Submitted by Maria Eneide de Souza Araujo (mearaujo@ipen.br) on 2015-02-25T14:21:57Z No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2015-02-25T14:21:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / A indústria farmacêutica brasileira é caracterizada por atraso tecnológico como resultado do baixo investimento em pesquisa, desenvolvimento e inovação (PD&I) desde décadas passadas. O paradigma tecnológico histórico favoreceu a busca de industrialização mais intensiva, concentrada em produção e comercialização, em detrimento das atividades de PD&I e produção de farmoquímicos. O mercado brasileiro cresceu e ocupa a 6ª posição no ranking mundial, porém ainda é deficiente em termos de inovações. O objetivo desta pesquisa é identificar como processos internos de inovação são gerenciados nas organizações estudadas; destacar as melhores práticas observadas e indicar quais estratégias podem ser adotadas pelas indústrias farmacêuticas no país. A metodologia inclui um estudo de múltiplos casos em nível exploratório, com abordagem qualitativa. O universo da pesquisa inclui duas empresas privadas (Biolab e MSD), dois institutos de pesquisa (Instituto Butantan e IPEN) e um parque tecnológico (Parque Tecnológico da Vida). A partir dos estudos de caso, foi possível identificar os processos de inovação, estrutura organizacional, práticas e ferramentas utilizadas. Foram também observadas suas deficiências em termos de estrutura organizacional ou falta de procedimentos, por exemplo. Em perspectiva geral, é possível concluir que as empresas privadas nacionais ou multinacionais, independentemente de sua orientação estratégica, apresentaram: gestão de projetos bem estruturada; aplicam mecanismos de prospecção para a busca de oportunidades; foco em marketing e nos médicos mais bem conceituados no mercado. Por outro lado, as instituições públicas, em geral, concentram seus esforços em: atividades de P&D; realizam mais parcerias tecnocientíficas; apresentam maior deficiência na gestão de projetos; o progresso depende do pesquisador-líder; as decisões são fortemente baseadas em aspectos tecnocientíficos; o financiamento dos projetos é baseado no modelo público. O parque tecnológico, como modelo de ambiente de inovação, apresenta, respeitando as devidas proporções, aspectos positivos tanto por parte das empresas privadas quanto das instituições públicas. Em síntese, as instituições públicas de pesquisa devem considerar melhorias em sua estrutura organizacional, uso de técnicas e ferramentas de gerenciamento de projetos. As empresas privadas devem concentrar-se na cópia de produtos inovadores para proporcionar aprendizado e evolução em sua trajetória de inovação, enquanto continuam a realizar prospecção de oportunidades de parceria. Os parques tecnológicos devem manter e procurar ampliar sua rede para permitir acesso à infraestrutura tecnológica para a incubação de novos projetos de pesquisa. / Tese (Doutorado em Tecnologia Nuclear) / IPEN/T / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

A adoção crescente das normas internacionais de contabilidade, as IFRS, é o reflexo de que a comunicação entre empresas, credores, investidores e demais \"stakeholders\" acompanha as mudanças radicais observadas nos negócios. O trabalho de elaboração de tais normas internacionais ficou a cargo do \"Board\" do IASB e já se identifica ampla convergência no plano mundial rumo às citadas IFRS. A IFRS 1, denominada \"First Time Adoption\" refere-se aos requisitos a serem observados no primeiro exercício em que uma empresa publica suas demonstrações em norma contábil local e em IFRS. Este estudo tem por objetivo verificar se, no ano da primeira adoção, há diferença nos grupos de contas patrimoniais do ativo e do passivo nos balanços das empresas dos setores químico e de mineração listadas nas bolsas do Reino Unido, da França e da Alemanha, calculados com base no último balanço em norma contábil local, em relação aos mesmos grupos da primeira demonstração publicada em IFRS. Através da pesquisa nas bolsas de valores destes três países, foram analisadas 42 empresas, sendo 18 empresas de mineração e 24 companhias do segmento químico. Foram utilizados os testes estatísticos t-student para amostras emparelhadas e Wilcoxon para a comparação das médias das diferenças das proporções de cada grupo do patrimônio em relação ao ativo ou passivo total. Os resultados demonstram que existe diferença significativa na estrutura dos grupos do ativo e do passivo pré e pós-adoção das IFRS, tanto na comparação entre países quanto na comparação entre setores. Os resultados mostram também que cada grupo sofreu impactos de magnitudes diferentes. Para os setores e países desta amostra, a comparação dos resultados desfaz a conclusão equivocada de que a adoção das normas contábeis internacionais traz consigo o benefício da uniformidade do padrão contábil e que os efeitos das alterações nos grupos patrimoniais em decorrência da transição de um padrão contábil local para as IFRS devem ser levados em consideração quando da escolha do balanço para uma análise no ano da primeira adoção. / The increasing adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards, IFRS, is consequence of the communication among enterprises, creditors, investors and stakeholders that is following the deep changes that have been taken place in the businesses. The international standards were set by IASB and it has already been identified a worldwide convergence toward IFRS. IFRS 1, named as First Time Adoption, applies to the requisites that have to be considered in the first-year balance sheet in IFRS reconciled with the local GAAP. This study has for objective to verify if there are differences in the current and noncurrent assets as well as in the current and non-current liabilities groups stated within the balance sheets of mining and chemicals companies listed at London Stock Exchange, Frankfurt Stock Exchange and Paris-Euronext, considering the local GAAP for each country and the first time adoption of IFRS. After a research in the referred stock exchanges, 42 companies (18 mining and 24 chemicals) have been picked and taken into analysis. The statistics are based on Wilcoxon and t-student for paired samples tests. They have compared the average of the differences in the current and non-current groups in relation to total assets or liabilities. The results show there are significant differences in the groups of assets and liabilities taken before and after the first adoption of international financial reporting standards, considering both comparisons between countries and sectors. The results also demonstrate that the groups of current and non-current accounts were impacted in different percentiles with the adoption of IFRS 1. The comparison of results illustrates that, when the analysis of a balance sheet in the first year adoption is necessary, the IFRS have not benefited the uniformity on accounting standards for the sectors and countries that have been used in this study and the effects of changes within assets and liabilities groups have to be taken into account as consequence of the transition from UK-GAAP, GER-GAAP and FRAGAAP to IFRS.

A presente pesquisa tem como principal tema a decisão estratégica de fazer ou comprar no contexto do setor químico. Apesar de ser um tema relativamente recorrente, o foco da literatura neste tipo de pesquisa tem sido no contexto da indústria automotiva e/ou eletroeletrônica. Indaga-se, então, se existe aderência entre os modelos teóricos e o que ocorre nas empresas do contexto químico brasileiro. O desenvolvimento teórico desta pesquisa teve por base uma compilação dos principais modelos de fazer ou comprar apresentados pela literatura desde final da década de 1980. O desenvolvimento empírico teve por base uma pesquisa qualitativa, predominantemente exploratória, baseada na técnica de estudo de casos múltiplos, contando com uma amostra de duas empresas de grande porte no contexto químico brasileiro. Foi verificado que existe um razoável nível de aderência entre o que preconiza a literatura e o que é feito nas empresas pesquisadas, mas existem algumas contribuições relevantes que podem ser consideradas para os modelos de fazer ou comprar existentes na literatura. / The main theme of this research is the strategic decision making process associated with make-or-buy decisions. Said theme has been developed in the literature with primary focus on automotive and hardware industries, not chemical industry, what leads to the main question of this research: what is the adherence level between the literature and the actual behavior of the chemical industry, when going through this type of strategic decision making process? The literature research development was primarily based on a compilation of different makeor- buy decision models which have been presented by the literature since late eighties. The empirical research development was based on an exploratory qualitative approach, with the aide of multiple case studies techniques on a small sample of two large Brazilian chemical enterprises. The main result indicates a reasonable level of adherence to what the literature has presented so far, however there are other important aspects that should be taken as relevant contributions from the empirical research to the existing make-or-buy decision process models.

M.Comm. (Business Management) / The main research focus is stated as follows: "This research study will endeavour to identify the focus areas for a strategic marketing plan for the Polythene Division in Polifin by constructing a product / market matrix using the results of a situation audit, and to determine what a comparative study of Polifin's performance relative to competitors may reveal for a more intelligent approach to implementing the marketing plan. " The results should make it possible to prepare a strategic marketing plan for the Polythene Business Unit as well as providing specific objectives and action plans for the successful implementation of the plan.

Submitted in part fulfilment of the requirements for the Master's Diploma of Technology: Chemistry, M. L. Sultan Technikon, 1992. / 2- Vinylfuran has been synthesised from furan, obtained from furfural a degradation product of bagasse, and has the potential to be used as a monomer in the Polymer Industry. Furan was successfully reacted with ethylene under catalytic conditions of palladium (II) acetate and copper (II) acetate to produce 2-vinylfuran, via a direct substitution reaction, at atmospheric pressure and a temperature of 9Y C for two hours in dimethylformamide. / M

M.Com. (Business Management) / The industrial product manager is responsible for the development and marketing of a product. This includes more than just the properties of the product. To be successful during the process of development and marketing of industrial products, there must be sufficient knowledge about the factors influencing it as well as the relative importance that is placed on it by the target market. The aim of this study was to identify critical factors for the success of new products in the industrial environment. These critical succfess factors were further verified, and their rank of importance determined, in the chemical industry of South Africa. The results of this study can be used by product managers in the industry to improve their new product programs in those areas which are considered as important during and by the development and marketing processes of enterprizes. Thirteen critical success factors, and their rank of importance, were established as th following: 1. A superior product 2. Solid up-front homework prior to development 3. Quality technological actions 4. Quality marketing actions 5. Innovativeness 6. A ttractive markets 7. A quality launch 8. Low-risk, important purchase 9. Familiar, known arenas 10. Sharp and early product definition 11. Cross-functional team approach 12. Non-product advantage 13. High synergy None of these factors can be ignored during the development and marketing...

This thesis deals with the importance of chemical industry in the creation of jobs in the Czech Republic between 2008-2015. The Thesis is divided into four chapters. First chapter is devoted to general development of chemical industry, with emphasis on the labour market. Second chapter is concerned with educational institutions within chemical industry. Third chapter examines selected chemical companies and their cooperation with educational institutions. The last chapter focuses on the future of the chemical industry of the Czech Republic with an emphasis on development of the labor market due to ongoing technological changes. The analyse of comprehensive development of the chemical industry is made on the basis of historical-statistical method. In the sections describing the possible development are used mostly specialized studies.

The structure of the thesis is divided into seven parts. The first one deals with introduction into new REACH regulation. The second part evaluates actual chemical policy and reasons for transition to REACH. Moreover this part also describes REACH and its goals and plans. The third chapter evaluates anticipated costs of REACH implementation in the European Union. The fourth part describes chemical industry in the European Union, its determination, structure and classification. The fifth part deals with anticipated benefits of REACH on chemical industry in the EU in general, while sixth chapter determines how REACH would affect directly companies in chemical industry. Situation of such affected companies in the Czech republic is described as an example in the last chapter.

The internationalisation of multinationals from emerging markets has increased remarkably over the last two decades which has caused a fundamental shift in the global economy whereby more focus is now being directed to the foreign expansion strategies pursued by these firms. There is a growing debate amongst IB scholars about the applicability of existing theories and frameworks in explaining the rise of emerging market multinationals. The objective of this research was to explore internationalisation strategies of multinationals from emerging countries to provide more insights and understanding into the foreign expansion approaches employed by these multinational companies (MNCs) when investing in other emerging economies with the focus on foreign expansion of South African chemical companies into the rest of Africa. A qualitative exploratory study was followed where 15 semi-structured interviews were conducted with senior managers and executives across four South African chemical companies. The findings indicate how the rising competition in the domestic market due to the introduction of international competition and the increase of local market competitors led to the successful internationalisation of South African companies from the chemical. The study also shows that chemical companies from South Africa adopt a gradual internationalisation approach when expanding into the rest of Africa and these companies based their foreign expansion on firm-specific advantages that were shaped by the unique history South Africa. / Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2014. / zkgibs2015 / Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) / Unrestricted

The dissertation deals with the issue of novel business models based on sustainable multiple customer value creation. The issue is evaluated from the perspective of novel approaches to business models integrating environmental, social, and economic value into corporate activities. The dissertation’s objective is creating novel business model concepts based on sustainable multiple value creation for the Czech chemical industry, namely category CZ_NACE 20.1. Primary and secondary research was conducted in the making of dissertation. Research results are presented as partial conculussions describing individual areas, as well as a general conclussion. For easier interpretation of results, the disseratation emphasizes visual interpretations of provided novel business model ceoncepts. The conclussion provides contributions for theory and research, practictioners and teaching practice.