Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 102 p.; also includes graphics (some col.) Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-102). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center

Submitted by Fabricia Fialho Reginato (fabriciar) on 2015-07-22T23:14:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 AlexBranco.pdf: 825457 bytes, checksum: ac236cd385f191eb1f6cf870fac8daa8 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-22T23:14:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 AlexBranco.pdf: 825457 bytes, checksum: ac236cd385f191eb1f6cf870fac8daa8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-18 / Nenhuma / Este estudo tem por objetivo identificar os conflitos de interesse na administração pública, além de averiguar a percepção dos mesmos por seus protagonistas. Utilizou-se como fundamentação para a análise a Teoria da Agência. Na esfera pública, são incipientes os estudos voltados ao tema proposto. Através de entrevista (apêndice A) aplicada ao Prefeito, Vice-Prefeito, Secretários e Subsecretários, verificou-se que a Secretaria da Saúde apresenta maior complexidade, sendo, portanto, o órgão mais apropriado para o desenvolvimento da pesquisa. Desenvolveu-se o estudo de caso no Município de Cachoeirinha, adotando a análise multivariada para obtenção dos resultados dos questionários aplicados. Através de pesquisa qualitativa, observou-se as diversidades comportamentais dos servidores públicos municipais, e demonstrou-se que os interesses particulares, por diversas vezes, sobressaem aos interesses públicos, tornando visível o conflito de interesse entre o administrador público e o servidor. / The main purpose of this study is to identify the conflicts of interest in the Public Administration, as well as to recognize the awareness of these conflicts by theirs characters. We recurred to the Agency Theory as the basis of our analysis. In the public area, the studies turned to this theme are limited. Through an interview (Annex A) done with the Mayor, vice-mayor, Secretaries and Subsecretaries, we could see that the Secretary of Health presents more complexity, because of that, it is the best place to develop our research. We developed a case study in the city of Cachoeirinha RS, adopting the multivariate analysis in order to obtain the results of the applied questionnaires. From a qualitative research, we observed the different behaviors of the public employees of that city, we could also show that the personal interests, for many times, exceed the public ones, becoming visible the conflict of interest between the public manager and the employee.

Background: This study describes the incentives and barriers of public procurement ofcellulose-based and locally produced textiles in the Swedish healthcaresector governed by the county councils and regions. The size of the publicprocurement market is substantial which makes it imperative to analyse theprocurement decisions taken by this large customer from asustainability perspective. To understand these decisions better the publicprocurement is also analysed from an organisational perspective discussingpressures from global, regional and local stakeholders and governingauthorities.Methods: Empirical and primary data was collected from three semi-structuredinterviews with procurement officers, strategic buyers and heads ofprocurement departments in three county councils and regions in Sweden.The qualitative data was supplemented with quantitative data from a surveytargeting the additional 18 county councils and regions in Sweden. All 21county councils and regions in Sweden participated in or responded to theinterview and survey study. Six (33 %) complete responses were submitted,while five (28 %) surveys were partially responded to. Seven (39 %) countycouncils and regions did not participate in the study. The quantitative surveydata was analysed through the Fisher’s exact test and a thematic analysis wasapplied jointly on the interview and survey data due to the identicalinterview and survey questions.Results: The four themes found in the empirical data were concluded to be thedecision-making in these procurement processes being affected by manystakeholders, a high trust on suppliers for information updates andsustainable responsibility, an existing knowledge gap on cellulose-based andlocally produced textiles and the challenges and opportunities surroundingthe regulation of sustainability in the contract terms in the publicprocurement of textiles. The procurement officials being in a leading or nonleadingposition did not show any statistically significant effect on theperception of the clarity in the relevant political directives and how thisinfluences the possibility to take sustainable action in the procurementprocess, nor on whether the short-term (lowest) price has a higher prioritythan the long-term (e.g. long-term societal and environmental costs) in theprocurement of textiles.Conclusion: The sustainable public procurement of textiles within the Swedish healthcaresector governed by the county councils and regions is characterized by ahigh level of organisational complexity including many global, regional andlocal stakeholders. The governing authorities as well as the procuringorganizations and suppliers show interest in implementing sustainableprocurement processes which is however aggravated by static contract terms,limited knowledge on novel textile materials and the perceived costs relatedto the procurement.

The goal of this thesis is to map of the profit and cost of foreign direct investments (FDI) of car producers Hyundai Motor Company in the Czech Republic and KIA Motors Corporation in Slovakia in years 2004 -- 2013. The theoretical part of the work is directed to description and research of approach to foreign direct investment as a means of development, impact on home economy and possible negatives. Among the most significant positives this exercise are the know-how, increased work productivity and improvement of trade balance. Disadvantages on the contrary can be two-speed economy, crowding-out effect, inflation or unjustified state support. The work also compares European investment policy and policy of investment incentives in legislative Framework of the Czech and Slovak Republic. The last part deals with the foreign direct investment of the Hyundai Company at Nošovice and the KIA Corporation at Žilina and their effect on the national economy using statistical analysis (profit, state support, jobs created etc.).