Academic literature on the topic 'Industries de pointe – Tunisie'

RésuméUne méthodologie a été proposée pour la prédétermination des débits à partir de la pluviométrie. Il s’agit d’associer, en entrée, les simulations Monte Carlo de hyétogrammes de pluie nette avec un modèle d’hydrogramme unitaire à base de géomorphologie pour obtenir des hydrogrammes simulés en sortie. À la fin des simulations, l’analyse statistique des sorties permet d’apprécier l’étendue de la variabilité de la réponse du bassin aux événements pluvieux et de caractériser les débits et les temps de pointe. Un total de 44 simulations ont été menées pour chacun des 15 événements observés pour un petit bassin versant situé en Tunisie centrale. L’analyse des hydrogrammes générés a montré une assez faible dispersion des débits de pointe, d’une simulation à l’autre, pour un événement donné, et a mis en évidence la dissymétrie des distributions des débits et temps de pointe. L’exploitation des résultats de l’ensemble des simulations permet de dégager des relations empiriques caractérisant le comportement du bassin selon les débits de pointe, les temps de pointe, les temps de base et les volumes écoulés.

Addressing the Social Determinants of Health is critical if we truly want to achieve health equity. The World Health Organization’s Commission on the Social Determinants of Health (2008) recognized the need to broaden the understanding of these determinants among the general public to facilitate change in communities and improve the overall health status. Using the data from the Tunisian Health Examination Survey (2016), this quantitative preliminary study explored the state of social inequity in health among the Tunisian population using a quantitative statistical analysis that shed light on the relations between the SDHs (Age – gender – SES – Geographical location – Area of residence – and Educational attainment) and the self-rated health status. This preliminary study explored the current state of health equity in Tunisia through exploring the hidden patterns of social identity formation and power relation inside society. This preliminary study also pointed out certain aspects of health inequity in Tunisia as well as the social factors and determinants contributing to the status-quo. The findings of this preliminary study could be the basis of an ambitious academic work that will explore the intersection between SDHs and their impact on health outcomes in Tunisia that will be an asset in the process of implementing health equity policies in the future.

Purpose Extending the service business in manufacturing firms has received significant attention in recent research. As it has been acknowledged by many authors, developing a service orientation can offer additional benefit potential. However, achieving profit with a competitive strategy depends on the firm’s characteristics and equally on environmental ones. In this scope, the present paper aims to identify antecedents to service orientation and the impact of this strategy on the firm’s performance. Design/methodology/approach The authors first conducted a qualitative research to identify the different forms used to serve clients. Then to test the hypotheses, the authors conducted a quantitative study on a sample of 130 Tunisian firms belonging to three key Tunisian industries. Findings The findings show that the managerial motivation, the firm’s characteristics in addition to environmental characteristics must be considered as antecedents to service orientation. The study has in fact verified the positive impact of service orientation on the firm’s performance and the fact that the business sector has a moderating effect on this relationship. Practical implications At the business level, marketing managers have to commit to finding new opportunities by valorizing market survey, establishing a management mechanism and controlling their service offer system. They have to try to internally “sell this service project” before thinking of adopting a service-oriented marketing strategy. However, industrial firms must equally take into account the services’ specificities for a better management of products/services. In fact, the intangible and the heterogeneous aspect of services increase risk perception and the degree of uncertainty among clients more than in a purchasing situation of a simple product. Consequently, marketing managers have to elaborate a specific approach, decide on a list of offered services, on their method and on quality standards to finally decide on the price. At the economic level, extending the service business has potential benefit for manufacturing firms and consequently for economy. Therefore, manufacturing firms seeking to invest in the service business must be encouraged by the government’s industrial policy. It is very important to help them overcome the obstacles to service adoption by providing financial incentives. In addition, it is very important to help them use and develop the technologies needed to improve the delivery of services. Originality/value In spite of the significant number of studies in this respect, the strategic perspective of service orientation was not as well developed as the organizational perspective and the theoretical development of this field remains underdeveloped. The authors noticed that the empirical applications of previous studies revealed divergent results that can be sometimes contradictory, particularly when they examine the impact of service orientation on performance. Besides, in recent research, “deservitization” appears as a solution adopted by managers who are unable to generate high revenues or margins to cover the additional investment in services. Consequently and considering the lack of consensus in previous studies, the authors’ principal objective is to identify the antecedents of service orientation and to test its impact on the industrial business performance. Additionally, and from an empirical point of view, the authors notice that the majority of past research on service orientation of industrial businesses was conducted in developed countries, whereas the empirical study of the present work was conducted in an emerging country in a transitional phase: Tunisia. Finally, because previous literature has assumed homogeneity on service strategies across sectors, the authors tried to show whether the business sector matters in terms of the relationship between service orientation and the manufacturing firm’s performance.

La Tunisie est toujours dépendante des importations pour satisfaire ses besoins en bois et produits dérivés à hauteur de 90 % malgré l’extension du couvert boisé de 500 000 ha environ au coursdescinq der- nières décennies. L’objectif principal de ce travail est d’apprécier la contribution des forêts à la satisfaction des besoins en bois industriel et son évolution au cours des cinq dernières décennies, et de déterminer la capacité desindustriesdu boisà valoriser le bois local. La consommation de bois industriel a augmenté de 0,19 M m3 en 1961 à 1,30 M m3 en 2012, alors que la production de bois industriel a augmenté de 0,09 M m3 seulement durant cette période. Dans un contexte de libéralisation des marchés, la valorisation du bois indus- triel et la maîtrise des importations ne peu- vent être réalisées que s’il existe une réelle coordination entre les acteurs de la filière bois (administration chargée de la gestion forestière et de la vente du bois, exploitants, industriels) permettant d’aboutir à la com- pétitivité des industries du bois. Une mise sur le marché de 50 000 m3 de bois sup- plémentaireset leur valorisation industrielle entraîneraient une recette additionnelle de 1,5 millions de dinars tunisiens (M DT) (+22 %) pour le budget de l’État, la réduction de la valeur des importations de 12 M DT (3 % des importations de bois et ouvrages en bois), et l’accroissement de la valeur ajoutée du secteur bois de 4 M DT, en plus de la création d’emploi au niveau de l’ex- ploitation et la transformation.