To a rapidly increasing degree, traditional organizational structures evolve in large parts of the world towards online business using modern Information and Communication Technology (ICT) capabilities. For efficient applications of inter-organizational information systems, the alignment between business and ICT is a key factor. In this context, business analysis using business modelling can be regarded as a first step in designing economically sustainable e-business solutions. This thesis examines how business modeling can be used to improve e-business design. We examine how business stakeholder intentions and different objectives of business collaborations can be used to obtain an explorative business model that can be used as a basis for designing e-business solutions. The thesis proposes a set of artifacts for business modeling and e-service design. In regard to business modeling, we propose methods that consider internal aspects such as strategic intentions of actors and external aspects such as business collaborations among them. Considering stakeholder intentions, we introduce a method to design business models based on goal models. A set of templates for designing goal models and a set of transformation rules to obtain business models based on goal models are proposed. To further improve business models considering business collaborations, we suggest a classification of business transactions that considers underlying business objectives of business collaborations. Utilizing the suggested business transactions, we then propose a method to improve business modeling. Finally, we propose a method for designing e-services using business models. The methods suggested support business modelers as well as process and services designers in executing their tasks effectively. The methods have been assessed through applications in two cases.

全球電子產業發展日趨快速，產值日益增加，連接器亦屬於電子產品中的關鍵零組件，台灣連接器產業中，產品範疇廣大、種類繁多，各家公司規模大小差距甚大，各自發展屬於自己的利基型市場，經營模式也大不相同。所以，此研究將以電子連接器產業為研究調查之對象，以個案公司為例，利用SWOT分析法，描述三種不同經營模式-代理(Agency)、委外(Outsourcing)與自製(In-House Production)，所遇到的優勢、劣勢與機會、威脅。 本研究並歸納出，三種不同的經營模式，在經營模式上的優點與缺點，以個案公司在各階段經營模式內遇到的決策議題與經營方針來說明，本研究最後發現，個案公司是連接器產業中同時存在三種經營模式的特殊案例，三種經營模式互補，利用各經營模式優勢輔以個案公司業務推展能力，發揮三種經營模式之综效，讓個案公司有突破性的經營成長績效。 / In the rapidly developing global electronic industry with ever increasing output, the connectors are key components of all electronic products. Taiwan’s connector industry has been providing the global electronic market with varieties of products covering a comprehensive spectrum of applications, with providers differing vastly in their sizes, market niches and business models. This research aims to study the electronic connector industry by conducting SWOT analysis on a case company, to examine the strength/weakness and opportunity/threat faced by the company when taking each of three possible business models: agency, outsourcing and in-house production. This research is summarized by describing the pros and cons of three business models using decision issues and business policies which the case company encounters at each stage of business model. This research also discovers that the case company is special in the connector industry being the sole company operating simultaneously on three models that mutually complement one another with individual advantage boosted by the company’s business promotion capability to gain synergy of the three models. Through the synergy, the company is able to achieve breakthrough in business growth.

In a scope where continuous innovations are seen each day, the cyberspace can be seen as the tech-entrepreneurs’ playground for delivering new solutions to customers. Digital start-ups who interact through the cyberspace operate with little to no restriction despite having limiting resource. In 2008 a man named Satoshi Nakamoto developed a new technology called blockchain. The new breed of firms providing blockchain solutions have been painted to live in a borderless world with little technical restrictions. Exploring the effects that blockchain brings to their internationalisation has brought our attention to study the early internationalisation of blockchain born globals and their business ecosystem. The deductive and qualitative approach gave the results from four different companies that were involved in blockchain technology. By using previous theory on internationalisation and a deductive approach a conceptual synthesis was developed. The synthesis was later applied in the case-companies to observe the results. The findings have shown that the firms implementing blockchain in the core offering has resulted in an accelerated internationalisation. The major factors contributing to this quick internationalisations is the spread of knowledge between buyers and sellers, trough the cyberspace. However, the authors were unable to find a relationship between the accelerated internationalisation and to the extent in which a firm has implemented blockchain in its core offering. The finding has given the authors prominent answers to the research question and has highlighted the complexity of the subject. The, authors conclude the thesis by displaying the importance of cyberspace in the business ecosystem; how it attracts customers and the importance of the company’s business model. Blockchain technology proved to have effects on the process of internationalisation due to superior technological performance, but also its hype.

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The current global economic paradigm, centred on growth, is a significant barrier in the transition towards a sustainable society. Business-as-Usual companies operating within this paradigm are perceived to prosper at the expense of society and environment which is not viable on a finite planet. The need to rethink the purpose of business is inevitable as maximising shareholder value, has been deemed insufficient to create asustainable society. This study aimed to explore: how business models can be used to create value that supports Strategic Sustainable Development. Previous research proposed that the concept of Business Models for Sustainability helps business place sustainability at the core of all consideration. A qualitative research was chosen for which we employed the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development and combined a literature review with an investigation of three expert groups to answer our research question. Our findings showed that, compared to other value forms, system value is the most appropriate concept for businesses striving towards sustainable development. Based on our findings, six themes emerged that businesses need to address to accelerate the speed of change towards sustainability. To make a relevant contribution to the intended audience,a prototype has been developed based on our findings.

Every time the development of technology enters a new epoch, big changes inthe business and society will follow. Especially for the entrepreneurs, it signifies both opportunities and challenges at the same time. In the next decade, IoT, AI and blockchain will be the main driving forces in the upcoming technological revolution and demonstrate great synergic potential. There is an old saying, “In a strong wind even turkeys can fly”. The company who can seize this chance may become to the next GAFAs (Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple); whereas those who completely ignores it may be rolled out of the marketeventually. Business model canvas is a very popular method for startups to align the resources and formulate the strategy, which is also the framework used in our research. The main target of this thesis is to demonstrate a thinking method to converge these new technologies in the business models and evaluate the most significant elements in the business planning stage. It could help the future startups to take advantages of the opportunities and overcome the challengesin the new business environment.

This thesis deals with creating a business plan and proposal of its practical usage in entrepreneurship. With the help of theoretical knowledge, the concrete business plan Miss University of South Bohemia was created.

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AMÂNCIO, Nivânia Menezes. A gestão escolar no contexto de crise do capital: a transposição do modelo empresarial para o chão da escola pública na rede estadual do Ceará. 2016. 143f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Brasileira, Fortaleza (CE), 2016. / Submitted by Gustavo Daher (gdaherufc@hotmail.com) on 2016-09-22T13:49:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_nmamancio.pdf: 1469459 bytes, checksum: b453f07f1ecf282b625f4e993ba6c9a6 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-09-22T16:39:43Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_nmamancio.pdf: 1469459 bytes, checksum: b453f07f1ecf282b625f4e993ba6c9a6 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-22T16:39:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2016_dis_nmamancio.pdf: 1469459 bytes, checksum: b453f07f1ecf282b625f4e993ba6c9a6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016 / This study aimed to examine the implementation process of the business model of management into the public school Ceará state system, based on the concepts and trends of the overall management approach, as well as their influences on the management of public schools, critically analyzing the adoption of these entrepreneurship mechanisms. Consonant with our line of research work and education, we chose a critical guiding framework of analysis of the object of study, the dialectical historical materialism. The dissertational study aimed at authors such as Marx (1998), Mészáros (2011), Harvey (1999), Antunes (2009), among others, the theoretical framework to understand the contextual factors related to socioeconomic sphere; Paro (2012), Behring (2001) and Oliveira (2002), the foundation necessary to elucidate theoretical conceptions of the school management in the capital of the times of crisis. The methodology to undertake such a study consisted of qualitative research, bibliographical and research has also made an empirical character through case study with the use of techniques such as observation and interview with the management team a school institution located in Fortaleza. From the data analysis and theoretical framework were identified as, over the years, the logic of school management tried to establish a fine line with the business logic, and in its development, advance to expedients increasingly committed to the market interests and companies, making capital of conveniences, in fact, needs of educational institutions, leading to the apparent distance of a critical educational model, emancipatory and transformative. / A presente pesquisa teve como objetivo examinar o processo de transposição do modelo empresarial de gestão para o interior da escola pública da rede estadual cearense, partindo da abordagem de conceitos e tendências da gestão geral, assim como de suas influências sobre a gestão das escolas públicas, analisando criticamente a adoção desses mecanismos de empresariamento. Consoante com nossa linha de pesquisa Trabalho e Educação, optamos por um referencial crítico orientador da análise sobre o objeto de estudo, o materialismo histórico dialético. O estudo dissertativo buscou em autores como Marx (1998), Mészáros (2011), Harvey (1999), Antunes (2009), dentre outros, o aporte teórico para compreender os elementos contextuais ligados à esfera socioeconômica; em Paro (2012), Behring (2001) e Oliveira (2002), o embasamento necessário para elucidar concepções teóricas acerca da gestão escolar em tempos de crise do capital. A trajetória metodológica para empreender tal estudo se constituiu de pesquisa qualitativa, de tipo bibliográfico, e a investigação assumiu, também, um caráter empírico por meio de estudo de caso, com o uso de técnicas como a observação e aplicação de entrevista com a equipe gestora de uma instituição escolar situada em Fortaleza. A partir da análise dos dados e do referencial teórico, foi possível identificar como, ao longo dos anos, a lógica da gestão escolar buscou estabelecer uma sintonia fina com a lógica empresarial e, no seu desenvolvimento, avançar para expedientes cada vez mais comprometidos com os interesses do mercado e das empresas, tornando as conveniências do capital, de fato, necessidades das instituições de ensino, ocasionando o evidente distanciamento de um modelo educacional crítico, emancipatório e transformador.

This Master thesis studies the reasoning of users towards the monetization of their data as part of social networking sites’ (SNS) business model and takes into consideration the ethical dimension of businesses. As the Cambridge Analytica Scandal highlighted, people are concerned about how SNS use their data, especially when third parties are involved. To study our topic, we investigated it into three sub-purposes: first of all, we aimed to get a deeper understanding about how people use and perceive Facebook. Then, we searched information about how people think and reason regarding the current offer about having a free registration while this involves giving SNS private data. This system may raise corporate ethical questions from a consumer perspective. Finally, for the third sub-purpose, we looked at the users’ attitudes and behaviors towards Facebook’s data monetization.   This study was conducted using a qualitative method. We opted for three focus groups gathering four to five people each to understand how people interact to each other’s responses and arguments about the six core questions we asked them, letting concerns and argues take place. By conducting focus groups, we were able to get a deeper understanding about people’s reasoning regarding the data monetization of their own private data but also how they might react if an alternative to Facebook would emerge. To analyze what has been said during the three focus groups, we used a thematic network analysis and generating four main themes: users’ perception and use of Facebook, users’ understanding about data monetization, users’ attitude about this aspect of Facebook’s business model and finally users’ behavior. We found a behavior-intention gap. People are actually aware of the data monetization of their own private data but that scandals do not affect their behavior as they keep using Facebook. However, they started to minimize their use of Facebook way before the scandal because of the data monetization. They consider the corporate ethical consideration as an important insight while using a SNS and could leave the social networking site for another one, if the network effect was not so powerful.