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Čáp, Jakub. "Kritéria hodnocení analytických portálů v prostředí SAS Enterprise Business Intelligence Server." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-15643.

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The need for reliable and exact information that are needed to run a company is still growing. This fact leads to finding new ways to obtain, transform, but especially deliver these information. One of the most efficient way is to integrate Business Intelligence into company's information system that leads to the usage of analytical portals. This thesis's target is to acquaint the readers with the topic of analytical portals and conceivable method to evaluate analytical portals and tools designed to build them. This thesis consists of two general sections, theoretical and practical. The theoretical section consists of the explanation of the term analytical portal and the ways a company can benefit from usage of analytical portals. The criteria and the conceivable method to evaluate analytical portals and the tools designed to build them are specified further in this section. The practical section contains description and evaluation of certain tool designed to build analytical portals (SAS Portal). The evaluation is based on the criteria described in the theoretical section and data used in the exhibition of the SAS Portal are purely exemplificative.

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Tsaneva, Daniela. "Enterprise collaborative portal for business process modelling." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2004. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/55982/.

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The business processes of manufacturing enterprises have to be dynamic, especially when highly customised products are manufactured or different projects run simultaneously. Another trend in contemporary manufacturing is the necessity for co-operation between geographically dispersed teams. This research presents a new method for modelling business processes enabling co-ordination of dynamic workflows. This thesis focuses first on Business Process Modelling (BPM) techniques and outlines the limitations of the existing methodologies. Similarly, an overview of Enterprise Collaborative Portals (ECP) is conducted and a method for collaborative authoring of dynamic workflows is discussed. Next, the thesis introduces the concept of business process models with feedback based on the Product/process (P/p) methodology. An extension to this methodology, validated through a case study, is developed to overcome some of its limitations. The performance of the proposed extension is analysed and compared with that of the Unified Modelling Language (UML) and its advantages are highlighted. The case study used to demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed approach involves the development of a golf training device prototype using Rapid Prototyping technology. The proposed process modelling methodology is validated in PTC Windchill EIMS, which also serves as a platform for the implementation of the enterprise collaborative portal. The thesis also proposes a benchmarking method for business processes based on the work of Spendolini and the extended P/p methodology. Benchmarking factors are identified and the proposed benchmarking methodology is validated with an example. The benefits of the proposed benchmarking methodology are outlined. Finally, a method for modelling business processes enabling co-ordination of dynamic workflows is presented. The same case study is used to illustrate the algorithm for collaborative authoring of the business process model. As a platform for the implementation of the proposed method, an object-oriented architecture is adopted.

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Vácha, Štěpán. "VYUŽITÍ PORTÁLOVÝCH TECHNOLOGIÍ V BI PROJEKTECH." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2010. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-19072.

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In current BI projects, the main emphasis is not put on the process of working with data anymore. The main focus is on working with information -- on technologies and applications that enable to put the data into context and that make possible for the users to get access to information which they use during a decision process. The theme of the thesis is the analysis of possible ways the portal technologies that are incorporated in portal products can be used for working with information from BI systems. The aim of the thesis is to analyze the possibilities of enterprise portal from the viewpoint of its usefulness as a part of company's BI solution. Another objective is to evaluate the situation of the portal products market and to analyze the potentialities of the Microsoft Sharepoint 2010 portal product. The thesis is divided into two logical parts. The first part contains definitions of the terms connected to BI and enterprise portals. It also deals with general evaluation of the potentialities of portal technologies for BI and with evaluation of the portal products market situation. The second part focuses on Sharepoint 2010 -- the latest portal product from Microsoft. This part contains Sharepoint 2010 functionality evaluation considering the individual versions of this product. Further, the position of Sharepoint 2010 in Microsoft's current BI strategy is analyzed. The potentialities of the product as a part of Microsoft BI solution are evaluated. A company that considers buying a portal product can use the thesis as a source of general information about portal technologies and their usefulness in a company's BI. The thesis also offers up-to-date information about the current situation of the portal products' market. If the company considers buying Sharepoint 2010 portal product, the thesis is a source of detailed information which can contribute to a quick and high-quality decision on the suitability and availability of this solution.

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Zelinka, Tomáš. "Portál - integrace na úrovni přístupu." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2007. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-4028.

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This diploma thesis concerns enterprise portals and its objective is to map their functional support, which they can bring to the company. Especially to the access integrationarea. To achieve this goal the following proces was selected: The first step was to create theoretical background which describes the area of enterprise portals and how it can be seen. In the following part were set main functional areas whose coverage may be assured by the enterprise portal. These areas are : presentation, personalization and customization, security, administration, content management system, search, collaboration, accessibility and portlets. Another part is focused on the selection of specific portal solutions which are evaluated and compared at the conclusion. These are chosen products : IBM WebSphere Portal, Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2007, Oracle Portal 10g, BEA WebLogic Portal. Personal benefit is particularly comprehensive look into the issue of enterprise portals. Theoretical background makes possible to quickly obtain information which are presented in a logically organizace form. It will ensure continuity in the knowledge absorption. Practical part offers look into the enterprise portal market situation and shows what can offer specific product and at what level.

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Zelinka, Tomáš. "Portál." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-165220.

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This diploma thesis concerns enterprise portals and its objective is to map their functional support, which they can bring to the company. Especially to the access integration area. To achieve this goal the following proces was selected: The first step was to create theoretical background which describes the area of enterprise portals and how it can be seen. In the following part were set main functional areas whose coverage may be assured by the enterprise portal. These areas are : presentation, personalization and customization, security, administration, content management system, search, collaboration, accessibility and portlets. Another part is focused on the selection of specific portal solutions which are evaluated and comared at the conclusion. These are chosen products : IBM WebSphere Portal, Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2007, Oracle Portal 10g, BEA WebLogic Portal. Personal benefit is particularly comprehensive look into the issue of enterprise portals. Theoretical background makes possible to quickly obtain information which are presented in a logically organizace form. It will ensure continuity in the knowledge absorption. Practical part offers look into the enterprise portal market situation and shows what can offer specific product and at what level.

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Ramorathudi, Moemedi Bini. "An enterprise information portal for cross-unit collaboration in Botswana Defense Force." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. Naval Postgraduate School, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/6022.

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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited This thesis discusses the need for an information technology system to facilitate cross-unit collaboration in the Botswana Defence Force (BDF). The existing traditional means of communication and information sharing among the BDF units and bases do not meet the present requirements and may negatively impact productivity and mission readiness in the BDF. The thesis begins with a background discussion of the communication problems in the BDF and examines the problem in the context of designing and implementing an Enterprise Information Portal (EIP). This would facilitate the collaboration and the flow of information within and among units throughout different regions in Botswana. The approach to the problem involves defining an EIP, evaluating the benefits of an EIP and assessing technologies critical to implementing an EIP. After defining an EIP, a business plan is presented to provide a guideline for implementing the Botswana Defence Force Enterprise Information Portal (BDF-EIP). The thesis further discusses organizational challenges that may affect implementing the BDF-EIP. These organizational issues include a discussion on change, change management and champion.

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Kareiva, Rolandas. "Regioninis verslo portalas: el. paslaugų sudarymas ir tyrimas." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2006. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2006~D_20060115_111331-71315.

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Presented work describe about new public e-services implementation, they presentation in internet, e-services between companies and public office development. Government intention to establish conditions to implement e-government and new enterprise services creation at eenvironment. There are suggested implement enterprise information portal with e-services: new companies name registration, business license receiving, new companies registration and enterprise dissolution.

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Schneckenburger, Markus. "Konzeption und Realisierung eines Wissensportals für Hochschulen : eine Implementierung mit mySAP Enterprise Portal /." Aachen : Shaker, 2005. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=013166006&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Qaddoura, Fareed. "Dynamic Website and Data Engine Generators for Distributed Enterprise/Business Architectures." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2004. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/195.

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Creating websites providing dynamic services is an extensive process. Intelligent systems are used to create websites with dynamic services. Current intelligent systems are hard to use and configure by the average user. The generated websites are usually custom built to solve one problem and cannot be fully customizable for users on different environments. This thesis presents a technological solution that enables the average user to create websites with dynamic services by providing a number of parameters. The website generator is a web-based application that generates all the components of the website. The components act as portlets and the generated website will be the portal application. The data engine generator creates the website's underlying database. To enable distributed enterprise/business architecture, the data engine generator records the metadata about the database and the website to be generated. The website generator is a cost effective, dynamic, secure, reliable, and scalable solution that outperforms current website generators and portal applications.

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Steinerowski, Artur Adam. "Developing social enterprise : an investigation of promoters and barriers." Thesis, University of the Highlands and Islands, 2011. https://pure.uhi.ac.uk/portal/en/studentthesis/developing-a-social-enterprise(8fcefbec-cf03-48eb-b534-209b62b4eb4d).html.

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Social enterprise is increasingly discussed in policy documents and academic literature, but there is poor understanding of how social enterprise organisations emerge and develop. A goal of this PhD study was to understand the emergence and nature of social enterprise, the promoters and barriers to its development in a specific context of the remote and rural North of Scotland and to investigate the extent to which social enterprise was being considered for health and care service provision. Giddens’ (1984) structuration theory provided a theoretical orientation for the work, facilitating analysis of relations between agents and structure. A qualitative approach to data collection was adopted. Views and perspectives from different social enterprise stakeholders were elicited. In the first stage of the study, thirty five individual in-depth face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted; these were verified, confirmed and extended in the second stage of the study through three focus group discussions. The study contributes new knowledge around promoters and barriers to social enterprise, considering this from both theoretical and practice-oriented perspectives. These provide information to help those developing social enterprises. The study is important in the growing field of social enterprise literature as it adds another dimension of analysis; that is, findings are viewed through the analytical lens of structuration theory creating a different way of thinking about how social enterprises have emerged and the ideas have become fashionable. This element particularly looks at social enterprise from the perspective of different groups of agents to build understanding, exploring their influence in social enterprise development. The study also described the different roles of different types of agents and indicated suggestions regarding changes required in order to further develop the social enterprise sector.

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Ford, Jane. "Vampiric enterprise : metaphors of economic exploitation in the literature and culture of the fin de siecle." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2013. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/vampiric-enterprise(35602e3a-bb35-44e7-85f8-73c0cdabb1c1).html.

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This thesis is about the complex network of metaphors that emerged around late nineteenth-century conceptions of economic self-interest — metaphors that dramatised the predatory, conflictual and exploitative basis of relations between nations, institutions, sexes and people in an outwardly belligerent fin-de-siècle economy. More specifically, this thesis is about the vampire, cannibal and related genera of economic metaphor which I argue penetrate many of the major discourses of the period in ways that have yet to be understood. In chapters that examine socialist fiction and newspapers; the imperial quest romance; inter-personal intimacies in the writing of Henry James and Vernon Lee; and the Catholic novels of Lucas Malet, I assess the breadth and variety of these metaphors, and consider how they filter the concept of the conflictual ‘economic man’ inspired by Hobbes and formalised in nineteenth-century economic discourses. The thesis builds on Maggie Kilgour’s From communion to cannibalism: an anatomy of metaphors of incorporation (1990), which traces the genealogy – in literature from Homer to Melville – of what she terms ‘metaphors of incorporation’. In basic terms, these are metaphors that originate from a foundational inside-outside binary and involve the assimilation or incorporation of an external reality. Kilgour attempts to demonstrate that with the increasing isolation of the modern individual (signalled by the acts of enclosure and the formalisation of property rights, for instance) acts of ‘incorporation’ previously imagined as symbiotic (early communion), were later conceived as cannibalistic (oedipal rivalry). Representing an appetitive antagonism between aggressor and victim, the figures at the centre of this study – the economic vampire and its cognates – have integrity as metaphors of incorporation. However, deploying a combination of historicist and, at times, Post-Structuralist approaches, this thesis demonstrates that these metaphors refuse to accommodate themselves to a simple unified vision of the kind advanced by Kilgour. Therefore, in this thesis, I map the complexities of these metaphors, explaining how they originate from divergent teleological impulses and how they articulate both simple ideological operations, and more complex feelings of ambivalence about economic realities in the cultural moment of the Victorian fin-de-siècle.

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Wright, Adrian. "Encouraging enterprise : rationalising self-exploitation in the digital games sector." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/encouraging-enterprise-rationalising-selfexploitation-in-the-digital-games-sector(cd197b47-209c-49e2-8d0b-472b4ced83f3).html.

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The creative industries have recently been identified as an exemplar of enterprising activity with workers in the sector being described as a 'creative class of entrepreneurs'. The digital sector is seen at the heart of these debates as political and media rhetoric has illustrated the wealth of opportunity, flexibility, freedom and control available to digital workers willing to take up entrepreneurial activity. However, contrasting accounts of enterprise are apparent in the creative industries that highlight unstable and insecure labour market conditions for all but 'star' performers. High levels of job insecurity prevalent in the creative industries are also visible in the digital games sector as project work, flexible employment models, and changes in the structure of the sector leave employment in the sector, at best, fragile and unstable for many workers. In the context of contrasting accounts of the impact of precarious labour market conditions on creative workers, the aim of this thesis is to examine the experiences of a cohort of digital game developers in the North West of England, in a sector that is, by contemporary prescription, both creatively empowered and entrepreneurial. Using in-depth interviews and an ethnography of networking events it will consider the consequences for work and employment in the local sectoral labour market. Empirical research reveals the exploitative and precarious nature of work in the experiences of self-employed digital game developers and charts the responses of developers to unstable and insecure working conditions. It is clear that the typical response to increasing instability in the labour market is to adopt more enterprising and entrepreneurial behaviour in order to find work. Using the Pongratz and Voß (2003) framework of the 'entreployee' this work illustrates the consequences for developers by highlighting examples of self-exploitation which has been fuelled by a passion and a dedication to the work but at the same time has led to long working hours, unpaid work, and a blurring of work-life boundaries. Faced with accounts which explain individuals' acceptance of self-exploitation through self-actualisation, a love of their craft, or a gift of autonomy, this thesis offers an additional understanding of self-exploitation by examining how individualistic values of passion, self-discipline, enterprise, and a strong sense of belonging have acted as a control structure and have given a convincing rationale for individuals to engage in these self-exploitative practices. Furthermore, this thesis demonstrates how the occupational community socialises developers' motivations towards sociality, altruism and enterprise. It is argued that the unintended consequences of these motivations have led to the normalisation and acceptance of self-exploitative practices.

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Najulis, Mindaugas. "Mobiliųjų paslaugų portalų technologijų tyrimas." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2005. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050603_171238-43470.

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Information technologies and mobile telecommunications rapidly enter our personal and social life. Mobile phone is no longer luxury – it has become a necessity. Growing volumes of the mobile services has caused a need to expand the mobile service employment opportunities in the Internet portals. Today’s portals, created using the means, offered by software manufacturers, employ exclusively the mobile Internet service, thanks to which the users can see and manage the necessary information and process of the portal at any time and from anywhere. The problem is related with the fact that mobile Internet services are still expensive in Lithuania. Therefore one should look for cheaper ways to reach and manage portal information. In order to solve this problem one can consider the SMS and MMS message sending, suggested by mobile technologies. Basic aim of the work is to create an entertainment portal, rendering the user both various Internet entertainments (e.g. Internet acquaintances, games), and mobile entertainment (e.g. sending messages, logos, melodies, animations and games for mobile phone) as well as a wide range of mobile services to be used to obtain and to manage the portal information. In the work I describe: portal evolution, classification and creation measures („BroadVision Portal“, „IBM WebSphere Portal for Multiplatforms v5.x“, „Sun One Portal Server v6.0“, „Red Hat Enterprise Portal Server“, „Microsoft SharePoint® Portal Server 2003“, „ORACLE 9ias Portal“, „PHP:... [to full text]

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Hendy, Philip John. "Navigating the practice : an exploration of enterprise risk management at the Port of London Authority." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2018. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/navigating-the-practice(f110ad0a-983e-443e-9887-f524fdb5d524).html.

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This thesis explores the intra-organisational dynamics behind the increasingly prevalent adoption of private-sector style enterprise risk management (ERM) practices by public-sector organisations. The core tenets of ERM are predicated on the idea that a diverse range of organisational issues and challenges can be processed and managed through a set of standardised, universal tools and techniques. Neo-institutional theory holds that broad, macro level pressures act upon organisations at a field level creating pressures to adopt homogeneous structures and processes as a means of gaining and maintaining organisational legitimacy. However, outside of the notion of a range of strategic decoupling responses, relatively little research has been undertaken on how different areas of an organisation actually interpret and apply the institutionalised practice of risk management across its functional departments. To that end, this thesis looks at how the Port of London Authority is operationalising a newly adopted risk management policy as it continues to manage societal and organisational risks. Through the use of 41 semi-structured interviews, document analysis and participant observation, the study explores why and how employees from functionally disparate areas of the organisation utilise risk management practices. The study focuses on the organisational, institutional and cultural dynamics that drive and shape an employee’s understanding of what ERM is meant to achieve and how best to go about implementing it. The findings suggest that employees decoupled the ERM practice differentially across the organisation’s departments as a means of ‘organisational conservatism’. The research presents new knowledge in regards to how the Port of London Authority relied on three distinct ‘if-then’ logics as a means to decouple ERM from its intended outcome of managing risk across the organisation to one that serves to protect and reinforce existing organisational arrangements and rationalities. This process of organisational conservatism enabled departments to reinforce their identities, increase their organisational standing and substantiate past actions. In essence, the organisation adapted ERM to reinforce and justify existing practices as a means to become more certain about what it already knows, rather than reduce the effects of uncertainty in achieving the organisational objectives.

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Dima, Fani. "The nature of social enterprise in Greece : the effect of the social enterprise trend on non-profits in Greece in a shrinking economy." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-nature-of-social-enterprise-in-greecethe-effect-of-the-social-enterprise-trend-on-nonprofits-in-greece-in-a-shrinkingeconomy(2adb3891-bfde-40d3-8f24-5991920187c5).html.

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This thesis explores the notion of social enterprise in Greece. In particular it investigates how non-profits incorporate social enterprise in an environment facing a severe financial and social crisis. The study is done through a participatory and reflective research approach that allows the emergence of enriched results. The review of the existing literature in this area revealed that despite the lack of a universal definition, the concept of social enterprise has generally been viewed positively and has raised the expectations for social and economic transformation. Policy makers expect social enterprises to become a lever out of the crisis of reducing state funding and contribute to financial and social change. Until recently, the common assumption was that social enterprises emerge bottom-up and constitute the most ethical option of social welfare services provision after the failure of the state and the markets to provide for society. Hence, non-profits were encouraged to adopt entrepreneurial techniques to support their social purpose as a way out of the financial problems they are facing. The great interest on the effect of 'social enterprise' on the traditional non-profit sector comes from the peculiarity of the Greek case with the top-down enforcement of the concept coupled with a history of corruption in civil society. Even though researchers following a more critical stance towards social enterprises challenge the underlying assumptions of this new concept and raise awareness about its negative impacts, in Greece the 'social economy' and 'social enterprise' concepts are used as 'silver bullets' by policy makers. Wishing to follow this critical tradition, I proceeded with an in-depth case study drawing upon participant observation and reflective methods. In locating my research in an active non-profit organisation in Athens, I intended that my findings could be extended to similar organisations. This thesis found that in Greece, the top-down implementation of the concept allowed non-profits to incidentally adopt this rhetoric in order to ensure their long-term survival and then in turn influence the way society makes sense of social enterprises. The institutional environment further hinders the growth of the sector as it directs the social enterprises and non-profits towards public procurement making and any other alternative seems impossible. Lastly, based on the above findings, I conclude that social economy despite its infancy faces the risk of corruption. Hence, I suggest that policy makers' support, rather than guide, social enterprises to allow them to achieve their full potential. Future research and practice need to focus on raising awareness for the social economy and assessing social impact as a way to improve transparency and gain the trust of society.

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Almisned, Faisal Abdulaziz. "Extending the capacity of enterprise architecture management frameworks : towards a model-driven handling of dynamics." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2018. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/extending-the-capacity-of-enterprise-architecture-management-frameworks(de7f249c-2332-4435-bab6-f05ab6aee474).html.

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Most large modern enterprises comprise different departments, subsidiaries, and divisions internally, and each of these will typically operate multiple, interdependent, information technology systems. Externally, all enterprises face dynamic and sometimes turbulent environments, with ongoing changes in laws and regulations, technologies, competition, customer preferences, and marketplace changes. These ongoing external dynamics will impact on the enterprise’s goals and strategies, and thus on their IT systems and processes. Enterprise architecture management (EAM) frameworks have proven to be a valuable and widespread means of representing the internal IT systems of enterprises, and of representing links of these systems to the organization’s goals and strategies. But how well do EAM frameworks cope with the dynamic envi-ronments that organizations face? It turns out not well. Indeed, common EAM frameworks are mostly static. In practice, enterprises opt to build their own adapted approach on top of standard frameworks. Stakeholders use their capacity and attempt to incorporate implicit knowledge and business behaviour specific to their own enterprise. Based on an action research case study undertaken in a large, complex business enterprise in Saudi Arabia, we propose a methodology for managing changing business behaviour. This builds on selecting existing and well-established approaches in line with EAM frameworks. This is achieved by an extended meta-model offering further capacity with new constituents enabling the representation of time-knowledge for changing sources of information, and new constituents enabling constant maintenance of enterprise architecture (EA) models. In addition, the incorporation of the changing business behaviour is facilitated via guidelines for the modelling of different stakeholders’ collective-thinking/mental-modelling in order to offer a shared understanding of business behaviour. Furthermore, we propose a number of techniques relying on the ex-tended meta-model to facilitate the constant maintenance of the EA landscape. These techniques use the capacity of the extended meta-model to represent multiple states of the EA reflecting changing elements to compliment the architectural development method (ADM) of the open group architecture framework (TO-GAF). Our methodology is driven by action research to ensure the applicability and real-world relevance of our solution, which is itself a novel approach in the EAM field.

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Rottleb, René. "Das Paradigma des homogenen Enterprise Access Managements sowie ein Vorschlag zur unternehmensweit konsistenten Zugriffssteuerung." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2003. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:swb:14-1071583567796-84449.

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Bei der Umsetzung moderner Managementkonzepte wie bspw. Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship Management und Partner Relationship Management werden Anwendungssysteme wertschöpfungskettenübergreifend eingesetzt. Das bedeutet, dass sowohl interne als auch externe Benutzer auf verschiedene Anwendungssysteme eines Unternehmens zugreifen. Die daraus resultierenden Anforderungen werden als Paradigma des homogenen Enterprise Access Managements (hEAM) beschrieben. Zur Umsetzung dieser Anforderungen wird ein Referenzmodell zur anwendungssystemübergreifend konsistenten Zugriffssteuerung (MAKS) entwickelt. Eine entsprechende Realisierungsmöglichkeit in Form eines zentralen Rollen- und Rechtemanagementsystems (ZR2MS) ergibt sich aus der Referenzarchitektur zur anwendungssystemübergreifend konsistenten Zugriffssteuerung (A2KS).

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Ahmad, Abdul Aziz bin. "A process study of enterprise systems implementation in higher education institutions in Malaysia." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2011. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/a-process-study-of-enterprise-systems-implementation-in-higher-education-institutions-in-malaysia(cd75e49e-1a67-496a-9b21-92b740036f2e).html.

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The implementation of information technology and its impact on organisational change has been an important phenomenon, discussed in the IS literature over the last 30 years. Treating information system (IS) implementation as organisational change is a complex phenomenon. This complexity is mainly due to its multidisciplinary, socio-technical, dynamic and non-linear nature. This challenging nature of IS implementation complexities has a direct relationship to the IS implementation project outcomes - its success or failure. In view of this complexity, this research aims to understand how process studies can improve the understanding of enterprise system implementation. We argue that the socio-technical nature of IS development is inevitable thus the only way to go forward is to explore and understand the phenomenon. Following this, we adopt the stakeholder's perspective solely for the purpose of identification of stakeholders and their embedded interests and expectations. While prior research concentrated on a limited number of stakeholders of IS, we attempt to adopt Pouloudi et al. (2004) in mobilizing a stakeholder perspective to incorporate non-human stakeholders within the analysis. Within the actor-network perspective, complexity is resolved through simplification (black-boxing) - unpacking or collapsing the complexity. However, during this simplification process, the risk of removing useful description of the phenomenon through labelling was avoided. To support this research, the punctuated socio-technical information systems change (PSIC) model was applied. In this model, interactions and relationships between its components (antecedent condition, process, outcomes and organisational context) play a vital role. This research focuses on the implementation of an integrated financial system in three Malaysian universities through three interpretive case studies. Our findings show that each of our case studies provides a unique IS development trajectory. Following stakeholder analysis, the different cases provide interesting combinations of conflicts and coalitions among human and non-human stakeholders which further dictates the project outcomes or the process of IS black-boxing. The relationship between the three case studies on the other hand provides an interesting illustration of IS technology transfer.

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Rottleb, René. "Das Paradigma des homogenen Enterprise Access Managements sowie ein Vorschlag zur unternehmensweit konsistenten Zugriffssteuerung." Doctoral thesis, Technische Universität Dresden, 2002. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A24282.

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Gomis, Marie-Joseph. "Web-based ERP systems: the new generation : case study: mySAP ERP." Thesis, Jönköping University, JTH, Computer and Electrical Engineering, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-7711.

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With the proliferation of Internet, ERP systems like all the domains of Information Technology have known an important evolution. This final thesis project is a study about the evolution of ERP systems, more precisely about their migration to the Web giving birth to a new generation of systems: the Web-Based or Web-enabled ERP systems. This migration to the Web is justified by the difficulty of making possible the communication between partner’s legacy systems and the organizations’ ERP systems. A historical evolution of these systems is presented in order to understand the reasons that lead vendors to adopt the Web Service Technology. Based on different studies, the main technologies such as Web services, Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Application server are also presented. From an interpretative research approach mySAP ERP has been chosen as a case study. This Master’s thesis has been led into AIRBUS France Company within the framework of the SAP Customer Competence Center (SAPCCC) Web site project. The project is aimed at re-building the SAPCCC Web site. The new characteristic of the Web site is to make it accessible by all AIRBUS partners working with SAP applications. To make the Web site accessible by the partners from their own applications located on their own platforms the development has been done thanks to mySAP ERP which is an ERP using the Web service technology. Finally, this thesis presents a comparative study between traditional ERP systems and the new generation of Web-based ERP systems.

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Crow, Matthew. "A third wave account of UK social enterprise policy : the unintended repression of state capacity?" Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/a-third-wave-account-of-uk-social-enterprise-policy-the-unintended-repression-of-state-capacity(4d74b34a-4ee5-46d1-be03-446340abaf93).html.

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Dirlich, Stefan. "Enterprise Information Portale als effiziente Informationsfilter." Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-210557.

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Aus Punkt 1: "Die zunehmende Informationsüberflutung verstärkt den Bedarf nach effizienten Selektions- und Filtermechanismen (vgl. z.B. Davenport 1998 und 1999, Pfeffer/Sutton 1999 oder Dixon 2000). Enterprise Information Portale oder Unternehmensportale werden derzeit als wichtiges Instrument des Wissensmanagements in Unternehmen hervorgehoben (vgl. z.B. Föcker 2001), die über diese genannte Eigenschaft verfügen. Die Portale stellen dabei eine elektronische Wissensinfrastruktur bereit, über die Wissen und Informationen im Unternehmen verteilt und genutzt werden können. Die Bedeutung des Faktors Wissen ist in den letzten Jahren deutlich gestiegen, sodass viele Forscher Wissen als vierten Produktionsfaktor neben Arbeit, Kapital und Land ansehen und den Beginn der Wissensgesellschaft erkannt haben wollen (vgl. z.B. Drucker 1993, Nippa 1997, Probst/Raub/Romhardt 1999 und andere). Aus betriebswirtschaftlicher Sicht ist zumindest zu konstatieren, dass in wissensintensiven Branchen wie der Software-Industrie oder in Unternehmensberatungen das Wissen und der geeignete Umgang damit die entscheidende Ressource für den Unternehmenserfolg ist (z.B. Nippa/Petzold 2001)."

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Dirlich, Stefan. "Enterprise Information Portale als effiziente Informationsfilter." Josef Eul Verlag GmbH, 2001. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A29839.

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Janrattana, Jirasak. "How can Small and Medium Enterprise retail business in Thailand successfully compete through Business Model Innovation?" Thesis, University of Manchester, 2017. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/how-can-small-and-medium-enterprise-retail-business-in-thailand-successfully-compete-through-business-model-innovation(4bf8547d-7a76-49ee-9776-e9ed7dbf0c39).html.

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Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) retail businesses in many countries, including Thailand, are facing challenges of high competition, as modern retail formats have grown rapidly in many Asian countries such as Singapore, Taiwan, China and Thailand (Howard, 2009). Thus, SME retail Businesses are facing an "innovate or die" situation, as non-adapting retail firms have always been and will continue to be driven out of the business (Evans, 2011). A new critical capability of retail business is the ability to configure and reconfigure its processes into a coherent blueprint - known in other words as a Business Model (Sorescu et al., 2011). The research question becomes "How can SME retail Business in Thailand successfully compete through Business Model Innovation?" Business Model Innovation requires system wide changes, since modifying one component always has network effects on other components (Tikkanen et al., 2005). There is no fixed method or successful formula that all companies will adopt; therefore disciplined experimentation and adaptation is recommended (Berman, 2011; Chesbrough, 2010; McGrath, 2010; Mitchell et al., 2003; Teece, 2010). However, most past studies on innovation are about large companies (Tim, 2004) and not many articles cover empirical studies on Business Model Innovation. In particular, few studies address the dynamic view (Demil and Lecocq, 2010; Svejenova et al., 2010; Sosna et al., 2010).This research focuses on the implementation of Business Model Innovation within SME retail business. The research uses a methodology called Action Research, and was conducted within the researcher's organization, which is a SME retail business in Thailand. This overcomes the practical challenges of studying SME business, which is related to limited opportunity to conduct empirical research. The study was conducted over the 4 year period from October 2010 to August 2014 by implementing Business Model Innovation in order to exploit opportunities in rural areas. Business Model concepts were employed as sources of innovation and units of analysis. Action Research consists of multiple cycles of changes and adaptation. It was found that Business Model concepts can be represented at different levels of abstraction from reality. At a high level of abstraction, the Business Model Canvas helps to understand the overview of the firm's business logic in a broad way, and provide ideas about what can be adapted. At the operational level, the Retailing Business Model provides a structural approach to the conceptualisation, planning and implementation of activities that support high level changes. In all, Business Model Innovation can be conceptualised as an ongoing learning process similar to the iterative cycles of Action research. These cycles consist of constructing actions, planning, taking actions and evaluating actions. The Business Model concepts at different levels of abstraction can be used for understanding and planning, as well as to capture learning experiences, both on the high level and on the operational level. Therefore, Business Model Innovation is a dynamic process where changes and learning happen continuously. Such a process enables SME retail businesses to improve their understanding of their Business Model and thus improve their chances of success?

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Shen, Xuehong. "Managing under private ownership : an ethnography of managerial work in private enterprises in China." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/managing-under-private-ownership-an-ethnography-of-managerial-work-in-private-enterprises-in-china(9756c54e-019d-4015-b546-f81eb2800cd3).html.

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Since the inception of economic reform, China has undergone comprehensive changes which have stimulated substantial research on various aspects of Chinese society. In recent years, research on management and organisation in China has grown rapidly, but with relatively little attention being devoted to the ethnographic analysis of private enterprises, despite the fact that such enterprises play a crucial role in China’s economy and make a significant contribution to labour employment. A lack of close, personal and meaningful access to everyday organisational activities is often cited as one of the main reasons preventing such research. This thesis attempts to fill the gap through investigating the everyday nature of management and managerial work in seven large private shipbuilding enterprises in China. In so doing it seeks to provide ethnographic answers to one main question – what are the characteristic features of the emerging management systems employed in private enterprises in contemporary China? In so doing the research investigates how such systems have evolved and the ways in which they impact on the nature of everyday managerial work.Research that seeks to understand the reality of management and managerial work however is not research that deals exclusively with static or structural organisational phenomena. Instead it is also research that requires sensitivity to changing events and processes – ones that interact constantly with elements of a complex and dynamic environment. It is argued here that such research demands a theoretical framework capable not only of appreciating the diversity of formal management systems in contemporary China, but which can also incorporate informal social and cultural factors into its analysis. To establish sensitivity both to structural and cultural phenomena the research approach developed here is one that combines two, very different, sociological theories - labour process theory (LPT, derived from Braverman, 1974) and Chaxugeju theory (derived from Fei, 1947). On the one hand, LPT offers a framework for appreciating structural forces stimulating changes to management systems and managerial work. On the other hand, Chaxugeju theory facilitates appreciation of how cultural, historical and social factors are synthesized in rules and principles that characterise the operation of society and the values and logics that guide human action, Taken together, the combination of LPT and Chaxugeju facilitates the analytical connection of micro and macro forms of analysis, and thus the appreciation of a range of interacting systems (economic, ideological, social etc.) of relevance to understanding the nature of management and work organization in contemporary China.Given the nature and form of both the research questions and theoretical framework, a research design based on ethnography is chosen as the primary methodological approach. As the research not only studies the systems of management in China’s private enterprises, but also managerial experiences, behaviour and subjectivity in relation to changing circumstances, an ethnographic approach that commits extensive time to the field, interacts extensively with actors, generates rich data, and detailed and ‘thick’ description of the observed works well for this research. As to the case study organisations, shipbuilding companies were chosen for three main reasons: (i) the importance of shipbuilding industry to the Chinese economy, (ii) the rapid growth and significance of private enterprises in the industry, and (iii) (at a more personal level) the extensive connections and previous work experience of the researcher in the shipbuilding sector. At a general level, the findings reported in the thesis reflect that the evolution of management systems in China’s private enterprises is the product of the interaction of a range of internal factors specific to the firm and many external forces related to China’s transitional economy. As such, issues of cultural, social and historical inheritance are assessed together with those of economic interaction/processes of globalisation to document how these forces influence events at the organisational level. On the one hand, the research describes trends towards convergence with the status and nature of ‘global’ managerial work, despite a Chinese firm’s specific ownership origins, current ownership status, and (re)structuring strategies. In so doing the data demonstrate how managerial work in China’s private enterprises is experiencing fundamental changes; for example, the on-set of greater job scope, knowledge/skill levels, organizational control, responsibilities, incentive mechanisms, and relationship-based managerial ethics. On the other hand, the findings also suggest that within China’s transitional economy, private firms still incorporate aspects of traditional Chinese management. Such methods are often reminiscent of erstwhile state-owned practices and can function as a strategy for minimizing internal resistance to change. Findings suggest that the current ‘hybrid’ character of management in private enterprises in China will endure for a considerable period of time. China’s traditional management and its values still have a strong influence on firm practices, especially in terms of people management. In many respects the social character of the workplace functions in the spirit of Chaxugeju, with the fundamental organisational rules and behavioural patterns remaining largely unchanged, as individual-based social relationships substitute for formal institutions in the firm. These findings are all explained through detailed ethnographic description and analysis. Finally, perhaps the major contribution of the research which underpins this thesis is to reduce the gap between the perception and reality of management and managerial work in China’s private firms. Insights into the daily working lives of managers are provided which reveal the deep philosophies underlying apparently rationalized practices and behaviours. Research on such intimate management phenomena is of benefit to organizational research in that it supplements the more ‘global’ style of analysis common in appreciations of Chinese corporate behaviour. The study thus adds a deeper, qualitative level of analysis to the mainstream managerial research landscape on China. Theoretically it shows the practicability and value of combining an indigenous Chinese theory (Chaxugeju) with an established western paradigm (LPT) to analyze and interpret ethnographic organisational phenomena. It thus reminds us of the importance of looking beyond the boundary of specific academic theories when developing and applying our ideas, especially when exploring international and transitional economies.

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Wasilewski, Dominik. "Modeling of Enterprise Portals with Domain-Specific Language." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2343.

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Enterprise portals are comprehensive solutions that enable centralized access to information and employees. They also support the business processes taking place in companies. The diversity of functionality offered by enterprise portals is the source of the complexity of the manufacturing process of such applications. Domain-Specific Languages (DSL) are a novel approach to solving problems associated with the software development. By limiting the possibilities of expression to the concepts related to a specific area Domain-Specific Languages are more focused on solving specific problems. The subject of this thesis is DSL SharePoint – Domain-Specific Language which supports the production of enterprise portals on Microsoft SharePoint platform. Language was developed with respect to the newest achievements in area of building DSLs. By applying the language in the industry, it was possible to verify the hypothesis that its usage positively affects the quality of software products. To this end, the quality model was built, and products made with the support of language have been compared to those developed in the traditional manner.

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Penthin, Stefan. "Integration of lean production and enterprise resource planning in the area of logistics and production operations of automotive OEMs." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/integration-of-lean-production-and-enterprise-resource-planning-in-the-area-of-logistics-and-production-operations-of-automotive-oems(c1d8be33-ca1a-4ebc-a4e4-45ce733e1a3c).html.

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This thesis deals with the integration of two apparently conflicting manufacturing improvement concepts; Lean Production (LP) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). On the one hand, Lean Production aims at process excellence with a decisive focus on people, emphasizing standardization, material flow, quality and continuous improvement. On the other hand, Enterprise Resource Planning, largely focuses on Information Technology (IT) in order to improve processes and operations. Referring to these basic underlying paradigms, it appears that there are fundamental differences between these two concepts. Based on a literature review in the field of operations and IS, the thesis identifies major differences, compares strengths and weaknesses and looks for theoretical synergies between the two concepts. In the light of the literature review findings, the thesis suggests a theoretical framework for integrating Lean Production and ERP, which is to be tested during the empirical part of the thesis. The theoretical framework is informed by two basic and partly contradictory assumptions, which could be viewed as contradictory research hypotheses. The first assumption holds that due to the fundamental differences, conflicts between the concepts will prevent the application of an integrated framework combining ERP and LP. The second assumption presumes that there were synergies between ERP and LP, which could be utilizable within the application of an integrated framework combining ERP and LP. Based on a detailed a case study, this research shows that the application of an integrated approach was possible in practice. In particular, the research identifies practical conflicts and shows how they could be overcome. In this respect, the involvement of the company's top management turned out as a major success factor for overcoming general preoccupations of each side's proponents against the other. Moreover, the research identifies practical synergies between the concepts and identifies how they could be utilized in practice. In this context, the case study suggests that, amongst others, the concept of LP benefits from ERP's enterprise wide reach and the concept of ERP benefits from LP's ability to attract top management attention. Moreover, there are several conceptual synergies, which could be revealed after removal of the general preoccupations. Eventually the findings are summarized in a new release of the integration framework between LP and ERP, informed by the empirical findings of this research.

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Priebe, Torsten. "Building integrative enterprise knowledge portals with semantic Web technologies." Berlin : Aka, 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2745741&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm.

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Jacoby, Grant A. "A metric model for Intranet portal business requirements." Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2003. http://library.nps.navy.mil/uhtbin/hyperion-image/03Dec%5FJacoby%5FPhD.pdf.

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Wang, Jing. "Threats to privately-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in China from the state-owned enterprise policy and the state's interest : towards developing an effective legal framework for the protection of Chinese privately-owned SMEs." Thesis, Bangor University, 2017. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/threats-to-privatelyowned-small-and-mediumsized-enterprises-smes-in-china-from-the-stateowned-enterprise-policy-and-the-states-interest-towards-developing-an-effective-legal-framework-for-the-protection-of-chinese-privatelyowned-smes(076c84bf-bd39-4465-8665-0dcb0eee2de1).html.

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The research presented here investigates State intervention in the marketplace in China, by way of certain laws and industrial policies, to assess how various aspects of these interventions have impacted on the development of privately-owned small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in certain traditional State-controlled industries, namely the steel, gas station, and fixed-broadband sectors. This thesis demonstrates weaknesses in the legal framework of Chinese laws designed to promote competition and advance the interests of SMEs, and identifies reasons why this framework has failed, as well as providing recommendations for improvement. During China’s economic transition era, the State-market relationship has been tightly controlled by the Central Government. The Economic Charter, namely the Anti-Monopoly Law of China 2007, did not come into force until 2008. However, although dynamic enforcement of this Law commenced in 2014, it has so far failed to alter the parameters of the State-market relationship: industrial policy retains its traditional prominence and dominance in State intervention, and continues to protect the anti-competitive exercise of specific or exclusive rights by administrative agencies and State-owned enterprises (SOEs). Therefore, privately-owned SMEs often experience confrontations with SOEs. This tendency not only prejudices fair competition, but also harms the uneven-balance between different types of interest groups in the Chinese marketplace. Privately-owned SMEs and consumers suffer discrimination from the anti-competitive application of State industrial policies and the administrative actions of implementation agencies. Accordingly, the “public interest”, the reconciliation between the State’s interest, the interests of enterprises, and consumer welfare, has not been advanced under the 2007 Act. Hence, this thesis proposes key reforms which are necessary in order to establish, and bring about the operation of an effective legal framework for the promotion of the interests of Chinese privately-owned SMEs, in order to ensure their sound growth, and in order to bring about the realisation of the “public interest”: First, this work recommends measures designed to improve the enforcement of the Anti-Monopoly Law of China 2007, by proposing to restrain inappropriate administrative intervention, in order to restrict the State’s industrial policies and the abuse of administrative rights from adversely impacting on SME-generated growth and competition. Second, the work suggests increasing the alignment between the Anti-Monopoly Law of China 2007 and other elements, such as dministrative discretion and corporate social responsibility, in order to establish a fair competition environment for privately-owned SMEs in traditional State-controlled industries.

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Sutton, Melanie. "Leveraging enterprise portals for business performance – the implications for the management of knowledge assets." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5197.

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Thesis (MPhil (Information Science))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Knowledge is increasingly being recognised as the key element to an organisation’s sustainability and competitiveness. Knowledge assets refer to organisational resources made of or incorporating knowledge. These assets ultimately create the ability for an organisation to carry out a process or an activity aimed to create and/or deliver value. Knowledge assets are identified as firstly, Human Capital Assets, which are embodied in the employees of an organisation whose talent and experience create the products and services that can be sold. Secondly, Structural Capital Assets refers to knowledge that is captured or institutionalised within the structure, processes and culture of the organisation. Finally, Customer Capital Assets which refers to the combined value of the relationships with customers, suppliers, industry associations and markets and their customers perception of value of an organisation. Information technology is also recognised as an enabling tool to facilitate knowledge transfer and sharing as it enables knowledge and information flows. In particular, the use of enterprise portals as an information technology enabling platform can provide secure, customised, personalised and integrated access for employees, customers and business partners to dynamic knowledge assets from a variety of sources in a variety of formats, with an increasing focus on business performance. The research focuses on how organisations can effectively manage their knowledge assets using enterprise portals and how managing these assets can complement organisational core capabilities and competences. Theoretical insights from Boisot’s I-Space framework are used as the foundation for analysis of the behaviour of information flows and the creation and diffusion of knowledge within organisations. The role of technologies as enabling partners in this process are examined and management of knowledge assets through the processes of codification, abstraction and diffusion is investigated. Competitive advantage does not flow automatically from the possession of knowledge assets. An organisation has to know how to extract value from them and extracting value from knowledge assets requires an ability to manage them. The Boisot I-Space framework provides constructive and dynamic processes, namely codification, abstraction and diffusion that significantly improve the ability to manage knowledge assets. When these processes are integrated into the way an Enterprise Portal is designed and used by an organisation, the ability to manage human, structural and customer capital assets is improved. Furthermore, the opportunity for enhanced support of an organisation’s capabilities and core competences can be achieved and hence the prospect for improved business performance can be realised. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Kennis word toenemend herken as die sleutelelement in ‘n onderneming se volhoubaarheid en mededingendheid. Kennisbates verwys na organisatoriese bates wat bestaan uit kennis of wat kennis bevat. Hierdie bates verleen uiteindelik aan ‘n ondernemening die vermoëns om ‘n proses of handeling uit te voer wat daarop gerig is om waarde te skep en/of te lewer. Kennisbates word eerstens uitgeken as Menslike Kapitaalbates, wat gesetel is in die werknemers van ‘n organisasie, wie se talente en ervaring die produkte en dienste skep wat verkoop kan word. Tweedens verwys Strukturele Kapitaalbates na die kennis wat in die strukture, prosesse en kultuur van die onderneming vasgevang of geïnstitusionaliseer is. Ten slotte verwys Kliëntekapitaalbates na die saamgestelde waarde van ‘n onderneming se verhoudings met kliënte, leweransiers, bedryfsverenigings en markte, tesame met kliënte se persepsie van die waarde van daardie onderneming. Inligtingstegnologie word ook beskou as ‘n hulpmiddel vir die fasilitering van die oordrag en deling van kennis deurdat dit die vloei van kennis en inligting aanhelp. In die besonder kan die gebruik van ondernemingsportale, as ‘n platform vir die bevordering van inligtingstegnologie, aan werknemers, kliënte en sakevennote veilige, persoonlike en integrale toegang bied tot dinamiese kennisbates uit ‘n reeks bronne en in ‘n verskeidenheid formate, met toenemende ingesteldheid op ‘n onderneming se prestasies. Die navorsing hieronder ondersoek in besonder die manier waarop ondernemings hulle kennisbates doeltreffend kan bestuur deur ondernemingsportale te gebruik en hoe die bestuur van hierdie bates organisatoriese kernvaardighede en vermoëns kan aanvul. Teoretiese insigte uit Boisot se “ ISpace”- raamwerk word gebruik as basis vir die ontleding van inligtingvloei en van die skepping en verspreiding van kennis in organisasies. Die rol van tegnologieë as hulpmiddel in hierdie proses en die bestuur van kennisbates deur middel van kodifisering, abstraksie en diffusie word ondersoek en ontleed. Mededingende voorsprong vloei nie nie vanself uit die besit van kennisbates nie - ‘n onderneming moet leer hoe om waarde daaruit te put en dié proses vereis die vermoë om kennisbates te bestuur. Die Boisot “I-Space”-raamwerk verskaf konstruktiewe en dinamiese prosesse, naamlik kodifisering, abstraksie en diffusie, wat die vermoë om kennisbates te bestuur aansienlik verbeter. Wanneer dié prosesse geïntegreer word in die wyse waarop ‘n Ondernemingsportaal deur ‘n onderneming ontwerp en aangewend word, word sy vermoë om menslike, strukturele en kliëntekapitaalbates te bestuur verbeter. Daarbenewens kan die moontlikheid van verbeterde steun vir ‘n onderneming se vermoëns en kernvaardighede op geïntegreerde wyse bewerkstellig word en die vooruitsigte op verhoogde besigheidsprestasie sodoende verwerklik word.

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Viehoever, Joachim. "Can location within a cluster improve the growth of software production? : an investigation into the management support software sub-sector of the software industry." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/can-location-within-a-cluster-improve-the-growth-of-software-production-an-investigation-into-the-management-support-software-subsector-of-the-software-industry(9cc99f2d-2580-4701-9bbc-5df676ab8c90).html.

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The interest in the phenomenon of industrial agglomeration dates back to the late 19th century (particularly, the work of Alfred Marshall). The late 20th century saw a renaissance in this interest, for example, in the ‘new geographical economics’ (e.g. Krugman) and Porter’s framework of competitive forces. Subsequently, clustering has come to be seen as a feature of high technology industries, despite the difficulty to gather empirical evidence to underpin this assertion and to corroborate underlying cluster-related mechanisms that would result in benefits for firms in clustered environments.This thesis extends the discourse on rationales of clustering into the field of the management software industry sector. Its objective is to use the example of the cluster around the German software giant SAP in South-western Germany as a model to explore the strengths and characteristics of clustering in this industry context. A survey-based research design was selected and interview responses were collected from 206 management software firms located throughout Germany. The empirical analysis was based on two complementary statistical approaches. The SAP cluster was compared to two control groups, one consisting of firms from non-clustered regions, the other of firms from other clustered locations. Diversities between environments were analysed using bivariate statistical techniques. The findings of this descriptive analysis substantiate disparities between the SAP cluster and the non-clustered control group. Beneficial effects available to SAP cluster firms can be observed in respect to nearly all factors analysed, i.e. access to specialised human resources, access to investment capital, demand proximity, knowledge spillover externalities, spin-off activity and the accumulation of social capital.This in-depth comparative perspective is complemented through a holistic evaluation employing structural equation modelling. Among the key findings of this analysis are the significant links between location in the SAP cluster and superior growth performance, in which long term professional networks and social capital derived from major software vendors (particularly SAP) act as mediators. Structural equation modelling also highlights a positive effect of being located in the SAP cluster on knowledge spillover externalities, which is mediated by the cultural environment in the SAP cluster. Finally, the SAP cluster environment stimulates spin-off activity, which functions as an important mediator in the accumulation and retention of social capital held with players in the industry. In sum, the empirical analysis suggests that a wide-ranging network of factors exists, in which social capital functions as a catalyst in the mechanisms resulting in benefits available to SAP cluster firms.

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Yu, Tiecheng. "Transfer and integration of human resources management knowledge within dynamic supply chains : cases from the automotive aftermarket distribution system in China." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2017. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/transfer-and-integration-of-human-resources-management-knowledge-within-dynamic-supply-chains-cases-from-the-automotive-aftermarket-distribution-system-in-china(ddc4b5b2-25a8-47e3-aba8-d96d7a9e256f).html.

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This thesis explores the scope for the transfer and integration of human resources management (HRM) knowledge to provide the basis for the development of more productive and efficient supply chains, in the specific case of the aftermarket distribution channels of multinational companies in the automotive industry in China. Most studies of human resources management, supply chain management, and knowledge transfer have focused on internal transfer within multinational companies and there has been more limited research on the transfer of such knowledge across organisations in the supply chain, particularly in relation to distribution channels. Thus the starting point for the research was to understand the preconditions, mechanisms and effects on the distribution supply chain of the transfer and integration of HRM knowledge. To explore these issues the thesis compares and contrasts a poorly performing supply chain (that is Company J's supply chain) with two more successful supply chains in the automotive aftersales market (that is those of Company M and Company S). The aim was to identify whether the poorly performing supply chain could learn from the other two cases through a detailed exploration of the motivators and mediators that facilitate or hinder processes of HRM transfer and integration, and the outcomes of these processes on the performance of the supply chains and the manufacturers and distributors within the supply chains. A qualitative research approach was utilised. Data was gathered through one-on-one, semi-structured interviews with senior-level management, mid-level management, and frontline staff from the manufacturers and wholesale distributors in the three automotive aftermarket distribution channels and analysed using computer-assisted coding software, NVivo. In line with the extant literature, the thesis findings support the proposition that a relational supply chain network based on trust facilitates HRM knowledge transfer and integration, and provides a basis for competitive advantage in the supply chain. At the same time the findings suggest some important extensions to current knowledge and understanding of the processes and impact of HRM knowledge transfer. Firstly the research found that consideration should be given to recategorising the classic division between tacit and explicit knowledge with respect to HRM into fundamental and differential categories, in order to more clearly differentiate the type of strategic HRM knowledge transfer that could provide the basis for competitive advantage. Likewise the study found that it is not the mechanism of transfer- whether through systems or by inter-person channels- that should be the criteria to categorise knowledge, as a blended approach involving both types of transfer mechanisms was associated with better transfer effectiveness. Third the type of HRM to be transferred needs to fit the specific needs of distributors within the supply chain; in practice the best fit for this part of the supply chain can be considered a mix of paternalistic and transaction HRM, rather than the so-called 'best' practice HRM. Finally although there was potential in principle for the underperforming supply chain to learn from the experiences and practices of the higher performing supply chains, the extent to which Company J was likely to be able to emulate the more successful chains was constrained by significant internal barriers to learning (for example the pressure for short-term gains and the time needed to build trust, the lack of internal HRM expertise and the lack of local decision-making authority). However, an even more major constraint on the learning process came from the dynamic changes in the aftermarket distribution system that had the potential even to disrupt the trust-based partnerships in the exemplar supply chains. Thus the scope for applying the lessons from past practice, which has been the major focus of the comparative investigation of the three supply chains, may be limited by both the variations in internal conditions and by the fact that the key challenges for future development may be different from those faced in the automotive aftersales market in the past.

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Honniger, Werner. "Networking the enterprise : a solution for HBR personnel." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/16481.

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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2004. ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This Extended Research Assignment discusses the information systems found in HBR Personnel. The discussion, based on the research problems, proposes steps in which the systems of HBR can be integrated so that they add the most value. Furthermore, a review of Corporate Portals is undertaken to show the potential impact it may have on organisational efficiencies and knowledge. The Assignment, according to the methodologies given, analyses the HBR information system for system incompatibilities and bottlenecks and proposes solutions for these problems. The solutions include changing core system databases and computer systems, together with a portal to fully integrate HBR Personnel’s information systems. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie Uitgebreide Navorsingsopdrag bespreek die informasiestelsels gevind in HBR Personnel. Die bespreking, gebaseer op die navorsingsprobleme, stel stappe voor waardeur die stelsels van HBR geïntegreer kan word om die meeste waarde toe te voeg. Verder word ‘n oorsig gedoen van Korporatiewe Portale om te wys watter potensiële impak dit kan hê op organisatoriese doeltreffendheid en kennis. Na aanleiding van die gegewe metodologieë analiseer die opdrag HBR se informasiestelsel vir sistemiese probleme en bottelnekke en stel oplossings voor vir hierdie probleme. Die oplossings sluit in ‘n verandering van kern-sisteem databasisse en rekenaarstelsels, tesame met ‘n portaal om HBR Personnel se informasiestelsels ten volle te integreer.

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Dragula, Peter. "Využití IT pro podporu firemních procesů." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-222235.

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The area of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is an important factor, in which many see a promise of improvement of the economic situation. It is a well-founded request, and as shown in many advanced economies, this segment is an important part of economy. My thesis involves one of these situations, where a starting entrepreneur, with low capital investments, is looking for ways how to achieve his market goals and how to support business processes with the help of information technology (IT). The IT supported business model here, will be a model, where the main distribution channels are realized with help of IT technologies. With this distribution channel relates the use of social network services as a marketing tool enabling a development of a company and an effective but not capital-intensive tool designed to realize the business targets.

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Ploybut, Sutthirat. "Financial reporting by small and medium enterprises in Thailand." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2012. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/financial-reporting-by-small-and-medium-enterprises-in-thailand(e3301103-2044-412e-94a6-9d76c5e727d9).html.

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The increasing complexity of financial reporting requirements, especially accounting standards, leads many countries to consider moving to simpler reporting requirements for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in order to reduce reporting burdens. In response to such concern, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) also released the IFRS for SMEs, an international accounting standard intended for SMEs worldwide. In Thailand, SMEs are required by law to prepare and publish general purpose financial statements for statutory reporting, but the Thai financial reporting framework is complex. Thus, it would be beneficial for Thai SMEs if their reporting burdens were reduced. The IFRS for SMEs might be considered as an alternative set of accounting standards in Thailand, so its suitability to Thai SMEs is worth evaluating. This present study examines SME reporting in Thailand to ascertain its features and to evaluate its costs and benefits to SME stakeholders. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches are adopted in the study. Semi-structured interviews of SMEs, users and other stakeholders are conducted and the data are analysed using Strauss and Corbin’s grounded theory approach. A questionnaire survey of directors or managers of SMEs and a review of SME financial statements are also undertaken. Univariate and multivariate data analysis is carried out with these two data sets. Overall, the interview and survey research concludes that SMEs in Thailand prepare and publish their financial reporting largely in order to meet legal requirements. They rely on their accountants in fulfilling these reporting obligations. For SME directors, costs of reporting are not considered to be an undue burden. Tax authorities, entities’ managements and lenders, in order, are perceived to be the most important users. However, it appears that the financial information in SME financial is unable to meet the needs of these main users. Preparation of financial statements with tax motivation, limited disclosures and out-of-date information are identified as the main weaknesses in SME financial statements. The analysis of SME financial statements shows that: the majority of SMEs engage in simple business transactions and non-compliance with mandatory accounting standards exists among many SMEs. SME stakeholders generally support using simpler accounting standards for SMEs. The IFRS for SMEs seems to be too complicated for many Thai SMEs and inconsistency with tax rules is an issue. The findings of this study are of interest to standard setters and other SME stakeholders in Thailand and other countries. The study also provides implications for SMEs, their accountants and their stakeholders.

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Carioca, Maria De Fatima. "Work-family practices in Portuguese enterprises : employee and organizational perceptions." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2012. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/workfamily-practices-in-portuguese-enterprises-employee-and-organizational-perceptions(1215610a-3a96-43a5-9310-06ee2430739d).html.

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The aim of this research is to present empirical evidence on the effects of framing the business commitment to work-family life issues as a corporate social responsibility. Some authors (Pitt-Catsouphes and Googins, 2004, Goodstein, 1994b) have already claimed the need for recasting the work-family agenda as a corporate social responsibility, by considering employees and their families as a social concern fundamental for sustainability. However further research is missing. The core of this research is the confrontation and cross-analysis of both arenas and literatures. The research consisted of a national cross-sectional study based on a set of twelve medium-large Portuguese firms, aggregated in four clusters grouped by economic activity: Banking and Financial Services, Wholesale and Retail, Transport and Utilities Services. Different research methods were used: a survey and in-depth semi-structured interviews. The survey was answered by the human resources managers and 2472 employees. Sixty interviews were performed. The triangulation of different perspectives and research methods enhanced the study with insightful conclusions. The analysis situated the firms according to their work-family life policies, culture and corporate social responsibility approaches, in a general map describing the panorama regarding the way firms consider their role in society (Garriga and Mele, 2004). In line with the literature, the study also assessed that a gap existing between the institutional perspective and the employees’ perception of the value and accessibility of work-family initiatives and an organization’s overall family-supportiveness (e.g. Parker and Allen, 2001, Allen, 2001, O'Driscoll et al., 2003). The research revealed that there is a relationship between the organization and employees’ perceptions gap and the alignment (or misalignment) between the approaches to both fields: work-family practices and corporate social responsibility. Whereas inconsistency between both approaches was detrimental for the perception of the employees, regarding organizational supportiveness alignment between them proved to reinforce perceptions regarding initiatives in both fields. By establishing the bridge between these two normally separately studied themes, the research opens doors to new directions of work. It also confirms the importance of a holistic view of the organization and its role towards its people and society.

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Short, Heather Jane Blake. "The hidden world of e-learning in small and medium enterprises." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2016. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-hidden-world-of-elearning-in-small-and-medium-enterprises(40b7dc9c-e0fb-4dc2-956e-a65a97dde7fa).html.

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This research explores the hidden world of e-learning in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) through a social constructivist lens. A rigorous review of literature in the domains of both learning and e-learning in SMEs reveals these to be under-investigated areas with the majority of the scant previous research having been conducted from the perspective of owner-managers. The thesis reports an ethnographic study to enable a consideration of wider perspectives and therefore reveal more about such learning. Thematic analysis of the ethnographic fieldwork, which took place in three SMEs of varying sizes and in different industries/sectors in southern England during 2014 and 2015, suggests that more learning, e-learning and self-directed learning takes place in SMEs than indicated by previous research. My research indicates that employees’ e-learning, like their general learning, is influenced by owner-managers, resource constraints, issues of trust and their need for social interaction in their learning. However, it finds that while owner-managers’ influence on learning and e-learning in their organisations is significant, this is not always positive. Furthermore, owner-managers and employees have very different conceptualisations of e-learning with the latter using a diverse range of hitherto unconsidered media. This, coupled with the prevalence of previous research having been conducted from the perspective of owner-managers, has contributed to lack of acknowledgement of the extent of learning and e-learning occurring in SMEs. The terminology used by research participants, which can be specific to individual SMEs, has further hidden such learning, which has been exacerbated by some previous researchers using unsuitable research methods. Analysis of my data also suggests that the concept of Communities of Practice (CoPs) is relevant to the experience of e-learning in SMEs, but that Lave and Wenger’s (1991) CoP model must recognise technological and workplace developments to remain relevant to current practices. Consequently, my thesis contributes to academic knowledge, research methodology and policy and practice, most significantly by the development of the first known model of e-learning for workers in SMEs. My research not only adds to scant research in the domains of learning and e-learning in SMEs, but also indicates exciting possibilities for further research and the future of e-learning in SMEs by showing that SMEs are indeed undertaking, and benefiting from, e-learning.

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Foster, Christopher. "Micro-enterprises and inclusive innovation : a study of the Kenyan mobile phone sector." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/microenterprises-and-inclusive-innovation-a-study-of-the-kenyan-mobile-phone-sector(e5a8ab3d-0279-41fe-8b97-a1f10679ed89).html.

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Micro-enterprises have traditionally been connected with goods vending or trading in developing countries. But, increasingly micro-enterprises are emerging which centre on information and communication technologies (ICTs) where such micro-enterprises tend to connect ICTs into low income customers. Literature suggests that these enterprises are often unstable and have elements of informality, but they undertake innovative practices which are central both to building ICT-based livelihoods, and more widely to support the adoption of ICTs by low income users. Literature analysis suggests there are also gaps in knowledge around ICT micro-enterprises, particularly in understanding the link between innovative activity of micro-enterprises, and the wider conditions in ICT sectors. This thesis looks to explore these issues with the aim to build clear policy relevant understanding to enhance ICT micro-enterprises and low income-focussed ICT sectors. Innovation system models are adopted which are well suited to analysing interactive activities around ICT innovations, but these models initially require some refinement to fit in with the low income delivery of ICTs. This is done through integrating notions of ‘inclusive innovation’ which consider innovation from the perspective of wider development outcomes, and allow integration of a more diverse range of actors and processes around innovation. These models form the basis of qualitative study on the mobile phone sector in Kenya, with findings providing significant new insights. Firstly, empirical work is used to examine inclusive innovation models and refinements to innovation systems models are suggested based upon empirical work. Innovation needs to be conceptualised in minor processes, as well as the inclusion of wider intermediary actors and a more contextual examination of relations and institutions. Secondly, drawing on this model, it is found that the innovative activities of a range of systems actors, including micro-enterprises are vital to push innovations to be more inclusive. Thus, relationships that enable interactive learning between system actors, notably between ICT producers and demand-side intermediaries can support innovation. Crucially, where ‘reverse’ flows around innovation can be enabled and supported, then innovation tends to become more inclusive. Thirdly, policy plays a role in inclusive innovation. In one sense, conventional policy approaches in systems models hold: coherent underlying policy drives competitive markets. However, evidence also suggests that specific ‘inclusive’ policies for low income market might be successful. From a wider institutional perspective it is also important to analyse policy weaknesses which can lead to problems amongst ICT micro-enterprises, and these can be detrimental to an inclusive innovation system. In sum, this thesis makes contributions in a number of areas. Conceptually, it extends system models and offers one of the few empirically grounded studies of inclusive innovation, drawing on this ICT case. Thus, these findings potentially have applicability to examine other innovations in low income markets in developing countries. For ICT sectors with a focus on low income consumers, this work highlights new policy relevant approaches to analysing such sectors and provides knowledge about how to push innovation in the ICT sector which is more inclusive, particularly by better consideration of the important role of ICT micro-enterprises.

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Kirkham, Thomas David. "Business data integration framework for small to medium enterprises (BDIFS) : a service-based framework to support eBusiness data interoperability for small to medium enterprises (SMEs)." Thesis, Bangor University, 2007. https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/business-data-integration-framework-for-small-to-medium-enterprises-bdifs--a-servicebased-framework-to-support-ebusiness-data-interoperability-for-small-to-medium-enterprises-smes(41d3b1aa-d2ff-483c-b9c5-162b11e23ac1).html.

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Kluaypa, Prawate. "Development of a quality management model for Thai Small, Medium and Large Enterprises (SMLEs)." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2013. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/development-of-a-quality-management-model-for-thai-small-medium-and-large-enterprises-smles(e02fb972-48c0-474f-b384-774d491e8483).html.

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A quality management (QM) model is broadly accepted as a tool of managerial approaches in order to measure and improve the performance of the organisation. However, the existing QM models, such as the Thailand Quality Award (TQA), may not be appropriate to employ in Thai Small, Medium and Large Enterprises (SMLEs). Due to the TQA‟s vigorous requirements, there are only a few Thai companies that have achieved the TQA. Moreover, recent research studies on the QM model have focused on other Thai industries and not directly Thai SMLEs, whereas Thai SMLEs generate a lot of income for the country and require an effective QM model in order to improve their organisational performance continuously. The aim of this current research is to develop and evaluate a QM model for assessing organisational performance in Thai SMLEs. The research methodology used in this research involves two main studies. Firstly, the theoretical study aims to develop a conceptual QM model and a conceptual Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) model. Secondly, the empirical study aims to validate a conceptual QM model to be an implemented QM model and to assess a conceptual CFA model to be an implemented CFA model in order to determine the weights of quality elements. An implemented QM model integrated with the weights of quality elements becomes a finalised QM model according to the aim of the research. The important findings of this research are the finalised QM model named as the Thai Small Medium and Large Enterprises Quality (TSMLEQ) model. The TSMLEQ model is composed of 14 elements and their weights: Leadership (53), Strategic Planning & Policy (75), Human Resource Management (71), Partnerships & Resources (69), Knowledge Management (71), Innovation Management (76), Technology Management (66), Process Management (81), Customer Satisfaction (78), Employee Satisfaction (70), Society Results (67), Business Performance Results (76), Continuous Improvement (78), and Measurement & Analysis (69). The main originality of this research compared to the previous study is the determination of the most and least important quality elements, which are Process Management and Leadership, respectively. In order to improve the performance of the organisation, the companies can use the TSMLEQ model as a self-assessment tool to evaluate the level of the quality management implementation. The self-assessment can engage the TQM programme within the companies because it supports as a baseline and path of continuous improvement. The criteria of self-assessment (or quality elements) of the TSMLEQ model are based on the concepts of TQM that are similar to the world-class performance criteria such as the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award (MBNQA) and the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM). The contributions of this research comprise three aspects. Firstly, Thai industry can be benefitted by adopting the results of this research in order to implement quality management effectively. Secondly, academics in quality management can deploy research methodology used in this research in order to develop a QM model for their research objectives. Thirdly, the findings of this research can be the source of the study of quality management in Thailand and other countries. Keywords: Quality management model, quality elements, Thai small medium and large enterprises, weights, exploratory factor analysis, confirmatory factor analysis

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Anglin, Patrick Alexander. "Improving business processes of Jamaican agritourism enterprises : using ICT to increase collaboration and information sharing." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/improving-business-processes-of-jamaican-agritourism-enterprises-using-ict-to-increase-collaboration-and-information-sharing(e9be71ee-807f-443d-8f73-c09f3cbd98e9).html.

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been used in several sectors and industries and have generated positive results especially in respect of increasing productivity and collaboration. While the discipline of social informatics has studied the use of ICT in agriculture and in tourism as separate fields, little work has been done to look at ICT use in agritourism – the intersection of agriculture and tourism. Even less (or no) work has been done on ICT use in agritourism in small island developing states, the Caribbean, or Jamaica. This thesis presents the first look at the variables to be considered in applying ICT to agritourism in the Jamaican context. A holistic view of the Jamaican agritourism sub-sector, in the form of the newly crafted Jamaican Agritourism Innovation System (JATIS) model, is presented showing the interactions among the various actors (sectors) required for successful ICT implementation. The JATIS model is an extension of previous Agriculture Innovation Systems (AIS) models and is specifically applied to the Jamaican context. However, as opposed to previous models, the JATIS highlights the critical role of purveyors, or middlemen, operating in Jamaican agritourism. The model formulates a mechanism, different from the current Jamaican agritourism structure, to include all industry players in the supply/demand interaction. The inclusion of all players is done through a series of farm and purveyor groups, enabled and facilitated by ICT. In addition, the model highlights the improved quality of information exchange among the players as a result of the modified interaction proposed. It might be possible to apply the model to other Small Island Developing States, particularly those in the Anglophone Caribbean, where the socio-cultural variables and economies are similar to Jamaica’s. However, further research will have to be conducted to verify, fine-tune, or customize the model for external application.

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Mandawa, Bernadette. "Enhancing the performance of women-owned small and medium-sized enterprises in developing countries : a study of Zambia." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/enhancing-the-performance-of-womenowned-small-and-mediumsized-enterprises-in-developing-countries--a-study-of-zambia(8d24fed5-2cef-44a3-ba6f-c7e480bf350d).html.

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Female entrepreneurs contribute significantly to the global economy especially through employment creation, contributing to diversity in entrepreneurship and economic growth. Notwithstanding this contribution, their potential remains considerably unexploited in many countries, evidenced by businesses that underperform those owned by men. Significant research gaps on the subject of female entrepreneurship exist in the literature. To illustrate, the number of studies focusing on women-owned businesses remains significantly fewer than that of studies focusing on businesses owned by men, resulting in little being known about the subject. Another important research gap is the absence of a conceptual model of factors affecting performance of women-owned SMEs in the context of Sub-Saharan African countries. Furthermore, the majority of studies on female entrepreneurship have been done in developed countries, giving rise to theories originating from those contexts and relative lack of knowledge and empirical results in the context of developing countries. Zambia represents a specific case of a developing context where little is known about female entrepreneurs. This research develops and tests a conceptual model of individual level and firm level factors affecting performance in women-owned SMEs in Zambia, drawing on the Competency Approach, Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO), and Resource Based View of the firm as the main theoretical foundations. It adopts a mixed method approach implemented in two stages: an exploratory qualitative study (carried out as the initial stage of this research) and a main quantitative study. The study uses the findings of the exploratory qualitative study to refine the conceptual model developed and to provide insights into the quantitative findings. The conceptual model is tested empirically using structural equation modelling with SPSS Amos software. The research makes a new contribution by identifying a new set of entrepreneurial competencies relevant to the Zambian context. It also attempts to integrate two literature streams (i.e. competency approach and entrepreneurial orientation) by providing empirical evidence that the relationship between entrepreneurial competencies and firm performance is partially mediated by entrepreneurial orientation. The study also extends the boundaries of knowledge by challenging the applicability of established measures and research approaches originating from developed contexts to non-industrially developed contexts. For example, it provides empirical evidence that the relevance of entrepreneurial competencies in a particular context is contingent on the unique aspects of its business environment. The study also challenges widely accepted knowledge that EO enhances firm performance, and provides empirical evidence for the argument that this relationship is context-specific. It further demonstrates that the individual dimensions of EO may have varying effects on firm performance, suggesting that it is better to view the EO construct as a multidimensional rather than unidimensional construct. This research also extends literature on entrepreneurial competencies by showing that they are strong predictors of firm performance in the current research context, and that formal education and previous entrepreneurship experience contribute to their development.

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Liu, Wei. "A comparative study of power relationships of large State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and Private-Owned Enterprises (POEs) over small distributors considered from the distributors' perspective - the case of the iron and steel industry in China." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/a-comparative-study-of-power-relationships-of-large-stateowned-enterprises-soes-and-privateowned-enterprises-poes-over-small-distributors-considered-from-the-distributors-perspective--the-case-of-the-iron-and-steel-industry-in-china(89d06578-0752-4e34-9c08-0cfa19d78fbc).html.

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This thesis investigates manufacturer-distributor power relationship in the Chinese Iron and Steel Industry. The main objectives of this study are to identify, describe and investigate the power relationships in Chinese Iron and Steel Industry; to understand the concept of power from the perspective of distributors and their relationship with State-Owned Enterprises and Private-Owned Enterprises in this industry; and to explore the possibility of developing an extended research power-relationship framework by investigating the power construct and potentially related and relevant factors in the Chinese market that may impact predicted outcomes such as positive conflict resolution attitude and levels of conflict. Two quantitative pilot studies were conducted, consisting of 14 surveys with semi-structured questions each, which were instrumental in the design of an extended power relationship model by incorporating the factors such as the level of trust, frequency of communication and level of guanxi that drive positive conflict resolution attitude into the traditional power model that had not been combined in a single framework before. Subsequently, the main study was carried out comprising 148 questionnaires completed by distributor firm managers. These represent the views of 74 respondents, who responded for both state-owned enterprises and private-owned enterprises in the Chinese Iron and Steel Industry The sample size is 74 respondents including 14 respondents that were also respondents for the pilot studies. This study generated four main findings. 1) a State-Owned Enterprises tend to use more non-coercive power than Private-Owned Enterprises, and have a stronger negative effect than Private-Owned Enterprises; 2) although Private-Owned Enterprises were rated higher than State-Owned Enterprises in the level of trust, and have a stronger positive effect when explaining the observed relationship between the level of trust and positive conflict resolution attitude, the difference is really minimal; 3) Private-Owned Enterprises were rated higher than State-Owned Enterprises in the frequency of communication, and have a stronger positive effect than State-Owned Enterprises in the explanation of the relationship between frequency of communication and positive conflict resolution attitude. 4) Private-Owned Enterprises were rated higher than State-Owned Enterprises in the level of guanxi, and have stronger positive effect than State-Owned Enterprises in the explanation of the relationship between level of guanxi and positive conflict resolution attitude. These findings contribute to fill gaps in the literature with regard to power relationships in distribution channels. This thesis extends the current boundary of knowledge through the formulation of an extended framework that integrates conflict resolution constructs into a typical/traditional power model. This extended framework comprises new constructs such as level of trust, frequency of communication and level of guanxi and hypothesises their impact on conflict resolution attitude and level of conflict in the Chinese distribution channel. New knowledge is created by investigating differences regarding the use of power by SOEs and POEs considered from the distributor perspective in the Chinese context. Theoretical and managerial implications are discussed in detail.

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Crain, Michael Alan. "Asset pricing and capital structure of SMEs." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2013. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/asset-pricing-and-capital-structure-of-smes(3ce24c61-c0ae-44fc-b494-98bb176253d0).html.

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This thesis examines asset pricing and capital structure of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in three essays. Firm finance and asset pricing are areas of voluminous research in the literature. Most of this research observes firms trading on public stock exchanges. In my thesis, I examine privately-owned SMEs where relatively little research has been done. I use a proprietary database of over 16,000 SMEs that sold from 1990 to 2010, reporting market valuations and accounting information. My findings contribute to the literature on asset pricing and capital structure of private firms that benefits researchers, entrepreneurs, investors, and analysts. The first essay examines whether the size effect in returns found in traded stocks is present in SMEs. The size-effect literature generally observes listed firms and finds that smaller firms tend to have higher returns. Using the SME database, I document the size effect in private firms using market valuations. I also find the size premium is concentrated in smaller SMEs. In firms smaller than $2.5 million in market value, the size effect is nearly 13 times stronger compared to larger firms. The second essay explores the effects of investor sentiment and marketwide liquidity in SME returns. Prior studies find these factors have effects in returns of listed firms. I find that SME returns are negatively related to sentiment and liquidity. As sentiment or liquidity rise, SME returns tend to fall. This study also finds that the effects of sentiment and liquidity are concentrated in smaller firms and weaken or disappear in larger SMEs. Apparently investors in smaller SMEs are more influenced by sentiment and liquidity. I also find that sentiment and liquidity have conditional effects on the magnitude of the size premium. The third and final essay examines SME capital structure. Firm capital structure has been one of the most contentious issues in finance theory for over 50 years. Relatively little research examines private firm finance and no previous studies to my knowledge have examined SME capital structure using market-based leverage ratios. I examine relations between leverage and capital structure determinants suggested by theory using market-based and book-value leverage ratios. I find support for both the trade-off and pecking-order theories. This study also finds that SMEs tend to use short-term debt much more than long-term debt and firms appear to practice maturity matching where managers tend to match borrowing terms with asset life. Evidence also suggests that capital structure determinants suggested by theory have greater explanatory power for market-based leverage ratios than for ratios based on book values.

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Hwang, Gumbin. "The role of corporate social responsibility education for the Korean small and medium-sized enterprises' development : a social capital theory perspective." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2016. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-role-of-corporate-social-responsibility-education-for-the-korean-small-and-mediumsized-enterprises-development-a-social-capital-theory-perspective(ab26ea85-442d-4ac5-9f1b-e6bfc8a00c74).html.

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As the significance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) increased in the last decade, more enterprises, encouraged by governments, are promoting CSR practice. Therefore, it is necessary to evaluate the conceptualisation of CSR in regions with different cultures, histories, socio-cultural practices and religions. This study was based on a social constructionism approach and the research questions were answered through reviewing the theoretical basis established according to the collection of existing studies, as well as analysing empirical findings obtained from multiple case studies of Korean small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) CSR champions, extensive interviews with international organisations (IOs) and Korean governmental agencies, and documents provided by the case companies, IOs and governmental agencies. This research found different characteristics of CSR between SMEs and multinational corporations regarding language and a necessity for differentiation strategy for development across firm size, industry and governance. Moreover, SMEs' global, national and organisational factors affected their learning and practice of CSR, resulting in different outcomes and peculiar characteristics. These findings could generate the new integrated model to understand CSR by combining two Social Capital Theory perspectives (Coleman, 1988; Fukuyama, 1995). This model facilitated in-depth analysis of the role of CSR in SMEs' development, building social capital on the process of SMEs' CSR practice by establishing virtuous cycles from trustful relationships internally and externally. Finally, it was shown that the CSR territory is expanding from the major Western developed countries to the emerging markets, especially in East Asia. Also, case study of the Korean CSR champions among SME sector could contribute to identifying characteristics of exemplary CSR cases to achieve social and economic responsibilities. Further, this research could provide about their conceptualisation and relationships with other education factors. Therefore, this study provides directions how other ordinary SMEs adopt CSR within their organisational settings, how policy makers set up their governmental support and how academics research about SMEs' CSR.

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Khazragui, Hanan. "Export promotion of small and medium sized enterprises in developing countries : the perceived usefulness of international trade points by SMEs in Egypt." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2011. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/export-promotion-of-small-and-medium-sized-enterprises-in-developing-countries-the-perceived-usefulness-of-international-trade-points-by-smes-in-egypt(9df946ab-eb49-4843-864d-76827cd199af).html.

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With the advent of the internet and the development of Information and Communication technology, new reinvented forms of Trade Promotion Organizations have emerged. The globalization of today’s trading environment has forced economies to prioritize the development of the export competitiveness of their SMEs sector, as to be able to survive amidst the fierce global competition. The digital economy has created new means and channels of overcoming barriers of trade faced by SMEs due to their size and limited resources. To this end the International trade center has launched the Global Trade Point Network in 1993. The objective of this new electronic form of TPO is to assist firms in developing countries to explore business opportunities effectively by providing them with targeted market information and facilitating exporting procedures at a relatively low cost. With the expanding number of interconnected Trade Points, The GTPNet is rising to be the main global network for trade-related information streams. This study explored the extent of usefulness of these trade points in providing SMEs with real export opportunities as well as boosting their export competitiveness in Egypt, due to it being the one country with the highest number of operating trade points. The study used a mixed sequential methodology, combining both a semi structured interview based qualitative analysis followed by a questionnaire based large scale survey. This study was built around the theory of stages of internationalization, to reflect the fact that SMEs in the new evolving digital environment, are still in need of acquiring export market knowledge throughout the different stages of the internationalization process through secondary sources. Export market-knowledge as a firm resource boosts its competitive position and in turn to increased commitment to the export operation. On a theoretical level, a perceived usefulness construct for International trade points has been developed using exploratory factor analysis that paves the way to empirical tests of the different recommendations in the export promotion literature. The domain incorporates a new factor pertinent to the unique nature of International trade points, as being dependent on an electronic matching system supported by a global network, the proposed definition and usefulness of International trade points provides a conceptual framework in an area where little prior research has been conducted. Based on the findings, Egyptian Small and Medium Enterprises did not appreciate this new developed service due to their lack of e-readiness and resilience to engage in this process. From a practical perspective, the study has supported the findings of previous empirical studies, that pointed out that Export promotion Organizations are not targeting the real potential disadvantaged firms as committed exporters with high export intensity were the main recipients of successful trading opportunities through International Trade Points, as well as the ones that perceived these governmental sponsored organizations to be more useful. Moreover, the study revealed the shortcomings in the performance of International trade points, which are to a great extent attributable to their inefficient governmental organizational and managerial structure.

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Zhu, Yin. "Essays on accounting and incentives in Chinese equity markets." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/essays-on-accounting-and-incentives-in-chinese-equity-markets(74adb2ee-0cfc-40f6-8d62-392ab7bbdc1b).html.

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In this thesis, I exploit accounting issues in the Chinese context with a particular focus on the role of government. The thesis consists of three empirical essays, examining how the state coordinates among the state-owned enterprises in executive compensation (essay 1), how the government regulates the dividend payouts of listed firms (essay 2) and how the delisting regulation influences the accounting choices of listed firms (essay 3).The first essay examines relative performance evaluation (RPE) in China. Previous studies of RPE for executive compensations in Western developed markets have produced mixed findings. This is partly because the dispersion of share ownership in Western capital markets does not closely correspond with the single-principal/multi-agent theoretical setting assumed by Holmstrom (1982). In this study, I exploit the existence of a large number of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in China to examine RPE in a setting closer to the theoretical assumption. I find that SOEs are more likely to use RPE for executive compensation than non-SOEs. This is consistent with better cross-firm coordination in executive contracting among SOEs under a common “state” principal than among non-SOEs with dispersed principals similar to Western firms. Furthermore, I find a more pronounced RPE effect among SOEs that are larger or have poorer past performance. This implies that the state principal has greater incentives to monitor strategically important firms or those in distress. The second essay examines the market reaction to and earnings management choices around changes in the regulations requiring a higher minimum dividend payout in China to shed new light on the determinants of dividend payout policy. I find that the market reaction is more positive for firms that paid less than the new required minimum payout than for those that paid more than the new required minimum, consistent with agency cost explanations of dividend payout. In addition, I find that low dividend payers exhibit a greater tendency to manage their earnings downwards to comply with the earnings-based threshold, and investors can “see through” such earnings management behaviors. My findings support the view of DeAngelo, DeAngelo and Skinner (2009) that agency costs of free cash flow retention are an important part of the dividend payout story. The third essay explores the earnings-based delisting rule in China that provides particularly strong motivation to manage earnings above the loss/profit threshold. I identify two groups of firms that successfully avoid being ST-ed, i.e. firms with a one-year loss before returning to profit, and firms with consecutive small profits. I provide a comprehensive examination of earnings management in terms of accruals management, real earnings management and non-operating income, to investigate whether Chinese firms manage earnings either to avoid reporting a loss or to avoid reporting two consecutive losses. Though there are mixed results sensitive to the research design for earnings management pattern in the two groups of firms, this study provides insights into earnings management induced by a government regulation.

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Ferraz, Hector Rodrigo Ribeiro Paes. "Transparência das sociedades de economia mista listadas em bolsa: uma perspectiva a partir dos websites." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/18502.

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Submitted by Hector Rodrigo Ribeiro Paes Ferraz (hferraz@gmail.com) on 2017-05-28T21:08:53Z No. of bitstreams: 2 transparencia_em_websites_-_v._final_Hector _Ferraz_2.docx: 264144 bytes, checksum: 767061ac59ca18d36384fcc1cd43abd8 (MD5) quadro informações resolução anticorrupcao e estatais 13.xlsx: 134947 bytes, checksum: f4f67c1c1ade0e15dcc3d7c457be8edd (MD5) Rejected by ÁUREA CORRÊA DA FONSECA CORRÊA DA FONSECA (aurea.fonseca@fgv.br), reason: Prezado aluno, Sua submissão está sendo novamente rejeitada, porque o Título tem que ser igual a Ata e a Folha de Assinatura "TRANSPARÊNCIA DAS SOCIEDADES DE ECONOMIA MISTA LISTADAS EM BOLSA: UMA PERSPECTIVA A PARTIR DOS WEBSITES" . Favor refazer os acertos do título e submeter novamente em um único PDF. Favor fazer as substituições da capa e contracapa do impresso entregue na SRA. Att., ÁUREA SRA on 2017-06-21T16:50:55Z (GMT) Submitted by Hector Rodrigo Ribeiro Paes Ferraz (hferraz@gmail.com) on 2017-06-25T15:57:49Z No. of bitstreams: 2 transparencia_em_websites_-_v._final_Hector _Ferraz_2.docx: 264144 bytes, checksum: 767061ac59ca18d36384fcc1cd43abd8 (MD5) quadro informações resolução anticorrupcao e estatais 13.xlsx: 134947 bytes, checksum: f4f67c1c1ade0e15dcc3d7c457be8edd (MD5) Approved for entry into archive by ÁUREA CORRÊA DA FONSECA CORRÊA DA FONSECA (aurea.fonseca@fgv.br) on 2017-07-06T14:30:10Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 transparencia_em_websites_-_v._final_Hector _Ferraz_2.docx: 264144 bytes, checksum: 767061ac59ca18d36384fcc1cd43abd8 (MD5) quadro informações resolução anticorrupcao e estatais 13.xlsx: 134947 bytes, checksum: f4f67c1c1ade0e15dcc3d7c457be8edd (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-20T19:13:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 transparencia_em_websites_-_v._final_Hector _Ferraz_2.docx: 264144 bytes, checksum: 767061ac59ca18d36384fcc1cd43abd8 (MD5) quadro informações resolução anticorrupcao e estatais 13.xlsx: 134947 bytes, checksum: f4f67c1c1ade0e15dcc3d7c457be8edd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-21 The present study examines and evaluates public policies that promote transparency and the disclosure of data on web portals. The focus of the analysis is on state-owned enterprises listed on the Brazilian Stock Exchange (BM&FBOVESPA).These enterprises are evaluated in conformity with obligations imposed upon them by the aforementioned policies, as well as the Court of Auditors, the Ministry of Transparency, the Ministry of Planning, State Legislative Assemblies, and the national Congress. Propositions are then made for improvements in structure and organization of transparency policies, for the benefit of investors and society. O presente trabalho se propõe a discutir as políticas públicas promovidas pelos órgãos governamentais no tocante à transparência da divulgação de dados em portais de internet. O foco de análise são as sociedades de economia mista federais listadas em bolsa, que serão observadas na perspectiva das diversas normas produzidas em relação ao tema, expedidas pelo Tribunal de Contas da União, Ministério da Transparência (Controladoria-Geral da União), Ministério do Planejamento, Assembleias Legislativas Estaduais e Congresso Nacional. Ainda são feitas avaliações de alguns websites em cotejo com as normas vigentes, bem como proposições de melhorias na concepção de uma política de transparência mais estruturada, em benefício dos investidores e da sociedade.

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Hsu, Yu-Shuo, and 許育碩. "Developing Enterprise Portal Assistant Information System for Construction Small and Medium Enterprises." Thesis, 2008. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4h3b47.

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碩士 國立臺北科技大學 土木與防災研究所 96 Enterprise Information Portal（EIP） is the basic indicator of e-enterprise level, it can distribute information and attract customers via internet. In 2005, a survey of the construction e-enterprise shows that construction EIPs were still not enough. Therefore, assisting construction small and medium enterprises（SMEs） to build their own EIP has become to an important action. In this research, the main information items with construction EIP is found, then the web-based construction EIP assistant system （CEIPA） is developed by using ASP.NET. This system is planning for three kinds of users, there are system administrator, EIP manager and EIP viewer. Construction SME can use this system to build their own EIP and setup the configuration, Theme and Information Items of EIP. CEIPA also can be the asistant tool for government to pushing e-construction policy.

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