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Nolan, Matthew Francis. "Intra-labour strategic commitment : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Commerce and Administration in Economics /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1320.
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Feinberg-Danieli, Goldie. "Regression results of the union impact on pay levels in New Zealand public service : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Commerce and Administration /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1069.
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Loh, Melvyn Wei Ming. "Riding the biotechnology wave : a mixed-methods analysis of Malaysia's emerging biotechnology industry : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Commerce and Administration in Management /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/963.
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Hansen, Vera. "The effects of new entries on economic growth : a story on advanced and laggard sectors : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Commerce and Administration in Economics /." ResearchArchive@Victoria e-Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1158.
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Chang, Jiang. "Strategic responses to New Zealand-China free trade agreement : a case study of New Zealand natural health products industry : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Commerce and Administration in International Business /." ResearchArchive e-thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1131.
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Millard, A. D. "Are the people listening to Government's good advice : source credibility in Government attributed social marketing messages : a thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Commerce and Administration /." ResearchArchive @Victoria e-thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10063/1288.
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Lin, Neng-pai. "Master production scheduling in uncertain environments /." Connect to resource, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1262714277.
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Overstreet, Penni Kaye. "Computer literacy in master of public administration classes." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1990. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/556.
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Ourzik, A. "L' administration du commerce extérieur au Maroc." Paris 1, 1989. http://www.theses.fr/1989PA01A251.
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La multiplication et la dispersion de centres de decisions a travers l'appareil etatique et para-etatique pesent sur la capacite de l'etat a mener une action globale et coherente en matiere de commerce exterieur. La faiblesse des instances a vocation interministerielle, associee a l'absence d'une legislation claire encadrant le comportement des acteurs economiques, ont contribues au developpement de pratiques administratives informelles. Chacun des organes intervenant en matiere de commerce exterieur a developpe son propre reseau de relations, sa sa propre expertise, et formant bloc avec son environnement et sa clientele specifique, concoit et developpe sa propre vision des priorites a retenir. Les nouvelles orientations economiques : dereglementation, desengagement et privatisation donnent a s'interroger sur les capacites reelles d'un appareil etatique desarticule a faire face a de tels changements. Le redeploiement de l'action etatique en matiere de commerce exterieur appelle a une meilleure integration des composantes de l'administration afin de permettre une plus grande emprise sur l'environnement, la mise en oeuvre de normes organitionnelles coherentes et la maitrise de l'information necessaire a l'elaboration de la politique gouvernementale<br>The multiplication and the scattering of decision centers throughout the public sector apparatus weigh on the state capacity of undertaking a global and coherent action in the field of foreign trade. The weakness of the institutions that have horizontal vocation with the absence of a clear legislation framing teh behaviour of the economic actors, have contributed to the development of informal administrative practices. Each organ operating in foreign trade matters has developed its own relationships network, its own expertise, and with its specific environment has conceived and developed its own vision of priorities. The new economic orientations, deregulation and liberalization, are a challenge for the real capacities of a desarticulated state apparatus to face such changes. The new trends of the state action call for a better integration of the organs of the administration with the aim of allowing an efficient control of the environment, the application of coherent organizational norms and the mastering of the information necessary to the elaboration of the government policy
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Hage, Ramsey. "Voice-enabled interactive e-commerce." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape8/PQDD_0004/MQ46580.pdf.
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Rurick, Peter G. "Building trust in e-commerce." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9766.
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Bibliography : leaves B1-B8.<br>This study primarily investigates the processes and capabilities which are important for building and developing trust in e-Commerce. The main area of focus of this study is on the factors and enablers which can be applied by online retailers to build trust and communicate trustworthiness to online consumers. Throughout the study these factors and enablers are commonly referred to as the 'building blocks of trust in e-Commerce'. It is argued that without trust, e-Commerce cannot reach its full potential and that the building blocks of trust in e-Commerce can be applied to build and develop trust in e-Commerce. This study further investigates consumer perceptions of e-Commerce, and the deterrents to online shopping. Special emphasis was placed on important e-Commerce issues, central to building and developing trust in e-Commerce, such as privacy, security and fulfilment. As part of the recommendations, a conceptual model for building trust In e-Commerce is presented, which maps out the online trust building process with the general building blocks of trust in e-Commerce at its core.
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Serobe, Matlale Kolojane. "Career capital accumulation through the Master of Business Administration degree." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/22830.
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There have been several debates about the value of an MBA. Proponents of the MBA believe that the MBA contributes greatly to the development of general managers, while critics argue that the MBA course is disconnected from reality and does not equip graduates with the skills required to navigate managerial roles. Against this backdrop, the research aimed to establish which career capital components are accumulated through the MBA and what aspect of the MBA contribute to the accumulation of career capital.The research was conducted in two phases. The first phase of the research was qualitative and comprised ten semi-structured interviews with various stakeholders. The first phase aimed to establish the career capital components that are accumulated through the MBA and the aspects of the MBA that contribute to the accumulation of career capital. The constructs identified in phase one, together with those identified in the literature, were then used as inputs in the design of a self-administered questionnaire distributed in phase two. The questionnaire was sent to a total of 1 129 MBA graduates out of whom 205 completed the questionnaire.The career capital components that are developed through the MBA were identified, as well as the aspects of the MBA that contribute the most to accumulating career capital. The top career capital component identified was the ability to work under pressure. The aspect of the MBA that contributes the most to career capital accumulation was the case study method. Furthermore, the career capital components for which there were significant differences between males and females, as well as between those who completed their studies recently and those who completed them some time ago were also identified. The study found that there were no significant differences in perceived career capital between those who had different types of roles prior to embarking on the MBA. A model that encapsulates the key findings was also developed.<br>Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2012.<br>Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)<br>unrestricted
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Blaise, Robert. "Mobile commerce competitive advantage| A quantitative study of variables that predict m-commerce purchase intentions." Thesis, Capella University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10148414.
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<p> Electronic and web technologies include a significant economic and social force in contemporary life and business. Commercial activities conducted over computers and mobile networks empower business processes and add value to consumers by introducing unique channels for buying and exchanging information. Whereas past research expanded knowledge about attitudes and perceptions toward e-commerce that drive consumer purchase intentions and provide a competitive advantage, the fundamental behavioral dynamics associated with m-commerce requires further investigation. Based on the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT), this quantitative, survey-based study investigates adult American users of m-commerce to measure their perceptions of performance and effort expectancies, social influence, the facilitating conditions of m-commerce trust and perceived risk. This study surveyed 177 participants to measure their perceptions of performance and effort expectancies, social influence, the facilitating conditions of m-commerce trust and perceived risk, and their m-commerce purchase intentions. The results of this study indicated that performance and effort expectancies, social influence, and the facilitating conditions of trust and perceived risk in the use of m-commerce together predicted m-commerce purchase intentions at a statistically significant level regarding competitive advantage.</p>
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Cret, Benoît. "L'émergence des accréditations : origine et efficacité d'un label." Paris, Institut d'études politiques, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007IEPP0028.
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Les étudiants ne peuvent « essayer » les diplômes ou les établissements pour choisir le meilleur d’entre eux. Le choix ne peut reposer sur la multiplication des expériences, sur leur répétition et leur comparaison. Les agences d’accréditation seraient là pour "aider" les consommateurs en les dotant d’équipements distinctifs, les labels, qui auraient pour fonction de lever l’incertitude sur la qualité des services échangés. Notre recherche questionne la "fonction de certification" des agences d’accréditation en les considérant non pas comme de simples courroies de transmission, mais comme des organisations dynamiques qui définissent et modifient en partie ce qu’est la "bonne mesure" de la qualité des diplômes et des établissements. Comment les agences d’accréditation AACSB, AMBA et EQUIS ont-elles pu devenir robustes aussi rapidement dans l’espace circonscrit des business schools ? Par "robuste", nous désignons la qualité du processus par lequel ces trois organisations ont réussi en huit ans (1997-2005) à stabiliser un quasi-monopole de l’accréditation. Pour ce faire, nous distinguons la question de la genèse des agences, des questions de leur persistance et de leur efficacité. Nous explorons la naissance des trois agences, puis nous étudions la mise en œuvre des trois processus d’accréditation associés à l’intérieur de six Business Schools, trois françaises, trois anglaises. Cela nous amènera à questionner la notion de confiance. Nous considérons enfin les "labels" comme des catégories de pensées collectives, ce qui implique de questionner la notion de croyance pour résoudre le problème de la genèse et de l’efficacité des agences d’accréditation<br>Students cannot “try” or “experiment” degree curricula in order to choose the best of them. Henceforth their choice cannot rest on experience, repetition and comparison. The accreditation agencies aim at helping them equipping them with distinctive “labels”, thus helping them make their choice. The “labels” would then help reduce the uncertainty on the quality of the services that are exchanged within the market. The subject of the PhD deals with the creation and the increasing role played by the three main accreditation agencies within Europe : AACSB (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), EQUIS (the European Quality Improvement System) and AMBA (the Association for MBAs). The main problem may be formulated as follows : how could these agencies gain legitimacy so swiftly ? The research distinguishes two main questions : -The one that deals with the genesis of the accreditation agencies, - And the one that deals with their persistence and their efficiency. First we highlight and compare the so-called diversity of the expansion of the three agencies. Then we focus on the the impact of the three accreditation processes within three French “Grandes Écoles” and three English Business Schools. This will lead us to explore the notion of trust (within the accreditation agencies, the accreditation process and the accreditation themselves). Finally, the “labels” will be considered as a collective form of classification that will enable us to deal with the problems of genesis and efficiency
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Copeland, Phillip E. "An investigation about the small business adoption of mobile commerce." Thesis, Capella University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10182887.
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<p> Mobile technology has been one of the most pervasive information technology trends in the past 20 years. From 2012 to 2017, experts project that global mobile data traffic will reach an estimated 11 exabytes per month. Mobile shopping, also known as mobile commerce (m-commerce), has been on the rise as another avenue for consumers to use. Certain organizations, especially small businesses, have been slower to embrace mobile commerce than individual consumers. The general business problem is that many small businesses have not adopted mobile strategies that will meet consumer expectations for mobile commerce. The specific business problem is that no specific data explains the extent to which performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and social influence may influence small businesses’ intention to adopt mobile commerce. The purpose of this correlational study, based on quantitative, non-experimental research, was to examine the factors of performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and social influence that may affect the small businesses’ intention to adopt mobile commerce. The research focused on small businesses in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. This study is motivated by six research questions: (1) To what extent is there a relationship between performance expectancy and the intent to adopt mobile commerce? (2) To what extent is there a relationship between effort expectancy and the intent to adopt mobile commerce? (3) To what extent is there a relationship between social influence and the intent to adopt mobile commerce? (4) To what extent does performance expectancy influence the small business decision maker’s intent to adopt mobile commerce? (5) To what extent does effort expectancy influence the intent to adopt mobile commerce? (6) To what extent does social influence influence the intent to adopt mobile commerce? This study used the Unified Theory of the Adoption and Use of Technology (UTAUT) as a framework to investigate these questions. A random sampling technique was used to collect online survey responses from small businesses (n = 124). Pearson Correlation found significant positive relationships between performance expectancy, effort expectancy, and social influence and the intention to adopt mobile commerce into small business operations. Multiple Linear Regression found only performance expectancy and social influence to have a significant effect on the intention to adopt mobile commerce. Additional investigation discovered that the small businesses’ customer type was a moderating factor that changed the outcome of results. This supplemental analysis revealed effort expectancy to have a significant effect on the intention to adopt mobile commerce.</p>
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Hill, James Alton. "Single stage bi-criteria master production scheduling with sequence dependent changeovers in process industries /." The Ohio State University, 1999. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488188894439389.
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Yu, Xing 1974. "Comparing electronic commerce solutions for small businesses." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=31562.
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E-commerce is a new way of doing business. It is becoming increasingly important to everybody. The objective of this thesis is to compare various design approaches and to find out the best solution for small businesses. Some commonly used technologies in developing e-commerce systems are introduced in the first three chapters. The topics covered are from Web standards and protocols to Web planning and design, from Web servers to server side programming, and most importantly, Java technology and IBM's WebSphere. Based on these technologies, two solutions are presented: building from scratch with Java servlets and building with IBM's WebSphere. We develop an online store with each of the solutions. The last part of the thesis is a comprehensive comparison. Time, complexity, performance and cost are evaluated in this comparison. A simple conclusion is drawn afterwards with our suggestions to small businesses regarding which solution they should choose.
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Chen, Jihui. "Three essays on the economics of e-commerce." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3185393.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, 2005.<br>Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 66-08, Section: A, page: 3030. Chair: Michael R. Baye. Title from dissertation home page (viewed Oct. 5, 2006).
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Burroughs, Richard E. "The adoption of retail electronic commerce: an empirical investigation." FIU Digital Commons, 1999. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1867.
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The purpose of this study was to empirically investigate the adoption of retail electronic commerce (REC). REC is a business transaction which takes place over the Internet between a casual consumer and a firm. The consumer has no long-term relationship with the firm, orders a good or service, and pays with a credit card. To date, most REC applications have not been profitable. To build profitable REC applications a better understanding of the system's users is required.
The research model hypothesizes that the level of REC buying is dependent upon the Buying Characteristics of Internet Use and Search Experience plus the Channel Characteristics of Beliefs About Internet Vendors and Beliefs About Internet Security. The effect of these factors is modified by Time. Additional research questions ask about the different types of REC buyers, the differences between these groups, and how these groups evolved over time.
To answer these research questions I analyzed publically available data collected over a three-year period by the Georgia Institute of Technology Graphics and Visualization Unit over the Internet. Findings indicate the model best predicts Number of Purchases in a future period, and that Buyer Characteristics are most important to this determination. Further, this model is evolving over Time making Buyer Characteristics predict Number of Purchases better in more recent survey administrations. Buyers clustered into five groups based on level of buying and move through various levels and buy increasing Number of Purchases over time.
This is the first large scale research project to investigate the evolution of REC. This implications are significant. Practitioners with casual consumer customers need to deploy a finely tuned REC strategy, understand their buyers, capitalize on the company reputation on the Internet, install an Internet-compatible infrastructure, and web-enable order-entry/inventory/fulfillment/ shipping applications. Researchers might wish to expand on the Buyer Characteristics of the model and/or explore alternative dependent variables. Further, alternative theories such as Population Ecology or Transaction Cost Economics might further illuminate this new I.S. research domain.
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Raeis, Zadeh Saba. "A marketing strategy for Simon Fraser University's general Master of Business Administration program /." Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2006. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/3440.
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Research Project (M.B.A.) - Simon Fraser University, 2006.<br>Theses (Faculty of Business Administration) / Simon Fraser University. Senior supervisor : Dr. Jennifer C. Chang. MBA-MKTG Specialist Program.
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Workman, Joanne. "Paying for pedigree : British business schools and the Master of Business Administration degree." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.419815.
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Ghose, Tapu Kumar. "Dynamic Pricing in Electronic Commerce using Neural Network." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/28617.
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There exist intelligent agents to aid online sellers to dynamically calculate a competitive price for their products in online markets. However, these intelligent agents usually make a number of assumptions for dynamic pricing. Some intelligent agents assume that sellers consist of prior knowledge about the online market parameters. In other words, the agents assume that the sellers are well aware of other competitors' pricing strategies, consumers purchase preferences, consumers' reservation price, profit made by other competing sellers etc. In addition, other agents assume that price is the only attribute that determines consumers' purchase decision. On the contrary, in real life sellers have limited or no prior knowledge about the market parameters. In addition, nowadays along with price other attributes such as after sale service, product quality etc. contribute in determining consumers' purchase decision. In this thesis, we propose an approach where sellers have limited knowledge on market parameters. We also assume that buyers' purchase decisions are based on multiple attributes. We are using a feed-forward neural network approach for calculating a competitive price dynamically to increase the sellers' revenue. Product price, product quality, delivery time, after sales service and seller's reputation are taken into consideration while determining the competitive price of the product by our model. In our experimental evaluation we showed that once the sellers, by considering the five attributes, set an initial price of the product, our model adjusts the price of the product automatically with the help of neural network in order to raise the revenue. In setting the initial price of a product, we assume that sellers use their prior knowledge about the prices of the product offered by other competing sellers. Any other prior knowledge like buyer demand or competitor's price setting behaviors is not used in our evaluation. The experimental results portray the effect of considering the five attributes in earning revenue by the sellers. Before concluding with directions for future works, we discuss the value of our approach in contrast with related work.
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Tirado, Guzman Hector. "Growth of small and medium businesses through e-commerce implementation in Puerto Rico." Thesis, University of Phoenix, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3583328.
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<p> The current qualitative phenomenological study was conducted to explore small and medium enterprise (SME) business leaders’ lived experiences with e-commerce practices. The central research question for the current study was as follows: What is the lived experience of SME leaders who have used e-commerce practices within their business with regard to the effect and critical success factors (CSFs) of e-commerce in the SMEs’ success? The findings of this study offer insights into how the adoption of e-commerce practices might help SMEs in Puerto Rico to achieve competitive advantage and contribute to their success or survival. The study served to define the knowledge and skills required for leaders to manage e-commerce operations. Research findings indicated that e-commerce helps to generate revenue and profitability for a business. A key negative aspect of e-commerce that leaders must consider is distrust in terms of security risks and identity fraud, among others. The study findings indicate that SME leaders in Puerto Rico are using e-commerce practices such as media advertising and promotion based on electronic marketing media, and cutting-edge technology through more interactive websites, among others. Other key factors for e-commerce success were the knowledge and skills that the SME leaders possessed, which included knowledge of technology like Web programming, and know how to create and use different tools based on computer systems, among others. The findings of the current study can serve as a roadmap to those considering adopting e-commerce, and lead future research related to the use e-commerce practices in SMEs.</p>
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Scherler, Hendrik, and Nils Axe. "What drives Purchase Intent in E-commerce? Brand Equity or Product Reviews." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för ekonomi, samhälle och teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-48204.
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Afonso, Carla Winter. "Master in Bussiness Administration (MBA) versus Mestrado Profissionalizante em Administração (MPA): diferenças e similaridades." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/3341.
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Previous issue date: 2005<br>This study had for objective to identify the similarities and differences between Executives Programs (Mestrado Modalidade Profissional) and Master in Business Administration (MBAs), specializations lato sensu. In order to achieve these objectives bibliographical and field researches were developed. The bibliographical research allowed to identify the uprising contradiction between Executive Education and Academic Education. The field research allowed to verify the differences and concrete similarities perceived by pupils and coordinators. In the field, interviews in depth and applied half-structuralized questionnaires had been carried through. The interviews had been taken the effect with the coordinators of the MBA courses and Mestrado Profissional/Executivo of five institutions. The half-structuralized questionnaires had been applied in two institutions, in the pupils of the groups of Mestrado Profissional/Executivo and MBA. The results of the interviews and of the questionnaires had been enclosed in one of the six categories previously defined in the study. The research corroborated the initial assumption, that detaches the differences between the cited courses.<br>Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo identificar as similaridades e diferenças entre os cursos de Mestrado Profissional e MBA, especializações lato sensu. Para possibilitar a identificação e análise foram utilizadas como meio, pesquisa de campo e bibliográfica. O levantamento bibliográfico permitiu identificar o surgimento da contradição entre Educação Executiva, de cunho prático/ profissional e Educação Acadêmica. A pesquisa de campo permitiu verificar as diferenças e similaridades concretas percebidas por alunos e coordenadores. No campo foram realizadas entrevistas em profundidade e aplicado questionários semi-estruturados. As entrevistas foram levadas a efeito com os coordenadores dos cursos de MBA e Mestrado Profissional/Executivo de cinco instituições. Os questionários semi-estruturados foram aplicados em duas instituições, nos alunos das turmas do Mestrado Profissional/Executivo e MBA. Os resultados das entrevistas e os dos questionários foram incluídos em uma das seis categorias previamente definidas no estudo. A pesquisa corroborou a suposição inicial, que destaca as diferenças entre os cursos citados.
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Shah, Haider. "Accountability for performance : the case of a tax administration." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2006. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/4077/.
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Improving public sector managers' accountability with performance measurement is one of the dominant themes of the New Public Management (NPM) literature. With a case study of HM Customs & Excise (HMCE), this PhD research analyses NPM-inspired accounting changes using evidence from interviews with HMCE personnel, official publications and parliamentary reports. There are four important research findings. First, unlike other service delivery organisations, two sets of competing accountability relationships exist in a tax administration, which are operationalised by two performance measurement regimes. This necessitates adaptation of leading private sector performance measurement models to accommodate the duality. Second, HMCE used accounting as a change vehicle in an attempt to shift emphasis from a traditional, compliance-driven accountability relationship to a customer-focus driven one. Third, the compliance-driven relationship remained the dominant relationship in practice despite implementation of the first round of customer-focused accounting changes. Fourth, a second round of accounting changes, i.e. a tax gap reduction approach, attempts to harmonise the two competing performance measurements. This arguably represents a notion of shared accountability of taxpayers and tax administration for 'tax gap' reduction. From an institutional theory perspective, however, adoption of the tax gap approach represents an exercise to (re)gain legitimacy in the eyes of Government. The PhD evidence, therefore, suggests that success of accounting changes is context specific. Moreover, based on a notion of reciprocity of accountabilities in the public sector, the PhD research also develops a theoretical framework. This is a significant contribution as existence of multiple accountabilities is recognised in the literature but using accounting changes to shift emphasis from one accountability form to another is not well addressed. In addition to these theoretical contributions, this PhD research is a first field study of PMS of a tax administration, and therefore, also improves our understanding of managerial issues of a neglected, but important, research site.
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McHenry, Kristen L., and Bethany H. Flora. "Key Elements of a State Master Plan in Higher Education." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/2999.
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A master plan in higher education is developed to address the academic and workforce needs of a particular state. The master plan helps serve as the roadmap for implementation of proposed strategies to reach state goals in education and degree attainment. In Tennessee, Drive to 55 is a state-wide effort to increase the number of Tennesseans with a higher education credential to 55% by the year 2025. In an attempt to gain a deeper understanding of the key elements within state master plans, an independent review of ten state plans was conducted. The states involved in the analysis were Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, New York, Colorado, Arkansas, Nevada, Louisiana, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. The informal review revealed four key elements of state master plans in higher education: accessibility, affordability, accountability, and success. A consensus to reach underserved, underrepresented, or nontraditional students could be found among all ten states. Increasing accessibility to higher education can help abridge achievement gaps and eliminate disparities. Through responsible planning, management of resources, and assistance of those with demonstrated financial need, a quality higher education degree or credential that is affordable could be obtained. Accountability is measured in various ways by the ten states; however, clear expectations for performance are needed to ensure student success and positive institutional outcomes are experienced. A key element of success was noted to be college readiness and characteristics of students including determination and grit. Nine out of the ten states reviewed had some form of performance-based funding measures in place; providing incentives for institutions to help students successfully complete degree programs
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Seth, Gautam. "Ground realities of virtual business a look at India and the United States of America /." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2002. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2696.
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Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2002.<br>Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vi, 35 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-35).
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Kuttainen, Christer. "The role of trust in B2B electronic commerce : evidence from two e-marketplaces." Doctoral thesis, Luleå, 2005. http://epubl.luth.se/1402-1544/2005/25.
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Burton, Diane D. "Aggressive Oversight: The Subcommittee of Oversight and Investigations of the House Energy and Commerce Committee." W&M ScholarWorks, 1992. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539625755.
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Van, der Zwaag Frank. "EBusiness systems innovation and change in the passenger airline industry submitted in partial fulfilment of the degree of Master of Business in Information Technology, Auckland University of Technology, December 2004 /." Full thesis, 2004.
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Jia, Jia. "Electronic commerce and internationalisation in New Zealand SMEs a thesis submitted to Auckland Univeristy of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business, 2008 /." Click here to access this resource online, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/464.
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Lamartine, Andres Felipe. "Exploring the factors influencing users’ intention to switch MIM application: A push, pull, mooring framework perspective : Master thesis." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-106035.
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The increased penetration of smartphones and cheap and easy access to the internethave made mobile instant messaging (MIM) services really popular, rapidly evolving,and mass-adopted. Today the mobile instant messaging (MIM) market is dominated bythe social media giant Facebook which with its two major MIM services FacebookMessenger and WhatsApp, owns about 80 percent of the whole market. However asmore and more people become more aware of their online privacy, people seem to beleaving platforms such as WhatsApp for other platforms. But why is this happening andwhat could be the reasons for this switching behavior? This paper aims to extend theunderstanding of consumer service switching behavior by using the Push, pull, mooring(PPM) framework in the context of MIM. The PPM framework has been acknowledgedto help explain and predict switching behaviors in various offline contexts and onlinecontexts. The framework consists of pull factors which are factors that attract users toan alternative service, push factors that drive users away from an incumbent service,and mooring factors that keep the users using a service even though there are betteralternatives. This study used alternative attractiveness and social influence as pullfactors, dissatisfaction, low trust, and information privacy concerns as push factors andinertia as a mooring factor. Inertia in turn has four components; affective commitment,switching costs, habit, and unfavorable subjective norm. All of the pull and push factorswere hypothesized in this study to have a positive impact on the user's intention toswitch MIM providers. This study used a non-probability sample in order to distributean online survey to collect the necessary data in order to test the hypotheses formulatedin this study. The results seem to indicate that the pull factors, alternative attractiveness,and social influence as well as the push factors dissatisfaction and information privacyhave a significant effect on a MIM user’s switching intention while the inertiacomponents affective commitment, habit, and unfavorable subjective norm aresignificant to inertia. However, the inertia component switching cost fails to accomplishthe same result. On the other hand, the push factor low trust failed to give a significantresult. At the same time inertia, which acts as a mooring factor, seems to negativelyaffect MIM users switching intention.
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Lal, Das Jinto, and Victor Dogbeda Fianu. "Last Mile Delivery Dilemma in E-Commerce." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-75293.
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E-commerce has been growing in Sweden over the years. It has not only contributed to economy, but also has shaped people’s way of living, especially with the service of home delivery. Consumers enjoy the various choices of products with reasonable prices and the convenience of receiving parcels with a single click on the mouse or by using their phones. Meanwhile, the problem of not-at-home and repeated delivery have caused trouble for both consumers and logistic service providers leading to an increase in delivery cost. Therefore, it takes a lot of cooperation and innovations to come up with solution which will both convenient to customer and 3PL providers, which we call ‘last mile delivery’.This thesis was written with purpose of evaluating the solutions used to address the not at home problem of last mile in e-Commerce. Moreover, the thesis seeks find out which of these solutions are preferred by customers and the impact of these solution on customers. The thesis focuses on the Swedish customers because they have more experience buying online.In this thesis we first established a literature review of E-commerce, E- Shoppers preference of last mile delivery, last mile delivery concept, last mile logistics solution (not at home) which we came up with a theoretical framework by examining the impact of last mile delivery. In order to answer the research questions a focus group discussion and nine interviews were carried out focusing mainly on professional and non professional customers in Sweden. The study identified that apart from home delivery, the customers in Sweden mainly use Collection Points in online shopping. Some other delivery methods such as automated locker banks and controlled home access exist but still in early stage. After analyzing the literature review, current solutions and empirical findings, the study concluded with three potential solutions to solve not at home problem. These solutions are - Secured room at residential building to drop parcel, Automated Locker Bank and Collection Points more closer to residential area.
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Scism, Darby Claire. "An analysis of job placement variables of foreign national Master of Business Administration (MBA) students." Diss., Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2565.
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Foreign national (international) students studying business at universities in the United States gain a valuable education, but they have a very difficult time finding work in the U.S because of a variety of cultural, communication, and employment visa issues. Campus career centers need to address the unique needs and concerns of their international student population in order to most effectively assist this select group in their job search. The purpose of this study was to examine the job placement variables of international students graduating from MBA programs across the United States in the 2001 class. A thorough review of the literature summarized the adjustment challenges facing international students, career services, and the job search challenges for international MBA students in particular. Data from 2570 international MBA students were examined to see whether there were differences in post-graduation jobs based on the students?? country of origin, years of work experience prior to the MBA program, and undergraduate major. The dependent variables examined were the base salary of the post-MBA job, the amount of signing bonus, the functional area of the student??s employment, the industry of the employer, and the geographic location of the new job. This study found that students from the North American region earned slightly higher salaries than students from Asia, and that European, North American and South American students received slightly higher signing bonuses than Asian students. The international students entered into similar functions and industries regardless of their country of origin. The majority of students, regardless of country of origin, stayed in the U.S. for employment. There was a direct correlation found between the number of years of prior work experience and the base salary of the student. Students with an undergraduate major in technology earned slightly higher salaries and signing bonuses. The results of this study will assist MBA career services professionals in how they counsel their international students in the job search and salary negotiations. The results may also assist MBA admissions professionals in deciding who to admit to their programs, as placement results are important measures of an MBA program??s success.
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Rha, Jong-Youn. "Consumers in the internet era : essays on the impact of electronic commerce from a consumer perspective /." The Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1486459267520492.
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Williams, Jon. "Exploring Crisis Management in U.S. Small Businesses." Thesis, Northcentral University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10109613.
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<p> As a critical infrastructure, the US electricity grid supplies electricity to 340 million people within eight separate regions. The power infrastructure is vulnerable to many types of disasters capable of severing supplies of electricity. The impact on the employees and communities when small- and medium-size enterprises are shut down due to disasters can be severe. The purpose of the quantitative comparative study was to explore small- and medium-size enterprises crisis management strategies in the case of power infrastructure vulnerabilities. Perceptions of small business leaders were probed about crisis management planning relevant to three secondary factors: prior experience of crises, threat perceptions, and planning self-efficacy. Participants completed an adapted questionnaire instrument based on a five-point Likert scale for six sub-factors including resilience through planning, financial impact, operational crisis management, the perfect storm, the aftermath of survival, and atrophy. The instrument also measured three additional factors to include, prior experience of crises, threat perceptions, and planning self-efficacy, across seven types of crises. The results of this study indicated that of the 276 respondents, 104 had no crisis plans, but 172 did have crisis plans. Of those who had implemented crisis plans, 19% had specific provisions to address power outages or attacks on the electrical grid. Of the respondents who had not planned for power outages nor experienced significant losses of power, a statistically significant number acknowledged an external threat to their business. The majority of respondents indicated that long-term planning was related to resilience; however, the migration of crisis understanding into the planning process or implementation was not implemented. This heightened awareness of potential crises without the corresponding development and implementation of mitigation crisis plans requires additional research to understand drivers effecting the decision making process with crisis managers.</p>
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Toler, Richard L. Jr. "Structural Equation Modeling of Advertising Involvement, Consumer Attitude, and Engagement for Video Advertising in a Social Networking Site." Thesis, Northcentral University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10598949.
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<p> A majority of marketers plan to increase their investment in online marketing messaging to reach an expanding population of potential consumers using online social networking platforms. The problem addressed in this study was a marketer’s inability to determine the most effective video advertising in a social networking site to increase consumer attitude and engagement. A non experimental quantitative survey study was used to gather data to test a unique hypothesized structural equation model based on the theory of advertising involvement and the affect transfer theory. The purpose was to examine the relationships among the factors of consumer attitude, defined as attitude toward the advertising and attitude toward the brand, the second order construct of advertising involvement, and the consumer engagement behaviors of sharing intention and purchase intention. Participants were recruited from the student body of a community college located in a major metropolitan city in the southwest United States. Data analysis consisted of summary descriptive statistics, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and structural equation modeling (SEM). The objective of the research was to contribute to the theoretical body of knowledge by demonstrating the generalizability of the theory of advertising involvement to video advertising. The measurement model was a good fit to the data, CFI = 1.00, RMSEA = 0.000. Findings indicated that the theory of advertising involvement, first validated in the context of static advertising, is useful in understanding the relationship of the factors in the context of video advertising. </p><p> Attitude toward the advertising played a significant mediating role between advertising involvement and the two factors, attitude toward the brand and sharing intention. Attitude toward the brand played a significant mediating role between advertising involvement and the two factors of sharing intention and purchase intention. Attitude toward the advertising had no significant influence on purchase intention. The structural model can serve as a useful tool in evaluating video advertising in a social networking site. Future research with the model should be conducted with different types of products, different types of videos, and different consumer populations.</p><p>
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De, Fournas Patrice. "Quelle identité pour les grandes écoles de commerce françaises ?" Phd thesis, Ecole Polytechnique X, 2007. http://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/pastel-00002949.
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Lorsqu‘on aborde le sujet des Grandes Ecoles de Commerce Françaises (GECF), le ton alarmiste arrive vite : « villages gaulois » incompris à l‘étranger, elles seraient, faute de moyens, vouées à disparaître sous la pression d‘une concurrence acharnée des business schools anglo- saxonnes qui imposent le standard mondial du MBA. Comment, pourtant, ne pas s‘émerveiller de la formidable réussite que constituent les Parisiennes ? Cette thèse a pour objectif de puiser dans l‘histoire des GECF pour distinguer et étudier les éléments constitutifs de leur identité et répondre à la question suivante : comment des institutions qui ont construit leur identité sur un modèle national, celui des Grandes Ecoles Françaises (GEF), peuvent-elles faire face à la compétition devenue mondiale, sans perdre leur identité ? A l‘origine des « Parisiennes », on semble trouver les ingrédients d‘un feuilleton télévisé à succès : influence, pouvoir, argent et reconnaissance sociale sont les moteurs apparents d‘une bourgeoisie marchande devenue banquière qui se caractérise par son pragmatisme, ses liens étroits avec l‘institution consulaire et son désir de former sa progéniture à la bonne marche de la « Maison ». Ce groupe social veut aussi susciter quelques vocations pour des emplois confortables mais peu prestigieux aux yeux de la haute bourgeoisie. Cependant, pour échapper au statut d‘écoles de « fistici », les GECF se tournent peu à peu vers les écoles d‘ingénieurs dont elles s‘approprient certains attributs. Aussi, bien que prenant à l‘origine le contre pied de l‘Ecole Polytechnique (EP) et de ses écoles d‘application, dont la formation était jugée trop abstraite et inadéquate aux besoins de l‘économie, les GECF se tournent vers l‘Etat pour obtenir une reconnaissance institutionnelle, en imitant l‘EP et ses Corps d‘Etat. Les GECF ne parviennent à acquérir leur statut de Grande Ecole qu‘à partir des années soixante, lorsqu‘elles adoptent des modalités de concours qui mettent l‘accent sur les capacités analytiques des candidats à l‘image des écoles d‘ingénieurs, et se dotent d‘un corps professoral permanent, moteur de leur évolution. En 1995, le passage des « épices » à deux ans, sur le modèle de la « taupe » est une consécration pour les GECF. L‘étude de l‘histoire des GECF, du début du XIXe siècle au milieu des années 1990, révèle finalement que leur identité s‘est construite à partir d‘une tension entre deux sources nationales de légitimité et d‘inspiration : l‘économie française (Lien avec la pratique des affaires, matérialisé par la tutelle des Chambres de commerce) et l‘Etat français (Caution de reconnaissance académique et institutionnelle dont les Corps d‘Etat sont la manifestation la plus prestigieuse). Or, à partir du milieu des années 1990, le champ concurrentiel des écoles de commerce s‘est internationalisé : les sources de légitimité nationales ne suffisent plus à assurer le rayonnement des Parisiennes. Dans un contexte d‘internationalisation du paysage éducatif, les GECF, si elles veulent conserver leur compétitivité ou simplement survivre, doivent s‘affranchir d‘une gouvernance consulaire paralysante devenue obsolète. Disposant d‘une liberté de mouvement nécessaire à leur réactivité, elles pourront ainsi mieux s‘adapter aux effets de la mondialisation de l‘enseignement supérieur. En revanche, elles doivent conserver le caractère mythique des Grandes Ecoles à la française et les « rites » qui lui sont associés, en particulier celui de la sélection par les classes préparatoires. Une étude comparée des mythes fondateurs sous-jacents aux business schools et aux GECF révèle la profondeur de leur ancrage national respectif et le caractère irréconciliable de leur identité. En s‘inspirant exclusivement d‘une « mythologie » anglo-saxonne qui leur est étrangère, les GECF risqueraient de voir se déraciner leurs « tribus » de diplômés. Recherche, Pédagogie, recrutement des enseignants, développement de nouvelles ressources financières : la mondialisation s‘immisce dans le cœur de l‘activité des GECF qui hésitent entre posture du colonisé et développement audacieux. Les palais princiers résisteront-ils aux assauts de l‘Empire ?
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Lefébure, Alessia. "Transformer la culture administrative par les marges : l’introduction en Chine du Master in Public Administration (MPA)." Thesis, Paris, Institut d'études politiques, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016IEPP0011/document.
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Au sortir de l'époque maoïste, le Parti communiste chinois a cherché à s’appuyer sur une bureaucratie plus compétente pour réussir le développement économique dans un contexte de stabilité politique. Les réformes ont concerné le recrutement, la gestion et l'organisation d’encadrement des fonctionnaires, mais aussi leur formation, dans l’objectif de renforcer leurs compétences. L'introduction en 1999 du Master in Public Administration (MPA) en milieu universitaire valorise la scientificité du savoir administratif, sans abandonner les dispositifs et les critères de sélection préexistants. À la lumière d’une mise en perspective historique, de l’analyse de la circulation transnationale de modèle éducatif et de l’étude de la modernisation de la bureaucratie, le MPA se révèle être l’instrument d’une double transformation, celle de l’enseignement supérieur et celle de l’administration chinoise contemporaine. Le MPA accompagne et rend possible la modernisation du pays, en permettant à l’enseignement supérieur d’introduire de nouvelles pratiques, à l'État-Parti de réformer l’administration sans rupture et aux agents du secteur public d’acquérir des ressources valorisables, quel que soit le scénario de transformation<br>Changing nothing to change everything: innovation and continuity in the reforms of Chinese administrative training — At the end of the Maoist era, the Communist Party of China (CPC) attempted to create a more highly‑skilled bureaucracy to achieve economic development in a stable political context. Reforms concerned not just recruitment, management and civil service organization, but also the training of officials in order to improve their skills. The introduction of the Master of Public Administration (MPA) in 1999 enhanced the scientific character of administrative knowledge while pre‑existing selective mechanisms were retained. The MPA supports the country’s modernization by enabling the State‑Party to undertake continuous reform of public administration. It allows as well the emergence of a new ethos and a community of vision among the new generation of civil servants, whose competences are adjustable to several possible political scenarios
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SANTOS, LEONARDO PEREIRA RODRIGUES DOS. "DEVELOPMENT OF SERVICES IN EDUCATION: AN APPLICATION OF CONJOINT ANALYSIS TO MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2003. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=4111@1.
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O propósito deste trabalho é analisar as características
relevantes dos cursos de mestrado em administração e em que
grau elas são avaliadas por seus alunos e ex-alunos, com o
objetivo de fornecer subsídios para as instituições
acadêmicas desenvolverem ou aprimorarem tais cursos.
Nesta pesquisa, aplicou-se a teoria de análise conjunta, a
fim de se apontar o conjunto de características
consideradas relevantes pelos estudantes de cursos de
mestrado em administração de empresas. O desenvolvimento da
dissertação foi composto de duas etapas: escolha dos
atributos e níveis a serem avaliados pelos respondentes e
análise dessa avaliação. Para escolher o conjunto de
atributos e níveis a serem julgados, foram analisadas
as informações existentes na literatura e conduzido um
grupo de foco. Em seguida, foi escolhido o conjunto de
estímulos a ser submetido aos estudantes de mestrado,
desenvolvido com base no projeto ortogonal calculado
pelo software estatístico SPSS. Realizou-se, então, a
coleta de dados por meio de questionários, os quais
foram entregues pessoalmente aos entrevistados ou enviados,
em alguns casos, via correio eletrônico.
Na última etapa, analisaram-se, com o auxílio do software
SPSS, as importâncias relativas dos atributos e utilidades
dos níveis propostos na pesquisa de campo, o que propiciou
que o objetivo geral de se identificarem as características
relevantes para conceito de um curso de mestrado fosse
alcançado.<br>The purpose of this work is to identify the main features
of the Master in Business Administration programs and how
these programs are evaluated by students and former
students, aiming at helping academic institutions develop or
improve their Master degree courses in the area. In this
research, the conjoint analysis method was used to
determine the set of features considered relevant by Master
in Business Administration students. The thesis was
developed in two stages: choosing the attributes and levels
to be evaluated by respondents and analyzing such
evaluation. The attributes and levels to be assessed were
chosen only after the existing information was analyzed
and a focus group was conducted. The set of stimulis to be
given to the Master in Business Administration students was
then chosen based on the orthogonal project calculated by
the statistical software SPSS. The next stage involved data
collection using questionnaires, which were personally
delivered to the respondents or, in some cases, sent by e-
mail. Finally, the statistical software SPSS was used to
analyze the relative importance of the attributes and the
partial utilities of the levels proposed in the field
research, achieving the general goal of identifying the
relevant features for the concept of a Master´s degree
course.
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Ramanteba, Mooketsi. "The value of tacit knowledge sharing in the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA) training." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/18148.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2008.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study concerns itself with two issues, (i) quality concerns about the MBA
and (ii) increasing importance of knowledge management, especially tacit
knowledge in the business world.
The MBA course of study was established as a measure to prepare individuals
aspiring to be managers for leadership positions and was originally targeted at
the cream of employees. There are several expectations placed on employees
when they are sent by their employers to do an MBA. Among these expectations
are that employees are expected to tap into the experience of fellow students
while on the program, improve their leadership and management skills, get
exposure to knowledge on other fields and to acquire practical business solutions.
It is said, though, that the MBA study programme is currently not meeting the
desired expectations of the business world, which has, hence, led to the
devaluation of this programme as a premier business education course.
Conversely, knowledge management has gained significant importance in the
recent past, owing to the subsequent empowerment of individuals and
organisations to then create a competitive advantage over their rivals. In
particular, it has been found that the increasing of tacit knowledge is most crucial
for success in this regard. Tacit knowledge resides in the minds of individuals
and is acquired after many years through both professional and general life
experiences. This valuable knowledge, which is hard to capture, is lost whenever
experienced employees leave an organisation, for anyone of various reasons,
which may include retirement, change of jobs and/or restructuring . Organisations
are, therefore, faced with the challenge of capturing tacit knowledge and then
creating an environment where this is freely shared with others within that
organisation, to reap the reward and beat any rivals.
The objective of this study is to shed more light on tacit knowledge sharing within
the MBA study programme and reveal how this action will address concerns
relating to the quality of MBA training. In this regard, in this research study an
attempt will be made to discover ways of harnessing the tacit knowledge found
among the students, to then better the quality of the MBA and increase the value
of this study programme.
The results of this study did indicate that tacit knowledge is shared among the
students in the MBA programme and that it is valuable to the students; that
industry related knowledge and professional experience, closely followed by
general life experiences, are the most valuable kinds of knowledge gained from
fellow students. The sharing of such knowledge usually occurs during
group/syndicate activities, with one's fellow students providing the greatest
source of the knowledge that one gains. Tacit knowledge is shared equally
across the different subject groupings in the MBA study programme, despite prior
MBA tacit knowledge being most useful in LeadershiplHR and Strategy courses
than in any other. The MBA environment is generally supportive of tacit
knowledge sharing. However, a minority of students, mostly women, owing to
other students' negative attitudes, find the environment intimidating. Students
who participate in the MBA programme possess sufficient prior MBA work
experience and higher education qualifications, indicating a wealth of tacit
knowledge.
The results suggest that business schools must continue to target students who
are adequately experienced and who possess higher education qualifications as
they are the individuals who possess a wealth of tacit knowledge, which proves
to be valuable to all concerned . Additionally, after the value of tacit knowledge in
the MBA has been recognised , activities that enhance its sharing are encouraged.
The breadth of student experience is crucial to tacit knowledge sharing and, as
such, calls for the student recruitment process at business schools to be adjusted
accordingly. In addition there is need for the undesirable behaviour of certain
students to be kept in check, that valuable tacit knowledge sharing is not missed
as a result of intimidation. It is worthwhile noting that, through attraction of
students with adequate prior work experience, a higher quality tacit knowledge
would be tapped, thereby meeting part of the requirements of the business world
for a high quality MBA study programme.
In Chapter 1 a general presentation of this subject is presented, and the
approach and rationale of the study are explained. In Chapters 2 & 3 an overview
of literature relevant to the topic of tacit knowledge management, as well as that
of MBA training , is presented. In Chapter 4 the methodology and data gathered
are discussed. In Chapter 5 the summary and conclusions of this study are
presented and suggestions for future research areas are made.<br>AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie handel oor twee sake, naamlik (i) vrae oor die gehalte van die
MBA en (ii) die feit dat kennisbestuur al hoe belangriker word, veral ten opsigte
van algemene kennis in die besigheidswereld.
Die MBA-studiekursus het tot stand gekom om mense wat bestuurders wil wees
voor te berei vir leierskapsposisies. Die kursus was oorspronklik gemik op net
die beste werknemers. Daar was verskeie verwagtinge ten opsigte van
werknemers wat deur hul werkgewers aangesê is om 'n MBA te loop. Daar was
die verwagting dat werknemers tydens die kursus uit die ervaring van hul
medestudente sou leer, dat hulle hul leierskaps- en bestuursvaardighede sou
verbeter, dat hulle blootstelling aan kundigheid uit ander velde sou kry, en dat
hulle praktiese oplossings vir besigheidsprobleme sou vind. Daar word beweer
dat die MBA-studieprogram nie tans meer aan die verwagtinge uit die
besigheidswerêld valdoen nie, en daartoe lei dat die program nie meer as een
van die voorste besigheidsopleidingskursusse beskou word nie.
Voorts is kennisbestuur deesdae baie belangriker, aangesien sekere persone
onlangs bemagtig is, en maatskappye graag 'n mededingende voordeel oor hul
konkurrente wil behou. Die feit dat algemene kennis aan die toeneem is, is veral
ook belangrik vir suksesvolle kennisbestuur. Algemene kennis is kundigheid wat
mense opdoen na baie jare se besigheids- en algemene lewenservaring. Die
kennis is waardevol, maar dit is moeilik om vas te lê, en daarom gaan sulke
kennis verlore wanneer ervare werknemers 'n maatskappy verlaat, ongeag of dit
vanweë aftrede, bedanking of afdanking is. Maatskappye sukkel dus om
algemene kennis te behou. Die uitdaging is om 'n omgewing te skep waarin
sulke kennis vryelik met ander mense binne die maatskappy gedeel word. Dit is
vir die maatskappy voordelig wanneer algemene kennis gedeel word, want dit
gee die maatskappy 'n voorsprong oor sy konkurrente.
Die doelwit van hierdie studie is om lig te werp op die manier waarop algemene
kennis in die MBA-studieprogram gedeel word en te bepaal in watter mate
kennisdeling mense se siening oor die gehalte van MBA-opleiding kan verbeter.
Die doel van hierdie navorsingstudie is dus om maniere te vind waarop die
algemene kennis wat studente het, te benut op 'n wyse wat die gehalte van die
MBA verbeter en die waarde daarvan verhoog.
Die uitslag van hierdie studie dui aan dat algemene kennis wel deur studente in
die MBA-program met mekaar gedeel word en dat dit vir studente nuttig is, dat
veral bedryfsverwante kennis en besigheidservaring, maar ook algemene
lewenservaring, die waardevolste soort kennis is wat van medestudente verkry
word . Sulke kennis word gewoonlik tydens groeps- of sindikeringsaktiwiteite
gedeel, en die meeste kennis wat tydens so 'n sessie verkry word, kom trouens
van medestudente. Dieselfde hoeveelheid algemene kennis word in al die MBA-studieprogram
se vakgroeperings gedeel, hoewel algemene kennis oor die MBA
self in die leierskaps-/mensehulpbron- en strategiekursusse belangriker is as in
die ander. Die deling van algemene kennis word deur die MBA-omgewing
aangehelp. 'n Klein groep studente, veral vroue, beleef die omgewing egter as
intimiderend, as gevolg van ander studente se negatiewe houdings. Aangesien
studente wat aan die MBA-program deelneem, voldoende MBA-verwante
werkservaring en hoëronderwys-kwalifikasies het, kan 'n mens aanneem dat
hulle oor heelwat algemene kennis beskik.
Die uitslag dui daarop dat sakeskole steeds op studente moet fokus wat
voldoende ervaring het en wat oor hoëronderwys-kwalifikasies beskik, aangesien
hulle heelwat algemene kennis het, wat vir alle betrokkenes nuttig is. En wanneer
sakeskole eers besef watter waarde algemene kennis vir die MBA het, moedig
hulle gewoonlik aktiwiteite aan wat die deling van algemene kennis bevorder. As
studente nie aan 'n verskeidenheid ervarings blootgestel word nie, sal die deling
van algemene kennis daaronder ly, en dit moet in gedagte gehou word wanneer
sakeskole oor die werwing van studente besluit. Die ongewenste gedrag van
sekere studente moet ook in toom gehou word sodat intimidasie nie daartoe lei
dat algemene kennis nie gedeel word nie. Wanneer sakeskole studente werf wat
oor voldoende werkervaring beskik, word daar maar algemene kennis gedeel, en
dit laat die program voldoen aan die vereistes wat die sakewereld stel vir 'n MBA-studieprogram
van gehalte.
In hoofstuk 1 word die onderwerp omskryf, en die redes en veronderstellings van
die studie word uiteengesit. Hoofstuk 2 en 3 bevat 'n literatuuroorsig oor
kennisbestuur van algemene kennis en oor MBA-opleiding. Hoofstuk 4 is 'n
bespreking van die metodologie en data wat in die studie versamel is. Hoofstuk 5
beval 'n opsomming en gevolgtrekking van die studie, en voorstelle word gemaak
vir toekomstige navorsing.
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Washington, Kevin D. "The impact of data breaches on market value of firms in the E-Commerce marketplace." Thesis, Capella University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10102712.
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<p> Using a sample of information and security data breaches the present research examines the public announcement impact between Brick and Mortar firms and E-Commerce firms. The dissertation initially analyzes the effects of publicly announced information and security breaches on abnormal stock returns, abnormal trading volume, and firm risk. The dissertation then analyzes differential impact between Brick and Mortar firms and E-Commerce firm’s market value following a data breach. Using a sample size of 38 information security breaches, E-Commerce firms resulted in more negative abnormal stock returns than Brick and Mortar firms. While data breach announcements did not significantly impact retail firms as a whole, they did have a significant impact when broken into the subsets. E-Commerce firms that announced an information security breach experienced abnormal trading volume.</p>
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Šivickienė, Vilma. "Reklama ir jos poveikis vartotojų elgsenai." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2005. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2005~D_20050607_175526-90376.
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This paper deals with the research study of the impact that advertising makes on consumers’ behaviour and the selected methodology for the research of the impact of advertising on consumers’ behaviour that was adapted on practical level providing it with the investigation and interpretation of the corresponding research results.
The paper includes the analysis of theoretical impact of advertising on consumers’ behaviour, investigation of the clients’ that order an advertising campaign, viewpoint on the importance of advertising, conclusions and proposals.
While carrying out the theoretical analysis of the impact of advertising on consumers’ behaviour, the study of foreign and Lithuanian scientific works that deal with the impact of advertising on consumers’ behaviour has been made.
In pursuance of the first research, a direct verbal survey of employees at the advertising company „Aukštaitijos reklama „ („Advertising of Higher Lithuania“) has been conducted. While conducting this survey, a standardized interview was used, five employees were interviewed by asking them the same questions, that were prepared in advance, about the viewpoints of the clients that order an advertising campaign towards the necessity and importance of advertising and the sum of money budgeted for it.
In pursuance of the second research, a survey of the consumers of Šiauliai town and region has been conducted giving them questionnaires in order to sort out the impact of advertising on them. 240... [to full text]
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Ding, Celina. "An exploratory review of consumer trust and its antecedents in E-commerce this dissertation [thesis] has been submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the degree of Master of Business, 2003." Full thesis. Abstract, 2003.
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Beall, Andrew Jonathan. "Internationalization of South Carolina enterprises| A mixed-methods study of barriers and economic incentives." Thesis, University of Phoenix, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3583278.
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<p> The objective of the mixed-methods research project was to expand understanding of economic incentives and barriers to international expansion for small and medium sized enterprises located in the coastal counties of South Carolina. Growing global markets are linked to increased opportunities for smaller enterprises to participate in international commerce. Limited understanding of incentives that enable success and techniques effective for overcoming barriers that restrict South Carolina firms from rewarding participation in international markets was the research problem addressed in the study. The purpose of the study was to explore the international expansion experience of leaders for South Carolina small and medium-sized enterprises and examine differences in leader-perceived levels of success for Lowcountry firms because of international status. The project was a mixed methods study using an exploratory, sequential design with an initial stream employing qualitative techniques followed by a subsequent stream using quantitative tools to analyze survey data. Qualitative interview techniques were used to engage a limited number of firms to acquire data on common internationalization experiences among participants. Three internationalization incentives and three barriers were identified. Hypotheses developed from the initial strand of the project were then answered using analysis of survey data collected via a census of the available population. Triangulation of data from two phases of the mixed-methods study revealed foreign market opportunity and supply chain resources as incentives, and ample domestic-market opportunity as a significant barrier to international commerce. Leaders of internationally active firms reported larger customer bases, larger numbers of employees, higher levels of competition, and higher five-year average rates of revenue growth.</p>
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Faitaihi, Mohammed A. H. "Factors That Influence a Jewelry Brand's Globalization Process." Thesis, Walden University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3666434.
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<p> Local retail jewelry leaders of Saudi Arabian (S.A.) small to medium enterprises (SMEs) have struggled to survive through declining profits and increasing business foreclosures, thus threatening the sustainability of the Saudi retail sector and the Saudi economy. A globalization strategy to enhance profitability for jewelry retail SMEs in S.A. is needed, given the limited options for improving profitability. Despite this acknowledged need, leaders in S.A. have refrained from such a strategy because they lack knowledge of economic attraction features to target in the globalization process. The purpose of this quantitative correlational study using discriminant analysis was to examine specific countries' economic attraction features in the historical globalization strategy of a leading U.S. global jewelry company that could facilitate the implementation of a successful globalization strategy for a local Saudi jewelry SME retail company. The study addressed the effects of 6 independent predictor variables of 25 target countries' economic attractions on the dependent grouping variable, which distinguished among 3 order-of-entry groups according to the U.S. company's date of entry in each country between 1972 and 2009. Results indicated that except for the Hofstede index, no other variable had a significant role in the classification of the target countries. Because there was a scarcity of research on this topic, the study is beneficial for its theoretical and academic value, and may be practical for the derivative benefits of catalyzing business growth by empowering leaders of local, successful luxury brands in S.A. to implement their own globalization expansion process and increase employment in the Middle East.</p>
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Lertangtam, Issares, Luis R. Trevino, Nick Viera, and Issares Lertangtam. "Marketing plan for the Naval Postgraduate School Master of Business Administration to the Navy unrestricted line community." Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/9942.
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MBA Professional Report<br>Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.<br>MBA Professional Report<br>Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.<br>The purpose of this Master of Business Administration (MBA) project is to develop a practical marketing plan to attract U.S. Navy Unrestricted Line (URL) officers to the resident Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Defense-Focused MBA. The intent of this project is to create awareness in the Navy Unrestricted Line community about the benefits of the Defense-focused MBA and to build a brand name for the Naval Postgraduate School MBA (NPS-MBA). The goal is to make the resident NPS-MBA the graduate business school product of choice. The authors believe that the MBA degree provides URL officers the business tools required to become successful managers in the modern naval establishment. The starting point of this project was to conduct a present situation analysis of the MBA degree by determining its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. It was noted that there is a decreasing number of URL officers in the NPS-MBA program since its inception in January 2002. Although graduate education is a strategic goal for Navy officers, it was found that current URL career progression does not provide an adequate time for resident graduate education. In addition, a fleet survey was conducted to assess URL attitudes toward the NPS-MBA in order to ascertain their awareness levels, which would enable the authors to arrive at effective marketing strategies and recommendations. The survey was conducted in a fleet concentrated area in San Diego, California in March of 2004. Based on the research, there is a need for boosting awareness of the program with a marketing plan that identifies strategies and distribution channels. In addition, research suggests that further marketing to operational commands, hardware commands and detailers, is essential for lobbying Navy URL officers to join the resident NPS-MBA program. Thus, in order to fulfill those needs, a practical marketing plan for the resident NPS-MBA to Navy URL officers is created.
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Nortey, Henry. "Public participation in decision-making, a case study of National Capital Commission to integrate public participation into Gatineau Park master plan." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1992. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/MQ28450.pdf.
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Cao, Wen. "Essays on pricing strategies in markets with heterogeneous consumers." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3223055.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Kelley School of Business, 2006.<br>"Title from dissertation home page (viewed June 27, 2007)." Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-06, Section: A, page: 2259. Adviser: Michael R. Baye.