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Gardner, Emma Catherine. "Accountancy worlds : commoditization, competitiveness, compromises." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8515/.
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This thesis explores the changing nature of accountancy in Birmingham and the increasing price-sensitivity of the industry, which is producing interesting tensions inside firms and between the workplace and home lives. This is part of ongoing commoditization, which has been frequently cited in the literature, but overlooked empirically. This research presents an integrated analysis of commoditization based upon 60 semi-structured interviews, investigating its drivers as well as the responses to the phenomenon. A conceptualisation of the current phase of commoditization is presented and the adaptations in firm level routines are explored. It then analyses the impacts of commoditization and changing firm practices on the lives of individuals at work, and the resultant effect on home lives. This thesis uncovers an increasing hybridisation of the worlds of work and home and highlights the contested nature of the boundary between the two spaces, which is placing constraints on career lifestyles. This work contributes a holistic and empirical understanding of commoditization to the literature, changing the way that knowledge services are conceptualised. It also uncovers new dimensions of organisational routines; hidden and visible routines, and identifies the individual as a powerful actor in the performance of firm routines, contributing to the literature on evolutionary theory.
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Manatayev, Yerlan Yergalievich 1980. "Commoditization of the third party logistics industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/28508.
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Thesis (M. Eng. in Logistics)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2004.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 57-59).
Third party logistics companies in the US emerged in the 1980s and have been providing valuable service for companies willing to outsource logistics. Since then the industry has been growing substantially both in terms revenues and number of players. Nowadays 3PL market has a decent share in total transportation costs and established position in the transportation sector. Furthermore, analysts forecast a significant growth of the industry and an increase of its role in the supply chain management of companies. However, the industry is not enjoying adequate profits and margins are small. 3PL companies have difficulties differentiating among each other and have difficulties demonstrating value proposition to potential customers. At first glance, it signifies commoditization--a competitive environment in which differentiation is difficult, customer loyalty is low and competing offerings are virtually indistinguishable from customer perspective. The objective of this study is to explore whether third party logistics industry in the US is experiencing commoditization by studying current state of the industry, its competitive environment and dynamics. We investigate the principal drivers of commoditization dynamics in the industry, leverage points for influencing the dynamics, and possible strategic responses of 3PL companies. The methodology for the research is the System Dynamics, analysis of industry competitive forces using Porter's framework, analysis of profitability trend in a sample of fifteen logistics companies over period 1985-2003, and a review of current dynamics in the market. The study gives better understanding of the current competitive environment and suggests that the 3PL industry is experiencing
(cont.) commoditization. Third party logistics have been approaching commodity status, and transforming the logistics outsourcing value equation from high margins and vendor control into a classic buyers' market with competition driving down margins, adding features and services, and increasing buyer choice.
by Yerlan Yergalievich Manatayev.
M.Eng.in Logistics
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Power, Michael. "Commoditization and the end of financial scarcity." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5710.
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Burnham, Kristie A. 1969. "Developing a server OEM strategy during technology commoditization." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/84333.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-84).
by Kristie A. Burnham.
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Willey, Richard Ellert 1966. "Many is beautiful : commoditization as a source of disruptive innovation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/16990.
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Thesis (S.M.M.O.T.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Management of Technology Program, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-45).
This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
The expression "disruptive technology" is now firmly embedded in the modern business lexicon. The mental model summarized by this concise phrase has great explanatory power for ex-post analysis of many revolutionary changes in business. Unfortunately, this paradigm can rarely be applied prescriptively. The classic formulation of a "disruptive technology" sheds little light on potential sources of innovation. This thesis seeks to extend this analysis by suggesting that many important disruptive technologies arise from commodities. The sudden availability of a high performance factor input at a low price often enables innovation in adjacent market segments. The thesis suggests main five reasons that commodities spur innovation: ** The emergence of a commodity collapses competition to the single dimension of price. Sudden changes in factor prices create new opportunities for supply driven innovation. Low prices enable innovators to substitute quantity for quality. ** The price / performance curve of a commodity creates an attractor that promotes demand aggregation. ** Commodities emerge after the establishment of a dominant design. Commodities have defined and stable interfaces. Well developed tool sets and experienced developer communities are available to work with commodities, decreasing the price of experimentation. ** Distributed architectures based on large number of simple, redundant components offer more predictable performance. Systems based on a small number of high performance components will have a higher standard deviation for uptime than high granularity systems based on large numbers of low power components. ** Distributed architectures are much more flexible than low granularity systems. Large integrated facilities often provide cost advantages when operating at the Minimum Efficient Scale of production. However, distributed architectures that can efficiently change production levels over time may be a superior solution based on the ability to adapt to changing market demand patterns. The evolution of third generation bus architectures in personal computers provides a comprehensive example of commodity based disruption, incorporating all five forces.
by Richard Ellert Willey.
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Munoz, Igor K. "Mexican Restaurants in Bowling Green, Ohio: Spaces for Music Commoditization." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1371581386.
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Lui, Siu Man. "Impacts of information technology commoditization : selected studies from ubiquitous information services /." View abstract or full-text, 2005. http://library.ust.hk/cgi/db/thesis.pl?ISMT%202005%20LUI.
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Silva, Ana Teresa Maia. "Commoditization: a threat or an opportunity?: a case study on IBM." Master's thesis, NSBE - UNL, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/11810.
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A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and EconomicsThe purpose of this work project is to analyze the concept of commoditization in the information technology industry (IT). It is based on a case study that describes how IBM, a successful company for more than seventy years, was affected by the commoditization of the personal computer segment in the early 1990s and the strategic transformation undertook by the company to overcome this problem. Furthermore, it is also emphasized IBM’s decisions to exit commoditized segments and to shift its portfolio towards services and software, due to their major contribution in bringing the company back to its leading position in the marketplace.
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Zerzeri, Fériel. "Diffusion de l'internet et transformation de l'industrie bancaire européenne : la "commoditization"." Paris 9, 2004. https://portail.bu.dauphine.fr/fileviewer/index.php?doc=2004PA090059.
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La déréglementation du marché bancaire associée à une propagation rapide et massive des nouvelles technologies de l'information a transformé l'industrie bancaire poussant à la fois les banques en place aussi bien que les nouveaux entrants à se faire concurrence suivant de nouveaux critères, de nouvelles stratégies. Internet semble favoriser la mise en place d'un important processus de " commoditization ". Ce travail de recherche consiste en une analyse des effets de la diffusion de l'Internet sur l'évolution des structures, des comportements et de l'organisation de l'industrie bancaire. La première partie de la thèse présente le premier facteur conduisant cette diffusion, le développement d'une nouvelle innovation financière dite la " banque Internet ". Cette première partie étudie le contexte mais aussi l'impact et les limites de cette innovation. La deuxième partie de la thèse examine les effets du deuxième facteur, les " shopbots ", sur l'évolution de l'offre et de la demande bancaire. L'analyse des effets d'une utilisation fréquente des " shopbots " (par les Internautes) sur les possibilités de développement d'un processus de " commoditization " de cette industrie est au centre de notre problématique. Cette analyse empirique étudie la réaction des acteurs bancaires européens à travers un examen des stratégies bancaires d'appropriation et de protection des rentes. Ces transformations sont au cœur des problématiques d'économie industrielle, elles sont le résultat d'une importante diffusion technologique dans un marché déréglementé.
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Pompeo, Karin Ligia Brondino. "The enchantment sphere: a non-dualistic approach to singularization and commoditization." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/18750.
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Dualistic interpretations of Kopytoff’s commoditization process prevail in consumer research literature. In those studies, the object is either a commodity or a singularized possession, ignoring the author’s original approach in which several exchange spheres, with different levels of singularization, can coexist. This research offers a closer account to the original approach by: 1) highlighting the theoretical extensions as well as the misinterpretation so far; 2) investigating some of the spheres that can exist in the ‘gray zone’ between the two ideal polar types of singularization and commoditization, and 3) proposing a new framework of the commoditization-singularization process for consumer studies. To achieve these, I developed a comprehensive analysis of how singularization and commoditization concepts appear in consumer research literature, interviewed consumers in four different countries, immersed myself in several activities to understand their context, and traced the biography of an object: the vintage Selmer Mark VI saxophone. The chosen sphere for a deeper analysis I named the enchantment sphere, since the objects within it radiate a transcendent allure that obliterates objective explanations for its superior qualities. The objects within this sphere are a clear example of the ambiguous state of a commodity as advocated by Kopytoff, because they experience at the same time some level of singularization and some level of commoditization. This is possible because those objects are precluded from extreme commoditization due to their magical allures, while still having an evident exchange value. Considering the findings that result both from the literature analysis and the fieldwork, I propose a cohesive visual concept that explains the commoditization-singularization process as a non-linear structure and that also allows further complements and extensions.
As interpretações dualistas do processo de commoditização de Kopytoff prevalecem na literatura de cultura de consumo. Nesses estudos, o objeto ou é uma commodity ou uma posse singularizada, ignorando a abordagem original desse autor em que várias esferas de troca, com diferentes níveis de singularização, podem coexistir. Esta pesquisa oferece uma perspectiva mais próxima da abordagem original, da seguinte forma: 1) destacando as extensões teóricas, bem como a má interpretação dos conceitos até agora; 2) investigando algumas das esferas que podem existir na "zona cinzenta" entre os dois tipos ideais de singularização e commoditização, e 3) propondo uma nova estrutura do processo de commoditização-singularização para estudos de consumo. Para atingir isso, desenvolvi uma análise abrangente de como os conceitos de singularização e commoditização aparecem na literatura de pesquisa de consumo, entrevistei consumidores em quatro países diferentes, aprofundei-me em várias atividades para entender seu contexto e construí a biografia de um objeto: o saxofone vintage Selmer Mark VI. Eu nomeei de esfera do encantamento a que foi escolhida para uma análise mais profunda, uma vez que os objetos dentro dela irradiam uma fascinação transcendente que oblitera explicações objetivas para suas qualidades superiores. Os objetos dentro desta esfera são um claro exemplo do estado ambíguo de uma commodity, como defendido por Kopytoff, porque eles experimentam ao mesmo tempo algum nível de singularização e algum nível de commoditização. Isso é possível porque esses objetos são excluídos da commoditização extrema devido a suas atrações mágicas, ao mesmo tempo que possuem um valor de troca evidente. Considerando os resultados a partir da análise da literatura e do trabalho de campo, eu proponho um conceito visual coeso que explica o processo de commoditização-singularização como uma estrutura não-linear e que também permite complementos e extensões adicionais.
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Quicksey, Angelica M. "Coffee, Culture, and Capital in America: Starbucks and the Commoditization of Urban Space." Scholarship @ Claremont, 2012. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/473.
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Starbucks' success following Howard Schultz's purchase of the company in 1987 was largely the product of a particular historical moment, one rooted in the social and economic changes that manifested themselves in the built environment of the American metropolis from the 1970's to the present. Most contemporary observers saw Starbucks as a symbol of these changes – particularly those that fell under the complicated heading of gentrification – rather than recognizing it as an agent of change.
This thesis reveals the development of Starbucks' character and expansion model from its humble beginnings in 1971. It offers an overview of the various theories of gentrification and neighborhood change, relating them to Seattle, and placing Starbucks within this narrative. Chapter three examines Starbucks as a commodity, a place, and a neighbor. As a commodity, the history and preparation of specialty coffee made it a de facto consumption choice for the rich, famous, and educated. Starbucks appropriated, packaged and marketed the drink's sophisticated characteristics toward its own ends. Meanwhile, Starbucks' claims of community centered on its perception and presentation as a "third place" – the public place of a new age. Finally, as a neighbor, Starbucks has been courted and rejected by communities, developers, and city governments seeking or spurning the changes – increased foot traffic, wealthier clientele, etc. – that often accompany the coffee giant's arrival to a neighborhood. Lastly, this thesis focuses on metropolitan areas, perhaps the most tangible places to think about capitalism and capitalist enterprises, with an emphasis on Seattle, Starbucks' native city.
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Worby, Eric. "Remaking labour, reshaping identity : cotton, commoditization and the culture of modernity in northwestern Zimbabwe." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=39433.
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Until the 1960s, the Gokwe region of northwestern Zimbabwe was perceived as the wild, remote, and culturally backward domain of the "Shangwe" tribe. Since the introduction of small-holder cotton production in the 1960s, and the influx of immigrants from the south, it has been represented as a miracle of agrarian transformation, a frontier of commoditization, and more broadly, as an exemplar of the transition to modernity. In this thesis, I explore how alternative narratives of commoditization inform modes of state intervention, representations of ethnic difference, and forms of agrarian labour in Gokwe. Using my own ethnographic journey through Gokwe as a referent, I examine the different ways in which colonial maps, indigenous myths, and ritual exchanges variously locate relations of power, labour and identity in social space. Labour forms and commodity relations are continually remade as farmers, traders, ethnographers and administrators argue over the signs of modernity and its antitheses.
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Smith, C. D. "The commoditization of African agriculture and changed social relations : the case of the Haya of Tanzania." Thesis, University of Essex, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.355481.
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Gougoulis, Georgia-Cleo. "The material culture of children's play : space, toys and the commoditization of childhood in a Greek community." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2004. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1446574/.
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This thesis is an ethnography of children's play in Palaia Phocaea of Attica Greece, with a particular focus on its material aspects: the spaces and objects of children's playful interactions with the social world. The evidence is also used to discuss various theories as to the impact of the commoditization of toys. Chapter 1 introduces the theoretical perspectives adopted throughout the thesis and the key concepts employed such as the notion of interpretive reproduction and cultural appropriation. Chapter 2 spells out the methodological problems of research with children, in order to discuss the adopted research strategies and methods. Chapter 3 provides a historical background and a summary of the changes that transformed the economy of Phocaea, as a context to children's play and its social parameters. Chapter 4 focuses on play at school, including factors beyond the school environment that influence children's play in the school playground. The main issues discussed concern the appropriation of space for the performance of children's play related projects, debates on gender separation in the school playground and questions regarding the performance of gender and age identities in the school playground of Phocaea. Chapter 5 turns to both issues of appropriation of space and its contestation in the context of neighbourhood play. The emphasis is on the construction, transformation and reproduction of social, spatial and temporal boundaries that circumscribe children's play and their relationships to adults and other children. Chapter 6 deals with children's play at home as the main site of symbolic constructions and hence with children's imaginary domains to address issues arising from the commoditization of toys and their influence upon children' play. The thesis concludes with a general discussion of materiality and play and of the commoditization of children's culture.
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Chmelař, Ondřej. "Možnosti využití cloudových technologií v oblasti sdílené ekonomiky a FinTech." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2016. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-261980.
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This thesis is mapping in a detail and describes the current situation and prediction of the penetration of information technology based mostly on the cloud and blockchain technologies into the real global economy and identifying trends that affect these areas. Focus is primarily on socialization of services, concept of sharing economy and financial-technology (FinTech) companies. Next part describes the process of maturing of information technologies, which enables bypassing of costly intermediaries, who are replaced by other users or advanced algorithms in the fields, which werent fundamentally touched by ICT until now. Work intersects the knowledge of the of the IT industry and minor specialization from FFU VSE.
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Podlaszewska, Rizky Suci Ammalia [Verfasser], Frank [Akademischer Betreuer] Eckardt, Desmond [Akademischer Betreuer] Wee, Sigrun [Gutachter] Langner, and Justin [Gutachter] Kadi. "The Placemaking of Destination. Localization and Commoditization process of Urban Tourism. Study case Palembang Indonesia / Rizky Suci Ammalia Podlaszewska ; Gutachter: Sigrun Langner, Justin Kadi ; Frank Eckardt, Desmond Wee." Weimar : Fakultät Architektur und Urbanistik [bis 2014 Fakultät Architektur] / Professur Sozialwissenschaftliche Stadtforschung, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1147686084/34.
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Podlaszewska, Rizky Suci Ammalia Verfasser], Frank [Akademischer Betreuer] [Eckardt, Desmond [Akademischer Betreuer] Wee, Sigrun [Gutachter] Langner, and Justin [Gutachter] Kadi. "The Placemaking of Destination. Localization and Commoditization process of Urban Tourism. Study case Palembang Indonesia / Rizky Suci Ammalia Podlaszewska ; Gutachter: Sigrun Langner, Justin Kadi ; Frank Eckardt, Desmond Wee." Weimar : Fakultät Architektur und Urbanistik [bis 2014 Fakultät Architektur] / Professur Sozialwissenschaftliche Stadtforschung, 2017. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20171201-36995.
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Volpato, Luís Antônio. "A qualidade nos cursos de bacharelado em Administração a distância: um estudo comparativo nas principais IES privadas do Brasil." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2013. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/9758.
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Previous issue date: 2013-12-19The objective of this thesis was to research the quality of online undergraduate programs in Administration offered by the major private Institutions of Higher Education (IHE) in Brazil, taking into consideration the growing demands in the workplace and the need for qualified professionals to meet these demands. The research study was designed to respond to two questions. 1) What is the notion of quality in Distance Education as identified in online undergraduate programs in Administration? 2) How is quality defined by administrators of the online undergraduate programs in Administration from the major private IHE in Brazil? In order to respond to the first question, a study was performed on the theoretical literature; the history of Distance Education in Brazil and other countries; the growth of Distance Education between 2000 and 2009; the theories and pedagogic approaches to Distance Education; the curriculum content; the history of the Administration profession; and Brazilian legislation pertaining to Distance Education. In order to respond to the second question, seven semi structured interviews were conducted with administrators from the major private IHE which offer online undergraduate programs in Administration in Brazil. Refinement of the results was obtained through an analysis of the interview content using the software, ATLAS TI. The results show that, firstly, the notion of quality in Distance Education is still based on a Taylorist point of view, inappropriate to more contemporary conceptualizations of the term which focus on the quality of process rather than on results. Secondly, for the IHE administrators, quality in Distance Education represents a subjective perception. The administrators have a pre-defined opinion of what constitutes quality in the Distance Education courses they offer, but they associate quality to the results. Noteworthy is that the perspective of the administrators is no different than that found in the literature on quality in Distance Education or in the evaluations proposed by the Ministry of Education
O objetivo desta tese foi o de pesquisar sobre a qualidade nos cursos de Bacharelado em Administração a distância, praticado nas principais IES privadas do Brasil, considerando que há crescentes demandas do mercado profissional e exigências de profissionais qualificados para atender esta demanda. A pesquisa realizada procurou responder as seguintes perguntas: 1) Qual o conceito de qualidade em EaD que pode ser identificado nos cursos de Bacharelado em Administração a distância? 2) O que é qualidade na visão dos gestores dos cursos de Bacharelado em Administração a distância das principais IES privadas do Brasil? Para responder a primeira pergunta foi realizado um estudo sobre o referencial teórico do tema, o histórico sobre EaD no Brasil e alguns países do mundo, o crescimento de EaD verificado na década 2000-2009, as teorias e as abordagens pedagógicas da EaD, um levantamento sobre Currículo, o histórico da profissão de Administração e a legislação pertinente a EaD no Brasil. Para responder a segunda pergunta foram realizadas sete entrevistas semiestruturadas com os gestores das principais IES privadas que ofertam cursos de Bacharelado em Administração a distância no Brasil. Para apurar os resultados foi realizada uma análise de conteúdo das entrevistas com a utilização do software ATLAS TI. Os resultados permitem concluir que, primeiro, o conceito de qualidade em EaD ainda é pautado por uma visão Taylorista, não condizente com a conceituação mais contemporânea do termo, que foca a qualidade no processo e não em resultados. Segundo, para os gestores das IES qualidade em EaD representa uma percepção subjetiva. Os gestores têm uma opinião formada sobre o que é qualidade para os cursos de EaD que oferecem, mas associam qualidade aos resultados. Vale ressaltar que a visão dos gestores não é diferente do que foi encontrado nos estudos realizados sobre qualidade em EaD, ou das avaliações propostas pelo MEC
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Perondi, Miguel Angelo. "Diversificação dos meios de vida e mercantilização da agricultura familiar." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/11009.
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Num contexto de estresse ambiental decorrente da estiagem de 2005, crise econômica em função da baixa renda das ocupações e crise social sinalizada pela diminuição da população de uma região produtora de commodities agrícolas e, partindo-se do pressuposto que o desenvolvimento rural resulta da capacidade de diversificação econômica dos agricultores familiares, formulou-se a seguinte questão: “A dependência na produção de commodities agrícolas reduz a capacidade de diversificação da agricultura familiar e, consequentemente, sua sustentabilidade?” Se a resposta for afirmativa, então “Como o processo de mercantilização interfere na capacidade de diversificação dos meios de vida no meio rural?” O município de Itapejara d’Oeste - região Sudoeste do Paraná – reune as favoráveis condições de pesquisar esta questão, pois, além de apresentar predominância das commodities agrícolas na economia local, possui potencial para desenvolver a pluriatividade intersetorial e a agregação de valor no meio rural.Esta pesquisa permitiu identificar a composição da renda agrícola, extra unidade de produção agrícola e não-agrícola, estimar a diversidade da renda e a sustentabilidade dos meios de vida no meio rural, tipificar e avaliar as trajetórias de diversificação dos agricultores familiares. Concluiuse que a renda foi maior nas famílias com mais diversidade; que uma maior diversidade de renda corresponde a um meio de vida rural mais sustentável; e que as famílias que agregam valor e¤ou são pluriativas possuem uma renda maior e um meio de vida mais sustentável que as famílias que lidam somente com commodities agrícolas e¤ou são beneficiadas pela assistência social. Por fim, foi possível perceber algumas prováveis transformações da agricultura familiar do município e região.In a context of environmental stress due to the drought of 2005, economical crisis in function of the drop income of the occupations, and social crisis signalled by the decrease of population of an area producing of agricultural commodities, and considering the hypothesis that the rural development results of the capacity of the family farms economical diversification, the following subject was formulated: “Does the dependence in the production of agricultural commodities reduce capacity of the diversification of family farm, and consequently the sustainability?” If yes, than: “How does the commoditiezation process affect the capacity of rural livelihoods diversification?” The Itapejara d'Oeste municipal district - Southwest region of the Paraná State, Brazil – gather favourable conditions of researching this subject because besides presenting predominance of the agricultural commodities in the local economy, it possesses potential to develop the intersectorial pluriativity and aggregation activities in the rural area. This study allowed identifying the composition of farm, off-farm and non-farm income, as well, to esteem the diversity income and the sustainable rural livelihoods and, finally, to typify and to analyse the family farms diversification trajectories. It was concluded that the income was larger in the families with more diversity; that a larger diversity of income turns in a more sustainable rural livelihood; and, that families that join values activities and¤or pluriativity possess larger income and a way of more sustainable livelihood that the families that only work with agricultural commodities activities and¤or have social benefits. Finally, it was possible to verify some probable transformation for the family farms of the municipal and rural area.
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Carvalho, Clarice da Costa. "Serviço social e privatização do ensino – a precarização do trabalho docente nas instituições privadas de ensino superior na Zona da Mata Mineira." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), 2009. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/2780.
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CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Esta dissertação analisa as condições do trabalho dos assistentes sociais, docentes nas Instituições Privadas de Ensino Superior (IPES) da Zona da Mata de Minas Gerais. Foram entrevistados 7 (sete) professores, que atuam nas IPES da região, através de um roteiro semi-estruturado e de uma abordagem qualitativa, tratando da trajetória, das condições de trabalho e do próprio trabalho docente, explicitada através das falas e reflexões dos docentes assistentes sociais. Esta análise retoma, em traços gerais, as transformações societárias ocorridas no Brasil a partir dos anos 1990, a contra-reforma do Estado e a contra-reforma universitária nela contida. Aborda o processo de mercantilização do ensino superior no país e suas particularidades em Minas Gerais, especialmente, na Zona da Mata mineira, região definida para a pesquisa de campo. Toma-se, também como referência de análise o projeto formação de assistentes sociais, expressa nas Diretrizes Curriculares elaboradas pela Associação Brasileira de Ensino e Pesquisa em Serviço Social (ABEPSS). Finalmente, apresentamos a tensão identificada entre as reais condições de trabalho dos docentes nas IPES e a efetivação do projeto de formação profissional do Serviço Social.
This work analyses the social assistants work conditions teaching in private institutions in Zona da Mata – Minas Gerais. Seven professors were interviewed, who work in the IPES (Higher education private institutions) of the region, by means of a semi-structured guide and with a qualitative approach, dealing with the ways, the working conditions and the teaching work itself, expressed through the speech and the social assistants professors´ reflexions.Such analyses retakes, in general ,the social changing which took place in Brazil from the 90´s, the State counter-Reformation as well as the University Counter Reformation. It also brings up the higher education commoditization process in the country and its particularities in Minas Gerais, mainly in Zona da Mata, the field research area. As analyses reference we consider the social assistants formation project in Diretrizes Curriculares elaborated upon Associação Brasileira de Ensino e Pesquisa em Serviço Social (ABEPSS). Finally, we present the tension between the real teaching work conditions in the IPES and the establishment of the Social Service professional project formation.
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Escher, Fabiano. "Os assaltos do moinho satânico nos campos e os contramovimentos da agricultura familiar : atores sociais, instituições e desenvolvimento rural no Sudoeste do Paraná." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/54519.
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A motivação para a realização dessa pesquisa partiu da ideia de que os estudos sobre desenvolvimento rural precisam elaborar definições mais claras em relação ao seu escopo, definindo uma temática própria e não apenas importando os temas postos a partir das políticas públicas e da ação do Estado. Por isso, o tema das interfaces entre o papel dos atores sociais e o papel das instituições nos processos de mudança social que incidem sobre as dinâmicas de desenvolvimento rural se reveste de grande interesse. O objetivo dessa pesquisa consistiu em analisar a diversidade dos estilos de agricultura familiar e as formas com que os agricultores foram respondendo às circunstâncias redundantes do crescente processo de mercantilização da agricultura e do espaço rural, tanto em termos de práticas técnico-produtivas como em termos organizativo-institucionais. Para isso, realizamos um estudo de caso no Sudoeste do Paraná, um território onde a importância histórica da categoria agricultura familiar é amplamente reconhecida. A diversidade da agricultura familiar e do meio rural pode ser explicada, por um lado, pela sua crescente mercantilização, por conta da inserção dos agricultores na dinâmica da economia capitalista, enquanto produtores de mercadorias, trabalhadores e demandantes de insumos e tecnologias externas e, por outro, pelas estratégias de reprodução que os mesmos foram estabelecendo como reação a este processo ou mesmo para adaptarem-se a ele. A primeira hipótese levantada assevera que, apesar dos efeitos e consequências da mercantilização, a identidade territorial da agricultura familiar, constituída através de episódios históricos, de sentimento de origem e trajetórias comuns e de valores partilhados, mantém-se enraizada nas concepções mentais dos atores, permitindo que as estratégias familiares postas em prática ganhem uma dimensão social mais alargada, que vão além das formas de organização da produção e do trabalho nas suas propriedades ao institucionalizarem-se na forma de dispositivos de ação coletiva. Neste sentido, a atividade leiteira, estratégia cada vez mais central para a reprodução das unidades produtivas, ganha uma expressão institucional através da organização do Sistema de Cooperativas de Leite da Agricultura Familiar - SISCLAF, um dispositivo coletivo de ação econômica. O “novo cooperativismo” emerge de um intenso processo de aprendizagem coletiva, como uma iniciativa inovadora e fundamental para a promoção de processos de desenvolvimento rural no território. Todavia, a segunda hipótese assevera que o SISCLAF e o cooperativismo da agricultura familiar enfrentam dificuldades em consolidar práticas, projetar iniciativas e empreender ações que conduzam a atividade leiteira para além de determinadas reações às contingências do ambiente e, assim, estabelecer uma estratégia coletivamente deliberada de desenvolvimento rural. A integração entre os ramos cooperativos e a articulação destes com os outros atores e instituições é deveras incerta no plano econômico e mais ainda no plano político, porque não há clareza sobre o lugar que cada organização ocupa na correlação de forças entre os grupos e classes sociais do território e na definição dos seus respectivos papéis na dinâmica do mesmo. As hipóteses foram confirmadas pelos resultados alcançados a partir da aplicação de um sofisticado aporte teórico-analítico e de uma série de procedimentos metodológicos, baseados tanto em técnicas de pesquisa quantitativa (lançando mão de diversas fontes de dados e métodos estatísticos) como qualitativa (entrevistas semiestruturadas, observação e participação em eventos). A principal conclusão do trabalho é a de que os processos de desenvolvimento rural têm na ação dos agricultores, como atores sociais ativos, um elemento causal fundamental, mas que só ganham efetividade através de projetos coletivos e deliberados, capazes de operar mudanças sociais, por meio de instituições.The motivation for conducting this research came from the idea that rural development studies needs to develop clearer definitions regarding their scope, define a separate subject matter and not just put the issues from public policy and State action. So the issue of the interfaces between the role of social actors and the role of institutions in social change processes that focus on the dynamics of rural development is of great interest. The aim of this study was to assess the diversity of the family farming styles and the ways in which farmers were responding to the circumstances that arises from the process of increasing commoditization of agriculture and countryside, both in terms of technical and productive practices and in terms of organizational and institutional expressions. To this end we conducted a case study in the Southwest of Paraná, a territory where the historical importance of family farming category is widely recognized. The diversity of family farming and the countryside can be explained, on the one hand, by its increasing commoditization, due to the inclusion of farmers in the dynamics of the capitalist economy as commodity producers, workers and demanders of inputs and foreign technologies and, on the other hand, by the reproductive strategies that they have been established in response to this process or even to adapt to it. The first hypothesis asserts that, despite the effects and consequences of commoditization, the territorial identity of the family farming, constituted through on common historical episodes and feelings of origin, and shared values, remains embedded in the mental conceptions of the actors, allowing the family strategies put in place to gain a broader social dimension, beyond the ways of organizing production and labor in their farms to become institutionalized in the form of collective action devices. In this sense, the dairy production, a strategy increasingly central to the reproduction of rural households, earn an institutional expression through the organization of the Dairy Cooperatives System of Family Agriculture - SISCLAF, a collective device for economic action. The “new cooperativism” emerges from an intense process of collective learning, as an innovative and essential initiative for the promotion of rural development processes in the territory. However, the second hypothesis asserts that SISCLAF and the family agriculture cooperativism, have difficulties in consolidate practices, design initiatives and undertake actions that lead dairy farming beyond the reactions to certain environmental contingencies, and thus establish a collective deliberate strategy of rural development. The full integration between the cooperativist branches and their articulation with the other actors and institutions is quite uncertain in the economic plain and more in the political plain, because there is no clarity about the place that each organization plays in the balance of power between social groups and classes of the territory and in defining their respective roles in the dynamics of it. The hypotheses were confirmed by the results from the application of a sophisticated analytical approach and a series of methodological procedures, based on both quantitative (making use of various sources of data and statistical methods) and qualitative research techniques (semi-structured interviews, observation and participation in events). The main conclusion of the research is that the processes of rural development have on the action of farmers, as active social actors, a key causal element, but which only comes effective, through collective projects, capable of operating social change by means of institutions.
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Salmi, Steven T. "To Reframe a Constitution: Public Service in a Consumptive State." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1280982038.
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Mbeng, Ndemezogo Georgin. "La commercialisation du gibier au Gabon : anthropologie du conflit des imaginaires du rapport à l'animal." Thesis, Lyon 2, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011LYO20135/document.
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A travers l’exemple de la commercialisation du gibier sur les marchés de Libreville, cette recherche vise à déconstruire les deux imaginaires contradictoires qui mobilisent plusieurs catégories d’acteurs multi-situés dans les problématiques respectives de la consommation et de la protection animales. Comme telle, elle se propose de réévaluer les modèles culturels applicables aux rapports de l’homme à l’animal, et à leurs transformations historiques dans le contexte du Gabon contemporain. Ce contexte est notoirement marqué par la confrontation frontale de conceptions et comportements endogènes opposables à des prescriptions conceptuelles et comportementales exogènes. Le but de notre étude est de montrer qu’à une vision dualiste sommaire entre tenants de la consommation animale et tenants de la protection animale, il convient de substituer une analyse beaucoup plus fine des positions des uns et des autres sur l’échiquier des rapports institutionnels et culturels à l’animal qu’il est permis ou au contraire interdit de chasser. Ces rapports se traduisent par des savoirs et des savoir-faire sur l’animal qui semblent passer à certains moments de la totémisation à la marchandisation, sans que l’on sache clairement dans quels cas l’animal est considéré comme sujet ou comme objet de connaissance et d’action. Il importe donc de développer un travail circonstancié des imaginaires en contexte dans le jeu des acteurs d’un pays confronté tout à la fois à des questions de réponses alimentaires, de développement durable, et de conservation des espèces fauniques de ses écosystèmes forestiersThrough the example of the marketing game market in Libreville, this research aims to deconstruct the two imaginary contradictory that mobilize several categories of actors located in multiple issues of the respective consumer and animal protection. As such, it proposes to reassess the cultural models applicable to man's relationship to animals, and their historical transformations in the contemporary context of Gabon. This context is well marked by the confrontation of ideas and behaviors front endogenous binding requirements to conceptual and behavioral exogenous. The aim of our study is to show that a dualistic view summary between advocates of animal feed and animal protection advocates, should be replaced by a more detailed analysis of the positions of each other on the chessboard reports institutional and cultural to the animal that is permitted or otherwise not hunt. These reports are translated into knowledge and expertise on the animal who seems to spend some moments in the commodification totemisation, not as we know clearly where the animal is considered as subject or object knowledge and action. It is therefore important to develop a detailed work of imaginary context in the acting of a country faced at the same time answers to questions of food, sustainable development and conservation of wildlife in its forest ecosystems
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ULERI, FRANCESCA. "AGRO-ESPORTAZIONE E CAMBIAMENTI AGRARI LATINOAMERICANI: UN'ANALISI SOCIOLOGICA DELL' EVOLUZIONE DELL' ECONOMIA CONTADINA SOTTO LA MERCIFICAZIONE DELLA QUINOA NELL' ALTOPIANO MERIDIONALE BOLIVIANO. EFFETTI SU TERRA LAVORO E SICUREZZA ALIMENTARE." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/72837.
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Dagli anni '80 lo sviluppo del sistema agro-alimentare globale ha subito un processo di progressiva globalizzazione che ha interessato sia il complesso della produzione che i modelli di consumo. Questa tendenza ha innanzitutto portato a una crescente integrazione verticale dei produttori agricoli sui mercati globali. La loro azione è stata reciprocamente vincolata all'azione di altri attori specializzati operanti sui mercati di input e output. Allo stesso modo, le recenti trasformazioni dei comportamenti dei consumatori nei cosiddetti paesi occidentalizzati, hanno avuto un impatto su territoriali diversi da quelli che li hanno innescati, contribuendo così a rimodellare le modalità e le pratiche di produzione in quei complessi che entrano nel mercato al fine di soddisfare una nuova domanda agroalimentare diversificata. L'orientamento verso nuovi prodotti, come prodotti biologici, alimenti funzionali o prodotti "esotici" ricchi di proprietà nutrizionali, che fino a poco tempo fa appartenevano esclusivamente a nicchie di mercato specifiche, segna oggi il profilo dell'offerta sui grandi canali di distribuzione. L'evoluzione delle preferenze di consumo ha avuto, e continua ad avere, un'influenza decisiva nell'incorporare nuovi territori e gruppi di produttori nelle catene globali. Tuttavia questa integrazione non è esente da meccanismi deterritorializzazione del prodotto e rimodellamento del tessuto sociale agrario. La tesi, dopo aver descritto tale scenario in relazione al suo impatto generale sulle economie rurali latinoamericane, si concentra su un caso studio specifico riguardante l'evoluzione dell'economia contadina nell'Altiplano boliviano in seguito al boom internazionale della quinoa. Questa evoluzione viene analizzata alla luce dei cambiamenti nel sistema di accesso alla terra, nell'organizzazione del lavoro agricolo e nella sfera della sicurezza alimentare. Il contributo si basa su una ricerca empirica condotta in tre municiplaità rurali dell’altopiano meridionale boliviano attraverso una metodologia quali-quantitativa comprendente l'uso di interviste semi-strutturate, metodologie standardizzate specifiche per la valutazione del livello di sicurezza alimentare (FCS, ELCSA ) e la somministrazione di un questionario. I dati sono stati interpretati attraverso la lente di un complesso quadro teorico che coinvolge il pensiero marxista, la teoria Chayanoviana sull'economia contadina, l'istituzionalismo polanyiano e i recenti contributi della scuola di sociologia rurale di Wgeningen. Partendo dall'analisi del modo tradizionale in cui le comunità andine si sono organizzate storicamente per fornire alle famiglie contadine l'accesso sufficiente alla terra e al lavoro, la tesi segue presentando l'impatto sociale del quinoa-boom. Il lavoro evidenzia nuovi meccanismi di accaparramento e concentrazione della terra ed erosione dell'azione comunitaria, elementi i quali pongono l'economia contadina locale in un processo di erosione e differenziazione di fronte a emergenti conflitti sociali e vulnerabilità nell'ambito della sicurezza alimentare.Since the 1980s the development of the global agro-food system has undergone a process of progressive globalization which has affected both complex of production and patterns of consumption. This trend has firstly resulted in a growing vertical integration of the agricultural producers on global markets. Their action has been mutually bound to the action of others specialized actors (e.g. input suppliers, intermediaries, marketers etc.) operating on the input and output markets. In the same way, the recent transformations of consumer behaviors, in the so-called westernized countries, have impacted on spatial and territorial contests different from the ones that have triggered them, thus contributing to reshape modes and practices of production in those complexes that enter the market in order to meet a new diversified agro-food demand. The orientation towards new products, such as organic products, functional foods, or “exotic” products rich in nutritional properties, that until recently belonged exclusively to specific market niches, marks today the profile of the supply on the large distribution channels. The evolution of the consumption preferences has had, and still continues to have, a decisive influence in incorporating new territories and groups of producers into the global value chain from which they had remained excluded during the previous Fordist period. Nonetheless, the integration into the global market has proceeded in connection to a process of commodification of the production cycle that, on the one hand, has detached the product from the territories of origin and (fetishization), on the other hand, has restructured the agrarian ground. This thesis after describing the above scenario in relation to its impact on the Latin American agrarian context, moves to focus on a specific case study regarding the evolution of the peasant economy in the Bolivian Altiplano sur under the international quinoa boom. This evolution is analyzed in the light of the changes in the land access system, agricultural labour organization and food security. The contribution is based on an empirical research carried out in three rural municipalities of the Bolivian Southern Highlands through a quali-quantitative methodology comprising the use of semi-structured interviews, specific standardized methodologies for the assessment of the food security level (FCS, ELCSA), and the administration of a questionnaire to a sample of local quinoa producers. Data have been interpreted through the lenses of a complex theoretical framework entailing the Marxist thought, the Chayanovian theorization on the peasant economy, the Polanyian institutionalism and the recent contributions of the Wgeningen Rural Sociology School. By starting from the analysis of the traditional way through which the Andean communities have historically organized themselves in order to provide the peasant households with the sufficient access to land and labour as to satisfy their reproduction needs, the thesis moves to present the social impact of the export boom. It shows new land-grabbing mechanisms, concentration of access to land and erosion of the community action which are now placing the local peasant economy in a pathway of erosion and differentiation in front of emerging social conflicts and vulnerabilities in the sphere of food security.
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ULERI, FRANCESCA. "AGRO-ESPORTAZIONE E CAMBIAMENTI AGRARI LATINOAMERICANI: UN'ANALISI SOCIOLOGICA DELL' EVOLUZIONE DELL' ECONOMIA CONTADINA SOTTO LA MERCIFICAZIONE DELLA QUINOA NELL' ALTOPIANO MERIDIONALE BOLIVIANO. EFFETTI SU TERRA LAVORO E SICUREZZA ALIMENTARE." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/72837.
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Dagli anni '80 lo sviluppo del sistema agro-alimentare globale ha subito un processo di progressiva globalizzazione che ha interessato sia il complesso della produzione che i modelli di consumo. Questa tendenza ha innanzitutto portato a una crescente integrazione verticale dei produttori agricoli sui mercati globali. La loro azione è stata reciprocamente vincolata all'azione di altri attori specializzati operanti sui mercati di input e output. Allo stesso modo, le recenti trasformazioni dei comportamenti dei consumatori nei cosiddetti paesi occidentalizzati, hanno avuto un impatto su territoriali diversi da quelli che li hanno innescati, contribuendo così a rimodellare le modalità e le pratiche di produzione in quei complessi che entrano nel mercato al fine di soddisfare una nuova domanda agroalimentare diversificata. L'orientamento verso nuovi prodotti, come prodotti biologici, alimenti funzionali o prodotti "esotici" ricchi di proprietà nutrizionali, che fino a poco tempo fa appartenevano esclusivamente a nicchie di mercato specifiche, segna oggi il profilo dell'offerta sui grandi canali di distribuzione. L'evoluzione delle preferenze di consumo ha avuto, e continua ad avere, un'influenza decisiva nell'incorporare nuovi territori e gruppi di produttori nelle catene globali. Tuttavia questa integrazione non è esente da meccanismi deterritorializzazione del prodotto e rimodellamento del tessuto sociale agrario. La tesi, dopo aver descritto tale scenario in relazione al suo impatto generale sulle economie rurali latinoamericane, si concentra su un caso studio specifico riguardante l'evoluzione dell'economia contadina nell'Altiplano boliviano in seguito al boom internazionale della quinoa. Questa evoluzione viene analizzata alla luce dei cambiamenti nel sistema di accesso alla terra, nell'organizzazione del lavoro agricolo e nella sfera della sicurezza alimentare. Il contributo si basa su una ricerca empirica condotta in tre municiplaità rurali dell’altopiano meridionale boliviano attraverso una metodologia quali-quantitativa comprendente l'uso di interviste semi-strutturate, metodologie standardizzate specifiche per la valutazione del livello di sicurezza alimentare (FCS, ELCSA ) e la somministrazione di un questionario. I dati sono stati interpretati attraverso la lente di un complesso quadro teorico che coinvolge il pensiero marxista, la teoria Chayanoviana sull'economia contadina, l'istituzionalismo polanyiano e i recenti contributi della scuola di sociologia rurale di Wgeningen. Partendo dall'analisi del modo tradizionale in cui le comunità andine si sono organizzate storicamente per fornire alle famiglie contadine l'accesso sufficiente alla terra e al lavoro, la tesi segue presentando l'impatto sociale del quinoa-boom. Il lavoro evidenzia nuovi meccanismi di accaparramento e concentrazione della terra ed erosione dell'azione comunitaria, elementi i quali pongono l'economia contadina locale in un processo di erosione e differenziazione di fronte a emergenti conflitti sociali e vulnerabilità nell'ambito della sicurezza alimentare.Since the 1980s the development of the global agro-food system has undergone a process of progressive globalization which has affected both complex of production and patterns of consumption. This trend has firstly resulted in a growing vertical integration of the agricultural producers on global markets. Their action has been mutually bound to the action of others specialized actors (e.g. input suppliers, intermediaries, marketers etc.) operating on the input and output markets. In the same way, the recent transformations of consumer behaviors, in the so-called westernized countries, have impacted on spatial and territorial contests different from the ones that have triggered them, thus contributing to reshape modes and practices of production in those complexes that enter the market in order to meet a new diversified agro-food demand. The orientation towards new products, such as organic products, functional foods, or “exotic” products rich in nutritional properties, that until recently belonged exclusively to specific market niches, marks today the profile of the supply on the large distribution channels. The evolution of the consumption preferences has had, and still continues to have, a decisive influence in incorporating new territories and groups of producers into the global value chain from which they had remained excluded during the previous Fordist period. Nonetheless, the integration into the global market has proceeded in connection to a process of commodification of the production cycle that, on the one hand, has detached the product from the territories of origin and (fetishization), on the other hand, has restructured the agrarian ground. This thesis after describing the above scenario in relation to its impact on the Latin American agrarian context, moves to focus on a specific case study regarding the evolution of the peasant economy in the Bolivian Altiplano sur under the international quinoa boom. This evolution is analyzed in the light of the changes in the land access system, agricultural labour organization and food security. The contribution is based on an empirical research carried out in three rural municipalities of the Bolivian Southern Highlands through a quali-quantitative methodology comprising the use of semi-structured interviews, specific standardized methodologies for the assessment of the food security level (FCS, ELCSA), and the administration of a questionnaire to a sample of local quinoa producers. Data have been interpreted through the lenses of a complex theoretical framework entailing the Marxist thought, the Chayanovian theorization on the peasant economy, the Polanyian institutionalism and the recent contributions of the Wgeningen Rural Sociology School. By starting from the analysis of the traditional way through which the Andean communities have historically organized themselves in order to provide the peasant households with the sufficient access to land and labour as to satisfy their reproduction needs, the thesis moves to present the social impact of the export boom. It shows new land-grabbing mechanisms, concentration of access to land and erosion of the community action which are now placing the local peasant economy in a pathway of erosion and differentiation in front of emerging social conflicts and vulnerabilities in the sphere of food security.
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Karajaoja, Ritva. "Commoditization of indigenous cultures through tourism." Thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3606.
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This essay looks at cultural commoditization by indigenous people in Third World countries in response to tourism. The common assumption is that commoditization invalidates a culture and that it somehow becomes inauthentic. I show that even though the Indians of the Peruvian highlands sell their “Indianess” for tourists to photograph, the real commoditization takes place by mestizos who appropriate Indian culture: their dress, rituals, handicrafts. The Indians and
mestizos are both trying to maximize their share of tourism revenue, little of which actually gets to the highlands. Neither culture, however, becomes inauthentic in the process. While the meanings of cultural products may be altered over time, no culture is static and fixed in time: new meanings are relevant within the context of contemporary society.
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Wu, Cheng-Yu, and 吳正玉. "The trading strategies and commoditization of the TAIEX index options." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55633488704886398005.
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碩士國立交通大學
管理學院碩士在職專班財務金融組
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This research is focus on option strategies of TAIEX.and applies Put / Call ratio, Two Institutional Investors and VIX data from July 2, 2007 to June 30th, 2009 to July 1, 2010. The paper will simulate the return of plain villain option and vertical spread with at the money position and out of money position by data of three years. All of these strategies will be calculated the transaction costs and stop loss to monitor its return. Meanwhile, the search will take the commoditized cases of trading strategy for examples. There are five dimensions to show the commoditization of strategy, including strategy research、trading applications、marketing、chains and service. Hopefully, If the strategy can go through the five process providing the total solution for customer. Maybe the life cycle of trading strategy could be lasted longer than it was not promote to customers. The results of research are as following：First of all, The Put / Call ratio, Two Institutional Investors and VIX could be effective indicators for plain villain option to make profit. The best payoff strategy is plain villain option trading three strike price out of money position. Moreover, if the vertical spread of 200 point spread be hold with three strike price out of money position that also could be positive return. This result will match what Kaput & Ederington in「Vertical Spread Design」mentioned about the investors will take the vertical spread to reduce the transaction cost. In addition , If apply the indicators of this research as a trading strategy that will trade three times during one month and the maximum lose is within 5%.The strategy could be a way to educate the beginners how to make profit with limited risk for the long-term to trade option.
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Lee, Chia-Ying, and 李佳穎. "The Death Package : The Commoditization of Death Ritual in Contemporary Taiwan." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/56413153840747879544.
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This research focuses on the development of the commoditization of death ritual in contemporary Taiwan. As we talk about death ritual, we are concerning about the whole process of how we deal with death. Focusing on the process of death ritual can help us to distinguish the different features between contemporary death ceremony and community-based ritual. Here, we try to portray the development of contemporary Taiwan funerals, the practice of those who provide funeral services, and behaviors of mourners who purchase those commodities of death ritual. In doing so, it examines the reaction of society while confronted with the commoditization of death ritual. While the death ritual becomes a “package-commodity”, there is nothing left for the deceased family but the price to pay. The commoditization and specialization of death ritual deprived the chance for people to practice the culture value and to “practice” their emotion(fear, sadness, filial piety…) The change of death ritual reflects not only in the image and the practice process, more important, in the structure of funerals and the values surrounding death
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"Commoditization of technology-based products and services : a generic model of market dynamics." International Center for Research on the Management of Technology, Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/2611.
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Henry Birdseye Weil.Cover title. "March 1996."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 15).
Supported by the International Center for Research on the Management of Technology and the Sloan School of Management.
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"Commoditization of technology-based products and services : the base case scenarios for three industries." Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/2707.
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Zheng, Jia-Hui, and 鄭家惠. "The Process of Imagining of Urban Delegations：A Study of the Spatial Commoditization and Gentrification of the “Tainan Chinatown”." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/c2q6db.
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In recent years, many international design firms have participated in the bid on public space projects in Taiwan. In Tainan City, there are 6 ongoing projects inviting international competition. The reform for public spaces mainly comes from government imagination and cultural practices. It is the creative culture product of national intervention mechanism, which emphasizes the importance, and the influence of government intervention in the space of renewal. The rise and fall of Tainan Chinatown reflects the development and transformation of this phenomenon. Its decline is not solely the because of the downfall of economic environment, but also the transitions in more complicated factors such as political economy, social class, daily life and social values. From birth to demolition and reconstruction, it illustrates the current time and economy transformation in Taiwan urban structure. Also, the space commercialization strategy differs greatly from traditional mass production, which is export-oriented and emphasizes on social consciousness, city cultural values and political power relations. Restructuring of economic accumulation makes transformation in urban shapes and structures. In view of the far-reaching influence of Gentrification on the urban shape, this study conducts literature review on Tainan Chinatown’s research space theories, explores the historical context of Tainan Canal and Taiwan Chinatown, and looks into the interior space of Tainan Chinatown to examine its Consuming Architecture, Consuming behavior and Symbolic meanings to recognize the differences between first stage and second stage, such as: different views, consensus among political superiors, international architects from different perspectives. The main research questions will be: how to build the urban imaginary by policy intervention and gentrification? What is the connotation of such imagination? How urban delegations use policy to intervene in delegation to control the special redevelopment? This study will serve as a response to the role played by Commoditization of Architecture in the process of contemporary urban development.
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Xulu, Smangele Clerah Buyisiwe. "Gender, tradition and change : the role of rural women in the commoditization of Zulu culture at selected tourist attractions in Zululand." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/451.
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Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of African Languages at the University of Zululand, 2005.The commoditization of Zulu culture has become commonplace in the tourism industry in South Africa. Zulu culture and cultural products like music; dance, crafts, landscapes and others are often packaged and consumed in the tourism attractions in Zululand and elsewhere. This thesis examines culture and gender issues related to the commoditization process of Zulu culture and cultural products. Focusing on specific case studies in selected tourist attractions in Zululand, the thesis concludes that rural Zulu women play minor roles as dancers, crafters, cooks, and waiters in the tourist attractions in Zululand. Their junior roles make them to play no role in decision making, neither do they own any assets in their work places, and may not, therefore, influence the commoditization and product authentication process of their own culture.
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Christie, Colin. "EXPERIENCES OF THE GIFT, PERCEPTIONS OF THE COMMODITY:AN EXAMINATION OF THE AFFECTS OF COMMODITIZATION ON EDUCATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN AN INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM." 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10222/13455.
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International education is a profitable industry in Canada with thousands of students entering the country each year to contribute millions of dollars to educational institutions in the form of tuition payments. Students around the world are encouraged to seek out international experiences in order to build a cosmopolitan knowledge that will be an asset for employment in the global economy. As a result, academic credentials acquired through international education programs have become a valuable object for international students. This research project examines the experiences of students, and faculty, with international education to explore how participants view the nature of their educational relationships. Given current critiques about commodification and the entrepreneurial activities by education institutions in the international market, this project highlights ways in which economic relationships between institutions and students/clients affect the gift-giving exchange that is the basis for non-economic educational relationships between faculty and students.
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Cerna, Arina. "Mediální reprezentace celebrit ve formátu late-night talk show." Master's thesis, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-367990.
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This diploma thesis deals with the media representation of celebrities, as it is designed within the framework of the adopted American television format of the late-night talk show. In the first part of the thesis, attention is focused on problems of understanding of the phenomenon of celebrities by various authors, as well as on the development of the late-night talk show itself and its characteristic features. The theoretical starting point is the theory of representation (Hall), three levels of representation (Trampota) and social construction of reality (Berger, Luckmann). The method of critical discourse analysis is chosen for the research and the four principles for the analysis are described: commoditization, infotainment, personalization, congeniality. The practical part presents an analysis of the typical representation of celebrities due to the principles mentioned above in selected talk shows which were broadcast in English and Czech languages in 2015-2016, namely American The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Czech Jan Kraus Show. Keywords: Celebrity, Late-night Talk Show, Media Representation, Personalization, Congeniality, Infotainment, Commoditization
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Yu, Hongjia. "Mudanças do bordado de etnia Miao. Desde a segunda metade do século XX." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/20268.
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Pretende-se com este trabalho apresentar as mudanças de bordado Miao desde a segunda
metade do século XX.
Os temas abordados nesta dissertação incluem a história e as características do bordado
Miao; a situação actual do bordado Miao na sociedade chinesa, com o exemplo de Ka Wu,
uma aldeia Miao na província de Guizhou, no sudeste da China; a análise dos fatores que
trazem essas mudanças desde a segunda metade do século XX e reflexões sobre a
autenticidade e desenvolvimento do bordado Miao na sociedade contemporânea.
A observação descritiva é baseada principalmente em dados e informações obtidos através
de recursos documentais e trabalho de campo na aldeia Ka Wu.The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the changes of Miao embroidery since the second half of the twentieth century. The topics addressed in this dissertation include the history and characteristics of Miao embroidery; the current situation of Miao embroidery in Chinese society with the example of Ka Wu, a Miao village in Guizhou province in the southeast of China; the analysis of factors that bring these changes since the second half of the twentieth century and reflections about the authenticity and development of the Miao embroidery in contemporary society. The descriptive observation is mostly based on data and information obtained through documentary resources and fieldwork studies in Ka Wu village.