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Competitive-Consecutive and Competitive-Parallel reactions are both mixing sensitive reactions; the yield of desired product from these reactions depends on how fast the reactants are brought together. Recent experimental results have suggested that the mixing effect may depend strongly on the stoichiometry of the reactions. To investigate this, a 1-D, non-dimensional, reaction-diffusion model at the micro-mixing scale has been developed. Assuming constant mass concentration and diffusivities, systems of PDEs have been derived on a mass fraction basis for both types of reactions. A single general Damkhler number and specific dimensionless reaction rate ratios were derived for both reaction schemes. The resulting dimensionless equations were simulated to investigate the effects of mixing, reaction rate ratio and stoichiometry of the reactions. It was found that decreasing the striation thickness and the dimensionless rate ratio maximizes yield for both types of reactions and that the stoichiometry has a considerable effect on yield. All three variables were found to interact strongly. Phase plots showing the interactions between the three variables were developed.

The thesis investigates possible measures that should increase competitiveness. The company offers services in the field of sales of electronics, house hold items and drugstore goods. At the begining the company is presented, together with it's history, subject of trade as well as bussiness location. Furthermore I analyze the bussiness according to inner and outer environment. Measures leading to competitiveness increase are proposed based on the results of this analysis.

Com base em estudos teóricos e ilustrado com análises que representam a prática, este trabalho visa a contribuir para a discussão a respeito da importância da estratégia para o desenvolvimento das empresas, em especial as de médio porte. Apontando as diferenças e aplicações das várias correntes existentes sobre o assunto, busca identificar as dificuldades enfrentadas pelas empresas na sua implementação. Este tema vem sendo abordado com base, principalmente, em duas correntes. A primeira, baseada na noção de equilíbrio de mercado, onde se destacam a Teoria de Posicionamento Estratégico e a Teoria Baseada nos Recursos. A segunda corrente é associada a uma visão dinâmica de mercado, onde se destacam a Teoria de Processos de Mercado e a Teoria das Capacidades Dinâmicas, na qual inclui-se a Teoria da Competição Baseada em Competência (RUAS; ANTONELLO; BOFF, 2005). A Teoria de Posicionamento Estratégico ganhou força na década de 70, com o trabalho de Porter, e coloca as decisões estratégicas de forma dependente de fatores exógenos, onde os diferenciais competitivos das empresas estão vinculados à sua capacidade de adaptação aos setores onde estão inseridas. A Teoria Baseada em Recursos nasceu a partir das ideias de Penrose (1959) e foi desenvolvida por Barney e Hesterly (1991) e atribuía as vantagens competitivas das empresas aos seus recursos e sua capacidade de utilizá-los de forma ótima. A Teoria da Competição Baseada em Competência aborda as capacidades das organizações para sustentar alocações coordenadas de recursos a fim de atingir os seus objetivos. Esta Teoria nasceu a partir do trabalho de Prahalad e Hamel (1995), que criaram o conceito de Core Competence. Tomando como base teórica a Teoria de Posicionamento Estratégico e a Teoria Baseada em Recursos, restringindo a análise sobre competências à premissa de que a capacidade de utilização ótima de recursos pode ser identificada como tal, foi possível, a partir da análise dos relatos resultantes das reuniões com gestores de 4 empresas de médio porte com atuação em segmentos diferentes, concluir que, apesar das diferenças conceituais, não há evidências de que alguma das abordagens seja totalmente inválida ou negada pelas demais. Suas influências nas estratégias corporativas são de ordens distintas e o grande desafio de obter resultados superiores demanda profundo conhecimento e, principalmente, análise de como a empresa está trabalhando cada uma das dimensões apresentadas. / Based on theoretical studies and illustrated with case studies, this study aims at contributing to the discussion about the importance of the strategy for companies' development, especially medium-sized companies. Pointing out the differences and applications of various existing tendencies on the subject, and the difficulties faced by companies in their implementation. This theme has been approached mainly on the basis of two tendencies. The first, based on the notion of market equilibrium, where we highlight the Strategic Positioning Theory and the Resource-Based Theory. The second tendency is associated with a dynamic view of the market, where we highlight the Market Process Theory and the Dynamic Capabilities Theory, which includes the Theory of Competence-Based Competition (RUAS; ANTONELLO; BOFF, 2005). The Strategic Positioning Theory gained momentum in the 70s, with the works of Porter, and puts the strategic decisions dependent on exogenous factors, where the competitive advantages of companies are linked to its ability to adapt to the sectors where they are inserted. The Resource-Based Theory sprang from the ideas of Penrose (1959) and was developed by Barney and Hesterly (1991) and attributed the competitive advantages of companies to their resources and their ability to use them optimally. The Theory of Competence-Based Competition addresses the capacity of organizations to support coordinated allocation of resources to achieve their goals. This theory rose from the works of Prahalad and Hamel (1995), who created the concept of Core Competence. Taking into account the Strategic Positioning Theory and the Resource-Based Theory as the theoretical basis, restricting the analysis on competences to the premise that the ability to optimal use of resources can be identified as such, it was possible, from the analysis of reports arising from meetings with managers from 3 midsize companies with operations in different segments, it was concluded that, despite the conceptual differences, there is no evidence that any of the approaches is totally invalid or denied by other. Their influence on corporate strategies are of different orders and the great challenge of obtaining superior results demand a deep understanding and, especially, an analysis of how the company is working each of the shown dimensions.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-05-14Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:54:28Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 bilibio_dg_me_bauru.pdf: 969240 bytes, checksum: 4ea0b1dd12852dcfdc98f05c5c45c836 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O ambiente competitivo e de mudanças dinâmicas ao qual as empresas brasileiras estão inseridas exige que estas adotem estratégias, para que suas ações sejam previstas e, sua estrutura seja adequada para o ambiente que se deseja atuar. A indústria de confecção, além deste ambiente competitivo, possui a particularidade de ser, em parte de sua cadeia, envolvida com grande diversidade e mudança de seus produtos, implicando diretamente em seus processos de produção, o que acentua ainda mais a necessidade de alinhamento das estratégia de produção. O presente trabalho objetivo analisar o alimento das estratégias competitivas e de produção em empresas produtoras de confecção, pertencentes ao Arranjo Produtivo Local Moda Sudoeste (APLMS). Como objetivo secundário, busca-se examinar o alinhamento entre a estratégia de produção a partir de suas prioridades de produção, e as áreas de decisões estruturais e infra-estruturais do processo produtivo que suportam estas prioridades competitivas. Desenvolveu-se um estudo de caso descritivo a partir de uma pesquisa de campo com seis empresas. Os resultados desta pesquisa revelaram que as empresas são em sua maioria de pequeno porte, e atuam em duas estratégias competitivas. As produtoras de calças em modinha jeans possuem a estratégia competitiva de diferenciação, e as produtoras de calça social possuem a estratégia competitiva de menor custo. As prioridades de produção encontradas entre as empresas com estratégia competitiva de diferenciação são principalmente a qualidade e a flexibilidade, e das empresas com estratégia competitiva de menor custo são qualidade e custo. Observe-se ainda, a identificação da falta de alinhamento prático entre a estratégia competitiva e de produção das empresas pesquisadas, sobretudo pela grande oportunidade de implementação de técnicas e práticas que desdobrem as prioridades de... / The competitive and dynamic changes to which Brazilian comapanies are included demands tahth they about strategies so that their actions are planned, and it structure is suitable for the environment you want to act. The clothing industry, in addition to this competitive environment, has the distinction of being in part of their supply chain involved with diversity and change their products, resulting directly in changing their production processes, which further accentuates the need alignment of strategies and competitive production strategy. This paper aims to analyze the aligment of competitive strategies and production companies producing clothing, belonging to the Arranjo Produtivo Local Moda Sudoeste (APLMS). As secondary objective, we seek to examine the alignment between manufacturing strategy through its production priorities and areas of structural decisions and infrastructure of the production process that support these competing priorities. We developed a descriptive case study through a filed with six companies. The results of this survey revealed that companies are mostly small, and act in two competitive strategies. The producers of pants fad jeans have the competitive strategy of differentiation, and the social production of pants have the competitive strategy of lowest cost. The priorities of mainly the quality and flexibility, and business and competitive strategy are the lowest cost quality and cost. Data were also obtained, to identify the practical lack of alignment between competitive strategy and manufacturing companies surveyed, especially the great opportunity to implement techniques and practices that deploy competitive priorities of those companies in structural decisions and infrastructure that are active and competitive strategy aligned to them

Com base em estudos teóricos e ilustrado com análises que representam a prática, este trabalho visa a contribuir para a discussão a respeito da importância da estratégia para o desenvolvimento das empresas, em especial as de médio porte. Apontando as diferenças e aplicações das várias correntes existentes sobre o assunto, busca identificar as dificuldades enfrentadas pelas empresas na sua implementação. Este tema vem sendo abordado com base, principalmente, em duas correntes. A primeira, baseada na noção de equilíbrio de mercado, onde se destacam a Teoria de Posicionamento Estratégico e a Teoria Baseada nos Recursos. A segunda corrente é associada a uma visão dinâmica de mercado, onde se destacam a Teoria de Processos de Mercado e a Teoria das Capacidades Dinâmicas, na qual inclui-se a Teoria da Competição Baseada em Competência (RUAS; ANTONELLO; BOFF, 2005). A Teoria de Posicionamento Estratégico ganhou força na década de 70, com o trabalho de Porter, e coloca as decisões estratégicas de forma dependente de fatores exógenos, onde os diferenciais competitivos das empresas estão vinculados à sua capacidade de adaptação aos setores onde estão inseridas. A Teoria Baseada em Recursos nasceu a partir das ideias de Penrose (1959) e foi desenvolvida por Barney e Hesterly (1991) e atribuía as vantagens competitivas das empresas aos seus recursos e sua capacidade de utilizá-los de forma ótima. A Teoria da Competição Baseada em Competência aborda as capacidades das organizações para sustentar alocações coordenadas de recursos a fim de atingir os seus objetivos. Esta Teoria nasceu a partir do trabalho de Prahalad e Hamel (1995), que criaram o conceito de Core Competence. Tomando como base teórica a Teoria de Posicionamento Estratégico e a Teoria Baseada em Recursos, restringindo a análise sobre competências à premissa de que a capacidade de utilização ótima de recursos pode ser identificada como tal, foi possível, a partir da análise dos relatos resultantes das reuniões com gestores de 4 empresas de médio porte com atuação em segmentos diferentes, concluir que, apesar das diferenças conceituais, não há evidências de que alguma das abordagens seja totalmente inválida ou negada pelas demais. Suas influências nas estratégias corporativas são de ordens distintas e o grande desafio de obter resultados superiores demanda profundo conhecimento e, principalmente, análise de como a empresa está trabalhando cada uma das dimensões apresentadas. / Based on theoretical studies and illustrated with case studies, this study aims at contributing to the discussion about the importance of the strategy for companies' development, especially medium-sized companies. Pointing out the differences and applications of various existing tendencies on the subject, and the difficulties faced by companies in their implementation. This theme has been approached mainly on the basis of two tendencies. The first, based on the notion of market equilibrium, where we highlight the Strategic Positioning Theory and the Resource-Based Theory. The second tendency is associated with a dynamic view of the market, where we highlight the Market Process Theory and the Dynamic Capabilities Theory, which includes the Theory of Competence-Based Competition (RUAS; ANTONELLO; BOFF, 2005). The Strategic Positioning Theory gained momentum in the 70s, with the works of Porter, and puts the strategic decisions dependent on exogenous factors, where the competitive advantages of companies are linked to its ability to adapt to the sectors where they are inserted. The Resource-Based Theory sprang from the ideas of Penrose (1959) and was developed by Barney and Hesterly (1991) and attributed the competitive advantages of companies to their resources and their ability to use them optimally. The Theory of Competence-Based Competition addresses the capacity of organizations to support coordinated allocation of resources to achieve their goals. This theory rose from the works of Prahalad and Hamel (1995), who created the concept of Core Competence. Taking into account the Strategic Positioning Theory and the Resource-Based Theory as the theoretical basis, restricting the analysis on competences to the premise that the ability to optimal use of resources can be identified as such, it was possible, from the analysis of reports arising from meetings with managers from 3 midsize companies with operations in different segments, it was concluded that, despite the conceptual differences, there is no evidence that any of the approaches is totally invalid or denied by other. Their influence on corporate strategies are of different orders and the great challenge of obtaining superior results demand a deep understanding and, especially, an analysis of how the company is working each of the shown dimensions.

The hotel industry in Stockholm is characterized by intense competition, and within the next couple of years the construction of a number new hotels is planed. As the number of hotels in Stockholm increase, the competition will increase and the importance of having well functioning strategies will become vital. The purpose of this essay is to examine how two hotels within the hotel industry in Stockholm experience and handle the competition. The two hotels that are included in the study are Clarion Hotel Stockholm and Scandic Continental. The essay derives from models and theories that are related to marketing and competition. Our study shows that the perception of competition varies, in addition to the fact that choice of competitive strategies varies dependent on the hotel’s concept. The hotel industry in Stockholm is divided into different areas, depending on which area hotels choose to serve the competitive environment will differ. A hotel with a specific niche will limit its competitors to a narrow number that operate within the same niche. The results of our study show evidence that the competition in the hotel industry in Stockholm is divided, and that this divisional competition will continue to increase as the industry develops. The building of new hotels in the next couple of years will aid the progress of a possible collaboration between the hotels in Stockholm in the future, and thus attract larger meetings and events. / Hotellbranschen i Stockholm kommun präglas av intensiva konkurrensförhållanden, och inom de nästkommande två åren planeras tio nya hotellbyggen i Stockholm kommun. I takt med att nyetableringarna ökar intensifieras konkurrensen mellan aktörerna och det blir allt viktigare att för aktörerna att hitta passande strategier för att hantera den rådande konkurrensen. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur två aktörer inom hotellbranschen i Stockholm kommun uppfattar och hanterar konkurrensen. De aktörer som ingår i undersökningen är Clarion Hotel Stockholm samt Scandic Continental. De teorier och modeller som uppsatsen har utgått ifrån är relaterade till marknadsföring och konkurrens. Vår studie visar att uppfattningen om konkurrens, samt valet av strategier, skiljer sig åt beroende på vilken inriktning hotellen väljer. Hotellbranschen i Stockholm kommun är indelad i olika inriktningar och beroende på vilken inriktning man som aktör väljer att betjäna möts man av skilda konkurrensförhållanden. Ett hotell som väljer en specifik inriktning begränsar sina konkurrenter till ett få antal som är verksamma inom samma område. Resultaten visar tydliga tecken på en splittrad konkurrens inom Stockholm kommun samt att denna splittring troligtvis kommer att fortsätta öka i takt med utvecklingen av branschen. De nyetableringar som kommer att ske de nästkommande åren kommer att underlätta för ett möjligt samarbete mellan hotellen i Stockholm kommun för att locka till sig olika möten, kongresser och evenemang.

Garnea a.s. has experienced several significant changes during the last year. Change in the primary market and main part of the product portfolio are the two major ones. Moreover, the company recently experienced a decline in the revenues and profits as well. Therefore, the main goal of this thesis was to define a completely new strategy which would reflect all the current changes and effectively fight the problems the company suffers from. For this purpose, the thesis provides the reader with company analysis. The characteristics of the market and main customers groups are defined in the industry analysis. Competitor analysis summarizes main competitors on the local as well as national level, points out their main strengths, weaknesses and highlights the strategic goals they are likely to pursue. Based on this information the competitive strategy of the company is crafted in respect to its current and future resources and capabilities. The strategy aims at achieving a better competitive position in the market.

Howden ČKD Compressors s.r.o. is a mechanical engineering company, which manufactures modern high-tech products, particularly industrial compressors, medium and large capacity electric motors and generators. The company provides its customers with complex technical services and supplies spare parts for different types of industrial equipment. The profound experience in manufacturing and business, technological basis, experienced design department and the existence of highly qualified staff help firm to satisfy client's highest requirements. The main objective of this thesis is analysis of present business activities and creating concept of competitive strategy for Russian Federation.

This thesis serves as Competitive Intelligence in social networks study for 1.A&B a.s. marketing and advertising company. Thesis is devided ito four parts. First part introduces social network as today's phenomenon, presenting it's definiton, basic characteristics and short introduction to Czech and foreign social networks history. It also compares developement trends and user numbers. Second part is focused on defining the competitive environment of 1.A&B company, identifying its competitors on social networks, presenting their basic information. Social networks chosen for competitive intelligence work are selected using Czech internet popullation impact index. Third part is focused on gathering and then analysing introduced competitors' profiles on social networks using automated tools such as Facebook Graph API or commercial one - Social Bakers online tools. In final part, all gathered and analyzed data are evaluated and reccomendations for 1.A&B company are given.