18 metres long drawing on canvas, describing my own six years long live on high school and in my home town or my cottage. Trophies, the most important theme for my art, is growing in this drawing. The canvas is reeled in wooden machine and it is scrolling with the handle. In this installation there are some of my trophies and founded fragments of nature.

El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado. / Currently, one of the main problems is that “time” is becoming more important, which will cause people to perform multiple tasks every day because of a hectic lifestyle, and with it the issue of lost articles. and poorly placed also increases significantly. Although there have been initiatives by some small companies to offer solutions characterized by the use of positioning technologies, these have not achieved the desired success. That is why, in this research, a scheme for the design, evaluation and implementation and marketing of a product with RFID technology with location and alert functions in the absence of proximity to solve the aforementioned problem has been proposed. The scheme and the product were validated through focus tools, surveys and scenario analysis. Likewise, the components of the business model of the scheme allow to reach the demand.

In the growing digitalization of the grocery industry, it is necessary for traditional grocery retailers to adapt their business models to the new digital era. Augmented reality (AR) and other digital tools have proven to have the ability to transform the grocery business, and it is crucial for traditional grocers to act in order to remain competitive. AR technology has been used in a number of different retail industries, such as the clothing industry and the furniture industry. The purpose of this paper is to investigate how the implementation of AR can affectthe business model of a traditional grocery retailer. A case study has been conducted with a food company in Sweden, at the request of our commissioner working in the field of digitalization of different industries. Furthermore, the Triple Layered Business Model Canvas, has been used as a tool to identify the current business model, and to give suggestions on how the future business model can look like, after an implementation of AR. The results show a change on the canvas of the three different sustainability factors, but also an identification of the different challenges a grocery retailer can face. The results show an increased collaboration with external partners and the implementation of new activities for the case company. Furthermore, the study emphasizes the impact on distribution and suppliers, as well as the social consequences. Preparation for the technology is further presented in the study.  The study contributes to increased knowledge of business model change in the grocery industry. Previous research on the impact of AR on the grocery industry has been confirmed, and this paper contributes new research investigating the impact of technological innovations on the business model of traditional grocery retailers. This study also adds knowledge on theuse of the Triple Layered Business Model Canvas as an analytical tool for sustainability and business model change. / I den växande digitaliseringen av livsmedelsbranschen är det nödvändigt för traditionella livsmedelshandlare att anpassa sina affärsmodeller till den nya digitala eran. Förstärkt verklighet (AR) och andra digitala verktyg har visat sig ha förmågan att omvälva livsmedelshandeln, och det är avgörande för traditionella livsmedelshandlare att agera för att behålla sin konkurrenskraft. AR-tekniken har använts inom ett flertal olika industrier inom detaljhandeln, såsom klädindustrin och möbelindustrin. Den här uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka hur implementeringen av AR kan påverka en traditionell livsmedelshandlarnas affärsmodell. En fallstudie har gjorts på ett livsmedelsföretag i Sverige, på begäran av vår kommissarie som arbetar inom digitalisering av olika branscher. Vidare har Triple Layered Business Model Canvas använts som ett verktyg för att identifiera den nuvarande affärsmodellen, och för att ge förslag på hur den framtida affärsmodellen kan se ut, efter en implementering av förstärkt verklighet (AR). Resultaten visar en förändring av canvasen med tre olika hållbarhetsfaktorerna, men även en identifiering över de olika utmaningarna en livsmedelshandlare kan stå inför. Resultatet visar ett ökat samarbete med externa partners samt implementering av nya aktiviteter för fallföretaget. Dessutom belyses påverkan på distribution och leverantörer, samt de sociala konsekvenserna. Vidare i studien presenteras även olika relevanta och betydelsefulla förberedelser för en implementation av AR tekniken. Studien bidrar till ökad kunskap inom förändring av affärsmodeller inom livsmedelsindustrin. Tidigare forskning om förstärkt verklighets påverkan på livsmedelsbranschen har bekräftats, och denna uppsats bidrar med ny forskning som undersöker effekten av teknologiska innovationer på affärsmodellen för traditionella livsmedelshandlare. Denna studie tillför även kunskap om användningen av Triple Layered Business Model Canvas som analysverktyg för hållbarhet och förändring av affärsmodeller.

We are living in the “Anthropocene” the era in which human activities are responsible for severe damage to the resilience of the ecological and social systems, undermining the Earth’s autopoetic mechanism, integrity and ability to function as a healthy complex adaptive systems. The prevailing societal paradigm for business practices has yet to realise the reality of our current global unsustainable state – and the shift necessary to move us forward collectively. Startup companies have a unique opportunity to gain and leverage competitiveness and attractiveness for funding and customers through sustainability driven business strategies, models and value propositions. This research analyses literature, document and interview data to explore if and how current practices in the Lean Startup contribute to a sustainable society – and how a Strategic Sustainable Development approach might be introduced to enhance the resilience of Lean Startups. Therefore, our key recommendations for Lean Startups that want to introduce an SSD approach are: to raise awareness about the sustainability challenges and opportunities; utilise backcasting towards a vision framed by the Sustainability Principles; focus on fulfilling fundamental basic Human Needs; utilize strategic prioritization questions when pivoting and combine the FSSD ABCD process with the Lean BML cycle. Ultimately, this thesis proposes the use of Strategic Sustainable Trigger Questions to (re)design sustainable business models and value-propositions. We conclude that “asking the right questions - rather than giving answers up front” might spark conversations and innovations in Lean Startups, beneficial for the sustainability of both the individual startup the larger socio-ecological systems.

Submitted by Jorge Silva (jorgelmsilva@ufrrj.br) on 2017-08-04T18:08:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017 - Aline Pereira Neves da Costa.pdf: 1511725 bytes, checksum: 4a7c2e556973dfc168dc63ecedd0298b (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-04T18:08:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017 - Aline Pereira Neves da Costa.pdf: 1511725 bytes, checksum: 4a7c2e556973dfc168dc63ecedd0298b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-01-09 / This dissertation aimed to analyze the association of the Business Model Canvas (BMC) methodology with the critical factors for the success of MSBs in Brazil in light of Porter's competitive strategy theory. The work is justified by the fact that there are factors in the management mechanisms that, oftentimes, when neglected, can cause an increase in the probability of small business mortality. These factors can be divided into three categories: environment, company and managers. These have intrinsic connections with strategic issues, because they relate to legacy forces to both the internal and external environment organizational environment. In the wake of the reasoning it was realized that as MSBs can be efficient in their day to day, but ineffective with regard to strategic decisions. This may be related to the fact that managers do not formalize the strategy of the company because they do not know and/or they don?t know how to use the strategic tools or believe that employing them will require a lot of time. Thus, it was understood as important to reflect on the implementation and operationalization of a management methodology (BMC), associated to an approach for the elaboration of competitive strategies in order to contribute to the survival of small businesses. To achieve the goal of the study, the research is outlined as bibliographic because it was analyzed the main work on the BMC. The analysis of the results was based on the analysis of qualitative structural content, in which structuring categories and anchors were defined based on the theoretical reference. From this, the textual elements, that was extracted from the chapters referring to the BMC units, were compared with the literature review about MSBs and strategy. It was noticed that the analyzed tool has strengths, but also weak points. Although the model presents itself in a practical but in a less bureaucratic way, it analyzes the organization's' external environment in a superficial way, understanding the competitive forces uncritically. Besides that, it was understood that the greatest weakness of BMC is based on the fact that it does not address the relationship of the company and the business' sector, as it exerts influence both in the actions that encompass the internal and external environment. The understanding of the industry that the organization is inserted makes it possible to assess the barriers that prevent it from entering and leaving the business. In this way, it was understood that from the point of view of MSBs survival, it is necessary for the manager to be able to project the value chain and the strategic actions of the enterprise according to the behavior of the industry. Thus, the need was felt to reformulate the BMC structure to include the organizational strategy. The proposed layout addresses the analysis of the industry, considering the competitive forces. The intention was to associate the characteristics of strategic planning in order to assist the leader in the perception of the influence of the external environment and its stakeholders under the company. / Esta disserta??o teve como objetivo analisar a associa??o da metodologia Business Model Canvas (BMC) com os fatores cr?ticos para o sucesso das MPEs no Brasil ? luz da teoria da estrat?gia competitiva de Porter. O trabalho justifica-se pelo fato de existirem fatores nos mecanismos de gest?o que, muitas vezes, quando s?o negligenciados, podem ocasionar o aumento da probabilidade de mortalidade dos pequenos neg?cios. Tais fatores podem ser divididos em tr?s categorias: ambiente, empresa e dirigentes. Estes possuem conex?es intr?nsecas com as quest?es estrat?gica, pois relacionam-se com for?as legadas tanto ao ambiente interno quanto ao ambiente externo organizacional. Percebeu-se que as MPEs podem ser eficientes no seu dia a dia, por?m ineficazes no que diz respeito as decis?es estrat?gicas. Isto pode estar relacionado ao fato dos dirigentes n?o formalizarem a estrat?gia da empresa por n?o terem conhecimento e/ou n?o saberem utilizar as ferramentas estrat?gicas ou acreditarem que empreg?-las demandar? muito tempo. Desta maneira, entendeu-se como importante refletir sobre a implanta??o e operacionaliza??o de uma metodologia de gest?o (BMC), associada ? uma abordagem para elabora??o de estrat?gias competitivas de forma a contribuir para a sobreviv?ncia dos pequenos neg?cios. Para alcan?ar o objetivo do trabalho, a pesquisa delineou-se como bibliogr?fica, pois foi a analisada a principal obra sobre o BMC. A an?lise dos resultados fundamentou-se na an?lise de conte?do qualitativa estrutural, na qual foram definidas categorias e ?ncoras estruturantes com base no referencial te?rico. A partir disto, foram confrontados os elementos textuais extra?dos dos cap?tulos referentes as unidades do BMC com a revis?o de literatura sobre MPEs e estrat?gia. Percebeu-se que a ferramenta analisada possui pontos fortes, mas tamb?m fracos. Apesar do modelo apresentar-se de forma pr?tica, menos burocr?tica, o mesmo analisa o ambiente externo a organiza??o de maneira superficial, compreendendo as for?as competitivas acriticamente. Al?m disto compreendeu-se que a maior fraqueza do BMC se baseia no fato do mesmo n?o abordar rela??o da empresa e o setor que o neg?cio, pois o mesmo exerce influ?ncia tanto nas a??es que englobam o ambiente interno quanto o externo. A compreens?o da ind?stria que a organiza??o est? inserida possibilita a avalia??o das barreiras que a impendem de entrar e sair do neg?cio. Desta forma, entendeu-se que sob a ?tica da sobreviv?ncia das MPEs ? necess?rio que o dirigente saiba projetar a cadeia de valor e as a??es estrat?gicas do empreendimento conforme o comportamento da ind?stria. Sendo assim, percebeu-se a necessidade em reformular a estrutura do BMC de forma a incluir a estrat?gia organizacional. O layout proposto aborda a an?lise da ind?stria, considerando as for?as competitivas. A inten??o foi associar as caracter?sticas do planejamento estrat?gico a fim de auxiliar o dirigente no que diz respeito a percep??o da influ?ncia do ambiente externo e seus intervenientes sob a empresa.

Med användning av ramverk kan förenkling av utritningen med pixel- och vektorgrafik i webbläsaren ske vid användning av WebGL API:t och Canvas 2D API:t. Men problemet är, att en dålig utritningshastighet är inget som vill upplevas när en 2D scen ritas ut i en webbapplikation. Genom att jämföra olika ramverk mot varandra, som använder sig av WebGL API:t eller Canvas 2D API:t, togs det reda på vilket av dessa ramverk som var snabbare i utritning. Tre ramverk valdes ut till studien för att göra mätningar på. Det implementerades en webbapplikation för att jämföra hur lång tid en utritning tar i de valda ramverken vid olika scenarier. Resultatet visade att ett hybridramverk som använde sig av förstnämnda API:t och föll tillbaka på andranämnda API:t var snabbare i 9 av 10 scenarier. I en fortsatt studie skulle flera ramverk kunna jämföras och även jämföras i olika användningsfall för att se hur ramverken presterar i dessa.

Background:   This research paper studies the potential of the Flourishing Business Canvas developed from the new research field of Business Models for Sustainability. Throughout the literature review arguments for the new concept of Business Models for Sustainability are made. Showing also the need for a tool that can help companies to transform towards a BMfS. The Flourishing Business Canvas is the first tool being developed at the moment and is based on the Business Model Canvas of Osterwalder and Pigneur. In this research data from reports from three different fashion companies is used to complete the Flourishing Business Canvasses and to evaluatethe applicability and usefulness of the canvas. Aim:   The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential of the newly developed Flourishing Business Canvas through case studies of secondary data research in the fashion industry. The research will evaluate the applicability and usefulness of the building blocks of the alpha-version of the Flourishing Business Canvas on the basis of information gathered from annual reports, sustainability reports, home pages and academic research. To contribute to the ongoing research of this tool, the research will try to suggest improvements where needed to make the tool suitable for the sustainable development of the fashion industry. Methodology:   The research is performed trough a qualitative research based on three small casestudies. The canvas is completed for three fashion companies, of three different market segments, based on published reports, media articles and research articles. The gaps in the canvas and the usefulness of the answers will be defined. Results:   The results of the research showed that the three companies follow the four mainarguments for a Business Model for Sustainability, but that what they express in their reports is notcompletely what they do in practise. The Flourishing Business Canvas for the three fashioncompanies was easy to complete as an outsider, this was mostly because they were transparentcompanies that published a lot of information. The questions in the Flourishing Business Canvasalso could show well the efforts on economic, social and environmental sustainability. Conclusion:   The Flourishing Business Canvas is a good tool for the fashion companies to show their economic, social and environmental sustainability in a schematic way and on strategic level. Although in general the canvas expresses that it shows true sustainability, two important elements of a sustainable fashion company; circularity and transparency, were not specifically defined.

Práce analyzuje vývoj business modelů v oblasti poskytování sportovních služeb. Konkrétně je zaměřena na lyžařské školy. V úvodní rešerši postupně představuje základní pojem business model a jednotlivé přístupy od různých autorů. Dále popisuje postupný vývoj poskytování sportovních služeb v turistických regionech. Výzkumná část práce obsahuje čtyři případové studie konkrétních lyžařských škol z různých oblastí, které odráží současné trendy ve sportovním průmyslu. První tři případové studie analyzují vývoj lyžařských škol, založených před rokem 1990. Případová studie nově vzniklé školy poukazuje na změnu aspektů, které vedou k založení školy v dnešní době, a poskytuje v této oblasti návod pro začínající podnikatele. Pro analýzu business modelů jednotlivých škol byl využit model Canvas. Závěr výzkumné zprávy je zpracován formou specifické analytické techniky cross-case.

The thesis deals with the issue of startups and methodologies of their development. Main aim is to explain chosen approaches to development of startup, compare them and then retrospectively use them in an e-shop selling clothes, determine mistakes of past development in relation to the methodologies and evaluate their suitability for specific business of specific product (clothes) distribution in the Czech Republic. Another equally important aim is to assess the effectiveness of acquisition and activation of customers of the e-shop using web analytics tools and evaluate behavior of visitors.

Thesis deals with startup companies and their development methodology. The main aim is to present a model of startup company development. Within the theoretical part successful and unsuccessful businesses are analyzed and selected approaches to the development of startup companies are explained. In practical part, based on the findings a model for startup company development is proposed.