Small and medium sized enterprises(SME) play a crucial role in Slovak economy. However, Slovak market is relatively small, therefore SMEs are forced to penetrate international markets. If they want to succeed, they have to offer cheaper or better goods than their foreign competitors. Authors offer many solutions how to improve competitiveness. Thats why I decided to analyse main factors which directly or indirectly have an impact on companies'export performance.

Raktiniai žodžiai: konkurencingumas, konkurencingumo veiksniai, sporto klubai. Darbo objektas – veiksniai, didinantys sporto klubų konkurencingumą. Tyrimo problema. Verslo struktūros susiduria su visomis konkurencingumui būdingomis problemomis, kurias retai pavyksta išspręsti vien ekonominiais, vadybiniais ar politiniais metodais. Mokslinė diskusija apie konkurencingumą yra gana kontraversiška. Mokslinėje literatūroje sutinkama su nuomone, kad konkurencija yra vienas iš ryškiausių verslo ypatumų, ekonomikos progreso variklis, rinkos ekonomikos reguliavimo mechanizmas. Organizacijos siekį išlaikyti ir didinti konkurencingumą įtakoja daug veiksnių. Tačiau kurie veiksniai yra prioritetiniai yra diskutuojama. Tyrimo tikslas – įvertinti pagrindinius sporto klubų konkurencingumą didinančius veiksnius sudarant praktinį konkurencingumo modelį. Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1. Išanalizuoti lietuvių bei užsienio autorių mokslinėje literatūroje išskirtus pagrindinius konkurencingumą didinančius veiksnius. 2. Nustatyti pagrindinius veiksnius ir rodiklius bei jų įtaką, didinančius Šakių ir Jurbarko miestų sporto klubų konkurencingumą. 3. Parengti sporto klubų konkurencingumo didinimo veiksnių modelį. Tyrimo hipotezė – Jurbarko ir Šakių miestų sporto klubų konkurencingumui didesnį poveikį turi vidinės aplinkos konkurencingumo veiksniai, negu išorinės. Išvados: 1. Atlikus mokslinės literatūros analizę, galima išskirti svarbiausius M. Porterio „Deimanto“ modelio konkurencingumą lemiančius... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Key words: competitiveness, factors of competitiveness, sport clubs. The target of the research- factors, increasing competitiveness of sport clubs. The problem of the research. Business organizations face problems related to competitiveness and it is sometimes difficult to solve them only using economical, management and political methods. Scientific discussions about competitiveness are quite contrasting. There is a view that competitiveness is one of the main business peculiarities, engine of economical progress and market settlement machine. There are many factors which influence the increase of competitiveness of the organization. It is discusses which factors are crucial. The aim of the research- to estimate main factors which increase competitiveness of sport clubs composing practical model of competitiveness. Objectives of the research: 1. To analyse the main factors increasing competitiveness in scientific Lithuanian and foreign literature. 2. To establish main factors and indexes and their influence increasing competitiveness of sport clubs in Sakiai and Jurbarkas. 3. To formulate the model of factors which increase competitiveness of sport clubs. Hypothesis of the research- The competitiveness of sport clubs in Sakiai and Jurbarkas is influenced more by inner environment than by outer. Conclusions: 1. After analysis of scientific literature M. Porter ‘Diamonds’ excludes the main model of factors determining competitiveness: inner environment – factors... [to full text]

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

The growth of competition, the opening of the markets and the expansion of the education section provide new challenges in the administration of the school institutions. There is also the aspect of quality improvement of public institutions, because of the increase of governments' investments in their education system. According to this reality, it is necessary to change some concepts, which consider that companies or institutions of the same branch of performance should be competitive; on the contrary , they should adopt strategies and united actions, for acting in the Cooperation Net . For Sinodal schools of the Northwest Region of Rio Grande do Sul state, this need is evidenced, reasons for which this present research looked for analyzing the strategical-enterprise factors of competitiveness of 5 Sinodal schools of the Northwest Region of RS, through the application of researches among their managers and among the external customers of their schools. In the methodology, the approach method and procedures were used, and techniques of direct and indirect documentation. The study was descriptive, and the approaches used in the research were the qualitative and the quantitative. Among the researched aspects, it was looked for evaluating the largest "gaps" (intervals) with the research of the managers and the research with the external customers (parents or responsible), which were identified and analyzed. It was also evaluated the aspects considered as load points and about weak points of the Sinodal schools, in each school, and jointly. In the analysis of the group of schools, it is ended that the same ones influence their customers, mainly, for the quality of the teaching and the teachers' qualification, for the pedagogic and curricular proposal, for the efficiency of the teaching and for the extracurricular options of courses. In the managers' optics, they judge that their external customers opt for the school that is driven by them, mainly, for the efficiency and quality of teaching and the teachers' qualification, for the preference of private school, for the extra-curricular options of courses, for the pedagogic and curricular proposals and for community insert. The result of the analyses addresses for which strategic-business factors of competitiveness need to be potentiated, so that those schools can adopt, hereafter, strategies and actions as Cooperation Net. / O crescimento da concorrência, a abertura dos mercados e a expansão do setor educacional proporcionam novos desafios na gestão das instituições escolares. Há ainda o aspecto da melhoria da qualidade das instituições públicas, em virtude do aumento de investimentos dos governos no seu sistema educacional. Para fazer frente a essa realidade é preciso mudar-se alguns conceitos, os quais consideram que empresas ou instituições do mesmo ramo de atuação devem ser concorrentes; ao contrário, devem adotar estratégias e ações conjuntas, para atuarem em Rede de Cooperação. Para as escolas sinodais da Região Noroeste do RS, essa necessidade evidencia-se, razão pela qual a presente pesquisa buscou analisar os fatores de competitividade estratégico-empresariais de cinco escolas sinodais da Região Noroeste do RS, através da aplicação de pesquisas entre seus gestores e entre os clientes externos de suas escolas. Na metodologia, utilizou-se o método de abordagem e de procedimentos, e técnicas de documentação direta e indireta. O estudo foi o descritivo e as abordagens utilizadas na pesquisa foram a qualitativa e a quantitativa. Dentre os aspectos pesquisados, buscou-se avaliar os maiores gaps (intervalos) entre a pesquisa com os gestores e a pesquisa com os clientes externos (pais ou responsáveis), os quais foram identificados e analisados. Avaliaram-se também, os aspectos considerados como pontos fortes e como pontos fracos das escolas sinodais, por escola e conjuntamente. Na análise do conjunto das escolas, conclui-se que as mesmas influenciam seus clientes, principalmente pela qualidade do ensino e qualificação dos professores, pela proposta pedagógica e curricular, pela eficiência do ensino e pelas opções extracurriculares de cursos. Na ótica dos gestores, os mesmo julgam que seus clientes externos optam pelas escolas que dirigem, principalmente pela eficiência e qualidade do ensino e qualificação dos professores, pela preferência por escola particular, pelas opções extracurriculares de cursos, pela proposta pedagógica e curricular e pela inserção comunitária. O resultado das análises direciona para quais fatores de competitividade estratégico-empresariais precisam ser potencializados, para que essas escolas possam adotar, futuramente, estratégias e ações como Rede de Cooperação.

Atskleidus kaimo vietovių ekonominio konkurencingumo ir vietos gyventojų verslumo ryšį ir išnagrinėjus vietos gyventojų verslumo plėtojimo svarba siekiant stiprinti kaimo vietovių ekonominį konkurencingumą pateiktos vietos gyventojų verslumo plėtojimo galimybės ir geroji patirtis. / Disclosed in the rural areas of economic competitiveness and entrepreneurship in local access and examined the development of local entrepreneurship is key to strengthening the economic competitiveness of rural areas. Submitted by local entrepreneurial development opportunities and best practices.

The thesis is called The Factors of Competiveness of Companies in Engineering Industry. I deal with the current situation in engineering, meaning of innovations in companies, the aspects which stimulate them and on the contrary limit them and the possibilities of various kinds of cooperation. The thesis explains the importance of regular analysis of situation of companies on the market, careful determination and fulfillment of the strategy and the operational effectiveness. According to the used resources the factors of competitiveness were determined. In the practical part I analyzed four companies from the surroundings of Ústí nad Orlicí which produce radiators, fittings, machines for textile industry and buses. From acquired information it is possible to say that these companies are competitive and they focus on innovations. I discussed the factors of competitiveness with the managers of engineering companies and I created the summary of the factors which influence prosperity of the engineering companies.

Term paper of master degree contains 123 pages, 21 pictures, 12 tables, 58 references, 4 appendixes, in Lithuanian language. KEY WORDS: conflicts, management, organization, manager, employee, causes of conflicts, competitiveness, factors of competitiveness, solution of conflicts, reduction of conflicts, management style, organizational culture, managerial culture. Purpose of the work – to explore the essence of conflicts, causes and outcomes of their emergence, and to prepare a framework of conflicts reduction measures that improves competitiveness of the company. Research object – trading companies. Research subject – conflicts in trading companies and their effect on companies’ competitiveness. Research tasks: 1. To analyze concept and essence of conflicts and their emergence causes and outcomes after evaluation of attitudes of different authors with this respect; 2. To analyze theoretical aspects of competitiveness and its factors; 3. To prepare methodology for investigation of conflicts and competitiveness interaction; 4. To explore causes and outcomes of conflicts emergence in investigated companies; 5. To analyze interaction of conflict causes and competitiveness and to provide framework of conflicts reduction measures. Hypothesis – reduction of conflicts has a positive effect on company’s framework of conflicts reduction measures. Research methods – logical comparative analysis and synthesis of scientific literature sources, questionnaire interview of employees... [to full text]