p. 1 - 141 / Submitted by Santiago Fabio (fabio.ssantiago@hotmail.com) on 2013-02-18T20:27:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 999999999.pdf: 657658 bytes, checksum: 60930ba727d594c2159ffb5d6e9b607a (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Fatima Cleômenis Botelho Maria (botelho@ufba.br) on 2013-02-21T13:45:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 999999999.pdf: 657658 bytes, checksum: 60930ba727d594c2159ffb5d6e9b607a (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-02-21T13:45:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 999999999.pdf: 657658 bytes, checksum: 60930ba727d594c2159ffb5d6e9b607a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / O presente estudo busca conhecer o setor de serviços técnicos industriais que atende ao Pólo Petroquímico de Camaçari, através da análise dos fatores da competitividade. A estreita ligação entre a manufatura e os serviços ditos “empresariais”, nos quais os serviços técnicos se inserem, é trazida à tona. Em paralelo é feita uma retrospectiva do Pólo Petroquímico como agente formador do setor de serviços técnicos. O estudo sobre competitividade foi traçado de forma a privilegiar o entendimento sobre os conceitos centrais como concorrência, estrutura – conduta – desempenho e os modelos de análise da conpetitividade, através de Porter e do ECIB (Estudo sobre a Competitividade da Indústria Brasileira), tendo sido este último escolhido para aplicação no presente trabalho. O cenário internacional do segmento de engenharia, construção e montagem ratifica o momento atual positivo e mostra um mercado dinâmico e atraente sob o aspecto de volume de empreendimentos, revelando-se, sem dúvida, como uma oportunidade. Ao mesmo tempo, mostra as tendências ou padrão competitivo para os próximos anos. Mais uma vez, a participação nacional se mostra extremamente tímida. Os resultados da pesquisa de campo realizada com as empresas prestadoras de serviços técnicos do Pólo Petroquímico de Camaçari revelam que, a despeito de um cenário nacional macroeconômico de baixo crescimento, este setor vem crescendo fortemente nos últimos 4 anos, impulsionado por uma demanda de mercado proveniente das indústrias produtoras de comodities, que, por sua vez, possuem relações estreitas com o cenário econômico internacional. Também identifica a tendência de exportação de serviços para outras regiões em detrimento da Região Metropolitana de Salvador. Finalmente considera os próximos anos como oportunos para o tratamento dos pontos fracos identificados nas estratégias empresariais, tendo em vista uma projeção continuada de crescimento da demanda. / Salvador

Purpose:Every year, the construction industry generates the largest amount of hazardous wastethat occurs in Sweden. Hazardous waste is waste that can be hazardous to theenvironment and human health. According to statistics from the report Avfall i Sverige2018 – uppkomst och behandling compiled by MiljöEmissonData (Naturvårdsverket,2020b), the arisen amount of hazardous waste has remained stable for a long period. Tocounteract this, a new environmental law came into force the 1st of November, whichmade it mandatory to report all hazardous waste management. The aim of the study isto survey how construction services are affected by the new law change. The study hasbeen carried out in collaboration with Peab Byggservice AB and therefore it onlyreflects their impact of the new legislation. Can they maintain their efficiency inproduction and their economy after the amendment? Method:The study is a qualitative case study. The case is about how different constructionprojects are affected in the management of hazardous waste. The chosen methods torespond the target are observations, interviews and document collection. Interviewswere conducted with staff in different positions at Peab Byggservice AB. Observationswere carried out at Peab Byggservice AB's workplaces in connection with theinterviews. Documents were collected from four different projects. Findings:Based on the case study carried out in the survey, the results show that PeabByggservice AB's economy between customers and recycling companies has beenaffected by the new environmental legislation. Based on the case study, the results alsoshow that the efficiency of production at Peab Byggservice AB has been affected in thewake of the new environmental legislation. The results show that the impact of thebusiness is most likely to arise from the company's smaller projects. Implications:The study shows that many factors play a part in the reporting and management ofwaste. In small projects, a large part of the waste is handled with its own staff and therecycling companies are used for handling and reporting the hazardous waste. For largerprojects, waste is sorted into containers by its own staff and recycling companies handlethe vessels and report hazardous waste. In order to promote efficiency and the economyof all projects, the contractor should plan and work closely with the recyclingcompanies. Furthermore, the efficiency and economy of construction services canbenfit from a smarter solution that include tranport and sort small amounts of waste. Limitations:The study is limited to one construction service business, and it surveys how they areaffected by changes in the environmental legislation. The fact that the study is solelybased on one business makes the results only partly generalisable.

Corporate Growth is a concept that has been widely treated in a specific way or as part of strategy theories, in definition and in econometric models and has also been studied in many different aspects and approaches. The author describes in depth the main variables affecting corporate growth and the underlying business processes. This empirical research has focused on Sales, Profit-Cash Flow, Risk, Created Shareholder Value, Market Value and Overall Performance econometric models. These panel data models are based on the 500 Companies of the Standard & Poor’s 500. The methodology used has been very strict in identifying exogenous variables, walking through the different alternative econometric models, discussing results, and, in the end, describing the practical implications in today’s business corporate management. We basically assume that the Functions/Departments act independently in the same company, many times with different objectives, and in this situation clear processes are key to clarify the situations, roles and responsibilities. We also assume that growth implies interactions among the different functions in a company and the CEO acts to lead and coach his immediate Directors as a referee of the key conflicts through his Operating Mechanism. The objective of this PhD Dissertation is to clarify the business priorities and identify the most relevant variables in every process leading to the highest efficiency in reaching a sustainable and profitable growth. It covers the lack of academic studies on the nature and specific driving factors of corporate growth and provides a working framework for Entrepreneurs and Management leading to the Company’s success.