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Aim - The aim of this thesis is to understand the challenges of the Ugandan coffee industry by having a business ecosystem perspective. By using a broader perspective like the BE, one can see relations and connections that may not have been visible before. Furthermore, when using a BE perspective more actors are included in the systemic work, and important platforms and tools are included in the work of moving the BE forward as one entity. Methodology - A qualitative study was conducted to examine and understand the Ugandan coffee industry from a business ecosystem perspective. 18 semi-structured interviews were performed with coffee farmers and coffee organizations in Uganda. The data was divided into five different themes; Knowledge Sharing in the Business Ecosystem, Platforms and Interactions in the Business Ecosystem, Roles in the Business Ecosystem, Challenges in the Business Ecosystem and Youth in the Business Ecosystem. Conclusions - The findings of the thesis are that some parts of the business ecosystem are missing or lacking. Effective platforms for knowledge sharing are an issue, due to lack of access to a technological platform, monetary resources and low level of education. It was difficult to place some of the actors in different roles that exist in the business ecosystem, because sometimes an actor could fit the description of multiple roles. The interactions and the knowledge sharing also need improvement. Research limitations - Due to the sheer size of any business ecosystem, it is a daunting task to map one out. To make it more manageable, a particular part of the business ecosystem was examined. This might have resulted in the exclusion of important actors. Many of the interviews required an interpreter which meant that some interpretations may have been lost in translation. Furthermore, all the interviews with coffee farmers were arranged by a third party. Which could affect the results. Research contribution – In this thesis a business ecosystem perspective was applied on the Ugandan coffee industry, which has never been done before. Furthermore, it discusses what an unhealthy or lacking business ecosystem is or looks like, since there is little or no previous literature discussing this.

Submitted by Alison Vanceto (alison-vanceto@hotmail.com) on 2016-09-12T13:44:06Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DissCFC.pdf: 4570444 bytes, checksum: b582cab27887b9f5a182de60eb698d1d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marina Freitas (marinapf@ufscar.br) on 2016-09-13T14:47:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DissCFC.pdf: 4570444 bytes, checksum: b582cab27887b9f5a182de60eb698d1d (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marina Freitas (marinapf@ufscar.br) on 2016-09-13T14:47:25Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DissCFC.pdf: 4570444 bytes, checksum: b582cab27887b9f5a182de60eb698d1d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-13T14:47:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DissCFC.pdf: 4570444 bytes, checksum: b582cab27887b9f5a182de60eb698d1d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-05-11 / Outra / Through the transition from Empire to Republic in Brazil, coffee farmers constituted the economic and political elite on the municipal, state and federal levels. Starting from a Historical Sociology perspective and based on classical authors – Mosca, Pareto and Michels – the present research aimed to investigate the coffee farmers presence within the elite of São Carlos city, in São Paulo state, Brazil. With this respect, studying the configuration of those farmers was shown to be relevant to comprehend the bonds created and maintained between elite members, specifically between the years 1873 and 1904. / No período compreendido entre a passagem do Império para a República, os fazendeiros de café paulistas compunham a elite econômica e política nas esferas municipal, estadual e federal. Partindo de uma perspectiva da Sociologia Histórica e baseando-se nos autores clássicos do estudo das elites – Mosca, Pareto e Michels, esta pesquisa teve por objetivo entender a presença dos fazendeiros de café nas transformações ocorridas no município de São Carlos. Para tanto, estudar a configuração destes fazendeiros mostrou-se relevante para a compreensão das relações mantidas e criadas entre os membros desta elite, especificamente, no período entre 1873 a 1904.