Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2017-09-28T17:34:02Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Eltton Ricardo de Lima Carneiro.pdf: 1375689 bytes, checksum: a4e02bfef53b5339bed657346a0216a9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-28T17:34:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016 - Eltton Ricardo de Lima Carneiro.pdf: 1375689 bytes, checksum: a4e02bfef53b5339bed657346a0216a9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-06-27 / This research addressed the existing legislation around the Free Trade Area of Tabatinga city of Commerce - (ALCT) which is located at the western end of the state of Amazonas, tri-border area of Brazil, Colombia and Peru, investigating its importance in the formation Technical student Administration considering the purpose of ALCT to promote the development of the western end of the state of Amazonas. The authors examine the approach to legislation to tax incentives directed to fishing, from the understanding of the fish potential in the region due to the large volume sold and their allocation to the international market, Leticia - Colombia. In the belief of being the education the way for positive changes, especially in the regional study scenario, students of the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Amazon Technology - IFAM Campus Tabatinga were invited to voluntarily participate in the study, through the Pedagogical Workshop methodology collaborating with the teaching-learning process. observation techniques of data collection, questionnaires and interviews were applied. Results of psychometric scale (Likert) indicate satisfactory learning of the participants, students who did not know or had not discussed topic of knowledge initially showed overall average of 3.79, however after studies began to overall average of 4.64 points. Participants indicate, in their view, the importance of prepare for this market segment studying the Free Trade Area and related matters, in order to be able to exploit legal incentives for the benefit of the region. Fishermen with years of experience in their professional practice were interviewed and demonstrated the meaninglessness that the Free Trade Area of Tabatinga Trade carries in his profession, despite the legal provision to encourage the segment, clearly demonstrating the need for technical professionals with specific knowledge of the subject. We propose that the study of the Free Trade Area of the Campus Tabatinga is real potential to develop professional future technicians able to exploit incentives legislation and local potential in order to achieve the purpose of promoting the development of the western end of the state of Amazonas. / Esta pesquisa abordou a legisla??o existente em torno da ?rea de Livre Com?rcio do munic?pio de Tabatinga - (ALCT) que est? localizado no extremo oeste do Estado do Amazonas, ?rea de tr?plice fronteira Brasil, Col?mbia e Peru, investigando sua import?ncia na forma??o T?cnica do aluno em Administra??o considerando a finalidade da ALCT de promover o desenvolvimento do extremo oeste do estado do Amazonas. O estudo delimitou a abordagem da legisla??o ao incentivo fiscal direcionado ? pesca, a partir do entendimento da potencialidade do peixe na regi?o devido ao grande volume comercializado e sua destina??o ao mercado internacional, Let?cia - Col?mbia. Na cren?a de ser a educa??o o caminho para as mudan?as positivas, principalmente no cen?rio regional do estudo, discentes do Instituto Federal de Educa??o, Ci?ncia e Tecnologia do Amazonas ? IFAM Campus Tabatinga foram convidados a participarem voluntariamente da pesquisa, atrav?s da metodologia de Oficina Pedag?gica, colaborando com o processo de ensino-aprendizagem. Foram aplicadas t?cnicas de coletas de dados de observa??o, question?rios e entrevistas. Resultados da escala psicom?trica (Likert) apontam aprendizagem satisfat?ria dos participantes, alunos que n?o conheciam ou tinham pouco conhecimento do tema abordado inicialmente apresentaram m?dia geral de 3,79, entretanto ap?s estudos passaram para m?dia geral de 4,64 pontos. Os participantes indicam, na vis?o deles, a import?ncia de se preparem para este segmento do mercado estudando a ?rea de Livre Com?rcio e assuntos correlatos, a fim de estarem aptos a explorarem os incentivos legais em benef?cio da regi?o. Pescadores com anos de experi?ncia em sua pr?tica profissional foram entrevistados e demostraram a insignific?ncia que a ?rea de Livre Com?rcio de Tabatinga exerce em sua profiss?o, apesar da previs?o legal de incentivo ao segmento, demonstrando claramente a necessidade de profissionais t?cnicos com conhecimentos espec?ficos do assunto. Propomos que o estudo da ?rea de Livre Com?rcio no Campus Tabatinga representa real potencial para desenvolver futuros t?cnicos profissionais capacitados para explorarem os incentivos da legisla??o e as potencialidades locais, a fim de atingirem a finalidade de promover o desenvolvimento do extremo oeste do estado do Amazonas.

O trabalho analisa a indústria de equipamentos médicos, hospitalares e odontológicos em Ribeirão Preto usando a literatura dos clusters como referencial teórico. O levantamento do perfil das empresas locais do setor e do arranjo produtivo local foi realizado através de pesquisa de campo com as empresas locais e com os laboratórios das faculdades pertencentes à Universidade de São Paulo. Com isto, espera-se conhecer melhor o que são as empresas deste setor no município e espera-se poder delinear as possibilidades do desenvolvimento de um cluster na área de equipamentos médicos, hospitalares e odontológicos entre as empresas do município como um meio de alavancar o crescimento das empresas e dinamizar a economia local, aproveitando-se da produção local e do aparato institucional existentes. / This work analyses the industry of medical equipments in the city of Ribeirão Preto using clusters literature as theoretical reference. The studies of the characteristics of the local firms and its local arrangements were realized by a research with these firms and with the laboratories of the University of São Paulo. We expect to contribute to the knowledge of this industrial sector in this city and also to contribute to draw the possibilities of development of a medical equipment cluster as a mean to boost the local industry and the local economy, taking advantage of the existing production and the institutional apparatus.

Cette thèse porte sur le tourisme durable et son impact sur le développement régional. Alors que les démarches de développement durable sont souvent envisagées dans une logique de développement descendant (top down), nous privilégions dans ce travail une approche ascendante (bottom up) qui mobilise les énergies de terrain et les transforme en intelligence collective. Cette approche se retrouve dans le concept d’intelligence territoriale. L’intelligence territoriale (Masselot 2008; Bertacchini 2004) pose l’hypothèse que le développement d’un territoire est entre les mains des acteurs territoriaux. Faire de l’intelligence territoriale, c’est comprendre le maillage entre différentes familles d’acteurs poursuivant chacun leur objectif propre. C’est aussi mobiliser les acteurs de terrain autour d’un projet partagé. Une des contributions de ce travail est de présenter une « boîte à outils » interdisciplinaire constituée d’outils méthodologiques complémentaires au service d’un état des lieux d’un système complexe, le territoire étudié. Les outils que nous avons retenus reposent tous sur la nature interactionniste des données et des acteurs territoriaux. La clé pour comprendre un territoire nous semble être la compréhension fine des interactions entre ses acteurs (institutionnels, publics, privés, associatifs, éducatifs…), l’interaction entre les variables qui le décrivent (environnementales, économiques, sociales, politiques, endogènes, exogènes...). Les outils méthodologiques que nous proposons de mobiliser appartiennent à des horizons scientifiques distincts. Ainsi parmi les 3 méthodes que nous avons mobilisées, la méthode MERI, d’origine Roumaine (Robu et Macoveanu, 2010) a été développée dans un contexte d’ingénierie environnementale. La méthode d’analyse structurelle, d’origine française(Godet 2001a,b,c), a été développée dans le domaine des sciences de gestion et de la prospective stratégique. Enfin la méthode d’analyse réseau, née en sociologie des organisations (Wasserman et Faust, 1994) est largement utilisée en sciences de l’information et de la communication (Boutin, 1999). Notre approche théorique s’appuie sur un travail de terrain qui a été conduit au sein de la microrégion de Sucéava (Roumanie). Cette région présente des avantages physiques et géographiques qui en font une des premières places touristiques de Roumanie. Ce travail de recherche conduit à aborder des concepts appartenant à des champs disciplinaires distincts. Assez naturellement, ce travail de thèse est donc interdisciplinaire : - le domaine applicatif du tourisme, est inscrit en sciences de gestion de même que la méthodologie d’analyse structurelle que nous avons retenue ;- les perspectives de développement régional s’inscrivent davantage en sciences économiques ;- l’intérêt manifesté par la durabilité conduit à intégrer une approche environnementale que l’on retrouve en génie de l’environnement et qui se retrouve dans la méthode MERI ;-enfin certains concepts (intelligence territoriale) et outils (analyse réseau) sont issus ou travaillés en sciences de l’information et de la communication. Cette interdisciplinarité constitue une richesse de ce travail et justifie le choix de cette cotutelle dans laquelle se trouvent présentes les dimensions environnementales et information-communication / This PhD thesis focuses on the sustainable tourism and on its impact on the regional development. While the researches concerning the sustainable development are frequently conceived according to a descendant logic (a top-down perspective), we applied in our work an ascending approach (a bottom-up perspective) that takes into consideration the field energies and transforms them into collective intelligence. This approach is based on the concept of territorial intelligence. The territorial intelligence (Masselot 2008; Bertacchini 2004) puts forward the hypothesis according to which the development of a territory is in the hands of the territorial actors. The implementation of the concept of territorial intelligence means the comprehension of the network created by different families of actors, each having its own objective. The implementation of this concept also means the grouping of the field actors around a shared project. One of the contributions of the thesis herein resides in the fact that it presents an interdisciplinary “toolkit” implying complementary methodological tools that’s serve a specific situation form a complex system, namely the studied territory. The tools used in our research are all based on the interactionist nature of the data and of the territorial actors. The key element of the comprehension of a territory is, in our opinion, the in-depth study of the interactions between its actors (institutional, public, private, associative, educational actors…), as well as the interaction between the variables that describe these actors (environmental, economical, social, political, endogenous, exogenous variables…). The methodological tools that we applied in our research belong to various scientific horizons. Thus, from the 3 methods implemented by us, the MERI method, a Romanian one (Robu et Macoveanu, 2010) was developed in the environmental engineering field. The structural analysis method, developed in France (Godet 2001 a,b,c), was created in the management field and in the strategic prospective field. Finally, the network analysis method, conceived in the sociology of organizations (Wasserman and Faust, 1994) is largely used in the information and communication sciences (Boutin, 1999).Our theoretical approach is based on a groundwork that was carried out in the micro-region of Suceava (Romania). This region has physical and geographical advantages, being one of the most important tourist attractions in Romania. This research work required the use of several concepts belonging to different fields. Therefore, our research work is an interdisciplinary one: - the applicative field of tourism, as well as the structural analysis methodology used in our research, belong to the management sciences;- the regional development approach rather belongs to the economics; - the interest for sustainability led us to the implementation of an environmental approach, specific to the environmental technology; it is present in case of the MERI method;- finally, various concepts (such as the territorial intelligence) and tools (such as the network analysis) belong to the information and communication sciences. The interdisciplinary nature of our research represents the specific of this work and explains the joint supervision of this PhD thesis that gets together the environmental and the informative-communicative dimensions.

Advances in drilling technology and increasing resource prices contributed to a boom in oil and natural gas production in the Western U.S. in the first decade of the 2000s. Following the boom, a strain of state-level legislation emerged calling for the transfer of federal lands to the states. A justification for the proposed transfers is the claim that state management will responsibly increase oil and gas production levels currently held back by federal regulations and management. However, a substantial literature indicates that dependence on mineral wealth can be a problematic economic development strategy resulting in slower growth and other undesirable socioeconomic outcomes. Using geological variation in oil and gas abundance in the Intermountain West, this study examined the effects of resource abundance on county wage levels and growth rates over the period 1990 to 2010. Areas of oil and gas abundance were further classified by federal, state, and private surface land ownership to examine institutional ownership effects on wage levels and growth rates. Overall oil and gas abundance was shown to have a positive impact on wage levels and growth rates, while institutional ownerships were found to have significantly differing effects on county wages. State ownership was usually associated with higher wage levels and growth rates than federal ownership, likely due to a lengthy permitting process for drilling on federal lands. Private ownership had insignificant effects on local wages, likely due to absentee ownership. The results provide no evidence of a ‘curse of natural resources’ in the region and lend a modicum of support to state land transfer bills.

Since the implementation of the Treaty of Rome in 1958, the Common Market of six European states has grown to the European Union of twenty-five states as of May 2004. From the outset, the integration of these states into a single economic system has made more apparent the differences in levels of economic development among and within the member states. The original members of the Common Market were aware of these regional differences in 1958 and created the European Investment Bank as part of the Treaty of Rome to provide investment funds to reduce the development gap among the member states. This thesis assesses the extent to which the European Investment Bank has contributed to closing this gap. An analysis of its lending to the fifteen member countries of the European Union between 1995 and 2001 establishes that the economic development gap has not been reduced and that the lending policies of the EIB have not significantly contributed to solving differences in levels of development among these member states. Examining the GDP of the member nations during this time period reveals that the EIB has been unable to spur economic growth and close the development gap. Particular attention is paid to those member states who received the greatest percentage of EIB lending.

This study examines ways in which Australian governments, at national and state level, have developed policy responses to the issue of regional service delivery in the post new public management environment. It argues that new public management has changed many institutional arrangements in Australia and led to new public policy approaches based on those reforms. The study compares the approaches taken by federal and state governments in determining service levels for regional communities. The period under consideration is 1996-2001, coinciding first with the election of new NSW and federal governments and their subsequent re-election. Four cases studies are used to analyse a range of activities designed to provide services at local and regional levels, identifying key indicators of policy successes based on coordinated and integrated regional services combined with technology-based solutions that can be adapted to local community needs. The research draws on new governance theory and principles of effective coordination to propose a new model for determining appropriate service delivery. This model highlights the importance of local participation in decision-making, a regional planning focus, social and environmental sustainability, and the engagement of local communities as key determinants of regional policy success.

<p>Regionalisation out of step - the varying growth of regional cooperation councils</p><p>Traditionally regionalisation is either seen as a bottom up movement or as state reform politics from above. From that perspective, Sweden contains both parts. The state enables regionalisation through legislation, promote it through policies and encourage it in rhetoric’s. But the formation of new regional institutions can only be done by the municipalities themselves. Without their belief in stronger and more self governed regions or their will to act and together build capacity in their region, the regionalisation is halted.</p><p>Sweden is a unitary state and there is no real tradition of strong and self governing regions. In that perspective the regional experiments during the second half of the 1990th can be seen as a rather big step. These experiments inspired other parts of Sweden and in the millennium shift, all counties was interested in forming some kind of selfgoverning regional body. In 2002, when legislation made it possible to build new political regional institutions, these new institutions were formed in seven counties. Since then, yet six counties have formed these new regional bodies. This variation raises several empirical questions. The main purpose of this study is to describe and explain the variation in growth of these new regional institutions.</p><p>The analysis follows three different perspectives. The first is a structural one and aims to investigate municipalities need for economic development as a driving force. The second is an institutional perspective where norms are supposed to promote cooperation. The third focus on promoting actors as a force behind the growth of new regional institutions. Through a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods this thesis shows that different kinds of social norms promoting collaboration are the most important factor in explaining the variation in growth of new regional institutions. The analysis also showed that political actors play an important, both in building and maintaining coopera-tive norms, and probably also in bridging the lack of them.</p>

<p>The aim of the thesis is twofold: to analyze the effects of the expectations on the Bothnia Line on the housing market and expectations on railway use. To fulfill these aims, three questions are considered:</p><p>1. To what extent is property prices influenced by the expected effects of the Bothnia Line?</p><p>2. Are there differences in expectations on regional development and future journeys between residents in different locations and with different individual characteristics?</p><p>3. How are trips to work affected by the expectations on the Bothnia Line and the performance of the train service according to residents in different locations?</p><p>Property prices are investigated quantitatively with data delivered from Lantmäteriet. The data contains every sold property from 1994 to 2001 in the municipalities of Umeå, Nordmaling, and Örnsköldsvik. Expectations on regional development and future traveling on the Bothnia Line were investigated with two questionnaires conducted in the autumn of 2002.</p><p>The empirical results from the study of property prices are clear. There are no signs of influence from the Bothnia Line on the property prices close to the railway stations or in the proximity of the railway.</p><p>The empirical results from the questionnaires reveal a mixed picture of the expectations. In the municipalities located furthest away from the railway, the expectations are low. On the contrary, a large proportion (>75 %) of the residents in municipalities along the railway line believe it can be useful for the population in general when searching for new employment opportunities. This is especially true for males living in Örnsköldsvik. A significantly smaller proportion (≈25 %) believes they will use the railway themselves.</p><p>One explanation to the geographic variations is that they are a result from an ongoing diffusion process. Residents in Örnsköldsvik were the first ones to have a visual image of the railway since the construction started there. As the construction continues, the expectations might increase in other locations as well. Another possibility is that people only react on word of mouth from someone that actually made a trip before they consider changing the mode of transport. If that is the case, the expectations will increase only after the opening of the railway line.</p><p>With the exception of residents in Nordmaling, expectations on future journeys with the Bothnia Line are low. The low expectations on journeys on the Bothnia Line might be explained by the lack of attraction between the places along the line. They are satisfied with their present situation and cannot find any rationale to consider other alternatives. It is a different story if they are forced to consider other alternatives. The result from a stated preference study shows that if they are offered employment at another place, the majority is willing to commute.</p>

Die Neue Ökonomische Geographie (NEG) erklärt Agglomerationen aus einem mikroökonomischen Totalmodell heraus. Zur Vereinfachung werden verschiedene Symmetrieannahmen getätigt. So wird davon ausgegangen, dass die betrachteten Regionen die gleiche Größe haben, die Ausgabenanteile für verschiedene Gütergruppen identisch sind und die Transportkosten für alle Industrieprodukte die selben sind. Eine Folge dieser Annahmen ist es, dass zwar erklärt werden kann, unter welchen Bedingungen es zur Agglomerationsbildung kommt, nicht aber wo dies geschieht. In dieser Arbeit werden drei Standardmodelle der NEG um verschiedene Asymmetrien erweitert und die Veränderung der Ergebnisse im Vergleich zum jeweiligen Basismodell dargestellt. Dabei wird neben der Theorie auf die Methoden der Simulation eingegangen, die sich grundsätzlich auf andere Modelle übertragen lassen. Darauf aufbauend wird eine asymmetrische Modellvariante auf die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung Deutschlands angewandt. So lässt sich das Ausbleiben eines flächendeckenden Aufschwungs in den neuen Ländern, die starken Wanderungsbewegungen in die alten Länder und das dauerhafte Lohnsatzgefälle in einem Totalmodell erklären. / The new economic geography explains agglomerations based on a microeconomic general equilibrium model, witch is usually assumed to be symmetric in the sense, that regions are of the same size and transport costs and expenditure shares are the same. As a result, the models can explain why an agglomeration occurs, but not in witch region. This book modifies three of the most influential models of the new economic geography and assumes various asymmetries. It compares the results to the symmetric cases. Not only theoretical aspects but also methods of simulation are discussed in detail. This methods can be applied to a wide variety of models. To show the political implications of the theoretical results, one of the asymmetric models is applied to the economical development in germany after reunification. The model is able to explain the persistent difference in wages between east and west and the simultaneous incomplete agglomeration in the west.

The aim of the thesis is twofold: to analyze the effects of the expectations on the Bothnia Line on the housing market and expectations on railway use. To fulfill these aims, three questions are considered: 1. To what extent is property prices influenced by the expected effects of the Bothnia Line? 2. Are there differences in expectations on regional development and future journeys between residents in different locations and with different individual characteristics? 3. How are trips to work affected by the expectations on the Bothnia Line and the performance of the train service according to residents in different locations? Property prices are investigated quantitatively with data delivered from Lantmäteriet. The data contains every sold property from 1994 to 2001 in the municipalities of Umeå, Nordmaling, and Örnsköldsvik. Expectations on regional development and future traveling on the Bothnia Line were investigated with two questionnaires conducted in the autumn of 2002. The empirical results from the study of property prices are clear. There are no signs of influence from the Bothnia Line on the property prices close to the railway stations or in the proximity of the railway. The empirical results from the questionnaires reveal a mixed picture of the expectations. In the municipalities located furthest away from the railway, the expectations are low. On the contrary, a large proportion (&gt;75 %) of the residents in municipalities along the railway line believe it can be useful for the population in general when searching for new employment opportunities. This is especially true for males living in Örnsköldsvik. A significantly smaller proportion (≈25 %) believes they will use the railway themselves. One explanation to the geographic variations is that they are a result from an ongoing diffusion process. Residents in Örnsköldsvik were the first ones to have a visual image of the railway since the construction started there. As the construction continues, the expectations might increase in other locations as well. Another possibility is that people only react on word of mouth from someone that actually made a trip before they consider changing the mode of transport. If that is the case, the expectations will increase only after the opening of the railway line. With the exception of residents in Nordmaling, expectations on future journeys with the Bothnia Line are low. The low expectations on journeys on the Bothnia Line might be explained by the lack of attraction between the places along the line. They are satisfied with their present situation and cannot find any rationale to consider other alternatives. It is a different story if they are forced to consider other alternatives. The result from a stated preference study shows that if they are offered employment at another place, the majority is willing to commute.