This diploma thesis entitled "The history of guild crafts in a town Krupka" aims to bring the origin, development and functioning of craft guilds which operated in the town Krupka. The main aim of this diploma thesis is to analyze the content of guild orders, guild books and file material from different perspectives, which are described in detail in the chapters, in which the work is divided. The chapter sources and literature reflects the important archival sources related to guilds in a general scale for the territory of Krupka and the chapter also informs about the basic issued publications, that are thematically bind to the guild organizations, their development and functioning. The following section outlines the administrative development in the town Krupka. At the core is the chapter dealing with the guild craft in Krupka from different angles and perspectives. The annexes attached to this thesis is complemented with information referred to in the text of the work, and are composed mainly of namespaces of craftsmen.

Thesis (M.B.A.)-Business Studies Unit, Durban Institute of Technology, 2006 viii, 105 leaves / The South African automotive leather export sewing industry was established in about 1991, when domestic firms were exposed to international markets. The industry’s success was largely attributed to the relatively cheap labour, infrastructure, leather and tax incentives given by the South African government. Interest in investment shown by multinational companies has resulted in significant growth in the industry today. However, at one time, the socio-political status in South Africa meant that the environment in which the industry developed was artificial. Economic, political and cultural conditions were not conducive to export manufacturing due to international sanctions. Consequently, the leather export industry was provided with an opportunity to integrate into the international arena primarily through the Motor Industry Development Programme (MIDP). The MIDP initiative allows South African automotive companies to offset import duties against exports. This duty offset programme aims to encourage firms to focus on high volume production runs and import less popular models that are expensive to produce locally. However, with the inclusion of the Eastern European countries into the European Union, it is expected that the market will become highly competitive. It has already been predicted by Ballard (2002) in a study on the South African leather business that the automotive leather sewing export industry is an “easy-come-easy-go” industry, with its success not linked to any intrinsic advantages South Africa possesses, but due to rebates from the Motor Industry Development Programme. Although South Africa has a number of advantages such as relatively cheap labour, material in leather hides, and a good infrastructure, the automotive sewing industry has yet to establish its efficiency when exposed to open market competition. Therefore, to create a perception of stability for international investors, the industry must seek contact with outside partners for market access, technology and process know-how through collaboration and benchmarking. This study therefore aims to develop a discourse related specifically to the sustainability of the leather export sewing industry as it approaches deregulation. / M

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A globalização tem apresentado ameaças e oportunidades aos negócios das agroindústrias de países em desenvolvimento. Apesar das organizações da América Latina e da Ásia competirem no mercado mundial com baixos custos de produção, estas deveriam desenvolver outras vantagens competitivas como a flexibilidade, o tempo de atravessamento e a qualidade. Empresas não tradicionais, como as da cadeia coureiro-calçadista, estão sendo demandadas por seus clientes a implantarem a certificação ISO 9001:2000 para assegurar a qualidade. Contudo, reporta-se que a obtenção desta certificação por motivação externa, como demanda de clientes, não ocasionaria melhores práticas de gestão e resultados. Desta forma, o objetivo deste estudo foi analisar nas organizações certificadas e não certificadas ISO 9001:2000 da cadeia coureiro-calçadista brasileira as dimensões de práticas de gestão e de resultados, assim como, analisar a dimensão de motivações que levaram as organizações a obter a certificação. Para isso, utilizou-se o levantamento de pesquisa como metodologia. Foram enviados e-mails convites a 1453 empresas para responderem um questionário na internet. O questionário visou captar a percepção dos respondentes em relação às três dimensões estudadas. Obteve-se uma amostra de 130 empresas, 45 certificadas e 85 não certificadas. Primeiramente, foi realizada uma validação interna para demonstrar a confiabilidade e a validade do questionário. Em seguida, realizou-se a validação externa com testes estatísticos não paramétricos para demonstrar a estatística inferencial do estudo. Os fatores extraídos das três dimensões apresentaram correlações positivas nas organizações certificadas. Além disso, empresas certificadas com diferentes motivações que levaram a obtenção da ISO 9001:2000 não apresentaram diferenças significativas nas práticas de gestão e nos resultados. Contundo, as empresas certificadas apresentaram um desempenho superior quando comparadas com aquelas não certificadas. O estudo sugere às empresas não certificadas da cadeia que se motivem para obter a ISO 9001:2000 para que possam melhor desenvolver seus negócios. / Globalization has presented both threats and opportunities for businesses of the agrobased industries in developing countries. Latin America and Asia organizations compete on low costs in global market, though they should develop other competitive advantages as flexibility, lead-time and quality. Non-traditional companies, like tannery-footwear industry, have being requested by customers to implement ISO 9001:2000 certification to assure the quality. However, it is reported that attaining the certification for external reasons, as customers demand, would not improve practical management and results. Hence the objective of this study was to analyze, in Brazilian ISO 9001:2000 certified and not certified organizations of the tannery-footwear supply chain, the dimensions of practical management and results, as well as, analyze the dimension of motivations in which organizations obtained the certification. Research survey was applied to collect data. Invitations had been sent by emails to 1453 organizations to fill up a questionnaire on the Internet. The purpose of the questionnaire was to capture the respondent’s perception about three dimensions studied. A sample of 130 organizations, 45 certified and 85 not certified, was obtained. First an internal validation was carried out to demonstrate the extent of reliability and validity of the questionnaire. After that it was carried out an external validation applying nonparametric statistics to demonstrate the inferencial statistics. The extracted factors of three dimensions had positive correlations among certified organizations. Moreover, certified organizations with different motivations to attain ISO 9001:2000 did not show significant differences on practical management and results. However, certified organizations exhibit superior performance when comparing with not certified. The study suggests that not certified organizations should motivate to obtain the ISO 9001:2000 certification in order to improve their businesses.

Orientador: Sérgio Augusto Mello da Silva / Resumo: Um dos grandes desafios da última década é o aproveitamento de subprodutos objetivando-se proteger o meio ambiente e agregar valor ao produto final. A fabricação de painéis com madeira reconstituída vem registrando constante crescimento, sendo o Eucalipto a espécie de madeira exótica de reflorestamento mais utilizada no Brasil para a produção de painéis aglomerados. Considerando-se que na Cidade de Franca, no interior do Estado de São Paulo, a indústria calçadista gera grande quantidade de resíduos durante o processo de corte de couro para a montagem de calçados com um significativo volume de resíduos descartados em aterros sanitários. Na maioria dos casos, não ocorre seu reaproveitamento; sendo assim, considerou-se, nesse trabalho, o aproveitamento desses resíduos na produção de painéis aglomerados. Para produção dos painéis e avaliação das propriedades físicas e mecânicas, propuseram-se três tratamentos com proporções diferentes entre partículas de eucalipto e partículas provenientes de resíduos de couro aglutinadas com resina poliuretana bicomponente à base de óleo de mamona em prensa hidráulica, com controle de temperatura e pressão. Após avaliação das propriedades físicas e mecânicas dos painéis, com base no documento normativo brasileiro ABNT NBR 14810/2013, realizou-se a Análise de Variância (ANOVA) e Teste de Tukey. De modo geral, os valores obtidos para as propriedades dos painéis atenderam aos valores mínimos propostos pela NBR; entretanto, com base nos resultados o... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: One of the biggest challenges of the last decade is the use of by-products aiming to protect the environment and add value to the final product. The manufacture of panels with reconstituted wood has been steadily growing, with Eucalyptus being the most commonly used exotic reforestation wood in Brazil for the production of particle board. Considering that in the city of Franca, in the interior of the state of São Paulo, the footwear industry generates a large amount of waste during the leather cutting process to assemble footwear with a significant volume of waste disposed of in landfills. In most cases, reuse does not occur; Thus, this research considered the use of these residues in the production of particle board. For the production of panels and evaluation of physical and mechanical properties, It was proposed three components with different proportions between eucalyptus and waste residues bonded with bicomponent castor oil-based polyurethane resin in hydraulic press, with temperature and pressure control. After evaluating the physical and mechanical properties of the panels, based on the Brazilian normative document ABNT NBR 14810/2013, it was performed the analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey test. In general, the values obtained for the properties of the panels met the minimum values proposed by the NBR; However, based on the results obtained by the statistical analysis, it was found that there was a need for adjustments in the parameters for making the panels. / Mestre

Thesis (M.B.A.)-Business Studies Unit, Durban Institute of Technology, 2006 viii, 105 leaves / The South African automotive leather export sewing industry was established in about 1991, when domestic firms were exposed to international markets. The industry’s success was largely attributed to the relatively cheap labour, infrastructure, leather and tax incentives given by the South African government. Interest in investment shown by multinational companies has resulted in significant growth in the industry today. However, at one time, the socio-political status in South Africa meant that the environment in which the industry developed was artificial. Economic, political and cultural conditions were not conducive to export manufacturing due to international sanctions. Consequently, the leather export industry was provided with an opportunity to integrate into the international arena primarily through the Motor Industry Development Programme (MIDP). The MIDP initiative allows South African automotive companies to offset import duties against exports. This duty offset programme aims to encourage firms to focus on high volume production runs and import less popular models that are expensive to produce locally. However, with the inclusion of the Eastern European countries into the European Union, it is expected that the market will become highly competitive. It has already been predicted by Ballard (2002) in a study on the South African leather business that the automotive leather sewing export industry is an “easy-come-easy-go” industry, with its success not linked to any intrinsic advantages South Africa possesses, but due to rebates from the Motor Industry Development Programme. Although South Africa has a number of advantages such as relatively cheap labour, material in leather hides, and a good infrastructure, the automotive sewing industry has yet to establish its efficiency when exposed to open market competition. Therefore, to create a perception of stability for international investors, the industry must seek contact with outside partners for market access, technology and process know-how through collaboration and benchmarking. This study therefore aims to develop a discourse related specifically to the sustainability of the leather export sewing industry as it approaches deregulation.

Traditional trade theories, such as the Ricardian and Heckscher-Ohlin models, posit that comparative advantage determines a country’s industrial structure in a liberalized trade environment. However, developments in contemporary trade theory challenge the central tenants of this approach. Ricardian and Heckscher-Ohlin models assume that industries are comprised of homogeneous firms that can be modeled using a representative firm. Under this conception, industrial evolution is driven by comparative advantages. However, empirical evidence of post-liberalisation industrial change indicates that industrial performance is significantly more variable than predicted by traditional models. Even within industries, firms exhibit markedly divergent performance. The new trade theory of heterogeneous firms thus argues that there are fundamental differences between firms, even within narrowly defined industries, and these differences drive a post-liberalisation churning process that results in the reallocation of capital and labour within an industry. This study takes an innovative approach. Instead of comparing productivity across a large sample of firms in different industries, it uses a case study to examine, in depth, the differences between firms within a particular industry. The industry selected for the study is the South African footwear manufacturing sector. The study employs qualitative research techniques to interrogate the applicability of the new trade theory of heterogeneous firms and, importantly, to investigate the scope for constructive development policy. It finds that there are marked differences between firms in the South African footwear manufacturing sector, and provides evidence that these differences matter. Additionally, it finds evidence of intra-industry reallocations in the period following trade liberalisation. These findings are significant in that they emphasise that in a liberalised trade environment, individual firms possess agency that allows them to develop a competitive advantage that may run contrary to the comparative advantage of the country in which they operate. These findings are helpful in developing a more accurate understanding of trade liberalisation dynamics, and they support the argument for industrial policy support in strategic industries. / Thesis (M.Dev.Studies)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2012.

O processo de transformação da pele em couro envolve uma seqüência complexa de reações químicas e processos mecânicos, no qual o curtimento representa fundamental estágio, por propiciar à pele características como qualidade, estabilidade hidrotérmica e excelentes propriedades para uso. O sulfato básico de cromo trivalente é o agente curtente predominantemente empregado no curtimento de peles em todo o mundo. É produzido a partir do cromato de sódio, industrialmente obtido do minério de cromo. Consideráveis quantidades de resíduos sólidos contendo cromo são geradas pelas indústrias coureira e calçadista. Estes resíduos tem sido motivo de preocupação constante, uma vez que são considerados perigosos devido a presença do cromo. O processo de incineração destes resíduos é uma importante alternativa a ser considerada, em decorrência de suas características de redução de massa, volume e possibilidade de aproveitamento da energia térmica dos gases de combustão. O processo de incineração dos resíduos das indústrias coureira e calçadista dá origem a cinzas contendo cerca de 40% de cromo que pode ser submetida a um processo de recuperação. Este trabalho apresenta os resultados da pesquisa sobre a utilização das cinzas, provenientes da incineração dos resíduos sólidos da indústria coureira e da indústria calçadista, para a produção de cromato de sódio(VI). No processo de planejamento e de condução dos experimentos foram utilizadas as técnicas de Planejamento Fatorial 2k, Metodologia de Superfície de Resposta e Análise de Variância na avaliação da produção de cromato de sódio(VI). Os fatores investigados foram: temperatura, taxa de aquecimento, tempo de reação, vazão de ar e quantidade de dolomita. A partir das variáveis selecionadas identificaram-se como parâmetros importantes a temperatura e a taxa de aquecimento. As superfícies de resposta tridimensionais obtidas a partir dos modelos de segunda ordem ajustados aos dados experimentais, apresentaram o comportamento do efeito conjugado dos fatores temperatura e taxa de aquecimento sobre a variável resposta grau de oxidação, desde a temperatura de inicio da reação química até a temperatura limite utilizada industrialmente. As condições de operação do processo de produção de cromato de sódio(VI) foram otimizadas. Os níveis ótimos dos fatores de controle aplicados as cinzas dos resíduos da indústria calçadista, geradas em uma planta piloto com incinerador de leito fixo, com tecnologia de gaseificação e combustão combinadas, apresentaram um grau de oxidação superior a 96% para as cinzas coletadas no ciclone e de 99,5% para as cinzas coletas no reator de gaseificação. Os resíduos sólidos, as cinzas e o produto de reação foram caracterizados por análises químicas, fluorescência de raio-X, microscopia eletrônica de varredura e difração de raio-X. / The transformation process of hides and skins in leather involves a sequence of complex chemical reactions and mechanical processes. Amongst these, tanning is the fundamental stage, which gives these leather characteristics: top handling quality, high hydrothermal stability and excellent properties of use. Trivalent chromium salts, typically hydrated basic chromium sulfate, are the most widely used tanning agent in the world. It is derived from Sodium Chromate that is industrially derived from ore chromate. Most quantity of solid wastes with chromium comes from leather and leather shoes industries. These leather wastes have been being the reason of constant worry because chromium makes it dangerous. The leather waste incineration process is an important alternative to be considered, because it results in reduction of mass, volume and allow make use of thermal energy. The incineration process waste residues, of leather and leather shoes industries, origins ashes with 40% of chromium that can pass through a process of recuperation. This paper presents the research results about ashes utilization, deriving from waste residues incineration of leather and shoes industry to produce Sodium Chromate (VI). The process of experimental and the process of planning were established according to statistical design of experiments. It was utilized techniques of 2k factorial designs, Response Surface Methodology and Analysis of Variance in the production evaluation of sodium chromate (VI). The factors studied were: temperature, heating rate, time reaction, flow rate of air and quantity of dolomite. Based on selected variables were identified as important parameters: temperature and heating rate. A second order polynomial regression equation was derived to plot 3-D response surface that clearly illustrate the relationship between the temperature and the rate heating of oven on chromium oxidation degree, since the beginning temperature of the chemical reaction until the limit temperature used at industries. The operating condition of the production process of sodium chromate (VI) was optimized. Using the great levels of the controlling factors on waste ashes residues of shoes industries, created at a pilot plant with fixed bed reactor with integrated gasification combined cycle, presented an oxidation degree of over 96% of ashes collected from cyclone, and of 99,5% of ashes collected from gasification chamber. The leather waste, ashes and reaction product were characterized by chemical analysis, fluorescence X-ray, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD).

A globalização tem apresentado ameaças e oportunidades aos negócios das agroindústrias de países em desenvolvimento. Apesar das organizações da América Latina e da Ásia competirem no mercado mundial com baixos custos de produção, estas deveriam desenvolver outras vantagens competitivas como a flexibilidade, o tempo de atravessamento e a qualidade. Empresas não tradicionais, como as da cadeia coureiro-calçadista, estão sendo demandadas por seus clientes a implantarem a certificação ISO 9001:2000 para assegurar a qualidade. Contudo, reporta-se que a obtenção desta certificação por motivação externa, como demanda de clientes, não ocasionaria melhores práticas de gestão e resultados. Desta forma, o objetivo deste estudo foi analisar nas organizações certificadas e não certificadas ISO 9001:2000 da cadeia coureiro-calçadista brasileira as dimensões de práticas de gestão e de resultados, assim como, analisar a dimensão de motivações que levaram as organizações a obter a certificação. Para isso, utilizou-se o levantamento de pesquisa como metodologia. Foram enviados e-mails convites a 1453 empresas para responderem um questionário na internet. O questionário visou captar a percepção dos respondentes em relação às três dimensões estudadas. Obteve-se uma amostra de 130 empresas, 45 certificadas e 85 não certificadas. Primeiramente, foi realizada uma validação interna para demonstrar a confiabilidade e a validade do questionário. Em seguida, realizou-se a validação externa com testes estatísticos não paramétricos para demonstrar a estatística inferencial do estudo. Os fatores extraídos das três dimensões apresentaram correlações positivas nas organizações certificadas. Além disso, empresas certificadas com diferentes motivações que levaram a obtenção da ISO 9001:2000 não apresentaram diferenças significativas nas práticas de gestão e nos resultados. Contundo, as empresas certificadas apresentaram um desempenho superior quando comparadas com aquelas não certificadas. O estudo sugere às empresas não certificadas da cadeia que se motivem para obter a ISO 9001:2000 para que possam melhor desenvolver seus negócios. / Globalization has presented both threats and opportunities for businesses of the agrobased industries in developing countries. Latin America and Asia organizations compete on low costs in global market, though they should develop other competitive advantages as flexibility, lead-time and quality. Non-traditional companies, like tannery-footwear industry, have being requested by customers to implement ISO 9001:2000 certification to assure the quality. However, it is reported that attaining the certification for external reasons, as customers demand, would not improve practical management and results. Hence the objective of this study was to analyze, in Brazilian ISO 9001:2000 certified and not certified organizations of the tannery-footwear supply chain, the dimensions of practical management and results, as well as, analyze the dimension of motivations in which organizations obtained the certification. Research survey was applied to collect data. Invitations had been sent by emails to 1453 organizations to fill up a questionnaire on the Internet. The purpose of the questionnaire was to capture the respondent’s perception about three dimensions studied. A sample of 130 organizations, 45 certified and 85 not certified, was obtained. First an internal validation was carried out to demonstrate the extent of reliability and validity of the questionnaire. After that it was carried out an external validation applying nonparametric statistics to demonstrate the inferencial statistics. The extracted factors of three dimensions had positive correlations among certified organizations. Moreover, certified organizations with different motivations to attain ISO 9001:2000 did not show significant differences on practical management and results. However, certified organizations exhibit superior performance when comparing with not certified. The study suggests that not certified organizations should motivate to obtain the ISO 9001:2000 certification in order to improve their businesses.

The thesis deals with atopic eczema in children and its health and social impact. The work is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part is focused on explaining the basic concepts in dermatology, presenting the anatomy and physiology of skin and its specific qualities in childhood, defining the atopic eczema and outlining its etiopathogenesis, clinical presentation, treatment and nursing care as well as health and social impacts of eczema. The practical part of the thesis set up three goals. The first objective was to determine the impact of the disease on children and their families. The second objective of the research was to determine the role of a nurse in the treatment of children with atopic eczema. The third objective was to create an educational brochure for parents of children with atopic eczema. To achieve these objectives, a qualitative research based on two semistructured interviews was carried out. The first of the two interviews was conducted with mothers of sick children. The research group consisted of ten mothers, five from Prague and five from České Budějovice. The second interview was performed with nurses in GP surgeries for children and adolescents and in surgeries of dermatologists and allergists. The second research group consisted of eight nurses, four of which worked in GP surgeries for children and adolescents, two with dermatologists and two with allergists. Nurses, as well as mothers, came from Prague and České Budějovice. Attention was paid to problems that mothers and children find the most annoying. Small children under four years of age are most bothered by the itching and pain; part of these children also dislike daily skin care. Children from five years up are upset about insufficient contact with their peers and limitations in performing their activities of interest. They have to make sure they do not swear while enjoying their hobbies and their skin must not come into contact with irritants. Their mothers suffer from the unpredictability of the disease and from not knowing whether the eczema will ever disappear. They also fear that the eczema might get worse. The medical complications related to atopic eczema include Staphylococcus aureus, Candida albicans, warts, Molluscum contagiosum and herpes in eczema-affected areas. Other complications include itching, pain, sleep disorders in the mother and child, subsequent fatigue, impaired performance at school and/or work. Generally, children and mothers have positive relationships with others, yet sometimes the have to face curious looks. Mothers tend to spend less time with their partners than they would desire. As for nurses, it was found out that the primary role in patients? education is played by doctors, whereas nurses, in addition to performing their administrative duties, provide additional information and educational materials and respond to parents? practical questions. The research results may serve mainly to parents and their children with atopic eczema as a source of information about the problems they might encounter, helping them to address such problems. The output of the thesis will be an educational brochure for parents of children with atopic eczema.