Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:53:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RenatoBC.pdf: 713771 bytes, checksum: 05f4c10f6a842fb0dea5b93abe61af5e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-07-31 / This work is a case study based on Bel?m Jewelry Pole, whose main issue is to understand how the social network (which the Pole is inserted) influences on innovation process on this area. The main objective is to analyze how interorganizational networks impacted/impact on the potential for innovation, creating both limits and opportunities for the companies development. The adopted method analyzed the historical jewelry industry trajectory since the beginning of mineral extraction in the city of Itaituba (in the Par? State) until nowadays. Primary and secondary data were used allowing the view of the dynamics of the network during transformation periods of the main involved actors in the process. The prospect of embeddedness structural as analysis technique allowed verifying the quality of interactors ties, as well as the visualization of their structures. During the jewelry industry trajectory was verified a change in the quality of social relations, modifying the information flow, trust and associations of various links in the production chain. Both direct and indirect ties facilitated the access to remote networks entering new information related to new products, processes and market aspects. This interaction has led to raising the innovation potential causing a qualitative and quantitative improvement in competitiveness of organizations. Some embedded ties allowed the formation of partnerships bringing various economic earnings for those involved in the relationship. Thus, it is understood how aspects related to the position, architecture and quality of ties in a wide social network influenced on the innovation process and eventual jewelry industry trajectory / Este trabalho consiste em um estudo de caso no P?lo Joalheiro de Bel?m, cuja problem?tica central est? em compreender como a rede social onde est? imerso o P?lo, influencia no processo de inova??o do setor. O objetivo central est? em analisar como as redes interorganizacionais impactaram/impactam no potencial de inova??o, criando tanto limites, como oportunidades para o desenvolvimento das organiza??es. O m?todo adotado analisou a trajet?ria hist?rica do setor desde o in?cio da extra??o mineral, no munic?pio de Itaituba-PA, at? os dias de hoje. Dados prim?rios e secund?rios foram utilizados possibilitando a visualiza??o da din?mica da rede nos per?odos de transforma??o dos principais atores envolvidos no processo. A perspectiva da imers?o estrutural como t?cnica de an?lise permitiu verificar a qualidade dos la?os interatores, assim como, ? visualiza??o de suas estruturas. No decorrer da trajet?ria do setor se verificou uma mudan?a na qualidade das rela??es sociais modificando o fluxo de informa??es, a confian?a e o associativismo dos diversos elos da cadeia produtiva. Tanto la?os diretos como os indiretos facilitaram o acesso a redes distantes inserindo novas informa??es relacionadas a produtos, processos e aspectos mercadol?gicos. Essa intera??o propiciou uma eleva??o no potencial de inova??o provocando um salto qualitativo e quantitativo na competitividade das organiza??es. Alguns la?os imersos possibilitaram a forma??o de parcerias trazendo diversos ganhos econ?micos para os agentes envolvidos na rela??o. Assim, se percebeu como os aspectos relacionados ? posi??o, arquitetura e qualidade dos la?os em uma rede social ampla influenciaram no processo de inova??o e conseq?ente trajet?ria do setor joalheiro.

The Internet has revolutionized the way the world used to work by becoming a crucial part in people's lifestyle. Nowadays, the speed and extent with which people can communicate has reached unimaginable levels, affecting significantly their behavior and the way they do business. This thesis aims to clarify how does business models have changed with the implementation of the Internet by introducing one of its newest e-business models, an "online store" and its following e-marketing plan concepts. Similarly, the thesis also aims to elaborate a project where this e-business model is used to introduce Peruvian products to the Belgian market and evaluate its viability. For this purposes, an e-marketing plan of the mentioned project was developed including macro and micro analysis and customer analysis with its respective marketing research, finalizing with the elaboration of the e-marketing mix strategies. The results of the project revealed that most of the changes of implementing Internet in the business process become noticeable in the formulation of the marketing mix strategies. Regarding the project itself, the study concluded that there exist the right conditions in the country and its potential customers to be profitable. Nonetheless, success will only be reached by the effective implementation of the promotional strategies that help create brand-awareness and loyal relationships with the customers.

Jeanne Bécu, an illegitimate child from the Vaucouleurs area in France, ascended the ranks of the Ancien régime to become the Countess du Barry and take her place as Royal Mistress of Louis XV. During her tenure as Royal Mistress, Jeanne amassed a jewel collection that rivaled all private collections. During the course of the French Revolution, more specifically the Reign of Terror, Jeanne was forced to hatch a plot to secure the remainder of her wealth as she lost a significant portion of her revenue on the night of 4 August 1789. To protect her wealth, Jeanne enlisted Nathaniel Parker Forth, a British spy, to help her plan a fake jewel theft at Louveciennes so that she could remove her economic capital from France while also reducing her total wealth and capital with the intent of reducing her tax payments. As a result of the theft, her jewelry was transported to London, where she would travel four times during the French Revolution on the pretext of recovering her jewelry. This thesis examines her actions while abroad during the Revolution and her culpability in the plot. While traveling to and from London, Jeanne was able to move information, money, and people out of France. Jeanne was arrested and charged with aiding the counter-revolution, for which the Revolutionary Tribunal sentenced her to death. Madame du Barry represented the extravagance and waste of Versailles and of Bourbon absolutism, and this symbolic representation of waste was what eventually inhibited Jeanne’s success.

El presente trabajo de investigación tiene como propósito presentar el proyecto para el desarrollo de una solución alternativa para las mujeres de lima metropolitana, que podrán acceder a nuestra red de trabajo mediante nuestras atractivas y amigables redes sociales, tales como, página web, Facebook, Instagram, lo que permitirá atraer público potencial y nuestro crecimiento. Como parte del análisis de este proyecto, se realizó un estudio que nos permitió identificar nuestro mercado objetivo, la cantidad de mujeres del NSE A y B, que les interesa la joyería y el cuarzo son de un total de 64,645, ubicados en distritos clave de Lima Metropolitana. Esta investigación nos permitió definir el modelo de negocio, que tiene como objetivo principal comprometerse con las necesidades expectativas de los clientes, brindándole lo mejor de nuestra joyería de cuarzo peruano, además de abastecer a un mercado poco atendido, que suele darle uso a los cristales, como complemento energético. Las ganancias del negocio estarán basadas en la venta de nuestros productos clave, concretado mediante una venta online mediante un ecommerce. Nuestros productos con diseño original, permitirá a nuestros clientes adquirir una joya de cuarzo, brindándole la opción de solicitar y agendar una cita virtual o presencial con nosotros de manera rápida y personalizada, con el objetivo de asesorar y poder cubrir con sus necesidades, entregando un producto final de alta calidad. Nuestro valor agregado consistirá en crear y diseñar al gusto del cliente, una joya super exclusiva, a fin de asegurar la satisfacción de nuestros tan exigentes clientes. / The purpose of this research work is to present the project for the development of an alternative solution for women of metropolitan lime, who will be able to access our network of work through our attractive and friendly social networks, such as, website, Facebook, Instagram, which will allow us to attract potential audiences and our growth. As part of the analysis of this project, a study was carried out that allowed us to identify our target market, the number of women from NSE A and B, who are interested in jewellery and quartz are a total of 64,645, located in key districts of Lima Metropolitana. This research allowed us to define the business model, which has as its main objective to commit to the expectations of customers, providing the best of our Peruvian quartz jewelry, in addition to supplying an understeer market, which usually gives use to crystals, as an energy supplement. The profits of the business will be based on the sale of our key products, realized through an online by ecommerce. Our products with original design, will allow our customers to acquire a quartz jewel, giving you the option to request and schedule a virtual or face-to-face appointment with us quickly and personalizedly, with the aim of advising and being able to meet your needs, delivering a high quality final product. Our added value will be to create and design to the customer's taste, a super exclusive jewel, in order to ensure the satisfaction of our demanding customers. / Trabajo de investigación

This paper presents an interpretation of an archaeological problem where Viking age treasure hoards on Gotland are discussed in relation to the provision of the morning gift in the medieval Guta law. There are around 700 treasure hoards found on Gotland and many of them contains what can be interpreted as female coded jewelry. In this essay Gender theory and the theory of performativity is used as a method to analyze treasure hoards with female coded jewelry and its purpose is to investigate jewelry in relation to gender. This study will take a closer look on eleven treasure hoards which have been selected based on jewelry identified as typically female. This might indicate that women were the ones who deposited their jewelry in the ground. The Guta law narrates women's political and social situation in the medieval society and it is possible that it can tell us about some social practices in the Viking society. This law is a great source to recount women’s rights and obligations when it comes to marriage and heritage. The law contains a provision about hogsl oc iþ which is interpreted to be the morning gift. The morning gift intended that a husband was to give his new wife a gift in relation to their marriage. The law stated that a woman had the right to her morning gift which could suggest that women could control this property and have ownership over it. This study investigates what the mentioned medieval law dictated in regard to what a morning gift should constitute of and if this have any connection to what can be found in Viking age treasure hoards. This study is performed by analyzing treasure hoards with jewelry identified as typically female, as well as analyzing the Guta Law which allow one interpretation of why there are so many deposited treasures on Gotland. The interpretation which is presented in this study is that women had ownership of their morning gift and they could have deposited it in the ground to protect themselves and their property.

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The United States jewelry industry recognized that the illegal import and trade of conflict diamonds is a matter of serious international and national concern, leading to human rights abuse. As such, human rights and conflicts became the primary impetus for establishing the Kimberly Process (KP) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies. The purpose of this quantitative study was to investigate the effectiveness of the KP and CSR policies in deterring the use of conflict diamonds in the U.S. jewelry industry. This study was an investigation as to whether conflict diamonds are entering the U.S. jewelry supply chain and a review of the ethics of the U.S. jewelry industry in light of the conflict diamond issue. Conflict theory provided the theoretical framework used to gather data on conflict diamond protocols and on corporate social responsibilities within the U.S. jewelry industry. The sample was composed of 59 randomly selected participants from the U.S. jewelry industry whose opinions were indicative of that industry. Data were analyzed descriptively and inferentially. Multiple statistical tests were used for the data analysis that included regression and the Mann-Whitney U test. The overall results indicated that the KP and the CSR policies were insignificant in deterring the use of conflict diamonds in the U.S. jewelry industry; therefore, the null hypothesis was retained. This study contributed to a better understanding of the ethical dimensions of conflict diamonds and the committed management practices of the U.S. jewelry industry. Positive social change can be realized when respect for fundamental human rights is achieved by the global diamond industry and becomes a requisite foundation for every society to bring an end to the flow of conflict diamonds.

Protective coatings are commonly used to protect culturally significant works, such as outdoor sculptures and architectural elements. Given the valuable nature of such metalworks, there is a surprising lack of environmentally sustainable coatings available for their conservation. High performance clear coatings are not developed or thoroughly tested for compatibility and longevity on outdoor sculptures. This can make the implementation of both methods and materials, no matter how promising in a lab, a significant hurdle for the conservation science community. This dissertation work initially aims to replace high-VOC formulations such as acrylic lacquers and waxes currently used as protective coatings for bronze with a waterborne coating by investigating the film formation differences between coating types. Such differences likely have implications for initial film barrier properties as well as long-term performance. For coating any large-scale metal object, cost-effectiveness limits applicable coatings to commercially available resins with some minor adjustments. Additional requirements for protective coatings for artwork require they must also be transparent, reversible, easily applied and environmentally sustainable. The chemical and physical properties of polymeric coatings with nanoclays modifiers were investigated as they may offer superior weatherability and act as better barriers to water absorption than commonly used lacquers and waxes. This work ultimately finds that nanocomposites with poly(vinylidene fluoride) latex and chemically stabilized nanoclays significantly improved performance and may be a viable option in the protection of material cultural heritage. Protection of high value objects where aesthetics is also important, such as airplanes, buildings, and sculptures are among the possible applications for this research.

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