Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 143-149). Also available on the Internet.

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This thesis readdresses the notion 'Tong Fang' through the lens of supply- side perspective. As a conceptually 'new' object which has raised widespread concerns since the early 2010s, Tong Fang has only been narrowly examined as the mainstream discussions predominantly confine their very concerns to simply the relationship between the material housing structure and the relevant dwellers. The wider socio-political implications are ignored as the social relations, forces and processes that are indispensable in comprehending the existence of Tong Fang are utterly unaddressed. In particular, the underlying reasons of why such housing structure, represented by its tininess, excessive rental charge and other infer ior environment qualities, could be rampantly produced in Hong Kong is still unsatisfactorily addressed. To explore these overlooked aspects, this study alternatively analyses the production of Tong Fang in Hong Kong and essentially articulates the spatial form to the corresponding processes. Harvey's theory 'Class Monopoly Rent' is employed as the major conceptual tool to analyze the contemporary production of Tong Fang in which the lucrative profitability, resulted from the circumstance which Tong Fang has been constituted as almost the only private affordable dwelling in the housing market structure in recent decades, appears to be the fundamental drive. Through viewing how the potential of CMR has been generated and how it has been appropriated through Tong Fang construction, the necessitated processes and relations are able to be disclosed. Moreover, Harvey's another contribution 'Relational Space' is also invoked to substantiate the exploration of the concrete social processes and relations lying behind Tong Fang as spatial products. All in all, by scrutinizing the production of Tong Fang in Hong Kong, this thesis is expected to enrich our understanding to this contemporary urban blight.

The objective of this study was to uncover the critical success factors that have significant value-added impacts on corporate acquisitions in the lodging industry. Specifically, this study attempted to systematically discover evidence about the determinants of a successful pre-acquisition management process, and the determinants of successful post-acquisition integration, as well as to identify an appropriate evaluation criteria for determining the post-acquisition performance of an acquisition deal. In addition, this study tried to identify important acquisition objectives of hotel acquirers. This study employed an integrated and holistic viewpoint that includes the most critical corporate acquisition issues simultaneously and in a multi-dimensional framework. As a research methodology, a Delphi technique, which is a non-face-to-face communication method, was employed and proved its effectiveness throughout the study. The key question guiding this research is, what are the critical factors in the overall acquisition process that contribute to successful acquisitions? The findings of this study indicate that the most important acquisition objective for acquirers in the lodging industry is to accelerate the growth of their firms. Further, the most important critical success factor for hotel acquirers before the deal is completed is the identification of the trend of the target firm's cash flow from operations, and reliable and valid information about the target is the most significant dimension in the pre-acquisition management phase. The study results suggest that the most significant key success factor in the post-acquisition integration stage for the lodging industry is to plan and establish a post-acquisition strategy as early as possible, even before the deal is done, while the development of an effective post-acquisition transition strategy immediately after the deal is closed is the most crucial dimension in the post-acquisition integration phase. One of the most significant findings of this study was that hotel executives gave relatively higher importance to pre-acquisition management strategy than to the post-acquisition integration process. In terms of post-acquisition performance evaluation criteria, measures from a value-based management (VBM) approach received the highest rank in evaluating the economic gains of corporate acquisitions in the lodging industry. The study results can help to improve hospitality industry academics' and practitioners' understanding of important M&A phenomena leading to significant changes in the industry's competitive landscape. / Ph. D.

1 Filing claims in insolvency proceedings Abstract The topic of this master's thesis is the issue of filing claims in the Czech insolvency proceedings, especially the lodging of claims but also other ways of filing claims. Furthermore, the thesis deals with the legal regulation of lodging claims in European insolvency law. Finally, the subject of the thesis is the evaluation of the position of creditors and debtors in insolvency proceedings with a detail on discharge of debt. The aim of this thesis is to comprehensively elaborate on the issue using the Czech legislation and the European Union legislation. To deepen the legal analysis of the filing of claims the author uses already established court practice and other case law conclusions of higher courts, as well as professional literature. In addition to the descriptive method of defining the issue, the author also applies her own evaluating conclusions and considerations and uses the experience gained from her insolvency practice. The author describes the system of lodging claims including the analysis of the deadline for lodging claims and disputes arising from this regulation and further deals in detail with the lodgement form, its submission and the creditor's responsibility for the correctness of the lodgement. The author characterizes specially...

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(農学) / 甲第22491号 / 農博第2395号 / 新制||農||1076(附属図書館) / 学位論文||R2||N5271(農学部図書室) / 京都大学大学院農学研究科地域環境科学専攻 / (主査)教授 村上 章, 教授 藤原 正幸, 教授 白岩 立彦 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Agricultural Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

Vertical brand extensions have been used as popular strategies in the lodging industry. Research on brand extension that is related with brand trust and brand loyalty has been useful in making brand extensions successful. However, previous research focused on aggregated relationships among brand trust, brand loyalty, and brand extension. In addition, it has been found that quality and price distance from a core brand of the brand extension has an impact on the success of the brand extension. Therefore, this dissertation proposes a theoretical model with six hypotheses investigating relationships among brand trust, brand loyalty and brand extension simultaneously. Further, the impact of distance from a core brand (brand distance) on the brand extension was examined. Data was collected using an online panel. A final sample of 396 was used for the data analysis. Structural equation modeling (SEM), a Chi-square difference test, and independent t-tests were utilized to test the hypotheses. The data was randomly split in two. One half of the dataset was used to test a measurement model and the other half of the dataset was used to test a structural equation model. The findings suggested there were positive relationships between brand trust and brand loyalty, brand trust and brand extension, and brand loyalty and brand extension. Furthermore, it was found that brand distance plays a significant role not only on brand extension, but also on the relationship between brand trust and brand extension and the relationship between brand loyalty and brand extension. This study contributes to vertical brand extension literature by providing a theoretical model by which simultaneous relationships among brand trust, brand loyalty and brand extension were investigated with a moderating factor: brand distance. The findings of this dissertation have important managerial implications for lodging industry brand managers. / Ph. D.

The primary objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between perceived environmental uncertainty, business strategy, and financial performance in the lodging Industry. Using a contingency framework, this study investigated the match between strategy content and environmental uncertainty which, from previous research, appear to distinguish between high and low performing organizations (Miles 8 Snow, 1978; Bourgeois, 1978; Schaffer, 1986). The key question that forms the basis of this research is whether the empirical evidence supports previous theory relating to the environment, strategy, and performance relationship. The findings of this study indicate that a "match" between the state of the environment facing an organization and its business strategy is required for high performance. Hotels employing a defender strategy In a stable environment tend to perform better than hotels that employing other strategies. Similarly, hotels employing an analyzer strategy in a volatile environment tend to perform better than hotels that employing other strategies. Furthermore, irrespective of the environment faced, smaller hotels do better than larger hotels in terms of profit, while larger properties tend to fare better in terms of revenue. From an Industry application perspective, this study provides the strategy planner in the lodging industry with empirical information relating to: 1. A means to assess the state of the business environment perceived by individual unit general managers, 2. A repertoire of business strategies that emphasize different competitive postures, and 3. A "decision rule" to apply in appropriately matching their strategy to an environmental state for maximal performance outcome reflected in revenues and earnings. The results obtained provide an invaluable planning and analysis tool for all levels of management involved in charting a firm’s future. / Ph. D.

The objective of this thesis is to proof possibilities to use data from the electronic revenue records to measure the visit rate and process recommendations for the use in tourism. The thesis focuses on the tourism sector. Concepts and related terminology are explained. Described in this thesis are sources of the information about visitors, profiles of visitors, decision-making process about visits, and selected technologies used to measure the visit rate. Reasons, problems and classification related to measurements of the visit rate are included in the thesis as well. The practical part examines the use of information from electronic revenue records for the purpose of measuring the number of visitors based on the calculation of Pearson's correlation coefficients. The principal how EET functions is explained in the thesis. Significant part of the work is the analysis of daily and monthly revenues of electronic records in the sector of lodging in regions of the Czech Republic. Based on this analysis, 6 groups are determined in which the development of daily seasonality takes place in a specific way. An important part is also the calculation of average cost of accommodation in regions, which identifies certain economic impacts of tourism. Part of the thesis are summarized recommendations for the use of data from EET.

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There were performed four experiments using corn hybrids and one experiment with inbred lines for evaluation of corn stalk penetration resistance as predictor of corn stalk quality in the 2013/2014 season. The experimental design was a randomized block design with twelve treatments and four reps for experiments with hybrid and sixteen treatments and three reps for the experiment with inbred lines. The results of the hybrids and inbred lines experiments were submited to Pearson correlation analysis through the GENES statistical software, and principal component analysis was performad by the R sorftware 2.15.2. The physical stalk quality represented mainly by stalk lodging, root lodging and corn stalk penetration resistance proved to be limiting for the selection of superior corn genotypes,because corn stalk lodging affected negatively the grain yield in corn hybrids. The stalk penetration resistance evaluation in inbred lines showed a significant negative correlation of 60% with stalk lodging, which makes this evaluation suitable for use to select inbred lines with enhanced physical quality of the stalks, enabling the detection of differences in stalk lodging resistance levels from the inbred lines. Using the principal component analysis was possible the identification of the corn inbred lines L2, L3, L6, L13 and L14, also the hybrids P30F53YH,30A37PW, DKB240PRO2 and H14 with the most favorable characteristics for stalk physical quality for corn grain yield. / Estima-se perdas anuais de até 25% na produção mundial de milho em consequência do acamamento e do quebramento do colmo. A utilização de híbridos resistentes é o principal método de controle, embora utilizar apenas a avaliação visual seja bastante limitada. Dessa forma, é imprescindível encontrar metodologias para avaliar a qualidade dos colmos com alta correlação com o quebramento de colmo à campo e que seja eficaz na detecção de diferenças nos níveis de resistência ao quebramento. O objetivo deste trabalho foi estimar as correlações entre características agronômicas e atributos associados ao quebramento de colmos de híbridos e linhagens endogâmicas de milho. Adicionalmente, selecionar genótipos que reúnam simultaneamente o maior número de características associadas à qualidade de colmos e ao rendimento de grãos através da análise de componentes principais. Foram realizados quatro experimentos de híbridos de milho e um de linhagens endogâmicas para avaliação da resistência dos colmos ao quebramento como preditor da qualidade de colmos em milho na safra 2013/2014. O delineamento experimental foi o de blocos ao acaso com doze tratamentos e quatro repetições para os experimentos com híbridos e dezesseis tratamentos e três repetições para o experimento com linhagens endogâmicas. Os dados dos experimentos de híbridos e de linhagens foram submetidos à análise de correlação de Pearson através do software estatístico GENES, e a análise de componentes principais através do software R versão 2.15.2. A qualidade física dos colmos representada principalmente pelas características quebramento de colmo, acamamento e resistência do colmo à penetração demonstraram ser limitantes para a seleção de genótipos superiores de milho, pois o quebramento dos colmos nos híbridos de milho afetou negativamente o rendimento de grãos nos experimentos. A avaliação da resistência à penetração do colmo nas linhagens endogâmicas teve correlação significativa e negativa de 60% com o quebramento de colmo, o que a torna passível de utilização para a seleção de linhagens com maior qualidade física dos colmos, possibilitando a detecção de diferenças nos níveis de resistência ao quebramento dos colmos entre as linhagens endogâmicas. Através da análise de componentes principais foi possível a identificação das linhagens endogâmicas de milho L2, L3, L6, L13 e L14 e os híbridos P30F53YH, 30A37PW, DKB240PRO2 e H14 com o maior número de características favoráveis para qualidade física dos colmos e potencial para o rendimento de grãos.