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<p>In today’s economical world, companies realize the importance to build corporate strategies on innovation to sustain a continuous profitability. Innovation is a crucial issue to develop a competitive advantage. In our networked economy, companies can not only rely on in-house activities anymore to raise creative and come up with breakthrough innovations they need to collaborate with actors from the external environment. Firms have to think outside their own boundaries to leverage the complementary resources and capabilities needed to innovate. Partnerships help to ensure firms’ future successes.</p><p>The purpose of our study is to understand how companies, operating in the automotive industry, integrate ‘Open and Networked Innovation’ concepts in their corporate strategy to enhance their environmental friendly profile. As far as the EV market is concerned, our study will also lead to determine the Key Factors of Success and the barriers that companies have to face when they want to launch an electric car in the market.</p><p>Various theoretical approaches have been developed over the time about Open Innovation and Networked Innovation. The dilemma of paradoxical organization needs of radical innovation, exposed by Dr Sigvald Harryson, is our theoretical starting-point to analyze company’s ability to find the right equilibrium between exploration and exploitation and absorptive capacity. Further on, we explore the question of absorptive capacity to know how firms identify, acquire, transfer and transform knowledge.</p><p>Thereafter, the theoretical framework is confronted with empirical data based on a qualitative and abductive approach of two case studies – Tesla and Renault. Interviews with Tesla, located in the Silicon Valley, California, USA, have been conducted. We also met two key employees in Renault’s headquarter, Paris, France. Interpretation and explanation of the data collected is reported in our analysis of each case as well as in the cross-case analysis. A presentation of our recommendations and conclusions conclude our master thesis.</p>

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:39:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RIBEIRO_Silvia_2014.pdf: 5914321 bytes, checksum: 4886fd43a48037472b71fd2933370628 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-25 / Protected areas are vital components for the maintenance of natural areas and landscapes, conservation and preservation of biodiversity and the provision of opportunities for the development of local communities, ecotourism, environmental education and scientific research. However, these areas are in great challenges for most countries, especially in regard to its funding and management. In this perspective, this study shows the historical process of evolution of the issues related to the preservation and conservation in the world, and the historical, economic, social and legal conservation units in Brazil. In order to show some of the mechanisms and models of management systems for protected areas, the study provides an analysis on the concessions of tourist services and the types of possible partnerships between the public and private sectors, Non-Governmental Organizations and institutions. The case study of the waterfall Morangaba Jundiaí, SP, analyzes the public use that is permeated by different interests and meanings, its relationship with ecotourism and management systems available to the site. The survey results identified the potential and feasibility of of partnerships with NGO, educational institutions and private companies. / As áreas protegidas são componentes vitais para a manutenção de áreas naturais e paisagens, conservação e preservação da biodiversidade e o fornecimento de oportunidades para o desenvolvimento das comunidades locais, ecoturismo, educação ambiental e pesquisas científicas. Porém, essas áreas constituem-se em grandes desafios para a maioria dos países, principalmente no que se refere ao seu financiamento e gestão. Nessa perspectiva, este estudo mostra o processo histórico da evolução das questões relativas à preservação e conservação ambiental no mundo e os aspectos históricos, econômicos, sociais e legais das unidades de conservação no Brasil. Com o objetivo de mostrar alguns dos mecanismos e modelos de sistemas de gestão para unidades de conservação, o estudo traz uma análise sobre as concessões de serviços turísticos, e os tipos de parcerias possíveis entre o público e o privado. O estudo de caso da Cachoeira de Morangaba Jundiaí, SP, analisou o uso público que é permeado por diferentes interesses e significados, sua relação com o ecoturismo e os sistemas de gestão disponíveis para o local. O resultado da pesquisa identificou o potencial e a viabilidade das parcerias com Organizações Não Governamentais, instituições de ensino e empresas privadas.

Public sector organisations are established in order to promote the quality of citizen's lives through the provision of public services. However, the demands for public services often outstrip the limited resources at the disposal of the public sector for the delivery of such services. Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are emerging as an important tool of public policy to deliver public infrastructure and the attendant services. The main aim of this study is to establish the extent to which PPPs can be used to improve the quality of the delivery of secondary education in the Gaborone City area in Botswana. The study includes a conceptual analysis of the nature of the public services in general, and in particular, the nature and the provision of secondary education in Botswana with specific reference to the Gaborone City area. The study also includes a conceptual analysis of PPPs as gleaned from published literature. Various dimensions of PPPs are analysed and these include but are not limited to definitions, benefits, models and the antecedents for the successful implementation of PPPs. Among the various models that are analysed in the study, the design, build, operate and finance (DBOF) model is preferred for improving the quality of the delivery of secondary education in the Gaborone City area in Botswana. In addition to the conceptual analysis, an empirical research study is undertaken in which the secondary school heads are the respondents to a structured questionnaire. The results of the empirical research support the conceptual analysis to the extent that in both cases, it is possible to improve the quality of the delivery of secondary education through PPPs. More secondary schools can be built and more facilities be made available to schools. Through the use of PPPs, most if not all learners can receive the entire secondary education programme, from junior to senior secondary education. Existing secondary schools can be modernised through PPPs. Ancillary services can be delivered by the organisations that have the necessary expertise. Certain antecedents for the successful implementation of PPPs are necessary. Through PPPs, secondary schools can be made attractive and intellectually stimulating. / Public Administration and Management / (D.Litt. et Phil. ( Public Administration))

Orientador: Theresa Maria de Freitas Adrião / Banca: Raquel Fontes Borghi / Banca: José Marcelino de Rezende Pinto / Resumo: Esta pesquisa, financiada pela Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (Fapesp), apresenta e analisa as principais características do formato de financiamento educacional 'Bolsa Creche' e as consequências de sua implantação para o atendimento à educação infantil pública nos municípios paulistas de Piracicaba e Hortolândia. Buscamos averiguar se este modelo correspondia a uma nova lógica de financiamento para a expansão de vagas na educação infantil ou se tratava de uma re-edição dos velhos convênios instituídos nesta área com entidades filantrópicas, comunitárias e ou confessionais. Apuramos ainda, as semelhanças e especificidades existentes no 'desenho' do Programa nos respectivos municípios. Para desenvolver e subsidiar estas análises, além do levantamento teórico concernente ao tema da pesquisa, buscamos junto aos representantes dos órgãos centrais das administrações públicas e dirigentes das escolas públicas e privadas que integraram o rol de estabelecimentos investigados durante a pesquisa, dados educacionais, financeiros e legais relacionados diretamente à implantação do 'Bolsa Creche', coletados por meio de entrevistas semi-estruturadas e consultas aos sites governamentais e ao Banco de Dados desenvolvido pelo Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisa em Política Educacional (Greppe) para a investigação: "Estratégias municipais para a oferta da educação básica: análise de parcerias público-privado no estado de São Paulo" financiada também pela Fapesp e coordenada pela Profa. Dra. Theresa Adrião, da qual esta dissertação é parte integrante. O período delimitado para análise correspondeu, para cada município, o ano imediatamente anterior ao início do Programa e os anos subsequentes, até 2006. O que significou o período de 2001 a 2006 para Piracicaba e 2004 a 2006, para Hortolândia. O 'Bolsa Creche' é um... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: This research, financed by The State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), presents and analyzes the main characteristics of the educational financial format of 'Bolsa Creche' and the consequences of its implementation in the public early childhood education in the São Paulo cities of Piracicaba and Hortolândia. We tried to inquire if such model corresponded to a new logic of financial for the vacancy expansion in the early childhood education or it was a reedition of the old accords instituted in this area with philanthropic organization, communitarian or confessional entities. Established yet, the similarities and peculiarities in the 'design' of the program in their municipalities. To develop and to subsidize these analyses, beyond the theoretical survey concerning to the subject of the research, we search representatives of central government and principals of public and private schools, that had integrated the list of establishments investigated during the research, educational, financial and legal data related directly to the implementation of 'Bolsa Creche', through semi-structured interviews and consultations with government sites and the database developed by the Group of Studies and Research in Educational Policy (Greppe) for research: "Municipal Strategies for offer the basic education: analysis of public-private partnerships in the state of São Paulo", also financed for the Fapesp and coordinated by PhD Professor Theresa Adrião, from which this is part. The period defined for analysis corresponded, for each municipality, to the year immediately preceding the beginning of the Program and subsequent years, until 2006. What meant the period from 2000 to 2006 for Piracicaba and from 2004 to 2006, to Hortolândia. The 'Bolsa Creche' Program is a financial mechanism by which the municipalities that have adopted, transfer public resources... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

I regeringens budgetproposition för 2011, erhöll Försvarsmakten uppgiften att införa fyra Militärregioner i Sverige med underliggande regionala staber. ”Regeringen bedömer att skapandet av de regionala staberna innebär att Försvarsmaktens förmåga att samverka med och lämna stöd till andra myndigheter förbättras.” (PROP 2010/11:1 s.33). Syftet med den här studien är att studera hur personer med nyckelpositioner inom de båda myndigheterna (Länsstyrelse och Försvarsmakten) tänker kring införandet av Militärregioner och dess förutsättningar för utveckling av samverkan mellan det civila och militära samhället. Resultatet påvisar att informanterna är relativt överens om att samverkan ska utvecklas och hur det bör ske med ett fokus på gemensam planläggning, utbildning, övningar samt nätverksskapande och utarbetande av gemensamma mål innan något händer. Målsättningen är att klara av att hantera oförutsedda händelser som olyckor och naturkatastrofer när de väl kommer. Informanterna anser även att närheten, i såväl tid som rum, är avgörande för planläggning och den slutliga insatsens resultat. / Through the Budget Bill for 2011, the Armed Forces were granted the task of establishing four Military Regions in Sweden with underlying regional headquarters. “The Government considers that the creation of the regional headquarters means that the Armed Forces' ability to cooperate with and provide support to other authorities will improve.” (PROP 2010/11: 1p.33). The purpose of this study is to explore how people with key positions in the Country Administrative Board and the Armed Forces think about the introduction of Military Regions, and its conditions for development of cooperation between civil and Military society. The result demonstrates that the informants are in relative agreement that collaboration should develop and how this should be done with a focus on joint planning, training, exercises, networking and development of common goals before anything happens. The aim would be to handle unexpected events such as accidents and natural disasters when they do occur. They also believe that proximity, both in time and place, is essential both for the planning and the outcome of an eventual operation.

This document introduces us to the problems regarding the role of the state in our times and its role as a driver of development and growth of the country. To understand the mentioned role, a brief description of the evolution of the concept of State will be done, addressing the rise of public-private partnership principle, the host of public-private partnerships and the reconfiguration of the role of the state and the private investor and co-governor of such role. / El presente documento nos introduce a la problemática suscitada en torno al rol del Estado en nuestros tiempos y su papel como impulsor del desarrollo y crecimiento del país. Para entender dicho rol, se hará un recuento desde la evolución del concepto de Estado, pasando por el auge del principio de colaboración público privada, la acogida de las asociaciones público privadas y la re configuración del rol del estado y el inversionista privado como cogobernante del Estado.

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Collaboration appears to be a magical solution for many problems when there is scarcity of resources, lack of knowledge or skills, and/or environmental threats. However, there is little knowledge about the nature of collaboration. A holistic conceptual framework was developed for the collaborative process, and the conceptualization process used systems thinking approach. The author has selectively chosen conceptualizations and/or research by a limited subset of scholars whose ideas appeared to be the most relevant and useful to explore the type of collaboration studied here. In other words, the selection of the literature was based on an eclectic selection. Multiple cases were used in this research to understand the factors that are components of collaborative effort among non-profit organizations and the relationships among those factors. This study also investigated the stages of collaborative process. Data were collected from 54 participants who were partners in collaborate projects funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Among these 54 participants, 50 answered the online questionnaire and 38 received the telephone interviews. The data collected was analyzed using cluster analysis, multidimensional scaling, internal consistency reliability, and descriptive statistics. The component factors of collaboration were grouped by the following seven concepts: trustworthiness, competence, dependency, misunderstanding and/or conflict, complexity, commitment and mechanism of coordination. This study showed twelve relationships among these factors. For instance, different points of view and partners' capacity to maintain inter-organizational relationships were found to be opposite concepts. In addition, the findings in this study indicate that 84% of participants reported the presence of the five pre-defined stages: execution, networking, definition, relationship, and common evaluation.

This thesis deals in it?s theoretical part with the changing of social role of women in the course of human existence and history of the feminist movement. It observes the differences between men and women from three perspectives: biological, psychological, sociological, and on their basis reveals their properties for which individuals choose the preference of life partner. Thesis also focuses on the labor market situation in terms of gender. In the practical part, based on interviews with 10 men and 10 women, I evaluate the views at how men see the role of women in society and also as well how women themselves see their role. At first I found out how the household in which the respondents grew up in work in the division of daily tasks, how they want their own households to work (or as they works) and then I compared the results. Then I focused on qualities and skills which are in interviews attributed to women and men, what´s the position of women in the labor market in their opinion or why the number of divorces is constantly increasing and why the age for starting a family is increasing as well. The work affects not only the view of men of women's social mission, but also the view of women themselves in the light of expectations that men (and society) have towards to women.