Este estudo teve como objetivo central identificar quais fatores locacionais influenciaram a tomada de decisão de expandir os investimentos da atividade vitivinícola por parte dos empresários atuantes na Serra Gaúcha - principal pólo vitivinícola do país. Observou-se um movimento de expansão territorial da atividade vitivinícola para novas regiões do Rio Grande do Sul (Serra do Sudeste e Campanha) e para o Vale do São Francisco (Bahia e Pernambuco), regiões em que, anteriormente, não havia a prática de tal cultura. As informações da presente pesquisa foram obtidas através de entrevista direta, orientada por um questionário, com representantes das vinícolas. A abrangência da pesquisa foi de 73,3% da população alvo e foi realizada nos meses de dezembro/2005 no Rio Grande do Sul e janeiro/2006 no Vale do São Francisco. Os dados das entrevistas foram tratados com aplicação da estatística descritiva, pois grande parte das perguntas foi de ordem qualitativa. A hipótese que circunda este estudo é de que na agroindústria, as variáveis que envolvem a matéria-prima (qualidade, local de fornecimento) são os principais fatores que influenciam a tomada de decisão do sítio de produção. Como referencial teórico, associou-se as teorias relacionadas aos fatores locacionais com a teoria de Bowersox (1978). Através da pesquisa, pode-se verificar que a atividade vitivinícola brasileira mostrou estar condicionada à distribuição espacial dos recursos produtivos, destacando-se os fatores edafoclimáticos, qualidade da matéria-prima, fator comportamental do empresário e disponibilidade de terras. A pesquisa revelou que as empresas estão preocupadas com a qualidade final do produto (vinho), a qual é otimizada pela qualidade da matéria-prima (uva) que, por sua vez, depende das condições edafoclimáticas da região produtiva. Tal preocupação e/ou necessidade provocou esta expansão geográfica da atividade para a Serra do Sudeste e Campanha (no estado do Rio Grande do Sul) e no Vale do São Francisco. Esta última região também se mostrou alvo de investimentos estrangeiros e tornou-se (e ainda se torna) atrativa por apresentar excelentes condições edafoclimáticas, capacidade de duas safras por ano e produção constante no decorrer do ano, além de instalações processadoras de menor porte. / The purpose of this work is to identify which locational variables influenced the decision made by producers from the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), main viticulturist state in Brasil, to expand investments on the wine industry. There was a movement of territorial expansion of wine production to new regions in RS (Serra do Sudeste and Campanha) and to Vale do São Francisco, in the states of Bahia and Pernambuco, regions in which he grape agriculture hadrit started yet. The direct-interview with viticulturists was the main source of information used by this work. This research embraced 73,3% of the producers investing in those new regions, and it was conducted during December/2005, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, and January/2006, in Vale do São Francisco. Descriptive statistic has been applied to summarize the data obtained with the interviews, due to qualitative variables representing most of the questions. The main hypothesis of this work suggests that in the agroindustry, variables involving raw material (quality, supplier) are the main factors in making the decision as to production area. A review of Bowersox Theory (1978) associated with the theory of locational factors was employed as theoretical referential. As for results, it was possible to validate that Brazilian viticulture was conditioned to the place distribution of productive resources, standing out the following factors: edaphoclimatics, raw material quality, manager behavior and land availability. Thus, the research revealed that companies have been concerned regarding the quality of the final product (wine), which is optimized through raw material quality (grape) that depends on edaphoclimatic conditions of the productive area. Indeed, the need to achieve a higher level of quality forced the viticulture to expand its production area to Serra do Sudeste and Campanha (RS) and Vale do São Francisco, which has recently turned into an attractive area to foreign investment, because of its excellent edaphoclimatic conditions, two harvests a year, continuous output year round and a small agroindustry.

Este estudo teve como objetivo central identificar quais fatores locacionais influenciaram a tomada de decisão de expandir os investimentos da atividade vitivinícola por parte dos empresários atuantes na Serra Gaúcha - principal pólo vitivinícola do país. Observou-se um movimento de expansão territorial da atividade vitivinícola para novas regiões do Rio Grande do Sul (Serra do Sudeste e Campanha) e para o Vale do São Francisco (Bahia e Pernambuco), regiões em que, anteriormente, não havia a prática de tal cultura. As informações da presente pesquisa foram obtidas através de entrevista direta, orientada por um questionário, com representantes das vinícolas. A abrangência da pesquisa foi de 73,3% da população alvo e foi realizada nos meses de dezembro/2005 no Rio Grande do Sul e janeiro/2006 no Vale do São Francisco. Os dados das entrevistas foram tratados com aplicação da estatística descritiva, pois grande parte das perguntas foi de ordem qualitativa. A hipótese que circunda este estudo é de que na agroindústria, as variáveis que envolvem a matéria-prima (qualidade, local de fornecimento) são os principais fatores que influenciam a tomada de decisão do sítio de produção. Como referencial teórico, associou-se as teorias relacionadas aos fatores locacionais com a teoria de Bowersox (1978). Através da pesquisa, pode-se verificar que a atividade vitivinícola brasileira mostrou estar condicionada à distribuição espacial dos recursos produtivos, destacando-se os fatores edafoclimáticos, qualidade da matéria-prima, fator comportamental do empresário e disponibilidade de terras. A pesquisa revelou que as empresas estão preocupadas com a qualidade final do produto (vinho), a qual é otimizada pela qualidade da matéria-prima (uva) que, por sua vez, depende das condições edafoclimáticas da região produtiva. Tal preocupação e/ou necessidade provocou esta expansão geográfica da atividade para a Serra do Sudeste e Campanha (no estado do Rio Grande do Sul) e no Vale do São Francisco. Esta última região também se mostrou alvo de investimentos estrangeiros e tornou-se (e ainda se torna) atrativa por apresentar excelentes condições edafoclimáticas, capacidade de duas safras por ano e produção constante no decorrer do ano, além de instalações processadoras de menor porte. / The purpose of this work is to identify which locational variables influenced the decision made by producers from the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), main viticulturist state in Brasil, to expand investments on the wine industry. There was a movement of territorial expansion of wine production to new regions in RS (Serra do Sudeste and Campanha) and to Vale do São Francisco, in the states of Bahia and Pernambuco, regions in which he grape agriculture hadrit started yet. The direct-interview with viticulturists was the main source of information used by this work. This research embraced 73,3% of the producers investing in those new regions, and it was conducted during December/2005, in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, and January/2006, in Vale do São Francisco. Descriptive statistic has been applied to summarize the data obtained with the interviews, due to qualitative variables representing most of the questions. The main hypothesis of this work suggests that in the agroindustry, variables involving raw material (quality, supplier) are the main factors in making the decision as to production area. A review of Bowersox Theory (1978) associated with the theory of locational factors was employed as theoretical referential. As for results, it was possible to validate that Brazilian viticulture was conditioned to the place distribution of productive resources, standing out the following factors: edaphoclimatics, raw material quality, manager behavior and land availability. Thus, the research revealed that companies have been concerned regarding the quality of the final product (wine), which is optimized through raw material quality (grape) that depends on edaphoclimatic conditions of the productive area. Indeed, the need to achieve a higher level of quality forced the viticulture to expand its production area to Serra do Sudeste and Campanha (RS) and Vale do São Francisco, which has recently turned into an attractive area to foreign investment, because of its excellent edaphoclimatic conditions, two harvests a year, continuous output year round and a small agroindustry.

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / This research focused on understanding the process of nonprofit growth through geographic expansion, including challenges, opportunities, and critical decision points. A qualitative case study design was used. City Year and Citizen Schools, two Boston based, youth-serving organizations, served as the subjects of this study. Data collection included interviews with founders/leaders, board members, staff members, and other key informants; observation; and a review of internal and external documents. Using the principles of grounded theory, a Preliminary Nonprofit Geographic Expansion Model was developed through analysis of the two cases. Several major themes that emerged from the analysis were explored. This discussion of themes led to a Revised Nonprofit Geographic Expansion Model. Further study is required to test the generalizability of the Revised Nonprofit Expansion Model and relevant insights. / 2031-01-02

Depuis plus d'une vingtaine d'années, les espèces invasives ont été hissées au rang des problèmes publics majeurs en raison de leurs effets sur l'environnement, l'économie ou la santé. L'objectif général de cette thèse est d'identifier les facteurs naturels et humains conduisant à attribuer au cours du temps le statut public d'espèce invasive à certaines espèces et dans certains contextes, à travers le cas de l'ajonc d'Europe (Ulex europaeus) sur l'île de La Réunion (Océan Indien). Ce travail se structure en trois parties : (i) une comparaison des caractéristiques biologiques de l'ajonc entre La Réunion, où il est déclaré invasif, et la France métropolitaine, d'où est-il originaire, (ii) une analyse historique de sa dynamique d'expansion géographique et des facteurs naturels et humains qui l'ont favorisée, et (iii) une étude de la construction des statuts publics qui lui ont été attribués depuis son introduction. Les résultats ont révélé une évolution biologique entre des populations d'ajonc de France et de La Réunion sur le taux et la vitesse de germination, et la production et dispersion des graines. Couplée à une croissance des individus plus rapide précédemment démontrée, ceci suggère que les capacités de colonisation de l'ajonc sont plus importantes dans l'île que dans sa zone d'origine. Ces capacités ont favorisé son expansion géographique dans les milieux agricoles et naturels, en interaction avec les usages du sol, les pratiques agricoles et les savoir-faire liés à l'ajonc. Ces éléments découlent eux-mêmes du contexte socio-économique global à l'œuvre, de l'échelle européenne à l'échelle de l'exploitation agricole familiale. La construction et publicisation du statut invasif de l'ajonc dans l'île résulte d'une combinaison entre ces éléments écologiques et les éléments sociologiques suivants : une nouvelle lecture scientifique écologique du monde à l'échelle globale, et, à l'échelle régionale, des jeux d'acteurs complexes autour de la gestion des milieux naturels protégés. Ces résultats mettent une fois de plus en évidence l'importance des approches interdisciplinaires pour appréhender les objets foncièrement hybrides, produits de nature et de culture. / For over twenty years, invasive species have been raised to the rank of major public problems because of their effects on the environment, economy and health. The main objective of this PhD thesis is to identify natural and human factors leading to attribute over time the public status of invasive species to certain species and in certain contexts, through the case of gorse (Ulex europaeus) on the island of La Réunion (Indian Ocean). This work have a three-part structure: (i) a comparison of biological characteristics of gorse between La Reunion, where it is called / declared invasive, and France, its native range, (ii) a historical analysis of its geographic expansion through natural and human factors, (iii) a study of the construction of public status attributed to gorse since its introduction on the island. The results showed a biological evolution between gorse populations of France and La Reunion related to germination rate and velocity, and seed dispersal. Coupled with a faster growth of individuals previously demonstrated, this suggest that colonization capacities of gorse are more important in the invasive region than in its native region. These capacities have favoured its geographic expansion in agricultural and natural environments, in interaction with the uses, agricultural practices and land uses, which themselves result from the overall socio-economic context from European scale to family farming scale. The construction and publicizing of the invasive status of gorse on this island is a combination between these ecological features and sociological elements: a new ecological vision of the world on a global scale, and, on a regional scale, social interactions between stakeholders about the management of protected natural areas. These results demonstrate one more time the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to understand the fundamentally hybrid object, product of nature and culture.

La « fin de la géographie » constitue un sujet de débats et d’oppositions entre les économistes et lesgéographes. Pourtant, les premiers participent à la reconnaissance du rôle de la géographie par la miseen évidence de l’influence toujours prégnante de la distance géographique sur les comportementsfinanciers. Ainsi, les économistes participent à la construction de cette discipline. Dans cetteperspective, l’objectif de cette thèse est l’intégration des OPCVM européens comme objets d’analysepertinents en géographie de la finance. Elle suppose de s’interroger sur le fonctionnement del’industrie, ses pratiques, sa réglementation. Le point focal mis sur le marché européen des OPCVMpermet de mettre au coeur de l’analyse le processus d’expansion spatiale inhérent à la finance. Si lesprincipes guidant cette expansion trouvent leurs origines dans l’industrie américaine, cette thèsesouligne le rôle actif joué par les États, l’Europe et les acteurs français. La circulation différenciée descapitaux au sein du marché européen révèle la logique multi-scalaire de la finance / The “end of geography” is a disputed and controversial topic among economists and geographers.Nevertheless economists contribute to the recognition of the role of geography by highlighting thepersistently important influence of geographic distance over financial behaviour. In this way they takepart in the construction of the discipline. Seen in this light, the aim of this study is the integration ofEuropean UCITS as a relevant research topic in geography of finance. The study claims to questionthe functioning of the industry, its practices and its regulation. The focus on European markets ofUCITS enables to place the process of geographic expansion in the centre of analysis. If the principlesguiding this expansion find their origins in the US, this study highlights the active role of States,Europe and French actors. Differentiated circulation of capital within European markets reveals themulti-scalar logic of finance.

La expansión geográfica bancaria ha ido evolucionando a lo largo del tiempo con miras hacía que nuevos usuarios estén interesados en integrarse al sistema financiero; esto ha ocurrido tanto de manera internacional, como nacional. Parte de esta evolución es que han surgido iniciativas por parte de los bancos a incorporar nuevos y más puntos de acceso donde le permitan a la población hacer uso de instrumentos financieros como, por ejemplo, implementar oficinas, cajeros automáticos, cajeros corresponsales, entre otros. En ese sentido, es que la presente investigación analiza la relación entre esta expansión sobre los puntos de acceso y los beneficios de los bancos, mediante la variable denominada “Margen Financiero Neto”. Para ello, se presentará un marco teórico que evidencia cómo es que esta teoría ha sido abordada en la literatura previa, donde se relaciona al margen financiero neto con mayores índices de fondeado operativo en una economía, cómo influye la concentración de mercado y también, cómo la eficiencia operativa puede desarrollarse gracias a las economías de escala y alcance. Para el presente análisis se ha planteado como hipótesis que la expansión geográfica bancaria permite a los bancos comerciales, con una relación positiva, obtener mayores beneficios en el corto y largo plazo. Esto se demostrará mediante estimaciones econométricas con parámetros de efectos fijos. / The geographic banking expansion has devolved over time with a solid view where new users get interested in joining the financial system. This evolution has been achieved because commercial banks have increased new and more access branches in order to allow people to use financial instruments such as, offices, ATMs, correspondent tellers, among others. In this sense, the present research analyzes the relationship between this expansion on access points and the benefits of banks, using a variable called "Net Financial Margin". Therefore, will been shown a theoretical framework that connects this theory with the previous literature. The net financial margin has been related with higher rates of leverage funding in an economy; also, with market concentration influences and with operational efficiency that can be developed through economies of scale and scope. For the present analysis, it has been hypothesized that geographic banking expansion allows commercial banks, with a positive relationship, to obtain greater profits in the short and long term. This will be demonstrated by econometric estimates with fixed effects parameters. / Trabajo de investigación