis previstas. No entanto, o nível de rendimento dos participantes foi identificado como sendo o moderador da PE para intenção, o que é ligeiramente positivo.