There is a growing body of literature which discusses the importance of systems of innovation (SOI) to modern economies. Systems which are innovative are characterised by organisations and institutions which identify weaknesses in current technologies, pursue new ideas through research and development, develop and produce technological innovations, and apply or distribute these for the collective benefit of the system. The literature suggests a number of structures which contribute to fostering systems of innovation. Efficiency in the production and exchange of knowledge is one of these.Tourism has been described as an economic system and recent public policy has recognised the importance of the production and exchange of knowledge for innovation in tourism. The distribution (or presentation) of secondary information resources (also referred to as “commodities”) has received particular attention from policy makers. The totality of information resources which is presented to information marketplaces at a point in time can be described as the information stock. Past commentary on the stock of tourism information in Australia indicates that inefficiencies may exist in the presentation and exchange of these resources in the marketplace.This research proposes a model of the marketplace for the exchange of tourism information commodities, the Tourism Information Commodity Marketplace (TICM). The model is applied to testing and identifying weakness in current production and exchange processes in Australia. In the research, the stock which is presented to the market is located, identified, catalogued and tested against the model to identify whether there are marketplace inefficiencies in the form of leakages. Leakages are the costs which tourism firms and organisations face as they try to address information needs by procuring and applying secondary information commodities.The research shows that a proportion of the presented stock can be moved efficiently from suppliers to consumers and is capable of meeting information needs of consumers at a point in time. However, a range of presentation and demand-side issues are identified which reduce the potential for knowledge-based innovation in tourism systems. These relate to language, access, availability, reliability, validity and coverage aspects which are associated with the stock and demand-side characteristics.The implications of this research for policy makers and suppliers of tourism information commodities are that dissemination weaknesses, in particular, must be addressed for the contribution of secondary information resources to innovation in tourism to be fully realised. For informatics researchers, the TICM is a valuable and adaptable tool for depicting and assessing marketplace dynamics where information is the commodity for exchange. It augments the understanding of the innovative potential of tourism stocks for systems of innovation as well as identifying potential barriers.

Les systèmes d'aide à la décision (SAD) doivent permettre aux utilisateurs (décideurs) de prendre les meilleures décisions dans les meilleurs délais. Dans cette thèse, nous nous sommes intéressés aux systèmes qui reposent sur une architecture multi-agents. En effet, les systèmes multi-agents (SMA) permettent de construire des systèmes informatiques ayant recours à l'interrogation multi-critères, souvent utilisée dans les SAD. De façon plus générale, les SMA permettent de concevoir des systèmes qui sont de nature complexe. Cependant, ils n'intègrent pas la notion de contraintes temporelles qui sont souvent très fortes dans les SAD. De plus, dans ces systèmes, des résultats même partiels ou incomplets obtenus dans les temps sont souvent préférés car plus utiles pour la prise de décision que des résultats complets et précis obtenus en retard. Pour cela, les techniques ``anytime'' (raisonnement progressif) semblent une excellente solution. Dans cette thèse, nous présentons une méthode de conception d'un système multi-agent temps réel basé sur l'exploitation des techniques ``anytime''. De plus, nous prenons en compte dans notre modèle l'aspect souvent distribué des SAD.

Darbe nagrinėjama mobilaus turinio prekyvietės diegimo internete problematika. Kaip ir kokiais būdais turinys pritaikomas prie terminalo galimybių. Kokie gali būti turinio pritaikymo apribojimai ir priimti sprendimai, kokia turi būti turinio pritaikymo sistemos architektūra ir jos dalių paskirtis. Darbo tikslas. *Ištirti mobilaus turinio prekyvietės problemines sritis; *Iškirtoms problemoms sudaryti kompleksinį sprendimą, leidžiantį realizuoti mobilaus turinio prekyvietės sistemą; *Sprendimas turi būti universalus ir gebėti pateikti turinį skirtingų galimybių terminalams. Darbo rezultatas. *Išanalizavus esamus sprendimus sudaryta mobilaus turinio prekyvietės architektūra lengvai pritaikomi vidutinio dydžio interneto paslaugų teikėjui. *Realizuotas eksperimentinis sistemos modelis apimantis probleminių sričių sprendimus: *m-terminalo atpažinimui; *įrenginio savybių gavimui; *prekyvietės vitrinos pritaikymui skirtingomis žymių kalbomis ir m–terminalų ekranų dydžiams; *įkraunamo turinio pritaikymui sudaryti du metodai: -dinaminis žymėjimo – fono paveiksliukams; -žymėjimo sąlygomis grįstas – programoms, muzikai, vaizdo klipams. / Work focuses on mobile content market place problems and solutions implementation. Main attention is over the recognition of mobile terminal capabilities and what kind of types there are of content adaptation, how to adapt content. Main goal: *Analyze mobile content market place implementation problems. *Design mobile content market place software systems with open source tools ant try to realize demo version at the end of work. *Mobile content market place must have possibility to recognize terminal capabilities and adapt content for the best usability. Result: *Designed mobile content market place light weight architecture. *Realized mobile content market place solutions for: -mobile terminal identification; -terminal capabilities recognition -storefront adaption for different markup languages and mobile screen size -realized two methods for downloadable content adoption: *dynamic selection for wallpapers *selection based on logical conditions for programs, sounds, video.

There is a growing body of literature which discusses the importance of systems of innovation (SOI) to modern economies. Systems which are innovative are characterised by organisations and institutions which identify weaknesses in current technologies, pursue new ideas through research and development, develop and produce technological innovations, and apply or distribute these for the collective benefit of the system. The literature suggests a number of structures which contribute to fostering systems of innovation. Efficiency in the production and exchange of knowledge is one of these.Tourism has been described as an economic system and recent public policy has recognised the importance of the production and exchange of knowledge for innovation in tourism. The distribution (or presentation) of secondary information resources (also referred to as “commodities”) has received particular attention from policy makers. The totality of information resources which is presented to information marketplaces at a point in time can be described as the information stock. Past commentary on the stock of tourism information in Australia indicates that inefficiencies may exist in the presentation and exchange of these resources in the marketplace.This research proposes a model of the marketplace for the exchange of tourism information commodities, the Tourism Information Commodity Marketplace (TICM). The model is applied to testing and identifying weakness in current production and exchange processes in Australia. In the research, the stock which is presented to the market is located, identified, catalogued and tested against the model to identify whether there are marketplace inefficiencies in the form of leakages. Leakages are the costs which tourism firms and organisations face as they try to address information needs by procuring and applying secondary information commodities.The research shows that a proportion of the presented stock can be moved efficiently from suppliers to consumers and is capable of meeting information needs of consumers at a point in time. However, a range of presentation and demand-side issues are identified which reduce the potential for knowledge-based innovation in tourism systems. These relate to language, access, availability, reliability, validity and coverage aspects which are associated with the stock and demand-side characteristics.The implications of this research for policy makers and suppliers of tourism information commodities are that dissemination weaknesses, in particular, must be addressed for the contribution of secondary information resources to innovation in tourism to be fully realised. For informatics researchers, the TICM is a valuable and adaptable tool for depicting and assessing marketplace dynamics where information is the commodity for exchange. It augments the understanding of the innovative potential of tourism stocks for systems of innovation as well as identifying potential barriers.

There is a growing body of literature which discusses the importance of systems of innovation (SOI) to modern economies. Systems which are innovative are characterised by organisations and institutions which identify weaknesses in current technologies, pursue new ideas through research and development, develop and produce technological innovations, and apply or distribute these for the collective benefit of the system. The literature suggests a number of structures which contribute to fostering systems of innovation. Efficiency in the production and exchange of knowledge is one of these.Tourism has been described as an economic system and recent public policy has recognised the importance of the production and exchange of knowledge for innovation in tourism. The distribution (or presentation) of secondary information resources (also referred to as “commodities”) has received particular attention from policy makers. The totality of information resources which is presented to information marketplaces at a point in time can be described as the information stock. Past commentary on the stock of tourism information in Australia indicates that inefficiencies may exist in the presentation and exchange of these resources in the marketplace.This research proposes a model of the marketplace for the exchange of tourism information commodities, the Tourism Information Commodity Marketplace (TICM). The model is applied to testing and identifying weakness in current production and exchange processes in Australia. In the research, the stock which is presented to the market is located, identified, catalogued and tested against the model to identify whether there are marketplace inefficiencies in the form of leakages. Leakages are the costs which tourism firms and organisations face as they try to address information needs by procuring and applying secondary information commodities.The research shows that a proportion of the presented stock can be moved efficiently from suppliers to consumers and is capable of meeting information needs of consumers at a point in time. However, a range of presentation and demand-side issues are identified which reduce the potential for knowledge-based innovation in tourism systems. These relate to language, access, availability, reliability, validity and coverage aspects which are associated with the stock and demand-side characteristics.The implications of this research for policy makers and suppliers of tourism information commodities are that dissemination weaknesses, in particular, must be addressed for the contribution of secondary information resources to innovation in tourism to be fully realised. For informatics researchers, the TICM is a valuable and adaptable tool for depicting and assessing marketplace dynamics where information is the commodity for exchange. It augments the understanding of the innovative potential of tourism stocks for systems of innovation as well as identifying potential barriers.

Submitted by Fabiano Vassallo (fabianovassallo2127@gmail.com) on 2017-12-01T15:13:57Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertação - Luana Agualuza.pdf: 1639307 bytes, checksum: 89f7a0506ff3a5c7157337c3524d6600 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Jussara Moore (jussaramoore@id.uff.br) on 2018-01-22T14:03:06Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertação - Luana Agualuza.pdf: 1639307 bytes, checksum: 89f7a0506ff3a5c7157337c3524d6600 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-01-22T14:03:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertação - Luana Agualuza.pdf: 1639307 bytes, checksum: 89f7a0506ff3a5c7157337c3524d6600 (MD5) / Aliança Francesa (SG), São Gonçalo, RJ / A presente pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar as representações associadas ao aprendizado de línguas estrangeiras e à inserção social, entre estudantes de cursos privados de idiomas da cidade de São Gonçalo, no estado do Rio de Janeiro. Este município é considerado o segundo mais populoso do estado, apresentando um baixo indicador no Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano Municipal (IDHM). Este nível é calculado a partir dos critérios de saúde e longevidade da população, de seu acesso à educação, bem como de sua renda. Contudo, a partir dos anos 2000, sua região central vivenciou um crescimento exponencial no número de cursos privados de línguas estrangeiras. O quadro teórico deste estudo está baseado nos conceitos de mercado linguístico (Bourdieu, 1998, 1989), de modelo gravitacional (Calvet, 2002), de política linguística (Calvet, 2007; Cooper, 1997; Grin, 2002) e de representação linguística (Calvet, 2002; Pereira, 2012; Petitjean, 2009). A abordagem predominante nessa pesquisa é a qualitativa. Os resultados demonstram, no contexto analisado, a relação direta entre a promessa de desenvolvimento econômico da região e a proliferação de cursos de línguas. Por outro lado, a demanda real de formação linguística denota a ausência de políticas linguísticas educacionais para o ensino de línguas estrangeiras no município. Observamos que as representações linguísticas dos estudantes e as escolhas das línguas estudadas reforçam o status da língua inglesa, de acordo com o modelo gravitacional / The aim of this research is to analyse the representations associated with foreign language learning and social insertion among students of private foreign language courses in the city of São Gonçalo, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. This town is considered the second most populated of the state and presents a low Human Development Index (HDI) for cities. This index is calculated by criteria regarding a given population such as health and longevity, as well as its income and access to education. Nevertheless, since 2000, the central side of the city has experienced an exponential growth in the number of private foreign language courses. The theoretical framework of this study is based on the concepts of linguistic marketplace (Bourdieu, 1998, 1989), gravitational model (Calvet, 2002b), language policy (Calvet, 2007; Cooper, 1997; Grin, 2002) and linguistic representation (Calvet, 2002a; Pereira, 2012; Petitjean, 2009), by means mainly of a qualitative research approach. The results show a close relationship between the promise of economic development and the proliferation of language courses in the region and context analysed. On the other hand, the real demand for linguistic education denotes the absence of educational linguistic policies for the teaching of foreign languages in the city. We can observe that the linguistic representations of students, as well as the choice of studied languages, reinforce the status of the English language, according to the gravitational model

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-17T13:54:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marize Barros.pdf: 527208 bytes, checksum: 82da487394af4a3707f9611ee6678fa9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006-01-19 / Research on the demand of the English Language as a technical competence in the marketplace in the State of Maranhão, presenting as its background, the globalization process and the productive re-structuration in the labor world. An investigation was carried out at a local enterprise, ALUMAR, which deals with high technological innovation, in order to detect if the company is requiring the appropriate English knowledge from its employees, and to which positions this linguistic competence is indispensable to develop their performance. In order to reach this goal, some job agencies were investigated to identify to what extent the workers are fulfilling the necessary requirements of the laboring market in the professional qualification field. The methodology applied was a study of case with focus on a very expressive job agency in Maranhão. At the end of this research, it can be realized that there is a consider demand of the English Language by the company. In the meantime the most of the workers do not have this competence, and among those who have this competence, it is seen only as a step to the marketplace, not to be, mainly, a cultured citizen. / Pesquisa sobre a exigência da Língua Inglesa como competência técnica no mercado de trabalho no Maranhão, tendo como pano de fundo os impactos da globalização e da reestruturação produtiva no mundo do trabalho. Investigou-se uma empresa com inovações tecnológicas localizada no Estado do Maranhão ALUMAR - a fim de detectar se esta está exigindo que o trabalhador tenha o domínio da Língua Inglesa e para quais cargos este domínio é imprescindível para o desempenho da função. Para materialização deste objetivo, pesquisou-se algumas agências de empregos e empresas de serviços, procurando identificar, até que ponto, os profissionais estão correspondendo às exigências do mercado de trabalho no campo da qualificação profissional. A metodologia utilizada foi o estudo de caso, focalizando uma das agências de emprego de grande expressividade no Maranhão. Ao final da pesquisa, conclui-se que a exigência do domínio da Língua Inglesa é considerável por parte da empresa, entretanto o que se percebe é que a grande maioria dos funcionários ainda não possui esse domínio e os que o possuem ainda não o percebem para além da produção, buscam aprender o idioma somente para servir ao mercado de trabalho e não, primordialmente, para ser um cidadão culto.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-10-05T11:00:29Z No. of bitstreams: 1 leonardoribeirobarbosa.pdf: 1081276 bytes, checksum: f6dfaff1e5d80e03b86c45d9397dbe09 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-10-09T19:57:57Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 leonardoribeirobarbosa.pdf: 1081276 bytes, checksum: f6dfaff1e5d80e03b86c45d9397dbe09 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-10-09T19:57:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 leonardoribeirobarbosa.pdf: 1081276 bytes, checksum: f6dfaff1e5d80e03b86c45d9397dbe09 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-22 / O objetivo deste estudo foi analisar o desenvolvimento da sociologia da cultura no meio acadêmico brasileiro, pari passu a evolução da indústria cultural no Brasil. Para tanto, investigamos a evolução das pesquisas científicas realizadas nos programas de pós-graduação brasileiros, particularmente as teses e dissertações, que tiveram como objeto principal a música popular brasileira (MPB) e a indústria cultural. A hipótese central é a de que os conceitos trazidos pela Escola de Frankfurt, notadamente o de indústria cultural, foram instrumentos capitais para a formação de um pensamento social brasileiro sobre o tema da cultura e suas relações com o mercado, possibilitando a construção de um campo de sociologia da cultura e da arte no país, respaldando as investigações sobre a organização da produção artística e cultural em suas relações com o mercado. Nessa trajetória, expusemos a chamada Teoria Crítica de Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) e Max Horkheimer (1895-1973) da Escola de Frankfurt; em seguida, investigamos quando e como as ideias da Escola de Frankfurt — sobre o conceito de indústria cultural, apresentados por Adorno e Horkheimer — chegaram ao Brasil. Por fim, realizamos um levantamento sobre a produção científica brasileira sobre o tema, desde a década de 1980 — época em que surgem as primeiras teses e dissertações sobre o assunto — até o ano de 2015, apresentando as abordagens dos trabalhos mais diretamente ligados ao tema. Nossas observações revelam que a academia brasileira se apropriou do conceito de indústria cultural, utilizando-o para analisar a nova realidade do país, sendo que este permanece atual em vários aspectos, se constituindo em uma ferramenta importante para a compreensão do desenvolvimento da sociologia da cultura e da indústria cultural brasileira. / The aim of this study was to analyze the development on Sociology of Culture in the Brazilian academic environment, pari passu the evolution of the cultural industry in Brazil. In order to do so, we investigated the evolution of the scientific research carried out in Brazilian Graduate Programs, particularly theses and dissertations, whose main purpose was Popular Brazilian Music (MPB) and the cultural industry. The central hypothesis is that the concepts brought by the Frankfurt School, notably that of "cultural industry", were capital instruments for the formation of a brazilian social thought on the subject of culture and its relations with the market, making possible the construction of a field on Sociology of Culture and Art in the country, and supporting research on the organization of artistic and cultural production in its relations with the market. In this trajectory, we exposed the so-called "Critical Theory" by Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) and Max Horkheimer (1895-1973) Frankfurt School founders, and then investigated when and how the ideas of the Frankfurt School - related to "cultural industry" presented by Adorno and Horkheimer - arrived in Brazil. Finally, we carried out a survey of the Brazilian scientific production on the subject, since the 1980s - when the first theses and dissertations were published on the subject - until the year 2015, presenting the approaches of the works most directly related to the theme. Our observations reveal that the Brazilian Academy has appropriated the concept of cultural industry, using it to analyze the new reality of the country and that it remains current under several regards, serving as background for understanding the development of Sociology of Culture and of Brazilian cultural industry.

Within the last five years, the market of cloud computing has shown rapid growth. However, despite the increasing popularity, researchers highlight numerous concerns regarding limited interoperability of systems hosted by different cloud providers as well as restricted customization of cloud solutions. In order to counter aforemen-tioned challenges, this study investigates the idea of introducing a marketplace for cloud services that leverage the service-oriented architecture (SOA) paradigm and of-fers software solutions, computing capabilities from cloud providers, components developed by third parties, as well as access to integration and audit services. The goal of the study lies in conceptualizing the idea and the evaluation of demand it may raise from the key cloud actors. In this regard, existing frameworks of cloud compu-ting and SOA contributed to the development of an initial model that was further improved through the interviewing process. The results of this study include a capa-bility-based framework for the cloud marketplace which not only clarifies the role and activities of the different actors but also contains the necessary features of the marketplace that are needed to ensure the proper workflow. In addition to that, the actors’ incentives and concerns regarding the marketplace were analyzed by applying SWOT-analysis. While the analysis revealed both positive interest and present de-mand among the actors, the identified weaknesses and threats highlight the need for further investigations in order to put the idea into practice.

The thesis is focused on creation of B2B market place design to support small and medium size enterprises. It is based on research of issues of small and medium size enterprises and system complexity. Study of logistics, logistic distribution and contemporary supply chains in the Czech Republic from the point of view of small and medium size enterprises is another part of the thesis. The design is based on research of semantic web and is created according to MMSP methodology. The design is created to eliminate pressure points of studied areas such as small ability of semantic web to become a communication system used in exchange of enterprises' offers and demands, limited cooperation of small and medium enterprises, prices which do not depend on logistics costs and door to door deliveries which supports the prominent position of large retail companies.