The aim of this thesis is to analyze all the activities of the Alliance of municipalities of Novoborsko in the period between 1998 -- 2008. First part is dedicated to examine the actions taken by optional Alliance of municipalities in Czech Republic, in concrete their legislation, economy, positive and negative features of their mutual cooperation. Next part analyzes the Alliance of municipalities of Novoborsko and the way it works in practice, its financial situation, sponsors of projects, cooperating partners; its comprehension by local citizens, and its contribution to the individual municipalities and the whole region in general. The implementation of projects carried out by the Alliance during its 10 year existence and valuation of all its activities is depicted as well, together with the examination of its consequences on the development of the above mentioned region.

This master thesis deals with a proposal of development strategy of family business Vinařství SPRINGER a.s. The first part of the thesis defines theoretical concepts of the topic. The second part is devoted to an analysis of the current state of the chosen family business and in the last part of this thesis, based on the analysis, is created a proposal of development strategy of this family business.

The diploma thesis deals with the creation of a business development strategy in the field of remote water readings. Based on the analysis of the external and internal environment, weaknesses and strengths as well as opportunities and threats are identified, which are arranged in a SWOT matrix. With the help of critical analysis, a proposal for a company development strategy is developed, the implementation of which is to improve the company's position on the market.

This master’s thesis tells about marketing strategy of business development. The first section describes marketing as the primary function of modern organisation and its influence on development strategy. The following section of analysis evaluates the effects of external & internal factors on the strategy of development, which is the subject of the last section of this thesis.

Denna fallstudie har syftat till att undersöka hur samverkan mellan region och kommuner i framtagandet av en regional utvecklingsstrategi kan uppnås och främjas. Studiens syfte är också att undersöka hur kvalitetsteknikens teorier kring kund- och leverantörssamverkan samt teorier kring partnerskap kan användas för att förstå relationen mellan region och kommun i arbetet med den regionala utvecklingsstrategin. Studien undersöker arbetet med att ta fram en ny regional utvecklingsstrategi för Gävleborgs län. Datainsamlingen består av kvalitativa intervjuer med kommunala politiker och tjänstepersoner med ett övergripande ansvar för kommunernas verksamhet. Resultatet visar att Region Gävleborg har skapat förutsättningar för kommunerna att påverka arbetet med och utformningen av den regionala utvecklingsstrategin. Upplevd otydlighet kring ansvar och förväntningar på deltagande har gjort att kommunernas organisation av och deltagande i arbetet med den regionala utvecklingsstrategin inte har varit optimal. Det gör att arbetet inte når upp till de krav som ställs på samverkan utifrån de teorier som presenterats. Genom att använda sig av modeller för partnerskap och leverantörssamverkan skulle regioner kunna åstadkomma en bättre samverkan inom det regionala utvecklingsarbetet i allmänhet och arbetet med att ta fram en ny regional utvecklingsstrategi i synnerhet. / This case study aims to examine how a fruitful cooperation between county councils and municipalities can be achieved and promoted when they set out to develop a regional development strategy. This case study also explores how theories concerning customer- and supplier cooperation within quality management can be used to understand the relationship between county councils and municipalities in relation to regional development. The case study concerns the creation of a new regional development strategy for Gävleborg County. Data collection consists of qualitative interviews with politicians and officials from municipalities in Gävleborg County with an overall responsibility for within the municipalities. The results show that Gävleborg County has managed to create the prerequisites needed for the municipalities to influence both the process and the regional development strategy. Ambiguity concerning roles and responsibilities led to a less efficient organization and participation from the municipalities’ side in shaping the regional development strategy, with the consequence that the commitment doesn’t meet the criteria for cooperation in the presented theories. By using the models for partnership and supplier cooperation counties could achieve a better cooperation within regional development, including the commitment of shaping a new regional development strategy. / <p>2021-06-06</p>

Under de senaste decennierna har det pågått en urbanisering i världens storstäder. Allt fler människor väljer att bosätta sig i urbana miljöer och trenden är uppenbar. En tät, attraktiv och blandad stad med närhet till samhällsservice, arbetsplatser och övriga funktioner samt tillgång till hållbara transportsätt eftersträvas i många städers planering för en hållbar stadsutveckling i dagsläget. Ett sätt att uppnå hållbar stadsutveckling som förespråkas på många olika samhällsnivåer är genom förtätning som stadsbyggnadsstrategi. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka om förtätning kan vara en tänkbar stadsbyggnadsstrategi för att uppnå hållbar stadsutveckling. För att undersöka relationen mellan förtätning samt hållbar stadsutveckling har även begreppen undersökts samt förklarats genom en kvalitativ forskningsmetod. Studien utgörs av en fallstudiemetod av ett pågående stadsutvecklingsprojekt, Fokus Skärholmen, i Skärholmens stadsdelsområde i Stockholms kommun. Fallstudiemetoden undersöker alltså hur relationen mellan förtätning samt hållbar stadsutveckling ser ut i empirin med material från stadens plan-, mål- och strategidokument samt semistrukturerade intervjuer med kommunala tjänstepersoner involverade i projektet Fokus Skärholmen. Skärholmens stadsdelsområde har inte exploaterats i lika stor omfattning som projektet Fokus Skärholmen nu planerar för sedan färdigställandet av miljonprogrammet. Det har endast skett mindre kompletteringar av byggnader i stadsdelsområdet. Stadsbyggande kan ses som ett verktyg för att uppnå en hållbar stadsutveckling och projektet Fokus Skärholmen planerar för en förtätning som stadsbyggnadsstrategi för en hållbar stadsutveckling utifrån stadsdelsområdets lokala behov samt förutsättningar. Projektet Fokus Skärholmen betraktas därför som ett omfattande och intressant fall att undersöka för denna studie. Studiens resultat visar vid jämförelse av teoretiska samt empiriska studier att förtätning som stadsbyggnadsstrategi kan, enligt vissa forskare, innebära en hållbar stadsutveckling förutsatt att förtätningen sker på rätt sätt. Förtätning kan även på vissa platser betraktas som en olämplig stadsbyggnadsstrategi som istället kan motverka den hållbara stadsutvecklingen som samhället strävar efter. Både ”förtätning” samt ”hållbar stadsutveckling” är således kontextberoende begrepp och varierar beroende på platsens förutsättningar samt behov. Diskussionen om hur en förtätning bör ske är således mer komplex än vad vi tror och bör analyseras mer djupgående för att stadsbyggnadsstrategin ska bli framgångsrik och innebära positiva effekter för alla människor i samhället. Projektet Fokus Skärholmen har satts i denna kontext vid empiriska studier, slutsatsen beträffande projektet Fokus Skärholmen är att det kan bli ett framgångsrikt stadsutvecklingsprojekt förutsatt att allt som skrivs i plan-, mål- samt strategidokumenten uppfylls. Fokus Skärholmen är alltjämt långt ifrån ett färdigställt projekt och har en rad utmaningar framför sig att överkomma, det är således svårt att konstatera så tidigt i processen om förtätningen kan innebära en hållbar stadsutveckling i praktiken. / Urbanization has taken place in the world’s major cities in recent decades. The numbers of people that are settling in urban environments are increasing, therefore the trend is obvious. A compact, attractive and mixed city with proximity to community service, workplaces and further functions as well as access to sustainable transport (e.g. public transport, walking and cycling) is desirable and sought in many cities. The idea behind the compact and mixed city is occurring with increasing frequency in many cities’ planning for a sustainable urban development. A strategy to achieve sustainable urban development is through densification. The purpose of this study is to look into whether densification is could be an urban development strategy for achieving sustainable urban development. The relationship between densification and sustainable urban development has therefore been studied through qualitative research. This study consists of a case study method of an ongoing urban development project called “Fokus Skärholmen”, in Skärholmen administrative city district in Stockholm municipality. The case study method examines how the relationship between densification and sustainable urban development looks empirically. Skärholmen administrative city district’s land use has not been developed to the same extent as the project “Fokus Skärholmen” is now planning for since the completion of the Million Programme. Urban development strategy could be seen as a tool for achieving sustainable urban development and the project “Fokus Skärholmen” is planning for a densification as an urban development strategy for sustainable urban development based on the local district area’s needs and conditions. Since Skärhomen’s land use has not been developed to the same extent, the “Fokus Skärholmen” project is considered as extensive and interesting case to study. The results of this study show, when comparing theoretical and empirical studies, that densification as an urban development strategy could, according to some researchers, contribute to a sustainable urban development, given that the densification is done correctly. Densification could also in some places be regarded as an inappropriate urban development strategy and could instead counteract the sustainable urban development that the society strives for. Both “densification” and “sustainable urban development” are thus context-dependent concepts and vary depending on the area’s conditions and needs. The discussion on how densification should be done is therefore more complex than we think and should be further analyzed so the densification could contribute to positive effects and benefit all people. The project “Fokus Skärholmen” has been put into this context in empirical studies. The conclusion regarding “Fokus Skärholmen” is that it could become a successful urban development project, given that everything that is written in the plan and strategy documents is implemented. Fokus Skärholmen is still far from to be considered as a completed project and has a number of challenges ahead to overcome, thus it is difficult to state so early in the process if the densification could contribute to sustainable urban development in practice.

Understanding how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) support their growth strategies through the development of management capacity (MC) is of fundamental importance, particularly given the central role SMEs play in the economies of their respective countries, and the fact that there is a lack of research and useful theories in this specific field. The objective of this study is to develop a framework for MC development (MCD) in growth-oriented SMEs. This study builds on grounded theory by conducting 14 interviews with key informants: 12 founders/CEOs and 2 top managers of German SMEs (and former SMEs). Data analysis was performed by using the qualitative data analysis software ATLAS.ti. The major findings of the study are that, contrary to previous SME HR research, most companies in this study had formal processes for HR practices in place, and there was clear evidence of certain forms of strategic plans, the pursuit of strategic objectives and the taking of strategic decisions manifested itself. In addition, most participants considered their organisation to have an alignment between growth strategy and MCD strategy. However, implementing it into business practice was perceived as extremely challenging. This study thus contributes to the field of SHRM literature by showing how MC is instantiated in SMEs. Furthermore, there is, arguably, a valuable practical application of the research study as it provides growth-oriented SMEs with a clear and logical framework from which to develop MC pro-actively as a major facet of their growth strategy.

In Russia, all conditions are currently being formed, as well as the prerequisites for the application of strategic management methods and tools, both for large enterprises and for small firms, regardless of the scope of activity and legal form of ownership. A sustainable development strategy is a common type of strategy that every member of the global economy should pursue with the goal of satisfying today's needs, without compromising the ability of future generations to satisfy their own. The sources used educational and methodological and research literature, the results of empirical research of the author and the data of questionnaires. In the master's thesis, a generalized integral indicator was developed based on the distribution of goals in the areas of economic, environmental, social and technological sustainability to assess the sustainability of the enterprise, and this indicator was also used in the economic rationale of the sustainable development strategy. / В России в настоящее время формируются все условия, а также предпосылки применения методов и средств стратегического управления, как для крупных предприятий, так и для мелких фирм независимо от сферы деятельности и организационно-правовой формы собственности. Стратегия устойчивого развития – это распространенный вид стратегии, которому должен следовать каждый участник мировой экономики, имеющий цель удовлетворить сегодняшние потребности, не ставя под угрозу способность будущих поколений удовлетворять свои собственные. В качестве источников использовалась учебно-методическая и научно-исследовательская литература, результаты эмпирических исследований автора и данные опросников. В магистерской диссертации был разработан обобщённый интегральный показатель на основе распределения целей по направлениям экономической, экологической, социальной и технологической устойчивости для оценки устойчивости предприятия, а также данный показатель был использован в экономическом обосновании стратегии устойчивого развития.

Актуальность работы состоит в том, что на фоне текущей экономической ситуации компаниям нефтесервисного рынка необходимо отвечать на возникающие вызовы внешней среды. Важность нефтесервисной отрасли для России очевидна, поскольку ее состояние тесно взаимосвязано с положением нефтегазового сектора. В работе рассмотрена эволюция теоретических подходов к разработке стратегии компании, проведен анализ научных взглядов на понятие стратегии, представлена классификация научных школ теории стратегического управления. Рассмотрены структура стратегического потенциала нефтесервисного предприятия и существующий алгоритм разработки стратегии нефтесервисной компании, выявлены факторы экономической нестабильности для предприятий нефтесервисной отрасли. Для разработки стратегии выбрана методика стратегических карт Р. Нортона и Д. Каплана. Для сформулированных целей предложены КПЭ, позволяющие отслеживать прогресс по их достижению на примере компании ООО «БК Евразия». / The relevance of the work is that against the background of the current economic situation, oilfield services market companies need to respond to emerging environmental challenges. The importance of the oilfield services industry for Russia is obvious, since its state is closely interrelated with the situation of the oil and gas sector. The paper considers the evolution of theoretical approaches to the development of a company's strategy, analyzes scientific views on the concept of strategy, and presents a classification of scientific schools of strategic management theory. The structure of the strategic potential of an oilfield service enterprise and the existing algorithm for developing the strategy of an oilfield service company are considered, the factors of economic instability for oilfield service industry enterprises are identified. To develop the strategy, the method of strategic maps by R. Norton and D. Kaplan was chosen. For the formulated goals, KPIs are proposed that allow.

Rural revitalization is a major concern in many developed countries where rural exodus depopulated thecountryside, including France where some rural areas suffer from demographic and economic decline. In thefirst times of the Covid 19 crisis, the perspective of an urban exodus was largely raised in the developedcountries’ press. The idea was that the pandemic was sparking disenchantment with the urban lifestyleleading to mass migration from the big cities to the countryside, thus fostering rural revitalization, possibly ata wide scale. Therefore, the aim of this study is on the one hand, to understand this Urban Exodusphenomenon and its significance in the French context through press and literature review. On the otherhand, the aim is to investigate if and how this phenomenon impacts rural revitalization, by focusing on thecases of the rural municipalities Saint-Fraimbault and Mamers. We find that the vision of the Urban Exodusfirst conveyed by the media was distorted: there has been no global reorganization of spatial and migratorypatterns in France, even though more people have been moving towards an area with a lesser populationdensity. The host territories include rural areas that were in decline before the pandemic, where the UrbanExodus represents a potential in terms of demographic and economic recovery, as well as a challenge for theirrural identity and their development model. The case studies show that the effects of the Urban Exodus onrural revitalization are not uniform. They suggest that the effects may depend on the initial developmentstrategy of the municipality. In the case of Mamers indeed, the Urban Exodus was experienced as anopportunity while the phenomenon did not have significant effects in Saint-Fraimbault.