Submitted by Gustavo Almeida (goalmeida@gmail.com) on 2013-10-22T21:03:39Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_Gustavo_Almeida.pdf: 9198623 bytes, checksum: ad446c14c714354d96cdd1c66d229075 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by ÁUREA CORRÊA DA FONSECA CORRÊA DA FONSECA (aurea.fonseca@fgv.br) on 2013-11-11T13:42:16Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_Gustavo_Almeida.pdf: 9198623 bytes, checksum: ad446c14c714354d96cdd1c66d229075 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marcia Bacha (marcia.bacha@fgv.br) on 2013-11-11T17:47:22Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_Gustavo_Almeida.pdf: 9198623 bytes, checksum: ad446c14c714354d96cdd1c66d229075 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-11-11T17:47:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese_Gustavo_Almeida.pdf: 9198623 bytes, checksum: ad446c14c714354d96cdd1c66d229075 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013-06-27 / A presente pesquisa apresentou como seu objetivo principal verificar as relações entre valores, atitude em relação ao empreendedorismo (AE) e intenção empreendedora (IE) em um estudo comparativo com universitários de graduação em Administração das Cinco Regiões Brasileiras e Cabo Verde. O instrumento de pesquisa foi composto por um questionário sócio demográfico, a escala de Valores Humanos – Questionário de Perfis de Valores de Schwartz(2001) e o Questionário de Intenção Empreendedora de Liñán & Chen (2009). Após o consentimento livre e informado, os alunos responderam o instrumento de pesquisa, perfazendo um total de 1561 respostas válidas. Os dados foram tabulados e analisados nos Softwares: SPSS 21 e AMOS 21 para a produção de Estatísticas Descritivas, Análises de Confiabilidade, Análises de Correlação, Análise de Variância (ANOVA), Gráficos, Análise Fatorial Confirmatória e Modelagem de Equações Estruturais (SEM). Os modelos utilizaram a Teoria de Ação Racional (FISHBEIN & AJZEN,1971) e Teoria do Comportamento Planejado(AJZEN,1991), testando o impacto dos valores nas atitudes e intenções. Os resultados indicaram que os valores de Estimulação, Poder e Hedonismo foram tiveram os maiores efeitos na IE e na AE. Diferenças significativas foram encontradas entre os gêneros, com os homens apresentando maior IE e AE. Diferenças regionais foram encontradas. Limitações, implicações práticas e teóricas, além de sugestões para pesquisas futuras são apresentadas. / This research aimed to examine the relationships between values, attitudes towards entrepreneurship (AE) and entrepreneurial intention (IE) in a comparative study with undergraduate Business students from the five Brazilian regions and Cape Verde. The survey instrument was composed by a demographic questionnaire, the scale of human values - Values Portrait Questionnaire – from Schwartz (2001), and Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire authored by Liñán & Chen (2009). After informed consent, the students answered the survey instrument, rendering a total of 1561 valid responses. Data was tabulated and analyzed in the software: SPSS 21 and AMOS 21 for the production of Descriptive Statistics, Reliability Analysis, Correlation Analysis, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Graphics, Confirmatory Factor Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). The models used the Theory of Reasoned Action (FISHBEIN & AJZEN, 1971) and Theory of Planned Behavior (AJZEN, 1991), testing the impact of values in attitudes and entrepreneurial intention. The results indicated that the values of Stimulation, Hedonism and Power had the greatest effect on IE and AE. Significant differences were found between genders, with men sporting a higher IE, and more positive attitude towards entrepreneurship. Regional differences were also found. Limitations, practical and theoretical implications, and suggestions for future research are presented.

An entity capable of assessing its and others action capabilities possess the power to predict how the involved entities may change their world. Through this knowledge and higher level of situation awareness, the assessing entity may choose the actions that have the most suitable effect, resulting in that entity’s desired world state. This thesis covers aspects and concepts of an arbitrary planning system and presents a threat analyzer architecture built on the novel planning system Goal-Oriented Action Planning (GOAP). This planning system has been suggested for an application for improved missile route planning and targeting, as well as being applied in contemporary computer games such as F.E.A.R. – First Encounter Assault Recon and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl. The GOAP architecture realized in this project is utilized by two agents that perform action planning to reach their desired world states. One of the agents employs a modified GOAP planner used as a threat analyzer in order to determine what threat level the adversary agent constitutes. This project does also introduce a conceptual schema of a general planning system that considers orders, doctrine and style; as well as a schema depicting an agent system using a blackboard in conjunction with the OODA-loop.

Abstract Essay in Political Science, D-level, spring 2010. “Do the American mass media serve foreign policy interests? – A scrutiny of two American newspapers’ coverage of the coup d’état in Honduras in the summer of 2009”, Author: David Scott. Tutor: Anders Broman   The bias of the American mass media has been widely discussed among scholars. Not only has this phenomenon caught the attention of political scientists, but also academics from other scientific fields. Two of the most known researchers of the American media are the linguist Noam Chomsky and the professor of Finance Edward Herman. They apply, on the American media, a so called “propaganda model” which claims that the media will serve the interests of the domestic power elites. One of the interests that the media try to satisfy is the foreign policy goals of the American state, which is to vilify enemy states and idealize client states. This thesis is applied on the American media coverage of the coup d’état that resulted in the ousting of leftist President Manuel Zelaya from the presidency in Honduras in 2009. In this case the model predicts that Zelaya will be vilified as an enemy and that the cause of the coup will be portrayed as legitimate. The essay studies, in the newspapers New York Times and Wall Street Journal, the portraiture of three aspects of the coup: the cause of the coup, the role of the military and the victims of violence and, finally, Zelaya as a president and the support to versus the resistance against his presidency. Through a textual analysis of the material, the essay concludes that there is a bias and that this means that the propaganda model can be verified. The bias consists of that the papers tend to legitimize the clients (the perpetrators of the coup) by portraying Zelaya as violator of the Honduran constitution and as a radical leftist aligned with Venezuela’s president Hugo Chávez. The legitimization goes further through the toning down of the military’s role in the use of violence against demonstrators. Although this is the bias, it must be stressed that it is subtle and has been detected through an extensive interpretation of the material.

En la presenta investigación, se realizará el desarrollo en la intención de compra en muejeres entre 18 a 23 años respecto a la publicidad libre de octogónos usada en su publicidad televisiva de Coca Cola sin azúcar. Ya que, en el Perú se dispuso la nueva ley de uso de octógonos nutricionales para los productos alimenticios la cual fue dispuesta en junio 2019. Esto ha obligado a las marcas a adaptarse a dichas regulaciones en sus campañas publicitarias; por lo que la situación nos ha incitado a la presente investigación. Coca Cola hace el uso del producto sin azúcar en todas sus camapañas publicitarias evitando así el uso de octogonos en su comunicación.Por lo que el objetivo principal es analizar la intención de compra en relación a su publicidad televisiva libre de octógonos.Asimismo, se expone el cambio y las regulaciones que conlleva la publicidad respecto a alimentos que no están considerados dentro de los que aportan en valor nutricional según la OMS.Se desea implementar un paradigma naturalista y un enfoque cualitativo experimental, donde se pueda conocer las reacciones de los seleccionados a través de condiciones y estímulos basados en el uso de octognos y el libre uso de estos mismos. / In the present investigation, the development will be carried out in the intention of purchase in women between 18 and 23 years of age with respect to the octagons-free advertising used in their televised advertising for sugar-free Coca Cola. In Peru, the new law on the use of nutritional octagons for food products was passed in June 2019. This has forced brands to adapt to these regulations in their advertising campaigns; therefore, the situation has prompted us to carry out this investigation. Coca Cola uses the product without sugar in all its advertising campaigns, thus avoiding the use of octagons in its communication, so the main objective is to analyze the purchase intention in relation to its octagon-free television advertising. It also exposes the change and regulations that advertising entails with respect to foods that are not considered within those that contribute in nutritional value according to the WHO. It is desired to implement a naturalistic paradigm and a qualitative experimental approach, where it is possible to know the reactions of the selected ones through conditions and stimuli based on the use of octagons and the free use of these same ones. / Trabajo de investigación

El presente trabajo de investigación analiza la relación entre la imagen de marca y el precio percibido con la intención de compra de marcas propias de moda femenina en el punto de venta en tiendas por departamento en jóvenes de 18 a 25 años de NSE B y C+ de Lima Metropolitana. Se realizaron 250 encuestas online al target y la información fue procesada utilizando la técnica estadística del Chi-cuadrado y coeficiente de correlación de Tau. Los resultados del estudio mostraron que la imagen de marca y el precio percibido tienen una relación positiva con la intención de compra de marcas propias en el punto de venta. El precio es considerado un factor relevante pero no es la única variable tomada en cuenta al momento de realizar la compra en el punto de venta. Es importante decir que hay una mayor valoración por las consumidoras hacia las marcas que ofrezcan una buena relación calidad-precio en sus prendas ya que, según el estudio, las consumidoras son mucho más conscientes de las prendas que compran y buscan durabilidad y calidad en la ropa sin tener que pagar un monto exagerado por ellas. El análisis de la imagen de marca se realizó bajo las dimensiones de representación del estilo, calidad de la prenda, conocimiento de marca e identificación con la marca. Todas las variables mencionadas están relacionadas con la intención de compra de ropa de marcas propias entre las consumidoras de 18 a 25 años. / This research work analyzes the relationship between brand image and price with the intention of buying white brands of women's fashion in department stores between young people from 18 to 25 years of age of NSE B and C + of Metropolitan Lima. 250 online surveys to the target were analyzed and the information was processed using the Chi-square statistical technique and the Tau correlation coefficient. The results of the study that have the brand image and the perceived price have a positive relationship with the intention of buying own brands at the point of sale. The price is considered a relevant factor but it is not the only variable taken into account when making the purchase at the point of sale. It is important to say that there is a higher valuation by consumers towards brands that offer good value for money in their garments since, according to the study, consumers are much more than the garments they buy and seek durability and quality in clothing. without having to pay an exaggerated amount for them. The analysis of the brand image was carried out under the dimensions of style representation, garment quality, brand awareness and brand identification. All the specific variables taken together are significant predictors of interest in buying own-brand clothing among consumers ages 18 to 25. / Trabajo de investigación

Los empaques ecológicos adquieren mayor relevancia para los consumidores preocupados por el impacto de sus compras en el medio ambiente, lo cual representa una oportunidad para incrementar las ganancias en un negocio enfocado en productos sostenibles. Por ello, el propósito de este trabajo es investigar la relación entre el empaque ecológico -medido por el diseño, la información y el material usado- y la intención de compra de galletas saludables.  En el diseño del empaque ecológico las piezas clave son el color, la forma y la imagen, debido a que son consideradas cruciales para identificar un empaque ecológico en el punto de venta. Con respecto a la información del empaque ecológico, se considera a la etiqueta el instrumento principal al momento de identificar la sostenibilidad del producto. Por otro lado, el material usado del empaque ecológico toma relevancia para el consumidor cuando éste tiene preferencias hacia un producto sostenible. Existe un vacío en las investigaciones sobre los empaques ecológicos, debido a que no se han realizado estudios para conocer la relación de la intención de compra de las galletas saludables en empaques ecológicos, sino de manera general en productos comestibles, por lo que este estudio contribuirá en ese sentido. / Ecological packaging becomes more relevant for consumers concerned about the impact of their purchases on the environment, which represents an opportunity to increase profits in a business focused on sustainable products. Therefore, the purpose of this work is to investigate the relationship between ecological packaging -measured by design, information and the material used- and the intention of buying healthy cookies. In the design of the ecological packaging, the key pieces are color, shape and image, because they are considered crucial to identify an ecological packaging at the point of sale. Regarding the ecological packaging information, the label is considered the main instrument when identifying the sustainability of the product. On the other hand, the used material of the ecological packaging becomes relevant for the consumer when he has preferences towards a sustainable product. There is a gap in research on organic packaging, since studies have not been conducted to determine the relationship of the intention to buy healthy cookies in ecological packaging, but generally in edible products, so this study will contribute in that sense. / Trabajo de investigación

Chat-bots are computer programs designed to conduct textual or audible conversations with a single user. The job of a chat-bot is to be able to find the best response for any request the user issues. The best response is considered to answer the question and contain relevant information while following grammatical and lexical rules. Modern chat-bots often have trouble accomplishing all these tasks. State-of-the-art approaches, such as deep learning, and large datasets help chat-bots tackle this problem better. While there is a number of different approaches that can be applied for different kind of bots, datasets of suitable size are not always available. In this work, we introduce and evaluate a method of expanding the size of datasets. This will allow chat-bots, in combination with a good learning algorithm, to achieve higher precision while handling their tasks. The expansion method uses the continual learning approach that allows the bot to expand its own dataset while holding conversations with its users. In this work we test continual learning with IBM Watson Assistant chat-bot as well as a custom case study chat-bot implementation. We conduct the testing using a smaller and a larger datasets to find out if continual learning stays effective as the dataset size increases. The results show that the more conversations the chat-bot holds, the better it gets at guessing the intent of the user. They also show that continual learning works well for larger and smaller datasets, but the effect depends on the specifics of the chat-bot implementation. While continual learning makes good results better, it also turns bad results into worse ones, thus the chat-bot should be manually calibrated should the precision of the original results, measured before the expansion, decrease.

En las últimas décadas, se ha encontrado a la transformación digital como aliado clave que permite a las empresas utilizar herramientas innovadoras para ofrecer una experiencia más cercana, directa y eficiente a los usuarios. Asimismo, la tendencia de uso de herramientas digitales viene en aumento y es aplicada en el desarrollo de canales de contacto innovadores para generar mejoras en la atención de clientes, como, por ejemplo, el desarrollo de la banca móvil en el sector financiero. Sin embargo, en este rubro, la adopción de nuevas tecnologías por parte del consumidor tiene una curva de aprendizaje más conservadora, la cual requiere mayor esfuerzo de marketing para incentivar su uso.  Al respecto, creemos que la transformación digital trae consigo valiosos beneficios y vemos importante aportar a su desarrollo para que más empresas del sector bancario puedan aprovechar estas tendencias, pues hoy en día existe gran potencial en este ámbito.  En ese sentido, la presente tesis tiene como finalidad conocer y entender las motivaciones de los usuarios sobre la adopción de uso de la banca móvil. Para ello, buscamos validar si las variables “facilidad de uso percibida”, “utilidad percibida” e “influencia social” tienen correlación con la variable “intención de uso” de la banca móvil. Asimismo, para recabar la información necesaria para la validación de nuestra hipótesis, emplearemos una metodología exploratoria con un alcance descriptivo y correlacional, en la cual realizaremos una entrevista a profundidad a un experto en el rubro y complementaremos con encuestas virtuales a los usuarios de la banca móvil. / In recent decades, digital transformation has been found as a key ally that allows companies to use innovative tools to offer a closer, more direct and efficient experience to users. Likewise, the trend in the use of digital tools is increasing and is applied in the development of innovative contact channels to generate improvements in customer service, such as the development of mobile banking in the financial sector. However, in this area, the adoption of new technologies by the consumer has a more conservative learning curve, which requires a greater marketing effort to encourage their use. In this regard, we believe that digital transformation brings with it valuable benefits and we consider it important to contribute to its development so that more companies in the banking sector can take advantage of these trends, since today there is great potential in this area. In this sense, the present thesis aims to know and understand the motivations of users regarding the adoption of the use of mobile banking. To do this, we seek to validate whether the variables "perceived ease of use", "perceived utility" and "social influence" have a correlation with the variable "intention to use" of mobile banking. Likewise, to collect the necessary information for the validation of our hypothesis, we will use an exploratory methodology with a descriptive and correlational scope, in which we will carry out an in-depth interview with an expert in the field and complement the banking users with virtual surveys mobile. / Tesis

En la actualidad, podemos observar que el comportamiento de compra del consumidor se inclina cada vez más al canal online, el cual es un medio importante para el crecimiento de las empresas. En función a este contexto, hemos considerado oportuno realizar nuestra investigación sobre los distintos factores motivacionales que influyen de manera directa en la intención de compra online y con esto reconocer cuál es el más determinante. Para ello, se han desarrollado las siguientes variables de estudio, tales como: valor utilitario, valor hedónico, confianza, conveniencia y privacidad. Para nuestra investigación hemos propuesto realizar un estudio cuantitativo, ya que debido al contexto en el que nos encontramos, no podremos realizar focus group, expediciones de campo ni otra actividad que implique alguna relación social. / At present, we can observe that shopping purchasing behavior consumer is increasingly inclined to the online channel, which is an important means for the growth of companies. In this context, we have considered it appropriate to carry out our research on the different motivational factors that directly influence online purchase intention and thereby recognize which is the most decisive. For this, the following study variables have been developed, such as: utility value, hedonic value, trust, convenience and privacy. For our research we have proposed to carry out a quantitative study, because we will not be able to carry out focus groups, field expeditions or any other activity that implies any social relationship. / Trabajo de investigación

This diploma thesis analyses project of investment apartment building and aims to study feasibility of business intent. At the opening of theoretical part there are investment projects characterized and further defined single parts of feasibility study, which is extended by description of possible ways of financing. Content of practical part is already design of the investment project which includes its location and technical solution, following in further chapters are market analysis and related key outputs of marketing strategy, included is also financial analysis and assessment of economical effectiveness. At the ending of thesis the risk analysis is made and preventive measures explained.