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Tshabalala, Alfred Mshengu. "Financing public hospitals in South Africa : the case of the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97444.
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Thesis (MDF)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The research on this topic was motivated by the concern about the state of disarray in the public hospitals infrastructure and that due to budget constrain across the globe, the governments can no longer afford to provide public health services alone without the assistance of the private sector. South African public healthcare system continues to function in a state of disarray. Public hospitals serve the vast majority of the South African population, but are underfunded and in most cases these hospitals have ailing infrastructure. The study will look at the mechanism to fund public hospitals. This study examines the role that the Industrial Development Corporation and the Development Bank of Southern Africa can play in addressing the gap that exists in funding public hospitals. It will attempt to answer the following questions of concern, how is public healthcare financed in South Africa, what are the major challenges in financing public hospitals, what is the current role played by the Industrial Development Corporation and the Development Bank of Southern Africa in funding the public hospitals and what are the other possible solutions to address these challenges. The findings indicate that, despite the government funding the public hospitals there is a shortfall of funds for hospitals to complete the project that they are engage in. Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital and other five cases of hospitals in KwaZulu Natal were looked at and confirmed that there is definitely a gap in funding public hospitals
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Mahashe, Mawande Victor. "The effectiveness of IDC in financing the construction of low cost or RDP housing." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/97468.
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Thesis (MDF)--Stellenbosch University, 2015.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The non-availability of funding for low-cost housing is a major stumbling block in the provision of housing for the poor in South Africa (Moss, 2001). Banks and other commercial institutions are generally reluctant to fund construction companies in this industry in view of the high level of risk involved. The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa is a development finance institution that is involved in the financing of construction companies. This study looked at the effectiveness of IDC in financing construction companies that are involved in low cost housing development. The study also looked at whether the IDC's strategiC objectives of promoting job creation had been achieved by providing funding to the construction companies. Only those companies involved in low-cost housing as the only or part of their business activities have been chosen for the study. A qualitative method of research analysiS has been selected as the best way of analysing the research findings in this paper. The empirical analysis indicated that generally the respondents are satisfied with the funding provided by the Industrial Development Corporation, but have serious concerns regarding the turnaround times for credit approvals, completion of legal agreements, disbursement of funds and the fees charged.
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Amparbeng, Kofi. "A cross sectional analysis of SME failure within the industrial sector: focus on IDC funded investments." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29006.
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Small and Medium Enterprises play an important economic role in many countries. In South Africa, for example, a significant proportion of the formal business entities are SMEs; and they contribute between 52 and 57% to GDP, and provide about 61% to employment. However, despite their significance in the local economy, SMEs regularly encounter the threat of failure. Business failure can be disruptive and costly to a large number of stakeholders, which include the owner, the employees, suppliers, customers, investors, bankers, communities, etc. This study examines failed SMEs and compares them with SMEs that are going concerns in order to discover significant differences between the two groups. The study adopted non-parametric tests and binary logistic regression methods. The final data set included 50 failures covering the calendar years July 2009 and June 2012, and 50 going concerns listed in the IDC database on 30 June 2012. The dataset was limited to industrial sector firms from the Chemicals, Metal, Textiles and Wood & Paper industry. The results of this study indicate that, the going concern sample of SMEs were larger than the failures in terms of firm size; led by more experienced management; older in terms of years in existence; and were supported by a stronger equity structure and interest cover ratio. The binary logistic regression results also show that SMEs located in provinces with high per capita income are associated with high probability of failure. But SMEs with increase in annual turnover or increase in equity structure are less likely to fail. Understanding which variables are statistically significantly different between the two groups can enable business owners to develop plans to increase their likelihood of survival. They can also help other stakeholders such as funders implement policies and controls for funding SMEs that mitigate these risk factors.
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Gihwala, Kiran. "Black economic empowerment funding structures of the Industrial Development Corporation." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80486.
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Thesis (MDF)--Stellenbosch University, 2011.This study considers the impact that the particular funding structure used in the financing of black economic empowerment (BEE) transactions has on the expected outcome. Various structures are evaluated, each with their particular advantages and disadvantages. The report details the history of South Africa, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), as well as the black economic empowerment phenomenon. An in-depth commentary on the financing structures used for BEE transactions within the IDC is presented together with a new, remodeled structure to be used in the analysis as part of a comparative study to determine whether the existing preferential Vanilla Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) structure garners the most appropriate result for the BEE entrepreneur. The statistical study tests whether the Vanilla SPV structure, where the financier is reliant on dividends for the repayment of their preference shares, is a better structure than the reworked SPV structure, where the financier is reliant on free cash flow for repayment. The results infer that access to free cash flow is preferred by both the financier, as well as the BEE party, as vesting is higher and the bullet payment required to attain that vesting is significantly lower.
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Makgeta, Malose. "Turnaround determinants of distressed firms funded by industrial development corporation." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/24697.
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The study examines six factors identified by previous studies as having the potential to influence the outcome of turnarounds of firms. The six factors identified are efficiency strategy, severity, free assets, size, changes on the top management and black economic empowerment (BEE). This study is based on the propositions that the identified factors will influence the turnaround outcomes of the firms that were restructured by the Industrial Development Corporation. A sample of 78 firms was obtained for the study. The sample consisted of 46 successful turnaround and 31 failed turnaround. Logistic regression was used to test the sample. A significant finding of this study is that BEE is the only factor that has a positive influence on the outcome of the turnaround. This study is of use in identifying factors are useful to take into account when considering turning around a firm. The results of the study differ with most of the literature reviewed. CopyrightDissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Aguilar, C. F. "Codesa : Strategy formulation for the National Industrial Development Corporation in Costa Rica." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.375408.
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Maduna, Thembinkosi Penford. "Investment promotion: a Coega development corporation perspective." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/3614.
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In March 2002, the Coega Development Cooperation (CDC) announced that the infrastructure design was complete, and the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) was declared the first IDZ in South Africa. The Coega IDZ was established to improve the delivery of infrastructure in the Eastern Cape by addressing skill shortages, unemployment, constrained planning and project management capacity, under-expenditure, sub-standard infrastructure, and inefficiencies that characterise delivery of infrastructure by government in South Africa generally and the Eastern Cape Province in particular. In the process, socio-economic development and transformation in the Eastern Cape and South Africa as a whole will be advanced. The primary objective of the study was to investigate the extent to which the various determinants of foreign direct investment (FDI) influence the investment promotion strategy (IPS) used by the CDC, and how these determinants can be used in the IPS to increase the number of signed investors at the CDC.
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Tom, Lungile L. "Social cost benefit analysis of projects of a South African DFI, the Industrial Development Corporation." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/29055.
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The need for social cost benefit analysis for appraising industrial projects by development finance institutions and developing economies has been seen to being relevant over the years and even since the 1960s. As such major global organisations, namely the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO), Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the World Bank have taken a step to sponsor research for developing practical methodologies for this purpose. It is quite evident that these organisations view social cost benefit analysis as a useful tool in project evaluation. These organisations have also issued various publications for this purpose. The first comprehensive methodologies for social cost benefit analysis were developed in the 1960s and this clearly provides the early rise of the usefulness and debate surrounding social cost benefit analysis. A study was performed in India in the early 90s where various projects from a state development finance institution were evaluated in order to conclude if a formal social cost benefit analysis was performed, would the projects been selected for investments by the state development finance institution. This research has been enthused by this Indian study as there is little to no research performed in the South African context for social cost benefit analysis in project evaluation. Previous literature from earlier years regarded the available methodologies for social cost benefit analysis as being too demanding in terms of the skill required as well as the information required for the performance. Over the years, UNIDO has developed software (COMFAR) in order to assist in the application of the methodology for social cost benefit analysis. This software has improved on the feasibility of performing social cost benefit analysis. This research follows the UNIDO Guidelines for Project Evaluation Methodology, which was also used in the Indian study. This methodology has also been incorporated in the COMFAR software. In summary, this research endeavours to conclude on whether there is any value in performing a formal social cost benefit analysis in project evaluation by DFIs.
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Ronnestrand, George W. "A leadership and development needs assessment and course sequencing at a Wisconsin corporation." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2007. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2007/2007ronnestrandg.pdf.
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Saieg, Páez Tomás Osvaldo. "The development of three new infrastructure sectors in a hierarchical market economy." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2017. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/68757/.
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To make the most of emergent techno-economic innovations, countries around the world must constantly upgrade their physical infrastructure and infrastructure systems – more than ever now that the world is facing growing environmental constraints. Public policies that foster the transformation of established infrastructure sectors, and encourage the development of new ones, can help to speed up and direct these structural changes. But to be effective, these policies must take into account how the process of development of new sectors varies among different infrastructure sectors, how it varies with respect to other kinds of sector, and how it varies in different institutional contexts. In this work, I show how three new infrastructure sectors developed in Chile, a ‘Hierarchical Market Economy' characterised by the dominance of diversified business groups and subsidiaries of multinational enterprises, a segmented labour market, and a low-skills equilibrium. These three sectors are the ones that first started to build wind farms, solar PV systems, and anaerobic digesters in the country, and in the study I characterize three aspects of their development process: a) the economic changes that turned these new (to the country) kinds of infrastructure facilities into attractive entrepreneurial opportunities; b) the economic agents that discovered these opportunities and developed them into viable investment projects, and those that sponsored and procured finance to build these projects; and c) the means by which these economic agents became capable of undertaking the relatively novel activities that their entrepreneurial initiative demanded. The resulting rich description of new sectoral development processes in Hierarchical Market Economies helps to understand what makes these processes vary inter-sectorally, cross-sectorally, and cross-nationally.
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Batumbya, Nalukowe Barbara. "Sustainable Industrial Development in Uganda through Cleaner Production : Case Study of Sugar Corporation of Uganda Ltd (SCOUL)." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-32720.
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The thesis provides an assessment of Cleaner Production (CP) implementation in Ugandan industries, using Sugar Corporation Of Uganda Limited (SCOUL) as a case study. The thesis covers the time the CP programme was implemented in 2004 to date. The study is primarily concerned with the sustainability of CP in Ugandan industries. Using the local Uganda Cleaner Production Centre (UCPC) Assessment Approach, both qualitative and quantitative research methods are used to explore the trend (progress) of environmental and economic performance of CP in SCOUL. Several indicators are used to gain better understanding of the raw materials, products and waste in SCOUL. The thesis sets out to assess the environmental and economic performance of CP in Uganda, identify barriers to CP and make recommendations for Sustainable CP in Uganda. The findings show that both the environmental and economic performance of SCOUL continues to improve, in line with raw material, products and wastereduction. This improvement can be attributed to the different CP optionswhich were implemented. These options include reduction, reuse and recycling. From the findings, it can also be argued that CP is a practical way towards sustainable industrial development as demonstrated in the progress made by SCOUL and that CP has good potential for application in other industries in Uganda. This is because CP is simple to implement and yet it has both economical and environmental performance benefits. As such, it can be argued that CP will lead to sustainable industrial development in Uganda. The long term aim of this study is to contribute towards promotion of sustainable industrial development in Uganda by showing that the implementation of Cleaner Production is simple and yet it has both financial and environmental benefits.www.ima.kth.se
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Davids, Mogamad Sadiek. "The role of strategic leadership in Coega Development Corporation: a case study." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1003884.
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South Africa became a democracy after its election in April 1994. Thereafter, the country faced the daunting task of trying to fast-track economic growth and addressing social challenges. The Department of Trade and Industry was mandated by the newly elected government to spearhead economic development in order to address these challenges. Trade policy instruments such as industrial development zones formed part of government’s strategic economic instruments to achieve economic reform. The Coega Industrial Development Zone (CIDZ) near Port Elizabeth was one of many economic development zones created principally to promote export orientated manufacturing. The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) was registered as a company to develop, operate and manage the CIDZ. The literature suggests that strategic leadership is important for organizational success. Strategic leadership is described as the ability to influence others to make day-to-day voluntary decisions that enhance long-term viability while maintaining short term financial stability. Literature further suggests that strategic leaders deal with the evolution of organizations and their changing aims and transform them through their capabilities and strategic leadership roles such as being a figurehead, spokesperson, team builder, design school planner and so on. The aim of this research is to analyse the role of strategic leadership with the objectives to ascertain whether strategic leadership contributed to the success of the development of CDC, and identify possible challenges they are confronted with in the execution of their leadership duties. This research was conducted from an interpretivist perspective as the researcher attempted to develop insight into how the strategic leadership of CDC viewed and understood their role. The strategic leadership of CDC, who were the focus of this study, consisted of the executive management team of the organization, including the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The research design was in the form of a case study of the CDC leadership, with data collected through semi-structured interviews and documents. The most prominent roles exercised by the leadership of CDC included creating a vision and strategy development and inculcating a teamwork corporate culture. Other roles identified include that of team builder, fostering innovation and developing human capital etc. A lack of stakeholder management as well as managing the culture of the organization as it expands and grows, remain critical challenges. Finally recommendations are made together with suggestions for future research.
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Walsh, Lauren Arlene. "Investigating the effectiveness of environmental sustainability initiatives at General Motors South Africa." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020996.
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There is a consensus globally that climate change is one of the biggest challenges facing operations. Immediate actions are required to reduce the carbon footprint in order for the environment to endure future logistics processes and activities (The National Treasury department of South Africa, 2010). Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are emissions generated from manufacturing processes, distribution networks and treatments processes (Verfaillie and Bidwell, 2000). Companies globally are expected to monitor pollution and focus on reducing the discharge of pollutants. Logistics Managers are therefore pressured to reduce the carbon footprint as it affects the environment and our health. Companies are becoming more concerned with the impact of various activities and processes on the environment. Traditional logistics models, primarily focuses on minimising cost with little focus on the environmental impact and sustaining operations for the future (Sbihi and Eglese, 2009) General Motors (GM) is a multi-national vehicle manufacturer with operations in various countries. GM filed for bankruptcy in 2009 resulting in the formation of the new GM; one of the focus areas was to ensure sustainability which resulted in the introduction of the ‘Sustainability in motion’ program in 2009 (New York Times, 2009). General Motors South Africa (GMSAf) is a vehicle assembler with manufacturing facilities and head offices located in Port Elizabeth. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the multinational General Motors Company. The aim of the research is to determine whether a culture that promotes environmentally conscious behaviour exists within employees and their relationships within a team, with management, stakeholders and suppliers. The study will assist in highlighting areas which need improvement to enable the creation of environmentally sustainable initiatives and implementation thereof. The empirical study revealed that the following management commitment, education and training, performance management and participation and involvement were important factors in the effective implementation of an environmental sustainability program.
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Mooketsi, Mapule Linah. "Factors preventing the uptake of HIV counseling and testing (HCT) programmes : the case of the Industrial Development Corporation in Johannesburg, South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/86375.
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Thesis (MPhil)--Stellenbosch University, 2014.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: HIV counseling and testing (HCT) is a cornerstone of both HIV prevention and care in South Africa, but only one in five South Africans who are aware of HCT services have been tested for HIV and hence the uptake is reportedly low. This study investigated factors that prevent the uptake of HCT programme in the workplace. Specific factors that were looked at include: fear of learning about one‟s HIV status, HIV-stigma and discrimination and knowledge of and attitudes towards HCT. The study employed descriptive survey design; anonymous questionnaires were randomly distributed irrespective of age, gender, marital status, race, educational level, work position and experience. Closed and open-ended easy- to- answer questions which were written in English were asked; and they required fewer instructions. Ethical issues were considered and university guidelines followed. The results of this study showed that a great proportion of participants (93.8%) tested for HIV as compared to (6.2%) who had never tested. Of these, 59.4 % tested because they wanted to know their HIV status and, 43.8% of participants preferred using the workplace HCT programme for convenience; while 50% used private facilities for privacy and confidentiality. The study further established that fear of knowing one‟s HIV status, workplace discrimination, knowledge of and attitudes towards HCT were not associated with workplace HCT programme uptake. The results did however show that both participants who had tested and those who had not tested (68.8%) demonstrated significantly greater AIDS-related stigma. Supportive and collaborative efforts are necessary to create and promote an enabling and conducive environment in order to dispel workplace HIV-related stigma. In addition, it is imperative to develop and implement workplace stigma mitigation strategy putting in place interventions that aim to reduce all forms of stigma, as well as emphasizing on the benefits of testing.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: MIV/Vigs-voorligting en toetsing is die hoeksteen vir beide die voorkoming en versorging van MIV-pasiënte in Suid-Afrika. Ongelukkig is net ongeveer een uit elke vyf mense bewus van hulle MIV-status. Die doel van hierdie studie is 'n poging om vas te stel waarom so min mense gebruik maak van gratis toetsingsdienste in die werksplek. 'n Beskrywende studie-ontwerp is in hierdie navorsing gebruik met anonieme vraelyste wat ewekansig versprei is onder 'n steekproef waarin geen onderskeid ten opsigte van ras, geslag. opvoedkundige vlak, posisie in die werk en ervaring gemaak is nie. Geslote en oop-einde vrae is gebruik en Engels is as kommunikasiemedium gebruik omdat al die proefpersone dit verstaan het. Resultate van die studie het aangetoon dat beduidend meer mense hulle wel laat toets het teenoor die wat hulle nie laat toets het nie. Die studie het verder bevind dat faktore soos die vrees om status te weet; diskriminasie in die werksplek, kennis van en houding teenoor MIV/Vigs nie geassosieer kan word met die lae opname van vrywillige toetsing in die werksplek nie. Die studie het wel bevind dat diegene wat hulle . laat toets het, beduidend meer stigma in die werksplek ondervind. Ondersteunende dienste is uiters nodig ten einde stigma suksesvol in die werksplek te bestuur. Daar word voorgestel dat daar 'n volledige opleidingsprogram ,in die werksplek van die organisasie wat in die studie gebruik is, ontwikkel moet word ten einde die invloed van stigma tot 'n minimum te beperk.
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Nyamazana, Mushiba. "Manpower planning and labour shortages in an underdeveloped economy : an empirical analysis of manpower policies and practices of the Industrial Development Corporation Limited (INDECO) of Zambia." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1989. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/28749/.
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This study focuses on the extent and adjustment to labour shortages in a large, publicly owned, Industrial holding company (INDECO) operating in an underdeveloped economy---Zambia---whose labour market experiences severe shortages of skilled manpower. In taking an empirical approach, we sought to test the applicability of the conventional labour market adjustment theory in the context of an underdeveloped economy. It is suggested that a systematic management of human resources through manpower planning can help to reduce the incidence of either labour shortages or surplus and thereby minimise the implied costs of either situation. We, therefore, sought to find out whether the concept of manpower planning has been adopted in INDECO and, if so, how it is viewed and practised and the problems which are encountered in its implementation. Evidence presented in this thesis suggests that skilled manpower shortages, as exemplified by recruitment difficulties and high labour turnover, are experienced in technical, engineering, accounting and managerial occupations. Skill deficiency problems also obtain among existing employees, especially those in direct production occupations. The causes of such shortages are historical, technical and institutional: colonial educational and labour policies; high demand from increased manufacturing activity after independence; inelastic supply; poor manpower utilization policies; and, for parastatal companies, a bureaucratic pay structure. In addition to reduced efficiency, the shortage of local skilled manpower have forced many companies to depend on expatriates. This is costly both in terms of foreign exchange and its distortional effects on the economic structure. While many companies favour increased supply (training) as the main adjustment instrument, the relatively cheaper forms of increasing supply (on-the-job and local training) are, however, underrated when compared to foreign training. In most companies manpower planning is synonymous with training and development. We attribute such a narrow view to the government's indi-genization policy, the lack of appropriate manpower planning skills, and that increasing supply may be the most effective way of adjusting to labour shortages. Implementing comprehensive manpower planning is also constrained by the bureaucratic pay structure, government intervention, foreign exchange problems, and, the lack of suitable manpower data. Given such constraints, we suggest some approaches to manpower planning which the INDECO companies could adopt.
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Potgieter, Johan Gerhardus. "A number of case studies based on Glen Anil Development Corporation Limited, from the listing of the company in 1968 to date of liquidation, 22 February 1977." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/65485.
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Bester, Jan. "Market feasibility of high technology products in a business-to-business marketing environment : an SADC perspective." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95636.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.South African companies, as well as international companies using South Africa as a base, that have reached an appropriate size, track record and capacity to consider expanding abroad often look at business opportunities in their neighbouring countries, specifically those that are members of the Southern African Development Corporation (SADC). The markets and business environment of the 15 members in the Community differ substantially amongst themselves, but each has some characteristics and business potential to recommend it to the expansion seeking SA corporation. This paper provides an exhaustive analysis of the SADC's economic environment and characteristics. As such, it makes sense for a South African company that produces high-technology products or services and sells in the business-to-business market space to explore markets in geographical proximity to itself. The existence of the SADC region as a trade block, its associated objectives to improve regional inter-trade and regional socio-economic stability and established infrastructure motivates the focus of this study. It is envisaged that further study could be suggested to identify and develop methods to ascertain market feasibility that could be applied to other countries in Africa and in the world market. According to Thompson (2006b: 1), a business feasibility study can be defined as “a controlled process for identifying problems and opportunities, determining objectives, describing situations, defining successful outcomes and asssesing the range of costs and benefits associated with several alternatives for solving a problem.” The identification, extraction, presentation and consolidation of lessons learnt could benefit new market entrants by identifying possible pitfalls before they embark on a market entry campaign. The study delves into the intricacies of doing business in emerging economies, doing business in Africa and doing business in SADC countries. The external and internal forces that could prove instrumental and decisive in the success of an organisation that seeks to measure market feasibility is examined, thus identifying key warning signs or hazards that would hamper feasibility before embarking on costly business plans and marketing campaigns. The study develops a proposed decision support matrix to determine market feasibility. This matrix could prove useful as a preliminary investigation tool for companies active in the sector and exploring the different geographical markets in question to base an initial business decision on, prior to investing in a business plan or more focused business intelligence.
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Gibson, Laila. "Learning Destinations : The complexity of tourism development." Doctoral thesis, Karlstad University, Faculty of Social and Life Sciences, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-435.
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Our world is becoming increasingly complex, and is rapidly changingwith distances being reduced. Societies today are also in atransition from traditional production industries to increasingreliance on communication, consumption, services and experience. Asone of these emerging ‘new industries’, tourism is part of thismovement. Globalisation also makes further development of tourismpossible through, amongst other things, the spreading of languages;the development of low-cost carriers; international monetary systems;telecommunications and other technological innovations. Tourismcontributes to the globalisation of society and at the same time is aproduct of it. This is confirmed by complexity theories that stressthe systematic and dynamic nature of globalisation and theinterdependence of the global and the local. Hence, in this thesis,it is argued that acknowledging the complexity of tourism isnecessary for understanding tourism development, and more knowledgeabout tourism also leads to greater knowledge of our society.
The main aim of this thesis is to understand the complexity of localand regional tourist destination development, by exploring social andcultural factors that influence this development. In order to fulfilthis aim, analysis has been conducted at three different levels:places, projects and people. More specifically, by examining placesand how they develop as destinations; investigating the structure of,and processes within, groups and networks important for destinationdevelopment and by exploring the roles, resources and attitudes ofenterprising people who are seen as key for development. The thesisis based on a research project including three studies of tourismdestinations and projects in Northern Sweden and Scotland.
The social and cultural factors connected to tourism development arein turn part of learning processes, which in this thesis are seen asfundamental mechanisms for processes of development. A frameworkcalled ‘Learning Destinations’ is introduced that demonstrates howimportant social and cultural factors manifest themselves at each ofthe three levels: places, projects and people. History and heritageand rationales are the main cultural factors discussed, whilstinteraction and boundaries are prominent social factors found toinfluence tourism development. It is suggested that the framework of‘Learning Destinations’ may serve as a tool for understanding thecomplexity of local and regional tourism development.
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Kinuthia, Wanyee. "“Accumulation by Dispossession” by the Global Extractive Industry: The Case of Canada." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/30170.
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This thesis draws on David Harvey’s concept of “accumulation by dispossession” and an international political economy (IPE) approach centred on the institutional arrangements and power structures that privilege certain actors and values, in order to critique current capitalist practices of primitive accumulation by the global corporate extractive industry. The thesis examines how accumulation by dispossession by the global extractive industry is facilitated by the “free entry” or “free mining” principle. It does so by focusing on Canada as a leader in the global extractive industry and the spread of this country’s mining laws to other countries – in other words, the transnationalisation of norms in the global extractive industry – so as to maintain a consistent and familiar operating environment for Canadian extractive companies. The transnationalisation of norms is further promoted by key international institutions such as the World Bank, which is also the world’s largest development lender and also plays a key role in shaping the regulations that govern natural resource extraction. The thesis briefly investigates some Canadian examples of resource extraction projects, in order to demonstrate the weaknesses of Canadian mining laws, particularly the lack of protection of landowners’ rights under the free entry system and the subsequent need for “free, prior and informed consent” (FPIC). The thesis also considers some of the challenges to the adoption and implementation of the right to FPIC. These challenges include embedded institutional structures like the free entry mining system, international political economy (IPE) as shaped by international institutions and powerful corporations, as well as concerns regarding ‘local’ power structures or the legitimacy of representatives of communities affected by extractive projects. The thesis concludes that in order for Canada to be truly recognized as a leader in the global extractive industry, it must establish legal norms domestically to ensure that Canadian mining companies and residents can be held accountable when there is evidence of environmental and/or human rights violations associated with the activities of Canadian mining companies abroad. The thesis also concludes that Canada needs to address underlying structural issues such as the free entry mining system and implement FPIC, in order to curb “accumulation by dispossession” by the extractive industry, both domestically and abroad.
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Du, Plessis Charl D. "Portfolio optimisation for the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC)." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/15576.
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Thesis (M.M. (Finance & Investment))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Commerce, Law and Management, Graduate School of Business Administration, 2014.The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is South Africa’s largest development financial institution with a stated objective of generating sustainable economic growth across Africa. Additionally, the IDC is also mandated by the South African government to assist in key national development policies. In order to achieve these goals, the IDC seeks to maximise development returns within an acceptable risk portfolio. Using historical data, sector development scorecard analysis and results, and portfolio investment theory, this dissertation examines the investment portfolio weighting to determine if the IDC is positioned to achieve its stated and mandated objectives. The guiding question of this thesis is whether or not the IDC is optimising its capital allocation, and I further seek to identify the sectors in which the IDC should invest in more and the ones the IDC should invest in less in order to achieve maximum development returns. In order to attain an optimal portfolio, the IDC should strive for portfolio selection methodologies as outlined in Markowitz’s Mean-Variance Theory. One of the key benefits of driving this methodology is, depending on the strategic objective, the achievement of an optimised portfolio with predefined constraints. Furthermore the methodology establishes an analytical approach to maximising the strategic objectives.
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Mqoqi, Nomathamsanqa. "Can the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) of South Africa emulate the success of the Brazilian Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES) in financing enterprises and boosting manufacturung?" Thesis, 2014.
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Thesis (M.M. (Finance & Investment)--University of the Witwatersrand, 2011.This paper attempts to answer if the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) can or should emulate the funding methodology of the Brazilian Economic and Social Development Bank (BNDES). The funding methodology of BNDES is discussed in terms of how it sources and applies its funds within the Brazilian economy following the Brazilian government’s strategy; compares this to industrial policy formulation in the South African economy and the IDC taking into consideration the South African economic structures, banking system and the multiple developmental institutions South Africa has. The conclusion answers if South Africa will be able to emulate BNDES.
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Mhlahlo, Petunia Siphiwe. "Assessing perceptions on performance measures and funding processes at a development finance institution in South Africa." Diss., 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/23157.
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The Industrial Development Corporation is the largest provider of development funding in South Africa. Despite having documented processes for assessing funding applications, which include traditional performance measures, the impairments as a percentage of outstanding funding book are increasing. However, scholarly literature indicates that traditional performance measures seem inadequate, with Economic Value Added providing more detailed performance company. The study assesses the Industrial Development Corporation employee’s perceptions on stipulated and additional performance measures and its funding processes. The study followed a quantitative research design using a questionnaire. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used to analyse the data. The study found that stipulated performance measures are mostly used, but not Economic Value Added. Funding processes could be enhanced through more performance measures and additional pre and post investment processes. It is recommended that processes be enhanced and the addition of Economic Value Added be investigated to assist in reducing impairments.Management Accounting
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Weng, Chih-Chang, and 翁志昌. "Decision-Making Analysis of Supply Chain Management of Spare Parts: The Case of the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC)." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/cgi-bin/gs32/gsweb.cgi/login?o=dnclcdr&s=id=%22107NCHU5412042%22.&searchmode=basic.
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碩士國立中興大學
農業企業經營管理碩士在職專班
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For MRO (Maintenance, Repair & Operation) maintenance and production operations in the aviation industry, its backup components are playing an increasingly important role in the manufacturing industry, as the MRO backup component supply chain management plan must be coordinated to ensure smooth production capacity and optimized total cost. Owing to the particularity of the spare parts and the random uncertainty of the production and storage, this study cultivates a model of stochastic programming using the quantitative mathematical model to improve the MRO spare parts supply chain plan is developed. First, this study quantify the uncertain production time capability as a random variable with a probability distribution. Second, the upper limit of the inventory cost is set to the multi-selection variable in the a limit. Finally, this study used the Lagrange Interpolating Polynomial Approach to conduct a case test of the model in the supply chain plan of the vacuum hot-press furnace (Autoclave), and the values of the optimized equivalent deterministic model and the non-zero decision variables of the linear programming arrangement were derived. And verify that the larger the difference between the objective function of the actual production time and the expected production time, the higher the labor cost required for the input will be, and the optimal cost is limited by the amount of equipment invested. In this case, the model variables could be more precisely seperated the differences. Compared to inventory management and modest manpower arrangements that are only through raw material components, stable machinery and equipment operation and good supply chain planning for operation and replenishment, the act of making a decision about effectiveness.
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Thabede, Mthokozisi Herbert. "The role of the Industrial Development Corporation in regional development in Southern Africa." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/585.
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Kuo, Pin-Yuan, and 郭品沅. "Industrial OEM, Technological Development, and Operational Strategies:A Case Study of Wistron Corporation." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63423131564472673103.
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碩士大同大學
事業經營學系(所)
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The development of the information and electronics industry has long been a major focus in Taiwan. The industry has experienced astounding growth since the beginning of the 1980s, with revenues for a single quarter in 2010 reaching an incredible 33.6 billion US dollars. The sector has played a critical role in Taiwan’s economic development and the global industry value chain. However, the participation of mainland China and Southeast Asia in the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) market in recent years has given international corporations higher bargaining power in the selection of OEMs due to the presence of low-cost labor in these regions. This has resulted in intense pricing competition in the market, with Taiwanese companies facing unprecedented challenges due to low profits. Through the 3 dimensions of industrial OEM, technological development, and operational strategies, this research investigated how Wistron Corporation, the world’s third largest OEM for notebooks, maintains its unique competitive advantages in a fiercely competitive environment by finding ways to enhance its profits and provide value-added products and services. The research results showed that Wistron Corporation adopted a global distribution strategy for industrial OEM and focused on production in countries with low labor costs. The company has also established offices in North America and Eastern Europe to respond rapidly to customer requirements, including those of big name brand manufacturers. In terms of technological development, the life cycles of the various products are closely linked, with the earnings of mature products used to subsidize new products. The latter are continuously developed until they become growth products, complementing each other in the process. In order to enhance technological superiority, investment on research and development has increased on a yearly basis. Wistron is favored by customers in terms of product development due to multiple patents that it owns; the company adopted product diversification management as part of its operational strategy, expanding its market to achieve economies of scale through diversified products and thus consolidating its market position. The company utilizes mutual sharing of procurement resources, customer resources and technological resources, achieving economies of scope so that the various business units will complement each other.
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Shuping, Thato Tshepo. "Customer experience within a process-centred approach at the Industrial Development Corporation." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12460.
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M.Com. (Business Management)What really drives business success? Ten, twenty years ago, it would have been somewhat easier to answer this pertinent question. What were seen as central to business success were functional hard core derivatives i.e. operational efficiency, financial discipline and speed to market. Customers, essentially customer experience, were never part of the equation. For those very few organisations that bid to be anything different, the concepts customer experience and customer satisfaction were merely an afterthought. Today the picture is slightly different. Organisations are now applying a contemporary business approach and showing more appreciation for customers. Organisations realise that by creating an environment that is pro—consumer, an environment that achieves and maintains a fair balance between organisational process efficacies and customers’ needs, an environment that harnesses employees productivity and encourages fluid communication passage between the organisation and its customers, they will not only connect with their customers on an emotional level, but they will be able to build a sustainable brand asset and a long-lasting profitable relationships with their customers. It is for this reason that the four customer experience elements namely: process, people, channel approach and branding were selected as premise for this study. This study tries to understand and establish the influence of customer experience elements on customer satisfaction at the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC). An investigation was conducted on customer experience within a process-centred approach at the IDC. The study was steered in two stages. The first stage focused on exploratory research, and the second stage focused on descriptive research. The sample consisted of 276 customers. In-depth interviews were conducted with customers to assist the researcher in developing the statements in the questionnaire. A self-administered questionnaire was designed based on theoretical literature provided within the study and information gathered through the in-depth interviews. Various statistical analysis procedures were used to achieve the objectives of the study, including factor analysis, rotated factor matrix, Cronbach’s alpha, multiple regression and comparison analysis.
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Brophy, Candice Lisa. "Evaluating the impact of a leadership development programme for women at the industrial development corporation." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/3844.
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M.Comm.This study evaluates the impact of leadership development programmes for women in the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) and provides comments on the leadership competencies and skills acquired. An evaluation research methodology was chosen and .Kirkpatrick‟s Four Level Evaluation Model defined the parameters of this study. A mixed-method approach was adopted, since it provided a vehicle for the researcher to make recommendations for improving further programmes as they evolved and substantiate findings from different sources to ensure the validity of the data and conclusions that emanated from this study. Female leadership studies conducted worldwide draw conclusions that highlight the unique challenges that women face as they ascend into the leadership ranks of organisations. This study also explored the challenges and opportunities that women in the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) encountered in their quest for leadership roles and responsibilities. The women‟s leadership development programmes received considerable praise from the participants and the results of this study conclude that the programme outcomes were met in providing an opportunity for them to learn and implement individual leadership competencies .The leadership competencies that were enhanced were self-awareness and confidence, collaboration, cultural competence, communication, networking and relationship building. In addition, various leadership theories were explored and the participants identified with transformational leadership in particular. The participants reported favourably on the mentoring and coaching aspects of the leadership development initiatives and some have indicated an interest and willingness to support others through mentoring and coaching. However, the leadership competencies have not been applied optimally into the organization and the participants would need the continued support of the organisation by way of additional platforms to apply these acquired leadership competencies. This can help the organisation realise the unique contribution of IV women in the organisation, and if the programmes that have been implemented are sustained over time and the leadership competencies applied, this could lead to organisational transformation. An interesting aspect of this study was that the majority of the women believed that the organisation provided sufficient opportunities for women to progress and encouraged the continuation of these leadership development initiatives, but not to the exclusion and marginalisation of men in the organisation. As progressive as this kind of thinking is, it typically illustrates the transformational leadership tendencies of women in keeping with research that recommends leader development (i.e. individual leaders such as the women‟s leadership development initiatives), as well as leadership development (i.e. broader organisational focus on enhancing the organisational leadership competencies). The Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa will reap rewards in future should it continue on the path of leadership development for women; but also in general as this critical mass of leaders who apply cutting-edge leadership thinking will contribute to organisational success over a sustained period of time.
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Hsu, Chia-Jung, and 許家榮. "Business Development Strategy of Industrial Computer Manufacturer -Take Ennoconn corporation as an example." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/y3qay3.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
事業經營碩士在職學位學程
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In recent years, the IPC (Industrial personal computer) market has benefited from smart cities, industrial 4.0 and development of artificial intelligence, industrial output is still in the stage of growth, compared with the PC (Personal computer) market, has shown weak demand and decline in profits, due to its the same production process with IPC , resulting in many PC manufacturers step into the IPC field , they’re expecting that high gross profit of IPC products can enhance profitability of entire Group. However, the IPC product features are highly customized, low value and high mix, high reliability and quality demanded. In production wise, the product line-changing loss, sales orders demand variation, finish goods short delivery time requirement and high material inventory risk, obstructing most of new enters have not succeeded in achieving the expected benefits. Although there’re many challenges in the field of IPC market, the research objective Ennoconn corporation reorganized its business strategies in 2010. Entering the IPC Market in three phases; the first phase of the goal: to develop a stable foundry business, with light assets and high reporting rate, using the Group’s advantageous resources to achieving initial public offerings in 2014. After obtaining market funds, the second phase of the strategy was launched, the market, technology, brand and channel of IPC field were quickly completed through M&A. The third phase stage: to establishment of system integrator capabilities and obtaining skill and experience from merge Marketech international corp. in stock market. In year 2018 the company revenue exceeded the industry leader Advantech. This study will be conducted by means of correlation analysis, such as SWOT analysis, five forces model, merger strategy analysis and related public financial statements, to analysis how the company through a variety of key successful business strategy to obtaining resources, using resources, managing resources, to create competitive advantage of enterprises in IPC field.
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Ramaiah, V. "Organisation and management of production units of Andhra Pradesh small scale industrial development corporation." Thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2009/6017.
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Tseng, Chien-Kui, and 曾建魁. "The Role of Institutions in Enterprise''s Industrial Relations: A Case Study of the Taiwan Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation." Thesis, 2001. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/82452296803620706479.
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蘇惠琪. "The Relationship of Competency Management and Organization Performance－R Department of Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation as an Example." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/90024289042886232411.
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碩士國立彰化師範大學
商業教育學系
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Abstract The purpose of this research was to find out the relationship of organization performance and competency management, through the research of the two fields to assist the case company to build its competency management rules. The study methods included in-depth interviews and questionnaire. The study was based on the R department of AIDC by purposive sampling. R department of AIDC included about 1100 staffs. The questionnaire subjects included 750 members in R department of AIDC. Seven hundred and fifty questionnaires were sent out with 538 returns. The usable returns were 482(64.27%). The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics analysis, pearson correlation analysis and stepwise multiple regression analysis. According to the findings, conclusions of the study were listed as follow: (1)The case company was continuously revising the strategies of competency index and competency management. (2)Basic competencies consisted of three domains including 28 items: conceptual skills, interpersonal competencies, and affairs practical competencies. (3)Professional competencies consisted of two domains including 16 items: business technical competencies and manufacturing and repairing competencies. (4)Gender, education, position, and department had significantly effects on basic competencies and professional competencies. (5)Department and age had significantly effects on competency management. (6)The importance and correspondence of competency management had significantly effects on importance and correspondence of organization performance. (7)The importance and correspondence of competency management had middle-high correlation with importance and correspondence of organization performance. (8)Competency management was great significantly predicator for organization performance. According to the research results, the suggestions for the case company should begin to revise the competency management, to build each different level’s index for each department. The further study on the competency management can combine competency management with knowledge communities.
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Jang, Jia-Yang, and 張家揚. "Policy Analysis for Defense Conversion – the Role of Government Support in the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) Case." Thesis, 2010. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/41471437718304171818.
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碩士國防大學管理學院
資源管理及決策研究所
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Conversion from military to the private sector has become a trend. For example, the Aero Industry Development Center (which was under the authority of the Republic of China’s Ministry of Defense) implemented its conversion policy to become the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) in 1996. During its initial phase of development, due to the lack of support (in the form of orders) from the government coupled with lack of demand in the domestic military market and international aircraft market, AIDC sustained losses from a shortage of orders and operational revenues fell below expectations. The fact is, the development of AIDC’s company system is a significantly sophisticated and dynamic process. In this study, AIDC has been chosen as the subject of research. Through a general perspective, System Dynamics has been adopted as the tool for policy analysis. The goal of this study is to analyze the history of AIDC’s company system development in order to identify the key factors that shaped AIDC’s company system development and their correlations. We will also construct a model that will explain the impact of conversion policy on AIDC’s company system development. Results from the study showed that when AIDC implemented its conversion policy, if it had received the promised support from the government in the form of orders for 120 units of F-CK-1 Ching-kuo fighter aircrafts, AIDC could have sustained sufficient core R&D human resources and technical capabilities. This, in turn, would have given the company a better chance of securing orders from abroad, thereby offering better long-term operational performance. Finally, the results of policy simulation from the model should serve as a useful reference for the government in implementing similar conversion policies in the future.
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Pillay, R. "An assessment of the Industrial Development Corporation's (IDC's) funding criteria for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in South Africa." Thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/7716.
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M.B.A.The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is a self-financing, state owned, national development finance institution that provides risk financing to entrepreneurs engaged in a multitude of industries. Its vision is to be the primary driving force of commercially sustainable industrial development in South Africa. International research has shown that the catalyst for promoting and sustaining industrial development in many countries is the contribution made by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). In South Africa, extensive research has shown that the growth of these enterprises is currently stifled by the lack of access to finance, mainly from commercial banks and private equity financiers, who have imposed onerous lending criteria on this market sector. The literature also reveals that alternative state and private sector financial institutions have been unable to fill this finance vacuum adequately. The IDC, as a national development finance institution, currently operates in the SME market by making loan finance available to these companies, provided that they meet its' extensive funding criteria. This dissertation examines the role the IDC is currently playing in the financing of SMEs by undertaking an assessment of the IDC's loan criteria. Recommendations based on the assessment are made with a view to improving the number of SMEs helped with financial assistance by the IDC.
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Fuh, Wei-Ku, and 傅慰孤. "Taking Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) as an example, a Study on Transformation Strategies of the National Defense Industry." Thesis, 2005. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/41977722335895018822.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
高階公共管理組
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Independent national defense is an essential issue in national survival and the Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) is the government-owned business established exactly for fulfilling this mission. Ever since the end of regular production of the Indigenous Defensive Fighter plane (IDF), AIDC has faced financial difficulties. For the purpose of independent national safety and aero defense, the study mainly focused on case analyses referring to strategic business transformation theories for transforming configuration and research mechanisms; by integral SWOT analysis of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats, it rebuilds core capabilities and competitive advantages by way of the five competition forces. Three strategic suggestions are thus being made: I. Re-organizing stage –set up concepts for business strategies and implement reform management; II. Resumption stage – plan to set up a national aerospace industrial park; III. Revival stage – Completion of integration of the innovative operational value chain. The study discloses that AIDC can transform to focus on developing aerospace vehicle software by setting up design, R&D and production centers. Additionally, it is our hope to arouse comprehensive attention on the importance of independent national defense, for implementing selective choice of talents and strategies as well as expanding studies in the related subjects, so that the purposes of national safety and independent aero defense can be achieved.
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Kuo, Chia-yi, and 郭佳宜. "A Case Study of Relationship Between Knowledge Communities and Middle-Level Managers’ Competencies－Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation as an Example." Thesis, 2003. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/89732971553325414823.
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碩士國立彰化師範大學
商業教育學系
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Abstract Knowledge community is an informal professional organization that looks for mutual interests or problem solutions. To acquire employees’ tacit knowledge and to create value for business through knowledge community is the best way. Middle-level managers play an important role in business. They have to carry out top executives’ assignments for one thing and lead employees to achieve organizational goals for another. They are the communication channels between top executives and entry level employees. The purpose of this study was to explore if middle-level managers’ competencies are influenced by knowledge communities. The study was based on the AIDC by purposive sampling. The questionnaire subjects included 460 members who participated in knowledge communities in AIDC, with 53% valid return rate. The study methods included literature review, questionnaire and in-depth interviews. The data were submitted to descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, canonical correlation, multiple stepwise regression and Kruskal-Wallis test. According to the findings, the conclusion is summarized as follows: 1.Knowledge communities had positive effects on personal professional knowledge and skills. 2.Age, education, and the number of years of working experiences had significant effects on the members’ viewpoints toward knowledge community. 3.Knowledge communities had effect on middle-level managers’ “interpersonal skills”. 4.Knowledge communities had correlation with the middle-level managers’ competencies. In addition, “learning and development”, “the goal of knowledge community”, “the culture of knowledge community” and “motivation policy” had higher predictability on promoting the middle-level managers’ competencies. Finally, recommendations based on the findings and conclusions were made for business and further study.
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Myava, Jema Edmund. "Development of an environmental reporting framework for the industrial sector in Tanzania." Thesis, 2019. http://uir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/25653.
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The purpose of this study was to develop an environmental reporting framework for the Tanzanian industrial sector. To achieve the purpose, the study started by developing a disclosure index, which was used to measure the current extent of environmental reporting in Tanzania. There were two phases in the process of developing the environmental disclosure index (EDI) for the Tanzanian industrial sector.
The first phase involved identifying and refining the items for disclosure from the literature. In particular the studies on environmental reporting/disclosure were reviewed and the items to be included in the initial disclosure index were identified. The second phase involved the development of the final disclosure index using the Delphi inquiry method. In the Delphi inquiry, knowledgeable experts in environmental issues were consulted and asked for their opinion on the items proposed, whether the item should be retained, removed or any addition of new item. Therefore, the role of the experts was, first to confirm and validate items to be included in the EDI, and second, to assess the importance of the disclosure of each item by allocating weight to every item.
The extent of environmental reporting in Tanzania was measured by using the EDI developed. The annual and environmental reports from various organisations operating in Tanzania were requested and read to determine the current extent of environmental reporting. The results indicated that the information reported by organisations operating in Tanzania mostly came from the categories ‘Organisational context’ and ‘Management performance, policies and systems. The information from ‘environmental performance’ category was left unreported.
After the current extent of environmental reporting has been explored, the environmental reporting framework (ERF) was developed. The framework intended to provide guidance on environmental reporting to organisations (from the industrial sector) of any size operating in the country. In particular the framework provided the guidance on four steps to be followed when preparing environmental reports and the content to be included in the reports.
After the ERF was developed, it was tested to investigate its applicability using two case studies. The results indicated that the steps to be followed when preparing environmental reports were valid and implementable.College of Accounting Sciences
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Ping-Hong, Yan, and 洪宴萍. "The Correlation among Transformational Leadership, Dispatched Workers’ Organizational Commitment and Organizational Citizenship Behavior－A Case Study of Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/37269120692568686440.
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碩士大葉大學
人力資源暨公共關係學系
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The useful practice of dispatched services could not only reduce the labor cost but also help the resources to be flexible utilizing. Therefore enterprise use dispatched work has already become a new trend. However the user enterprise would hard to control the dispatched worker’s quality, working attitude…etc, which were caused on the separation of "employ relationship" and "substance usage relationship". Thus it could influence the work performance. For these reasons , the aim of this research is to explore the correlation among transformational leadership, dispatched workers’ organizational commitment and organizational citizenship behavior, and provide some advice for the AIDC. This thesis takes the inner dispatched workers of A.I.D.C. as target samples . The number of questionnaires we sent were 400, and the number of available questionnaires were 169. The results of research are listed as follows：（1）A significant positive correlation was identified among transformational leadership, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behavior.（2）Transformational leadership was partially significant to organizational commitment.（3）Transformational leadership was partially significant to organizational citizenship behavior.（4）Organizational commitment was partially significant to organizational citizenship behavior.（5）Transformational leadership was partially significant to organizational citizenship behavior when organizational commitment is taken as intervening variable. According to the findings, this research suggests that AIDC should use transformational leadership to motivate dispatched workers and improve manager's capabilities. Besides, establishing vertical channel of communication to meet expectation of accomplishing dispatched workers is needless to say, a key to success.
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Chen, Wei-Yang, and 陳威揚. "The Correlation among Transformational Leadership, Dispatched Workers’ Job Satisfaction and Organizational Citizenship Behavior－A Case Study of Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/80402262515733731163.
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碩士大葉大學
人力資源暨公共關係學系
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In recent years, facing fierce competition in international environment and also for the influence of labor flexibility, the enterprises often use the dispatched services to reduce the employment costs and maintain the competitive advantages. The domestic market of dispatched work is forming and shaping a mature labor market. This paper examined the dispatched workers’ job satisfaction has a moderating effect between transformation leadership and organizational citizenship behavior. According to the findings provides the suggestions for the enterprises which use dispatched services. Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation（AIDC）, which is the first-class aerospace and the technology service in Taiwan , it has a special system to retain the dispatched workers. Therefore, the AIDC dispatched workers has been selected as the target sample for this research, through retrieved 169 samples by the method of sampling survey, we examine the research hypothesis with the Multiple Hierarchical Regression .The findings of the study are as following:(1) A significant positive correlation was identified among transformational leadership, job satisfaction, and organizational citizenship behavior. (2) Transformational leadership were partially significant to organizational citizenship behavior. (3) The interaction between transformational leadership and job satisfaction can partially significant impact on organizational citizenship behavior. The results show that dispatched workers’ job satisfaction has a moderating effect between transformation leadership and organizational citizenship behavior. According to the findings, this research suggests that user enterprise should promote manager's capabilities, and establish unimpeded communication channel, to be able to achieve the expectation effect of using dispatched worker.
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Hang, Ting-Chang, and 韓庭昌. "Tender Offer Strategies In Investment Banking-A Case Of China Development Industrial Bank(CDIB) Tender Offering For Grand Cathay Securities Corporation(GCSC)." Thesis, 2002. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/29578534808742774842.
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碩士國立臺灣大學
商學研究所
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Abstract In this article, we focused on the case that China Development Industrial Bank (CDIB) bid for Grand Cathay Securities Corporation (GCSC) by means of the tender offer in 2001. First, we thought the reasons why CDIB desired to bid for a securities corporation included responding to requirements of future competion, the encouraging attitude of the government towards M&A of financial institutions, strengthening CDIB’s securities businesses, low cost-of-entry of securities industry at that time and generating synergy. However, in the analysis of sources of synergy, we thought that there was little cost-reducing synergy but much possibly coming from revenue-enhancing and financial synergy. Second, we thought the reasons why GCSC became a target of hostile takeover included its advantage on the businesses of securities underwriting and bonds trading, complete securities businesses, declining financial performance, huge capital base and stable financial structure, not being controlled by a certain family and convenience. Third, we thought the reasons why CDIB adopted the tender offer as a tool for taking control of GCSC included opposed attitude of GCSC’s blockholders, the failure of previous plan of open market sweep and the characteristics of ownership structure of GCSC. Finally, we examined the effect of important events on stock returns of both CDIB and GCSC and found: 1. Because of variance effect, arbitrage chance, and uncertainty problems of CDIB, tender offer announcement had a positive effect on GCSC’s stock returns but a negative one on CDIB’s stock returns. 2. Because of signaling effect, expectation of control right concentration, and increasing difficulty of taking control for CDIB, management resistance announcement had a positive effect on GCSC’s stock returns but a negative one on CDIB’s stock returns. 3. Because of arbitrage chance, expectations of management resistance, and uncertainty problems of CDIB, tender offer approval by SFC had a positive effect on GCSC’s stock returns but a negative one on CDIB’s stock returns 4. Because of disappointment to the result, tender offer failure had a negative effect on GCSC’s stock returns and a negative one on CDIB’s stock returns. 5. Because of positive expectations of acquisition, less uncertainty, and less anti-resistance cost to be spent, subsequent success of CDIB’s taking control of GCSC one year later had a positive effect on GCSC’s stock returns and a positive one on CDIB’s stock returns, too.
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Liu, Cheng-hsiung, and 劉正雄. "The Fuzzy Competitiveness Comparison Analysis of Commercialization of Military Aircraft Maintenance in Domestic Aerospace Industry－A Case Study of Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation as an Example." Thesis, 2004. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/39595061660454475234.
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碩士國立雲林科技大學
工業工程與管理研究所碩士班
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The government released 17 moulds Military Aircraft Maintenance to commission civil aerospace industry in order to execute practicably military aircraft for commercial maintenance. Due to the limited resource of maintenance management system, the difficulty to supervise the private companies and current problems of investment, skills, capital in government, the research is to offer the strategy based on Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP), fuzzy weighted and quantitative methods to solve the above issues. By application Fuzzy theory, Geometric method and Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (FAHP）to 9 mould military aircraft from 2 airlines, we can build up commercialization of military aircraft maintenance competitiveness and review perspectives to indicate fuzzy weighted and to develop 「The Fuzzy Competitiveness Comparison Model ling of Commercialization of Military Aircraft Maintenance in Domestic Aerospace Industry」in different Military Aircraft limited maintenance resources. The result shows great improvement with effective maintenance management in comparison to the current situation. In conclusion, fuzzy analytic hierarchy calculation is perfect for the case study.
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van, Rooyen Annelien. "Rol van belasting- en ander kontantaansporingsmaatreëls in finansiële beplanning deur vervaardigingsondernemings in Suid-Afrika." Diss., 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17755.
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Die bestaande belastingaansporingsmaatreels in Suid-Afrika is nagevors.
Belastingaansporingsmaatreels wat vroeer in gebruik was, is ook ondersoek.
Aandag is gegee aan die kontantaansporingsmaatreels wat vir vervaardigingsondernemings
beskikbaar is in Suid-Afrika. Programme wat deur onder
andere die Nywerheid-Ontwikkelingskorporasie van Suid-Afrika Beperk en
die Kleinsake-Ontwikkelingskorporasie aangebied word is ondersoek.
Ondersoek is ingestel na die bevindings van die Margo kommissie Verslag
wat in 1986 uitgereik is. Die verslag van die Katz-kommissie wat in 1994
uitgereik is, is ook nagevors. Aandag is gegee aan die 1994, 1995 en
1996 begrotings asook sommige van die aspekte van die Algemene Ooreenkoms
op Tariewe en Handel.
Die belastingkoerse en aansporingsmaatreelsprogramme wat deur die Verenigde
State van Amerika, Verenigde Koninkryk en Kanada beskikbaar gestel
word aan ondernemings is ondersoek.
Moontlike oplossings vir die probleme wat tans ondervind word in SuidAfrika
se aansporingsmaatreelstelsel is geformuleer.The existing tax incentives in South Africa were researched. Tax incentives that were previously in use, were also investigated. Attention was given to the cash incentives available to manufacturing enterprises in South Africa. Amongst others the programmes offered by the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited and the Small Business Development Corporation were investigated. The findings of the Margo Commission Report issued in 1986 were investigated. The Katz Report issued in 1994 was also researched. Attention was given to the 1994, 1995 and 1996 budgets as well as some of the aspects of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. The taxation rates and incentive programmes available to enterprises in the United States of America, United Kingdom and Canada were investi gated. Possible solutions for the problems currently experienced in South Africa with regard to incentives have been formulated.
School of Computing
M.Sc (Computer Science)