Zugl.: Düsseldorf, Universiẗat, Diss., 2007.

A presente tese visou contribuir com a literatura de comportamento do consumidor organizacional por meio de um estudo de compreensão da influência da utilização das novas tecnologias da informação no centro de compras de hospitais brasileiros. Para tanto, foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica sobre a área de comportamento do consumidor organizacional e o centro de compras, desde os primeiros modelos conceituais propostos até as pesquisas publicadas na atualidade. A revisão bibliográfica realizada possibilitou o desenvolvimento de cinco hipóteses que foram verificadas na pesquisa. Para o atendimento ao objetivo a pesquisa foi dividida em duas partes, uma delas qualitativa, por meio de um estudo com múltiplas unidades de análise, e outra quantitativa, por meio de um questionário enviado a compradores hospitalares. Os resultados demonstraram que os modelos conceituais de comportamento do consumidor organizacional ainda são válidos na atualidade e o uso de tecnologia da informação tem feito a tomada de decisão do centro de compras ser menos participativa e menos influenciável pelo relacionamento entre vendedores e compradores. O trabalho apontou a importância de adequações do papel da venda pessoal no composto de marketing de empresas fornecedoras a este centro de compras. / This thesis aimed to contribute to the literature of organizational buying behavior through a study of understanding the influence of the use of new information technologies in Brazilian hospitals buying centers. It was conducted a literature review on the area of organizational behavior of consumers and the buying centers from the earliest conceptual models proposed to research published today. The literature review enabled the development of five hypotheses were tested in the research. To achieve the objective the work was divided into two parts, one qualitative, by a case study with multiple analysis units and other quantitative by questionnaire sent to hospital buyers. The results showed that the conceptual models of organizational buying behavior are still valid today and the use of information technology has made the decision making of the buying centers being less participatory and less influenced by the relationship between sellers and buyers. The work shows the importance of adaptations in the role of personal selling in the marketing mix of suppliers to these buying centers.

A presente tese visou contribuir com a literatura de comportamento do consumidor organizacional por meio de um estudo de compreensão da influência da utilização das novas tecnologias da informação no centro de compras de hospitais brasileiros. Para tanto, foi realizada uma revisão bibliográfica sobre a área de comportamento do consumidor organizacional e o centro de compras, desde os primeiros modelos conceituais propostos até as pesquisas publicadas na atualidade. A revisão bibliográfica realizada possibilitou o desenvolvimento de cinco hipóteses que foram verificadas na pesquisa. Para o atendimento ao objetivo a pesquisa foi dividida em duas partes, uma delas qualitativa, por meio de um estudo com múltiplas unidades de análise, e outra quantitativa, por meio de um questionário enviado a compradores hospitalares. Os resultados demonstraram que os modelos conceituais de comportamento do consumidor organizacional ainda são válidos na atualidade e o uso de tecnologia da informação tem feito a tomada de decisão do centro de compras ser menos participativa e menos influenciável pelo relacionamento entre vendedores e compradores. O trabalho apontou a importância de adequações do papel da venda pessoal no composto de marketing de empresas fornecedoras a este centro de compras. / This thesis aimed to contribute to the literature of organizational buying behavior through a study of understanding the influence of the use of new information technologies in Brazilian hospitals buying centers. It was conducted a literature review on the area of organizational behavior of consumers and the buying centers from the earliest conceptual models proposed to research published today. The literature review enabled the development of five hypotheses were tested in the research. To achieve the objective the work was divided into two parts, one qualitative, by a case study with multiple analysis units and other quantitative by questionnaire sent to hospital buyers. The results showed that the conceptual models of organizational buying behavior are still valid today and the use of information technology has made the decision making of the buying centers being less participatory and less influenced by the relationship between sellers and buyers. The work shows the importance of adaptations in the role of personal selling in the marketing mix of suppliers to these buying centers.

<p>Background: Companies and organizations of today spend large amounts of money on IT-based business solutions. Such business solutions normally include business- consulting and software-creation (IT-related services). Due to the rapid development of the technology within this field of business the IT-customers find it difficult to select among potential suppliers on objective grounds. </p><p>Purpose: To increase the understanding for the professionl approach of the people involved in the sales- and purchase process of IT-related services in a business-to-business context. The study is taking the buyers'as well as the sellers'perspective into account when analyzing the process. Method: The empirical findings were collected from eight companies in Linköping and Stockholm. The method used was a qualitative interview survey. </p><p>Delimitation: The study treats business-to-business relationships. The study focuses on IT-services aimed at business development. The study do not include the influence of purely technical apects of IT-related services. </p><p>Conclusions: It appears to exist a"knowledge gap"between the IT-suppliers and the IT-customers concerning how to make use of the opportunities stemming from the newest IT-applications. The customers find it difficult to select among potential IT-suppliers on objective grounds. Trust in the supplier becomes very important. Trust can be achieved by means of personal contacts, the ability to speak the same language, reference projects and general knowledge about the customer's field of business.</p>

Background: Companies and organizations of today spend large amounts of money on IT-based business solutions. Such business solutions normally include business- consulting and software-creation (IT-related services). Due to the rapid development of the technology within this field of business the IT-customers find it difficult to select among potential suppliers on objective grounds. Purpose: To increase the understanding for the professionl approach of the people involved in the sales- and purchase process of IT-related services in a business-to-business context. The study is taking the buyers'as well as the sellers'perspective into account when analyzing the process. Method: The empirical findings were collected from eight companies in Linköping and Stockholm. The method used was a qualitative interview survey. Delimitation: The study treats business-to-business relationships. The study focuses on IT-services aimed at business development. The study do not include the influence of purely technical apects of IT-related services. Conclusions: It appears to exist a"knowledge gap"between the IT-suppliers and the IT-customers concerning how to make use of the opportunities stemming from the newest IT-applications. The customers find it difficult to select among potential IT-suppliers on objective grounds. Trust in the supplier becomes very important. Trust can be achieved by means of personal contacts, the ability to speak the same language, reference projects and general knowledge about the customer's field of business.

資訊服務產業的發展，攸關所有產業的轉型升級，是促進資訊化社會發展與國家競爭力的動能。在資訊技術不斷進步下，物聯網、巨量資料、智慧城市等概念興起，使得資訊產品與服務的需求越來越客製化，從過去的單一產品與服務，逐漸偏向提供整體的解決方案，而在面對交易金額龐大且需求複雜的B2B企業客戶時，就相當仰賴業務人員的知識與能力，透過與顧客溝通的過程，傳遞產品與服務內容的資訊。 本研究透過「策略行銷4C架構」與「銷售管理程序」，針對I資訊服務公司的銷售訪談案例進行分析，探討銷案案例成功的因素、瞭解資訊服務產品在銷售時所蘊含的各項交易成本，以及業務人員在經營新客戶與舊客戶時的異同。 研究結果指出，銷售成功的原因除了必須比客戶更瞭解他們的需求外，也要依照交易時的環境、條件與目標限制進行分析，才能掌握與發揮自身的競爭優勢。而從本研究結果中可發現，資訊服務產品在銷售時，主要應著重降低買方的資訊蒐集與道德危機成本，尤其是在面對新客戶，雙方尚未達到互信基礎下，買方會懷疑賣方是否有履行合約的能力，因此可透過成功案例的分享、合約的保證或是其他可降低道德風險成本的方式，來降低雙方的交易成本﹔而對於已有合作經驗的舊客戶，維持一定的售後服務水準與關係，增加買方的專屬陷入成本，雙方才能有更長期的合作。

Globally, cement industry is one of the most energy consuming industries. Moreover, production of emissions as dust, CO2, NOX, SO2 and heavy metals from manufacturing process is considered as environmentally harmful. However according to predictions of World Wildlife Found (WWF) and International Energy Agency (IEA) global cement demand is going to increase in next decades. For appropriate cement industry understanding data about production of harmful emissions were collected and cement production process was described in the thesis. The thesis mainly analyzed potential for Upper Austrian Company Kappa GmbH to install dedusting system on Czech or Slovak cement plants in next 2-3 years. Kappa´s dedusting systems are able to significantly reduced dust emissions exhaust from cement plants. However as for Company Kappa GmbH cement industry is a new industry branch in which company would like to operate in future, therefore certain objectives have be to overcome. The thesis found those objectives and gives recommendations for their solutions.