Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2012-12-06Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:13:19Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 rocha_rf_me_bauru.pdf: 1201396 bytes, checksum: 0b8dc1811ba0e5e1cd3c4c5a893ca644 (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O contexto organizacional contemporâneo reflete as nuances da globalização e do avanço tecnológico, responsáveis pelo aumento da competitividade. Dessa forma, as empresas, que atuavam isoladamente, passam a enfrentar desafios em grupos relativos ao lançamento contínuo de produtos e serviços que atendem às exigências do mercado. Face ao cenário exposto, surge um novo modelo de cooperação, conhecido como redes de empresas, que podem ser arranjados interorganizacionais ou intraorganizacionais formados por atores que se relacionam com o intuito de melhorar a obtenção de vantagem competitiva diante da concorrência. As instituições de Ensino Superior (IES), públicas ou privadas, constituem-se como empresas cuja imcubência é preparar a mão de obra visando ao desenvolvimento do país. Por esta razão, o conceito de redes de empresas aplicado às IES é relevante nos âmbitos sociais e econômicos. O presente estudo propõe a aplicação de uma abordagem que permita avaliar a sustentabilidade das operações de uma IES, mediante a análise de critérios de desempenho referentes às dimensões sobre as quais se assenta a realidade operacional da instituição. Para alcançar os resultados almejados realizou-se um estudo de caso na Faculdade de Tecnologia de Garça, estado de São Paulo, por ser uma instituição pública que oferece ensino tecnológico. Ao definir o recorte a ser estudado, procedeu-se ao levantamento das principais atividades desenvolvidas pelos atores entrevistados, ao mapeamento do recorte dfa rede intraorganizacional, à avaliação da intensidade dos relacionamentos entre os atores e à análise das principais atividades por eles desenvolvidas com os critérios de desempenho estabelecidos pela instituição. O estudo apresentou indícios de que as operações desenvolvidas pelos atores estão... / The contemporary organizational context reflects the nuances of globalization and technological advance, responsible for the increase in competitiveness. In this way, companiese which operated separately began to face challenges in groups for the launching continuously of products and services that meet market requirements. In this scenario, it comes out a new cooperation model, known as corporate networks, that is, inter-organizational or intra-organizational arrangements that are formed by actors whose relationship aims at improving the achievement of competitive advantage before the competition. Higher education institutions (HEI), public ot private, establish themselves as entreprises whose task is to prepare a manpower for the development of the country. For this reason, the concept of corporate networks applied to HEI is relevant in social and economic spheres. The present study proposes the application of an approach that allows the assessment of the sustainability or the operation of an HEI, through the analysis of performance criteria concerning the dimensions upon with the operational reality of the institution rests. To achieve the desired results a case study was carried out at the Faculdade de Tecnologia de Garça, São Paulo State, for being a public institution that offers technological education. To set the bounds of the study, the main activities developed by the interviewed actors were raised, as well as the mapping of the clipping of the intra-organizational network, the assessment of the intensity of the actors' relatinships, and the analysis of the main activities undertaken by them according to the performance criteria established by the institution. The study presented evidences that the operations carried out by actors are linked to the performance criteria established by the Unit in order to reach... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013-01-28Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:15:04Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 rufo_cr_me_bauru.pdf: 1756491 bytes, checksum: 598fce113bed6b914d866bb1aadac599 (MD5) / Este estudo propõe uma abordagem metodológica para analisar como os fatores posicionais (esetrutural e relacional) de uma rede de fornecimento podem afetar a flexibilidade de uma empresa calçadista infantil. A abordagem foi aplicada em uma rede delimitada e mapeada a partir de uma empresa focal (hub) e outros seis atores identificados como principais no fornecimento de materiais/serviços diretos. O método de pesquisa utilizado foi principalmente qualitativo e a técnica empregada foram as etapas formais de estudo de caso para garantir a validade do estudo. A abordagem proposta e sua aplicação permitiu concluir que: a empresa focal (hub) é de fato considerada um ator central e por isso tem prioridade no atendimento de sua estratégia de flexibilidade; a estrutura geral da rede é estável, marcada em sua maior parte por relacionamentos de longo prazo, o que tem beneficiado o alinhamento estratégico; a rede é grande e difusa, o que contribui para a propagação de informações e propicia o ambiente ideal para inovações e novos negócios, porém, seu núcleo é denso e coeso, o que confere maior integração entre seus principais elos, favorecendo o fluxo de informações e recursos que são essenciais para o atendimento da demanda flutuante, solicitações de alterações de entregas, típicas do setor, e desenvolvimentos constantes. Observou-se ainda que o limite da rede são os fornecedores do primeiro nível, e que parece existir pouca disposição dos atores dos demais níveis no alinhamento estratégico com o setor. Na pesquisa de campo também foi possível entender que existe alinhamento dos fornecedores para o atendimento da estratégia de flexibilidade adotado pela empresa, considerando-se assim que todos os objetivos propostos no estudo foram atendidos / This study proposes an approach to analyze how positional (structural and relacional) in a supply chain can affect the flexibility of an infant footwear company. The approach was applied to a network defined and mapped from a company (hub) and six others identified as major actors in the supply of materials /services direct. The research method used was primarily qualitative and technique were the formal steps of a case study to ensure the validity of the study. The proposed approach and its application to the conclusion that: a focal company (hub) is in fact considered a key player and so has priority in meeting is strategy of flexibility, the overall structure of the network is stable, marked mostly by long-term relationships, which has benefited the strategic alignment, the network is large and diffuse, which contributes to the spread of information and provides the ideal environment for innovations and new business, but its core is dense and cohesive, which gives greater integration between its main chain, promoting the flow of information and resources that are essential to meet the fluctuating demand, change requests delivery, typical of the industry, and constant development. It was also observed that the limit of network providers are the first level, and there seems to be little willingness of the actors of the other levels in alignment with the strategic sector. In the field research was also possible to understand that there is alignment of suppliers to meet the flexibility strategy adopted by the company, considering how all proposed objectives in the study were met

Orientador: José Paulo Alves Fusco / Banca: Fernando Bernardi de Souza / Banca: Andreia Marize Rodrigues / Resumo: Este estudo propõe uma abordagem metodológica para analisar como os fatores posicionais (esetrutural e relacional) de uma rede de fornecimento podem afetar a flexibilidade de uma empresa calçadista infantil. A abordagem foi aplicada em uma rede delimitada e mapeada a partir de uma empresa focal (hub) e outros seis atores identificados como principais no fornecimento de materiais/serviços diretos. O método de pesquisa utilizado foi principalmente qualitativo e a técnica empregada foram as etapas formais de estudo de caso para garantir a validade do estudo. A abordagem proposta e sua aplicação permitiu concluir que: a empresa focal (hub) é de fato considerada um ator central e por isso tem prioridade no atendimento de sua estratégia de flexibilidade; a estrutura geral da rede é estável, marcada em sua maior parte por relacionamentos de longo prazo, o que tem beneficiado o alinhamento estratégico; a rede é grande e difusa, o que contribui para a propagação de informações e propicia o ambiente ideal para inovações e novos negócios, porém, seu núcleo é denso e coeso, o que confere maior integração entre seus principais elos, favorecendo o fluxo de informações e recursos que são essenciais para o atendimento da demanda flutuante, solicitações de alterações de entregas, típicas do setor, e desenvolvimentos constantes. Observou-se ainda que o limite da rede são os fornecedores do primeiro nível, e que parece existir pouca disposição dos atores dos demais níveis no alinhamento estratégico com o setor. Na pesquisa de campo também foi possível entender que existe alinhamento dos fornecedores para o atendimento da estratégia de flexibilidade adotado pela empresa, considerando-se assim que todos os objetivos propostos no estudo foram atendidos / Abstract: This study proposes an approach to analyze how positional (structural and relacional) in a supply chain can affect the flexibility of an infant footwear company. The approach was applied to a network defined and mapped from a company (hub) and six others identified as major actors in the supply of materials /services direct. The research method used was primarily qualitative and technique were the formal steps of a case study to ensure the validity of the study. The proposed approach and its application to the conclusion that: a focal company (hub) is in fact considered a key player and so has priority in meeting is strategy of flexibility, the overall structure of the network is stable, marked mostly by long-term relationships, which has benefited the strategic alignment, the network is large and diffuse, which contributes to the spread of information and provides the ideal environment for innovations and new business, but its core is dense and cohesive, which gives greater integration between its main chain, promoting the flow of information and resources that are essential to meet the fluctuating demand, change requests delivery, typical of the industry, and constant development. It was also observed that the limit of network providers are the first level, and there seems to be little willingness of the actors of the other levels in alignment with the strategic sector. In the field research was also possible to understand that there is alignment of suppliers to meet the flexibility strategy adopted by the company, considering how all proposed objectives in the study were met / Mestre

Orientador: Célio Hiratuka / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Economia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-23T03:20:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rocha_MarcoAntonioMartinsda_D.pdf: 4855685 bytes, checksum: 83f097671948a27633961cec6d0f7204 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2013 / Resumo: Através do estudo dos 20 maiores grupos econômicos ligados à atividade industrial no Brasil, o trabalho procura analisar a trajetória recente de recomposição do "grande capital brasileiro", isto é, as mudanças na estrutura de propriedade que compõem os maiores grupos econômicos nacionais após 1994. A análise é realizadas a partir dos relatórios contábeis e administrativos das holdings centrais dos grandes grupos econômicos e de bases de dados sobre estrutura acionária, indicadores financeiros e investimento externo direto. A interpretação baseia-se no conceito de capital financeiro, ao qual se propõem uma interpretação própria ao caso brasileiro. Neste sentido, a evolução dos grupos econômicos no Brasil é compreendida como um movimento de inserção internacional periférica do grande capital brasileiro, em um sistema capitalista no qual as transformações recentes reforçaram os aspectos de financeirização do sistema em seu conjunto. Apoiado no conceito de semiperiferia, o estudo realizado das transformações nos grupos econômicos brasileiros apresenta uma perspectiva sobre a evolução das formas concretas de consolidação de uma posição diferenciada em relação à periferia do sistema capitalista por parte da economia brasileira, através do suporte de mecanismos institucionais criados ao longo da industrialização / Abstract: The present work is an interpretation of the restructuring process of Brazilian big business in the most recent period. Through the analysis of 20 main Brazilian Economic Groups, their ownership structure and accounting indicators, the analysis aiming to describe the reorganization of the links between state-owned business, union pension funds and economic groups in Brazil since the privatization process in the nineties. The work proposes for that an interpretation of the concept of Financial Capital, which was put forth by Rudolph Hilferding. In this sense, the evolution of Brazilian main economic groups is understood as a specific path followed by some peripheral economic groups which increased their spaces of accumulation during the recently process of financialisation of the capitalist system. By using the concepts of Financial Capital and Semiperiphery, the analysis of transformation in Brazilian big business is presented as an attempt to improve the knowledge about how part of periphery of capitalist system was transformed and differentiated themselves from the rest. The interpretation proposes that the constitution of specific financial mechanisms during the industrialization process is a fundamental issue to understand different paths of financialisation in periphery of the capitalist system / Doutorado / Teoria Economica / Doutor em Ciências Econômicas

Thesis (doctoral)--Uppsala University, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-153).

Thesis (doctoral)--Uppsala University, 1990. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-153).

The postwar transformation of the international environment has caused economic issues to become a main source of contention among industrial states. The trade imbalance between Japan and its trading partners became a major source of conflict. Reciprocity of access and opening the market of Japan became the main point of debate and the major issue affecting relations between Japan and the United States. While the distinction between the domain of domestic and international politics increasingly is blurred, different domestic political economies create bilateral political and economic conflict. The structure and politics of intercorporate groups or vertical keiretsu are a major feature of Japan's industrial structure and political economy. This case study examines how vertical keiretsu in the automobile and home electric appliance industries affect the Japanese political economy and international trade. A political economy approach focuses on the political context of economic phenomena by analyzing both political and economic variables. Case studies of keiretsu were used in order to gain an understanding of Japan's political economy. A number of propositions or assumptions about the political economy and the dynamics of keiretsu were examined in these studies. It was found that vertical keiretsu influences the industrial sector, trade, and foreign policies in Japan. Japan's industrial policies cannot fully be understood without taking keiretsu into consideration. Scholars have not yet fully considered vertical keiretsu as major actors in the Japanese political process. Their political influence on industrial policies has largely been overlooked. Vertical keiretsu in the automobile and home electric appliance industries were found in the case studies to have been shaping industrial policies since the early post war years. Findings about the nature of Japan's political economy help to explain the conflictive bilateral relationships between Japan and the United States. The findings also show that understanding political economies of nations is increasingly important as the world economy grows and greater trade interaction is imminent.

The purpose of this study is to examine the work life balance negotiations of three distinct culture groups employed by South Korean conglomerates located within the southeastern United States. These three cultural groups are: Korean nationals, Korean Americans, and non-Korean Americans. It is proposed that each culture will negotiate work life balances in their own manner based upon their specific inherent cultural understandings. This study is a cross-cultural examination through thirty-two open-ended interviews of employees working for large multinational Korean companies with facilities in the southern United States. Korean nationals, Korean Americans, and Americans implement different work-life balance negotiation tactics in the workplace based upon each one’s cultural association. While all three cultural groups experience difficulty in obtaining a work-life balance working for a Korean company, the Korean Americans seem to suffer the most.

Many studies on Korean economic development exist, but few scholarly works specifically address the relationship between the state and big business groups called the chaebol. The state-chaebol relationship is an important aspect of Korean economic development, but conventional analyses fail to capture the subtleties of the dynamic and tend to moralize rather than elucidate. This study argues that predominantly negative perceptions of close government-business relations tend to obscure the significant positive effects of close co-ordination and collaboration between the state and private capital. It is not the closeness per se that matters as much as the nature and dynamic of the relationship. Moreover, a more careful look at the state-chaebol nexus reveals a relationship in flux, in contrast to the rather static image provided in the media. Assuming that close government-business collaboration poses serious challenges to the economy, effective prescriptions must then be based on accurate diagnoses. Failing to understand the complexities of the state-business nexus prevents one from accurately diagnosing the roots of the current economic problems currently facing Korea. This thesis examines the political factors that influenced state-chaebol relations in South Korea. The causes and the importance of those factors are analyzed in terms of particular economic strategies adopted by the government, aspects of domestic politics, the economic and political influence of the chaebol and the international environment.

Many studies on Korean economic development exist, but few scholarly works specifically address the relationship between the state and big business groups called the chaebol. The state-chaebol relationship is an important aspect of Korean economic development, but conventional analyses fail to capture the subtleties of the dynamic and tend to moralize rather than elucidate. This study argues that predominantly negative perceptions of close government-business relations tend to obscure the significant positive effects of close co-ordination and collaboration between the state and private capital. It is not the closeness per se that matters as much as the nature and dynamic of the relationship. Moreover, a more careful look at the state-chaebol nexus reveals a relationship in flux, in contrast to the rather static image provided in the media. Assuming that close government-business collaboration poses serious challenges to the economy, effective prescriptions must then be based on accurate diagnoses. Failing to understand the complexities of the state-business nexus prevents one from accurately diagnosing the roots of the current economic problems currently facing Korea. This thesis examines the political factors that influenced state-chaebol relations in South Korea. The causes and the importance of those factors are analyzed in terms of particular economic strategies adopted by the government, aspects of domestic politics, the economic and political influence of the chaebol and the international environment. / Arts, Faculty of / Political Science, Department of / Graduate