This study aims to elucidate firm and performance attributes of a population of small, elite firms that assume prominent positions in their respective technological spaces and product markets. More specifically, this study addresses the role and impact of industrial agglomeration on the location and performance characteristics of serial innovator firms. The dissertation was conceived as a collection of three distinct but related essays. The first essay on the geographical location of firms with high levels of innovative prowess i.e. serial innovator firms vis-à-vis technology clusters and research universities indicates that these firms are not necessarily located in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) with higher average levels of industry clustering than non-serial innovator firms of similar size. Serial innovator firms and their less innovative counterparts appear to have the same need and capacity to absorb knowledge spillovers in technology clusters. Further analysis, however, revealed that serial innovator firms in the Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology and IT hardware industries are located in MSA's with significantly higher levels of regional specialization than non-serial innovator firms in that industry which suggests an asymmetric need for knowledge spillovers by these firms. Furthermore, serial innovator firms seem to be located in MSA's with a significantly higher number of research universities than a non-serial innovator firm although differences across industries can be noted. This again indicates an asymmetric use and need for academic knowledge spillovers and pecuniary advantages offered by these institutions. The analysis in the second essay reveals that serial innovator firms located in MSAs (Metropolitan Statistical Areas) with elevated levels of industrial clustering announce significantly more new products than their counterparts located in MSA areas with low levels of industrial clustering. However, no differences in the pace of technological progress of the technologies developed by serial innovator firms located in technology clusters and those outside of clusters was found. Finally, the research reported in the third essay indicates that the level of industrial agglomeration has a positive impact on the export performance of serial innovator firms and that these firms benefit proportionately more from technology clusters than non-serial innovator firms.

Thesis (M.S.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2008. / Directed by Nancy Hodges; submitted to the Dept. of Consumer Apparel and Retail Studies. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Apr. 13, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-139).

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published_or_final_version / Business Administration / Master / Master of Business Administration

published_or_final_version / Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Transport Policy and Planning / Master / Master of Arts in Transport Policy and Planning

Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-03T18:33:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Nilza_Aparecida_dos_Santos_Siqueira.pdf: 992313 bytes, checksum: 97a3bf8961129952babbee21e53890c2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2002-10-07 / The channels of marketing or distribution, that can be seen as an open system formed by a set of interdependent, involved companies in the process to become a product available for use or consumption, if well chose and managed they can be considered as source of competitive advantage to the companies. The present work is focused on the study of the channels of marketing as sustainable competitive strategy for the Brazilian nourishing industry. Being highlighted the results got through the change of distribution channel, with substitution of the proper force of sales for deliverers and by the formation of strategical alliances firmed between the industry and its intermediate, for the rank of the product in the retail market. The research was of exploratory nature, with bibliographical revision on channels of distribution, competitive advantage and on the basis of a study of case in a company of the nourishing branch. The conclusive data on the case study had been collected in internal reports of the organization and carried through discursive interviews with employees who had worked in the searched company, in the period whom they had occurred to the alterations in its channels of distribution. It was verified that, in the case of the searched company, the substitution of its proper sales forces for deliverers, resulted in an increase of the numerical distribution, with bigger covering of the market, considerable increase of the sales volume and making profits of the sales of the products, besides the strengthening of the mark and of the company valuation. / Os canais de marketing ou distribui????o, que podem ser vistos como um sistema aberto formado por um conjunto de empresas interdependentes, envolvidas no processo de tornar um bem dispon??vel para uso ou consumo, desde que bem escolhido e administrado podem ser considerados como fonte de vantagem competitiva ??s empresas. O presente trabalho est?? voltado ao estudo dos canais de marketing como estrat??gia competitiva sustent??vel para a ind??stria aliment??cia brasileira. Destacando-se os resultados obtidos atrav??s da mudan??a de canal de distribui????o, com substitui????o da for??a de venda pr??pria por distribuidores e da forma????o de alian??as estrat??gicas firmadas entre a ind??stria e seus intermedi??rios, para a coloca????o do produto no mercado de varejo. A pesquisa foi de natureza explorat??ria, com revis??o bibliogr??fica sobre canais de distribui????o, vantagem competitiva e com base em um estudo de caso em uma empresa do ramo aliment??cio. Os dados conclusivos sobre o estudo de caso foram coletados em relat??rios internos da organiza????o e em entrevistas discursivas realizadas com funcion??rios que trabalharam na empresa pesquisada no per??odo que ocorreram as altera????es em seus canais de distribui????o. Verificou-se que no caso da empresa pesquisada a substitui????o da sua for??a de vendas pr??pria por distribuidores resultou em aumento da distribui????o num??rica, com maior cobertura do mercado, aumento consider??vel do volume de vendas e gera????o de lucros na venda dos produtos, al??m de fortalecimento da marca e valoriza????o da empresa.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references.

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Este estudo objetiva explorar e relatar as interações que ocorrem entre Redes de Cooperação e entidades, nas etapas de sensibilização, estruturação e manutenção, identificando as entidades que interagem com Redes; a manutenção dos relacionamentos com entidades iniciadoras do processo de formação e outras; quanto às interações, se todas são positivas e em que etapa há mais ações. Para tal, foi realizada uma pesquisa qualitativa, com um roteiro de entrevistas e posterior análise de conteúdo. As Redes pesquisadas foram selecionadas conforme os segmentos econômicos destacados na área de execução, do Programa Redes de Cooperação, da Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), as Entidades pesquisadas foram selecionadas através de suas menções na documentação gerada sobre as Redes selecionadas. Observou-se que as interações e os relacionamentos se mantêm, ao longo das etapas com a entidade controladora e a IES executora do Programa, com afastamento de algumas Redes por questões logísticas; as demais entidades contribuem, com ênfase, na etapa de sensibilização, auxiliando a mobilização dos empresários, e na etapa de manutenção, com ações sobre projetos demandados pelas Redes, com maior destaque à qualificação técnica e gerencial e ações mercadológicas. Os relatos de Redes e Entidades posicionam essas interações, todas positivas, em momentos diferentes, demonstrando pouca proximidade das Entidades com o Programa Redes de Cooperação e sua metodologia, fato que pode ser um ponto de alavancagem para resultados mais efetivos das interações a partir da determinação da ênfase e preponderância dessas entidades sobre Redes de Cooperação. / Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-06-02T19:41:16Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Joceli Antonio Andreola.pdf: 946591 bytes, checksum: fa09f8c4f19922536885c523383dddf9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-02T19:41:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Joceli Antonio Andreola.pdf: 946591 bytes, checksum: fa09f8c4f19922536885c523383dddf9 (MD5) / The purpose of this study is to explore and report interactions that take place between Cooperation Networks and corporations, during the stages of sensitization, structuring, and maintenance, identifying those corporations who interact with the Networks; maintaining relationships with corporations who started training processes and others; as for the interactions, whether they are all positive and in which stage there are more actions. To do so, a qualitative research was carried out, with an interview script and followed by content analysis. The Networks surveyed were selected according to economical segments pointed out according to their area in the Cooperation Network Program of the University of Caxias do Sul (UCS), the Corporations surveyed were chosen according to their references in the documentation generated on the Networks that were selected. It was possible to observe that the interactions and relationships are maintained along the stages with the controlling corporations and the High-Ed Institution carrying out the program, with a few Networks withdrawing for logistic matters; the other corporations contribute emphatically on the sensitization stage, helping in the mobilization of entrepreneurs, and on the maintenance stage, with actions on projects required by the Networks, with a highlight on managerial and technical qualification, and marketing actions. The reports collected from both Networks and Corporations place all these interactions as positive, in different moments, demonstrating little proximity of the Corporations with the Cooperation Network Program and its methodology, a fact that might work as leverage for more effective results of interactions from the determination of the emphasis and preponderance of these corporations on Cooperation Networks.