Dissertations / Theses: 'Resource-based view (RBV)'

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Theingi. "The influence of marketing control and a resource-based view (RBV) on export performance of SMEs in Thailand." University of Western Australia. Marketing Discipline Group, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0203.

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For the past three decades, export manufacturing has played an important role in Thailand's economic success. Among the exporters, the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have increasingly taken part. As a result, export performance at both micro and macro level has become of interest to academics, exporting firms, intermediaries and Thai government policy makers. Thus, extensive studies concerning determinants of export performance are reported in literature on export marketing. However, despite the significance of resources in implementing marketing strategies and performance, the Resource-Based View (RBV) has not been explicitly and fully explored in this literature. Moreover, the vital role of intermediary resources in export performance has been also largely ignored. Hence, the applicability of RBV should be examined to investigate the effects of firm resources and export intermediary resources on export performance. Similarly, marketing control, in spite of its importance, used by manufacturing exporters in relation to their intermediaries, has not been substantially explored. The availability of firm and export intermediary resources provides flexibility for manufacturing exporters in maintaining marketing control over their intermediaries, which in turn, influences export performance. Hence, the aim of the study is to investigate the applicability of RBV and marketing control theory in determining export performance. Moreover, in the export marketing literature, there are very few studies in developing countries, particularly in Southeast Asia: this study, therefore focusses on export performance of SMEs in an export-driven, developing economy, Thailand. During the course of its investigation, this study used the 'drop-in questionnaire' method of delivering and collecting the questionnaires in person with the purpose of enhancing responses from export managers. With respect to their individual export ventures, they were asked to provide answers regarding the availability of firm resources, their perception of the availability of export intermediary resources, and the use of marketing control mechanisms on export intermediaries. Preliminary data analysis used Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) and was followed by the development of a structural model, which was then tested with AMOS 4.0 Package. ix The results from the above analyses substantiate the empirical link between resources, firm and export intermediary resources, and strategic export performance, and also between the availability of resources and the use of marketing controls. The findings show that production and marketing capabilities (firm resources) and good relationships and cooperation with exporters (export intermediary resources) have an important direct effect on export performance. Hence, the study confirms the applicability of RBV in export literature. The results also indicate that firm's marketing capabilities, export intermediary's relationship and cooperation, and knowledge and experience, influence the use of marketing control, thereby supporting the hypotheses that the availability of firm and export intermediary resources facilitates the use of marketing control.

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Hemmatdar, Hamed, and Alwan Said. "Exploring the Role of IS Strategy in the Development of IT Capabilities : An Investigation of an Oil and Gas Construction Company in Iran." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-90250.

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Organizations are becoming increasingly dependent on information technology for different purposes, such as project and resource-management systems, cooperative work systems and organizational memory systems. There is a need to make a dynamic roadmap for IT capability usage to facilitate organizational performance. The aim of this research is to gain a deeper understanding of the role of IS Strategy in utilizing IT capabilities for operationalizing and integrating business process information for the purpose of organizational performance from the lens of the resource-based view (RBV). This research makes use of single case study analysis of a construction organization in the oil and gas industry in Iran. This case study is expected to fill a gap in the literature in the specific context of a strategic situation and the critical environment in Iran.

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Haddad, Monther I. S. "Strategies for Implementing Innovation in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6035.

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Inefficient processes for innovation implementation can prevent owners of small and medium-sized enterprises from realizing goals and growth potential. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that managers of small and medium-sized enterprises use to implement innovation in their organizations to improve performance. The population for this study consisted of 5 managers from 4 small and medium-sized enterprises operating in Dubai. The resource-based view theory was the conceptual framework of this study. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews and review of companies' documents. Data were analyzed using Yin's 5-step process. After transcribing the interviews and coding the resulting transcripts, the key themes that emerged included: the role of the top management in cultivating an innovative culture, the identification of ideas as the starting points for innovation, and the recognition of customers as resources for the company. Managers of small and medium-sized enterprises might benefit from the results of this study by implementing the recommendations and strategies to improve performance. Implications for social change include the potential to create employment opportunities and improve the living conditions of the employees in Dubai through economic growth.

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Nosiri, Onyekachi Nneka. "Competencies and consultation delivery : service quality strategy of multinational management consulting firms in Nigeria." Thesis, Brunel University, 2016. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/14720.

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This research studies the impact of consultancy competency and consultation mode on the service quality of management consulting firms in the emerging market of Nigeria – the largest economy in Africa. It explains the consultant competency and the adopted consultation approach of the ‘Big Four’ (PwC, Akintola-Deloitte, Ernest and Young, and KPMG) management consultancy firms from the resource based-view (RBV) and institutional theory of the firm. The conceptual framework of management consulting directing this study is generated from earlier research (Canavan et al., 2013; Jang et al., 1997, 1998; Patterson, 2000; Parasuraman, 1988; Kisang et al., 2012; Pugh et al., 1968; Oliver, 1980). Previous research has examined factors that are important for management consulting success, however, one of the remaining challenges is to investigate the associations among these factors. Furthermore, there seems to be a relative disregard for the associations between these management consulting factors and service quality. This study aims to advance the RBV and make theoretical contributions in several ways. First, it identifies and proposes that the professional and managerial competencies of the consultants are the key assets of the management consultancy firms needed to sustain and further their competitiveness in emerging markets. Specifically, we argue that these competencies are particularly valuable and have direct impact on management consultancy firms’ service quality. Also, from an institutional perspective, this study proposes that multinational management consulting firms must have the capacity to deliver quality in a consultation mode suitable to their various clients in different countries for sustainability. Specifically, we argue that the particular consultation mode adopted by the consulting firm impacts the quality of consultation service rendered to its clients in the Nigerian market, determining its firms’ client satisfaction levels. This study utilized a mixed methods approach (Creswell, 2003), which entailed the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods in assessing this research’s questions. 13 senior management consultants were interviewed, and survey data was collected from 311 business clients of these management consultancy firms situated in the three most industrious states in Nigeria, which are Abuja (North), Lagos (South-West), and Port Harcourt (South-South). The results of this study show that the service quality of well-established western management consulting firms is significantly influenced by their consultation mode, as well as both their professional and managerial capabilities, irrespective of their client’s organizational structure. This study also finds that client experience levels in dealing with management consultants considerably moderates the relationship between these firms’ service quality and their client satisfaction in this strategic context. Our study advances the RBV and institutional theories, highlighting that the consultation modes, professional competencies, managerial competencies and client experience levels are the key competitive factors of western management consulting firms in Nigeria.

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Mugimu, Christopher Byalusago. "Exploring the Relationship Between Critical Resource Variables and School Performance in Secondary Schools of Mukono Uganda." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2004. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/671.

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While good facilities and resources are assumed to affect the quality of teaching and school performance, findings of the growing body of research about resources and school performance remain obscure and highly contested. A central question in effective schooling research is to what extent do resources translate into school performance particularly in impoverished communities of the developing countries. The primary purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between school-level financial, physical, and human resources on school performance as measured by aggregated UCE exam scores in 63 secondary schools. This study is grounded in the strategic theoretical perspective of Resource-Based View (RBV), which suggests that specific resources and capabilities can lead to superior performance. The findings of this study are mixed. While some results of this study indicated that the three kinds of resources (i.e. financial, physical, and human) contributed to school performance of secondary schools in Mukono Uganda, particular kinds of resources contributed more on school performance than others and the size of their effect differed widely. The researcher argues that if educators and policy makers can identify the critical resources that best contribute to student learning, then schools could be encouraged to invest in, nurture, and maintain these particular resources. This strategic focus would allow schools, especially in developing countries, to more efficiently and effectively use their current meager resources to maximize benefits to students.

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Barbosa, Jaercio Alex Silva. "Universidades corporativas e vantagens competitivas: um estudo multicaso em franquias brasileiras." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-06072016-155614/.

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O conhecimento tem se mostrado como uma importante fonte de vantagem competitiva para as organizações. Por isso, as empresas buscam, cada vez mais, mecanismos que alavanquem os processos de geração, gestão e disseminação do conhecimento organizacional. Uma das ferramentas, que pode potencializar a transformação do conhecimento em vantagens competitivas, é a universidade corporativa. Nesse contexto, as franquias surgem como um dos objetos de estudos que podem ajudar a explicar esta relação, pois desenvolver e compartilhar conhecimento são aspectos vitais para o franchising. Dessa forma, o principal objetivo deste trabalho é identificar elementos que possam influenciar na geração de vantagens competitivas pela implantação e gestão de universidades corporativas no franchising. Para atingir esses objetivos, foi desenvolvida uma revisão teórica focada nos conceitos de vantagens competitivas, universidades corporativas e franchising. O primeiro esforço mostrou que existe uma lacuna teórica no tema, indicando a necessidade de se realizar um estudo de campo para aprofundar o conhecimento sobre o fenômeno estudado. O estudo de caso, em conjunto com entrevistas em profundidade, foram os métodos escolhidos para realizar o objetivo proposto. Foram realizadas dez entrevistas em profundidade com especialistas em educação corporativa e no franchising, sendo levantadas informações secundárias dos processos de educação do Giraffas e das Universidades Corporativas do Banco do Brasil, Ernest Young do Brasil, Cacau Show e McDonald\'s do Brasil. Para as duas últimas empresas foram desenvolvidos estudos de caso, levantando-se informações comparativas dos seus principais concorrentes. Dessa forma, também foram analisadas informações da Chocolates Brasil, Kopenhagen, Bob\'s e Subway. As principais conclusões do trabalho foram: as universidades corporativas podem impactar de forma expressiva no desenvolvimento de vantagens competitivas no franchising; apesar de as franquias promoverem diversas ações educacionais, as universidades corporativas ajudam a organizar de forma estratégica essas ações, gerando, nos casos estudados, mais impactos que as ações isoladas; as ações que mais geram resultados e barreiras à imitação são as relacionadas à disseminação do conhecimento tácito; a relação entre unidades próprias e franqueadas parece ser importante para se estabelecer estratégias educacionais da rede; a avaliação dos impactos dos treinamentos nos resultados operacionais e financeiros é uma grande dificuldade observada; a literatura preconiza uma relação entre unidades próprias e franqueadas nos estágios de maior maturidade do negócio que não foi observada nos casos estudados; também não foram observadas uma preocupação acentuada com o envolvimento de outros stakeholders e com a busca efetiva de modelos de autofinanciamento.
Knowledge has been shown to be an important source of competitive advantage for organizations. Therefore, companies increasingly seek mechanisms that leverage the processes of generation, management and dissemination of organizational knowledge. One of the tools that can enhance the transformation of knowledge into competitive advantages is the corporate university. In this context, franchises emerge as one of the objects of study that may help explain this relationship, for developing and sharing knowledge are vital for franchising. Thus, the main objective of this work is to identify elements that can influence the generation of competitive advantages for the implementation and management of corporate universities in franchising. To achieve these goals, it developed a focused literature review on the concepts of competitive advantage, corporate universities and franchising. This first effort proved that there is a theoretical gap in the topic, indicating the need to carry out a field study to deepen the understanding of the phenomenon studied. The case study, in conjunction with in-depth interviews were the methods chosen to achieve the proposed objective. Ten interviews were conducted in depth with experts in corporate education and franchising, being lifted secondary information from Giraffas education processes and from the corporate universities of Banco do Brasil, Ernest Young of Brazil, Cacau Show and McDonald\'s Brazil, for the last two companies was developed case studies, rising comparative information of its main competitors. In this way, were also analyzed informations from Chocolates Brazil, Kopenhagen, Bob\'s and Subway. The main conclusions were: corporate universities can impact in a significant way in the development of competitive advantages in franchising; despite franchises promote various educational activities, corporate universities help organize strategically these actions, generating, in the cases studied, more impact than isolated actions; actions that generate more results and barriers to imitation are related to the dissemination of tacit knowledge; the relationship between owned and franchised units appears to be important to establish educational strategies of the franchising network; evaluating the impact of training on operating and financial results is a great difficulty observed; the literature reports a relationship between owned and franchised units in the stages of greater maturity of the business that was not observed in this study; They were also not observed a concern about the involvement of other stakeholders and the effective search of auto financing models.

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Hang, Thearonn. "Stratégie pour un tourisme durable au Cambodge : l'action des acteurs publics touristiques locaux au regard des ressources et compétences." Thesis, Nice, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016NICE0017/document.

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En ce qui concerne la perception du tourisme durable, on constate que les directeurs publics ont la même approche ou définition. Mais, en matière de stratégies, les moyens manquent dans tous les domaines pour développer un tourisme durable. De façon plus précise, les contraintes se résument aux cinq enjeux qui sont liés aux ressources humaines, aux méthodes de travail, au cadre juridique, à l'appui institutionnel et financier, et à la sensibilisation publique dans le secteur touristique du Cambodge. Ces insuffisances ont entraîné une exploitation peu réfléchie des potentiels de ressources touristiques et ont provoqué des fuites économiques élevées à l'étranger. Sans planification pensée à long terme, certaines attractions ne sont plus en mesure d'assurer leur durabilité, menant à la dévastation de trésors touristiques, à l’altération des valeurs socio-culturelles et d'identité nationale; ce mécanisme évolutif pourrait conduire à un développement incontrôlé contribuant à dégrader rapidement la communauté locale et l’environnement. Comme le ministère du Tourisme au Cambodge l’a souligné, s'il n'est pas correctement géré, le développement du tourisme permettra d'enrichir une petite minorité tout en excluant la majorité de la population du pays. Dans ces conditions, les directeurs provinciaux chargés du tourisme, en tant que représentants du ministère, jouent un rôle déterminant dans le tourisme durable et influencent directement à la fois le pouvoir politique et la prise de décision locale et même nationale. Leur rôle s’applique à la gestion interne et la coopération externe qui sont fortement dépendantes de la qualification personnelle des individus, c’est les « ressources et compétences ». Cependant, si les directeurs locaux sont aujourd’hui confinés dans un rôle plutôt de gestionnaires, avec de faibles moyens, nous estimons qu’ils pourraient devenir de véritables directeurs locaux susceptibles de faire travailler ensemble les acteurs dans le cadre d’une politique claire
Current issues concerning the sustainable tourism in Cambodia based on the action of Local Tourism State Actors (LTSA) in terms of Resources and Competences, particularly defining the roles of the LTSA, are systematically explored in this research. The LTSA are the director of provincial or city tourism department who take a lead role in managing a localized tourism industry of the government. The central research question focuses on the “Strategy towards Sustainable Tourism in Cambodia, according to the perceptions of the LTSA”. In investigating to this context, the qualitative methods were used to collect primary data through in-depth interviews (semi-structured) with all the 25 LTSA. The data was further analyzed through a content analysis with a usage of NVivo10, a computer based program for coding or categorizing. The findings indicate that there are five main local challenges to Cambodia’s sustainable tourism: (1) Professional Tourism Skills and Qualifications, (2) Working Attitudes of Managers and Employees, (3) Tourism Law, Regulations, and Circulars, (4) Finances and Facilities, and (5) Public Tourism Awareness and Participation. These challenges can be broadly categorized as personal, institutional, and external problems; particularly related to the lack of financial resources, and especially human resources in regards to both quality and quantity of professional tourism officials. In order to effectively transcend sustainable tourism and local tourism management challenges, state actors play important roles. Firstly they have an internal managing role as a local manager, and secondly they have an external cooperating role which is closely defined as a local ambassador. Moreover, the state actor should strive for a third role: referred to as the personal advancing role. This is where the managers become a learner in order to improve personal skills and capacity based on experiential learning. Personal advancing roles can be further augmented through self-directed studies, workshops, seminars, training and education. As highlighted in the findings and discussion section, the quality of managing and cooperating roles of LTSA are heavily dependent on personal advancing roles. The role of LTSA has significant influence on sustainable tourism because the manager is the most central actor dealing directly with all relevant sustainable tourism stakeholders, especially for their contributions to the policy and decision making. Thus, the continuous advancement of qualifications, effectiveness and efficiency of LTSA in implementing their role is a priority and highly needed. State actors should focus on personal advancing roles to enhance managing and cooperating roles

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Candy, Ryan David. "Resources, Strategy and Performancein the Smaller Firm." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Management, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3522.

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This study investigates the relationship between firm resources, positioning strategies and performance in the smaller firm. Porter’s generic strategies have been useful in describing how firms compete in the marketplace, and the resource based view has shown that resources can lead to a sustained competitive advantage. The strategic management field has begun to combine the two theories and examine the link between them. Small firms must make the best use of their relatively scarce resources. It is proposed that the relationship between resources and performance is contingent upon the positioning strategy the firm competes on, although there has only been limited supporting research to date. This research builds on work by Edelman et al. (2005) by examining the relationship between human, organisational and physical resources, and the strategies of quality/ customer service, innovation, and cost leadership in 447 retail, engineering, and professional service firms in New Zealand. Using Structural Equations Modelling this research finds that positioning strategies are the mechanism by which firms can leverage their resources into higher performance. This relationship can be modelled as mediated or moderated, with statistical analysis sensitive to model complexity. The firm’s environment influences this relationship with different resources required to support each position depending on the industry. Specifically human, organisational, and physical resources appear to be viable sources of competitive advantage when they are leveraged by a strategy of quality/ customer service, innovation or cost leadership when the industry environment is conducive to the resource – strategy combination.

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Anette, Lindskog. "Methodology evaluation." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för informatik (IK), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-71276.

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In this paper, I investigate the use of SWOT analysis and the resource based view as tools to elaborate a business plan and in academic research by assessing the two methods’ strengths and weaknesses. I found that SWOT analysis is useful to structure and prioritise information in a short and concise way. Even though, the information and the information collection methods as well as the concepts and theories used in combinaton with the model and their quality is of the most importance for a proper use of the model. The resource based view is useful to reflect over which internal resources are the most valuable for the company, even though it can be difficult to assess the most important assets, i.e. the intangible assets. I also found that the fact that the resource based view, which is a explanantory theory, is used as a predicative theory causes uncertainaty and is problematic.

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Sujarittanonta, Lavanchawee Marketing Australian School of Business UNSW. "Empirically derived strategy types for SMEs in developing countries - a study of knowledge in action." Publisher:University of New South Wales. Marketing, 2008. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/43603.

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This study provides a better understanding of the interactions between firm resources, strategy choice, marketing environment, and performance in rural SMEs. To date, a strategy framework specifically for SMEs in developing countries had not been developed. Past studies adapted the Miles and Snow (1987) strategy typologies or have developed strategy types for SMEs in developing countries only conceptually. This study extended the modelling approach adopted by DeSarbo et al., (2005, 2006) by empirically deriving a strategy typology specifically for SMEs in a developing country. Based on K-means clustering of theoretically relevant strategy dimensions, two strategy clusters were identified??lower performing conservative strategy A, and higher performing customer oriented strategy B. The issue of resource limitations in strategy formulation had not been adequately addressed by past studies on SME strategy. By examining how and to what extent objective and perceived dimensions of the external environment impact the resources-strategy-performance (RSP) links in rural SMEs, the study tested the applicability of the Resource-Based View (RBV) and the Knowledge-Based View (KBV) in a new context??that of rural SMEs in a developing country. Both RBV and KBV were supported by the findings. Key strategic resources in rural SMEs were explored for its strategic and performance implications. General resources and capabilities, knowledge-based resources, and in particular ??tacit?? marketing knowledge, were examined in an aggregated sense through the intuitive understanding within the one SME owner-manager. Strategy choice moderated and mediated the resource-performance relationship. SMEs with higher levels of resources and capabilities tended to adopt the higher performing strategy B. The study provided further insights on the kinds of knowledge that mattered. Knowledge-based resources that were more tacit in character determined strategy choice and performance??higher customer serving skills led to adopting the higher performing strategy B, while planning skills led to adopting the lower performing strategy A. Both the objective and perceived environments influenced SME performance by moderating the resource-strategy-performance relationship. SMEs located in more munificent provinces perceived their market environment accurately, possessed higher knowledge-based resources, and were more likely to adopt the higher performing strategy B.

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Elbe, Jeanette, and Ludvig Eriksson. "Ekonomifunktionens roll för beslutsfattarna : Intern eller extern funktion i förhållande till organisationen?" Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-74956.

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Examensarbete, Civilekonomprogrammet, Ekonomihögskolan vid Linnéuniversitetet, Företagsekonomi, 4FE17E, VT-2018. Författare: Jeanette Elbe och Ludvig Eriksson Handledare: Andreas Jansson Examinator: Karin Jonnergård Titel: Ekonomifunktionens roll för beslutsfattarna - Intern eller extern funktion i förhållande till organisationen? Sökord: Outsourcing, Ekonomisk administration, Kostnadslogiken, Strategiska logiken, Transaction Cost Economics, TCE, Resource-based View, RBV, Ekonomifunktionens roll Bakgrund: Att betala en extern part för att utföra bolagets ekonomiska administration är ett växande fenomen och outsourcing av ekonomiska företagsprocesser är högaktuellt att förstå sig på. I outsourcinglitteraturen finns det två perspektiv som kan lyftas upp för att förklara outsourcingbeslutet och genom att studera beslutsfattarnas logik till outsourcingbeslutet tror sig författarna kunna bidra till en djupare förståelse inom ämnet. Syfte: Studien syftar till att öka förståelsen för de logiker som ligger till grund för beslutsfattares outsourcingbeslut av den ekonomiska administrationen. Metod och genomförande: Genom användandet av idealtyper bygger författarna upp två differentierade logiker för att utreda olika beslutsfattares förhållningssätt till outsourcing av ekonomisk administration - kostnadslogiken och den strategiska logiken. Logikerna har sedan studeras empiriskt genom en intervjustudie kopplad till ledande befattningshavare i medelstora företag lokaliserade i den småländska GGVV-regionen. Slutsats: Studien visar att beslutsfattare som outsourcar större delar av den ekonomiska administrationen förhåller sig till kostnadslogiken. Den strategiska logiken är istället nära sammankopplad med den rationalitet som föreligger hos beslutsfattare som väljer att inte outsourca sin ekonomiska administration. Däremellan sker även ett möte mellan logikerna. De beslutsfattare som outsourcar mindre delar av den ekonomiska administrationen tar taktiska beslut vilket visar på ett yttrande gentemot kostnadslogiken. Dock blir det tydligt att det samtidigt finns ett bakomliggande strategiskt tankemönster i hur dessa beslutsfattarna resonerar kring ekonomifunktionen. Beslutsfattarna som omfattas av den strategiska logiken hämmas därför i dessa fall att outsourca större delar av ekonomifunktionens arbete.
Master Thesis in Business Administration, School of Business and Economics, Linnaeus University, 4FE17E, 2018. Author: Jeanette Elbe and Ludvig Eriksson Supervisor: Andreas Jansson Examiner: Karin Jonnergård Title: The role of the accounting function for decision makers - An inhouse or outhouse function in relation to the organization? Keywords: Outsourcing, Accounting, Logic of cost, Strategic logic, Transaction Cost Economics, TCE, Resource-based View, RBV, The role of the accounting function Background: Paying an external party to perform the company’s financial administration is a growing phenomenon and outsourcing of accounting and financial processes are highly relevant to understand. In the outsourcing literature, there are two perspectives that can be raised to explain the outsourcing decision, and by studying the decision makers’ logic to the outsourcing decision, the authors believe that they can contribute to a deeper understanding of the subject. Purpose: The aim of this study is to increase the understanding of the logic that underlies decision makers' outsourcing decisions of the financial administration. Method: Using ideal types, the authors build up two differentiated logics to investigate different decision makers' approaches to outsourcing of financial administration - the logic of cost and the strategic logic. The logics have been studied empirically through an interview study linked to senior executives in medium-sized companies located in the GGVV-area in the province of Småland in Sweden. Conclusion: The study shows that decision makers who outsource major parts of the economic administration relate to the logic of cost. However, the strategic logic is closely linked to the rationality of decision makers who choose not to outsource their financial administration. In between, there is also a meeting between the logics. The decision makers who outsource smaller parts of the economic administration carry out tactical decisions, which indicates a relationship to the logic of cost. Anyhow, it becomes clear that there is an underlying strategic thinking pattern in how these decision makers argue about the financial function as a hole. The decision makers covered by the strategic logic are therefore in these cases hampered to outsource major parts of the financial administration.

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CAMPEAU, SIMON. "Istanbul Apparel Manufacturing Strategy." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-18150.

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Purpose: Finding which resources and capabilities are deployed among Istanbul-based apparel manufacturers, evaluating to what extent they are tangible, intangible as well as capabilities as well as lastly analysing them according to the valuable, rare, inimitable and non-substitutable framework. Design/methodology: The research design consists of a case study held at several firms. Empirical data was collected using semi-structured interviews. Empirical data: Empirical data was primarily collected at nine different apparel manufacturers within the greater Istanbul region. Conclusion: Conclusions show that within the bundles of resources and capabilities, a large variation was noted with high international competitiveness. However there are areas such as design and quality which could be continuously developed among firms. In the end, whatever bundle of resources and capabilities a firm has, it’s the end price that speaks.
Program: Textilekonomutbildningen

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Arsenovic, Jasenko. "Big Data: A Toll for all Strategic Decisions : A Study of Three Large Food and Beverage Processing Organizations." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Informatik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-28645.

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I will look at what impact big data have had on the managerial strategic decisions in the food and beverage industry. This in order to understand the complexity and theory of organizational strategic management, an effort to define the contemporary strategic theory into a holistic conceptual model is done through a literature review on organizational strategy. This literature explicitly proposes four distinctly different types of strategies that management need to consider in the organizational context. Namely, long-term strategy, internal business strategy, external corporate strategy, and competitive strategy. The study analyzed the food and beverage industry over a decade (2005-2014), where the three of the largest actors in the industry were selected, Nestlé S.A, PepsiCo Inc, and Unilever. The choice of method was content analysis, where three structured categorization matrixes were developed which each analyzed parts of the annual reports. The study propose the role of big data as a strategic tool for managerial decision from a theoretical standpoint. The content analysis show that hypothesis 1, could be confirmed, big data have an impact on all the proposed four managerial strategic decisions. Second hypothesis could not be confirmed, since decentralization does only occur for one of the organizations, but increased external environment turbulence could be concluded for the industry in general. The third hypothesis could be confirmed, which show that there is an increase in individualization due to increased customer involvement and demand. The analysis discovered three distinct time periods during the last decade, namely pre- economic instability period (2005-2007), economic instability period (2008-2011) and finally the post-paradigm period (2012-2014). Where the year 2011 was the most turbulent in terms of economy and technology for the industry. The study clearly show that customers are now involved in the production process, customers are co-creators of the products. There is now a two-way communication and increased social responsibility awareness. This study shows that the old traditional approach of looking at markets in order to position yourself to stay competitive are obsolete as this study predicted. customers demand to be a part of the organizational culture. This conclude that big data is an important tool for all strategic managerial decisions.

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Semianiaka, Natallia, and Ekaterina Silina. "The role of global data identification standards for supply chain visibility: the case of GS1." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Avd.), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-107888.

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Purpose. Supply chain visibility is among the top concerns expressed by many supply chain leaders. While the traditional enablers of supply chain visibility are information sharing, IT implementation, and relationships between supply chain partners; the role of global supply chain standards as an integral part of each of these enablers is often underestimated. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the adoption and applicability of global supply chain standards within the provisions of supply chain visibility among various supply chain designs. Methodology. With the aim of theoretical replication, three case studies within the retail industry were conducted. Axfood and IKEA cases were analyzed as examples of opposite types of supply chain design and as companies with different degrees of implementation regarding their global data identification standards. The Clas Ohlson case was analyzed to illustrate a company with open paths in regards to its adoption of future global supply chain standards. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were performed directly with company representatives as well as with GS1, which is one of the assignors of this project. Finally, an analytical model for the potential adoption of global standards was developed. Findings. The results of case analysis clearly illustrate that global data identification standards are one of the pillars of supply chain visibility. Different practices of global standard adoption in different supply chain designs are explained by a different need for supply chain visibility among various supply chains. Moreover, the higher the degree of adoption of global standards, the higher the possibility of gaining strategic benefits. Practical implication. The model developed in this research aims to help logistics and supply chain managers estimate the need for supply chain visibility within their supply chains, and to also assess the potential adoption of global data identification standards within their supply chain practices. Originality/value. This study contributes to theory in such areas of research as supply chain visibility, standardization in supply chain management, and supply chain design. The main contribution is made to the resource-based view (RBV) theory, which according to supply chain visibility can be seen as both a strategic resource and a tool for efficiency optimization. A new term in supply chain design which suggests many-to-many and exclusive supply chain classifications is proposed, as is a framework for assessing the need for supply chain visibility. An analytical model for the potential adoption of global standards is also developed.
Research project “The role of global standards for supply chain visibility” at the Industrial Engineering and Management department of KTH

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Santos, JosÃ Glauber Cavalcante dos. "InovaÃÃo, sustentabilidade ambiental e social e desempenho: relaÃÃo e efeitos em empresas brasileiras e europeias." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2015. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=14725.

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A percepÃÃo de que a estruturaÃÃo dos arranjos organizacionais e das estratÃgias, pelas firmas, pressupÃe que concebam e interpretem o cenÃrio econÃmico no qual figuram como agentes construtores e modificadores. A adaptaÃÃo, todavia, nÃo se faz o cerne das discussÃes em torno deste debate, mas sim o processo ou a fase de conversÃo do voluntarismo adaptativo em vantagens competitivas resultantes em ascensÃo da performance. O arcabouÃo teÃrico sedimentado pela VisÃo Baseada em Recursos (RBV) pÃe a competÃncia e a idiossincrasia organizacional como variÃveis de distinÃÃo entre as empresas (BARNEY, 1991). Nesse sentido, pode-se pressupor que a gestÃo dos recursos e a estratÃgia a ela atrelada podem alavancar os retornos das firmas em virtude da diferenciaÃÃo. A inovaÃÃo pode ser referida como um desses potenciais fatores estratÃgicos chave. TambÃm com a RBV, Hart (1995) estabelece que a incorporaÃÃo da responsabilidade socioambiental tambÃm Ã passÃvel de incrementar vantagens competitivas, jÃ que concede Ãs organizaÃÃes a consecuÃÃo de distinÃÃo no mercado. Por meio da reflexÃo exposta, este estudo investigou os possÃveis efeitos dos perfis estratÃgios com foco na inovaÃÃo e na sustentabilidade ambiental e social na rentabilidade de firmas que pertencem a contextos econÃmicos distintos, neste caso, o brasileiro e o europeu. A seleÃÃo de empresas que compÃs o grupo avaliado compreendeu companhias de capital aberto participantes de Ãndices de sustentabilidade da BM&FBovespa (Ãndice de Sustentabilidade Empresarial â ISE; Ãndice Carbono Eficiente â ICO2) e da NYSE Euronext (Low CarbonÂ 100). Foram selecionadas 78 indÃstrias, investigadas em corte longitudinal de quatro anos (2010-2013). O estudo Ã descritivo, com dados extraÃdos de bases documentais (Demonstrativos Financeiros, Notas Explicativas, RelatÃrios Anuais, de Sustentabilidade e da AdministraÃÃo), e dotado de abordagens qualitativa (anÃlise de conteÃdo) e quantitativa (AnÃlise de CorrespondÃncia; Teste de DiferenÃas de MÃdias e de TendÃncia â Teste de Kruskal-Wallis, Jonckheere-Terpstra, Mann-Whitney; RegressÃo Linear MÃltipla). Os resultados apontam os seguintes posicionamentos: (i) a inovaÃÃo, medida pelos intangÃveis de inovaÃÃo, as patentes, a P&D e o ITI (GU; LI, 2003), Ã superior, em termos de divulgaÃÃo e investimentos, nas empresas europeias; (ii) apesar da publicaÃÃo de RelatÃrios de Sustentabilidade, seguindo as diretrizes da GRI, se mostrar relativamente maior no grupo de empresas brasileiras, o disclosure Ã maior nas empresas europeias; (iii) nÃo se pode observar a conjugaÃÃo estratÃgica da inovaÃÃo e da sustentabilidade em patamares relevantes; (iv) em alguns perÃodos especÃficos, em relaÃÃo Ã inovaÃÃo e Ã sustentabilidade, desempenhos superiores e contÃnuos foram observados, sem diferenÃas significativas; (v) o engajamento estratÃgico (inovaÃÃo e sustentabilidade) interfere, de diferentes formas, na performance das empresas; (vi) a inovaÃÃo e a sustentabilidade, quando avaliadas por meio dos intangÃveis de inovaÃÃo e patentes, e da divulgaÃÃo ambiental e social, respectivamente, influenciam a rentabilidade positivamente. Conclui-se que inovaÃÃo e sustentabilidade podem favorecer, em algum nÃvel, a rentabilidade, porÃm esse impacto depende de como as empresas divulgam as informaÃÃes sobre essas estratÃgias. Discute-se aqui que Ã imperativo Ã gestÃo avaliar o trade-off do custo informacional, ponderando acerca das vantagens, de curto e longo prazo, econÃmicas e de mercado, passÃveis de serem absorvidas ou negligenciadas pelas firmas em decorrÃncia da associaÃÃo estratÃgica da inovaÃÃo com a sustentabilidade ambiental e social. Esses resultados ratificam os pressupostos da RBV, uma vez que recursos especÃficos podem ser convertidos em favor do desempenho das empresas, sejam elas pertencentes a diferentes cenÃrios econÃmicos, com maior ou menor nÃvel de comprometimento com as estratÃgias de inovaÃÃo e sustentabilidade.
The perception that the structure of organizational arrangements and strategies, by firms necessarily assume that conceive and interpret the economic environment in which figure as builders and modifying agents. Adaptation, however, is not the core of the discussions around this debate, but rather the process or the conversion phase of the adaptive voluntarism into competitive advantages resulting in rise of performance. The theoretical framework settled by the Resource Based View (RBV), according to Barney (1991), puts the expertise and organizational idiosyncrasy as a distinguishing variable between companies.In this sense, it can be assumed that the management of resources and strategy linked to it can leverage firms returns due to the differentiation.Innovation can be referred as one of those potential key strategic factors. Through theory RBV, Hart (1995) states that the incorporation of environmental and social responsibilities of companies is also likely to enhance the competitive advantages, in other words, sustainability, in theory, grants organizations the achievement of distinction in the market. Through the exposed reflection, this study aimed to investigate the possible effects of the strategic profiles focused on innovation and environmental and social sustainability in the profitability of firms belonging to distinct economic contexts, in this case, the Brazilian and European. The selection of companies that composed the evaluated group included public companies listed in sustainability indexes of Bovespa (Corporate Sustainability Index â ISE; Carbon Efficient Index â ICO2) and NYSE Euronext (Low CarbonÂ 100). It was selected 78 companies, which were investigated in longitudinal section of four years (2010-2013). The Research is descriptive, with data extracted from document databases (Financial Statements, Notes, Annual, Sustainability and Management Reports) with its qualitative (content analysis) and quantitative approaches (Correspondence Analysis â ANACOR; Mean Differences and Trend Test â Kruskal-Wallis, Jonckheere-Terpstra, Mann-Whitney Test; Multiple Linear Regression). The demonstrated results support the following positions: (i) innovation is superior, in terms of disclosure and investments, measured by intangibles of innovation, patents, R&D and TII (GU; LI, 2003), in the developed economic context; (ii) despite the publication of sustainability reports, in accordance to guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), be relatively higher in the group of Brazilian firms, the disclosure is higher in European group; (iii) one can not observe the strategic combination of innovation and sustainability in relevant levels; (iv) in specific periods, superior and continuing advantages were observed in relation to innovation and environmental and social Sustainability, with absence of significant differences; (v) strategic engagement interfere, in different ways, in the performance of companies; (vi) innovation and sustainability, when evaluated using the intangibles of innovation and patents, and environmental and social disclosure, respectively influence the profitability positively. This research concludes that innovation and sustainability can promote somehow profitability, but its impact depends on how companies disclose information about these strategies. It is argued here that it is imperative for management to evaluate the trade-off inherent in the informational cost, pondering the economic and market advantages, of short and long term, that can be absorbed or neglected by firms as a result of the strategic association of innovation with environmental and social sustainability. These results confirm the assumptions of RBV, since specific resources can be converted in favor of corporate performance, whether belonging to different economic scenarios, with varying levels of commitment to innovation and sustainability strategies.

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Nguyen, Thi Tram Anh, and Sopawan Yodmunee. "Born Globals Internationalization and Competitive advantage - A Resource-based View perspective : The case study research of Swedish Born Globals to the roles of firm Resources in firm‟s establishment, internationalization and competitive advantage." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Sektionen för ekonomi och teknik (SET), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-15871.

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The phenomenon of Born Globals in particular to the internationalization process has been highlighted by many scholars. The insufficient of the existing researches to the ability of Born Globals going international since their inceptions with limited resources encouraged us to study more in-depth. Resource-based View (RBV) and firm‟s competitive advantage are chosen as the theoretical framework. Three Swedish Born Globals were chosen as case studies, the data was collected by semi-structure and e-mail interviews which within-case and cross-case analysis were applied. The empirical data and analysis draws us to the conclusion that human resource especially entrepreneurs and network are the key firm resources that significantly contribute to Born Globals‟ establishment, internationalization and competitive advantage. However, the finding is highlighted that entrepreneur has a crucial role to both establishment and internationalization stages. Entrepreneur‟s personal network has high contribution when Born Globals is started up while firm‟s network plays more important role at the internationalization stage. By using network, Born Globals gain an easier way to find financial and operating resource. Moreover, entrepreneur‟s capability is the main key resource that creates competitiveness to Born Global firms. Future research suggestions and implications are discussed in the conclusion.

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Wallström, Peter. "On Value and Waste." Doctoral thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Byggkonstruktion och -produktion, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-26631.

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Value and waste are concepts that are used in improvement projects. In lean the concepts are fairly simple. Reduce the waste and the value has increased. However, value is both multidimensional and differs over time. If the concepts value and waste are to be used, the concepts must be clearly defined and measured. Otherwise, value can be reduced for the customer/user and the cost increased for the producer/seller. The purpose in this thesis is to investigate how value and waste are perceived by different stakeholders, how value and waste are related, and how value and waste are measured. The focus of the study is the improvement of production and services. The study does not investigate the product/service development. The conclusions are based on a number of cases and research from different fields such as resource-based view and marketing. The study use mix of qualitative and quantitative methods. Measures of forecasting accuracy and their relations where explored with different statistical tools in order to understand the influence of measures and dimensions. The view of value concerning energy efficiency was examined in a statistical analysis of a survey concerning stakeholders’ view of a specific value, energy efficiency, as well as their influence on the value creation process. A multiple qualitative case study explores the relation between value and waste in different settings and the consequences of waste focus. The findings in the multiple case study are confirmed and elaborated further by an additional case study, both qualitative and quantitative, of value stream mapping.Value and waste are analysed with the use of order winners and qualifiers. Also, a model to clarify the consequences of mixing value creation and value exchange for customer/user and producer/seller have been defined and used in the analysis.Depending on the stakeholder there is a difference between whether value can be regarded as a use value, exchange value or both. Even if exchange value is related to a specific moment in time, use value is not. The view of value differs among stakeholders which increase the risk of sub-optimisation in production.Value and waste have multi-dimensional properties and there are links between the different dimensions. The relationships depend upon the situation in question. The lean seven types of waste are not independent dimensions. Also, the concept of waste as anti-value is too simplistic. In all cases studied the focus is on waste, not value. Also, it is often the symptoms of waste that are of interest in measures taken not the root causes. Reduction of waste without considering the value can create new waste. Since waste is a dependent variable, it should not be measured without considering value. Another complication is that value and waste often occurs at different points in time and in different settings.Single measures are sensitive to its environment. Several measures are more robust. Measures distort and influence the perception and thereby the decision of the studied phenomena. Also, the notion of value and waste becomes harder to define and trace as the resolution and detailing of the studied process increases.
Godkänd; 2016; 20151028 (petwal); Nedanstående person kommer att disputera för avläggande av teknologie doktorsexamen. Namn: Peter Wallström Ämne: Byggproduktion /Construction Engineering and Management Avhandling: On Value and Waste Opponent: Docent Kristian Widén, Avd för Byggproduktion, Institutionen för Byggvetenskaper, Lunds tekniska högskola, Lund. Ordförande: Professor Ove Lagerqvist, Avd för byggkonstruktion och -produktion, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och naturresurser, Luleå tekniska universitet, Luleå. Tid: Onsdag 14 september, 2016 kl 13.00 Plats: F1031, Luleå tekniska universitet

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Vithanage, Radeeka, and Solongo Oyuntugs. "Internationalization of Family Firms : The effect of family-specific resourceson internationalization decisions." Thesis, Högskolan i Jönköping, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43822.

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Background: Sweden is known for encouraging entrepreneurship where 99.9% of the business organizations are SMEs. Including Sweden, several other countries in the world provide significant importance to family firms, as their contribution is noteworthy to the global economy. Due to numerous reasons such as globalization and growth aspects, FSMEs are forced to gain competitive advantage through international diversification. Internationalization of FSMEs can be influenced by unique characteristics of family firms.Purpose: Internationalization is a process where the decision of internationalization can be affected by several factors including resources. Among unique characteristics of family firms, FSMEs also possess family-specific resources that may influence these decisions. Hence the purpose of this study is to gain an in-depth understanding on which and how family-specific resources influence internationalization decisions.Method: With the use of a single case study method, we gained valuable insight of a Swedish candy manufacturing family firm which engaged in internationalization successfully. The data was collected through in-depth interviews, observations, company website, published press interviews, press articles and other databases.Conclusion: Internationalization can be a daunting decision for family firms where availability of resources play a major role. The key family-specific resources that influenced the decision of internationalization of the family firm studied in this thesis were bridging social capital, human capital and governance capital. The remaining capitals may have contributed to the internationalization process. Other than the family-specific resources, factors such as generational change and ability to gain substantial financial support in further influenced their internationalization decisions. These findings likewise confirm the existence of heterogeneity of family firms which makes them unique.

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Schelini, André Luiz Spinelli. "Gestão de projetos e a internacionalização de empresas brasileiras: um estudo sob a perspectiva da RBV." Universidade Nove de Julho, 2015. http://bibliotecadigital.uninove.br/handle/tede/1182.

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Firms face challenges of various natures in different competitive environments, depending on the target market, the business model and corporate strategies. Operate in international markets is a constant challenge on the schedule of firms in the global environment to start their internationalization process. Are challenges since the capitalization of resources, new markets and customers, development of competencies and capabilities, directed to the strategic formation of the company's internationalization, among others. This study focuses on three theoretical areas: project management, internationalization of companies and the resource-based view (RBV). Thus defined the following research question: "How the project management maturity contributes to internationalization of Brazilian companies from the perspective of resource-based view?” Particularly analyzed the contributions of mature project management for internationalization features in international Brazilian companies from the RBV-VRIO analysis, ie, examined whether the mature nature of the management of projects adopted by the selected companies are considered strategic resources, with implications competitive, sustainable competitive advantage for the company. The research strategy adopted was a multiple case study of descriptive exploratory approach within-case analysis and cross-case method, in internationalized Brazilian companies from different business segments. As a result, the study found that the project management features: sustainability of the project, involvement of stakeholders, defining objectives and strategies, change management and risk management, have the greatest contribution to the internationalization of selected companies, with implication of competitive advantage sustainable, considering the RBV-VRIO analysis. Thus, the research presents contributions for companies that are or intend to initiate a process of internationalization, so the process is clearer and driven to a better use of market opportunities.
As empresas enfrentam desafios de diversas naturezas em diferentes ambientes competitivos, dependendo do mercado-alvo, do modelo do negócio e das estratégias corporativas. Atuar em mercados internacionais é um desafio constante na pauta das empresas no ambiente globalizado ao iniciar seu processo de internacionalização. São desafios desde a capitalização de recursos, conquista de novos mercados e clientes, desenvolvimento de competências e capacidades, instruídas para a formação estratégica de internacionalização da empresa, entre outros. Este estudo concentra-se em três eixos teóricos: a gestão de projetos, a internacionalização de empresas e a visão baseada em recursos (RBV). Assim, definiu-se a seguinte questão de pesquisa: “Como a maturidade em gestão de projetos contribui para internacionalização de empresas brasileiras sob a ótica da visão baseada em recursos?”. Particularmente foram analisadas as contribuições das características da gestão madura de projetos para internacionalização em empresas brasileiras internacionais a partir da análise RBV-VRIO, ou seja, analisou se as características maduras da gestão de projetos adotados pelas empresas selecionadas são consideradas como recursos estratégicos, com implicação competitiva, de uma vantagem competitiva sustentável para empresa. A estratégia de pesquisa adotada foi de estudo de múltiplos casos, de abordagem exploratória descritiva com método de análise inter-caso e intra-caso, em empresas brasileiras internacionalizadas de diferentes segmentos empresariais. Como resultado, o estudo identificou que as características da gestão de projetos: sustentabilidade do projeto, envolvimento dos stakeholders, definição de objetivos e estratégias, gerenciamento da mudança e gerenciamento de riscos, possuem alta contribuição para internacionalização das empresas selecionadas, com implicação de vantagem competitiva sustentável, considerando a análise RBV-VRIO. Com isso, a pesquisa apresenta contribuições para as empresas que estão ou pretendem iniciar um processo de internacionalização, de forma que o processa seja mais claro e orientado para um melhor aproveitamento das oportunidades de mercado.

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Rocha, Rafael Alves. "RBV e futebol dão samba? Análise multivariada de dados aplicada na identificação dos fatores que influenciam o desempenho dos times na primeira divisão do campeonato brasileiro de futebol." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/5616.

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O curso de mestrado profissional em administração (MPA) da Fundação Getúlio Vargas é formatado para profissionais que têm interesse em combinar uma sólida base acadêmica com atividades voltadas para a aplicação prática. O objetivo deste trabalho está alinhado com objetivo do curso ao realizar a aplicação prática dos conceitos da resource-based view das firmas aos resultados dos jogos do campeonato brasileiro com o propósito de identificar quais fatores explicam o desempenho operacional dos times de futebol da primeira divisão, o que irá contribuir para auxiliar os clubes de futebol no Brasil nas suas decisões de investimentos e alocação de recursos financeiros. Ao analisar a qualidade dos jogadores e sua posição relativa em relação ao time, a motivação para o jogo, os fatores 'casa' e 'camisa', todos considerados recursos valiosos, raros, inimitáveis e operacionalmente utilizáveis, procurar-se-á contribuir para esse processo de decisão de investimentos e construção de vantagens competitivas pelos clubes. Aplicando-se o método de análise multivariada de dados conhecida como regressão linear múltipla, foi possível identificar que existem fatores que influenciam o desempenho dos times independente da sua situação dentro do jogo, seja como mandante como visitante: a posição relativa da qualidade do elenco em relação ao time adversário contribui positivamente e o número de cartões vermelhos contribui negativamente. Ao jogar 'em casa', a posição relativa da qualidade dos jogadores do ataque do time mandante em relação aos jogadores da defesa do time visitante contribui positivamente para a vitória do time da 'casa'. Porém, no caso do time visitante, a posição relativa da qualidade dos jogadores da defesa em relação aos jogadores do ataque do time mandante e a 'camisa' (neste caso, apenas se ela 'carrega' consigo algum título que dê ao time uma reputação a nível internacional) são os fatores que contribuem positivamente para a vitória. Portanto, a disposição tática dos recursos também é um fator relevante que deve ser considerado em pesquisas futuras. Desta forma, não basta ter os recursos e explorá-los aleatoriamente porque o ambiente de disputa não é estático, assim como não é, de forma análoga, o ambiente de negócios.

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Venkatachalam, Nagarajan. "Leveraging of software as a service by small and medium enterprises: Information systems capabilities and organisational complementarities." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2015. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/89740/1/Nagarajan_Venkatachalam_Thesis.pdf.

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This research explored how small and medium enterprises can achieve success with software as a service (SaaS) applications from cloud. Based upon an empirical investigation of six growth oriented and early technology adopting small and medium enterprises, this study proposes a SaaS for small and medium enterprise success model with two approaches: one for basic and one for advanced benefits. The basic model explains the effective use of SaaS for achieving informational and transactional benefits. The advanced model explains the enhanced use of software as a service for achieving strategic and transformational benefits. Both models explicate the information systems capabilities and organizational complementarities needed for achieving success with SaaS.

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De, Jong Stefan, and Peter Svensson. "Sustainable drivers and performance in Corporate Social Responsibility." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-35062.

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Purpose To determine sustainable Resource Based View drivers (RBV) (i.e. resources, capabilities) and motivation for the successful (i.e. positive Financial (FP) / Social Performance (SP)) implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in the strategies of top performing companies in regards to CSR. In addition to find out how these drivers are being nourished, developed and utilized in order to contribute to the sustainable development in companies. Design/ Methodology/ Approach Interviews are held with CSR-managers from top performing companies based on their engagement and performance in CSR. In addition, their Corporate Responsibility (CR) reports are observed in order to apply triangulation on the company’s engagement in CSR. Furthermore shall reports by third party organizations be observed to get multiple perspectives on the concept of CSR and Sustainability? Lastly an exclusive guest lecture at Linnaeus University is attended which provided insight on corporate partnership in regards to CSR from the point of view of a charitable organization. Findings The most important non-financial drivers of CSR and Sustainability are; knowledge flow, capabilities and competence. Knowledge can be acquired through active engagement with all the company’s stakeholders, especially by collaborating with universities and for example charitable organizations. Companies have invested in the training of top level management in their understanding of the importance of CSR and Sustainability. This is because the top level management is seen as the driving and deciding force within the company to engage in CSR and Sustainability. Some companies have invested research in the understanding of their stakeholders’ perceptions on Sustainability issues which they deem as most important. Delimitations/ Limitations This research investigates the non-financial drivers (i.e. sources and antecedents) of CSR and Suitability in order to invest in and develop the drivers with the purpose of further developing Sustainability. This research is primarily focussed on Swedish companies as they seem to be further advanced in this subject due to for example legislation and the fact that Sweden is one of the most prosperous countries in the world. The purpose of this research is not to generalize the findings, but to provide insight so other companies could learn and develop themselves further in their pursuit for Sustainability. Implications In order to develop Sustainability further companies need to create tighter collaborations with especially universities as the managers and business leaders for the future, but also other employees, are the students of today. Especially business students complain about the way their subject is being taught as it fails to thoroughly address current and future business problems. Furthermore the concept of Sustainability should be taught not only at universities but at high schools as well, because the society as a whole needs to collaborate to deal with the mega forces that await us in the not too distant future. Originality/ Value CSR finds itself in a cross-section in academic literature between different affecting disciplines. By combining the different disciplines the authors want to contribute to sustainable development and competitive advantage in CSR-strategies by examining top performing companies who are (perceived to be) well advanced in this subject. Previous research has primarily focussed on proving the relationship between implementing CSR and positive Financial Performance (FP) as the driver of CSR. Much less have other antecedents to CSR been investigated with purpose of further improving sustainable development.

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Lessa, Neto Antonio Thomaz Pacheco. "Fluxos de conhecimento em subsidiárias de corporações multinacionais: uma survey de empresas no Brasil." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2013. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/1089.

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Knowledge flows, especially in subsidiaries of multinational corporations, now have an increasing importance in organizations and therefore the discussion of research in the field. The aim of this work is to analyze flows not only through transfers, but also conversions of knowledge between the three families of intangible assets (external structure, internal structure and individual competence), since, for the creation of value, the key lies in the fact that such transfers and conversions be effective (SVEIBY, 2001). Concerning the method, this dissertation presents an empirical study through a survey applied along the Brazilian subsidiaries of multinational corporations, from a theoretical construct Knowledge-based view (KBV) where makes an analysis of the assets of individual competence, internal structure and external structure, and having for its object of study brazilian companies in Brazil listed in data collection known as the best and biggest from business magazine EXAME covering the year 2012. The study indicates, for the sample data (nine respondents) removed of the universe effectively researched (140 companies and not the initial 565), that there is the maximization of value creation from knowledge flows in two directions only by knowledge transfers and conversions of Individual Competencies for External Structure, within the Internal Structure, of Internal Structure for Individual Competencies and within the External Structure
Os fluxos de conhecimento, de modo especial em subsidiárias de corporações multinacionais, passam a ter uma importância crescente nas organizações e por consequência nas discussões de pesquisas no campo. O objetivo deste trabalho é a análise dos fluxos, não somente através das transferências, mas também das conversões, de conhecimento entre as três famílias de ativos intangíveis (estrutura externa, estrutura interna e competência individual), uma vez que, para a criação de valor, a chave reside no fato de tais transferências e conversões serem eficazes (SVEIBY, 2001). Quanto ao método, esta dissertação apresenta um estudo empírico desenvolvido através de uma survey aplicada junto às subsidiárias brasileiras de corporações multinacionais, a partir de um construto teórico da visão baseada no conhecimento (VBC) - ou Knowledge-based View (KBV) - onde se faz uma análise dos ativos de competência individual, de estrutura interna e de estrutura externa, e tendo por objeto de estudo as empresas do Brasil listadas no levantamento de dados conhecido como Melhores e Maiores da Revista EXAME referente ao ano de 2012. O estudo indica, para a amostra dos dados (nove respondentes) retirada do universo efetivamente pesquisado (140 empresas e não as 565 iniciais), que existe a maximização de criação de valor a partir dos fluxos de conhecimento em duas direções somente pelas transferências e conversões de conhecimento de Competências Individuais para a Estrutura Externa, dentro da Estrutura Interna, da Estrutura Interna para as Competências Individuais e dentro da Estrutura Externa

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Malafaia, Guilherme Cunha. "As convenções sociais de qualidade como suporte à configuração de sistemas agroalimentares locais competitivos : um estudo cross country na pecuária de corte." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/12551.

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No presente estudo examinou-se a influência da coordenação dos Sistemas Agroalimentares Locais (SIAL) na exploração dos ativos estratégicos territoriais (AET) para o desenvolvimento de vantagens competitivas sustentáveis. Para tanto, desenvolveu-se o framework da Construção Social de Vantagens Competitivas em Sistemas Agroalimentares Locais. Esse framework é sustentado por três abordagens teóricas, a Economia das Convenções, a Visão Baseada em Recursos e o Sistema Agroalimentar Local. A conjugação destas três vertentes teóricas permite entender o processo dinâmico de construção coletiva da qualidade de um produto agroalimentar oriundo de uma determinada região, pois proporciona um processo de complementaridade entre os ativos estratégicos territoriais e as formas de coordenação praticadas, bem como permite identificar os fatores de sustentação estratégicos envolvidos nessa complementaridade. Com intuito de validar esse framework, realizou-se um estudo multi casos na pecuária de corte, onde estudou-se a Indicação de Procedência da Carne do Pampa Gaúcho e o Programa de Carne Natural Certificada do Uruguai. Foram realizadas entrevistas em profundidade com os agentes de cada um dos casos, onde se verificou as quatro etapas que compõem o framework proposto, a motivação, a relevância, a coerência na ação coletiva e a legitimação. Os resultados mostraram que em ambos os casos estudados, as etapas do framework sinalizam condições favoráveis, indicando um possível desenvolvimento de vantagens competitivas. No caso específico da etapa referente à coerência da ação coletiva, onde ocorreu a principal contribuição desse estudo, identificou-se a presença de várias formas de coordenação ao longo do SIAL, e que essas formas fazem combinações entre si, gerando, consequentemente, uma complementaridade entre os AET. Por fim, conclui-se que o caráter compósito das formas de coordenação é pertinente para entender a complementaridade dos recursos, o que nos permite afirmar que as formas de coordenação influenciam na exploração dos ativos estratégicos territoriais.
In the present study, the influence of the coordination of Local Agrifood Systems (SIAL) in the exploration of territorial strategic actives (AET) for the development of sustainable competitive advantages was examined. For this purpose, a framework of the Social Construction of Competitive Advantages in Local Agrifood Systems was developed. This framework is supported by three theoretical approaches: Economy of Conventions, Resource- Based Perspective and Local Agrifood System. The conjugation of these three theoretical perspectives assists in the understanding of the dynamic process of collective construction regarding the quality of an agroalimentary product originated from a certain region. This occurs due to the fact that this conjugation provides a complementarity between the territorial strategic actives and the practiced coordination forms and it also allows the identification of strategic sustentation factors involved in this complementarity. With the objective of validating this framework, a study of multiple cases in the beef cattle industry was carried out, in which the Indication of Origin of the Meat of the Gaucho Pampas and the Uruguayan Program of Certified Natural Meat were studied. In-depth interviews with agents from both the cases were carried out. The four stages that compose the proposed framework: motivation, relevance, coherence in the collective action and legitimation were also verified. The results demonstrated that in both the cases studied, the stages of the framework point to favorable conditions, indicating a possible development of competitive advantages. In the specific case of the stage that refers to the coherence of collective action, in which resides the main contribution of this study, the presence of several forms of coordination throughout the SIAL could be identified and also the fact that these forms combine with each other, consequently generating a complementarity between the AET was observed. At last, it was concluded that the composite character of the coordination forms is pertinent in order for one to understand the resource complementarity. This allows one to affirm that the coordination forms have an influence in the exploration of territorial strategic actives.

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Rezende, Julio Francisco Dantas de. "Sustentabilidade das empresas associadas ? REDEPETRO-RN." Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, 2012. http://repositorio.ufrn.br:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/12073.

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The present study investigated the management of social, environmental and economic sustainability practices employed by 72 oil companies in Rio Grande do Norte state in Brazil associated to Joint Business Network for Enhancing the Competitive Ability of Suppliers of Goods and Services to the Gas and Oil Industry in Rio Grande do Norte (REDEPETRO-RN). Thus, our investigation aimed to determine the extent to which sustainability practices of companies associated to REDEPETRO-RN are developed through their own efforts or influenced by the Triple Helix interorganizational arrangement (governamental organizations, education and research institutions, and industries). The research instrument used was a questionnaire in order to map and characterize the sustainability practices. The research subjects were business owners and managers. The data collected supported the descriptive, correspondence and correlation analyzes. Were identified a greater emphasis of the companies surveyed in developing sustainability practices and greater economic influence of business organizations in the construction of sustainability status. It was concluded with confirmation of thesis of the REDEPETRO-RN arrangement exhibits the characteristics and functioning of a common Interorganizational Cooperative Arrangement, not those of a triple helix interorganizational arrangement, given that the influences exerted for the development of social, environmental and economical sustainability on the part of teaching and research institutions, and government and business organizations do not interact with one another sufficiently to create a virtuous circle of cooperation among the associated companies. By contrast, the Interorganizational Cooperative Arrangement plays an important role in strengthening the competitiveness of companies affiliated to REDEPETRO-RN, by combining different competencies in an attempt at supporting the adoption of sustainability practices, a role reinforced by the scope of PETROBRAS, which, due to its economic importance, has considerable weight in the managerial decisions of associated companies
Esta pesquisa explorou a gest?o de pr?ticas de sustentabilidade social, ambiental e econ?mica de 72 empresas associadas ? Rede de Articula??o Empresarial para Amplia??o da Capacidade Competitiva dos Fornecedores de Bens e Servi?os do Setor de Petr?leo e G?s do Rio Grande do Norte (REDEPETRO-RN), procurando responder em que medida as pr?ticas de sustentabilidade das empresas associadas ? rede s?o explicadas por um esfor?o pr?prio ou s?o influenciadas pelo arranjo interorganizacional do tipo H?lice Tripla configurado pela REDEPETRO-RN. (organiza??es governamentais, institui??es de ensino e pesquisa e organiza??es empresariais). O instrumento utilizado foi o question?rio junto aos empres?rios e gestores. Os dados coletados subsidiaram a realiza??o de an?lises descritivas, de correspond?ncia e correla??o. Identificou-se uma maior ?nfase das empresas no desenvolvimento de pr?ticas de sustentabilidade econ?mica e uma maior influ?ncia das organiza??es empresariais na constru??o desse status de sustentabilidade, confirmando a tese de que o arranjo REDEPETRO-RN apresenta caracter?sticas e funcionamento de um Arranjo Cooperativo Interoganizacional (ACI) comum, n?o apresentando caracter?sticas de um arranjo interorganizacional do tipo H?lice Tripla, dado as influ?ncias exercidas para o desenvolvimento de pr?ticas de sustentabilidade social, ambiental e econ?mica por parte das institui??es de ensino e pesquisa, das organiza??es governamentais e empresariais n?o interagirem entre si suficientemente para configurar um c?rculo virtuoso de coopera??o entre as empresas associadas. No entanto, o Arranjo Cooperativo Interorganizacional tem um papel importante no fortalecimento da competitividade das empresas associadas ? REDEPETRORN, ao reunir diferentes compet?ncias e tentar articul?-las para apoiar entre outras a??es a ado??o de pr?ticas de sustentabilidade, papel valorizado pela for?a da PETROBRAS, que em fun??o de sua import?ncia econ?mica tem um peso consider?vel nas decis?es gerenciais das empresas associadas

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Simoni, Ariela Zanetta. "Estratégia de informação: lobby em ambientes de mudanças políticas." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/22045.

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No âmbito das atividades políticas corporativas (CPA) com auxílio das variáveis de recursos, rotina e capacidades da Teoria da Visão Baseada em Recursos (RBV), esta pesquisa pretendeu analisar como as atividades políticas corporativas de Lobby das empresas são realizadas em ambientes de mudanças políticas. O Lobby é uma das táticas mais utilizadas de CPA. Estudos que visam a compreensão por intermédio de fatores econômicos e de outras naturezas são de suma importância na explicação da variação dentro de um determinado sistema, porém, raramente levam em consideração o ambiente político doméstico de um país (YADAV, 2008). O contexto de imprevisibilidade gera incertezas a respeito do ambiente no qual implementa-se a tática de Lobby e diminui a capacidade de previsão de cenários. A consequência disso é a possibilidade de redução da vantagem competitiva das firmas as quais se engajam em estratégias de não mercado. Além disso, ambientes de mudanças políticas caracterizam-se por trocas de executivos no poder provenientes de eleições nacionais (YASUDA; MITSUHASHI, 2017) ou por impedimento em completar o mandato governamental. O cenário político e econômico do ano de 2016 no Brasil serviu como laboratório para o estudo, na medida em que apresenta características do ambiente de mudanças políticas necessárias à pesquisa. Por intermédio de uma pesquisa qualitativa positivista com triangulação de dados primários – obtidos por meio de entrevistas – e secundários – principalmente para entendimento do ambiente político, a pesquisa justifica-se pela importância no aprofundamento da compreensão do fenômeno.
In the scope of corporate policy activities (CPA) aided by resource variables, routine and resource-based capabilities (RBV), this research aimed to analyze how corporate lobbying activities are carried out in politically changing environments. Lobby is one of CPA's most commonly used tactics. Studies that aim at understanding through economic and other factors are indeed important in explaining variation within a given system, but rarely take into account a country's domestic political environment (YADAV, 2008). The context of unpredictability creates uncertainties about the environment in which lobby tactic is implemented and reduces the predictability of scenarios. The consequence of this is the possibility of diminishing the competitive advantage of companies that engage in non-market strategies. In addition, politically changing environments are characterized by exchanges of power executives from national elections (YASUDA; MITSUHASHI, 2017) or by impediment in completing the government mandate. The political and economic scenario of 2016 in Brazil served as a laboratory for the study, as it presents characteristics of the environment of political changes demanded for the research. Through a qualitative positivist research with triangulation of primary data - obtained through interviews - and secondary data - mainly for understanding the political environment, the research is justified by the importance of deeper understanding of the phenomenon.

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Hahn, Sejin, and Sarafat Hossain. "Impacts of COVID-19: Funding Business Operations and Adapting Marketing Strategies." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-185101.

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Purpose -- Given the enduring COVID-19 pandemic, this thesis set out to reveal an updated perspective of the service-oriented small business experience, particularly in their access and choice of financial resources to fund operations and adapt marketing strategy. By the time this study started, it was clear which businesses had been rising with the new tides of swelled categorical demand vs. those that were persevering like embers in a 'slow burn' state of low income against persistent expenses. Therefore, the research sought to compare the results of marketing experimentation with current plans for increasing resiliency, or enabling robust growth, coming out of the pandemic. Methodology / Design / Approach -- As the quantitative understanding of the business impacts had been generalized, a closer look was needed into what entrepreneurs and small business leaders were thinking about in the present moment, by reflecting on factors for survival / thriving, until this point and going forward. To capture this wide range of perspectives and strategies in formulation, qualitative methods with a diverse set of businesses were selected. Theoretically, customer-centric marketing principles were employed, focusing on three intangible firm resources (of the resource-based view): 1) Stakeholder Relationships; 2) Brand Equity and 3) Knowledge / Capabilities. Findings -- With the realization that adequate financing is inaccessible and government support perceivably unreliable, small businesses naturally tested several emergent strategies within the limits of their available resources. During times of crisis and radical change, as entire industry ecosystems are reassuming their fundamentals, companies have the opportunity to maximize and develop their resources, in alignment with differing and changing customer demands. Practical Implications -- While the recommendations are tailored for small business and optimistically many, cities are also suggested to take a resource-based VRIO (Value, Rarity, Imitability and Organizability) approach to supporting the economic value and potential of their retail, restaurant and service-oriented business communities. Originality / Value -- Applying a modern customer-centric view for the small business resources most potentially valuable and developable, this research contributes a unique crisis-borne framework, which may be conceptually used as a hotbed -- by both internal and external (i.e. municipalities, partners and customers) stakeholders -- for ideating novel marketing strategies and supporting business growth / resilience. Keywords: Adaptation, Crisis Management, Financial Liquidity, Access to Capital, Government Aid, Alternative Finance, Marketing Strategy, Resource-based View (RBV), Customer-Centric, Stakeholder View, Brand, Authenticity, Knowledge, Capabilities, Marketing Management, Marketing-Finance Interface, Paid Marketing, Organic Marketing, Customer Loyalty, Community and Decision-Making

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Garrab, Mehdi. "L'apport des ressources, capacités et capacités dynamiques à la performance." Thesis, Paris 2, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA020075.

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Dans cette thèse nous avons tenté d’expliquer la performance des entreprises en se basant sur l’approche basée sur les ressources (RBV) et l’approche basée sur les capacités dynamiques (DCV),deux approches relevant de la théorie des ressources qui gagneraient à être intégrées. Pour aborder la problématique, nous avons développé deux axes de recherche : « La détention des ressources/capacités et la Performance » et « La gestion des ressources/capacités et la Performance ». Le premier modèle conceptuel a présenté les relations liant les différentes capacités opérationnelles à la performance. Le modèle conceptuel global a traité de la relation « Capacités opérationnelles – Environnement -Stratégie de diversification - Capacités dynamiques- Performance ». Notre posture épistémologique dans cette recherche se voulait positiviste. Au niveau des choix méthodologiques nous avons opté pour une démarche hypothético-déductive avec une approche quantitative basée sur des données secondaires collectées de la base de données française DIANE et des statistiques de l’INSEE, et pour évaluer les capacités nous avons eu recours à la méthode DEA. La première étude empirique a testé la relation capacités opérationnelles-performance sur quatre échantillons mono-sectoriels représentatifs de l’industrie manufacturière française : le secteur pharmaceutique, le secteur automobile, le secteur de la chimie et le secteur de l’habillement. La seconde étude empirique a testé le modèle mettant en relation les capacités opérationnelles, les capacités dynamiques, l’environnement et la diversification,sur la base d’un échantillon plurisectoriel regroupant les quatre secteurs. Les résultats ont permis de découvrir en premier lieu, l’importance de la capacité financière pour tous les secteurs, en deuxième lieu, le rôle modérateur de l’environnement et de la diversification et en troisième lieu l‘importance des capacités dynamiques d’apprentissage (d’absorption) et adaptative dans l’explication de la performance. Ces résultats peuvent servir les décisions managériales et l'action publique
In this thesis we have tried to explain business performance based on the resource-based View (RBV) and the Dynamic capabilities View (DCV), two approaches within the resource-based theory (RBT)that benefits from being integrated. To address the problem, we have developed two main stream of research: "The detention of resources / capabilities and performance" and "The management of resources / capabilities and performance." The first conceptual model presented the relations linking the various operational capabilities to performance. The global conceptual model has focused the relation “Ordinary capabilities – Environment – Diversification strategy- Dynamic capabilities –Performance”. Our epistemological position in this research wished to be positivist. At the methodological level we opted for a hypothetical-deductive approach with a quantitative approach based on secondary data collected from the French database DIANE and INSEE statistics, and to evaluate capabilities we used the DEA method. The first empirical study that aims on “ordinary capabilities – performance” link, is based on four industries samples representing the French manufacturing industry: the pharmaceutical industry, the automotive industry, the chemical industry and the clothing industry. The second study tested the empirical model linking ordinary capabilities,dynamic capabilities, environment and diversification, based on a multisectorial sample comprising the four sectors. The results revealed first the importance of financial capability for all sectors, second the moderating role of the environment and the diversification and thirdly the magnitudes of dynamic learning (absorption) and adaptive capabilities in explaining performance. These results could serve managerial decisions and public policy

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Svensson, Lotten. "A Resource-based View on Collaboration between Firms and Local Partners in a Non-urban Swedish Context." Doctoral thesis, University of Twente, The Netherlands, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-13278.

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Is it feasible to stimulate informal collaboration among non-urban firms and local public- and other private-sector actors, whereby they jointly strengthen the competitiveness of these firms? To answer this question, firms’ collaboration with local partner’s actors were examined. Most of the studied firms in this thesis are embedded in a regional “ecosystem” of a country (Sweden), with the usual set of public- and third-sector (not-for-profit) actors. Firms that “exploit” all their local external actors do create additional resources for themselves. This thesis argues that such fuller use is feasible and perhaps necessary in a non-urban Swedish context. The Resource-Based Theory (RBT) considers mainly internal firm resources to achieve superior performance. In order to extend this theory in the context of a non-urban area, collaborative excellence is advocated through informal public-private collaboration that can help firms to flourish economically. The collaboration between the public and the private sectors can also enhance a common spirit or identity of a place. Action Design Research (ADR) Methodology is invoked in this thesis, together with other supporting methods, such as interviews and observations as well as archival data analysis. The intervention was held as a set of workshops and has been used as a key research method at the same time. The results capture, amongst others, views from municipal management, private companies, and community (not-for-profit) associations. The essential aim of this research was to enhance the quality of the interactions among the key individuals from these organizations in their efforts to strengthen productive cooperation between the public and the private sectors. Informal public-private collaboration is important. Thus, more understanding of how such collaboration can be used effectively is paramount. This thesis shows that it is feasible to develop collaboration in a specific Swedish non-urban context when successful private firms and a municipality work well together with relevant, not-for-profit organizations that are also located in, and concerned with, the same region. Therefore, when addressing the competitive potential of a location, the quality of the informal public-private collaboration, should be considered. The abductive research approach of this study aims to offer an understanding of how informal collaboration between firms and local, non-commercial partners may take place, aiming for firms to flourish

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George, S. "A resource-based view of the 'state' : a case study of the Indian state." Thesis, Coventry University, 2015. http://curve.coventry.ac.uk/open/items/a9c776d7-3821-490b-9272-59965a0de5d4/1.

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This study has addressed a central issue, a gap in our existing knowledge, literature, analysis, an understanding of the role of state in resource seeking. Whilst the role and operations of the firm, has long been a primary focus of research in Strategic Management, analysis of the role and influence of the state with respect to firms has been relatively under-researched. To investigate this core research question, the study identified and applied the well-established theoretical and methodological approach, the Resource Based View of the ‘firm’ (RBV), developing it further to incorporate and mainstream the factor of the state and elaborating a fresh analytical approach, termed the resource-based view of the ‘state’ (RBS). The new RBS conceptual framework has been proposed by extending the central proposition of the RBV of the firm- that a firm must acquire and control valuable and non-substitutable resources and capabilities, into a multidisciplinary integration of both the institution based view (IBV) approach and the role of the contemporary state in providing resources and capabilities to firms. The central problematic this research is seeking to explore is the new resource-based approach of the Indian state. The state is seeking the acquisition of energy assets overseas, using institutional support mechanisms and the deployment of specific state capabilities and resources. Using an in-depth case analysis of the Indian state, this thesis provides evidence of the resource-based approach, in which the state provides a strategic intent for its firms, creates strategic markets for the firms to compete in as well as providing intangible resources. The state is also presented as a source of new intangible resources that provide competitive advantage and insulate firms from competition in specific markets. Insights from elite interviewees representing a cross-section of institutional actors such as academics, ambassadors, senior government officials, policy planners, advises the state, personnel from state-owned and private resource seeking firms as well as from the fourth estate, in the thesis has provided a rich contextual information to evidence resource seeking in the contemporary Indian state. The key contribution of the new conceptual framework, the RBS model has been in integrating a multidisciplinary approach to the traditional resource based view theory of the firm. Using the institutional context of the Indian state, this thesis has provided an appropriate context for the validation of the RBV of the firm.

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Breyer, Thiago Beiler dos Santos. "Análise estratégica da advocacia empresarial a partir da visão baseada em recursos." Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2015. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/4892.

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As transformações empresariais vividas pelas empresas nos últimos anos chegaram ao mundo jurídico com diversos autores em artigos e publicações referindo-se e ao mercado jurídico em transformação, em especial no que se refere à Advocacia Empresarial. Dentre os diversos motivos para esta transformação, apresentam-se a mudança em sua gestão e posicionamento estratégico decorrentes de fatores mercadológicos, tais como tecnologia, sócio econômico, financeiro e os efeitos próprios da globalização. Observa-se, no entanto, que se as organizações empresariais evoluíram e se aperfeiçoaram administrativa e estrategicamente, o mesmo não se podendo dizer da advocacia empresarial, quer por muitos anos permaneceu inerte em sua estratégia, gestão e organização administrativa. Ocorre que a partir de determinado momento, as empresas que, por necessidade, interesse em crescimento ou competitividade vieram a se profissionalizar, passaram a exigir o mesmo de seus fornecedores, dentre eles os escritórios de advocacia empresarial Por tais razões e pelo crescente número de advogados e sociedades de advogados empresariais, se faz presente à advocacia empresarial uma estratégia clara e oportuna e voltada às características da sua indústria, qual seja, a prestação de serviços tendo o conhecimento como elemento precípuo de sua atuação. A Visão Baseada em Recursos (‘VBR’) vem ao encontro desta necessidade estratégica da advocacia empresarial, ao focar a sua estratégia nos recursos internos de uma organização empresarial como elemento norteador estratégico de sua teoria, indo ao encontro dos anseios e necessidades da advocacia empresarial. O presente estudo analisa a estratégia da advocacia empresarial a partir dos norteadores advindos da literatura de campo, Pessoas, Tecnologia, Organização, Preço e Geografia que, alinhados aos conceitos e recursos estratégicos da VBR como referência central para delinear a direção estratégica de um escritório de advocacia empresarial.
Business transformations experienced by businesses in recent years reached the legal world. And several authors in articles and publications refer to the legal market in transformation, particularly in relation to the field of Business and Corporate Law. Among the many reasons for this transformation on Business and Corporate Law, it can be presented the changes in management and strategic positioning due to market factors, such as technology, economic, financial partner and the effects of globalization itself. It is observed, however, that even though business organizations have evolved and improved administrative and strategically, the same can not be said of business and corporate law, taking in account that for many years it remained inert in its strategy, management and administrative organization. It happens that after a certain time, the companies that, by necessity, interest in growth or competitiveness came to professionalize themselves, and began to demand the same of its suppliers, including the Corporate Law Firms. For all this and the growing numbers of lawyers and corporate business lawyers, it is necessary to business law professionals a clear and timely strategy, geared and focused to the characteristics of their industry, namely, the provision of services taking knowledge as essential element of its performance. The Resource Based View ('VBR') meets this strategic need of business law, to force its strategy on internal resources of a business organization as an element and guidance strategy of its theory, meeting the wishes and needs of law business. This study analyzes the business advocacy strategy based on the concepts and VBR resources as a central strategic guidance starting from the this guidance coming from the field of literature, People, Technology, Organization, price and geography that aligned with the concepts and strategic resources of VBR as a central reference to outline the strategic direction of a business law firm

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Ramos, Ana Caroline Salviano. "Análise das capacidades da tecnologia de informação na Maturidade do gerenciamento de projetos." Universidade Federal da Paraíba, 2016. http://tede.biblioteca.ufpb.br:8080/handle/tede/8284.

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The present study aimed to analyze the impact of information technology (IT) capabilities on the maturity of the project management of a power sector company. For the theme comprehension, the study was based on the project management and its areas of knowledge, on project management maturity, on organizational resources, on the dynamic capabilities and IT capabilities. It sought to describe the relationship of IT capabilities with project management with the intention of highlighting the value of IT capabilities in performance for promotion above the level of organizational processes, reflected in the evolution of maturity of the project management and therefore the achievement of a sustained competitive advantage. The research was conducted through an interpretive case study and was guided by a qualitative approach that aimed to identify, through understanding of the stories of the experiences of project managers, the impacts of IT capabilities in the evolution of the maturity of the project management and its areas of knowledge. The research was conducted with ten project managers of a company in the electricity sector which operates in the state of Paraiba and is controlled by a group of companies that operates in the service sector of the Brazilian electric sector. The data collection process came from the knowledge areas of project management, from the project management maturity model (PMMM) and from six categories of IT capabilities: IT business partnerships, external IT linkages, business IT strategic thinking, IT business process integration, IT infrastructure and IT management. The analysis, interpretation and discussion of the results revealed that the IT infrastructure, linkages with external partners IT and integration of business processes and IT were the categories of IT capabilities that impacted the most knowledge areas. The impact of each of these categories of IT capabilities was evident in on least five of the ten knowledge areas studied. Also pointed the reach of the fourth level of maturity MMGP for seven of the ten areas of knowledge. The areas that reached stage four, called managed level were: managing scope, cost, deadlines, communication, risk, quality and integration. But the management of human resources, procurement and stakeholder reached stage three named set or standard level. The main contributions of the studies were: evidence of impacts of IT capabilities in organizational process level and ease in identifying the benefits of IT capabilities, from the process level approach, and contribution to reduction of a gap on the theme. This work indicates directions for future studies that seek to measure the TI impact in process level and studies that address the theme addressed to contribute to reducing the gap of work involving project management and IT capabilities.
Este estudo teve como objetivo analisar o impacto das capacidades da Tecnologia de Informação (TI) na maturidade do gerenciamento de projetos de uma empresa do setor elétrico. Para compreensão do tema, o estudo fundamentou-se no gerenciamento de projetos e suas áreas de conhecimento, na maturidade do gerenciamento de projetos, nos recursos organizacionais, nas capacidades dinâmicas e nas capacidades de TI. Buscou descrever a relação das capacidades de TI com o gerenciamento de projetos com a intenção de destacar o valor das capacidades de TI na promoção de desempenho superior ao nível dos processos organizacionais, refletido na evolução da maturidade do gerenciamento de projetos e, por conseguinte, no alcance de uma vantagem competitiva sustentada. A pesquisa foi realizada por meio de um estudo de caso interpretativo e norteada por uma abordagem qualitativa que teve a finalidade de identificar, por meio da compreensão dos relatos das experiências de gestores de projetos, os impactos das capacidades de TI na evolução da maturidade do gerenciamento de projetos e suas áreas de conhecimento. A pesquisa foi realizada com dez gerentes de projetos de uma empresa do ramo de energia elétrica que atua no estado da Paraíba e é controlada por um grupo de empresas que atuam no ramo de serviços do setor elétrico brasileiro. O processo de coleta de dados partiu das áreas de conhecimento do gerenciamento de projetos, do modelo de maturidade em gerenciamento de projetos (MMGP) e das seis categorias de capacidades de TI: parcerias de negócios e TI, vínculos com parceiros externos de TI, pensamento estratégico nos negócios de TI, integração dos processos de negócio e de TI, infraestrutura de TI e gestão de TI. A análise, interpretação e discussão dos resultados revelaram que a infraestrutura de TI, os vínculos com parceiros externos de TI e a integração dos processos de negócios e de TI foram as categorias de capacidades de TI que impactaram o maior número de áreas de conhecimento. O impacto de cada uma dessas categorias de capacidades de TI foi evidenciado em no mínimo cinco das dez áreas de conhecimento estudadas. Também apontaram o alcance do quarto nível de maturidade do MMGP por sete das dez áreas de conhecimento. As áreas que chegaram ao estágio quatro, denominado nível gerenciado foram: gerenciamento do escopo, dos custos, do prazo, das comunicações, dos riscos, da qualidade e da integração. Já o gerenciamento dos recursos humanos, das aquisições e dos stakeholders chegaram ao estágio três, denominado nível definido ou padronizado. As principais contribuições do estudo foram: a evidência de impactos das capacidades de TI em nível de processo organizacional, a facilidade na identificação dos benefícios das capacidades de TI a partir dessa abordagem e a contribuição para redução da lacuna acerca da temática abordada. O trabalho apontou direções para estudos futuros que busquem mensurar o impacto da TI em nível de processo e estudos que tratem da temática abordada a fim de reduzir a lacuna de pesquisas que envolvem o gerenciamento de projetos e as capacidades de TI.

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RIZZI, FRANCESCA. "Imprese familiari e acquisizioni: come la famiglia influenza le strategie e le performance aziendali." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/39860.

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Il presente lavoro, riconoscendo la rilevanza che le aziende familiari detengono all’interno del contesto internazionale, con particolare riferimento a quello italiano, si propone di analizzare la loro propensione verso l’implementazione della strategia di acquisizione. In particolare lo studio, composto da tre paper tra loro connessi, è volto a delineare una “fotografia” del tessuto imprenditoriale italiano rilevando le caratteristiche delle aziende familiari e della tipologia delle operazioni di crescita per via esterna da queste conseguite. Inoltre, la ricerca fornisce delle comparazioni con le operazioni svolte dalle imprese non familiari così da comprenderne similitudini e differenze evidenziando come la partecipazione della famiglia proprietaria, sia in termini di proprietà che di gestione, incida sulla predisposizione ad acquisire. Il primo paper indaga l’attitudine delle imprese familiari e non familiari ad acquisire, mostrando tipologie e caratteristiche delle operazioni di crescita per via esterna da queste conseguite nel periodo 2000 – 2014. Il secondo lavoro, approfondito il ruolo della distanza culturale ed economica tra acquirente ed acquisita, verifica se le aziende familiari hanno economicamente beneficiato dell’implementazione della strategia di crescita per via esterna. Il terzo contributo analizza come le differenti modalità e livelli di coinvolgimento diretto della famiglia alla vita d’impresa incida sulla predisposizione ad acquisire.
The aim of this work, which recognizes the importance of family-owned firms in the international environment – focusing in particular on the Italian context – is to analyze their propensity to implement the acquisition strategy. The study, composed of three interrelated papers, is intended to “take a picture” of the Italian entrepreneurial fabric, by detecting the features of family firms and the type of growth operations through acquisitions. Furthermore, this research outlines comparisons with the operations led by non family firms, in order to understand similarities and differences by highlighting how the role of family owner, both in terms of property and management, influences the propensity to acquire. The first paper examines the propensity of family and non family firms to acquire, showing the types and features of the growth operations through acquisitions in the timeframe 2000 - 2014. The second paper, after studying in depth the role of the cultural and economic distance between the acquirer and target, checks whether family firms benefitted from the implementation of acquisition. The third paper analyses the influence of the several implementation procedures and the level of direct involvement of the family in the life of the firms on the propensity to acquire.

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RIZZI, FRANCESCA. "Imprese familiari e acquisizioni: come la famiglia influenza le strategie e le performance aziendali." Doctoral thesis, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10280/39860.

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Il presente lavoro, riconoscendo la rilevanza che le aziende familiari detengono all’interno del contesto internazionale, con particolare riferimento a quello italiano, si propone di analizzare la loro propensione verso l’implementazione della strategia di acquisizione. In particolare lo studio, composto da tre paper tra loro connessi, è volto a delineare una “fotografia” del tessuto imprenditoriale italiano rilevando le caratteristiche delle aziende familiari e della tipologia delle operazioni di crescita per via esterna da queste conseguite. Inoltre, la ricerca fornisce delle comparazioni con le operazioni svolte dalle imprese non familiari così da comprenderne similitudini e differenze evidenziando come la partecipazione della famiglia proprietaria, sia in termini di proprietà che di gestione, incida sulla predisposizione ad acquisire. Il primo paper indaga l’attitudine delle imprese familiari e non familiari ad acquisire, mostrando tipologie e caratteristiche delle operazioni di crescita per via esterna da queste conseguite nel periodo 2000 – 2014. Il secondo lavoro, approfondito il ruolo della distanza culturale ed economica tra acquirente ed acquisita, verifica se le aziende familiari hanno economicamente beneficiato dell’implementazione della strategia di crescita per via esterna. Il terzo contributo analizza come le differenti modalità e livelli di coinvolgimento diretto della famiglia alla vita d’impresa incida sulla predisposizione ad acquisire.
The aim of this work, which recognizes the importance of family-owned firms in the international environment – focusing in particular on the Italian context – is to analyze their propensity to implement the acquisition strategy. The study, composed of three interrelated papers, is intended to “take a picture” of the Italian entrepreneurial fabric, by detecting the features of family firms and the type of growth operations through acquisitions. Furthermore, this research outlines comparisons with the operations led by non family firms, in order to understand similarities and differences by highlighting how the role of family owner, both in terms of property and management, influences the propensity to acquire. The first paper examines the propensity of family and non family firms to acquire, showing the types and features of the growth operations through acquisitions in the timeframe 2000 - 2014. The second paper, after studying in depth the role of the cultural and economic distance between the acquirer and target, checks whether family firms benefitted from the implementation of acquisition. The third paper analyses the influence of the several implementation procedures and the level of direct involvement of the family in the life of the firms on the propensity to acquire.

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Choain, Laurent. "L'éducation, fondement et avenir des politiques de ressources humaines et de développement du leadership dans les sociétés de services professionnels." Thesis, Paris 2, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA020003.

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Cette thèse, au travers d’une étude croisée d’un secteur – les firmes de services professionnels – et d’un champ fonctionnel global – l’éducation au management – traite en réalité d’une question principale: comment vont diriger les leaders issus de la génération Y ? Les systèmes actuels d’éducation au management sont-ils en état d’aider à préparer l’émergence d’une génération dont les codes ne pourront plus être ceux – stables – de ces soixante dernières années ? De nouveaux acteurs sont déjà en émergence, prêts à accompagner le développement exponentiel de la classe moyenne mondiale ; mais les entreprises ne pourraient-elles pas, au travers de vingt ans d’expériences innovantes dans leurs universités internes, autant que d’une emprise réelle sur des terrains de recherche opérationnelle, baliser la voie de nouveaux modes d’apprentissage, voire d’organisation, pour peu qu’elles réalisent un effort d’ouverture ? De structures de production à forte concentration capitalistique, n’ont-elles pas vocation à devenir ces lieux de management et de développement de savoir que recherchent les membres les plus talentueux et convoités de cette génération Y ? Les sociétés de services professionnels, confrontées avant toutes autres à ces phénomènes de transformation, sont une avant-garde originale de ces questions, jusque dans leur gouvernance associative et la place centrale des ressources humaines dans leur modèle économique
This work sits at the crossroads of an industry – professional services – and a global functional field – management education, and seeks to answer one question: how are millenials going to lead? Are current management education systems, which proved robust and effective for the past sixty years, capable of adapting to this new generation, helping them create their own leadership codes? New players in the field of education are emerging to take advantage of the rise of a massive middle class around the world. With their vast bodies of empirical research and their innovative practices in the design and delivery of management education through their corporate universities, can companies, provided they open up, pioneer new formats of executive education? Can these corporations shift from capital-intensive organisations to knowledge-intensive campuses, the latter seemingly favoured by the most talented and sought-after Millenials? If a shift is underway, Professional Service Firms are at the forefront of the transformation: based on a purely people-intensive business model, selling only knowledge, and governed through partnerships, PSFs have long had management education at the heart of their operations. Moreover, a large majority of their staff belong to the Y generation. This work therefore examines how to foster education-based innovative HR and leadership development strategies in Professional Service Firms, and draws lessons for the larger corporate world

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Silva, Brivaldo André Marinho da. "Decisões do uso da tecnologia da informação: um estudo sobre o efeito das capacidades dinâmicas." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/8365.

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The main objective of this study is to examine the effects of the information technology (IT) usedecisions over IT performance. There is a great need to justify the investments in this area and an expectation to promote superior performance from the use of IT resources and capabilities. Therefore, it is important to clarify the IT value and role in the firms. Changes and high velocity marketing contexts are major challenges to environmental organizations. In this sense, the IT use decisions should be able to mobilize IT resources and capabilities to respond to organizational environment changes and IT performance should be evaluated for their contribution to business processes, rather than to try linking on a direct relationship to overall performance in which many variables obscure the real IT value. This study is based on resource-based view of the firm (RBV), dynamic capabilities and complementarities of organizational resources. Two guidelines are proposed for IT use decisions. The first one is driven by IT reconfigurability and complementary capabilities. The second one is driven by IT infrastructure, personal and partnerships assets. The performance is evaluated by the IT use competences in terms of aspects of their functionality and market requirements relative to IT process. This empirical investigation assessed its goal considering a sample of professionals responsible for IT decision making and planning in Brazilian organizations. Datas were analyzed through partial least squares path modeling (PLS-PM). The main results indicated strong and significant effects of capabilities-oriented IT use decisions over their assets-oriented. It was revealed that personal assets-oriented IT use decisions are the ones that influence the performance of IT funcionality competences. Finally, it was evident the importance of IT use decisions treatment as a dynamic capability even without the influence of the moderating effect of the turbulence of organizational environment. The main scholarly contributions are filling the gap of decisions involving the use of IT, its performance on process level within the organizational context of Brazil, and theoretical use of the resource-based view of the firm and dynamic capabilities as background able to promote IT value. Among the main contributions to professional practices stands out to take in account of reconfigurability and complementarity capability of IT resources in their use decisions along with other organizational resources so that they can get a better process performance. The study shows promising future researches in assessing the IT value and development of measures and constructs more appropriate to its evaluation.
O objetivo principal do estudo é verificar os efeitos das decisões do uso da tecnologia da informação (TI) no seu desempenho. Existe uma grande necessidade de justificar os investimentos realizados nessa área e uma expectativa de promover um desempenho superior com o uso dos recursos e capacidades da TI. Portanto, é importante esclarecer o seu valor e o seu papel nas organizações. Mudanças e contextos mercadológicos de rápidas transformações são grandes desafios ao ambiente das organizações. Nesse sentido, as decisões do uso da TI devem ser capazes de mobilizar os recursos e capacidades da TI para responder às mudanças do ambiente organizacional e o desempenho desse uso deve ser avaliado pela contribuição aos processos de negócio, ao contrário de insistir numa relação direta ao desempenho geral em que muitas variáveis ofuscam o real valor da TI. O estudo fundamenta-se na visão baseada em recursos da firma, nas capacidades dinâmicas e na complementaridade dos recursos organizacionais. São propostas duas orientações para as decisões do uso da TI. A primeira orientada pelas capacidades de reconfigurabilidade e complementaridade da TI. A segunda orientada pelos ativos de infra-estrutura, pessoal e parcerias. O desempenho é avaliado pelas competências do uso da TI em relação aos aspectos de sua funcionalidade e de mercado, em nível das exigências do seu processo. O estudo avaliou empiricamente seu objetivo numa amostra de profissionais responsáveis pela tomada de decisão e planejamento de TI em organizações brasileiras. Os dados foram analisados através da modelagem de caminhos por mínimos quadrados parciais. Os principais resultados apontaram fortes e significantes efeitos das decisões do uso da TI orientadas pelas capacidades sobre as decisões orientadas pelos ativos de TI. Revelou-se que as decisões orientadas pelos ativos de pessoal são as únicas que influenciam o desempenho das competências de funcionalidades da TI. Por último, foi evidenciado a importância do tratamento das decisões do uso da TI como uma capacidade dinâmica mesmo sem influência do efeito moderador da turbulência do ambiente organizacional. As principais contribuições acadêmicas são o preenchimento da lacuna que envolve as decisões do uso da TI, seu desempenho em nível de processo dentro do contexto organizacional brasileiro e o usoteórico da visão baseada em recursos da firma e das capacidades dinâmicas como pano de fundo capaz de promover o valor da TI. Dentre as principais contribuições para a prática profissional destaca-se a consideração das capacidades de reconfigurabilidade e complementaridade dos recursos de TI nas decisões do seu uso junto aos demais recursos organizacionais para que se possa obter um melhor desempenho dos processos. O estudo aponta pesquisas futuras promissoras na avaliação do valor da TI e no desenvolvimento de medidas e construtos mais apropriados para sua avaliação.

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Bernardi, Flávia Camargo. "Estruturação e desenvolvimento de uma joint venture em busca de maior competitividade : o caso de uma empresa gaúcha do setor metal-mecânico." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UCS, 2011. https://repositorio.ucs.br/handle/11338/576.

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As alianças estratégicas são uma das alternativas de estratégias de cooperação estabelecidas entre duas ou mais empresas com objetivos comuns, visando o estabelecimento de uma vantagem competitiva, sendo que a joint venture, dentre as possibilidades, é a mais frequente. Neste sentido, a presente pesquisa buscou analisar a estruturação, o desenvolvimento e a evolução da joint venture JOST Brasil Sistemas Automotivos Ltda., empresa localizada em Caxias do Sul (RS), resultado da parceria entre a empresa brasileira Randon S.A. e a empresa alemã JOST-Werke. Como metodologia de pesquisa, foi utilizada a pesquisa qualitativa, com caráter exploratório, a partir do desenvolvimento de um estudo de caso, aliado à análise documental e à aplicação de entrevistas individuais em profundidade, com uma abordagem semi-estruturada, considerando-se, como sustentação teórica, a literatura relacionada à estratégia, alianças estratégicas, joint ventures e a Teoria VBR (Visão Baseada em Recursos). A pesquisa permitiu identificar os motivos dos parceiros de negócio para a implementação da joint venture relacionando-os com a Teoria da Visão Baseada em Recursos, as principais etapas de implementação, os fatores críticos de sucesso, os mecanismos de governança adotados, bem como a evolução da JOST Brasil, resultando em considerações teóricas e empíricas que servem como suporte para a compreensão do processo de estruturação, desenvolvimento e evolução de joint ventures. Entre os principais resultados encontram-se a existência de objetivos comuns entre os sócios, a complementariedade de recursos e o desenvolvimento de vantagens competitivas.
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Strategic alliances are one of the choices for strategies of cooperation established between two or more companies with common goals in order to gain a competitive strategy. Joint ventures, among such possibilities, are the most frequent ones. In this sense, this research has sought to examine the structure, development and evolution of the joint venture JOST Brasil Sistemas Automotivos Ltda., a company based in Caxias do Sul (RS), and the result of a partnership between the Brazilian company Randon S.A. and the German company JOST-Werke. As research methodology, the qualitative research with exploratory nature has been used from the development of a case study, combined with documentary analysis and in-depth individual interviews using a semi-structured approach. As theoretical support, literature related to strategy, strategic alliances, joint ventures and RBV (Resource-Based View Theory) has been likewise used. The research made it possible to identify the reasons why business partners have decided to set up a joint venture, relating them to the Resource-Based View Theory, main implementation phases, critical success factors, adopted mechanisms of governance, as well as the evolution of JOST Brasil, resulting in theoretical and empirical considerations that serve as support to understand the structuring process, development and evolution of joint ventures. Among the main results are the partners` common goals, complementary resources and development of competitive edges.

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Anderson, Valdir Lopes. "Desenvolvimento de uma ferramenta para direcionamento no fornecimento de navipeças pela indústria brasileira sob a ótica da Visão Baseada em Recursos (VBR)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3135/tde-07112011-113014/.

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Diversos empresários e órgãos de classe procuram identificar oportunidades no desenvolvimento potencial dos setores naval e offshore e no fornecimento de conteúdo local para essas indústrias. Também as instituições governamentais e privadas interessadas no fomento à indústria brasileira procuram formas de conferir competitividade à indústria alvo de suas políticas. Este trabalho desenvolve de forma preliminar uma ferramenta suportada pela teoria da Visão Baseada em Recursos (VBR), que visa identificar a similaridade entre os recursos necessários para produzir uma série de equipamentos e as competências detidas pela firma. Além da identificação da similaridade, que permite priorizar a escolha dos equipamentos que podem ser desenvolvidos pela firma interessada em atuar no mercado naval, a ferramenta permite a identificação de lacunas tecnológicas e traz à baila importantes discussões sobre a obtenção de competências externamente à firma.
Several entrepreneurs and unions seek to identify potential development opportunities in marine and offshore industries, aiming to provide local content for these industries. Also the government and private institutions interested in promoting the Brazilian industry endeavor ways to give competition to the shipbuilding industry. This study develops a preliminary tool supported by the theory of Resource-Based View (RBV), which aims to identify the similarity between the resources needed to produce a series of equipment and the capabilities held by the firm. Besides the identification of similarity, which helps on the choice of equipment to be developed by the firm, the tool allows the identification of technology gaps and brings up important discussions about getting capabilities outside the firm boundaries.

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Georgiou, Jonathan. "Exploring the benefits of attracting, recruiting and retaining mature age employees up to and beyond the traditional age of retirement: Perspectives from Western Australia." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2015. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1632.

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There has been a recent upsurge in media attention surrounding Australia’s ageing workforce. A review of academic, media and grey literature highlighted inadequacies in existing workplace polices, as well as flaws in financial and social security schemes. Of particular concern were persistent negative attitudes and counterproductive policies regarding mature age employees (MAEs). Poor retention rates among this cohort of workers aged 45 years and over are leading to skilled labour shortages and losses in corporate knowledge. This expected mass exodus of mature cohorts into retirement has been predicted to negatively impact the socio-economic sustainability of ageing societies world-wide and is a pertinent issue for Western Australia (WA). The overarching objective of this study was to identify the ‘place’ of mature cohorts within WA workplaces and promote strategies that will improve the employment conditions and overall quality of life of ageing workforces. Research questions aimed to address the need for greater mature age employment up to and beyond pensionable age; identify ‘gaps’ in policies and programmes; and explore how mature cohorts were perceived (valued) and the extent their departure may affect WA society (labour force). By using a mixed methods research design, this Doctoral dissertation developed a conceptual framework for limiting significant issues individuals, businesses and society may experience as a result of WA’s ageing workforce; whilst simultaneously promoting the benefits of maturity and mature age employment. This Re-Model draws upon the community development work principles of social justice, empowerment and social capital; and is further contextualised by methods of best practice identified from the triangulation of secondary sources, quantitative data and qualitative inquiry. Primary data collection involved the completion of 362 surveys, followed by 27 semistructured interviews and four focus group activities, with a cross section of MAEs, volunteers, their employers, retirees and unemployed cohorts from across WA. Over one-third of current MAEs, employers and volunteers in this study reported they intended working later than the traditional age of retirement, with 71 per cent of this sample planning to semi-retire. Furthermore, almost 60 per cent of a sample that had previously exited the labour force was working at the time of data collection as semi-retirees or rehired retirees (rehirees). Collectively, these statistics indicated that despite predictions of mass disengagement among mature cohorts, most of this crosssection of Western Australians are seeking to remain in (or re-enter) the WA workforce beyond pensionable age. However, quantitative and qualitative findings revealed several barriers to their continued engagement, including access to ‘age-friendly’ workplaces; a dearth of targeted training (career) development and employment assistance; and a lack of value attributed to mature age skills and experience, particularly deleterious in WA’s youth-centric culture. Primary data also highlighted several enabling factors for mature age employment. ‘Flexibility’ and ‘autonomy of choice’ were cited as key dimensions across all aspects of paid work, volunteering and retirement – whether in terms of worklife- balance; the individuation of training and development; or options available to those transitioning out of traditional employment. Data indicated that sustainable cultural change required more than just the removal of negative policies or introduction of punitive legislation. Maintaining a positive outlook among mature age individuals and simultaneously educating (younger) co-workers, employers, policy-makers (stakeholders) and society about the virtues of maturity and non-traditional work (skills) were considered essential to changing societal attitudes, behaviour and culture.

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Hussin, Noor Zatul Iffah. "Resource based view on tourism development in Malaysia (1965-2010)." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1048513.

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Research Doctorate - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
This thesis seeks to examine the structural factors that influence the development of tourism at the national level, with a focus on Malaysia. Tourism in Malaysia emerged later than in its neighbouring countries such as Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia. This is because the primary source of foreign-exchange earnings before 1985 came from commodities and the manufacturing industry. Only after a severe economic recession did Malaysia consider the tourism industry as an alternative to broaden the country’s economic base. Ever since, with an efficient marketing and planning strategy, Malaysia has become the most visited country in Southeast Asia after Thailand. In gross national product (GNP), tourism ranked second after manufacturing, contributing approximately 34 per cent of the total GNP of Malaysia in 2005. To understand the factors that influence tourism development in Malaysia, this study has chosen a qualitative method because it involves answering questions pertaining to ‘what’, ‘why’ and ‘how’, which can provide a wealth of profound and detailed information on the issues being investigated. As the qualitative method is the root for the interpretive paradigm, this study has chosen bibliographic research as its research method, as the information gathered for this study is from published material and data were analysed using content analysis/NVivo 8.0. The findings from this study indicate that Malaysia’s planning in the tourism industry appears to exhibit characteristics consistent with the stages of Butler’s Tourism Life-cycle Model in that Malaysia has undergone the stages of exploration, involvement and development. This study discovered that Malaysia’s strength has been in its four marketing areas (product, price, promotions and distribution channel). However, the last marketing areas, planning and implementation, were not receiving full cooperation from some of the stakeholders, rendering the long-term marketing objectives unachievable. This indicated that competitive advantages may arise, but if resources are imitable, competitive advantage is not sustainable. The marketing strategies that have been employed by Tourism Malaysia for short-term and long-term objectives indicate that Malaysia has constantly considered its core resources (e.g. nature and culture), created resources and supported resources (e.g. accessibility, quality of service and market ties) and capabilities that are capable of attracting visitors in a consistent manner (see Table 3.7). This study contributes to the theory of tourism in Malays and provides practical perspectives. From the theory perspective, this study validates the importance of integrating a resource-based view (RBV) and Butler‘s development theory in underpinning the country’s degree of competitive ability in tourism. These theories can be used as a guideline for other countries in their tourism planning, assisting them to use their resources efficiently. This study also reveals that Malaysia possesses individual capabilities that result in short-term advantages in tourism. From the practical perspective, the Malaysian government needs to improve its marketing resources by developing a close relationship with its stakeholders, as this relationship is presently marked by a lack of cooperation.

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Ramalho, Isabel Maria Serra. "RBV: valor, raridade, vantagem competitiva e desempenho." Master's thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/3093.

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A Teoria baseada nos Recursos (Resource Based View – RBV) tem sido, nos últimos anos, alvo de vários estudos empíricos, reconhecendo esta a importância da combinação recursos/capacidades no contexto competitivo, como o cerne das posições competitivas das organizações nas indústrias onde competem. Contudo e apesar da RBV ter recebido uma considerável atenção, nos últimos anos, são poucos os estudos quantitativos que avaliem de que modo os recursos e capacidades associados ao valor e raridade dos mesmos podem ou não contribuir para a vantagem competitiva da empresa, e por sua vez para o desempenho. O presente estudo tem como objetivo evidenciar uma abordagem quantitativa no sector do calçado baseado na combinação dos recursos e capacidades associado ao valor e raridade possam contribuir para a obtenção da vantagem competitiva e desempenho da empresa. Os resultados sugerem que o valor e a raridade da combinação recurso/capacidade das empresas não estão relacionados com a sua vantagem competitiva. Por sua vez, a vantagem competitiva está directamente relacionada com o desempenho, sendo esta um antecedente deveras importante para se alcançar o desempenho. Relativamente à relação entre o valor e a raridade e o efeito mediador da vantagem competitiva, o estudo revela a existência de uma relação entre estes e o desempenho.
The Theory - based resources (Resource Based View - RBV ) has been, in recent years, the target of several empirical studies that recognizing the importance of this combination resources / capabilities in the competitive context, as the core of the competitive position of organizations in industries where they compete. However, despite the RBV has received considerable attention in recent years, there are few quantitative studies that assess how the resources and capabilities associated with the value and rarity of these may or may not contribute to the competitive advantage of the company and its time for performance. The present study aims underline a quantitative approach in the footwear industry based on the combination of resources and capabilities associated with the value and rarity can contribute to the achievement of competitive advantage and firm performance. The results suggest that the value and rarity of the combination resource / ability of companies unrelated to its competitive advantage. On the other hand, the competitive advantage is directly related to the performance, which is an antecedent truly important to achieve performance. Regarding the relationship between the value and rarity and the mediating effect of competitive advantage, the study reveals the existence of a relationship between these and performance.

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Wong, Macy Mei Chi. "Internationalization of small medium-sized enterprises (SMEs): the effect of entrepreneurial orientation and firm resources on Hong Kong SMEs' export performance." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1296509.

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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have become one of the important drivers of the Hong Kong economy to stimulate innovation and create employment (HKSAR, 2012). As sparse studies were evident in the literature related to SMEs in the Hong Kong context, this dissertation aims to fill this gap by exploring the impact of firm resources and entrepreneurial orientation (EO) on the export performance of SMEs in Hong Kong. Thus, this study seeks to understand which resources (i.e., human capital; management commitment; access to capital; organizational resources) and entrepreneurial orientation are most critical to the export performance of small firms. Apart from examining the EO-performance relationship, the external environment is a source of uncertainty. Thus, the moderating effect of market turbulence on the relationship between EO and export performance of SMEs will be investigated. This research aims to contribute to the theoretical and empirical knowledge involving the identification of the resource determinants of export performance of SMEs in the perspective of resource-based view (RBV). The central proposition of the RBV is that a firm’s superior performance relative to other firms can be achieved by acquiring, managing and exploiting firm-specific resources. RBV has proven to be a sound theoretical base, and this study extends the existing empirical literature by testing a resource-based model of export performance. Apart from being an influential framework in the strategic management field, RBV has been widely used in entrepreneurial studies to explain firm performance. Given Hong Kong’s unique entrepreneurial environment, it is definitely an interesting context to study. This study uses a cross-sectional, quantitative design based on data collected using anonymous survey questionnaires from 108 Hong Kong SMEs. The major findings indicated that the resource dimensions of human capital and management commitment were most critical to SMEs. Interestingly, EO was only significant in the manufacturing sample but not the overall sample, and unlike previous research, market turbulence did not moderate the EO-performance relationship and only slightly moderated the relationship in manufacturing SMEs.

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Bag, S., P. Dhamija, S. Gupta, and Uthayasankar Sivarajah. "Examining the Role of Procurement 4.0 towards Remanufacturing Operations and Circular Economy." 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/17937.

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Procurement digitalisation can provide significant opportunities for excellence in remanufacturing operations. The close attention of firms is required during the configuration of procurement 4.0 resources for applying front end and base technologies in order to develop the correct set of these resources. Based on Resource Based View theory, this research examines the role of resources influencing procurement 4.0 for driving productivity in remanufacturing operations and circular economy performance. The survey data for this research was gathered from working professionals in South Africa and results reveal that technological resources are necessary in procurement 4.0, which can in turn improve the productivity in remanufacturing operations. An upsurge in performance in remanufacturing operations can enhance the circular economy outcome. To the best of authors’ knowledge, this study is the first to provide insight for researchers, practitioners and academics with an empirical test of digital procurement on remanufacturing operations and of circular economy performance in an emerging economy like South Africa.
The full-text of this article will be released for public view at the end of the publisher embargo on 11th September 2021.

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Tão-Lindo, Miguel Branco Silvestre. "Análise do processo de sucessão e profissionalização num grupo empresarial familiar português segundo a Resource-Based View (RBV) e capacidades dinâmicas." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/17556.

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As empresas familiares desempenham um papel vital no desenvolvimento da economia nacional e global, promovendo a criação de novos empregos, o crescimento de novos negócios e o aumento das atividades empresariais, sendo o processo de planeamento da sucessão, em empresas familiares, considerado como uma das fases mais importantes no ciclo de vida das mesmas (Zahrani et al. 2014). A presente dissertação envolve a participação de um grupo empresarial familiar português com o propósito de se compreender se o mesmo está consciente da necessidade do desenvolvimento de um plano de sucessão, assim como fornecer informação relevante para a elaboração eficaz do mesmo. Por outro lado, pretende-se ajudar o grupo em estudo a adotar uma gestão mais profissionalizada. Estas problemáticas irão ser exploradas, nesta dissertação, sob a perspetiva da resource-based view (RBV) e capacidades dinâmicas. As conclusões da dissertação permitirão contribuir para uma melhor clarificação sobre a gestão profissionalizada, e, ainda, o modo como o grupo empresarial em estudo poderá desenvolver o seu plano de sucessão de forma a procurar garantir a sua sobrevivência no longo prazo. Este estudo ambiciona igualmente trazer benefícios a outras empresas familiares que estejam a passar pelas mesmas dificuldades de forma a facilitar a sua permanência no mercado.
Family enterprises play a vital role in the development of the national and global economy, promoting the creation of new jobs, the growth of new businesses and the increase of business activities, being the succession planning process in family enterprises considered one of the most important stages of the family life cycle. This dissertation involves the participation of a portuguese family business group, in order to understand if it is aware of the need to develop a succession plan, as well as to provide relevant information for the effective elaboration of the same. On the other hand, it is intended to help the group under study to adopt a more professional management. These issues will be explored, in this dissertation, from the perspective of resource-based view (RBV) and dynamic capabilities. The conclusions of the dissertation will contribute to a better clarification about the professional management, as well as the way in which the business group under study can develop its succession plan to ensure its survival in the long term. This study also aims to bring benefits to other family businesses that are experiencing the same difficulties to facilitate their stay in the market.

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Jun, Ik Su. "Essays on Dynamic Value Change Perspective in Resource Based View, Determinants of Alliance Formation and Risk Preference in Alliance Formation." 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2009-12-7443.

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Mestre, André Martins. "The ERP and CRM business value." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/19243.

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Dissertation presented as the partial requirement for obtaining a Master's degree in Information Management, specialization in Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence
The value of Information Technology (IT) adoption has been and still is a crucial question for the decision on IT adoption. In this paper we suggest and test a research model that aims at defining the integrative value of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems. ERP and CRM systems is analysed based on the Resource Based View (RBV) of the firm and will be measured by its impact on business value, having in consideration the moderation of system and process integration. The research model was tested and analysed with data, collected with the assistance of Microsoft, from firms that have adopted both ERP and CRM systems in their organization. Our aim with this research is that it will provide new knowledge on how ERP and CRM systems may positively influence value from IT investments, and how systems integration as well as process integration provides business value.

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Sousa, Filipe Jorge Moreira de. "Estratégia e tecnologias de informação : um estudo de caso." Master's thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/410.

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Pretendeu-se compreender o contributo estratégico das Tecnologias e Sistemas de Informação (TSI) numa organização específica (a clínica de diálise CentroDial), através do uso do Método de Estudo de Casos. O software da CentroDial foi analisado, à luz de duas perspectivas reconhecidamente complementares no âmbito da estratégia empresarial: a de “Posicionamento Competitivo” e a “Resource-Based View of the Firm” (RBV). O papel desempenhado pelo software que serve de suporte ao posicionamento competitivo da CentroDial na indústria onde compete, foi identificado. O software, enquanto recurso organizacional da clínica, apresenta atributos que permitem-lhe assumir-se como fonte de vantagens competitivas: é valioso, raro, “imperfeitamente imitável” e não tem substitutos equivalentes que sejam simultaneamente valiosos e não raros ou valiosos e imitáveis
The purpose of this dissertation was to understand the strategic contribute of the Information Systems (IS) and Information Technology (IT) in a specific firm (the haemodialysis clinic CentroDial), through the use of the Case Study Research. The CentroDial´s software clinic was analysed at the light of two complementary perspectives in the Corporate Strategy field: the “Competitive Positioning” and the “Resource-Based View of the Firm” (RBV). The role of the software, that supports the CentroDial´s competitive position in the industry where she competes, is identified. The software, as an organizational resource at the disposal of the clinic, has attributes that allow it to assume as a source oh competitive advantages: it is rare, valuable, “imperfectly imitable” and does not have equivalent substitutes that are simultaneously valuable and non rare or valuable and imitable.

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Nascimento, Francisco Borges d’Almeida. "The e-health opportunity for the telecommunication industry and Portugal Telecom: a case study." Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/11207.

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Electronic-Health (e-health) is a recent answer to some pressing challenges on health. Aging of western societies and treatments’ rising costs raised doubts about health systems’ sustainability. Individuals, companies and public administration alike are looking for technology to find aid in addressing these challenges. Several industries are tacking those issues offering innovative solutions among which Telecommunication’s. Nonetheless, this industry is facing challenges from over-the-top players menacing its business model. Portugal Telecom shares these challenges and is looking to diversify to guarantee future growth, namely, by developing in e-health solutions. This case study follows two important threads in strategy literature: diversification and the resource-based view, applied Portugal Telecom and the e-health opportunity. As a case study, it aims providing readers a tool to better understand and employ strategic management concepts and frameworks in an applied business context. E-health as an opportunity for growth to Telecommunication companies and Portugal Telecom is described from three points of view: i) an actual market need ii) that may be addressed by Telecommunication companies and iii) should be addressed by those companies as they need to grow. It is shown how increasing concern with health issues by individuals, general public, companies and public administration is driving technology to find innovative answers to those same issues (i). Then, it is explained how Telcos may and in fact are addressing those issues, namely, by developing e-health solutions for their customers (ii). Finally, it is argued why Telcos should address this opportunity due their eroding revenues and margins (iii).
‘Electronic-health’ (e-saúde) é uma resposta recente a alguns desafios na saúde. O envelhecimento das sociedades ocidentais e custos crescentes dos tratamentos levantaram dúvidas acerca da sustentabilidade do sistema de saúde. Indivíduos, empresas e administração pública procuram tecnologia capaz de ajudá-los a enfrentar esses desafios. Várias indústrias endereçam esses problemas oferecendo soluções inovadoras, incluindo a indústria das telecomunicações. Porém, esta indústria enfrenta desafios de concorrentes ‘over-the-top’ que ameaçam o seu modelo de negócio. A Portugal Telecom partilha estes desafios e procura diversificar o negócio para garantir crescimento futuro, desenvolvendo soluções de e-Saúde. Este estudo de caso segue duas linhas da literatura de gestão: diversificação e a visão baseada-em-recursos, aplicada à Portugal Telecom e à oportunidade da e-saúde. Como estudo de caso, procura oferecer aos leitores uma ferramenta para melhor compreender e empregar conceitos / enquadramentos teóricos de gestão estratégica num contexto de negócio. A e-saúde como oportunidade de crescimento para empresas de Telecomunicações e a Portugal Telecom é descrita sob três perspetivas: i) uma necessidade real do mercado ii) que pode ser endereçada por empresas de Telecomunicações e iii) deve ser endereçada por essas empresas que precisam de crescer. Mostra-se como a preocupação crescente com problemas de saúde pelos indivíduos, público geral, empresas e administração pública tem levado a respostas tecnológicas inovadoras para esses problemas (i). Posteriormente, explica-se como as Telcos podem e estão a endereçar esses problemas, nomeadamente, via soluções de e-saúde (ii). Finalmente, argumenta-se porque devem as Telcos endereçar esta oportunidade devido à erosão de receitas e margens (iii).

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Oliveira, Guilherme Carreira Corrêa de. "Business plan: Cunnict." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/24805.

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O objetivo da presente tese é a conceptualização de uma rede social, que se pretende inovadora no mercado português, denominada “Cunnict”, incluindo a elaboração de um plano de negócio financeiramente viável construído com base na análise empírica das necessidades dos estudantes. A Cunnict pretende utilizar sinergias entre estudantes do ensino superior para satisfazer várias necessidades dos mesmos como troca de apontamentos, chats entre colegas, planeamento de atividades, contratar serviços de apoio ao estudo e ainda consultar ofertas do mercado de trabalho na área. De acordo com o estudo realizado na presente tese, apenas 3,3% dos inquiridos nunca recorreu a apontamentos de outros estudantes para estudar, enquanto mais de 46,7% afirma que recorre frequentemente ou sempre que têm de estudar. Ao consultar o estado da arte atual sobre o tema, conclui-se que os alunos tendem a recorrer mais uns aos outros para auxiliar o seu estudo do que recorrem aos professores ou às universidades; as redes sociais vieram ainda mais criar uma proximidade entre os alunos, chegando alguns autores a defender que a utilização das mesmas com o propósito de conectar as pessoas e de trocar informação, aumenta o sentimento de integração o que traz benefícios psicológicos e a nível de performance académica. A plataforma online projetada é de carácter multi-sided, o que lhe permite auferir de diversas fontes de rendimento, nomeadamente de anúncios provenientes do Google ads diretamente no website, anúncios de empresas nos apontamentos dos estudantes, subscrição de entidades para anunciar atividades, oportunidades de emprego e serviços de apoio académico e o pagamento de serviços premium por parte dos estudantes. Da perspetiva do negócio este projeto é extremamente inovador no mercado português, porque explora a oportunidade dos alunos comunicarem constantemente para trocarem informações de âmbito académico e acessarem facilmente informação útil proveniente de empresas e prestadores de serviços. No final do projeto atesta-se a sua viabilidade, exibindo bons indicadores financeiros e alcançando o payback financeiro ao fim de 3 anos, 0 meses e 3 dias.
The objective of this thesis is the conceptualization of a social network that intends to be innovative in the Portuguese market, called "Cunnict", including the elaboration of a financially viable business plan based on an empirical analysis of the students' needs. Cunnict intends to use synergies between higher education students to satisfy their various needs, such as exchanging notes, chats between colleagues, planning activities, hiring study support services, and consulting the job market's offers in the area. According to the study carried out in this thesis, only 3.3% of respondents never used notes from other students to study, while more than 46.7% said they used it frequently or whenever they had to study. When consulting the current state of the art on the subject, it is concluded that students tend to use each other more to help their study than they do to professors or universities; social networks have created even more proximity between students, some authors even claiming that their use for the purpose of connecting people and exchanging information increases the feeling of integration, which brings psychological benefits and leads to better academic performance. The projected online platform is multi-sided, which allows different sources of income, including ads from Google ads directly on the website, private company ads in students' notes, subscription to entities to advertise activities, opportunities for employment and academic support services and the payment of premium services by students. From a business perspective, this project is extremely innovative in the Portuguese market, as it explores the opportunity for students to communicate constantly to exchange academic information and easily access useful information from companies and service providers. At the end of the project, its viability is attested, showing good financial indicators and reaching the financial payback after 3 years and 0 months and 3 days.

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Dudik, Anna. "Framework for successfully implementing an inaugural GRI reporting process." Master's thesis, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/6558.

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This thesis is a corporate project analyzing the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) reporting process. Its main objective is to propose a practical framework to guide organizations that plan to engage in first-time voluntary sustainability reporting using GRI’s Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. The thesis provides insight into the exact tasks involved in each stage of the GRI reporting process, as well as the specific resources and capabilities that are necessary in order for organizations to succeed in reporting, regardless of size, location, sector, or organization type. Two international case companies, one in the Service sector and the other in the Forest and Paper Products sector became objects of study and specific recommendations were provided to each one. As a conclusion, the thesis presents general recommendations that are thought to be universal for any first-time GRI reporter, assisting organizations to successfully implement an inaugural GRI reporting process.
Esta tese é um projeto empresarial que analisa o processo de reporte da Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). O seu principal objectivo é a definição de um guia prático para apoiar as empresas que pretendem iniciar voluntariamente a publicação de relatórios de sustentabilidade segundo as directrizes da GRI. Esta tese descreve as actividades concretas a executar em cada etapa do processo de reporte da GRI, assim como os recursos e competências que as organizações necessitam para serem bem-sucedidas no reporte, independentemente da sua dimensão, localização, sector, ou tipo de organização. Duas empresas multinacionais foram objecto de estudo, uma do sector de serviços e outra do sector florestal, tendo sido elaboradas recomendações específicas para cada uma. Como conclusão, a tese apresenta recomendações gerais, aplicáveis a qualquer organização que elabore o GRI pela primeira vez, para apoiar a sua implementação com sucesso.

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