This diploma thesis is focused on measures, which have been adopted in Iceland due to the crisis. The first part of the thesis follows up causes and a course of the Icelandic banking crisis in order to understand the situation which the Icelandic authorities had to respond. Subsequently there are outlined measures which are adopted and in the last part these measures are evaluated. Emphasis is placed on analysing the measures of capital controls, banking sector restructuring and fiscal consolidation. All measures have achieved their objectives and have had significant impact on current recovery. Therefore at the end of the thesis is discussed the possibility of these measures applicability in other countries.

Orientadores: Zigomar Menezes de Souza, Edson Eiji Matsura / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Agrícola / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T04:49:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Araujo_FernandoSilva_D.pdf: 5020372 bytes, checksum: af978a8271ef4c982fd82d0d223e486b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: É crescente a demanda global por fontes de energia renováveis, tais como o etanol, o qual no Brasil, possui como principal matriz energética a cultura da cana-de-açúcar. Neste contexto faz-se necessário a incorporação de novas tecnologias, como a mecanização da colheita, para o uso racional das áreas manejadas com cana-de-açúcar. O acúmulo superficial de resíduos vegetais da cana-de-açúcar na superfície do solo promove o enriquecimento das camadas superficiais com matéria orgânica bem como o incremento do intervalo hídrico ótimo, mitigando os efeitos da compactação do solo causados pelo tráfego de máquinas no sistema de cana colhida mecanicamente sem queima. Portanto, o objetivo deste trabalho foi estudar as alterações no comportamento físico e mecânico de um Latossolo Vermelho produzido pelo enriquecimento do conteúdo de matéria orgânica e, ainda, a capacidade dos resíduos vegetais acumulados na superfície do solo dissiparem cargas aplicadas sobre o mesmo, em áreas cultivadas com cana-de-açúcar colhidas com e sem queima. O projeto foi desenvolvido em três áreas cultivadas com cana-de-açúcar: 1- cana-de-açúcar sem queima e corte mecanizado, desde 1996 (com 16 anos de implantação do sistema de cana crua); 2- cana-de-açúcar sem queima e corte mecanizado, desde 2004 (com 8 anos de implantação do sistema de cana crua); 3- cana-de-açúcar com queima e corte manual, desde 1973 (cana queimada). Os atributos físicos avaliados foram: análise granulométrica, consistência do solo, densidade do solo, estabilidade de agregados, porosidade do solo e resistência do solo à penetração nas profundidades de 0,00-0,10 m, 0,10-0,20 m e 0,20-0,30 m. Determinou-se ainda o intervalo hídrico ótimo para desenvolvimento das plantas. Foram avaliadas as relações entre o teor de matéria orgânica e a compressibilidade do solo, as relações entre teor de matéria orgânica do solo e a umidade crítica para a compactação e as relações entre quantidade de resíduos vegetais na superfície e a densidade do solo obtida pelo teste Proctor. Os atributos de solo estudados apresentam estrutura de dependência espacial. O intervalo hídrico ótimo e ?p mostraram-se sensíveis as alterações ocorridas no solo em detrimento dos sistemas de manejo estudados. A área sob colheita manual da cultura da cana-de-açúcar apresentou menor valor de densidade crítica para o intervalo hídrico ótimo, sendo que a maior produtividade da cultura concentrou-se nas regiões de maior amplitude do intervalo hídrico ótimo e maior capacidade suporte de carga do solo / Abstract: An increasing global demand for renewable energy sources such as ethanol, which in Brazil, has as its primary energy matrix culture of sugar cane. In this context it is necessary to incorporate new technologies, mechanization of the harvest, for the rational use of managed areas with cane sugar. The accumulation of surface plant residues of sugar cane on the soil surface promotes the enrichment of the surface layers with organic matter as well as increasing the optimal water, mitigating the effects of soil compaction caused by machinery traffic on the system cane mechanically harvested without burning. Therefore, the aim of this work was to study the changes in physical and mechanical behavior of soil produced by enriching the content of organic matter, and also the ability of plant debris accumulated on the soil surface dissipate loads applied on it, in cultivated areas sugar cane harvested with and without burning. The project was developed in three areas cultivated with sugar cane: 1 - harvested with manual cutting and burning since 1973; 2 - mechanically harvested without burning since 2004 (8 years of implantation of sugarcane), 3 - mechanically harvested unburned since 1996 (16 years of implantation of sugarcane). The physical attributes were: particle size analysis, soil consistency, soil bulk density, and aggregate stability, soil porosity and soil resistance to penetration depths of 0.00 to 0.10 m, 0.10-0.20 me 0.20-0.30 m. It was determined the optimal water yet to identify the critical limits of soil density where resistance to penetration and aeration porosity are restrictive to plant development. We evaluated the relationship between the organic matter content and soil compressibility, the relationships between organic matter content and soil moisture critical for the compression and the relationship between the amount of crop residue on the surface and soil density obtained by the Proctor test. The soil attributes have studied the spatial dependence structure. The least limiting water range and ?p were sensitive to changes in the soil instead of studied treatments. The area under cultivation of manual harvesting cane sugar showed a lower value of the critical density for optimal water, and the greater crop concentrated in regions of higher altitude and lower load-bearing capacity / Doutorado / Agua e Solo / Doutor em Engenharia Agrícola

Orientador: Fernando Sarti / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-14T12:03:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Valente_FredericoSantosPedrozaFerreira_M.pdf: 1108498 bytes, checksum: 646b1bf4faf023d08d248823de4ee7be (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Este trabalho analisa e discute os movimentos de fusões e aquisições na indústria mundial do petróleo a partir da década de 90, sob a ótica da dinâmica de acumulação de capital das empresas líderes. O objetivo é fornecer uma visão integrada de tais movimentos que possa ser utilizada para discutir seus impactos sobre o padrão de concorrência da indústria. Para tanto, julga-se ser fundamental resgatar a contribuição de Steindl para o entendimento da dinâmica industrial e discuti-la no âmbito dos processos de consolidação e reestruturação de estruturas de mercado oligopolísticas que ocorrem através de movimentos amplos de fusões e aquisições. Trata-se de mostrar a forma pela qual é possível descrever teoricamente certos padrões sistêmicos para os movimentos de fusões e aquisições a partir da estrutura analítica steindliana. / Abstract: This dissertation analyzes and discusses the merger and acquisition processes in the global oil industry since the early 90's, from the perspective of capital accumulation dynamics of the leader companies. The aim is to depict an integrated explanation of such processes that could be used to understand its impacts on competition trends in industry. Accordingly, it is essential to recollected Steindl's contribution in order to understand the industrial dynamics, as well as to apply its concepts to discuss the process of consolidation and restructuring in the oligopolistic market that occur through large mergers and acquisitions. It means to demonstrate that it is possible to describe in theoretical terms certain systemic patterns to merger and acquisition processes through the steindlian analytical framework. / Mestrado / Teoria Economica / Mestre em Ciências Econômicas

As empresas buscam, além da sobrevivência, diferenciar-se em um ambiente marcado pela competitividade. Deste modo, as operações de F&A (fusão e aquisição) tornam-se comuns, trazendo mudanças estruturais e culturais às empresas e afetando o comportamento organizacional. Isso se reflete em resistência às modificações propostas, o que pode determinar o fracasso dos processos. Nesse contexto, a comunicação pode ser fundamental, auxiliando nos processos de mudanças como um todo. Esta pesquisa teve por objetivo analisar a relação entre comunicação e o comportamento organizacional em uma empresa de processamento de proteína animal, que passou por constantes mudanças após um processo de aquisição. O método foi exploratório (estudo de caso) e quantitativo, sendo a população escolhida formada pelos funcionários operacionais, totalizando 584 pessoas. A coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de 258 questionários distribuídos por sorteio. Os dados foram analisados com auxílio do software SPSS versão 22.0. Os principais resultados indicam que a comunicação possui correlação positiva e significativa com as dimensões motivação, oportunidade de participação, incertezas sobre ambiente futuro e comprometimento organizacional. Na análise dos dados demográficos, foi possível concluir que o comprometimento organizacional apresenta variabilidade significativa em relação à idade dos respondentes e a dimensão motivação por recompensas externas apresenta variabilidade significativa em relação aos respondentes que residem ou não na vila da empresa. O grau de escolaridade responde por variabilidade significativa nas dimensões comprometimento organizacional e motivação pela satisfação das necessidades básicas. / Companies seek, in addition to survival, differentiate themselves in a competitive environment. In this way, operations of M&A (merger and acquisition) are common businessevents, bringing structural and cultural changes and affecting organizational behavior in affected companies. This may cause resistance to the proposed changes, which can determine failure of the M&A process. In this context, communication can be critical and can help the change process as a whole. This research aimed to analyze the relationship between communication and dimensions of organizational behavior in an environment of changes by way of acquisition. The method was exploratory (case study) and quantitative. A survey questionnaire was applied to 258 people randomly selected from a population of 584 front line employees. The data were analyzed using the SPSS software version 22.0. Main results indicate that communication has positive and significant correlation with motivation, opportunity to participate, uncertainty about the future and organizational commitment. In the analysis of demographic data, it was observed that organizational commitment has significant variability in relation to age of the respondents. Motivation due to external rewards had significant variability in relation to respondents who reside or not in the village built on the company's property. Level of education responded for significant variability in organizational commitment and motivation due to satisfaction of basic needs.

The purpose of this study was to examine the current research on mergers and acquisitions which includes organizational factors, such as communication processes, and their impact on employee reactions. The current study addresses this issue through a simulated M&A announcement laboratory experiment with 156 CSUSB undergraduate students.

Only in about 35 percent of mergers do companies meet their pre-merger goals. One cause of these failures is attributed to the unstable work environment created by a pending merger. Previous research has focused on post-merger attitudes of employees. The purpose of the current study was to explore communication processes in announcing a merger. Scenarios were used to simulate merger announcements.

The primary purpose of the study was to investigate whether takeover markets are allocationally efficient using Tobin's q as the variable which summarizes the investment opportunities of firms. Chapter I presented the purposes, hypotheses, methodology, and limitations of the study. The two hypotheses proposed were as follows: Acquiring firms' q should be significantly higher than that of control firms, on average, and target firms' q should be significantly lower than that of control firms, on average. Chapter II presented the review of literature on takeovers and theory of investments. Chapter III presented the research design adopted to test the above hypotheses. The methodology to calculate q-values and methods to reduce the bias which may result from choice-based sampling were also given. A paired comparison t-test was employed to test the hypotheses. Sample firms were selected from the COMPUSTAT RESEARCH and COMPUSTAT INDUSTRIAL tape.

The purpose of this essay is to examine the level of democracy in Tunisia. I will research the challenges to consolidation that the country is facing. I will study between the period of 2001 and 2019. This is to examine how democracy has developed over the years. especially after the Arab Spring. This essay is based on Linz and Stepan's five consolidation arenas. This essay will examine civil society, political society, rule of law, state bureaucracy and an economic society in Tunisia. Zine el. Abadine Ben Ali had been in power since 1987. He was forced to move into exile after about 24 years in power. The governing party RCD controlled the political system in the country since independence in 1956. On 17 December 2010, theso-called Arab Spring began, which meant that Tunisians, for the first time in several decades, experienced a democratic leader based on free and fair elections. Based on the analysis of the thesis, it can be argued that Tunisia is on the way to a fully consolidated democracy, but that there are a number of important aspects in a number of arenas that must be met first before Tunisia can be described as a fully democratic country.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第22424号 / 工博第4685号 / 新制||工||1731(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院工学研究科都市社会工学専攻 / (主査)教授 林 為人, 教授 小池 克明, 准教授 村田 澄彦 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DFAM

The master thesis focuses on the issue of consolidated financial statements. The thesis discusses the possible change of the consolidation method as a result of selling a part of the share. The financial health of the analyzed entity after the sale is assessed based on the conclusions of the financial analysis. Finally, proposals and arrangements for the sale are presented and appropriate consolidation method is identified.