O objeto de estudo da presente pesquisa são as comunidades mediadas pela Internet (CMIs). Uma CMI consiste de um conjunto de pessoas que compartilham interesses e que, durante algum tempo, utilizam recursos em comum na Internet (por exemplo, um web site – objeto preferencial deste trabalho) para trocarem informações umas com as outras relativamente aos interesses compartilhados. A pesquisa realizada é exploratória e qualitativa, tendo feito uso de estudos de caso, pesquisa-ação e entrevistas em profundidade para estruturar uma base conceitual para as CMIs e reunir elementos relevantes a serem considerados quando da construção de web sites para as mesmas. Realizou-se estudo de caso de 5 (cinco) web sites de CMIs, a fim de serem identificadas as principais tecnologias e métodos em uso atualmente para a estruturação de web sites para CMIs. Na pesquisa-ação, 7 (sete) grupos de pessoas foram identificados e, para cada um, construiu-se 1 (um) web site, de modo que se ofereceu um espaço na Internet para a interação dos seus integrantes. A observação da interação das pessoas através dos web sites permitiu concluir-se que, dos sete grupos iniciais, apenas 1 (um) poderia ser caracterizado como CMI, conforme critérios de Jones (1997): associação sustentável, variedade de comunicadores, espaço virtual para a comunicação em grupo, e interatividade. Para as entrevistas em profundidade, elaborou-se um questionário com base no referencial teórico, nos estudos de caso e na pesquisa-ação, sendo aplicado a 17 (dezessete) pessoas (da única CMI e de dois dos sete grupos). O objetivo das entrevistas foi levantarem-se percepções sobre os web sites utilizados pelos grupos, percepções essas que, sob análise de conteúdo, ajudaram na formação de um conjunto de 12 (doze) recomendações para a construção de web sites para CMIs. As recomendações são de natureza diversa, mas deixam clara a necessidade de haver um entendimento profundo do contexto de uma CMI previamente ao projeto do seu web site.

O presente trabalho pretende fazer um estudo sobre as estratégias adotadas pelos frigoríficos e abatedouros da Região Central do estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Para caracterizar o tipo de estratégia competitiva utilizada pelos mesmos, lançou-se mão de dados secundários para conhecer-se os métodos utilizados pelos produtores de matériaprima quanto à reprodução, desenvolvimento e terminação; abate e industrialização; comercialização; condições de rastreabilidade do produto oferecido ao consumidor. Para os dados primários foi utilizado um questionário onde os empresários refletiram sobre os fatores em que se baseiam para a tomada de decisões, para identificar os tipos de relações estabelecidos entre as diversas empresas e os pontos convergentes e divergentes existentes na bovinocultura de corte. A pesquisa mostrou que há necessidade de uma maior conscientização dos administradores das empresas que fazem parte da bovinocultura de corte, do setor de transformação, da utilização de ferramentas de gerenciamento para uma melhoria do processo decisório e melhoria na formulação de suas estratégias de atuação. Os frigoríficos e abatedouros da Região Central do Estado não possuem uma estratégia comum, não têm um objetivo futuro constituído como uma política de atuação para o ramo. Cada empresa adota a sua estratégia sem um vínculo com uma política específica. Outro fator observado é quanto ao estabelecimento de relações comerciais – a montante e à jusante - visando um melhor desempenho de todo o grupo empresarial, evitando que sejam tomadas decisões isoladas que possam aviltar a performance das empresas e facilitando o estabelecimento de políticas de desenvolvimento para o setor beneficiando todo o segmento que atua na bovinocultura de corte na Região Central do Estado.

Dissertação (Mestrado em Engenharia Elétrica) - Centro Universitário FEI, São Bernardo do Campo, 2016

The paper in the broadest sense looks to the usage of the internet and our obligations if at all any, there to be. We use the case of Wikipedia as a reference site. We used literature from the free rider problem, we deconstructed the literature into relevant elements, and then built a framework to which the case of Wikipedia can be applied. The results of the application shows, at times, users are not merely surfing when they browse the internet, they are free riding and as such may be morally liable to those internet sites.

Les Amazighs sont un ensemble de populations actuellement fragmentées dans plusieurs territoires d’Afrique du Nord. En utilisant la méthode de la visualisation de l’information, cette recherche vise à analyser le territoire numérique amazigh. L’internet fait partie des moyens qui ont permis à aux différentes composantes régionales de ce peuple de nouer des liens malgré toutes ces fragmentations. Dans un premier temps, cette étude analyse les différentes sortes de frontières et de territoires afin d’élucider cette notion qui est au centre des fragmentations des Amazighs. Dans un second temps, Elle met l’accent sur le cyberespace amazigh. À l’aide des outils numériques de la visualisation de données, nous analysons, d’abord, les liaisons numériques nouées par les différentes composantes ethniques de ce peuple. Ces liaisons s’illustrent dans les liens hypertextes des sites web et ceux tissés entre les pages publiques sur le réseau social Facebook. Ensuite, nous étudions, à l’aide d’un outil d’analyse du corpus textuel, le contenu des sites web et des pages Facebook amazighes. / The Amazighs are a set of population currently fragmented in several territories of North Africa. Using the visualization’s method of the information, this research aims to analyze the Amazigh digital territory. The internet is one of the ways that allowed this population to form ties despite all fragmentation Initially, this study analyzes the different kinds of borders and territories in order to elucidate this notion, which is at the center of the Amazigh’s fragmentation. Secondly, it focuses on the Amazigh cyberspace. Using the digital tools of data visualization, we analyze, first, the digital connections made by the different ethnic components of this community. Those connections are illustrated by the hypertext links in websites and those created between the public pages on the social network Facebook. Then, using a textual analysis tool, we study the content of Amazigh websites and Facebook pages

Zugl.: Göttingen, Universiẗat, Diss., 2007.

<p>Title: To build and transport brands to the Internet – A qualitative case study of Getinge Infection Control and von Braun Sports Cars. </p><p>Seminar date: 2009-06-09. </p><p>Course/ subject: FÖ6016, Degree Project Undergraduate level, 15 University Credits Points (ECTS). </p><p>Authors: Kristoffer Eriksson and Erik Kaplar. </p><p>Advisor: Navid Ghannad. </p><p>Key words: Branding, I- branding, Internet Marketing, Internet, Getinge Infecton Control and von Braun Sports Cars. </p><p>Purpose: The degree project purpose is to gain better knowledge and get greater understanding in how the banding process in B2B and B2C is followed out. We will examine if there is any differences between the two contexts and examine why. Finally we will examine and try to get a greater knowledge in how the companies transport their brand to the Internet. </p><p>Theoretical perspectives: The theory opens with the differences between the business contexts B2B and B2C. This is followed by Bergstrom’s (2000) and Melin’s (2006) theories of classical branding and finally how this is transported to the Internet with the 7C model. </p><p>Methodology: In order to pursue our purpose a qualitative case study with a deductive effort has been chosen. The case study include two corporations that match our deliminations. </p><p>Empirical foundation: Based on the theoretical perspectives the interviews has been performed with employees at both corporations. To the Getinge Infection Control case the corporations Brand manager and one of the project managers responsible for IT was interviewed. The second corporation is von Braun Sports Cars. The owner/ founder of the company and the CEO has been interviewed for the study. The two corporation’s homepages and one internal document has also been examined. </p><p>Conclusions: The study shows that there are differences in both branding and how this is transported to the Internet. The differences are not based on the business contexts but rather on other factors like size, resources and priorities within the corporations. The study also emphasizes the importance of basic branding before it can be transported to the Internet.</p>

Thesis (Ed.D.)--University of Delaware, 2007. / Principal faculty advisor: Fred T. Hofstetter, School of Education. Includes bibliographical references.

Title: To build and transport brands to the Internet – A qualitative case study of Getinge Infection Control and von Braun Sports Cars. Seminar date: 2009-06-09. Course/ subject: FÖ6016, Degree Project Undergraduate level, 15 University Credits Points (ECTS). Authors: Kristoffer Eriksson and Erik Kaplar. Advisor: Navid Ghannad. Key words: Branding, I- branding, Internet Marketing, Internet, Getinge Infecton Control and von Braun Sports Cars. Purpose: The degree project purpose is to gain better knowledge and get greater understanding in how the banding process in B2B and B2C is followed out. We will examine if there is any differences between the two contexts and examine why. Finally we will examine and try to get a greater knowledge in how the companies transport their brand to the Internet. Theoretical perspectives: The theory opens with the differences between the business contexts B2B and B2C. This is followed by Bergstrom’s (2000) and Melin’s (2006) theories of classical branding and finally how this is transported to the Internet with the 7C model. Methodology: In order to pursue our purpose a qualitative case study with a deductive effort has been chosen. The case study include two corporations that match our deliminations. Empirical foundation: Based on the theoretical perspectives the interviews has been performed with employees at both corporations. To the Getinge Infection Control case the corporations Brand manager and one of the project managers responsible for IT was interviewed. The second corporation is von Braun Sports Cars. The owner/ founder of the company and the CEO has been interviewed for the study. The two corporation’s homepages and one internal document has also been examined. Conclusions: The study shows that there are differences in both branding and how this is transported to the Internet. The differences are not based on the business contexts but rather on other factors like size, resources and priorities within the corporations. The study also emphasizes the importance of basic branding before it can be transported to the Internet.

This paper addresses the claim that there is zero privacy for Canadians on the internet. For the interpersonal computing era 1992 to 2007, the relationship between the three major agents (i.e., individual users, federal government, and business) operating on the internet was examined. Three questions guided the research: how has the popular press educated Canadians about internet privacy? what has been the response of the federal government? how have online companies protected the privacy of Canadians? Content analyses of (a) Macleans magazine, (b) the Privacy Commissioner's Annual Reports to Parliament, (c) and the privacy policies of the most visited websites were conducted. Complex Adaptive Systems theory indicated that privacy is an emergent property arising from the interaction of the agents and that the internet is an environment where the agents' interactions lead to limited privacy.