科技的發展日新月異，產業變動也愈來愈激烈，而新舊技術的交替更是頻繁，企業如何創造並維持其競爭優勢，一直是各方關注的議題。 現今的企業面對產業環境與消費者喜好的高度不確定性，企業如何面對、認知，以及正確回應環境的變動，適時更新企業的競爭優勢，才能在隨時變動遊戲規格的快速競爭環境中生存。企業在過往所建構的競爭障礙，諸如稀少、無法模仿、無法替代的資源，一旦面臨大環境的變化，如果企業的組織流程、資源配置，以及發展途徑未能與時俱進，企業將在短時間內被迫退出市場。 本研究所探討的個案公司由光儲存晶片市場崛起，並以破壞式創新的商業模式快速進入手機晶片市場，一舉成為中國手機晶片市場的霸主。但是近年來智慧型手機的快速興起，動搖了個案公司原本的市場地位，導致營收與獲利績效均不若以往。 本研究以動態能力的觀點，分析個案公司在發展歷程中各個階段的資源分佈與能耐結構，同時配合產業與市場環境的變遷，描繪出個案公司的動態能力演進過程。之後亦針對個案公司近來面臨的困境，藉由動態能力的觀點，分析其原因以作為其他企業發展借鏡。

This study seeks to make a theoretical contribution to the rapidly growing field of International Entrepreneurship by investigating the process of internationalization of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Bell, McNaughton, Young & Crick, (2003) emphasized the need for researchers to re-conceptualize their thinking on the internationalization process of smaller firms. While there has been substantial research done on the small business internationalization and how the participation of these firms in the global economy has fuelled economic growth in a number of countries (Audretsch & Thurik, 2003; Acs, Randall Morck, Shraver & Yeung, 1997; Storey, 1994; Alam & Pacher, 2003), there is tangible evidence that SMEs in Australia are not keeping up with global trends. Studies conducted on Australian firms allude to the following reasons for their constrained presence in international markets: (i) geographic and psychic distance; (ii) costs disadvantage; (iii) overdependence on inward FDI from large foreign multinationals; (iv) a history of inward-looking and narrowly focussed economic development policies of the Australian government. These factors had the combined effect of imbalanced economic growth which was particularly detrimental to the small business sector (Australian Trade Commission, 2002; Maitland & Nicholas, 2002; Alam & Pacher, 2003). Despite the identified obstacles, some Australian SMEs have succeeded in penetrating international markets. This study involved a preliminary qualitative investigation of selected Australian SMEs and their unique internationalization process. Evidence from the case study based investigation will indicate that the respondent firms have leveraged on entrepreneurial qualities to overcome the obstacles and enhance their success in international markets. As such, the internationalization process for these selected firms is seen as an extension of and integral to their entrepreneurial behaviour. Using the lenses provided by relevant facets of the entrepreneurship, internationalization and strategy scholarly fields, this exploratory qualitative study, while building the foundation for further empirical research into the internationalization process of SMEs, can serve as a guide to researchers for ascertaining future directions in this emergent field. The findings from the study are intended to contribute to a body of knowledge encompassing the cross-border operations of SMEs. The research also has value from a practical perspective as Australian SMEs can draw from this body of knowledge as they pursue opportunities internationally.

This research sought to establish the nexus between the two management disciplines of strategic management and knowledge management. Through a study of the life cycle of knowledge assets within the Australian Public Sector, this nexus has been established. Over the last three decades, there has been a growing interest in the nascent discipline of knowledge management (Wiig 1997). However, discussion regarding knowledge, knowledge workers and knowledge management started much earlier when Chester Barnard’s management classic The Functions of the Executive (1938) included suggestions made on how to manage knowledge workers. The 1960s saw management authors and researchers such as Peter Drucker (1993; 1994; 1995; 1997a; 1997b), Machlup (1962), and Michael Polanyi (1967) discussing topics such as knowledge work, knowledge workers, and tacit and explicit knowledge. During much the same period, strategic management was also being researched and discussed, with Alfred D. Chandler being among the first scholars to study strategic management. His book Strategy and Structure (1962) described the development of organisations, and showed that the practice of strategic management predated its study as a management discipline. Chandler was followed by other researchers including Igor Ansoff (1965) and Learned, Christensen, Andrews and Guth (1965), Henry Mintzberg (1979; 1985; 1990; 1996a; 1996b; 1999), and Michael E. Porter (1980; 1985). Research continues in both disciplines; however, research on the interface between these two important disciplines is rare, particularly in Australia.The Australian Public Sector was selected as the target industry for this research, and case study as the research strategy. The research strategy combined a variety of methods including interviews, questionnaires and surveys. The approach taken with data analysis was to employ aspects of the approach used in grounded theory. In addition, action research was used as a meta-methodology, in that periods of review and reflection were undertaken that generated improvements to the research methodology. This research has found that there is a marked interdependence between strategic management and the management of knowledge assets. The strategic management process requires skills and capabilities (knowledge assets) for its execution. Moreover, the resultant strategies require the exploitation of knowledge assets to ensure effective implementation. The life cycle of knowledge assets starts and ends when their need or otherwise is identified directly or indirectly by strategic plans. Knowledge assets are acquired, deployed, utilised and maintained until they are no longer needed. They are then disposed of by outsourcing or atrophy when people are redeployed or retrained. This research has focused on the disciplines of strategic management and knowledge management; however, its contribution lies largely in the area of capability management. Corporate strategy theorists, from the RBV (Resource Based View) and KBV (Knowledge Based View) schools, see organisations as a body of knowledge (Spender 1996). From the perspective of knowledge assets, used as the theme of this research, an organisation is a body of capabilities, and to achieve corporate objectives, the capabilities must match the strategies.

This research sought to establish the nexus between the two management disciplines of strategic management and knowledge management. Through a study of the life cycle of knowledge assets within the Australian Public Sector, this nexus has been established. Over the last three decades, there has been a growing interest in the nascent discipline of knowledge management (Wiig 1997). However, discussion regarding knowledge, knowledge workers and knowledge management started much earlier when Chester Barnard’s management classic The Functions of the Executive (1938) included suggestions made on how to manage knowledge workers. The 1960s saw management authors and researchers such as Peter Drucker (1993; 1994; 1995; 1997a; 1997b), Machlup (1962), and Michael Polanyi (1967) discussing topics such as knowledge work, knowledge workers, and tacit and explicit knowledge. During much the same period, strategic management was also being researched and discussed, with Alfred D. Chandler being among the first scholars to study strategic management. His book Strategy and Structure (1962) described the development of organisations, and showed that the practice of strategic management predated its study as a management discipline. Chandler was followed by other researchers including Igor Ansoff (1965) and Learned, Christensen, Andrews and Guth (1965), Henry Mintzberg (1979; 1985; 1990; 1996a; 1996b; 1999), and Michael E. Porter (1980; 1985). Research continues in both disciplines; however, research on the interface between these two important disciplines is rare, particularly in Australia.The Australian Public Sector was selected as the target industry for this research, and case study as the research strategy. The research strategy combined a variety of methods including interviews, questionnaires and surveys. The approach taken with data analysis was to employ aspects of the approach used in grounded theory. In addition, action research was used as a meta-methodology, in that periods of review and reflection were undertaken that generated improvements to the research methodology. This research has found that there is a marked interdependence between strategic management and the management of knowledge assets. The strategic management process requires skills and capabilities (knowledge assets) for its execution. Moreover, the resultant strategies require the exploitation of knowledge assets to ensure effective implementation. The life cycle of knowledge assets starts and ends when their need or otherwise is identified directly or indirectly by strategic plans. Knowledge assets are acquired, deployed, utilised and maintained until they are no longer needed. They are then disposed of by outsourcing or atrophy when people are redeployed or retrained. This research has focused on the disciplines of strategic management and knowledge management; however, its contribution lies largely in the area of capability management. Corporate strategy theorists, from the RBV (Resource Based View) and KBV (Knowledge Based View) schools, see organisations as a body of knowledge (Spender 1996). From the perspective of knowledge assets, used as the theme of this research, an organisation is a body of capabilities, and to achieve corporate objectives, the capabilities must match the strategies.

O mercado de vinhos no Brasil teve sua condição competitiva modificada, principalmente a partir da década de 1990 com a abertura comercial. Com isso, as vinícolas precisaram buscar formas mais eficientes de gerir seus recursos e capacidades, bem como de buscar a melhoria da qualidade de seus produtos por meio da inovação de produtos e processos e a transmissão de uma imagem de qualidade e credibilidade ao consumidor. Dentre as mais de 600 vinícolas do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, destaca-se a Casa Valduga como uma das mais emblemáticas representantes da busca pela qualidade e sofisticação deste novo vinho brasileiro. Um dos produtos de destaque da vinícola é o Storia, considerado seu vinho ícone. Tal produto necessitou da utilização conjunta de vários recursos e capacidades pela empresa, não apenas para criá-lo, mas também para que ele pudesse ser reconhecido e valorizado pelo seu valor de uso. Assim, o seu terroir, bem como as rotinas agrícolas e o expertise do enólogo e do responsável pelo marketing possibilitaram a criação do Storia. Outro aspecto importante que se destaca no aumento da percepção do valor de uso do produto é a reputação da empresa, bem como seus relacionamentos estratégicos, principalmente com os formadores de opinião, jornalistas e experts da área. Tal questão é favorecida pelas empresas apoiadoras da vinícola, tais como os representantes comerciais, a assessoria de imprensa e as escolas de degustação. Desta forma, trata-se o presente estudo de uma pesquisa qualitativa com finalidades exploratórias e descritivas, procurando, dentro da abordagem estratégica da Visão Baseada em Recursos (VBR), propor um framework integrativo capaz de abarcar a condição competitiva da Casa Valduga, bem como de suas empresas apoiadoras. O framework engloba também aspectos da idiossincrasia do consumidor no uso do valor do produto, ou seja, a sua cocriação. Além disso, também é utilizada a escultura social de Joseph Beuys como uma maneira de aproximar cada vez mais o lado do consumidor com a produção. Assim, um vinho não apenas será excelente por causa da indústria ou de aspectos técnicos de produção, mas também por fatores subjetivos relacionados ao consumo e às particularidades e contextos de uso e interação do cliente-consumidor com o produto e as empresas que, direta ou indiretamente, participam da cadeia produtiva do vinho. / Since the 1990’s, with the ingress of imported goods in Brazil, the national wine industry has experienced situations of growing and professionalization. Among more than 600 wineries, Casa Valduga stands out as a premium winery. A family business, which for three generations has been dedicating itself to growing grapes and producing fine wines in the Serra Gaucha, the company seeks to combine technology, expertise and innovation with design elements to create sophistication and high quality products. Its product line ranges from the icon wine Storia, awarded as the best merlot red wine in the country, to white wines, sparkling wines, and rosés. The Resource-Based View (RBV) has been considered an increasingly dominant approach to strategy. However, in the past ten years efforts have been made in order to link it with consumer perception and participation in value creation. In this direction, this study aims to structure an integrative framework with the participatory art and social sculpture of Joseph Beuys. For Beuys, an artist is not simply the one who creates the work of art, but also the one who provides the conditions for public interaction, thus helping in the construction of art. The same seems to be happening with goods. Consumers are the arbiters of value and it is them, with their experience, that examine its "profit". The research is a detailed case study, where forty five consumers and professionals connected, directly or indirectly, to the management, the production and the marketing of the winery were interviewed. A semi-structured interview with a questionnaire was used as the main form of primary data collection, as well as nonparticipant observation. The research also makes use of secondary data coming from the company's website and other institutions linked to the sector, as well as journals and magazines. The data are analyzed using content analysis and converged by triangulation. The results show the terroir, the agricultural routine, the expertise of the winemaker, and marketing strategies as the determinants for the creation of Storia. In turn, reputation, strategic relationship and Villa Valduga are the resources that support a perception of high value of use. Thus, a wine will be considered excellent not only because of the technical production aspects, but also the subjective and contextual factors related with the consumption.

O mercado de vinhos no Brasil teve sua condição competitiva modificada, principalmente a partir da década de 1990 com a abertura comercial. Com isso, as vinícolas precisaram buscar formas mais eficientes de gerir seus recursos e capacidades, bem como de buscar a melhoria da qualidade de seus produtos por meio da inovação de produtos e processos e a transmissão de uma imagem de qualidade e credibilidade ao consumidor. Dentre as mais de 600 vinícolas do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, destaca-se a Casa Valduga como uma das mais emblemáticas representantes da busca pela qualidade e sofisticação deste novo vinho brasileiro. Um dos produtos de destaque da vinícola é o Storia, considerado seu vinho ícone. Tal produto necessitou da utilização conjunta de vários recursos e capacidades pela empresa, não apenas para criá-lo, mas também para que ele pudesse ser reconhecido e valorizado pelo seu valor de uso. Assim, o seu terroir, bem como as rotinas agrícolas e o expertise do enólogo e do responsável pelo marketing possibilitaram a criação do Storia. Outro aspecto importante que se destaca no aumento da percepção do valor de uso do produto é a reputação da empresa, bem como seus relacionamentos estratégicos, principalmente com os formadores de opinião, jornalistas e experts da área. Tal questão é favorecida pelas empresas apoiadoras da vinícola, tais como os representantes comerciais, a assessoria de imprensa e as escolas de degustação. Desta forma, trata-se o presente estudo de uma pesquisa qualitativa com finalidades exploratórias e descritivas, procurando, dentro da abordagem estratégica da Visão Baseada em Recursos (VBR), propor um framework integrativo capaz de abarcar a condição competitiva da Casa Valduga, bem como de suas empresas apoiadoras. O framework engloba também aspectos da idiossincrasia do consumidor no uso do valor do produto, ou seja, a sua cocriação. Além disso, também é utilizada a escultura social de Joseph Beuys como uma maneira de aproximar cada vez mais o lado do consumidor com a produção. Assim, um vinho não apenas será excelente por causa da indústria ou de aspectos técnicos de produção, mas também por fatores subjetivos relacionados ao consumo e às particularidades e contextos de uso e interação do cliente-consumidor com o produto e as empresas que, direta ou indiretamente, participam da cadeia produtiva do vinho. / Since the 1990’s, with the ingress of imported goods in Brazil, the national wine industry has experienced situations of growing and professionalization. Among more than 600 wineries, Casa Valduga stands out as a premium winery. A family business, which for three generations has been dedicating itself to growing grapes and producing fine wines in the Serra Gaucha, the company seeks to combine technology, expertise and innovation with design elements to create sophistication and high quality products. Its product line ranges from the icon wine Storia, awarded as the best merlot red wine in the country, to white wines, sparkling wines, and rosés. The Resource-Based View (RBV) has been considered an increasingly dominant approach to strategy. However, in the past ten years efforts have been made in order to link it with consumer perception and participation in value creation. In this direction, this study aims to structure an integrative framework with the participatory art and social sculpture of Joseph Beuys. For Beuys, an artist is not simply the one who creates the work of art, but also the one who provides the conditions for public interaction, thus helping in the construction of art. The same seems to be happening with goods. Consumers are the arbiters of value and it is them, with their experience, that examine its "profit". The research is a detailed case study, where forty five consumers and professionals connected, directly or indirectly, to the management, the production and the marketing of the winery were interviewed. A semi-structured interview with a questionnaire was used as the main form of primary data collection, as well as nonparticipant observation. The research also makes use of secondary data coming from the company's website and other institutions linked to the sector, as well as journals and magazines. The data are analyzed using content analysis and converged by triangulation. The results show the terroir, the agricultural routine, the expertise of the winemaker, and marketing strategies as the determinants for the creation of Storia. In turn, reputation, strategic relationship and Villa Valduga are the resources that support a perception of high value of use. Thus, a wine will be considered excellent not only because of the technical production aspects, but also the subjective and contextual factors related with the consumption.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-08T14:53:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 2710685 bytes, checksum: aa61ffae9c0db525de22ae2cbe3aa579 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-02-25 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The main objective of this work is to analyze how strategic resources contribute to the implementation of lean production and to the obtaining competitive advantage in an organization that operates in the footwear sector in the state of Paraíba, from the perspective of the Resource-Based View. For this purpose, initially, literature review was elaborate based on the following topics: Strategy, Operations Strategy, Lean Production and Resource Based View. With the key concepts and contributions observed in the literature, it was possible to develop an analysis procedure that consists of five phases: detailing the operations strategy, identification of lean production practices, description of the trajectory of lean implementation, analysis of the relationship of resources and practices and, finally, evaluation of resources according to the theoretical assumptions of the RBV. The research is characterized as a case study, qualitative and descriptive nature. The main instruments to data collection were adopted: semistructured interviews, documents and direct observation. Through the case study, it was found that the most important resources for the implementation of lean production in the company are: labor, qualified people, machines, culture and labour training. Culture and labour training are resources that contribute significantly to the company's competitive advantage, because they are intangible, therefore are more difficult to be identify and copied by the competition, contributing to its high value and sustainability. In particular, the culture was well evaluated in relation to sustainability. This can be explained by the fact that this resource has a strong barrier against imitation and duplication, for example, it involves social complexity and causal ambiguity. Moreover, organizational culture, along with the labour training contributed to 14 of the 15 practices implemented by the organization studied. This evaluation indicated that the deployment trajectory of lean production in the organization was unique, because it is engrained in the history and organizational learning developed by the company over time / O principal objetivo deste trabalho é analisar como os recursos estratégicos contribuem para a implementação de práticas de produção enxuta e para a obtenção de vantagem competitiva em uma organização que atua no setor calçadista do Estado da Paraíba, sob a perspectiva da Visão Baseada em Recursos. Para tanto, inicialmente, foi elaborado a Fundamentação Teórica com base nos seguintes temas: Estratégia, Estratégia de Operações, Produção Enxuta e Visão Baseada em Recursos. De posse dos principais conceitos e contribuições observadas na literatura pesquisada, foi possível desenvolver um procedimento de análise composto por cinco etapas: detalhamento da estratégia de operações, identificação das práticas de produção enxuta, descrição da trajetória de implantação lean, análise da relação dos recursos e práticas e, por fim, avaliação dos recursos segundo os pressupostos teóricos da VBR. A pesquisa se caracteriza como um estudo de caso de cunho qualitativo e descritivo. Os principais instrumentos de coleta de dados adotados foram: entrevista semiestruturada, documentos e observação direta. Por meio do estudo de caso, verificou-se que os recursos considerados mais importantes para a implementação de grande parte das práticas de produção enxuta implementadas pela empresa são: mão de obra, pessoas qualificadas, máquinas, cultura e treinamento. Os recursos cultura e treinamento contribuem significativamente para a vantagem competitiva da empresa, pois são categorizados como intangíveis, portanto são mais difíceis de serem identificados e copiados pela concorrência, contribuindo para o seu alto grau de valor e sustentabilidade. Em especial, a cultura teve uma avaliação muito alta em relação à sustentabilidade. Tal aspecto pode ser explicado devido ao fato desse recurso possuir uma forte barreira contra a imitação e a duplicação, como por exemplo, envolver complexidade social e ambiguidade causal. Além disso, a cultura organizacional, juntamente com o treinamento contribuíram para 14 das 15 práticas implementadas pela organização objeto de estudo. Esta avaliação sinalizou que a trajetória de implantação da produção enxuta na organização foi única, pois está enraizada na história e na aprendizagem organizacional desenvolvida pela empresa ao longo do tempo

Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-08T14:53:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 3376155 bytes, checksum: b693ca0929b0ae34e34fd7cafab0b505 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-28 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The higher education institutions (HEI) in Brazil, as well as other organizations, have faced constant challenges caused by changes in the organizational environment. In this environment, more specifically in the case of private institutions, the main features are related to the great competition, the highest priority on undergraduate education, the demand for improving the quality of education, low productivity, both in teaching and in research, and focus on organizational efficiency. In this context, this thesis examines, through resource-based view (RBV), the organizational knowledge is a strategic resource and source of competitive advantage in a private institution of higher education in the city of João Pessoa/PB. To this end, an extensive literature review was done addressing various issues related to the theme, including the SECI model of knowledge conversion, founded by Nonaka and Takeuchi (2008), and the model theory of resource-based view of Barney and Hesterly (2011). The research was considered to be applied, qualitative, descriptive and classified as to the procedures as, literature, case study and survey data. The study used questionnaires used to collect the data, semi-structured interview scripts and script characterization of the institution. The research took place in UNAVIDA Universidade Aberta Vida, based in the city of João Pessoa/PB, and was applied to 05 managers and 40 teachers available in the classroom. As a result of the identification of resources according to the VRIO model, it was found that one of the managers do not see knowledge as an existing resource in the education institution, unlike the others. Thus, among the remaining four, three consider knowledge as a valuable resource for the institution, but it is not rare or costly to imitate and before the competition, while a classifies knowledge as valuable, rare and costly to imitate resource, as well as it is operated by the institution. As to assertions that treat the SECI model, managers responded, mostly to "partially agree" or "strongly agree" with the statements about the socialization, externalization, combination and internalization of knowledge in the educational institution. Furthermore, the issues dealing VRIO and SECI model simultaneously, it is observed that most of the managers and teachers assess the resources as generators of competitive parity before the competition because classification as brave. Just received an assertive differentiated classification in the case of managers. And teachers also assessed some features not as valuable, a small minority considered them as valuable and rare resources and a slightly larger than this last installment assigns resources to the classification of valuable, rare and costly to imitate, according to the theory of model VRIO by Barney and Hesterly (2011) / As instituições de educação superior (IES) no Brasil, assim como outras organizações, têm enfrentado constantes desafios provocados por mudanças no ambiente organizacional. Nesse ambiente, mais especificamente no caso das instituições privadas, as principais características estão relacionadas à grande competição, a maior prioridade no ensino de graduação, a procura de melhoria da qualidade do ensino, à baixa produtividade, tanto no ensino, como na pesquisa, e o foco na eficiência organizacional. Nesse contexto, esta dissertação analisa, por meio da visão baseada em recursos (VBR), se o conhecimento organizacional é um recurso estratégico e fonte de vantagem competitiva em uma instituição de educação superior privada no município de João Pessoa/PB. Para tanto, foi feita uma vasta revisão na literatura abordando diversos assuntos relacionados ao tema, dentre eles o modelo SECI de conversão do conhecimento, fundamentado por Nonaka e Takeuchi (2008), e o modelo da teoria da visão baseada em recursos de Barney e Hesterly (2011). A pesquisa foi considerada como sendo aplicada, qualitativa, descritiva, bem como classificada quanto aos procedimentos como bibliográfica, estudo de caso e levantamento de dados. Utilizaram-se como técnica de coleta de dados questionários e roteiro de caracterização da instituição. A pesquisa aconteceu na UNAVIDA Universidade Aberta Vida, sediada na cidade de João Pessoa/PB, e foi aplicada à 05 gestores e aos 40 professores disponíveis em sala de aula. Como resultados da identificação dos recursos, de acordo com o modelo VRIO, obteve-se que um dos gestores não considera o conhecimento como um recurso existente na instituição de ensino, ao contrário dos demais. Assim, dentre os quatro restantes, três consideram o conhecimento como um recurso valoroso para instituição, mas que não é raro e nem custoso de imitar perante a concorrência, enquanto que um classifica o conhecimento como recurso valoroso, raro e custoso de imitar, bem como ele é explorado pela instituição. Quanto às assertivas que tratam o modelo SECI, os gestores responderam, em sua maioria, que Concordam parcialmente ou Concordam totalmente com as assertivas em torno da socialização, da externalização, da combinação e da internalização do conhecimento na instituição de ensino. Além disso, nas questões que tratam o modelo VRIO e o SECI simultaneamente, observa-se que a maior parte dos gestores e professores avaliam os recursos como geradores de paridade competitiva perante a concorrência, pois o classificam como valorosos. Apenas uma assertiva recebeu classificação diferenciada no caso dos gestores. E os professores ainda avaliaram alguns recursos como não valorosos, uma pequena minoria consideraram os recursos como valorosos e raros e uma parcela um pouco maior que essa última atribui aos recursos a classificação de valorosos, raros e custosos de imitar, de acordo com a teoria do modelo VRIO apresentada por Barney e Hesterly (2011)

abstract: A fundamental question in the field of strategic management is how companies achieve sustainable competitive advantage. The Market-Oriented Theory (MOT), the Resource-Based Model and their complementary perspective try to answer this fundamental question. The primary goal of this study is to lay the groundwork for Standardized Strategic Assessment Framework (SSAF). The SSAF, which consists of a set of six models, aids in the evaluation and assessment of current and future strategic positioning of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The SSAF was visualized by IDEF0, a systems engineering tool. In addition, a secondary goal is the development of models to explain relationships between a company's resources, capabilities, and competitive strategy within the SSAF. Six models are considered within the SSAF, including R&D; activities model, product innovation model, process innovation model, operational excellence model, and export performance model. Only one of them, R&D; activities model was explained in-debt and developed a model by transformational system. In the R&D; activities model, the following question drives the investigation. Do company R&D; inputs (tangible, intangible and human resources) affect R&D; activities (basic research, applied research, and experimental development)? Based on this research question, eight hypotheses were extrapolated regarding R&D; activities model. In order to analyze these hypotheses, survey questions were developed for the R&D; model. A survey was sent to academic staff and industry experts for a survey instrument validation. Based on the survey instrument validation, content validity has been established and questions, format, and scales have been improved for future research application. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S.Tech Technology 2012

Esta dissertaÃÃo objetiva identificar a contribuiÃÃo da visÃo baseada em recursos (VBR) para a anÃlise das estratÃgias de marketing voltadas para o pÃblico de baixa renda (BR), tendo como objeto de pesquisa uma instituiÃÃo financeira. A dissertaÃÃo se viabilizou mediante um produto de microcrÃdito chamado Crediamigo, do Banco do Nordeste do Brasil S/A, dirigido ao mercado-alvo da base da pirÃmide. Para se identificar essas contribuiÃÃes da visÃo baseada em recursos, foi construÃda a estrutura de anÃlise VRIO para as estratÃgias de marketing do Crediamigo, evidenciadas por trÃs diferentes grupos de colaboradores: tÃcnicos do programa, tÃcnicos de comunicaÃÃo e assessores de crÃdito. A pesquisa de natureza qualitativa adotou como estratÃgia de pesquisa um estudo de caso exploratÃriodescritivo, que identificou as estratÃgias de marketing utilizadas e as analisou pela Ãtica da visÃo baseada em recursos. Os instrumentos de coleta de dados utilizados foram pesquisa documental, registros em arquivos e entrevistas. Nestas fontes de evidÃncias se constatou que o produto à voltado em sua maioria para a BR. Definido entÃo o pÃblico-alvo, a etapa seguinte foi identificar as principais estratÃgias de marketing utilizadas pelos tÃcnicos do programa, por meio de uma entrevista em grupo, na qual se construiu o mix de marketing, utilizando-se um questionÃrio com perguntas abertas. Para a evidenciaÃÃo dessas estratÃgias junto aos tÃcnicos de comunicaÃÃo, utilizou-se o mesmo processo empregado para os tÃcnicos do programa; jà para a evidenciaÃÃo com os assessores de crÃdito, aplicou-se um questionÃrio com questÃes estruturadas de mÃltipla escolha e resposta Ãnica, em escala ordinal. Finalmente se elaborou a anÃlise VRIO, com a construÃÃo de sua estrutura, mediante questionÃrios dicotÃmicos aplicados aos tÃcnicos do programa. Das trinta e cinco estratÃgias levantadas inicialmente, sete foram evidenciadas pelos trÃs grupos. E a estrutura de anÃlise VRIO dessas sete estratÃgias demonstra que trÃs delas apresentam vantagem competitiva sustentada, performance econÃmica superior à normal e sÃo consideradas pontos fortes e competÃncias distintivas sustentadas e as outras quatro apresentam igualdade competitiva, performance econÃmica normal, porÃm sÃo consideradas pontos fortes porque agregam vendas ou reduzem custos. Concluindo, a VBR, quando utilizada para a anÃlise de competitividade e sustentabilidade, contribui para o fortalecimento das organizaÃÃes, na medida em que possibilita a permanente readequaÃÃo de suas estratÃgias, as mudanÃas internas e externas, com as devidas inovaÃÃes, permanentes e necessÃrias, sobretudo em mercado de margem de lucro pequena, porÃm com alta escala, como à o caso da baixa renda / The dissertationâs objective is to identify the contribution of the resource-based view (RBV) to the analysis of the marketing strategies directed to low-income consumers, having a financial institution as the object of the research. This dissertation has been developed based on a microcredit product titled Crediamigo from Banco do Nordeste do Brasil S/A (BNB), which targets the base of the pyramid market. In order to identify these contributions based on the resource-based view a VRIO framework analysis has been built for the Crediamigoâs marketing strategies, which are evidenced through three different partnering groups: program technicians, communication technicians and credit advisers. The research of qualitative nature has adopted as a research strategy an exploratory-descriptive case study which identified and analyzed the marketing strategies employed through the lenses of the resource-based view. The data collecting instruments used were documentary research, file registries and interviews. Supported by these sources of evidence it was observed that the product is mainly devoted to the low-income consumers. Once defined the target public, the next phase was to identify the main marketing strategies used by the program technicians through group interview, in which a marketing mix was designed using opened questions. To evidence these strategies with the communication technicians the same process employed with the program technicians was applied. On the other hand, for the evidencing with the credit advisers, a multiple-choice structured questions with single answers in ordinal scale was used. Lastly a VRIO framework analysis was performed through dichotomic questions applied to the program technicians. Out of the thirty five strategies identified in the beginning, seven were evidenced by the three groups. And the VRIO framework analysis of these seven strategies shows that three of them present sustained competitive advantages, economic performance above normal and are considered strong points and have sustained distinctive competencies, while the other four present competitive parity, normal economic performance, but are still consider strong points because they either increase sales or reduce costs. Therefore, the use of RBV for the analysis of competitiveness and sustainability contributes to the strengthening of the organizations as it allows the adjustment of their strategies to internal and external changes with the permanent and required innovations, above all, in markets with reduced profit margins but with great scale, as it is the case with low-income consumers.