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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Understanding knowledge management and organizational adaptation and the influencing effects of trust and industrial cluster

Niu, Kuei-Hsien. Miles, Grant, January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, May, 2008. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.
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Development zones the making of new industrial spaces in transitional China : a case of Suzhou /

Wu, Yu, January 2008 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 215-223) Also available in print.
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Diretrizes de práticas para transferência de tecnologia de gestão entre Clusters industriais

Oliveira, Karla Fabrícia de [UNESP] 08 July 2011 (has links) (PDF)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-07-08Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:54:27Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 oliveira_kf_me_bauru.pdf: 752377 bytes, checksum: 08030a272b4d29b46db7b192cc61e943 (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / As instabilidades econômicas que envolvem o setor industrial fazem com que as empresas busquem novas formas de organização que permitam agregar vantagens. A aglomeração de empresas do mesmo setor e com atividades correlatas é chamada de cluster industrial. Neste contexto, as Micro e Pequenas Empresas (MPEs) podem alcançar algumas vantagens competitivas que individualmente não conseguiriam, por meio de ações coletivas fomentadas por uma governança estruturada. O estudo de clusters permite investigar o processo de implantação das tecnologias de gstão que podem auxiliar na obtenção da eficiência coletiva, do fornecimento da cooperação empresarial, da criação de vantagens competitivas e na promoção do crescimento econômico, social e local. Desta forma, o objtetivo desta pesquisa é desenvolver diretrizes de práticas para a transferência de tecnologia de gestão entre clusters, de forma que promova a cooperação empresarial e o desenvolvimento sustentável. Foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica dos principais temas e um estudo de caso no cluster metal-mecânico de Sertãozinho - SP, por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas com os agentes de governança, a fim de ambientar o pesquisador e identificar algumas iniciativas que corroboram e contribuem com ações coletivas propostas na literatura. Os resultados desta pesquisa englobam as diretrizes de práticas de gestão organizadas em um processo de 8 etapas: Diagnóstico Inicial, Diagnóstico 2, Planejamento Macro, Planejamento Detalhado, Preparação para a mudança, Implantação, Medição e Controle e Ação/Retroalimentação, desenvolvidas a partir da fundamentação teórica e refinadas por meio da experiência de Sertãozinho / Ahead of the economic instability involving the industrial and business competitivess, which causes companies to seek new forms of organization that give advantages. Firms agglomerateds within the same sector and with complementary activities is called industrial cluster. In this context, the Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) can to achieve some competitive advantages that could not be reached indivivually, through collective actions forested by a governance structure. Cluster study allows investigating the process of implementation of management technologies that can assist in achieving collective efficiency, strengthening business cooperation, competitive advantages creation and growth economic, social and local promotion. In this way, the objective of this research is to develop practice guidelines for guidelines for management technology transfer between clusters in order to promote business cooperation and sustainable development. It was performed a literature review of key issues and a case study in Sertãozinho - SP cluster metal-mechanic, through semi-structured interviews with the governance agents, in order fit in the researcher and identify some initiatives that support and contribute to collective actions proposed in the literature. The results of this research include guidelines for management practices organized in a eight steps process: Initial Diagnosis, Diagnosis 2, Macro Planning, Detailed Planning, Preparation for the change, Implementation and Action/Feedback, developed from the theoretical and refined through of Sertãozinho experience
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An institutional approach to the development of the textile and clothing clusters in China : the case of Zhejiang Province

Wang, Jinmin January 2008 (has links)
China has now become the largest producer and exporter of textile and clothing products in the world. The objective of this research is to explore the relationship between the complicated interactive process of institutional change and the development of industrial clusters in China. It focuses on the distinctive institutional factors that have allowed the textile and clothing clusters in China to benefit from globalisation while those in other transitional economies have not done so. The research also aims to make a thorough investigation into how the dynamic change of the public-private interface has influenced the development and upgrading of the textile and clothing clusters in contemporary China-in-transition, with all the political and social implications that the process entails. The research mainly uses the New Institutional Economics Approach (NIE) and gives weight to institutional change through multiple case studies of textile and clothing clusters in Zhejiang province, East China. The micro case studies are effective in illustrating the interaction between institutional change and industrial development. The research argues that the unique institutional factors leading to the rapid development of textile and clothing clusters in China include hybrid ownership, public entrepreneurship and the specialised wholesale market. The research has also shown that the theory of local state corporatism alone fails to explain the great success of textile and clothing clusters in China. The development and upgrading of textile and clothing clusters in China has witnessed extraordinary institutional change through co-evolution between the public sector and the private sector, which can be reflected through the interaction among social networks, entrepreneurship and performance of local government. The flexibility in the public-private interface is one unique endogenous institutional arrangement embedded in the economic system in China. It is a dynamic process of institutional embeddedness, deembeddedness and reembeddedness with a diversity of economic regimes coexisting at different hierarchies of government
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Sistema de avaliação das vantagens potenciais de Clusters industriais

Zeni, Elton January 2013 (has links)
Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal desenvolver um sistema de avaliação de desempenho de clusters, capaz de analisar as vantagens potenciais que um cluster pode oferecer e concluir a respeito do aproveitamento dessas vantagens e dos aspectos que podem ser aprimorados. Para isso, o trabalho se propõe a: (i) identificar os constructos e variáveis que devem ser utilizados para representar as vantagens potenciais que um cluster industrial pode oferecer; (ii) desenvolver um sistema de avaliação do aproveitamento das vantagens potenciais de um cluster, baseado nos constructos e variáveis identificados; (iii) testar o sistema, avaliando o nível de desenvolvimento, no que tange ao aproveitamento de vantagens potenciais em que se encontra o cluster moveleiro do Oeste de Santa Catarina; e (iv) estabelecer um plano para aprimoramento das operações e consolidação do referido cluster. Esta tese está baseada numa abordagem quantitativa e qualitativa, utilizando questionário aplicado em 112 empresas, grupo focado e entrevistas. Uma das principais contribuições desta tese é a proposição de um modelo capaz de avaliar o aproveitamento das vantagens potenciais de um cluster, auxiliando na tomada de decisão dos envolvidos (poder público, instituições de classe, empresas) e melhoria da competitividade das empresas do cluster em relação às empresas externas. Outra contribuição deste trabalho é a proposição de ações que possam aumentar o aproveitamento das vantagens oferecidas às empresas pertencentes ao cluster moveleiro do oeste de Santa Catarina e à sua competitividade. / The main objective of this work is to develop a performance evaluation system of clusters, able of analyzing the potential advantages that a cluster can offer to its member companies and conclude about the use of these advantages and about the aspects which could be improved. Considering this general objective, this work intends: (i) identify the constructs and variables that should be utilized for represent the potential advantages that an industrial cluster can offer; (ii) develop an evaluation system for access the use of the potential advantages of a cluster, based on the constructs and identified variables; (iii) test the system, evaluating the development level of the west of Santa Catarina furniture cluster, regarding the use of the potential advantages, (iv) establish a plan for the improvement of operations and consolidation of the mentioned cluster. This dissertation is based on a qualitative and quantitative approach, comprising a survey involving 112 companies, focus group and interviews. One of the main contributions of this dissertation is the proposal of a model capable of evaluate the use of the potential advantages of a cluster, assisting on the decision making of the stakeholders (government, class association and companies) and competitiveness improvement of the cluster member companies compared to outside companies. Other contribution of this work is the proposal of a plan of actions that could increase the use of the advantages offered to the member companies of the west of Santa Catarina furniture cluster and their respective competitiveness.
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Surveying Industrial Clusters: A comprehensive Bibliometric Account

Cruz, Sara Cristina Santos 19 February 2008 (has links)
Economia / Master in Economics / Num mundo onde o paradigma da globalização se tornou uma realidade inquestionável, a dimensão `local tem ganho particular interesse como objecto de análise. Isto decorre do facto de os principais factores de competitividade global se encontrarem profundamente enraizados a um nível local. Neste contexto, os clusters, como entidades geográficas e sócio-relacionais, com um percurso evolutivo específico, uma identidade institucional e dinâmicas locais de conhecimento, tornaram-se elementos cruciais no desenvolvimento das regiões, assumindo um papel significativo nas políticas públicas. Apesar da sua importância crescente, o conceito de cluster tem sido alvo de uma aplicação discricionária, em termos do seu sentido e definição. Tendo em conta a evolução histórica deste conceito, tornou-se, então, necessário encontrar uma forma de organizar a literatura existente, numa tentativa de harmonizar esta multiplicidade de interpretações e significados. Esta dissertação tem por objectivo sistematizar o actual corpo de abordagens teóricas e estudos empíricos sobre clusters através de uma revisão aprofundada da literatura, complementada com um estudo bibliométrico, realizado com base em artigos publicados em jornais indexados nas bases de dados bibliográficas Econlit e EBSCO, no período de 1962 a 2007. Os principais resultados deste trabalho de investigação indicam que, para além da sua importância académica, o papel dos clusters tem também sido amplamente reconhecido no domínio político. Por outro lado, o interesse crescente na dimensão `local tem sido acompanhado por um emergente corpo de literatura sobre `globalização, redes globais e clusters . Além disso, por detrás do recente boom na literatura sobre clusters, está a importância de temas como as `abordagens sociais e baseadas nas `networks de contactos ou redes locais dos clusters, bem como as teorias baseadas no conhecimento. Estudos sobre sistemas regionais e nacionais de inovação e abordagens institucionais (relativas a culturas, governação e costumes locais das regiões) alcançaram particular importância a partir da década de 1990. Isto reflecte claramente as mais recentes tendências da literatura sobre clusters, que têm dado especial enfoque a factores sistémicos e institucionais . Finalmente, não obstante a correlação positiva entre a qualidade das publicações e a investigação formal e experimental, a evolução da literatura sobre clusters continua a ser maioritariamente apreciativa e descritiva. / As the global paradigm became an accepted reality, the local dimension has gained particular interest as an object of analysis. This is because key factors of global competitiveness have become deeply rooted at a local level. In this context, clusters, as geographical and socio-relational entities with a specific evolutionary path, institutional embeddedness and local knowledge dynamics, have become crucial elements in regional development, assuming a significant role in public policies. Despite its growing importance, the concept of cluster has been subject to a rather discretionary use in terms of interpretation and meaning. Since the multiplicity of definitions has flourished with the historical evolution of the cluster concept, it became necessary to find a way to organize the existing literature, in an attempt to overcome this multitude of notions and meanings. This dissertation aims to systematize the existing corpus of theoretical approaches and empirical studies on clusters by carrying out a thorough, qualitative survey of the cluster literature, complemented with a comprehensive bibliometric account, based on articles published in journals indexed in the Econlit and EBSCO bibliographic databases, from 1962 to 2007. The main outcomes of this research show that besides their importance in academic fields, the role of clusters has also been widely acknowledged in political spheres. Along with an increasing interest in the `local dimension, an emergent corpus of literature on global networks and clusters has also arisen. Moreover, behind the recent boom in the cluster literature is the influence of the prominent themes `local networks and social approaches and `knowledge-based theories . Studies on `regional and national innovation systems and `institutional approaches (mostly concerned with enrooted local cultures, governance and customs) have been achieving a particular importance since the 1990s. This clearly reflects the most recent trends in the cluster literature, which focus particularly on `systemic and `institutional factors. Finally, despite the positive correlation between the `quality of journals and related formal research, the evolution of the literature on clusters continues to be mostly appreciative-led.
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Industrial cluster of Taiwanese electronics firms in Dongguan, China

Liao, Haifeng, Felix. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Also available in print.
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Three essays on firm heterogeneity and regional development /

Saito, Hisamitsu. January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Oregon State University, 2008. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the World Wide Web.
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Understanding the adoption of clusters by SMEs in Australia using innovation diffusion theory a case study /

Kim, Ye Ryung. January 2007 (has links)
Thesis (M.Info.Tech.-Res.)--University of Wollongong, 2007. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references: leaf 95-105.
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Identifying rural comparative advantage ethanol plant location determinants and Tennessee value chains /

Stewart, Lance Andrew, January 2008 (has links) (PDF)
Thesis (M.S.)--University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2008. / Title from title page screen (viewed on Sept. 30, 2009). Thesis advisor: Dayton M. Lambert. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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