This diploma thesis investigates investment certificates for retail investors. The first chapter defines investment structured certificates. The second chapter is about availability of investment certificates for retail investors in the Czech Republic. The objectives of this chapter are a description of a present offer of securities dealers in the Czech Republic, a specification of decision criterions in choosing an online broker and a comparison of selected companies from a point of view of a client. Third chapter summarizes advantages and risks which are connected with investment certificates. The fourth chapter deals with a classification of structured products from various aspects and structures of investment certificates which are the most traded on the German exchange Scoach in Frankfurt. The aim is to provide an overview of each type of the investment certificate which contains description of specific parameters, structure and possible pay-off at maturity of investment certificate considering an underlying asset. The final part illustrates in practice one of more possible methods how to choose appropriate investment certificates. There is presented a process which is subsequently more described and applied on a demonstrative example of a hypothetical retail investor. The goal of the diploma thesis is comprehensively acquainted with investment certificates the reader, and shows one of the possible ways of picking appropriate investment certificates for an investor with a risk neutral profile.

The diploma thesis has three main targets. To describe and give reasons why the firm Hyundai Motor Company entered the European market. To describe how sale and business network of company HMMC functions. To verify the success of HMMC's marketing strategy. Constantly increasing demand for cars Hyundai was the primary reason, why company HMC built subsidiary in Nošovice in Czech Republic. The decision about establishment of subsidiary HMMC was made in 2005 and production was begun at the end of year 2008. The company HMMC doesn't create distributional politics but it is important and necessary part of distribution chain. The distributional politics is formed in Soul by parent company. Then it is gradually delegated to regional offices, distributors and dealers. Finally the success of HMMC's marketing strategy was verified via questionnaire survey. This research was realized among dealers in Moravian-Silesian region. It was found out, that Czech customers buy cars Hyundai more, because HMMC's marketing strategy supports Czech traditional symbols and attributes in its advertisement. However it was not confirmed, if Czech customers reacted positively or negatively to Czech national symbols in advertisement of firm Hyundai.

The thesis is focused on the suggestion of using suitable tools of marketing mix for the car dealer and service Alcor Motors, s.r.o. It specifies concepts needed for understanding this issue. It analyzes recent situation on the market and in the surrounding of an organization. It evaluates an actual condition of Alcor Motors and present usage of marketing tools. Suggestions are also analyzed from the financial point of view.

Este documento presenta una Propuesta de Sistema de Gestión de Inventarios basado en la metodología DPOK, utilizada por Toyota en las operaciones de sus concesionarios, para la reducción y control del Stock sin Movimiento, problema identificado en un concesionario de autos ubicado en la ciudad de Tarapoto, Perú. Se realiza un análisis de causas que identifica a la reposición empírica y falta de control como causa principal y se plantea tomar acción en cuatro campos: Planeamiento de Inventarios, Almacenamiento, Gestión de Pedidos Especiales y Medición y Seguimiento de los procesos, abarcando de esta forma los diferentes factores que influyen en el problema identificado. Para cada campo de acción se plantea un procedimiento, se fijan metas, se establecen indicadores clave y puntos de evaluación, tomando como guía la metodología DPOK y los estándares de la marca Toyota. Luego de nueves meses de implementado el sistema se observan resultados preliminares positivos en los indicadores de Stock sin Movimiento y Meses de Stock. / This document presents a Proposal for an Inventory Management System based on the DPOK methodology, used by Toyota in the operations of its dealerships, for the reduction and control of Stock without Movement, a problem identified in a car dealership located in the city of Tarapoto, Peru. An analysis of causes is carried out that identifies the empirical restocking and lack of control as the main cause and considers acting in four fields: Inventory Planning, Storage, Management of Special Orders and Measurement and Monitoring of processes, encompassing the different factors that influence the identified problem. For each field of action, a procedure is proposed, goals are set, key indicators and evaluation points are established, taking the DPOK methodology and the Toyota brand standards as a guide. After nine months having the system implemented, positive preliminary results are observed in the Stock without Movement and Stock Months indicators. / Trabajo de investigación

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:23:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Javier Lopes Puente.pdf: 3493226 bytes, checksum: 138e0296039fd07f0609077b956e1b5c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-14 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / The proposal of this research is an approaching of the architecture production for car dealers in Brazil, its main characteristics and their study based under the aspect of buildings with low environmental impact. To achieve this objective a study of architectural projects were done through survey of building and projects published in relevant and specialized publications in Brazil. The guide lines, drawings, area guides and other materials for construction by vehicles manufactures, were developed by them, for the construction of facilities to its distributors, and in parallel was made a research along the main systems of environmental impact assessment, international and national development, for environmental and certification of buildings. Concluding with a discussion of results and technical proposals for the low environmental impact: comfort (thermal and environmental), control (light and sunlight); care for the environment, energy consumption reduction; orientation, recycling and reuse, natural ventilation and urban integration. In Appendix 1 are presented in Tables prepared for the assessment of buildings, as part of the issues of certification and LEED-NC (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - New Constructions) and AQUA (Alta Qualidade Ambiental), used to see whether the decisions of project could collaborate in the environmental impact reduction and in which percentage.Vehicles dealers abroad information were provided in Appendix 2, which have adopted different design decisions that can help reducing environmental impact. A research time line was presented in Appendix 3, giving the cut time, linked to the deployment of automotive industry in Brazil, covering the period from January 1999 to December 2008. / O objetivo da pesquisa é abordar a produção da arquitetura para concessionários de automóveis, no Brasil, suas principais características e seu estudo sob o aspecto de edificações com baixo impacto ambiental. Para atingir o objetivo foi feito o estudo de projetos arquitetônicos por meio do levantamento em campo de instalações e de projetos publicados em veículos especializados e relevantes no Brasil. Foram estudados os manuais, desenhos, guias de áreas e outros materiais elaborados pelas montadoras, destinados a construção das instalações dos distribuidores, paralelamente pesquisaram-se os principais sistemas, internacionais e nacionais em desenvolvimento, para avaliação do impacto ambiental e certificação de edifícios. E, conclui-se com a discussão dos resultados e das propostas técnicas relativas ao baixo impacto ambiental: conforto (ambiental e térmico); controle (iluminação e insolação); cuidados com o meio ambiente; redução do consumo de energia; orientação; reciclagem e reuso; ventilação natural e inserção urbana. No Apêndice 1 são apresentadas as Tabelas para a avaliação das edificações, elaboradas a partir de parte dos quesitos das certificações LEED-NC (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - New Constructions) e AQUA (Alta Qualidade Ambiental), utilizadas para verificar até que ponto as decisões de projeto poderiam colaborar na redução do impacto ambiental e em que percentual. Apresentam-se informações de concessionários de veículos no exterior, no Apêndice 2, que adotaram decisões de projeto diferenciadas que podem contribuir para a redução do impacto ambiental. Durante a pesquisa construiu-se cronologicamente a linha do tempo, no Apêndice 3, justificando o recorte temporal, ligado à implantação da indústria automobilística no Brasil, abrangendo o período de janeiro de 1999 a dezembro de 2008.

<p>This thesis investigates the utilization of customer and dealer feedback within organizations. Only few companies seem to fully exploit the valuable information they receive on customer and dealer opinions and preferences. The purpose of this study is to examine how firms can ensure that feedback contributes to the development of improvements in the organization in order to become more customer-centric. Theoretical approaches to a company’s relationships with customers and dealers, the importance of internal and external customer satisfaction, the creation of knowledge and the role of the organization have been considered. Thereafter, the current processes of feedback utilization in the case company Volvo Construction Equipment Region International have been analyzed, the organization’s internal environment studied and the perspective of its dealers included. These steps have been taken in order to answer the main research question of this thesis, namely ‘How can the administrative functions of an MNC become more customer-centric by improving an existing customer and dealer feedback process?’ Several conditions have been identified in this study, which need to be in place in order for companies to benefit from customer and dealer feedback. Especially the development of adequate processes for feedback analysis, knowledge creation and action-taking, as well as an appropriate organizational culture, appear to be central in this context. The provided recommendations of this thesis regarding the involvement of employees, procedures in the process of feedback utilization, a framework for company-wide learning, and the role of the dealers shall help to understand how to make better use of feedback in future.</p>

The subject of this study is the policing of the drug problem during the period between the nationalization of the police force in 1965 and the introduction of imprisonment as a penalty for drug consumption in 1993. The influence of four key factors are discussed: legislation, organization, the conception of and the attention paid to the drug problem. Qualitative and quantitative data from police archives, the prosecutor general, parliamentary publications, a public TV newsroom and various statistics from other sources are combined. The analysis shows four important stages in the process towards a substantially increased drug control: By the end of the 1960s, all data indicate increased attention to the drug problem. The penal law on narcotics was passed in 1968. It laid the foundation for subsequent policing activities. The police was also given increased possibilities to use telephone-tapping to combat serious crimes. By the end of the 1970s, the creation of a special narcotics police organization at the medium level of police hierarchy institutionalized, emphasized and assigned manpower to combat serious crimes. Since the beginning of the 1980s new target groups have been added. The "street dealer" is a new direct target. With the strengthening of the preventive role of the police new indirect target groups emerged: the police also emphasized their work against recruitment of new drug users. The main objective of the new penal law on narcotics of 1968 was to help drug addicts recover and merge back in society again. Addiction was seen as a disease. Drug dealing by the addicts was reprehensible but not a priority matter to the police. Over time, this attitude changed and in 1989 the police saw distinct actions against street dealers as the most important element in the repressive policy.

This thesis investigates the utilization of customer and dealer feedback within organizations. Only few companies seem to fully exploit the valuable information they receive on customer and dealer opinions and preferences. The purpose of this study is to examine how firms can ensure that feedback contributes to the development of improvements in the organization in order to become more customer-centric. Theoretical approaches to a company’s relationships with customers and dealers, the importance of internal and external customer satisfaction, the creation of knowledge and the role of the organization have been considered. Thereafter, the current processes of feedback utilization in the case company Volvo Construction Equipment Region International have been analyzed, the organization’s internal environment studied and the perspective of its dealers included. These steps have been taken in order to answer the main research question of this thesis, namely ‘How can the administrative functions of an MNC become more customer-centric by improving an existing customer and dealer feedback process?’ Several conditions have been identified in this study, which need to be in place in order for companies to benefit from customer and dealer feedback. Especially the development of adequate processes for feedback analysis, knowledge creation and action-taking, as well as an appropriate organizational culture, appear to be central in this context. The provided recommendations of this thesis regarding the involvement of employees, procedures in the process of feedback utilization, a framework for company-wide learning, and the role of the dealers shall help to understand how to make better use of feedback in future.

Cette thèse ambitionne de définir le rôle de la marchande d’art Berthe Weill dans l’avènement de l’art moderne. À l’origine du baptême d’un nombre considérable d’artistes plus tard couronnés par le marché, son patrimoine demeure méconnu et en grande partie oublié. Occupant à la fois un statut de mécène et de découvreuse, de médiatrice et d’éditrice, elle initia à l’ouverture de son commerce en 1901 une impulsion vers la jeune peinture alors encore dépourvue de représentant. Pionnière féministe, elle usa des moyens de communication à sa disposition pour diffuser ses opinions, osant un usage véritablement politique de ses cimaises et de ses colonnes. Cette étude vise à mieux appréhender sa position dans la hiérarchie du marché de l’art moderne, en observant le contexte sociétal qui encouragea et brida ses initiatives. En quarante ans de carrière, cette femme issue d’une famille juive pauvre traversa les deux guerres mondiales, en s’imposant comme une personnalité incontournable de la vie culturelle parisienne. Sans fonds préexistant auquel se référer, des archives relatives à la Galerie B.Weill ont été entièrement reconstituées, permettant un premier bilan validant son rôle de pivot dans la carrière d’artistes majeurs de la première moitié du XXe siècle. A travers le truchement de ces archives sont soulevées des problématiques plus larges liées à la discipline de la recherche de provenance : sur les questions d’authentification, mais aussi sur les spoliations antisémites durant l’Occupation et la difficulté d’accès aux données marchandes malgré les mesures légales en place pour garantir la probité du patrimoine. / The ambition of this thesis is to define the role of the art merchant Bethe Weill, in the birth of modern art. Behind the discovery of a considerable number of artists who were later crowned with success by the market, her legacy remains misunderstood and mostly forgotten. In her multiple roles as sponsor and discoverer, mediator and editor, she initiated, with the opening of her gallery in 1901, a drive toward new painting, a movement until then bereft of a spokesperson. A feminist pioneer, she used all the means of communication at her disposal to disseminate her opinions, daring to make her gallery walls and columns a site for political statements. This study hopes to elucidate her position in the hierarchy of the modern art market, looking at the societal context which encouraged or restrained her initiatives. In a career spanning forty years, this woman from a poor Jewish family lived through two world wars and established herself as a major figure in Parisian cultural life. Without a pre-existent archival foundation to which one might refer, the archives relating to the B. Weill Gallery had to be entirely reconstructed, giving initial results which validate her pivotal role in the careers of major artists of the first half of the twentieth century. Through the intermediary of these archives larger issues are raised in connection to research on provenance: questions of authentication, but also on Anti-Semitic spoliations during the Occupation and the difficulty of access to market data in spite of the legal measures in place to guarantee patrimonial probity.

An investigation of the product life cycle concept as an instrument in marketing decision-making for selected small organisations in South Africa. The product life cycle concept is currently a dominant component of marketing theory. There is however much criticism on and doubt about the applicability of the product life cycle concept as a marketing decision-making instrument. No evidence exists of the efficacy of the product life cycle concept as an instrument to develop marketing strategy. The purpose of the study was to test the underlying theory of the product life cycle concept with the primary objective of establishing what the use and practical value of the product life cycle concept is in making marketing decisions in small manufacturing and dealer organisations. The main focus was to test the ability of marketing decision-makers in small manufacturing and dealer organisations to associate their application and use of the product life cycle concept with Kotler's assumptions on the identified marketing characteristics, described marketing objectives and proposed marketing strategies. A major finding was that small organisations tended to display a marketing knowledge level that was not in total unison with the existing marketing theory. Another important conclusion of the study was that the current product life cycle concept theory needs to be broadened to include strategies on the expanded marketing mix (people, processes and physical evidence). Apart from the different use and application by marketing decision-makers in small organisations in South Africa the product life cycle concept theory has potential as a strategic tool and a high likelihood for its future use as a marketing decision-making instrument. / Dissertation (DCom)--University of Pretoria, 2003. / Marketing Management / DCom / Unrestricted