Services Science is a new research discipline that has received, over the last years, a growing attention from academia and practice. It combines research from various fields which have evolved more or less independently and is concerned with the development and management of service products. Whereas theories from organizational and marketing science usually capture the nature of these products, engineering disciplines focus on shaping and developing these information goods, and the information systems field on integrating services as encapsulated application functionalities by using standardized (XML) interfaces. All these research streams converge in the new interdisciplinary area of Services Science which integrates the principles, design, and management of economic and technical services. For the fourth time, the \\\\\\\'International Symposium on Services Science (ISSS)\\\\\\\' offered an outstanding platform for the advancement and discussion of research in Service Science. In 2012, the ISSS focused on knowledge-intensive business services, also known as Smart Services, and their application in theory and practice. The ISSS was part of the Multi-Conference SABRE (Software, Agents and Services for Business, Research and E-Sciences, 24th-25th September 2012) and was held in Leipzig, Germany as a one-day event on the 25th September, 2012. The symposium was organized by the Information Systems Institute and the Department of Computer Science at the University of Leipzig as well as the Institute for Applied Informatics (InfAI), Fraunhofer MOEZ and the Leipziger Informatik-Verbund (LIV). As reflected in the conference proceedings, the sessions included in the agenda dealt with Smart Services from different perspectives: Smart Services in Theory and Practice, Smart Services in Management and Application, and Smart Services in High-Tech-Sectors. Although the official language of the conference is English, the authors had the opportunity to write their research contributions in English or German.

En diciembre de 2008 el Estado peruano puso en operación el mecanismo de los fondos sociales1, destinados a la ejecución de programas en beneficio de la población aledaña a los proyectos mineros involucrados. Pese a existir seis casos en operación, con recursos que bordean los 340 millones de dólares, existe poca información sobre el funcionamiento del modelo de gobernanza diseñado, y la forma de articulación entre los intereses de las comunidades involucradas y la empresa minera. El tipo de reportes que los fondos sociales están obligados a presentar no aportan elementos respecto a las dinámicas que se han establecido para la toma de decisiones y priorización de inversiones; y no se logran entender los juegos de poder y movilización de intereses entre los miembros de las comunidades así como de la misma empresa minera. / Tesis

La Municipalidad Distrital de San Marcos cambió de una etapa de escasez económica a una etapa de bonanza económica (Salas, 2011): pasó de recibir 400 mil soles en el año 2005 a 211.3 millones de soles en el año 2007, y un promedio de 115 millones de soles por año en el periodo 2010-2012 por concepto del canon minero (CEDEP, 2010; Instituto Nacional de Estadística, 2012; MIM, 2012), situación que ha configurado una nueva realidad política, social y económica en la población sanmarquina. Asimismo, esta realidad económica ha despertado intereses personales y de grupo en un sector de la población por ejercer cargos políticos en la municipalidad y así poder ser parte de los funcionarios que administran o toman decisiones sobre el abultado presupuesto municipal, sin importar, en muchos casos, si se adecúa o no a las normas o a los intereses de la ciudadanía. / Tesis

El objetivo general de la tesis es analizar el diseño de la política para la calidad del aire de la Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima, durante los años 2010 a 2012, abarcando un periodo temporal de dos gestiones municipales distintas, como es la correspondiente al Alcalde Luis Castañeda Lossio y a la Alcaldesa Susana Villarán de la Puente. Para ello, se analizan dos normas emitidas por la Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima, como son la Ordenanza N° 1424 del año 2010, que aprobó la Política Ambiental Metropolitana y la Ordenanza N° 1628 del año 2012, que aprobó la Política Metropolitana del Ambiente –y derogó la anterior-, por cuanto en la Municipalidad las políticas se establecen a través de Ordenanzas; por lo que el presente estudio parte de la comparación de ambas normas antes señaladas. El primer capítulo desarrolla el marco teórico y el estado de la cuestión, en tanto que el capítulo dos, está referido al análisis del diseño de la política pública en mención y el tercer capítulo, busca conocer a los actores que participaron en su diseño. Entre las principales conclusiones, se puede señalar que ambas Ordenanzas, promueven el uso de otras formas de transporte, distinto al motorizado, como el transporte peatonal y el uso de bicicletas; sin embargo las soluciones planteadas no son suficientes para mitigar la contaminación, puesto que el uso de las mismas no resulta aplicable en nuestra ciudad. No obstante, si se tiene en cuenta la implementación eficaz de esta medida en conjunto con el uso de combustibles menos contaminantes y la modernización del parque automotor, se podría lograr una disminución en la contaminación del aire. / Tesis

BEZERRA JÚNIOR, Raimundo. Relações de poder e práticas políticas no município de Pereiro-CE. 2015. 257f. – Tese (Doutorado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Sociologia, Fortaleza (CE), 2015. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-05-04T14:46:47Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_tese_rbjunior.pdf: 3495299 bytes, checksum: 91ea4870af40b7aa9a1d6f3f548f64ec (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-05-05T10:53:01Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_tese_rbjunior.pdf: 3495299 bytes, checksum: 91ea4870af40b7aa9a1d6f3f548f64ec (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-05T10:53:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_tese_rbjunior.pdf: 3495299 bytes, checksum: 91ea4870af40b7aa9a1d6f3f548f64ec (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / The thesis analyzes power relations and political practices of local power elites in the municipality of Pereiro situated in the Jaguaribe Valley in the state of Ceará, between 1936 and 2012. It withdrew its main theoretical references from the works of Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiroz on “mandonismo local” (local despotism) and Victor Nunes Leal on “coronelismo” (political bosses). In addition, it surveyed recent studies by anthropologists, historians, political scientists and sociologists on the state of Ceará politics. From the review of theory and literature, it established a typology of local political power to guide qualitative field research. Through observations, and extended interviews, it described the exercise of municipal power and struggles for leadership between different factions of local political elites. It highlighted how mayors sustained different cycles of power through election. It also showed how changes and economic disruptions at the state and national levels replicated in the municipality, influenced the rise and fall of local elites. Based on these insights, it established that the municipality had gone through several political cycles. From its founding in 1842 until 1930, the first colonizers composed of farmers and officials of the National Guard ruled Pereiro. The 1930 revolution gave birth to a new ruling elite formed by a mixture of barristers, landowners and merchants. From 1936 to 1988, two political bosses representing two distinct extended local families alternated in power. However, national and state political democratic changes disrupted the oligarchic rule when it affected the traditional landownership system and forced transition to a business-based social relation. The conclusion made the case against the thesis of the survival of traditional politics. It argued that the “coronéis” lost prestige to new groups composed of liberal professionals and businesspersons. Consequently, new forms of economic domination and symbolic violence replaced violence and coercion that characterized traditional politics. Since then, money and economic influence replaced guns and bullets as the means of political domination in the state of Ceará. / A presente pesquisa tem o objetivo de resgatar e analisar as relações de poder e práticas políticas dos gestores do município de Pereiro, situado na região do Vale do Jaguaribe, estado do Ceará, no período 1936 a 2012. Nossa análise apoia-se no referencial teórico do mandonismo local de Maria Isaura Pereiro de Queiroz e na tese do sistema coronelista de Victor Nunes Leal. Também nos apropriamos dos resultados de estudos e pesquisas de historiadores, cientistas sociais, sociólogos e cientistas políticos cearenses contemporâneos que versam acerca da política cearense. Foi por intermédio do entrelaçamento desse referencial teórico, entrevistas e outras fontes, que fizemos a reconstituição das relações, do exercício do poder e das disputas políticas entre as facções políticas do município. Por meio de descrição e análise qualitativa, destacamos a forma que o prefeito ascende ao poder, como governa, como se sustenta no poder e o porquê de ter perdido tal poder. Para compreendermos esses aspectos, foi necessário fazer a ligação da política local com os fatos, mudanças e rupturas econômicas e políticas decorrentes no âmbito nacional e estadual, que replicaram no âmbito municipal, influenciando a ascensão ou derrocada do governante municipal. A partir dessas percepções, observamos que o município passou por vários ciclos de comando ou domínio políticos. Desde sua fundação, em 1842, até o ano de 1930, o município foi dirigido pela classe dirigente composta de colonizadores da região, fazendeiros e oficiais da Guarda Nacional de Pereiro. Após a revolução de 1930, nasce a elite política dirigente, formada por bacharéis, fazendeiros e comerciantes. A partir de 1936, chefes políticos das famílias Nogueira de Queiroz e Diógenes dominariam a política local até o fim de 1988. Desde então, uma eletividade de fatores decorrente no país provocaria significativa ruptura na política do estado, estendendo-se ao interior, provocando mudanças do sistema coronelista para o sistema democrático de cunho empresarial. Levando-nos a defender a tese que os coronéis perderam seu prestígio, enquanto profissionais liberais e empresários ascenderam, de modo que a violência material na política foi substituída por outros mecanismos, ou seja, a política deixou de ser resolvida à bala, como acontecia em alguns casos até o final da década de 1980 no Ceará.

En diciembre de 2008 el Estado peruano puso en operación el mecanismo de los fondos sociales1, destinados a la ejecución de programas en beneficio de la población aledaña a los proyectos mineros involucrados. Pese a existir seis casos en operación, con recursos que bordean los 340 millones de dólares, existe poca información sobre el funcionamiento del modelo de gobernanza diseñado, y la forma de articulación entre los intereses de las comunidades involucradas y la empresa minera. El tipo de reportes que los fondos sociales están obligados a presentar no aportan elementos respecto a las dinámicas que se han establecido para la toma de decisiones y priorización de inversiones; y no se logran entender los juegos de poder y movilización de intereses entre los miembros de las comunidades así como de la misma empresa minera.

Nationalism and globalisation are two topics of great debate. In an increasingly connected world, these concepts are contrasted as opposites unable to coexist with a rise in one there must be a fall in the other. In this study, these concepts are explored alongside Olympism through the medium of the Olympic Games. Historically, the Olympics are structured around nations/nation-states, and national teams, while still attempting to promote universalism, internationalism, and the unity of humankind. This work aims to explore how and why nationalism, Olympism, and globalisation are expressed in the Olympic Movement through a case study of the London 2012 Olympic Games and what the outcomes of these actions are. Backed by an interpretivist paradigm, this study focused on selected events in the lead-up to the London Games, starting in the summer of 2011, and culminated with a prolonged period of observation at the London Games, both at Olympic venues and the live site at Hyde Park. Throughout the course of data collection there was a focus on not only the institutions staging the Games but also the spectators taking part in them.

The research analyses stability and change in the English/British elite sport policy landscape in the period 2005 to early 2014. In the context of a recession and change of government, the policy environment could be described as turbulent and cuts to public funding and commitment to deregulation have been key features of the overarching policy landscape. There was an assumption that elite sport would not be immune from the policy turbulence. The policy landscape is described as consisting of three elements: organisations, public funding and political salience. The original contribution of the thesis is threefold: first, in relation to the empirical study of the relative impact of the political and economic turbulence on the elite sport system; second, in the application of institutional theory and punctuated equilibrium theory to the analysis of elite sport policy; and third, the application of theory to explain the extent of stability uncovered through the empirical research. The research used a case study approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 senior officials from sport in England/the UK from both sport-specific NGBs and organisations with wider, national remits for elite sport and incorporating both government and non-government organisations. Due to the sample of interviewees, the nuances of elite interviewing were an important consideration for the researcher. A document analysis study was also carried out. Through the existing literature and the data gathered, three cases emerged and were examined in depth: youth talent search and development; nurturing and transferring talent; and sustaining world class athletes. Thematic analysis was used to examine the data. The data revealed that the policy landscape was, for the most part, stable in the period studied. There were changes to the intensity of financial and political support and refinements of policy objectives, especially due to the hosting of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, but the overall policy aims remained consistent. The reasons identified for this stability were as follows: the absence of an alternative, critical lobby; strong leadership in the sector; and the hosting of the London 2012 Games. The long-term impact of Labour s Modernisation agenda was found to have contributed to the stable governance of elite sport, which includes a structure for decision-making and accountability around funding of NGBs by UK Sport. Historical Institutionalism was found to offer the most useful meso-level framework for analysis of the data and clear critical junctures and path formation phases could be identified.

Regelverket K3 har implementerats och inneburit förändringar för företagen. Regelverket ska tillämpas av företag som anses stora men inte är börsnoterade. Studier har gjorts kring detta i revisorers och bankers perspektiv, men företagens syn i frågan verkar saknas. Vi har därför undersökt de förändringar som skett och hur detta påverkat företagen. K3 beskrivs vara en anpassad version av det internationella regelverket IFRS-SME. Studien har bedrivits bland värmländska företag som tillämpar K3. Vi har genomfört 12 semistrukturerade intervjuer med personer som i hög grad varit inblandad i redovisningen hos företag i olika branscher och av varierad storlek. Studien fokuserar på att fånga företagens perspektiv på bytet till K3 samt vilka förändringar som de erfarit. Genom diskussioner har vi skapat en förståelse för hur de företag vi haft kontakt med uppfattat de fördelar som var tänkta vid skapandet av IFRS-SME. De största förändringarna för företagen i och med K3 har varit komponentavskrivning, utökat upplysningskrav samt nya bestämmelser runt leasing. Nästan alla respondenter är överens om att de krävt stor arbetsinsats för att implementeras korrekt. Komponentavskrivningen var mest arbetskrävande och inte helt omtyckt. Fördelar som var tänkta med IFRSSME var att möjliggöra internationella jämförelser och samtidigt underlätta för företag att söka internationell finansiering. Många av respondenterna menade att detta var helt ointressant för dem då de agerar lokalt och redan har tillgång till bra finansiering. I IFRS-SME har fokus varit på bankernas informationsbehov då de setts som onoterade företags viktigaste intressent. Vi fann att finansieringen via bank enbart förekom i ungefär hälften av de fall vi undersökte och att bankerna då gavs kontinuerlig information utöver årsredovisningen. Gällande komponentavskrivningen har företagen sedan implementering ändrat uppfattning och anser att den bidragit med positiva effekter. Många av de tänkta fördelarna kan ha varit missriktade i sin skapelse. Detta skulle kunna förklara varför företagen vi talade med tvivlade på användbarheten. Till slut tror vi även att företag som kan samarbeta vid ett standardbyte kan minska sina totala konsultationskostnader. / The accounting regulation K3 has been implemented for companies that are seen as large but not public. Studies has been made about this regulation through the perspective of auditors and banks, but not companies in general. Because of this, we have chosen to focus on the changes that has occurred and how they have affected these companies. K3 is described as an adapted version of IFRS-SME. The study has been conducted in companies located in the Swedish county of Värmland, and it’s based on interviews with those involved with the companies accounting. The studied companies wary in both size and industry and we have tried to capture their perspective about replacing the old accounting regulation with K3. Through these discussions, we have made ourselves an understanding of how these businesses have perceived the benefits intended in the creation of IFRS-SME. The greatest changes with K3 has been that of component depreciation, increased disclosure requirements and new rules concerning leasing, where the component depreciation was seen as the most burdensome. The intended benefits of IFRS-SME was to enable international comparisons and make it easier for companies to seek international financing. Most of our respondents felt that these were of no interest for the company as they operate locally and already have good access to financing. IFRS-SME focus has been on the banks' needs for information, as they are seen as the non-listed company's primary stakeholders. We found that financing through bank only occurred in about half of the cases we investigated, and that they were given continuous information in addition to the annual report. Regarding the component depreciation, the affected companies have since implementation changed their opinion and now believe that it has contributed with positive effects. A lot of the intended advantages may have been misguided in their creation. This might explain why the companies we spoke with doubted their usefulness. We also believe that companies can cooperate when replacing an accounting regulation in order to reduce their total cost of consultation.

Managed Extensibility Framework allows development of component-based .NET applications. However relations between components can be quite complex. Therefore the MEF Editor was implemented in context of author's bachelor thesis, which can visualise the relations according to source code analysis and provide their editing. Although possibilities of the analysis are determined by available user's extensions, in some cases the editor cannot be used. This master thesis provides a solution in form of a new version of the MEF Editor which increases the number of cases it can be used in. As part of this thesis, we implemented the editor with extensions allowing analysis of application projects written in C# language and compiled assemblies. It helps to detect composition errors in these applications and allows visual editing of source code where component architecture of these applications is implemented. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)