<p>The primary objective of this research is to determine how SMEs control the risk involved in business strategic alliances. The research question is: How should performance risk and relationship risk within the strategic alliances of SMEs be controlled? Subsequently, we applied qualitative research methods to collect data for this research; further, our research design included a case study of the SMEs in Zhejiang, China.</p>

The primary objective of this research is to determine how SMEs control the risk involved in business strategic alliances. The research question is: How should performance risk and relationship risk within the strategic alliances of SMEs be controlled? Subsequently, we applied qualitative research methods to collect data for this research; further, our research design included a case study of the SMEs in Zhejiang, China.

Abstract According to the idea held by the government, ¡§government has limited resources but the private sector has limitless power,¡¨ the Executive Yuan established and promulgated the enactment, ¡§Promoting the Participation by the Private Sector in Public Works,¡¨ in February 2000. This is a policy that depends on the vitality and capital funds of the private sector to be incorporated for use in a timely manner. This has brought positive meanings and benefits in enhancing government performance, reducing government financial burdens, speeding up the construction of public works, improving the quality of public works and services, and promoting economic growth. The scope and target of this dissertation is the process of planning to regard Kaohsiung International Youth Hostel as a dormitory facility of Kaohsiung Chung-Hwa School of Arts. It is expected, with the investigation of this case, to study how to harmony with related existing laws and regulations, analyze the burdens and favors taken by the participants under various situations, and examine the feasibility of its¡¦ cooperation so that unused government assets, in agreement with the original purpose of such assets, can be fully utilized, enthusiastic artists can have a comfortable housing environment and field where they can exchange art, facilitate the art prosperity in the Fine Arts Museum neighborhood, and then bring in commercial opportunity to help local economic development. Moreover, through this case study, it aims to provide government offices concerned with valuable figures when they conduct related operations so that when executing plans of the same essence, the office-in-charge can achieve more economic benefits and policy objectives. This dissertation used ROT mode to introduce the resources of the private sector into the operation of public works, which will effectively solve the difficulty that government has no choice but to implement the operation of public works even under financial deficits. As a consequence, public works would not fall idle in the wake of short government finances and lack of professional operation, and the public would be encouraged to advocate the plan to recycle and to reuse the unused public works so as to achieve energy conservation and the prospect for the sustainable development of Earth. Through sensitivity analysis on the changes in key parameters, this dissertation has clearly noticed the increase and decrease in various hypotheses and parameters, and will present different effects and evaluate the variable effects of all the parameters. Before it is executed, the effects and impact that may be caused by government, chartered companies, students, and banks should be considered. Before the plan is implemented, risk control measures should be formulated according to the results of sensitivity analysis.

Diss. (sammanfattning) Uppsala : Sveriges lantbruksuniv., 2004. / Härtill 4 uppsatser.

abstract: How to play the advantages of network loan platform to reduce the financing costs of net loan platform both in theory and practice has important significance. In this paper, we use the method of qualitative and quantitative combination. First of all, through the interview of the net loan platform practitioners, the financing cost of the net loan platform comes from the internal and external parts. Part of the network loan platform should be righteous, but counterproductive human and material costs, credit costs, information efficiency, transaction costs and matching costs; part of the emerging industry as a challenge, compliance costs, technical costs and safety costs and other cost. And put forward the top design credit system, promote the credit system; build a unified development of regulatory policies to reduce compliance risks; increase investment in technology, share the improvement of technological progress bonuses. Through the establishment of the regression model, the paper analyzes the influence of various indexes of network loan platform on the cost of network reception. It is found that the background of net loan platform with shareholder and executive team as the proxy variable has significant influence on the cost of network loan platform. The effect is not significant. Risk control indicators on the net loan platform cost has a significant negative effect. The impact of operating capacity on the cost of net loan platform differentiation, the acquisition of the cost of positive relations, the other is negative relations. Policy compliance indicators of financial security on the net loan platform cost significantly, the other did not significantly affect the role of liquidity indicators of differentiation, the average borrowing period will significantly affect the net loan platform costs, liquidity is a negative impact. And finally put forward the policy and recommendations and research limitations and future direction. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Business Administration 2017

Comparative analysis is crucial to academic studies of public administration because it provides understanding of the nature of different types of public service institution: in particular, it helps to show what they do and don’t have in common, what kinds of institution they are, and what kinds of problems they face. However, in order to effectively conduct comparative research of public service institutions it is important that some thought is given to how they can best be compared. Accordingly, it is argued in this study that the differences between public service institutions can be appropriately analysed by examining their respective risk control cultures. This study makes use of the grid and group cultural theory, as developed by Mary Douglas, Aaron Wildavsky and Christopher Hood, to analyse the risk control cultures of the English and Japanese prison services in regard to two specific types of risk, namely suicide and violence. The results show that particular patterns of organizational behaviour within the English and Japanese prison services can be identified with their respective risk control cultures. More specifically, the English prison service tends to try to control risk by using formal rules and granting strong leadership roles to governors. By contrast, the Japanese prison service tends to use informal rules and group pressures to control risk. Furthermore, the peculiar organizational patterns of risk control within both organizations are often not recognised by their members. As a result, the strengths and weaknesses of organizations can be identified by analysing the patterns of risk control behaviour within them.

Supply chains have expanded rapidly over the decades, with the aim to increase productivity, lower costs and fulfil demands in emerging markets. The increasing complexity in a supply chain hinders visibility and consequently reduces one’s control over the process. Cases of disruption such as the ones faced by Ericsson and Enron, have shown that a risk event occurring at one point of the supply chain can greatly affect other members, when the disruption is not properly controlled. Supply chain management thus faces a pressing need to maintain the expected yields of the system in risk situations. To achieve that, we need to both identify potential risks and evaluate their impacts, and at the same time design risk mitigation policies to locate and relocate resources to deal with risk events. This dissertation aims to analyse how supply chain risks could be effectively managed. This is done firstly by positioning the research agenda in supply chain risk management (SCRM). Then, methods for effective management of supply chain risk are identified and analysed. In order to find these, we develop a research framework in which the supply chain system is divided into subsystems based on the operations of make, source and deliver; as well as on material, financial and information flows. Furthermore, research questions are raised in order to understand the impact of risks on supply chains, to identify the performance measures for monitoring supply chains, and to determine risk mitigation strategies for improving system performances. This dissertation includes a bibliometric analysis of relevant literature of SCRM published in recent years. Based on the co-citation analysis, we identify the changing interest in SCRM, from performance-focused individual issues in the early years to integrated system issues with management perspective in recent years. We also identify the growing importance of information issues in SCRM. However, there is a relative lack of research into risk mitigation focusing on information flows in the literature. This dissertation also develops a conceptual model for analysing supply chain risk. The adoption of tools from the established field of reliability engineering provides a systematic yet robust process for risk analysis in supply chains. We have found that the potential use of a stand-alone tool of Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA) or a hybrid application of Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), will be most appropriate in SCRM. Apart from above mentioned studies, this dissertation then includes three manuscripts respectively investigating the risk mitigation policies in SCRM. First, we suggest a dynamic pricing policy when facing supply yield risk, such as price postponement, where price is determined only after receiving the delivery information. This postponed pricing, can improve the balance between supply and demand, especially when the delivery quantity is small, demand has a low uncertainty and there is a wide range when demand is sensible to price change. In another paper, a system dynamics model is developed to investigate the dispersion of disruption on the supply chain operation as well as along the network. Based on this simulation model, policies are tested to observe their influence to the performance of the supply chain. The study results support the benefit of a dual-sourcing strategy. Furthermore, information sharing, appropriate order splitting and time to react would further improve the supply chain performance when disruption strikes. In the last paper, we study how capacity should be expanded when a new product is introduced into the market. The major risk here is due to a quick capacity expansion with large investments which could be difficult to recover. Using the Bass diffusion model to describe demand development, we study how capacity expansion, together with sales plan could affect the economics of the system. Using sales information for the forecast, delaying the sales and adding initial inventories, should create a better scheme of cash flows. This dissertation contributes in several ways to the research field of SCRM. It plots research advancements which provide further directions of research in SCRM. In conjunction with the conceptual model, simulations and mathematical modelling, we have also provided suggestions for how a better and more robust supply chain could be designed and managed. The diversified modelling approaches and risk issues should also enrich the literature and stimulate future study in SCRM.

Diss. Lund : Lunds tekniska högskola, 2005.

Submitted by Maria Creuza Silva (mariakreuza@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-05-13T14:15:28Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Doutorado. Sonia Esquivel 13.05.13.pdf: 1914763 bytes, checksum: 0d2a2adda91a2994333e555aca4c7da2 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Creuza Silva(mariakreuza@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-05-13T14:15:46Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Doutorado. Sonia Esquivel 13.05.13.pdf: 1914763 bytes, checksum: 0d2a2adda91a2994333e555aca4c7da2 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-13T14:15:46Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Doutorado. Sonia Esquivel 13.05.13.pdf: 1914763 bytes, checksum: 0d2a2adda91a2994333e555aca4c7da2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011 / Trata-se de um estudo cujo objeto é a regulação sanitária de equipamentos eletromédicos, entendida como o controle sanitário desenvolvido pelo Estado, por meio das ações de vigilância sanitária, visando o controle de riscos e a segurança desses equipamentos. Tem como objetivo descrever e analisar o sistema regulatório brasileiro desses equipamentos a partir das instituições que o compõem, seus instrumentos e processos no exercício do controle sanitário, nos diferentes momentos regulatórios. Trata-se de um estudo de caso, tipo exploratório, tendo-se tomado como traçadores dois equipamentos eletromédicos: o ventilador pulmonar e o mamógrafo. Para a produção de dados foram utilizadas as técnicas de análise documental, entrevistas semi-estruturadas com informantes-chave e observação direta que permitiram descrever as bases normativas, os instrumentos e processos de controle sanitários aplicados ao longo do ciclo de vida dos equipamentos, pelos órgãos de vigilância sanitária e outras entidades que participam do controle. Também foram registradas considerações de fabricantes e usuários sobre as ações de controle sanitário e as limitações em sua execução. Os dados foram classificados e ordenados em uma matriz construída a partir do marco referencial do estudo e das categorias analíticas e operacionais definidas. Os resultados descrevem e analisam os componentes do processo regulatório brasileiro dos equipamentos eletromédicos, as instituições que compõem o sistema regulatório, seus instrumentos, processos e práticas, dificuldades e limites no exercício da regulação sanitária, nos diferentes momentos, bem como caracteriza a relação entre o sistema brasileiro e as normativas recomendadas por organizações internacionais. Foram evidenciadas dificuldades no exercício da regulação sanitária desses produtos, em face da dependência científica e tecnológica do Brasil, dos estágios iniciais dessa atividade no país e a pouca expertise dos profissionais de vigilância sanitária e de outras instituições reguladoras no relativo ao controle de riscos. / Salvador

Submitted by Maria Creuza Silva (mariakreuza@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-06-25T12:44:55Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS. Eugenia Bolini 2012. MP.pdf: 533046 bytes, checksum: d125bdc1bf71938ad2d76cc949cf5e14 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Maria Creuza Silva(mariakreuza@yahoo.com.br) on 2013-06-25T12:45:33Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS. Eugenia Bolini 2012. MP.pdf: 533046 bytes, checksum: d125bdc1bf71938ad2d76cc949cf5e14 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2013-06-25T12:45:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISS. Eugenia Bolini 2012. MP.pdf: 533046 bytes, checksum: d125bdc1bf71938ad2d76cc949cf5e14 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Este estudo, de natureza qualitativa e descritiva, visou descrever como a vigilância sanitária realiza o controle sanitário do azeite do dendê ou óleo de palma bruto (Elaeis guineensis Jacquin) industrializado no estado da Bahia. As fontes de informação foram à análise documental e a entrevista semi-estruturada com os agentes sanitários que inspecionam os processos produtivos industrializados. Ao descrever sobre as tecnologias e instrumentos utilizados nas práticas da vigilância sanitária para o controle sanitário do azeite de dendê, no estado da Bahia, este estudo revelou que a possibilidade de risco à saúde do azeite de dendê, pode estar relacionado com a insuficiência de utilização dessas tecnologias e instrumentos pelos serviços de vigilância sanitária tanto a nível estadual como principalmente a nível municipal. Este estudo ainda revelou outros fatores que podem colaborar para agravar esta situação como, péssima condição higiênico sanitária das indústrias produtoras, parâmetros laboratoriais insuficientes para auxiliar a tomada de decisões, falta de organização do serviço, fragilidades na estruturação do sistema estadual e municipal de vigilância sanitária, e deficiente articulação intersetorial. Estes representam desafios importantes para o controle sanitário do azeite de dendê industrializado no Estado da Bahia. / Salvador