Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Total orientation'

Potential modulated attenuated total reflectance (PM-ATR) spectroscopy is a novel technique that makes it possible to sensitively monitor spectroscopic changes in an adsorbed molecular film as a function of applied potential. Here, PM-ATR was used to study charge transfer processes in Prussian blue (PB) and cytochrome c (cyt c) films deposited on indium tin oxide (ITO) electrodes.The electron transfer rate of PB films determined by PM-ATR was found to be in good agreement with the rate determined by conventional cyclic voltammetry, which validates the optical technique.The relationship between molecular orientation and electron transfer in adsorbed cyt c monolayers was investigated using PM-ATR. The electron transfer rate measured using TM polarized light was four-fold greater than that measured using TE polarized light. These data are the first to correlate a distribution of molecular orientations with a distribution of electron transfer rates in a redox-active molecular film.

Cette thèse de doctorat introduit un modèle et un algorithme six-dimensions pour la reconstruction des orientations cristallines locales dans les matériaux polycristallins. Le modèle s’applique actuellement aux données obtenues avec un rayonnement synchrotron (faisceau parallèle et monochromatique), mais il est également possible d’envisager des extensions aux instruments et sources de laboratoire (polychromatique et divergent). Le travail présenté est principalement une extension de la technique connue sous le nom de “Diffraction Contrast Tomography” (DCT) qui permet la reconstruction de la forme et de l’orientation cristalline des grains dans des matériaux polycristallins (avec certaines restrictions concernant la taille et le nombre total de grains ainsi que la mosaicité intragranulaire)
This Ph.D. thesis is about the development and formalization of a six-dimensional tomography method, for the reconstruction of local orientation in poly-crystalline materials. This method is based on a technique known as diffraction contract tomography (DCT), mainly used in synchrotrons, with a monochromatic and parallel high energy X-ray beam. DCT exists since over a decade now, but it was always employed to analyze undeformed or nearly undeformed materials, described by “grains” with a certain average orientation. Because an orientation can be parametrized by the used of only three num- bers, the local orientation in the grains is modelled by a six-dimensional space X6 = R3 ⊗ O3, that is the outer product between a three-dimensional real- space and another three-dimensional orientation-space. This means that for each point of the real-space, there could be a full three-dimensional orientation- space, which however in practice is restricted to a smaller region of interest called “local orientation-space”. The reconstruction problem is then formulated as a global minimisation prob- lem, where the reconstruction of a single grain is the solution that minimizes a functional. There can be different choices for the functionals to use, and they depend on the type of reconstructions one is looking for, and on the type of a priori knowledge is available. All the functionals used include a data fidelity term which ensures that the reconstruction is consistent with the measured diffraction data, and then an additional regularization term is added, like the l1-norm minimization of the solution vector, that tries to limit the number of orientations per real-space voxel, or a Total Variation operator over the sum of the orientation part of the six-dimensional voxels, in order to enforce the homogeneity of the grain volume. When first published, the results on synthetic data from the third chapter high- lighted some key features of the proposed framework, and showed that it was in principle possible to extend DCT to the reconstruction of moderately de- formed materials, but it was unclear whether it could work in practice. The following chapters instead confirm that the proposed framework is viable for reconstructing moderately deformed materials, and that in conjunction with other techniques, it could also overcome the limitations imposed by the grain indexing, and be applied to more challenging textured materials

The aim of this work is to study the effect of thermal history to structure and properties not only of oriented polypropylene monofilaments with different orientation but of course of isotropic non-oriented polypropylene. Term thermal history includes thermal regimes from alpha relaxation temperature (T?) to melting temperature (Tm). This work consists of three parts. The changes of dynamic mechanical properties, strength, deformation and tensile modulus of polypropylene samples according to annealing temperature (Ta) are described in the first part of this work. In the second part, the changes of crystal phase are observed. Preferentially, calorimetric behaviour (DSC), changes of crystal dimensions and orientation function of crystal phase (X-ray) are observed. Measured values from the first and the second part of this work were used for calculation of total orientation function of PP samples. Rheological measurements are shown in the third part of this thesis. Rheological measurements consist of short isothermal creep, shrinkage of free tapes and static deformation at higher temperatures. Measured rheological values were performed using rheological models. Using these models characteristics of entropic spring, instantaneous elasticity and viscosity and tendency to get to state of ease were calculated.

The diploma thesis is focused on the run-in phase of total hip replacement. Mutual adjustment of contact surfaces takes place in this phase and polyethylene acetabular cup shows notable creep behaviour. The magnitude of creep deformations is assessed experimentally in relation to acetabular cups orientation in human body after its implantation. The condition of articulating surfaces is also assessed as well as resulting coefficient of friction in run-in phase. Physiological load and kinematics of the artificial joint as well as physiological conditioning is achieved by new module of existing joint simulator, which is created as part of this thesis. Deformations and condition of articulating surfaces are assessed via optical methods and SEM. Findings about the run-in phase are compared with existing FEM analyses to evaluate simplifications used in these analyses. Measurement of creep deformations has also potential to improve the accuracy of acetabular wear diagnosis in clinical practice.

Na reabilitação protética, a oclusão e os movimentos mandibulares estão intrinsecamente ligados. A harmonia entre estes dois fatores torna-se indispensável para o sucesso do tratamento. Um dos conceitos sempre abordados na busca deste ideal é a relação entre os sulcos e as cúspides dos dentes com os movimentos mandibulares, onde as segundas devem passar livremente sobre os primeiros durante a movimentação mandibular. Assim, foi proposto avaliar o grau de coincidência da angulação do sulco de trabalho do primeiro molar inferior artificial, quando posicionado no arco, em relação à trajetória descrita pela cúspide mésiopalatina do primeiro molar superior em relação ao eixo de rotação vertical de lateralidade da mandíbula no articulador semi-ajustável. O autor utilizou uma metodologia que permitiu identificar esta trajetória com o auxílio de um programa de editoração gráfica. Foi possível avaliar as imagens digitais de montagens em cera de dentes artificiais em prótese totais inferiores e de seus respectivos planos de orientação posicionados em articulador. Através das imagens, localizou-se o sulco de trabalho do primeiro molar inferior, a trajetória da cúspide mésio-palatina do primeiro molar superior adotando-se o eixo de rotação vertical no centro das esferas condilares, e a perpendicular à tangente ao plano de orientação. Assim, mediu-se o ângulo formado entre a perpendicular à tangente e o sulco de trabalho e o ângulo entre a trajetória do eixo de rotação vertical e o sulco de trabalho. Os resultados mostraram que houve casos onde o sulco de trabalho coincidiu com a perpendicular à tangente do plano de orientação, nos demais casos a angulação apresentou, em média, valores baixos demonstrando que as montagens dos dentes artificiais seguiram os parâmetros adotados no plano de orientação segundo a técnica proposta. Estatisticamente, a distância intercondilar não interferiu nas médias dos ângulos entre o sulco de trabalho e a trajetória do eixo vertical de rotação. Não foi observada a coincidência entre o sulco de trabalho e a trajetória do eixo de rotação vertical, indicando que, durante a reprodução do movimento de lateralidade no articulador, ocorre interferência na excursão da cúspide mésio-palatina do primeiro molar superior.
In prosthetic rehabilitation, occlusion and mandibular movements are closely linked. Harmony between these factors is essential for treatment success. One of the main concepts approached when aiming for this goal is the relationship between teeth grooves and cuspids and mandibular movements, where cuspids must not touch grooves during these movements. Therefore, the present study proposes to evaluate the degree of coincidence of the working groove angulation from the artificial mandibular first molar, when positioned on the arch, with the trajectory traced by the mesio-palatal cuspid from the maxillary first molar during mandibular lateral translation determined by the vertical axis rotation in a semi-adjustable articulator. To identify this trajectory, the author utilized a graphical editing program. It was possible to evaluate digital images from artificial teeth mounted on wax for mandibular complete dentures, and their respective orientation planes positioned on the articulator. Through these images, the author located the working groove from the mandibular first molar, the trajectory described by the mesio-palatal cuspid from the maxillary first molar considering the vertical axis rotation at the center of the condilar spheres, and the perpendicular to the tangent of orientation plane. Thus, the angle between the perpendicular to the tangent and working groove and the angle between the trajectory of the vertical axis rotation and the working groove were measured. The results showed some cases where the working groove coincided with the perpendicular to the tangent of the orientation plane. In the remaining cases, the angulation displayed low mean values, illustrating that the mounting of artificial teeth followed the parameters adopted for the orientation plane according to the proposed technique. The distance between condoles did not significantly interfere in the mean values for the angles between the working groove and the trajectory of the vertical axis rotation. The coincidence between the working groove and the trajectory of the vertical axis rotation was not observed, indicating that, during the lateral translation movement in the articulator, there is interference in the trajectory of the maxillary first molar mesio-palatal cuspid.

Att fånga kundens behov och förväntningar är nyckeln till stärkt konkurrensförmåga och ökad lönsamhet. Trots detta är offentliga verksamheter dåliga på att ta till vara på kunden och dennes erfarenheter och kunskap som en resurs i kvalitetsförbättringsarbetet. I januari 2012 trädde den nya kollektivtrafiklagen i kraft i Sverige. En tydlig målsättning med den nya kollektivtrafiklagen är att resenärsperspektivet i större utsträckning ska vara en del av kollektivtrafikplaneringen. Syftet med denna uppsats är att utveckla kunskap om hur offentliga verksamheter med ansvar för kollektivtrafik kan uppnå ökad kundorientering med hjälp av co-production, co-design och service design. Undersökningsdesignen innebär en fallstudie av Uddevalla kommun och bytespunkten Uddevalla C. I undersökningen tillämpades service design-metoderna direktobservationer, servicesafari, kundresor genom samtalsintervjuer, mobiletnografi, persona och storyboards för att undersöka och visualisera arbetspendlares upplevelse av Uddevalla C som bytespunkt. Resultatet visar att tillämpning av service design-metoder kan användas i kollektivtrafikplaneringen för att skaffa värdefull kunskap om kundernas behov och förväntningar. Uppsatsen och dess resultat bidrar till att visa hur offentliga verksamheter med ansvar för kollektivtrafik kan uppnå ökad kundorientering genom tillämpning av service design där co-production och co-design spelar en avgörande roll.
Capturing the needs and expectations of the customers is key to an enhanced competitiveness and increased profitability. Despite this, the public activities of the poor to take advantage of the customer and his experience and knowledge as a resource in quality improvement efforts. In January 2012, a new Public Transport Act came in to force in Sweden. A clear goal of the new law was to enhance the travelers’ perspective as an important part of the public transport planning process. The purpose of this paper is to develop knowledge on how public agencies responsible for public transport planning can achieve greater customer orientation with the use of co-production, co-design and service design. A case study of the Uddevalla Municipality and Uddevalla Central Station as transfer node was conducted. The service design methods direct observations, service safaris, customer journey mapping through in-depth interviews, mobile ethnographies, persona and story boards were applied to examine and visualize commuters’ experience of Uddevalla Central Station as the transfer node. The result show that the application of service design methods can be used in public transport planning in order to gain valuable information about customers' needs and expectations. The thesis and its results will help to demonstrate how public organizations responsible for public transport planning can achieve greater customer orientation through the use of service design where the co-production and co-design play a crucial role.

Mestrado em Ciências Empresariais
O empreendedorismo é reconhecido como um processo dinâmico e complexo, que resulta da combinação de um conjunto de fatores. Vários estudos sugerem que a Liberdade Económica (LE) representa um dos fatores que explicam os níveis de Atividade Empreendedora (AE) dos diferentes países. Assim sendo, o objetivo do presente trabalho passa por avaliar em que medida a LE afeta ou estimula a AE nacional e internacional de cada país. Tendo como referência o Index of Economic Freedom (IEF), que mede o grau de LE presente em cada país do mundo, com base em 10 componentes, e utilizando os dados relacionados com o indicador Total early-stage Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA), do Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), neste estudo foi identificada uma relação significativa entre alguns dos componentes de LE e a AE. Países caracterizados por: elevada LE (no global), Liberdade Financeira, com elevados Gastos do Governo e fracas Liberdade Fiscal, Empresarial e de Comércio favorecem o aumento da AE. Outro dos objetivos passa por perceber se esta relação se mantém, quando a motivação para empreender é internacional (International Orientation early-stage Entrepreneurial Activity). Os resultados demonstram que os países que impulsionam a AE de orientação internacional são caracterizados por uma forte proteção dos Direitos de Propriedade, Gastos do Governo baixos e uma elevada Liberdade Empresarial, do Comércio, e do Investimento.
Entrepreneurship is recognized as a dynamic and complex process that is influenced by several factors. Many studies suggest that Economic Freedom (EF) represents one of the factors that explain the Entrepreneurial Activity levels (EA) of different countries. So, the purpose of this study is to assess in what dimension the EF affects or stimulates national and international EA of each country. Based on the Index of Economic Freedom (IEF), which measures the degree of EF in the world?s nations through 10 components, and using the data related to the Total early-stage Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA) of Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM), it was identified in this study a meaningful relationship between some of the EF components and EA. Countries characterized by: high EF (in general), Financial Freedom, with high Government Spending and a weak Fiscal Freedom, Business Freedom and Trade Freedom enhance the growth of EA. This study also aims to realize if this meaningful relationship is confirmed when entrepreneurship motivation is internationally oriented (International Orientation early-stage Entrepreneurial Activity). The results show that countries that increase the International Orientation EA are characterized by a high protection of Property Rights, low Government Spending and high Business Freedom, Trade Freedom, and Investment Freedom.

Tidigare forskning har visat att kundinvolvering kan ske på olika nivåer, där dehögsta nivåerna bidragit till bland annat ökad kundnöjdhet, konkurrenskraftigafördelar och förbättrat införande av nya tjänster hos organisationerna. Syftet medstudien har varit att bidra med kunskapsutveckling kring Radikal Kundinvolveringinom tjänstesektorn. Begreppet var nytt för forskningsområdet och få tidigarestudier visade effekterna av djupgående kundinvolvering. Den teoretiskareferensramen inleddes med kundfokus inom Offensiv kvalitetsutveckling,kundengagemang och kundinvolvering för att slutligen mynna ut i begreppetRadikal Kundinvolvering. Den kunskapsteoretiska utgångspunkten i studien harvarit hermeneutisk med abduktiv ansats. Kvalitativa djupintervjuer har använts sommetod för datainsamling. Till intervjuerna valdes fyra organisationer sombedömdes ha arbetat med Radikal Kundinvolvering och frågor rörandeerfarenheter, effekter och framtidsutsikter ställdes utifrån en semistruktureradintervjumall. Intervjumaterialet analyserades med utgångspunkt frånforskningsfrågorna. Förutom att stärka resultaten från tidigare forskning, visadeförfattarnas slutsats på att organisationerna kombinerade olika metoder förkundinvolvering och att effekterna av Radikal Kundinvolvering blev stärktorganisationskultur, ökad kommunikation och delaktighet. Arbetet ledde också tillatt kundgrupper vars åsikter vanligtvis inte fångades genom traditionella metoderblev hörda.
Previous research shows that customer involvement can occur on different levels,where the highest ones have had effects like increased customer satisfaction,competitive advantages and improved introduction of new services for theorganisations. The purpose of the study was to develop a deeper knowledge ofRadical Customer Involvement within service development. The term was new tothe field of research the and few studies had mentioned the effects of deepercustomer involvement. The theoretical framework leads the reader from customerorientation within Total Quality Management, customer engagement and customerinvolvement to Radical Customer Involvement. The research method washermeneutic with an abductive approach. Qualitative in-depth interviews wereused to collect data. Four organisations that were considered working with RadicalCustomer Involvement were chosen for the study and questions involvingexperiences, effects and the future of the field were asked with the help of a semi-structured interview guide. The analysis was based on the questions of the study.Besides strengthening previous research, the authors conclusion showed that theorganisations combined different methods of customer involvement and thatRadical Customer involvement had positive effects on the organisations culture,communication and participation. It also helped raise the voice of customers thattraditional methods were unable to reach.

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L'objectif de cette thèse est de contribuer à l'étude de la démarche de certification qualité. La revue de la littérature spécialisée dans les démarches qualité indique qu'une démarche de certification qualité vise à fiabiliser les processus de fabrication des produits dans le but de satisfaire les clients externes. Dans cette optique, les managers sont invités à appliquer les trois principes suivants : l'orientation client, l'approche système, et l'amélioration continue. La recherche empirique menée aux Etats-Unis et en France chez un sous-traitant automobile international révèle des écarts entre les pratiques envisagées au terme de la revue de littérature et les pratiques observées. Cette thèse propose une interprétation des écarts constatés en s'appuyant sur le cadre des métaphores de Gareth Morgan (2002). Sont successivement mis en lumière le mode de pensée organique des experts, le mode de pensée politique des managers et le mode de pensée mécaniste des autres parties prenantes
The purpose of this dissertation is to contribute to the study of the quality certification process. The literature review indicates that a quality certification process aims to make production processes more reliable in order to satisfy external cutomers. To do so, managers are invited to apply the following three principles: customer focus, system approach, and continuous improvement. Differences between expected and observed practices were identified during an empirical research within a worldwide automotive supplier. This dissertation proposes an interpretation of the differences based on the metaphors framework developped by Morgan (2002). The organic way of thinking of experts, the political way of thinking of managers, and the mechanical way of thinking from the other stakeholders (Plant management, external customers, internal auditors, external auditors,. . . ) are successively highlighted

M.Com. (Business Management)
The primary aim of the study was to ascertain whether an intervention relating to leadership and linked to the life and teachings of Viktor Frankl, eminent logo- therapist, would affect the way aspiring leaders construct leadership in terms of meaning. The research participants comprised 20 students registered for a Master’s degree in Business Management (M.Com. Business Management) at a metropolitan university in Johannesburg. The majority of the participants were male (80%) and between the ages of 31- 40 (70%), working in a wide range of industries. A qualitative approach was followed. The data was collected in three steps by means of (1) a questionnaire investigating leadership role-orientations, (2) a leadership development intervention, consisting of a presentation on the life, teachings and work of Viktor Frankl, and an appreciative inquiry (AI) on leadership with meaning, followed by (3) the same questionnaire that had been completed pre-intervention. For establishing possible change on an extrinsic (explicit) level the data was analysed using the framework analysis method (Ritchie & Spencer, 1994). For establishing possible change on an intrinsic (implicit) level, a comparative method was followed. The main finding of this study suggests that a meaning-centred leadership development intervention, using the example of the life and teachings of Viktor Frankl, may have an impact on the leadership role-orientation of aspiring leaders, changing from a predominantly career leadership role-orientation to that of a calling leadership role-orientation. The indication, however, is that this effect largely took place on an explicit (extrinsic) level and to a lesser extent on an implicit (intrinsic), internalised level.

碩士
國立中興大學
土木工程學系所
103
Photo Total Station System (PTSS) is a mature digital photogrammetry system. It combines metric digital camera with total station and cooperate with digital measurement software; by this method, it achieves non- contact measurement and using photo total station for proceeding non- control survey. This thesis takes the building of Resource and Environmental Science at Faculty of Information Sciences, Wuhan University for example. Using photo total station decides the feature points of the building and measure the coordinate of feature points. Next, use the ordinary digital camera take photos around the building area; by means of the coordinate of feature points and Efficient Perspective-n-Point Camera Pose Estimation (EPnP) method to achieve the camera pose.

The connectivity and structural integrity of the white matter of the brain is known to be implicated in a wide range of brain-related diseases and injuries. However, it is only since the advent of diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI) that researchers have been able to probe the miscrostructure of white matter in vivo. Presently, among a range of methods of dMRI, high angular resolution diffusion imaging (HARDI) is known to excel in its ability to provide reliable information about the local orientations of neural fasciculi (aka fibre tracts). It preserves the high angular resolution property of diffusion spectrum imaging (DSI) but requires less measurements. Meanwhile, as opposed to the more traditional diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), HARDI is capable of distinguishing the orientations of multiple fibres passing through a given spatial voxel. Unfortunately, the ability of HARDI to discriminate neural fibres that cross each other at acute angles is always limited. The limitation becomes the motivation to develop numerous post-processing tools, aiming at the improvement of the angular resolution of HARDI. Among such methods, spherical deconvolution (SD) is the one which attracts the most attentions. Due to its ill-posed nature, however, standard SD relies on a number of a priori assumptions needed to render its results unique and stable. In the present thesis, we introduce a novel approach to the problem of non-blind SD of HARDI signals, which does not only consider the existence of anisotropic diffusion component of HARDI signal but also explicitly take the isotropic diffusion component into account. As a result of that, in addition to reconstruction of fODFs, our algorithm can also yield a useful estimation of its related IDM, which quantifies a relative contribution of the isotropic diffusion component as well as its spatial pattern. Moreover, one of the principal contributions is to demonstrate the effectiveness of exploiting different prior models for regularization of the spatial-domain behaviours of the reconstructed fODFs and IDMs. Specifically, the fibre continuity model has been used to force the local maxima of the fODFs to vary consistently throughout the brain, whereas the bounded variation model has helped us to achieve piecewise smooth reconstruction of the IDMs. The proposed algorithm is formulated as a convex minimization problem, which admits a unique and stable minimizer. Moreover, using ADMM, we have been able to find the optimal solution via a sequence of simpler optimization problems, which are both computationally efficient and amenable to parallel computations. In a series of both in silico and in vivo experiments, we demonstrate how the proposed solution can be used to successfully overcome the effect of partial voluming, while preserving the spatial coherency of cerebral diffusion at moderate to severe noise levels. The performance of the proposed method is compared with that of several available alternatives, with the comparative results clearly supporting the viability and usefulness of our approach. Moreover, the results illustrate the power of applied spatial regularization terms.

Firms realize that outside knowledge resources can help them with creation of new ideas and innovation that may not have been realized relying solely on their own internal resources (Cohen and Levinthal 1990). But knowledge is not completely transparent, and organizations may still feel guarded about openly sharing such a valuable resource. This has created an environment in which I have described in this dissertation as "Knowledge Nets". Within these knowledge nets, firms are able to connect through explicit, codified, pieces of knowledge of emerging technology, products, processes, methods, designs, and even unique business process operations. Finns can use these unique, defined pieces of knowledge in order to orient themselves to their customers as well as their competitors in the increasing network environments of "coopetition" (Luo, Slotegraaf, and Pan 2006). The marketing Literature has recognized Market Orientation as focal concept of a Firm s ability to internalize the marketing concept (Kohli and Jaworski 1990; Jaworski and Kohli 1993), and has promoted Market Orientation as a key to the successful introduction of innovative new products and services (Han, Kim and Srivastava 1998). Past studies of market orientation and new product performance have focused largely on behaviors associated with satisfying expressed needs of customers and markets (Day 1991, 1994; Kirca, Jayachandran, and Bearden 2005). More recently, research has introduced the concept of total market orientation (Narver, Mater, and MacLachlan 2000, 2004). Under this framework market orientation is comprised of two components, a reactive orientation focused on satisfying expressed customer needs and a proactive market orientation which focuses on the discovery and satisfaction of latent customer and market needs which have yet to be addressed. In this dissertation I extend the literature on market orientation by examining the impact of proactive and reactive market orientation on firms' dynamic capabilities and performance. The method I use introduces a new approach in marketing for measuring orientation based on patent awards, which are central to a firm s knowledge base, and act as a knowledge conduit that can be used for tracking technology shifts and changes in a network environments (DeCarolis 2003. Dutta and Weiss 1997). In addition, measuring both a reactive and proactive orientation of a firm provides an ability to test how a firms' total market orientation may be associated with developing a firm's dynamic capabilities that translate knowledge into learning and strategic actions (Eisenhardt and Martin 2000). Dynamic capabilities are an additional resource in which firms can use the type and strength of their market orientations for creating additional formal network ties for optimum firm performance. This dissertation examined the impact of market orientation in a network environment measured through the collection of realized patent activity over a five year period in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and chemical supply industries. Patent measures and computations were collected for all publicly held firms in this time period that met a minimum of innovation activity. I examined 54 different models that measure (1) the impact of reactive and proactive market orientation on a firm's ability to create dynamic capabilities and firm performance and (2) the relationship between dynamic capabilities and firm performance. This study shows that the marketplace values a firm's proactive orientation, in terms of the market capitalization as well as their return on investment. The market capitalization of a firm is also influenced by the type and amount of external dynamic capabilities of a firm. One of the most prevalent significant relationships existed between the different measures of dynamic capabilities and the firm performance measure of market-to-book. In this study there were strong, significant relationships between market-to-book and research collaborations, alliance/partnerships, and joint marketing/sales. Market-to-book had a positive relationship with firms' creation of external activities and agreements with other firms, as well as the overall composite score of dynamic capabilities. In addition, smaller firms that may be focusing a great deal of their resources on developing radical new technology, do not have the resources to develop sufficient market and sales forces, resulting in joint marketing and sales agreements with firms who have the marketing structure currently in place to execute the distribution and sales of a new product as soon as it is approved. Although the mediating relationship of dynamic capabilities on market orientation and firm performance did not exist, the mixed results warrant further exploration of this potential causal relationship between the three constructs. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)

碩士
國立屏東科技大學
高階經營管理碩士在職專班(EMBA)
96
Due to the rapid changes of the internal and external environment of the enterprise, the competition of the enterprise is now more competitive than before. And therefore, it is an imperious study of how the enterprise holds inner value and competitive advantage. Innovation is the essential factor of maintaining advantage in the competition. In the past literature review, innovative studies are more emphasized on the factors of innovating products or factors that affect the innovation climatically. The studies of antecedent variables of organizational innovation are all too narrow. And therefore, the study would be integrated the organizational climate, total quality management, business operation mode and learning orientation which are major antecedent variables to influence organizational innovation and the performance of business. Also, to study the relationship between the organizational innovation and to try to find out the complete understanding of the context. The study chose associate’s name list of board of trade of Electric Machinery and Electric of Taiwan area (2006-2007) & Ranks 500 the first great financial service industries﹐It distributed six hundred questionnaires. It returned three hundred and thirty-nine questionnaires, and there are two hundred and ninety-seven available ones. The rate of return of available questionnaires is 49.5%. Besides, the study is applied LISREL to proceed practical attestation and to proof every hypothesis. In general, the collocation of theoretical pattern is conformed acceptable goodness of fit test level. So it shows that the theoretical pattern of the study obtained support, and proves that six constructs indeed exists significantly influence of relationship. The major discoveries of the study are: (1)the positive influence significantly of organizational climate to organizational innovation. (2)the positive influence significantly of total quality management to organizational innovation. (3)the positive influence significantly of business operation mode to organizational innovation. (4)the positive influence significantly of learning orientation to organizational innovation. (5) the positive influence significantly of organizational innovation to the performance of business. To sum of study, I provide suggestions according to the aforementioned results. Keywords : Organizational Climate, Total Quality Management, Business Operation Mode, Learning Orientation , Organizational Innovation, Business Performance

Nonmarital and marital fertility in the Czech Republic and from international perspective. Trends, patterns and attitudes. Abstract The aim of this master thesis is to describe the development trends of marital and nonmarital fertility in the Czech Republic and to analyze selected indicators of fertility. As tools are used to certain methods of demographic analysis. The first part addressis the basic concepts related to the issue of marital and nonmarital fertility, data sources and a description of the historical development of nonmartial fertility. The analytical part include basic analysis of fertility by age, marital status, education, birth order and the decomposition of the total fertility rate and proportion of childern born outsider marriage in the Czech Republic and Austria too. Keywords: marital fertility, nonmarital fertility, decomposition, total fertility rate, value orientation