Abstract Due to the depression of domestic construction market in Taiwan in recent years and with foreign participants entering the market (such as HSR and KRT), the survival ability of many domestic companies have decreased tremendasly. Facing the rapid change of the industry and the economy, companies must have a clear set of strategies for business continuity. Most importantly, diversification is a very sinificant aspect for survival. According to the Statistics of Construction and Planning Administration, MOI in 2008, there are 9644 domestic contruction companies in Taiwan of which 760 are located in Kaohsiung. This statistic clearly presents the intensity of the competition and the challenges each company faces. Hence, the topic of exploring the blue ocean strategy becomes an important issue matter to focus. With perspectives of Resources-based View (RBV), an engineering construction company has been chosen as a case study in this thesis to investicate ways how a professional construction company can build different long-term strategies for surviving difficult circumstances. As part of this research, a six hour in-depth interview has been conducted with the CEO and two senior managers of the company. After the interview and based on some analysis, a conclusion has derived as below: First, a construction company¡¦s sustanability and core competency are structured based on the following 3 aspects: professional integrity, senses of quality and humanized management. Second, the company should implement an open system for evolution by exploring and participating other opportunity. Third, the company should re-determine its position (including its competitiveness) through building up a professional evaluation team. Finally, the company should align with its outside resources and transform into a ¡§construction projects broker.¡¨ Keywords¡G Construction Industry Strategy of Trasnform

<p>Purchasing is a function that has developed form a more clerical function to a function of strategic importance over the last 20 years. As a result of this development we have observed that many fi rms engage in supplier development activities as a part of their purchasing strategy.</p><p>This thesis consists of four different essays describing various aspects of supplier development and an essay that summarise and connects the four essays as well as giving a broad introduction to the fi eld of research.</p><p>Small and medium sized firms are of special interest when studying supplier or supply chain since they are important links in their supply chains but have fewer resources and therefore limited possibilities to develop by themselves. In the thesis three of the essays describe different ways in which this can be conducted.</p><p>Positive benefits from supplier and supply chain development reported in the thesis are lower costs, shorter lead times, increased competence and an overall improved competitiveness.</p>

Thesis (M.S. in Defense Analysis)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009. / Thesis Advisor(s): Berger, Marcos (Mark T.) ; Sepp, Kalev I. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on January 27, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Foreign Internal Defense (FID); Military Traditions; Meritocracy; Nation-building; State-Building; Vietnam; El Salvador; Colombia. Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-59). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--York University, 1998. Graduate Programme in Political Science. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 655-677). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pNQ27319.

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, September 1990. / Thesis Advisor(s): Parry, Samuel H. Second Reader: Caldwell, William J. "September 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on December 18, 2009. DTIC Descriptor(s): Air Defense, Artillery, Simulation, Warfare, Theater Level Operations, Aircraft, Strategy, Defense Systems, Point Defense, Loads(Forces), Attack, Theses, Missions, Army, ADA Programming Language, Bombing, USSR, Computerized Simulation, Models. DTIC Identifier(s): Belt Defense. Author(s) subject terms: JTLS, ADA strategy, point defense, belt defense. Includes bibliographical references (p. 56). Also available in print.

Thesis--School of Advanced Airpower Studies, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., 1998-99. / Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 29, 2003). "February 2001." Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, March 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): H. Lyman Miller, Edward A. Olsen. Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-91). Also available online.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the Duhok region’s innovation strategy and to be able to see how regional development and the entrepreneurial development tackle the innovation and innovation strategy in everyday life. Theory: The starting point for the theoretical framework for this study is the concept of innovation – what is it and why is it valuable to an organization? But the focus of the study is to compare the Sörmland region innovation strategy with the Duhok region innovation strategy, if Duhok has an innovation strategy. The theoretical description that follows in this chapter is based mainly on secondary data in the form of scientific papers and books in the areas mentioned above. Great emphasis has been placed on the source-critical criteria mentioned in chapter two in both the selection and review. Method: This second chapter provides a detailed description of the approach used in the study. Selection of the research approach and perspective on the interpretation and analysis, and it will give the reader an understanding of the study process. Empirical Result: In the empirical chapter, the researcher has transcribed the interviews and made it clear they were interviewed response and summarized the text out of them replies received from persons interviewed. Analysis: The researcher will analyze what he thinks is the most important for the research. The analysis chapter is an important chapter because of the result and the discussion. Discussion: In this chapter there would be discussion about regional innovation for Duhok region. In the Discussion chapter the researcher talks about implementation of innovation strategy with help from a model called The Strategy Planning (TSP) model. The creation of TSP and further researcher are also included in discussion chapter.

Purchasing is a function that has developed form a more clerical function to a function of strategic importance over the last 20 years. As a result of this development we have observed that many fi rms engage in supplier development activities as a part of their purchasing strategy. This thesis consists of four different essays describing various aspects of supplier development and an essay that summarise and connects the four essays as well as giving a broad introduction to the fi eld of research. Small and medium sized firms are of special interest when studying supplier or supply chain since they are important links in their supply chains but have fewer resources and therefore limited possibilities to develop by themselves. In the thesis three of the essays describe different ways in which this can be conducted. Positive benefits from supplier and supply chain development reported in the thesis are lower costs, shorter lead times, increased competence and an overall improved competitiveness.

The end of the Cold War was briefly followed by many indications and hopes that the salience of nuclear weapons in national security strategies was in decline. However, there was soon a growing realisation in policy-making and academic circles that although the Soviet Union had disintegrated, the nuclear threat had not gone away. During this period the concepts of a ‘Second Nuclear Age' and ‘New Terrorism' entered the rhetoric of the academic and policy-making strategic community. Central themes of both of these concepts were that nuclear issues persisted in the post-Cold War world, albeit in a new format, and that reliance on nuclear deterrence as a means of maintaining peace was increasingly hazardous and decreasingly effective. The orthodox negative hypotheses regarding (i) the continuing reliability of nuclear deterrence, and (ii) the management and deterrence of the threat of nuclear terrorism, can be challenged on a number of levels. Despite frequent claims to the contrary, nuclear deterrence has never been viewed as infallible and, since the 1949 Soviet atomic test, policymakers and strategic thinkers have consistently refined deterrence strategies to ensure their relevance with regards to evolving threats. Furthermore, closer examination of the various historical tensions from the first nuclear age demonstrates that the challenges of the second nuclear age, at both the state and non-state level, are not necessarily as unique as many analysts assumed. Examination of contemporary nuclear-related issues, not least the implications of horizontal nuclear proliferation, and a comparison against the Cold War historical record indicates that the concepts of the ‘Second Nuclear Age' and ‘New Terrorism' can be found wanting when measured against empirical evidence. Defence of, and over-reliance on these artificial intellectual constructs could result in a number of negative political consequences. Those stressing the uniqueness of the post-Cold War strategic environment also encourage policymakers to view the turbulence of current affairs as posing unique challenges that require entirely new approaches and modes of thinking. In doing so they are likely to iii underestimate the value and relevance of many similar Cold War experiences and lessons; the most important lesson being the enduring importance of nuclear weapons and the concomitant deterrence strategies designed to inhibit their physical use while fully utilising their physical presence.