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Bhatti, Harrison John, and Andrii Alymenko. "A Literature Review : Industrial Espionage." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för ekonomi, teknik och naturvetenskap, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-33326.
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This is a literature review article. The purpose of this article is to explain and provide a deeperunderstanding of economic and industrial espionage. Furthermore, it describes legal andillegal methods of espionage and highlights the different aspects of preventing espionage suchas; technical, operational, physical and personnel security. A number of theoretical conceptshave been extracted and analyzed from different scientific articles which have beensummarized and anticipated in the form of theoretical framework. Incredible results are oftenproduced by exploiting industrial espionage. By concentrating on complete security, and notsimply specialized security, data security experts can altogether hamper enemy endeavors totake their association's data resources.
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Arndt, Stephanie, Gunnar Gaitzsch, Carsten Gnauck, et al. "The Relation between Corporate Economic and Corporate Environmental Performance." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2011. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-38454.
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For almost 40 years researchers have been trying to identify the relationship between corporate environmental and corporate economic performance. Neither theoretical debate nor empirical studies investigating the relationship show conclusive results. Within a field research seminar at Technische Universität Dresden, nine students conducted a meta-analysis of 124 studies to assess different aspects of the relationship between corporate economic and corporate environmental performance. In the first part of our paper, we analyze and present the theoretical background based on a review of literature. In the second part, we test for empirical evidence. At first, the conceptual frameworks and measurement methods for corporate economic and corporate environmental performance are discussed. We also look at the impact of environmental performance on shareholder value. Thereafter, we examine the influence of time, industries and publication bias. In conclusion, our research indicates that the quality of journals merits further examination to improve results.
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Hochgatterer, Claudia, and Markus Leibrecht. "Tax competition as a cause of falling corporate income taxes. A literature survey." SFB International Tax Coordination, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, 2009. http://epub.wu.ac.at/1530/1/document.pdf.
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Tax rates on capital income, corporate income tax rates in particular, have been declining in most industrialized countries since the mid 1980ies. Among the explanations for this development tax competition between countries for mobile capital has been mentioned frequently. A vast empirical literature dealing with tax competition for mobile capital has emerged. This paper gives a comprehensive overview of these empirical studies. A particular focus is put on studies modelling strategic interaction in tax policies of competing jurisdictions - which is at the heart of the competition concept. The paper also addresses the issue whether existing studies convincingly isolate tax competition as a driver of falling capital / corporate income tax rates. Given the empirical evidence surveyed it appears that tax rates indeed fall due to tax competition, in particular due to competition for new firms and for paper profits. However, closer look at the empirical approaches applied in the papers surveyed suggests that fully convincing evidence establishing tax competition as driver of falling tax rates is still lacking.<br>Series: Discussion Papers SFB International Tax Coordination
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Kovermann, Jost Hendrik [Verfasser], and Patrick [Akademischer Betreuer] Velte. "Tax avoidance, corporate governance and corporate finance - agency-theoretical analysis, literature review and empirical investigation / Jost Hendrik Kovermann ; Betreuer: Patrick Velte." Lüneburg : Universitätsbibliothek der Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1204267278/34.
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Beckmann, Patricia. "Desktop publishing applications for corporate graphic standards /." Online version of thesis, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11159.
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Elberry, Noha Said. "Corporate investment efficiency, disclosure practices and governance : a systematic literature review and empirical evidence." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2018. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/corporate-investment-efficiency-disclosure-practices-and-governance(b2e8d849-8ec4-4a9a-b71d-7bb694d2c4cd).html.
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The aim of this research is to examine the factors that affect and are affected by corporate investment efficiency. Studying how effective a firm is in managing its investment opportunities given the worldwide economic and political instability is quite important. This thesis consists of four essays. Each of them contributes to existing corporate investment efficiency in its own manner. To the best of my knowledge, this research contributes the following. First, it provides a systematic literature review of firm-related factors affecting corporate investment efficiency identifies gaps and offers opportunities for future research. Second, it investigates the impact of macroeconomic factors on corporate investment efficiency. Third, it examines the impact of corporate investment efficiency on voluntary disclosure. Finally, it examines the joint effect of corporate governance and investment efficiency on voluntary disclosure. Therefore, this thesis considers investment efficiency as being both a dependent and an independent variable. It also takes the internal and external factors related to investment efficiency into consideration. OLS regression analyses are used to test the research hypotheses. The results of the thesis highlight gaps in prior studies and provide opportunities for future research. The findings also reveal that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth and inflation rates affect corporate investment efficiency. Also, it is found that corporate investment efficiency has a positive impact on voluntary disclosure, but has a negative impact on disclosure tone. Moreover, when introducing the joint effect of governance and investment efficiency, the analysis shows that both variables have a complementary influence on voluntary disclosure, yet have a substitution effect on disclosure tone. The findings are relevant for diverse stakeholders and could assist them in making decisions.
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Ashe, Donna Kate. "Developing a quantitative assessment instrument for organizational culture : an integration of the theories from organizational culture and cross-cultural literature." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29534.
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Strangfeld, V. "Revisiting project management supporting organization culture from post 1997 literature." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/50638.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2006.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: An organizational culture guides members of the organization to think and behave as the
organization requires. Project management has its own culture, which could be defined as
a set of work related values and beliefs shared by project management members.
The research analyzed the Brown (2000) model and dimensions that were used to
describe a project management supportive organizational culture. These dimensions were
used as the basis of the research.
A literature study was performed on articles published after 1997 to determine if the
dimensions are still applicable to a project management supportive organizational culture,
as described in the earlier literature. Only three of the articles used for the evaluation
included a statistical analysis of the dimensions as published by the authors. Most of the
authors suggested dimensions that are supportive of project management, from practical
experience gained in the industry. A short summary is given of the dimensions of the
different articles. The dimensions were then compared to that of Brown (2000) to
determine any deviation s.
From the comparison it was found that the dimensions correspond to that what was
published by Brown, but that there was a movement away from the individual to that of
the team dimensions. Virtual team characteristics were analyzed and found that
communication and trust are some of the dimensions that contribute to a project
management supportive culture.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Organisasie kultuur gee leiding aan hul lede van die professie om te dink en hul te gedra
soos wat die organisasie benodig. Projekbestuur het 'n eie kultuur wat gekenmerk word
deur werk verwante waardes en opvattings wat gedeel word deur die praktisyns daarvan.
Die navorsing analiseer Brown (2000) se model en die gepaardgaande dimensies van
organisasie kuItuur wat projekbestuur ondersteun. Hierdie dimensies was gebruik as die
basis van die navorsing.
Die literatuur studie het gefokus op artikels gepubliseer na 1997 om vas te stel of hulle
dimensies verskil van vroeere literatuur. Drie van die artikels wat geevalueer is bevat
statistiese analises van die dimensies voorgesit deur die skrywers. Die skrywers het
meestal dimensies voorgesit van projekbestuur vanuit hul praktiese ondervinding in die
industrie. 'n Kort opsomming is weergegee van die dimensies uit die onderskeie artikels.
Hierdie dimensies is dan vergelyk met die van Brown (2000) en verskille was uitgewys.
Uit die vergelyking van die dimenisies voorgesit van Brown (2000) en die ander
skrywers was daar 'n beweging weg van die individuele na 'n spandimensie gevind.
VirtueIe spanne se dimensies het meer gefokus op kommunikasie en vertroue tussen
spanlede om 'n projekbestuur organisasiekultuur te ondersteun.
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Truxell, Timothy Carlton. "Corporate Chivalry in Malory's "Morte d'Arthur": Chivalric Guidebooks and a Fifteenth-Century Chivalric Ideal." W&M ScholarWorks, 1992. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625743.
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Abunasser, Rima Jamil. "Corporate Christians and Terrible Turks: Economics, Aesthetics, and the Representation of Empire in the Early British Travel Narrative, 1630 - 1780." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2003. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4444/.
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This dissertation examines the evolution of the early English travel narrative as it relates to the development and application of mercantilist economic practices, theories of aesthetic representation, and discourses of gender and narrative authority. I attempt to redress an imbalance in critical work on pre-colonialism and colonialism, which has tended to focus either on the Renaissance, as exemplified by the works of critics such as Stephen Greenblatt and John Gillies, or on the later eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, as in the work of scholars such as Srinivas Aravamudan and Edward Said. This critical gap has left early travel narratives by Sir Francis Moore, Jonathan Harris, Penelope Aubin, and others largely neglected. These early writers, I argue, adapted the conventions of the travel narrative while relying on the authority of contemporary commercial practices. The early English travelers modified contemporary conventions of aesthetic representation by formulating their descriptions of non-European cultures in terms of the economic and political conventions and rivalries of the early eighteenth century. Early English travel literature, I demonstrate, functioned as a politically motivated medium that served both as a marker of authenticity, justifying the colonial and imperial ventures that would flourish in the nineteenth century, and as a forum for experimentation with English notions of gender and narrative authority.
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Zorraquino, Alicia. "Social media and business: balancing risks and opportunities : A literature review." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Digitala tjänster och system, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-79239.
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Purpose This thesis analyses what are the current information security risks and opportunities of social media in a business context based on publications from 2015 to 2020. Design/methodology/approach This papers follows a qualitative method, particularly a Systematic Literature Review guided by Okoli and and Schabram (2010), the concept-centric approach described by Webster and Watson (2002) and thematic analysis described by Braun and Clarke (2006). Findings Data leaks, non-compliance and reputational risks seem to be the most significant corporate social media risks. Adopting social media policies and providing employees social media security education, training and awareness are the most mentioned controls by the reviewed literature. Social media are more and more used as a threat intelligence source and for cyber security prediction and detection. Furthermore, social media may be used for InfoSec discussion, as a tool for Information Security Training and Awareness, for internal cyber threat sharing and for incident response handling. Originality/value This thesis provides an overall view of the risks, controls and opportunities that social media use implies for private organizations. Further research is needed that focuses primarily on the opportunities that social media offer to strengthen business Information Security.
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Lenczuk, Hannah. "From Corporate Greenwashing to Ecopreneurship: Sustainability as a Business Model." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-218280.
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Being green has never been as omnipresent as nowadays. Finite resources, growing population, natural resources degradation, and biodiversity loss to name some examples are reasons why major changes towards greener strategies in the economy are needed (Volery, 2015). Although research in the field of sustainable entrepreneurship has increased in the past two decades, no clear definition of ecopreneurship is existing yet. Many different terms are used to describe a similar concept (Gast, Gundolf, and Cesinger, 2017). It is self-explanatory that ecological sustainable entrepreneurship is a subfield of entrepreneurship, but the relation to social entrepreneurship gets blurry. With the help of a systematic literature review and interviews with experts, the question of how ecological sustainable entrepreneurship, which in the following is named ecopreneurship, can be defined as a subfield of entrepreneurship, is answered. The results of the literature review are analyzed with the focus on similarities and differences in definitions and put into context in a concept map to create a new and clearer definition of ecopreneurship. Furthermore interviews with experts in research and the industry are used to verify the newly formed definition and compare the findings in the literature with how researchers and practitioners see the field. Throughout the analysis, the question of how ecopreneurship differentiates from social entrepreneurship, is present. A detailed analysis of the relations between sustainability-related subforms of entrepreneurship brings better insights on how ecopreneurship is linked to social entrepreneurship. In summary defining ecopreneurship is di cult, because some characteristics can be interpreted in many dfferent ways depending on the perspective it is looked at. Findings in the literature are very much in line with how researchers and practitioners see and define the field. Nevertheless, different approaches towards ecopreneurship result in slightly different characteristics of ecopreneurship. This work provides future researchers with a clear defini- tion of what ecopreneurship is and how it is related to concepts like social entrepreneurship, sustainability entrepreneurship and traditional entrepreneurship.
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Allmendinger, Martin [Verfasser], and Andreas [Akademischer Betreuer] Kuckertz. "Towards asymmetric partnership management against the background of corporate entrepreneurship and open innovation literature / Martin Allmendinger ; Betreuer: Andreas Kuckertz." Hohenheim : Kommunikations-, Informations- und Medienzentrum der Universität Hohenheim, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1196689237/34.
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Savage, Glenn. "Silencing the everyday experiences of youth? : issues of subjectivity, corporate ideology and popular culture in the English classroom /." Savage, Glenn (2006) Silencing the everyday experiences of youth?: issues of subjectivity, corporate ideology and popular culture in the English classroom. Masters by Research thesis, Murdoch University, 2006. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/292/.
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This study investigates the influence of popular culture texts on the subjectivities of young people and argues that critical pedagogical practices need to be further deployed by English teachers in response to the corporate driven nature of popular texts. Three levels of synthesized information are presented, using data analysis born of a quantitative survey and in-depth interviews with a group of secondary English students in Perth, Australia.
Firstly, I argue that popular culture texts constitute the predominate form of consumed textual material for young people and that these texts are increasingly defined by corporate ideologies and branding. Secondly, I investigate the influence that these popular culture texts have on the subjectivities and everyday social experiences of young people. I argue that the ideologies and discourses in popular texts position young people to assume subjectivities that are increasingly defined by branding and corporate ideology, and that these texts often have a normalizing effect.
Hence, I argue that young people?s social currency is often defined by the extent to which individuals demonstrate an alliance to the ideologies of popular media, and that individuals who deviate from such popular norms often experience subjugation and exclusion within peer and social settings. Constructivist notions of subjectivity and an analytical framework heavily influenced by Foucauldian theory inform this theorization. Thirdly, I finalize my argument by dealing pedagogically with subject English and areas of it that hold relevance in terms of the integration and analysis of 'the popular'; including critical literacy, multiliteracies and critical pedagogy. I argue that a commitment to critically analyzing popular culture texts in the subject is lacking and that students feel many English teachers are 'out of touch' with the everyday realities of young people and their popular culture influences. I argue that such failures risk producing students whose everyday experiences are silenced and who are unaware of the ways they are being positioned to adopt certain corporate driven subjectivities.
Methodologically this study is informed by principles of critical theory, cultural studies, discourse analysis and a commitment to position the often-silenced student voice as a prime analytical tool. Aspects of autoethnography are deployed through punctuating personal narratives that feature within this text in order to illuminate the journey of self-realization and fundamental self reevaluation I have traveled throughout the production of this research work.
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Kralingen, van Lianne Margaretha [Verfasser], Frank [Gutachter] Schulze-Engler, and Lars [Gutachter] Eckstein. "Corporate ingression : a new approach to contemporary anglophone postcolonial literature / Lianne Margaretha Kralingen van ; Gutachter: Frank Schulze-Engler, Lars Eckstein." Frankfurt am Main : Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, 2019. http://d-nb.info/1201130913/34.
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Li, Yuan. "Three essays on corporate governance in the hospitality industry." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/103228.
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The hospitality industry, with its dynamic business environment, has experienced unprecedented disruption and reconfiguration due to the emergence and success of sharing economy firms and online travel agencies. This turbulence calls for effective governance structures that can motivate managers to act in their shareholders' best interests. Despite the importance of effective corporate governance for firm performance and the topic receiving extensive scholarly attention in the management and finance literatures, there seem to be several gaps and mixed findings in the hospitality academic field.
To facilitate scholarly advancement, identify gaps in the current knowledge base, and provide direction for future research, in the first essay I undertake a systematic review of research on corporate governance in the hospitality literature. Based on 115 peer-reviewed articles published since 1961, I identify 21 themes explored by scholars, and find that topics related to institutional ownership, executive compensation determinants, board size, and merger and acquisition (MandA) outcomes are commonly examined, whereas topics related to family ownership, debt, and regulation/law are seldom explored. This review contributes to the literature by taking stock of what we know and offering a one-stop-shop for scholars to understand and extend corporate governance literature published in the hospitality field.
While evidence in the general business literature suggests that targets, instead of acquirers, are better off after the acquisition, limited studies in the hospitality industry have shown that both bidders and targets are better off after the merger, suggesting that MandAs are more successful in the hospitality industry than in other industries. In the second essay, I empirically examine whether this is indeed the case and what may explain the potential discrepancy in merger performance. Using a comparative study design and a comprehensive sample over 41 years, I find that overall acquirers gain from MandAs, and hospitality MandAs outperform non-hospitality MandAs. Bidders in the hospitality industry are more likely than non-hospitality bidders to acquire large, related targets, using an all-cash mode of payment. Except for industry relatedness, relative size, cash payment, and unlisted target are all positively related to merger performance. This study contributes to the literature by identifying several factors that can explain the differences in MandA performance between hospitality and non-hospitality firms.
Despite the fact that MandAs are frequently pursued as a growth strategy in the hospitality industry, their effect on chief executive officer (CEO) compensation has not been systematically examined. Considering that CEO compensation is an important topic related to firm performance, management, and social responsibility, in the third essay I examine the relationship between MandAs and CEO compensation in a sample of hospitality firms consisting of 1,514 firm-year observations over a period of 27 years. The regression analyses find that CEO compensation is significantly higher in the year after large acquisitions; well-governed firms identified via tenure, the Entrenchment-index, and board independence pay their CEOs higher post-acquisition than poorly-governed firms; the fraction of equity-based compensation is unrelated to MandA propensity; and the fraction of cash-based compensation is negatively related to MandA propensity. The additional analyses indicate that CEOs are rewarded for positive stock returns but not penalized for negative stock returns, and even more so in well-governed firms after acquisition. This study finds that MandAs and corporate governance are determinants of CEO compensation and the form of CEO compensation matters to acquisition decisions in hospitality firms. The findings are of importance for shareholders and the board of directors to design compensation plans that align the interests of managers and shareholders.<br>Doctor of Philosophy<br>The hospitality industry, with its dynamic business environment, has experienced unprecedented disruption and reconfiguration due to the emergence and success of sharing economy firms and online travel agencies. This turbulence calls for effective governance structures that can motivate managers to act in their shareholders' best interests. Despite the importance of effective corporate governance for firm performance and the topic receiving extensive scholarly attention in the management and finance literatures, there seem to be several gaps and mixed findings in the hospitality academic field.
To facilitate scholarly advancement, identify gaps in the current knowledge base, and provide direction for future research, in the first essay I undertake a systematic review of research on corporate governance in the hospitality literature, and find that topics related to institutional ownership, executive compensation determinants, board size, and merger and acquisition (MandA) outcomes are commonly examined, whereas topics related to family ownership, debt, and regulation/law are seldom explored. This review contributes to the literature by taking stock of what we know and offering a one-stop-shop for scholars to understand and extend corporate governance literature published in the hospitality field.
In the second essay, I empirically examine whether MandAs are more successful in the hospitality industry than in other industries and what may explain the potential discrepancy in merger performance. I find that overall acquirers gain from MandAs, and hospitality MandAs outperform non-hospitality MandAs. Bidders in the hospitality industry are more likely than non-hospitality bidders to acquire large, related targets, using an all-cash mode of payment. Except for industry relatedness, relative size, cash payment, and unlisted target are all positively related to merger performance. This study contributes to the literature by identifying several factors that can explain the differences in MandA performance between hospitality and non-hospitality firms.
In the third essay I examine the relationship between MandAs and CEO compensation in a sample of hospitality firms, and find that CEO compensation is significantly higher in the year after large acquisitions; well-governed firms identified via tenure, the Entrenchment-index, and board independence pay their CEOs higher post-acquisition than poorly-governed firms; the fraction of equity-based compensation is unrelated to MandA propensity; and the fraction of cash-based compensation is negatively related to MandA propensity. The additional analyses indicate that CEOs are rewarded for positive stock returns but not penalized for negative stock returns, and even more so in well-governed firms after acquisition. This study finds that MandAs and corporate governance are determinants of CEO compensation and the form of CEO compensation matters to acquisition decisions in hospitality firms. The findings are of importance for shareholders and the board of directors to design compensation plans that align the interests of managers and shareholders.
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Young, Erin S. "Corporate heroines and utopian individualism: A study of the romance novel in global capitalism." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11460.
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x, 195 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number.<br>This dissertation explores two subgenres of popular romance fiction that emerge in the 1990s: "corporate" and "paranormal" romance. While the formulaic conventions of popular romance have typically centralized the gendered tension between hero and heroine, this project reveals that "corporate" and "paranormal" romances negotiate a new primary conflict, the tension between work and home in the era of global capitalism. Transformations in political economy also occur at the level of personal and emotional life, which constitute the central problem that contemporary romances attempt to resolve. Drawing from sociological studies of globalization and intimacy, feminist criticism, and queer theory, I argue that these subgenres mark the transition from what David Harvey calls Fordist capitalism to flexible or global capitalism as the primary social condition negotiated in the popular romance. My analysis demonstrates that corporate and paranormal romance novels reflect changing ideals about intimacy in a globalized world that is increasingly influenced, socially and culturally, by the values and philosophies that dominate the marketplace.
Each of these subgenres offers a distinct formal resolution to the cultural and social effects of a flexible capitalist economy. The "corporate" romances of Jayne Ann Krentz, Nora Roberts, Elizabeth Lowell, and Katherine Stone feature heroines who constantly navigate the dual and intersecting arenas of work and home in an effort to locate a balance that leads to success and happiness in both realms. In contrast, the "paranormal" romances of Laurell K. Hamilton, Charlaine Harris, Kelley Armstrong, and Carrie Vaughn dissolve the tension between home and work, or the private and the public, by affirming the heroine's open and endless pursuit of pleasure, adventure, and self-fulfillment. Such new forms of romantic fantasy at once reveal the tension in globalization and the domination of corporate and masculinist values that the novels hope to overcome.<br>Committee in charge: David Leiwei Li, Chair;
Mary Elene Wood;
Cynthia H. Tolentino;
Jiannbin L. Shiao
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Hillmann, Julia. "Adaptive Capacity as antecedent to Climate Change Strategy: A Systematic Literature Review." Technische Universität Dresden, 2011. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A27008.
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Within the last decade research on climate change strategies and adaptive capacity emerged as the debate about climate change was intensified with the publishing of the Third Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2001. That companies are facing risks and opportunities is not new and the awareness to address these issues is growing. However, there is still need for research in the field of corporate strategic response to climate change. Recently, research focused on resilience management to address climate change. Resilience management is about being able to experience changes and remain stable getting back into the same situation before the change happen. On the contrary to resilience management adaptive capacity is about the ability to be able to adapt to uncertain and unexpected events on the long term. This includes long-term changes. This work argues that companies should think about their adaptive capacity as climate change induces short and long-term changes. Adding this dimension to the strategic planning companies need to think of how they can improve their adaptive capacity.
This work investigates research in both issues adaptive capacity and climate change research and in their relation. Applying a systematic literature review this study conducted 60 references which are examined by a qualitative-quantitative analysis and answers the following questions: What is the current scientific view of adaptive capacity within strategic management literature? What are determinants of adaptive capacity? How can adaptive capacity be linked to climate change strategy and is it even antecedent to climate change strategies? The findings of this research indicate that adaptive capacity and climate change strategies exhibit a link but it cannot be proved whether adaptive capacity is antecedent. Furthermore, the term adaptive capacity is merely discussed within strategic management literature and if it is discussed and examined, several concepts and theories are applied to explain determinants of adaptive capacity. Several concepts such as dynamic capabilities, organizational learning capability, organizational learning, organizational change capacity, flexibility and more could be identified as concepts enhancing adaptive capacity. This works provides an overview of related concepts and theories.
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Harrison, Gordon Alan. "Communication Strategies as a Basis for Crisis Management Including Use of the Internet as a Delivery Platform." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2007. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/english_diss/22.
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ABSTRACT Eighty per cent of small companies without a comprehensive crisis plan vanish within two years of suffering a major disaster—a remarkable and ominous statistic. Crises are occurring more often in all organizations, and when they occur, they are leaving a wake of financial, operational, and reputational damage. Why this trend, now? There are five important reasons: 1) a more volatile workplace involving financial, legal, or management issues within the organization; 2) an extreme production mentality often obscuring the conditions under which crises might otherwise be recognized, addressed, or mitigated; 3) enhanced technological platforms for information delivery, such as the Internet, generating a revolving information door thus promoting organizational stress and crisis; 4) fast-paced and invasive journalism practices that eliminate invisibility for decisionmaking or reaction; and, 5) lack of strategic planning for crisis. There is an increasing body of evidence suggesting that crises in an organizational environment, whether created by act-of-God or manmade circumstances, have defined and predictable characteristics often relating to communication problems in the discourse community. It is also evident that solutions exist to reduce the incidence and the intensity of crisis within this discourse community. Approaches include organizational vulnerability assessments, messaging strategies, forensic media tactics, and dedicated efforts to build relationships with important stakeholders. Each of these has as its foundation a vigorous strategic communication plan. Crisis plans are necessary in today’s business environment, and effective communication is an essential element of any crisis plan. This dissertation will focus on communication methodology as a means of crisis avoidance and crisis mitigation.
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Miggou, Olga. "A strategic enquiry into the holistic nature of corporate identity to enable its systematic control." Thesis, De Montfort University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2086/7669.
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This is an unconventional study, which addresses the thematic field and the esoteric nature and essence of Corporate Identity. The thesis concentrates in the understanding of Corporate Identity aiming towards an holistic explanation of the concept appropriate for practical multidisciplinary use. It proposes a systematic methodology and establishes a design practitioner perspective, which aims at reliable co-ordination and control of Corporate Identity operations. The methodology to structure the literature A Strategic methodology of questions was developed to operate as a research methodology, which explored Corporate Identity, by revealing the “Form” of its concepts, its connections and its anomalies, as they occur extensively in the published and public domain. The review of published literature was carried out through a discussion process of published material subjected to diagnostic questions; through which the Terminology, Functional concepts, Methodologies are reported to influence Corporate Identity; contributing to the understanding of Corporate Identity’s Form and to further clarifying research issues. Literature review, was subjected to discussion, provisional observations and conclusions and is presented into 8 chapters. The Strategic Enquiry continued and extended on discussing Corporate Identity Field Examples, to interrogate real life experience material, to reveal an extended understanding of overt and covert issues of Corporate Identity’s Form, and to focus research planning accordingly. This process contributed into bringing together clusters of relevant information, gleaned from a rather fragmented published literature, thus forming a more holistic and broader understanding of the concept. However, from this holistic picture it was observed that certain essential texts are missing. Hence a further information literature search, was carried out which reported on texts which are not sufficiently or at all covered in specialised Corporate Identity literature but were regognised by this researcher as essential for a meaningful development of this thesis. The most important information brought into the context of Corporate Identity, at this stage, was a well established tool applicable to complex design projects, which was considered to be useful towards a more effective and holistic Corporate Identity control. The Field work This systematic approach and treatment of the published material contributed to an holistic understanding of the nature, scope, importance, complexity and topicality, of the subject; and lead to a diagnostic understanding of important problems that continually challenge the field. This was achieved through the research design of the thesis, which incorporated the inferences and observations of the Strategic Enquiry and the tried and tested systems design model for the organisation of complex design projects was used as a reference datum to inform the compilation of the questions of a semistructured interview. The Field study explored how Corporate Identity processes were holistically carried out in a Big UK financial institution specifically looking for practice discontinuities and deviations in the procedures. A diagnostic tool appropriate to investigate Corporate Identity operations was created as a result. The interview material was also subjected to content analysis to explore whether the thesis’ inferences and deductions could d also be grounded in practice. The thesis was then evaluated by relating the thesis material, to the thesis objectives, highlighting the outcomes and limitations employing SWOT analysis. As an epilogue to this thesis, within resources available this study appears to have contributed a substantial insight to the Form and operations of Corporate Identity. It also identified the opportunity for more valuable research, to be carried out.
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Tonetti, Ilenia. "Linguistic Trust-Building Strategies in Swiss Banks’ Public Discourse: : A Diachronic Study of Annual Reports and Corporate Responsibility Reports from UBS and Credit Suisse." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Engelska, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-30335.
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To be perceived as trustworthy in the eyes of the stakeholders is one of the main assets of any successful firm, for a positive image will reflect positively on business. This study focuses on the analysis of trust-building strategies in Annual Reports (ARs) and Corporate Responsibility Reports (CRRs) of two Swiss banks, UBS and Credit Suisse. The analysis aims to identify the linguistic means used to project a trustworthy image, as well as to point out any changes in their use which might have occurred after the financial crisis of 2008. For this purpose, a corpus of ARs and CRRs from the years 2007, 2012 and 2017 has been compiled. The corpus was analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively to identify the frequency and distribution of lexical expressions indexing competence, benevolence, and integrity. The results, though tentative, provide insights into the use of trust-building linguistic means and their diachronic development.
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Fagerström, Johanna. "How China and Nordic countries conceptualise Corporate Social Responsibility : – A study of senior decision-makers’ statements within the banking sector." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Kinesiska, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-35145.
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The “statement” from senior decision-maker is a section in the sustainability report, where the most “senior decision-maker” of the institution (such as CEO, chairman, or equivalent senior position) gives the personal view about the relevance of sustainability to the institution and its strategy for addressing sustainability. Such a statement is one medium used by company leaders to communicate their attitudes and values to stakeholders in sustainability reports. Under commercial circumstances, sustainability is also referred to as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). This paper analyzes Chinese and Nordics senior decision-makers’ perception of CSR within the banking sector. The research sample consists of statements of senior decision-makers from sustainability reports of four Chinese banks, respective four Nordic banks. Previous studies show that CSR conception is influenced by cultural and social backgrounds. By analyzing respective Chinese/Nordic senior decision-maker’s statement, this study isaimingtofindout how Chinese/Nordic culture and social concepts are promoted in their respective bank institutions, and therefore lead to different CSR focus and strategies. The results from the study show that Chinese senior decision-makers’ statements are strongly influenced by traditional Chinese philosophy and social background, especially Confucian and Taoism, as well asXi Jinping’s guidelines delivered at the 19th National Congress of the Communist and the 13th Five-Year Plan. In relation to the Nordic senior decision-makers the gender equality and racial equality were noted. Senior decision-makers of Chinese banks mainly focus on “social stability and progress”, “economic responsibility”, and “customers”,while senior decision-makers of Nordic banks mainly focus on “economic responsibility”, “customers”, and “environmental protection”.<br>公司资深决策者(首席执行官，董事长，或同等级别)会在可持续发展报告中 用一个章节来申明他们的观点。这个章节的内容涵盖可持续发展与该公司组 织架构的相关度，以及该公司可持续发展的战略和对策。公司领导通过这种 形式对股东传达公司的态度和价值观。在商业环境中，可持续发展也经常被 称为公司社会责任(CSR)。 本论文分析了中国和北欧银行业资深决策者们对于企业社会责任的认知。本 论文的研究对象是银行可持续发展报告中资深决策者的陈述观点，它们分别 取自4家中国银行和4家北欧银行。现存的研究指出公司社会责任这一概念以 及对其的认知受到文化和社会背景的影响。通过研究中国和北欧不同银行资 深决策者在可持续发展报告中的陈述及观点，本论文意在深入理解文化和社 会因素是如何在公司中得到，并最终影响公司社会责任的实践和战略。 研究结果显示中国传统哲学和社会背景深刻影响中国银行业资深决策者对于 可持续发展的陈述和观点，特别是儒家思想，道家思想，和习近平在19大的 报告，以及中国第十三个五年规划。而在北欧，可持续发展报告主要受到性 别平等和种族平等方面的影响。在银行可持续报告中，中国的资深决策者主 要关注“社会平稳和发展”，“经济责任”，和“客户”，而北欧的资深决策者主 要关注“经济责任”，“客户”和“环境保护”。
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Moncada, Paternò Castello Pietro. "Evolution of EU corporate R&D in the global economy: intensity gap, sectors' dynamics, specialisation and growth." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/258776.
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The Thesis is composed by three complementary research investigations on the economic and policy aspects of EU corporate R&D.Collectively, the work first reviews the theoretical and empirical literature of corporate R&D intensity decomposition; it then investigates the EU R&D intensity and its decomposition elements comparatively with most closed competitors and with emerging economies over the period 2005-2013. Finally, it inspects further some key aspects that can be associated to the EU R&D intensity gap: sectoral dynamics and the resulting sectoral and technological specialisations as well as the drivers for R&D investment growth across sectors and firms' age groups of top R&D investing firms over time. These studies also address the possible policy implications that derive from their outcomes.The investigations rely on literature as well as on company data, mainly from nine editions (2006-2014) of the EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard. For analytical purposes they use literature review, meta-analysis, descriptive statistics, R&D intensity decomposition computational approach, Manhattan distance and Technological Revealed Comparative Advantage metrics, and a multinominal logit regression model. The results of these three research works are novel in several aspects. It indicates that literature results on R&D intensity decomposition differ because of data and methodological heterogeneities, and that the structural cause is the main determinant of EU R&D intensity gap if sector compositions of the countries are considered. It inspects how the use of different data sources and analytical methods impact differently on R&D intensity decomposition results, and what the analytical and policy implications are.The empirical research results of this Thesis confirm the structural nature of the EU R&D intensity gap. In the last decade the gap between the EU and the USA has widened, whereas the EU gap with Japan has remained relatively stable. In contrast, the emerging countries' R&D intensity gap compared to the EU has remained relatively stable, while companies from emerging economies are considerably reducing such gap. Besides, as novel contribution to the state of the art of the literature, this Thesis uncovers the differences between EU and US by inspecting which sectors, countries and firms are more accountable for the aggregate R&D intensity performance of these two economies, and it finds a high heterogeneity of firms' R&D intensity within sectors. Furthermore, it shows that there is a bigger population of both larger and smaller US top R&D firms which invest more strongly in R&D than competitors, and that the global R&D investment is concentrated in a few firms, countries and industries. Finally, the research founds a slightly higher EU R&D shift over sectors compared to the US, but not strongly enough towards high-tech sectors. Also, the EU has an even broader technological specialisation than its already broad industrial R&D sector specialisation, while the USA leads by number of technological fields belonging mostly to the industrial R&D sectors of its specialisation. Furthermore, the EU has been better able than the USA and Japan to maintain its world share of R&D investment even during the years of economic and financial crisis. Lastly, the study also indicates that firms make a complementary use of capital expenditures and R&D intensity for their R&D investment growth strategies and it reveals that there are differences in their use between firms' age classes across sectors. Overall, the main results of the Thesis suggest that to reach a more positive R&D dynamics and boost its competitiveness, the EU should adapt its industrial structure and increase the weight of high R&D intensive sectors. A focus on creating the conditions for firm creation and growth in new-emerging innovative sectors is advised together with favouring the exploitation of the full capacity of EU leading - but mature - sectors to also absorb high-technology from other sectors.<br>Doctorat en Sciences économiques et de gestion<br>info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished
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Augustin, Patrick. "Essays on sovereign credit risk and credit default swap spreads." Doctoral thesis, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, Institutionen för Finansiell ekonomi, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hhs:diva-2131.
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This doctoral thesis consists of 4 self-contained chapters: Sovereign Credit Default Swap Premia. This comprehensive review of the literature on sovereign CDS spreads highlights current academic debates and contrasts them with contradictory statements from the popular press. Real Economic Shocks and Sovereign Credit Risk. New empirical evidence highlights that global macroeconomic risk unspanned by global financial risk bears some responsibility for the strong co-movement in sovereign spreads. A model with only two global macroeconomic state variables rationalizes the existence of time-varying risk premia as a compensation for exposure to common U.S. business cycle risk. The Term Structure of CDS Spreads and Sovereign Credit Risk. The term structure of CDS spreads is an informative signal about the relative importance of global and country-specific risk factors for the time variation of sovereign credit spreads. An empirically validated model illustrates how local risk matters relatively more when the slope is negative, while systematic risk bears more responsibility when the slope is positive. Squeezed Everywhere - Disentangling Types of Liquidity and Testing Limits-to-Arbitrage. The CDS-Bond basis is used as a laboratory to disentangle different types of liquidity and to test limits-of-arbitrage. While asset-specific liquidity is cross-correlated in both the cash and derivative market, funding and market liquidity matter only for the former. The tests find strong evidence in favor of margin-based asset pricing and flight-to-quality effects.<br><p>Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögskolan, 2013. Sammanfattning jämte 4 uppsatser</p>
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Johnson, Craig L. "Standing on the Toes of Giants: Social Movement Theory and the Case of the Learning Organisation." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5143.
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The thesis examines two interrelated topics; the perception of management theory in general, and the efficacy of the learning organisation in particular. The purpose of this thesis, therefore, is to compare the rhetoric espoused in the learning organisation literature with a survey of senior managers in large, commercial organisations.
The results revealed a positive disposition towards business and management theory in general. The survey also demonstrated that leadership is considered the most important variable in the success of a company. This is facilitated through the attraction and retention of the appropriate staff and creating sufficient space for them to operate. Learning is embedded by anticipating the future, learning from the past and enabling good communication. However, the latter is balanced through change management. This is derived through legitimate authority and a reliance on planning. Finally, a strategy of experimentation is balanced by challenging industry rules. Themes involving politics, corporate alignment and corporate longevity were found to have relatively little convergent validity. The third section of the questionnaire reveals a positive disposition towards the learning organisation.
The contribution of this thesis is in three areas. First, it is the only work to evaluate the anti-guru school. Second is the development of a syncretic model of learning organisation concept using structural equation modelling. Finally, it explains and examines the largely misunderstood concept of management fashions.
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Johnson, Craig Laurence. "Standing on the toes of giants : social movement theory and the case of the learning organisation." Thesis, University of Bradford, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/5143.
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The thesis examines two interrelated topics; the perception of management theory in general, and the efficacy of the learning organisation in particular. The purpose of this thesis, therefore, is to compare the rhetoric espoused in the learning organisation literature with a survey of senior managers in large, commercial organisations. The results revealed a positive disposition towards business and management theory in general. The survey also demonstrated that leadership is considered the most important variable in the success of a company. This is facilitated through the attraction and retention of the appropriate staff and creating sufficient space for them to operate. Learning is embedded by anticipating the future, learning from the past and enabling good communication. However, the latter is balanced through change management. This is derived through legitimate authority and a reliance on planning. Finally, a strategy of experimentation is balanced by challenging industry rules. Themes involving politics, corporate alignment and corporate longevity were found to have relatively little convergent validity. The third section of the questionnaire reveals a positive disposition towards the learning organisation. The contribution of this thesis is in three areas. First, it is the only work to evaluate the anti-guru school. Second is the development of a syncretic model of learning organisation concept using structural equation modelling. Finally, it explains and examines the largely misunderstood concept of management fashions.
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Christensen, Andrea Ludlow. "The Rhetoric of Newspaper Rivalry in the Face of Image Restoration and Transformation." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd886.pdf.
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Hillmann, Julia. "Adaptive Capacity as antecedent to Climate Change Strategy." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2014. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-117246.
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Within the last decade research on climate change strategies and adaptive capacity emerged as the debate about climate change was intensified with the publishing of the Third Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2001. That companies are facing risks and opportunities is not new and the awareness to address these issues is growing. However, there is still need for research in the field of corporate strategic response to climate change. Recently, research focused on resilience management to address climate change. Resilience management is about being able to experience changes and remain stable getting back into the same situation before the change happen. On the contrary to resilience management adaptive capacity is about the ability to be able to adapt to uncertain and unexpected events on the long term. This includes long-term changes. This work argues that companies should think about their adaptive capacity as climate change induces short and long-term changes. Adding this dimension to the strategic planning companies need to think of how they can improve their adaptive capacity.
This work investigates research in both issues adaptive capacity and climate change research and in their relation. Applying a systematic literature review this study conducted 60 references which are examined by a qualitative-quantitative analysis and answers the following questions: What is the current scientific view of adaptive capacity within strategic management literature? What are determinants of adaptive capacity? How can adaptive capacity be linked to climate change strategy and is it even antecedent to climate change strategies? The findings of this research indicate that adaptive capacity and climate change strategies exhibit a link but it cannot be proved whether adaptive capacity is antecedent. Furthermore, the term adaptive capacity is merely discussed within strategic management literature and if it is discussed and examined, several concepts and theories are applied to explain determinants of adaptive capacity. Several concepts such as dynamic capabilities, organizational learning capability, organizational learning, organizational change capacity, flexibility and more could be identified as concepts enhancing adaptive capacity. This works provides an overview of related concepts and theories.
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ALFARO, RAMOS ITZEL HAIDE. "PREVENCIÓN DE INSATISFACCIÓN CORPORAL Y CONDUCTAS ANÓMALAS DE CAMBIO CORPORAL EN VARONES: REVISIÓN DE LA LITERATURA." Tesis de Licenciatura, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11799/80066.
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La imagen corporal es un constructo que comprende la percepción, los comportamientos, los pensamientos y los sentimientos hacia el cuerpo. La alteración en alguno de estos
componentes puede originar insatisfacción corporal, la cual afecta tanto a hombres como a mujeres. Históricamente, el estudio de la imagen corporal se ha centrado en muestras
femeninas, por lo que surge la necesidad de comprender sobre la insatisfacción corporal masculina. Por lo que el propósito de la presente investigación fue realizar una revisión de la literatura sobre intervenciones de prevención sobre la insatisfacción corporal y las conductas anómalas de cambio corporal que se asocian a los trastornos alimentarios y
dismorfía muscular en varones, durante el período de enero 2010 a febrero 2017. La búsqueda de información se llevó a cabo las bases de datos MEDLINE y PsycINFO. Se incluyeron artículos que tenían a varones en su muestra y que consideraron la evaluación de una intervención psicológica para la prevención de insatisfacción corporal y trastornos asociados, particularmente en cuanto los trastornos alimentarios y la dismorfia muscular. Se identificaron 17 artículos que cumplieron con los criterios de inclusión. Los resultados revelan que los programas dirigidos a muestras mixtas son efectivos, en algunos no se mostraron efectos significativos debido a que los varones no desean perder peso sino ganar músculo. Una mínima cantidad de estudios dirigieron sus programas exclusivamente a varones, uno de ellos a hombres gais, es evidente que son escasos los programas de intervención dirigidos a éstos. Se concluye con la importancia de divulgar la investigación científica en México en programas de intervención dirigidos a varones.<br>PRODEP (511-6/17-13140).
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SOUZA, Lidiane Alves de. "Incompleto e imperfeito: as representações corporais femininas na literatura médica (Século XIII)." Universidade Federal de Goiás, 2012. http://repositorio.bc.ufg.br/tede/handle/tde/2340.
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Previous issue date: 2012-08-24<br>The proposition of this academic research is to investigate the representations of female body produced by medical discourse in the 13th century, starting from the analysis of three genres of medical literature in Late Middle Ages: the medical comments to Isagoge of Johannitius from Pedro Hispano, intellectual and physical portuguese, the theoretical treatise assigned to Alberto Magno called De secretis mulierum, and the set of recipes, Thesaurus pauperum, also authored by Peter of Spain. In this context, the medical knowledge rested basically in Aristotle's natural philosophy and in galenism (that had incorporated the medical knowledge and philosophy of the Ancient World), taken up and reinterpreted by the Arabs. For women and female issues, the medicine, under the reasoning of these bases, represented a resumption of a long medical tradition that had distinguished, hierarchized and inferiorized the female body in relation to the male body, likewise the woman's body was intended only for reproduction. Identified mainly regarding to the works of Aristotle and Galen, this understanding has been assimilated and resignified in the writings of the Latin medical tradition (Etimologias, of Isidore of Seville) and in the medieval arabic tradition (De Genecia, from Haly Abbas and Canon of Medicine, from Avicena). As medical scholastics major auctoritates, the images and representations in these differents traditions accounted the main references to think the women and their body in 13th century medicine. It's about these images and representations that we examine for analysis throughout this work.<br>O presente trabalho tem como proposta a investigação das representações corporais femininas produzidas pelo discurso médico no século XIII a partir da análise de três gêneros da literatura médica produzidos no baixo medievo: o comentário médico ao Isagoge de Johannitius do intelectual e físico português Pedro Hispano, o tratado teórico atribuído a Alberto Magno intitulado De secretis mulierum, e o receituário Thesaurus pauperum também de autoria petrinícia. Nesse contexto, o conhecimento médico assentava-se basicamente na filosofia natural de Aristóteles e no galenismo (que havia incorporado o conhecimento médico-filosófico do mundo antigo), absorvido e reinterpretado pelos árabes. Para as mulheres e os problemas femininos a fundamentação da medicina sob essas bases representou a retomada de uma longa tradição médica que havia diferenciado, inferiorizado e hierarquizado o corpo das mulheres em relação ao masculino, e o associado exclusivamente à reprodução. Identificada principalmente às obras de Aristóteles e Galeno, essa forma de compreensão fora assimilada e ressignificada nos escritos da tradição médica latina (Etimologias, de Isidoro de Sevilha) e árabe medieval (De genecia, de Haly Abbas, e Cânon de Medicina, de Avicena). Sendo as principais auctoritates da escolástica médica, as imagens e representações presentes nessas diferentes tradições representaram as principais referências para se pensar as mulheres e seu corpo na medicina do século XIII. É sobre essas imagens e representações que nos debruçamos para análise ao longo desse trabalho.
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Tomaz, Jerzui Mendes Torres. "Marcadores afetivos e inscrições corporais no universo feminino de Lya Luft." Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 2007. http://repositorio.ufal.br/handle/riufal/516.
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Cette étude a pour objectif l'analyse des romans As parceiras (1980), Exílio (1987) et A
sentinela (1994) de l'oeuvre de l'écrivain du Rio Grande do Sul, Lya Luft. Le coeur de la
recherche est d'examiner la vision/construction du féminin, ici compris comme un effet de
langage, résultant de l'insertion du sujet dans l'ordre symbolique, par le choix des modalités
affectives l'amour, la haine, la sexualité, la maternité ratée et les inscriptions psychiques
sur le corps érogène ou le corps du désir des personnages narrateurs. On cherche à identifier
les traces configuratrices de l'univers féminin de l'écrivain à partir de l'examen des opérations
discursives utilisées pour le configurer. En respectant le statut fictif des personnages, on tente
d'effectuer une analyse de leur psychisme, en utilisant la psychanalyse comme référence
théorique essentielle, dans un dialogue avec la mythologie et la critique littéraire féministe.
On prétend démontrer que la caractérisation de la position féminine dans l'écriture luftienne,
s'apparente au concept de Réel du psychanalyste français Jacques Lacan, qui le définit comme
ce qui ne peut pas être symbolisé par la parole ou par l'écriture, ne cessant pas, ainsi, de ne pas
s'inscrire.<br>Este estudo objetiva analisar os romances As parceiras (1980), Exílio (1987) e A sentinela
(1994) da obra da escritora do Rio Grande do Sul, Lya Luft. O foco da pesquisa é investigar a
visão/construção do feminino, aqui entendido como um efeito de linguagem, resultante da
inserção do sujeito na ordem simbólica, elegendo-se as modalidades afetivas amor, ódio,
sexualidade, maternidade falhada e as inscrições psíquicas no corpo erógeno ou corpo do
desejo das personagens narradoras. Busca-se identificar os traços configuradores do universo
feminino da autora a partir do exame das operações discursivas utilizadas para configurá-lo.
Respeitando o estatuto ficcional das personagens, intenta-se efetuar uma análise do psiquismo
destas, utilizando como referencial teórico basilar a psicanálise, em um diálogo com a
mitologia e a crítica literária feminista. Pretende-se demonstrar que a caracterização da
posição feminina, na escritura luftiana, aparenta-se ao conceito de Real do psicanalista francês
Jacques Lacan, que o define como aquilo que não pode ser simbolizado na palavra ou na
escrita e, desta forma, não cessa de não se inscrever.
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Andrade, David. "Efeitos da vibração corporal no equilíbrio em idosos: uma revisão de literatura." Bachelor's thesis, [s.n.], 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10284/4004.
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Projeto de Graduação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Licenciado em Fisioterapia<br>Objectivo: Sumariar a actual evidência da vibração corporal no equilíbrio em indivíduos idosos, contribuindo para a sistematização do conhecimento sobre esta temática. Metodologia: Pesquisa computorizada nas bases de dados PubMed, Web of Knowledge e PEDro, de modo a seleccionar estudos randomizados controlados com avaliação sobre o efeito da vibração corporal no equilíbrio em idosos. Resultados: Foram incluídos 11 artigos, apresentando uma qualidade média de 5,55 em 10 na escala de PEDro. Os artigos seleccionados para este estudo utilizaram 3 diferentes plataformas de vibração, sendo que 5 dos referidos artigos utilizaram a plataforma vibratória da marca Galileo (vibração sinusoidal alternada), 5 utilizaram a plataforma vibratória da marca Power-Plate (vibração vertical sincronizada) e 1 utilizou um protótipo de uma plataforma vibratória, Sea-saw (vibração sinusoidal alternada). Conclusões: A vibração corporal parece ter um efeito positivo na melhoria do equilíbrio em idosos, podendo eventualmente contribuir para a prevenção de quedas e consequentemente na melhoria da qualidade de vida. Este método aparenta ser uma alternativa viável para pacientes idosos, independentemente da idade. Objective: To summarize the present evidence of body vibration in the balance of elderly people, therefore contributing to the systematization of our knowledge of this subject. Methods: Computer research in PubMed, Web of Knowledge and PEDro data bases, in order to select randomizes controlled trials with the evaluation of body vibration in the balance of the elderly. Results: 11 articles were considered, presenting an average quality of 5,55 in 10, regarding the PEDro scale. The selected articles for this study used 3 different vibrating platforms, 5 of the above mentioned articles used the vibrating platform brand Galileo (alternated sinusoidal vibration), other 5 used the vibrating platform brand Power-Plate (synchronized vertical vibration) and 1 used a vibrating platform prototype brand Sea-saw (alternated sinusoidal vibration). Conclusions: Body vibration seems to achieve a beneficial effect in improving balance in elderly people, eventually contributing to fall´s prevention and consequently improving life quality. This method seems to be a viable alternative for elderly patients, regardless of their age.
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Warner, Theresa A. "Ficciones corporales| Cuerpo y nacion en los cuentos naturalistas hispanoamericanos." Thesis, Temple University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3611190.
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<p> This doctoral dissertation examines the intersection between body and nation in the context of Spanish American naturalist short stories from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The many forms of naturalism are useful for exploring national and societal concerns, yet most existing scholarship focuses exclusively on the naturalist novel. By combining the theories of Michel Foucault, Benedict Anderson, and Cesare Lombroso, among others, this dissertation considers the treatment of characters' bodies in their historical contexts and the larger national concerns they portray. Collections by three authors from the Southern Cone are studied: <i>Sub terra,</i> Baldomero Lillo (Chile, 1904); <i>Cuentos de la Pampa,</i> Manuel Ugarte (Argentina, 1903); and <i>Campo,</i> Javier de Viana (Uruguay, 1896). </p><p> The prologue introduces the theoretical framework that supports the analyses in subsequent chapters and describes the cultural context of the literary movement. It argues that the short story is a particularly useful tool for exploring this topic because, due to its brevity, characters' bodies must often relay vital information. Chapter one analyzes <i>Sub terra</i> and the Chilean miners it presents, studying its connection to the Chilean national body's exploitation at the hands of foreign capitalists who are solely interested in extracting its wealth of natural resources. Chapter two moves to Argentina and examines <i>Cuentos de la Pampa,</i> exploring those characters who reside in limbo between past and present, civilization and barbarism. Chapter three is dedicated to the study of <i> Campo</i> and the ways in which Javier de Viana uses the degraded gaucho body to represent the societal decay plaguing the Uruguayan countryside. </p><p> For all of these authors, naturalist short stories prove an effective means of exploring national concerns. Within the genre of short fiction, every word is of vital importance and, thus, the body frequently serves as a vessel to communicate ideas such as moral and physical decay, weakness, abuse, and excess. Characters' bodies are a microcosm of the national body as a whole, whose maladies these three authors explore in a variety of ways.</p>
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Swank, Andrea H. "Virtually corporal : the polite articulation of the female body in the 18th century novel /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1997. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9841339.
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Aljuhani, Hind S. "USING CORPORA IN A LEXICALIZED STYLISTICS APPROACH TO TEACHING ENGLISH-AS-A-FOREIGN-LANGUAGE LITERATURE." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/272.
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As a lingua franca across the globe, English plays a vital role in international communications. Due to rapid economic, political, and educational globalization, the English language has become a powerful means of communication. Therefore, English education is vital to the development of many countries around the world. Since 1932, the need for a lingua franca in Saudi Arabia developed as the country progressed politically, economically, and educationally. Now, English is important to Saudis’ economic, educational, and career development and success.
Vocabulary is a major step in learning any language. By deepening students’ lexical knowledge, they will be able to use English accurately to express themselves. However, teaching words in isolation and through memorization is not highly effective; English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) learners need to interact with the language and its usage in a more profound way. This can be done by integrating corpora and stylistics analysis in an EFL curriculum. The importance of stylistics analysis to literary texts in the EFL classroom lies in the way that EFL learners will be exposed to authentic language. At the same time they will get insight into how English is structured; and by accessing corpora, which provide a wide range of data for the analysis of stylistics, students will be able to compare the lexical and grammatical patterns in authentic texts. Also, it is important to introduce students to the different levels of English (i.e. semantic, lexis, morphology); this will enlarge EFL learners’ knowledge of English vocabulary and various grammatical patterns.
This project offers an innovative perspective on how to teach English for EFL university-level students by using corpora in a lexicalized stylistics approach, which will enable EFL learners to acquire vocabulary by reading literary texts. This provides a rich environment of lexical items and a variety of grammatical patterns. This approach offers EFL learners analytical tools that will improve their linguistic skills as they interact with and analyze authentic examples of English and gain insight about its historical, social and cultural background.
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Adams, Timothy Lee. "Discourse and Conflict: The President Barack H. Obama Birth Certificate Controversy and the New Media." TopSCHOLAR®, 2011. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/1071.
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A creative exploration of the consequences of public speech in the era of freely accessible, social media, as the author, a former elections official, records and explores the consequences of public dissent in the case of President Barack Obama’s eligibility controversy. This non-fiction narrative culminates with the author’s analysis and observations on both his personal experiences and the state of public speech and political power in contemporary America.
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Amaral, Ligia Assumpcao. "Espelho convexo: o corpo desviante no imaginário coletivo pela voz da literatura infanto-juvenil." Universidade de São Paulo, 1992. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/47/47134/tde-18122013-094209/.
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Partindo de uma hipótese inicial de que há na Literatura Infantojuvenil elementos (explícitos ou implícitos) que configuram representações do corpo desviante geradoras ou propiciadoras de cristalizações de estereótipos, denunciadoras de atitudes e preconceitos frente à diferença corporal e perpetuadoras de leituras maniqueístas e estigma, o presente trabalho buscou a analise da concretização desses elementos, através do estudo de características das 47 histórias eleitas, destinadas ao público infantil e juvenil, escritas por autores brasileiros e editadas entre 1971 e 1991, sendo que a ênfase da análise recaiu sob e atributos e ações das personagens corporalmente diferentes. Antes de chegar aos resultados, foi percorrido um caminho que, partindo das visões de corpo, transitou pela problemática do desvio, da diferença, da deficiência; pelo emaranhado conceitual de atitudes, preconceitos, estereótipos e estigma; pelo universo das significações, das anomalias, das monstruosidades, do grotesco; pelo território da Literatura e da Psicologia; pelas especificidades do gênero literário em pauta; pelos meandros metodológicos. As unidades de análise para pesquisa do corpus foram: o narrador, a trama, a narrativa e o tipo de discurso; a situação inicial da história; o universo constitucional das personagens; os tipos de deficiência e alteração corporal; as personagens no contexto dramático: características, ações e funções; a nomeação; os campos de atribuição dos fenômenos na etiologia e no desfecho. Foram também definidos três focos adicionais de interesse, voltados para as questões do \"olhar\" do outro, das \"perdas\" e dos \"desejos\". Conclui-se pela confirmação da hipótese inicial e distribui-se as reflexões finais em três grandes vertentes: etiologia da diferença (ênfase na culpabilização), status da personagem (vitima, herói, vilão) e desfecho (cura, exotismo, isolamento, morte). Vertentes essas pensadas como girando em torno de três eixos principais: histórias \"altamente\" preconceituosas, histórias \"denunciado as\" de preconceitos e histórias \"livres\" de preconceitos.<br>This study was based on the suppostiion that representations of the divergent body gener-ate and/or make possible the cristallization of stereotypes. These stereotypes reveal the existence of prejudices (among other attitudes) against corporeal differences and contribute to maintain stigma and manichaeistic interpretations of those differences. As a consequence of this supposition, it was assumed that it could be found, in the literature written fo child en and young people, elements, implicitly o explicitly argued, that were in acco dance with the kind of representation supposed. To investigate this empirical assumption, the present study analyzed the characteristics of 47 chosen stories, written by Brazilian authors, for child en and young people, and published from 1971 to 1991. The focuses of the analysis were the actions and the attributes of those characters whose bodies were divergent from the more usual one. A two-ply theoretical support for the analysis was sought. In one hand, it was based on the literature concerning the concepts of body. specially conside ing the issues of deviation, difference and disability. On the other hand the support was sought on the conceptual puzzle of attitudes, stereotypes and stigma. Across the criticai reading of this literature, \"the long and winding road\" travelled included the universe of meanings, anomalias, monstrosities and the grothesque appearence. It was necessary to specificate the literary genre studied and the methodological approach best fitted to the pursued goals. The units employed to analyze the corpus were the starting point of the story; the narrator; the narrativa structure; the nar ation itself and the kind of speech used; the character\'s constitutional universe; the kinds of disability and/o co poreal alteration. The characters were also analyzed in the d amatic context, considering their cha acteristics, actions and functions. The fields of attribution of the occurrences were determined at the beginning (etiology) and at the ending of these occurences. Additionally, three other issues were investigated, which are the other person\'s look to the character whose body was different and the lesses and desires of this character.
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Schielke, Thomas [Verfasser], Karl-Heinz [Akademischer Betreuer] Petzinka, and Johann [Akademischer Betreuer] Eisele. "Corporate Lighting: Methoden und Techniken der Architekturbeleuchtung zur Markenkommunikation / Thomas Schielke. Betreuer: Karl-Heinz Petzinka ; Johann Eisele." Darmstadt : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1108093175/34.
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Liza, Antonio Augusto Horta. "Entre mundos, gestos e palavras: memória corporal, literatura e história no Ballet-Drama K'iche'rab'inal Achi." Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1843/ALDR-6WEKEF.
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Esta pesquisa objetiva a realização de um estudo inter e multidisciplinar da obra Rab'inal Achi, considerada, até o presente momento, o principal remanescente da arte dramática mesoamericana. O Rab'inal Achi é reconhecido como patrimônio cultural da Guatemala, destacando-se, sobretudo,na condição de relíquia viva da comunidade K'iche-achi, assentada no município de Rab'inal (Departamento da Baixa Vera Paz). Devido à longevidade e ao valor cultural deste objeto-tema de estudo, fez-se necessário construir uma abordagem que, primeiro, expusesse o processo de usa conformação como arquivo literário (século 19) K'iche' - achi, depois, o explorasse hermeneuticamente e, por fim, destacasse os aspectos pertinentes à sua faceta de texto espetacular. Isso foi feito com base nas informações obtidas em um trabalho de campo (janeiro de 2005) e por intermédio doálogo constante e complementar entre sete disciplinas, a saber, teoria da literatura, história, filosofia, antropologia, lingüística, arqueologia e semiótica teatral. Concluímos que o Rab'inal Achi foi concebido para ser uma versão dramatizada e alegórica dos fatos históricos que desencadeados naquela região durante a época pre-hispânica, originaram a atual comunidade K'iche'-achi rab'inalense. É, portanto, um fragmento da memória histórico-cultural dessa comunidade indígena. Esse fragmento se apresenta com duas fases: uma escrita ( memória do arquivo) e outra, corporificada (memória do corpo).
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Torloni, Maria Regina [UNIFESP]. "Risco de diabetes gestacional conforme o índice de massa corporal: revisão sistemática da literatura com metanálise." Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), 2009. http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/9677.
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Publico-00390b.pdf: 1666578 bytes, checksum: 1eb86a9b4e80f50b202309df4a8ede8c (MD5)<br>Objetivo: Avaliar e quantificar o risco de diabetes gestacional (DG) conforme o índice de massa corporal (IMC) materno pré-gestacional. Desenho: Revisão sistemática dos estudos observacionais publicados nos últimos 30 anos. Método: Quatro bases de dados eletrônicas foram pesquisadas em busca de artigos publicados (1977-2007). O IMC foi selecionado como única medida de obesidade e todos os critérios diagnósticos para DG foram aceitos. Os estudos que realizaram rastreamento seletivo para DG foram excluídos. Não houve restrição de línguas. A qualidade metodológica dos estudos primários foi avaliada. Resultados: 1745 citações foram rastreadas e 70 estudos (2 não publicados) envolvendo 671,945 mulheres foram incluídos (59 coortes e 11 caso-controles). A maioria (81,4%) dos trabalhos era de média ou alta qualidade. Comparadas às mulheres com IMC normal, aquelas com IMC baixo tiveram uma razão de chances bruta (odds ratio - OR) para DG de 0,75 (IC 95% 0,69 a 0,82). Os OR para as mulheres com sobrepeso, obesidade classe I e obesidade classe II a III foram de 1,97 (IC 95% 1,77 a 2,19), 3,01 (IC 95% 2,34 a 3,87) e 5,55 (IC 95% 4,27 a 7,21), respectivamente. Para cada aumento de 1 kg/m2 no IMC, a prevalência de DG aumentou 0,92% (IC 95% 0,73 a 1,10). Conclusões: O risco de DG está diretamente associado ao IMC pré-gestacional. Esta informação é importante para o aconselhamento de mulheres que planejam engravidar.<br>Objective: Assess and quantify the risk for gestational diabetes (GDM) according to pre-pregnancy maternal body mass index (BMI). Design: Systematic review of observational studies published in the last 30 years. Methods: Four electronic databases were searched for publications (1977- 2007).BMI was elected as the only measure of obesity and all diagnostic criteria for GDM were accepted. Studies with selective screening for GDM were excluded. There were no language restrictions. The methodological quality of primary studies was assessed. Results: 1745 citations were screened and 70 studies (2 unpublished) involving 671,945 women were included (59 cohorts and 11 case-controls). Most studies (81.4%) were of medium or high quality. Compared to women with a normal BMI, the unadjusted pooled OR of an underweight woman developing GDM was 0.75 (95% CI 0.69 to 0.82). The OR for women with overweight, class I and class II to III obesity were 1.97 (95% CI 1.77 to 2.19), 3.01 (95% CI 2.34 to 3.87) and 5.55 (95% CI 4.27 to 7.21), respectively. For every 1 kg/m2 increase in BMI, the prevalence of GDM increased by 0.92% (95% CI 0.73 to 1.10). Conclusions: The risk of GDM is directly associated with pre-pregnancy BMI. This information is important when counseling women planning a pregnancy.<br>TEDE<br>BV UNIFESP: Teses e dissertações
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Silva, Fernanda Maria Diniz da. "Mentalidade e Residualidade em Memória Corporal, de Roberto Pontes." http://www.teses.ufc.br, 2007. http://www.repositorio.ufc.br/handle/riufc/3454.
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Previous issue date: 2007<br>O objetivo do presente trabalho é analisar os poemas que compõem Memória Corporal, livro publicado por Roberto Pontes em 1982, contendo quarenta e cinco poemas produzidos ao longo do tempo e da experiência lírica do autor, apresenta uma reflexão amadurecida sobre o mais intenso sentimento humano: o amor. Francisco Roberto Silveira de Pontes Medeiros, em destaque seu nome literário, é um autor importante às letras brasileiras. Escritor atuante, Roberto Pontes produz poemas, críticas e ensaios. Atualmente é professor do Departamento de Literatura da Universidade Federal do Ceará. Integrou o Grupo SIN de Literatura, que em 1968 imprimiu novo rumo às letras do Estado do Ceará. De 1995 a 1998 foi Orientador das Oficinas de Poesia da Biblioteca Nacional no Rio de Janeiro. Ao longo do trabalho, apresentamos um estudo sobre a mentalidade e os aspectos residuais presentes nos poemas, tendo como base a Teoria da Residualidade Cultural e Literária. A Teoria da Residualidade, formulada pelo Prof. Dr. Roberto Pontes, é registrada junto à Pro - Reitoria de Pesquisa e de Pós-graduação da - Universidade Federal do Ceará e ao Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa – CNPq. Roberto Pontes empregou o termo residualidade inicialmente em sua dissertação de mestrado, hoje publicada em livro, cujo título é Poesia insubmissa afrobrasilusa (1999), para demonstrar a presença de resquícios do passado que se acumulam na mente humana e são refletidos no texto de forma involuntária através de diferentes estruturas e temáticas. A teoria aqui trabalhada parte, então, do pressuposto que na cultura e na Literatura nada é original, tudo em sua origem é um resíduo. Assim, resíduo vem a ser o compósito de sedimentos mentais que remanescem de uma cultura em outra As principais contribuições da Teoria da Residualidade são: 1. Reconhecer as mentalidades nas várias épocas e estilos fora de contribuições estanques; 2. Solucionar a perplexidade teórica dos estudiosos da cultura e da Literatura ante a complexidade estética das obras de muitos autores; 3. Equacionar a escorregadia questão da periodologia literária. Com o capítulo “Poética e Teoria Literária desenvolvidas pelo autor”, caracterizamos a produção poética de Roberto Pontes. Além disso, também comentamos os fundamentos da teoria utilizada e seus conceitos conexos: mentalidade, cristalização e hibridação cultural. O capítulo seguinte, “A poética de Memória Corporal”, expõe a análise da poética característica do poema a partir do estudo do caráter erótico da obra, bem como de seus aspectos residuais advindos da tradição bíblica de Cântico dos Cânticos e da lírica medieval trovadoresca, mais especificamente, das cantigas lírico-amorosas.<br>El presente trabajo objetiva analizar poemas que compoenen Memória Corporal, libro publicado por Roberto Pontes, en 1982. La obra, formada por cuarenta y cinco poemas producidos a lo largo del tiempo y de la experiencia lírica del autor, apresenta uma refléxion madura acerca del más intenso sentimiento humano: el amor. Francisco Roberto Silveira Pontes Medeiros, em relieve su nombre literário y de profesorado, es um nombre importante para las letras brasilenãs. Escritor actuante, Roberto Pontes produce poemas, críticas y ensayos. Em el tiempo presente, es profesor del Departamento de Literatura de la Universidad Federal del Ceará (UFC). Integró el Grupo SIN Literatura, que em 1968 ha imprimido nuevo rumbo a las letras del Estado del Ceará. De 1995 hasta 1998, fue Orientador de los talleres de Poesia de la Biblioteca Nacional em el Rio de Janeiro. A lo longo de ste trabajo, presentaremos um estúdio acerca de la mentalidad y de los aspectos residuales presentes em los poemas, para tal nos basamos em la Teoria de la Residualidad Cultural y Literária. La Teoria de la Residualidad, formulada por el Profesor Roberto Pontes, se resgistró junto a los Pró-Rectorados de Graduación, de Pesquisa y de Posgrado de la UFC y junto al Consejo Nacional de Pesquisa (CNPq). Roberto Pontes ha empregado el término residualidad, inicialmente, em su disertación de maestria, hoy, publicada en libro Poesía Insumisa afrobrasilusa (1999), para que se demonstre la presencia de posos del passado que se acumulam en la mente humana y que se refleja en los textos de manera involuntaria por medio de diferentes estructuras y temáticas. Esa teoria, com la que estamos trabajando, parte del presupuesto de que la cultura y em la literatura nada es original. Tudo em su origen es resíduo. Así, resíduo llega a ser el compósito de sedimentos mentales que reminicen de una cultura en outra. Los principales aportes de esa Teoria son: 1. reconecer las mentalidades em las varias épocas y estilos fuera de contribuciones estancos; 2. solucionar la perplejidad teórica de los estudiosos de la cultura y de la literatura ante la complejidad estética de las obras de muchos autores; 3. ecuacionar la escurridiza cuestión de la periodologia literária. Con el capitulo “Poética y Teoria Literaria desarrollada por el autor”, caracterizamos la producción poética de Roberto Pontes. Además de eso, también comentamos los fundamentos de la teoria utilizada y sus conceptos conexos: mentalidad, cristalización y hibridación cultural. El capítulo seguiente “La poética de Memória Corporal” expone la análisis de la análisis de la poética característica del poema a partir del carácter erótico de la obra, como también de sus aspectos residuales, advenidos de la tradición bíblica de Cânticos de los Cânticos y de la lírica medieval trovadoresca, más especificamente de las cantigas lírico-amorosas.
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Silva, Fernanda Maria Diniz da. "Mentalidade e Residualidade em MemÃria Corporal, de Roberto Pontes." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2007. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=2542.
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O objetivo do presente trabalho à analisar os poemas que compÃem MemÃria Corporal, livro publicado por Roberto Pontes em 1982, contendo quarenta e cinco poemas produzidos ao longo do tempo e da experiÃncia lÃrica do autor, apresenta uma reflexÃo amadurecida sobre o mais intenso sentimento humano: o amor.
Francisco Roberto Silveira de Pontes Medeiros, em destaque seu nome literÃrio, Ã um autor importante Ãs letras brasileiras.
Escritor atuante, Roberto Pontes produz poemas, crÃticas e ensaios. Atualmente à professor do Departamento de Literatura da Universidade Federal do CearÃ. Integrou o Grupo SIN de Literatura, que em 1968 imprimiu novo rumo Ãs letras do Estado do CearÃ. De 1995 a 1998 foi Orientador das Oficinas de Poesia da Biblioteca Nacional no Rio de Janeiro.
Ao longo do trabalho, apresentamos um estudo sobre a mentalidade e os aspectos residuais presentes nos poemas, tendo como base a Teoria da Residualidade Cultural e LiterÃria.
A Teoria da Residualidade, formulada pelo Prof. Dr. Roberto Pontes, à registrada junto à Pro - Reitoria de Pesquisa e de PÃs-graduaÃÃo da - Universidade Federal do Cearà e ao Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa â CNPq.
Roberto Pontes empregou o termo residualidade inicialmente em sua dissertaÃÃo de mestrado, hoje publicada em livro, cujo tÃtulo à Poesia insubmissa afrobrasilusa (1999), para demonstrar a presenÃa de resquÃcios do passado que se acumulam na mente humana e sÃo refletidos no texto de forma involuntÃria atravÃs de diferentes estruturas e temÃticas.
A teoria aqui trabalhada parte, entÃo, do pressuposto que na cultura e na Literatura nada à original, tudo em sua origem à um resÃduo. Assim, resÃduo vem a ser o compÃsito de sedimentos mentais que remanescem de uma cultura em outra As principais contribuiÃÃes da Teoria da Residualidade sÃo: 1. Reconhecer as mentalidades nas vÃrias Ãpocas e estilos fora de contribuiÃÃes estanques; 2. Solucionar a perplexidade teÃrica dos estudiosos da cultura e da Literatura ante a complexidade estÃtica das obras de muitos autores; 3. Equacionar a escorregadia questÃo da periodologia literÃria.
Com o capÃtulo âPoÃtica e Teoria LiterÃria desenvolvidas pelo autorâ, caracterizamos a produÃÃo poÃtica de Roberto Pontes. AlÃm disso, tambÃm comentamos os fundamentos da teoria utilizada e seus conceitos conexos: mentalidade, cristalizaÃÃo e hibridaÃÃo cultural.
O capÃtulo seguinte, âA poÃtica de MemÃria Corporalâ, expÃe a anÃlise da poÃtica caracterÃstica do poema a partir do estudo do carÃter erÃtico da obra, bem como de seus aspectos residuais advindos da tradiÃÃo bÃblica de CÃntico dos CÃnticos e da lÃrica medieval trovadoresca, mais especificamente, das cantigas lÃrico-amorosas.<br>El presente trabajo objetiva analizar poemas que compoenen MemÃria Corporal, libro publicado por Roberto Pontes, en 1982. La obra, formada por cuarenta y cinco poemas producidos a lo largo del tiempo y de la experiencia lÃrica del autor, apresenta uma reflÃxion madura acerca del mÃs intenso sentimiento humano: el amor.
Francisco Roberto Silveira Pontes Medeiros, em relieve su nombre literÃrio y de profesorado, es um nombre importante para las letras brasilenÃs.
Escritor actuante, Roberto Pontes produce poemas, crÃticas y ensayos. Em el tiempo presente, es profesor del Departamento de Literatura de la Universidad Federal del Cearà (UFC). Integrà el Grupo SIN Literatura, que em 1968 ha imprimido nuevo rumbo a las letras del Estado del CearÃ. De 1995 hasta 1998, fue Orientador de los talleres de Poesia de la Biblioteca Nacional em el Rio de Janeiro.
A lo longo de ste trabajo, presentaremos um estÃdio acerca de la mentalidad y de los aspectos residuales presentes em los poemas, para tal nos basamos em la Teoria de la Residualidad Cultural y LiterÃria.
La Teoria de la Residualidad, formulada por el Profesor Roberto Pontes, se resgistrà junto a los PrÃ-Rectorados de GraduaciÃn, de Pesquisa y de Posgrado de la UFC y junto al Consejo Nacional de Pesquisa (CNPq).
Roberto Pontes ha empregado el tÃrmino residualidad, inicialmente, em su disertaciÃn de maestria, hoy, publicada en libro PoesÃa Insumisa afrobrasilusa (1999), para que se demonstre la presencia de posos del passado que se acumulam en la mente humana y que se refleja en los textos de manera involuntaria por medio de diferentes estructuras y temÃticas.
Esa teoria, com la que estamos trabajando, parte del presupuesto de que la cultura y em la literatura nada es original. Tudo em su origen es resÃduo. AsÃ, resÃduo llega a ser el compÃsito de sedimentos mentales que reminicen de una cultura en outra. Los principales aportes de esa Teoria son: 1. reconecer las mentalidades em las varias Ãpocas y estilos fuera de contribuciones estancos; 2. solucionar la perplejidad teÃrica de los estudiosos de la cultura y de la literatura ante la complejidad estÃtica de las obras de muchos autores; 3. ecuacionar la escurridiza cuestiÃn de la periodologia literÃria.
Con el capitulo âPoÃtica y Teoria Literaria desarrollada por el autorâ, caracterizamos la producciÃn poÃtica de Roberto Pontes. AdemÃs de eso, tambiÃn comentamos los fundamentos de la teoria utilizada y sus conceptos conexos: mentalidad, cristalizaciÃn y hibridaciÃn cultural.
El capÃtulo seguiente âLa poÃtica de MemÃria Corporalâ expone la anÃlisis de la anÃlisis de la poÃtica caracterÃstica del poema a partir del carÃcter erÃtico de la obra, como tambiÃn de sus aspectos residuales, advenidos de la tradiciÃn bÃblica de CÃnticos de los CÃnticos y de la lÃrica medieval trovadoresca, mÃs especificamente de las cantigas lÃrico-amorosas.
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GIOVANARDI, MATTIA. "A "communicational view" of the supply chain: theoretical foundations and empirical evidence." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/1799.
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Il progetto di tesi si basa su uno studio di carattere qualitativo focalizzato a costruire un framework teorico relativo ai processi di comunicazione lungo la Supply Chain (SC), identificando come la stessa comunicazione sia in grado di supportare il complesso processo di Supply Chain Management (SCM) sia sul piano strategico, sia sul piano operativo.
Il progetto di tesi si articola quindi in tre parti specifiche: 1. una review sistematica e critica della letteratura internazionale sui temi della Supply Chain e della comunicazione che fornisce un’analisi approfondita del dibattito internazionale sui processi relationship-based della SC, evidenziando inoltre il fondamentale ruolo della comunicazione nello scambio di flussi sociali, informativi e fisici tra i partner; 2. due studi esplorativi di tipo induttivo-deduttivo che costruiscono una mappatura concettuale preliminare dei ruoli e dei canali di comunicazione che supportano le fasi strategiche ed operative del SCM; 3. uno studio Grounded Theory (GT) progettato sulla base dei risultati emersi dai precedenti studi preliminari e basato su una ricerca empirica approfondita che ha coinvolto SC executives e managers di aziende italiane ed internazionali.<br>The Ph.D. research project is based on a wide qualitative study aimed at building a theoretical framework of the communication processes along the SC identifying how communication supports strategic and operational SCM and providing managerial insights on how to make an effective and efficient use of communication resources over time. The project emphasizes how relationships and processes are affected by communication flows, depicting the links among SC processes, communication and SC performance dimensions.
More specifically, the project methodological design is articulated in three subsequent interrelated research phases: 1. a systematic and critical literature review on SC and communication providing a focused analysis of the international debate on SC relationship-based processes highlighting communication as an enabler of social, information and physical flows among SC partners; 2. a two-step exploratory inductive-deductive study aimed at building a preliminary conceptual mapping of communication roles and channels supporting strategic and operational SCM; a comprehensive Grounded Theory (GT) study designed according to emergent insights from both the preliminary inductive-deductive analysis carried out and an in depth empirical research investigating widespread SC communication representations, practices and aspirations.
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Al-Sharief, Sultan M. "Interaction in writing : an analysis of the writer-reader relationship in four corpora of medical written texts." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.368632.
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Johnston, Kathryn Marie. "Lexical Bundles in Applied Linguistics and Literature Writing: a Comparison of Intermediate English Learners and Professionals." PDXScholar, 2017. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3482.
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Lexical bundles (fixed sequences of three to four words) have been described as building blocks of discourse, both written and spoken (Biber & Barbieri, 2007), and as a useful mechanical device for creating writing that is suited for its academic field (Hyland, 2008). Having noticed that the academic theses of my students at Longdong University in Qingyang, China seemed very different from professional writing in their fields, I created a thesis project that addressed the question of how professionals in their fields were using bundles and how the learners' use of these bundles in terms of frequency, structure, and function varied from the professionals' use.
In order to answer this question, I compiled four corpora of writing in literature and applied linguistics, representing professional and learner writing in each field. I used concordancing software in order to identify four-word lexical bundles that occurred at least 20 times per 100,000 words and over a range of four texts. I then did a three-part analysis which looked at frequency, structure, and function of these bundles.
The results of the study reveal that professionals in applied linguistics and literature use bundles with different frequency, display different choices of lexical items to fill structural bundles, and use functional bundles differently. These differences seem to reflect the rhetorical needs of each discipline. Further, the learners in each field displayed differences in their use of bundles as compared to the professionals' use. Learners in applied linguistics used more types and tokens of bundles overall, while learners in literature used fewer. Both groups of learners relied more on repetitive use of certain bundles than did the professionals.
Implications of this study are discussed for teaching and curriculum development. The findings can be applied to teaching through creating awareness-raising and guided practice opportunities for the students to see how bundles are used in professional writing and to help them apply this understanding to their own writing.
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Salla, Jaana. "Etisk glass : En semiotisk och kritisk diskursanalys av hur glassföretag varumärkeskommunicerar etiska värden." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Institutionen för kultur och lärande, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-41891.
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Denna studie är en kritisk diskursanalys av utvalda texter och förpackningar från glassföretagen Järnaglass och Gute Glass. Syftet är att synliggöra hur etiska värden kommuniceras i varumärkeskommunikation och problematisera hur språket kan reproducera social ojämlikhet och föreställningar om etisk konsumtion i en svensk kontext. Studien tar anspråk inom det socialsemiotiska fältet. Tillvägagångsättet har varit att utifrån berättelseanalys samt den multimodala analysen kvalitativt närgranska texternas och förpackningarnas semiotiska resurser. Metoderna synliggör utmärkande värden som företagen väljer att identifiera sig med och diskurser kring etisk glass. Studieresultatet visar att företagen genom varumärkeskommunikation kan skapa identifikation med värden som exempelvis ärlighet, ursprung och framgång. Dessa värden korrelerar med samtida diskurser kring mat som ska betona det personliga, småskaliga och självförverkligande. Utifrån det kritiska perspektivet synliggör studieresultatet att dessa värden och diskurser har möjlighet att reproducera föreställningar och normer om hur konsumenten förväntas agera etiskt och hur vi idag uppnår status. Dessa föreställningar och normer som cementeras genom samtidens varumärkeskommunikation och våra konsumtionsval kan därmed reproducera maktförhållanden som kan bidra till social ojämlikhet i samhället. Slutligen påvisar även studien att samspelet mellan etisk varumärkeskommunikation och människors konsumtionsval kan göra oss passiva i hur vi tar ställning i politiska och miljömässiga utmaningar.
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McGarry, Theresa, and J. Mwinyelle. "Using Language Corpora in Teaching." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/6166.
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Pujol, Dahme Ana Mª. "El dominio de la escritura en el género de investigación: de la redacción guiada a la publicación reconocida." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/393887.
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La alfabetización está inexorablemente vinculada a la práctica de cualquier disciplina académica. La habilidad para usar de forma adecuada el registro lingüístico y las convenciones retóricas del género de investigación es importante para lograr el éxito académico y el desarrollo profesional en la carrera de los investigadores. Por eso, cuando los estudiantes se integran en una comunidad de práctica investigadora tienen que llegar a dominar no solo las características léxico-gramaticales propias del lenguaje académico, sino también las convenciones discursivas particulares de cada comunidad disciplinar.
Esta investigación tiene dos objetivos generales. En primer lugar, la creación de un corpus de trabajos académicos de investigación escritos en catalán, de bachillerato y máster universitario, en las disciplinas de biología e historia. Este corpus llamado TARBUC (Treballs Acadèmics de Recerca de Batxillerat i Universitat en Català) está digitalizado y disponible para la comunidad investigadora. En segundo lugar, caracterizar a partir de este corpus el desarrollo de la escritura académica en momentos diferentes de la historia educativa de los estudiantes. Para ello se presentan dos estudios.
En el estudio 1, se compara transversalmente un corpus de trabajos de investigación de bachillerato y de final de máster universitario en las disciplinas de biología e historia, ambos escritos en catalán. En el estudio 2, se compara longitudinalmente trabajos de investigación de final del máster universitario, en catalán, y de artículos publicados en inglés en la disciplina de biología. En concreto, se caracteriza el registro y el meta-discurso. Se analiza el registro por medio de las siguientes características léxico-gramaticales: (i) la diversidad léxica, (ii) la densidad léxica, (iii) la complejidad sintáctica. Respecto al meta-discurso, se examina la función meta-discursiva interaccional a través de los marcadores lingüísticos, que señalan, por una parte, la voz textual del escritor para involucrarse con su texto, la postura (stance), y, por otra, los que utiliza el escritor para involucrar al lector, la afiliación (engagement).
Las implicaciones de estos resultados se discuten en términos lingüísticos, cognitivos y socioculturales y sugieren que la capacidad de desplegar el registro lingüístico y las convenciones retóricas, de forma adecuada a una comunidad discursiva específica, es en sí mismo un proceso prolongado.<br>Literacy is inextricably connected with the practise of any academic discipline. The skill to properly use the linguistic register and rhetorical conventions of the research genre is important to achieve academic success and professional development in researcher careers. This is why, when students join a research community they have to become proficient not only in the lexical-grammatical characteristics of academic language, but also in the specific discursive conventions of each disciplinary community.
The present dissertation has two general aims. Firstly, the creation of a corpus of academic research projects written in Catalan, from Baccalaureate and University Master Degrees, in the fields of biology and history. This corpus is called TARBUC (Treballs Acadèmics de Recerca de Batxillerat i Universitat en Català)1 and has been digitised so as to be available to the research community. Secondly, by using this corpus, I have attempted to characterise the development of academic writing at different stages throughout students’ school lifetime. For this reason I am presenting two studies.
In the first of these, I transversally compare a corpus of research projects written in Catalan from Baccalaureate and end of University Master in the fields of biology and history. In study 2, I longitudinally compare end of University Master research projects, again in Catalan, with biology articles published in English. Specifically, I characterise the register and meta-discourse. When analysing the register I use the following lexical-grammatical features: (i) lexical diversity, (ii) lexical density and (iii) syntactic complexity. Regarding meta-discourse, I examine the meta-discursive interactional function through linguistic markers, which indicate, on the one hand, the authorial voice as self-representation in writing, that is, stance, and, on the other, those markers used by the writer to involve the reader, that is, engagement.
The results of these implications are discussed in linguistic, cognitive and socio-cultural terms and suggest that ability to adequately display linguistic register and rhetorical conventions in accordance with a specific disciplinary community is in itself a lengthy process. 1 Baccalaureate and University Academic Research Reports written in Catalan.
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Inostroza, Galvez Stephanie, and Suleiman Feizi. "Sortimentsreducering för ökad lönsamhet : En fallstudie hos företaget Edsbyn." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för industriell ekonomi, industridesign och maskinteknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-35961.
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Sortiment är hos många företag väldigt stort vilket leder till att företag inte kan hantera sina produkter rätt. Problematiken är att kunderna får för mycket valmöjligheter när det erbjuds ett helt produktsortiment. Varje företag behöver ifrågasätta sig hur de ska hantera sitt sortiment när kunderna har för mycket att välja mellan. I denna situation hjälper sortimentsreducering att öka effektiviteten och lönsamheten i förtaget. Ett välplanerat sortiment är en viktig faktor för kundens köpbeslut eftersom för många produktval i sortimentet kan leda till överbelastning. Studien är en fallstudie med syfte att ta fram faktorer och processer som bör beaktas vid en sortimentsreducering hos ett producerande företag. Studien kommer att avgränsas mot att studera sortimentsreducering hos ett svenskt företag som tillverkar kontorsmöbler. För att besvara syftet och frågeställningarna utfördes fyra semistrukturerade intervjuer och ett studiebesök med anställda som hade relevant kunskap inom området. I metoden har abduktion antagits som vetenskapligt angreppsätt. Den teoretiska referensram togs fram genom litteratursökningar via databaser och böcker som sedan diskuterades i en jämförelse mot den sammanställda empirin som analyserades och diskuterades. Studiens slutsats visade vilka faktorer och processer som företag bör beakta vid en sortimentsreducering. De framtagna faktorerna var sortimentets djup och bredd, företagsimage, flexibilitet, kategoristyrning samt implementering av modulära och standardiserade produkter. Genom att integrera dessa faktorer kan företag göra en reducering effektivt. Studien visade tre processer med hjälp av modeller vid hänsyn till sortimentsreducering som skulle kunna implementeras på företag. Dessa modeller är ABC-analysen, Porters femkraftsmodell och sortimentsplaneringsmodellen. Genom att integrera de olika faktorer och processer för sortimentsreducering kan företaget göra en lönsam reducering i sortimentet.<br>Many companies have a large assortment, where most are incapable of correctly handling their products. Result of such assortment usually is overload of customers with an abundance of options. Every company needs to question themselves how to handle their assortment when customers has to many choices to pick. In this situation assortment reduction helps to increase efficiency and profitability of organizations. A well-planned assortment is an important factor for the customers purchase decision as too many choices in the assortment can lead to overload. This study is a thesis written with the purpose of developing factors and processes to take into account for a products assortment reduction at a producing company. This study is limited to studying product assortment reduction at a Swedish company that manufactures office furniture. The purpose and questions are answered through four semi-structured interviews and a study visit accompanied by employees with relevant knowledge to thesis. In the method, abduction has been adopted as a scientific approach. A theoretical frame of reference was developed through literature searches through databases and books, which were the discussed in a comparison with the compiled empirical data that were analyzed and discussed. The study´s conclusion showed which factors and processes companies should take into account in an assortment reduction. The factors developed were assortment depth and breadth, corporate image, flexibility, category management, implementing modular and standard products. By integrating these factors, companies can make a reduction effective. The study showed three processes using models with regard to product assortment reduction that could be implemented in companies. These models are the ABC-analysis, Porters five forces and the assortment planning model. By integrating the various factors and processes for product assortment reduction, the company can make a profitable reduction in the assortment.
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Howell, Danielle Marie. "Cloning the Ideal? Unpacking the Conflicting Ideologies and Cultural Anxieties in "Orphan Black"." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1460059315.
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