Thesis (Master's Degree in Technology: Entrepreneurship), Durban Institute of Technology, 2003. / Over the last decade computer technology has impacted tremendously on the survival and productivity of organisations. In today's technologically advanced business environment, much emphasis is being placed on obtaining a competitive advantage through the use of computers - a commodity that has become available to almost everyone in an organisation. Increasing global competition and pressing social needs have impacted with such vigo~ that even tertiary institutions are now facing major financial constraints, thus forcing them to investigate alternative sources of income to maintain sustainability. Through the use of computer technology - searching, retrieving, sorting, producing and organising data efficiently and accurately - the belief is that many departments at the M L Sultan Campus of the Durban Institute of Technology can be converted into income-generating units that can be self-sustaining. There are many departments at the M L Sultan Campus with the relevant infrastructure and person-power to establish business units. These departments vary in the services that they provide, thus relevant information systems need to be aligned to future business units within these departments. This study focuses on a) investigating the impact of information technology and its systems on businesses; b) ensuring that information technology and its systems is looked at a~ a cost effective resource for maintaining a competitive edge and promoting business value. The interaction of business processes, people and technology will ensure successful planning and implementation of strategies within the potential business units; and c) recommending to selected departments the expected fmdings whereby they could choose to adopt these recommendations to transform themselves into business units in order to maintain a competitive edge for financial sustainability. / M

Most research studies of women in the college and university advancement profession measure the number of women in advancement positions, report their corresponding salaries and reflect on the differences between male and female employees in the same position. Little research explores how women achieve high ranking advancement positions and very few provide an analysis of the characteristics, influences and careers of successful female advancement professionals. This dissertation describes the life and work of Virginia Carter Smith, founding editor of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's award winning publication CURRENTS. The career and contributions of Virginia Carter Smith are relevant and helpful to advancement professionals in colleges, universities and K-12 institutions. This study explores Smith's formative years as a child, describes her educational and extra-curricular preparation and identifies individuals who influenced her life and provided direction for her future. It also examines Smith's role in the formation and direction of CASE and CURRENTS. Smith successfully launched CURRENTS in 1975 when few women held senior-level positions in advancement-related fields. With Smith's contributions, CASE became the dominate professional organization for advancement professionals working in educational institutions, and CURRENTS continues to be an exemplary professional development periodical for individuals working in advancement. This study also examines how Smith promoted qualified individuals, particularly women, to senior-level positions in colleges and university advancement offices. Hundreds of women and men in the profession claim that Smith's served as a role model or mentor to them. Smith contributed to the increase of women in advancement offices nationally over the last twenty years. Her high standards for herself and for other development officers helped professionalize the field for everyone.

O presente estudo examina, sob o enfoque do Direito Brasileiro, a captação de recursos por empresas viáveis em crise, durante o processo de recuperação judicial, por meio do mercado de capitais, especificamente com a cessão de direitos creditórios a Fundos de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios. Em alguns casos, os FIDCs podem consistir em uma alternativa constante de captação de recursos, a custos consideravelmente menores que os praticados por instituições financeiras. Todavia, muitos cuidados e precauções devem ser tomados nas cessões de créditos a FIDCs, a fim de garantir segurança e transparência aos investidores e aos credores das empresas em recuperação. / This research examines, from the Brazilian Law focus, the fund-raising for viable Companies in crisis, during the judiciary reorganization procedure, through the capital markets, specifically with the assignment of receivables to Receivables Funds. In some cases, these investment funds may consist of an usual-recurrent alternative, with considerably lower costs than those charged by financial institutions. However, many precautions should be taken in the FIDCs credit assignments in order to ensure safety and transparency to investors and companies creditors.

The purpose of this exploratory, mixed method study was to examine factors in students‟ university experiences that affected their future alumni engagement with their university. A web-based survey instrument was administered to 1,139 University of Lethbridge bachelor‟s degree holders who graduated during the University‟s first 40 years (1967 to 2007). Results indicate that the foundation for alumni engagement is set early in the student experience and is particularly affected by the nature of the relationships the student has with the institution. Alumni who were engaged as students were more likely to become engaged alumni through volunteer or donor activity. The higher alumni rated their satisfaction with factors present in their student experience and alumni relationship, the higher the likelihood that they stayed connected with and demonstrated their commitment to their alma mater. Recommendations for further research and for designing student and alumni engagement strategies are provided. / xiv, 195 leaves ; 29 cm

Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Mississippi State University. Department of Instructional Systems, Leadership and Workforce Development. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-188).

Submitted by Emanuel Varela Cardoso (emanuel.varela@ufcg.edu.br) on 2018-09-13T22:55:26Z No. of bitstreams: 1 CÍCERO BARBOSA ALVES NETO – DISSERTAÇÃO (PROFIAP_CCJS) 2018.pdf: 1456666 bytes, checksum: 3942e6736cf0b23137c201130bd6aec7 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-13T22:55:26Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CÍCERO BARBOSA ALVES NETO – DISSERTAÇÃO (PROFIAP_CCJS) 2018.pdf: 1456666 bytes, checksum: 3942e6736cf0b23137c201130bd6aec7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-12-05 / A Constituição Federal de 1988 consagrou a educação como um direito de todos, inclusive expressando que o Estado deve garantir o seu acesso aos níveis mais elevados, dando possibilidade para que as universidades gozem de autonomia didático-científica, administrativa e de gestão financeira e patrimonial, através da reserva anual de recursos suficientes para a sua manutenção e desenvolvimento. No entanto, os valores destinados ao ensino superior são escassos e não condizem com as necessidades e desafios das instituições, o que pode acarretar na sua estagnação, precarização da sua estrutura, obsolescência de equipamentos e diminuição da qualidade dos serviços. Para que isso seja evitado é necessário incrementar o seu orçamento, o que pode ser realizado através da captação de recursos externos. Diante desse contexto, quais estratégias de captação de recursos poderiam ser aplicadas na UFCG, considerando o contexto de seus diferentes Centros de Ensino? O presente estudo tem por objetivo geral analisar e apresentar estratégias de captação de recursos externos aplicáveis a UFCG, considerando o contexto de seus diferentes Centros de Ensino, a fim de colaborar para que seja atingida a sua sustentabilidade e autonomia financeira, viabilizando a superação das limitações orçamentárias. Para isso foi realizada uma pesquisa exploratória, descritiva e multi- caso por intermédio da análise qualitativa, cujos dados foram levantados através de questionários junto aos diretores dos Centros que compõem a universidade. Através dos resultados pôde-se realizar o diagnóstico organizacional da universidade, levantar as suas carências de investimento, demonstrar quais estratégias de captação de recursos já vem sendo praticadas, descobrir as dificuldades em sua adoção e verificar a aptidão dos diretores na implantação de outras estratégias ainda não utilizadas. Por fim, foi traçado um plano de ação que possibilita a implantação de estratégias de captação de recursos externos de forma institucionalizada. / The Federal Constitution of 1988 enshrined education as a right of all, including expressing that the State must guarantee its access to the highest levels, giving universities the possibility of autonomy in didactic-scientific, administrative and financial and patrimonial management, through the annual reserve of sufficient resources for its maintenance and development. However, the values allocated to higher education are scarce and do not meet the needs and challenges of institutions, which can lead to their stagnation, precariousness of their structure, equipment obsolescence and a decrease in the quality of services. For this to be avoided, it is necessary to increase your budget, which can be achieved through the raising of external resources. Given this context, what strategies of fundraising could be applied in the UFCG, considering the context of its different Teaching Centers? The general objective of this study is to analyze and present strategies for raising external resources applicable to the UFCG, considering the context of its different Teaching Centers, in order to collaborate so that its sustainability and financial autonomy can be achieved, making possible the overcoming of budgetary constraints. For this, an exploratory, descriptive and multi-case study was performed through the qualitative analysis, whose data were collected through questionnaires with the directors of the Centers that compose the university. Through the results, it was possible to carry out the organizational diagnosis of the university, to raise its investment needs, to demonstrate the strategies of fundraising, to discover the difficulties in its adoption and to verify the aptitude of the directors in the implementation of other strategies still not used. Finally, a plan of action was drawn up that allows the implementation of strategies to attract external resources in an institutionalized way.

Crowdfunding is a transformative service innovation, a novel and revolutionary way for entrepreneurs to obtain funding for their start-up ventures. This study explores the phenomenon of reward-based crowdfunding in relation to entrepreneurial behaviour and decision-making, as well as the relationship between the entrepreneur and the community. Following a case-study approach, the phenomenon is described based on existing literature and collected empirics from five qualitative in-depth interviews with entrepreneurs performing on Kickstarter. The findings of this study reveal, that reward-based crowdfunding reveals several mechanisms, which attract entrepreneurs to execute their activities and deal with uncertainty in a safer way. These activities refer to (1) independency from traditional investors, (2) creative and effectual reasoning at affordable loss, (3) extending the entrepreneur’s social network via the internet, and (4) utilizing web-based platforms for co-creation of marketing, communication, product design, and brand development. This may lead to adapted forms of entrepreneurship in the future.

nÃo hà / In a recent period with significant and increasing participation by subnational governments â mainly in emerging countries composed by federated states â in international economic relations, this article intends to analyze the influence of macroeconomic, fiscal and politic variables policies at raising the necessary funds by Cearà State from international organizations. CearÃâs austere fiscal management and pro-activeness financial paradiplomacy have provided the credibility needed to get external loans from multilateral and bilateral agencies. The average annual amount of this fund raising is R$ 160 million during the period from 1999 to 2008, representing 40% of the total volume. Thus, based on an ad hoc linear multivariate framework, we can evidence the fiscal reform positive impact, besides the negative influence caused by changes of State executive power management. These loans were also influenced positively by the relative offer and mainly by parallel paradiplomacy effort so that an increase in this variable by 1% implies the increase of 0.22% in fund raising. / Em um cenÃrio recente de participaÃÃo significativa e crescente por parte dos governos subnacionais â principalmente nos paÃses emergentes compostos por estados federados â nas relaÃÃes econÃmicas internacionais, este estudo se propÃe a analisar a influÃncia de variÃveis macroeconÃmicas, fiscais e polÃticas na captaÃÃo de recursos junto a ÃrgÃos internacionais pelo estado do CearÃ. A gestÃo fiscal austera e a prÃ-atividade paradiplomÃtica financeira deste estado tÃm proporcionado a credibilidade necessÃria para contratar emprÃstimos externos com as agÃncias multilaterais e bilaterais, sendo o montante anual mÃdio desta captaÃÃo de R$ 160 milhÃes durante o perÃodo de 1999 a 2008, representando 40% do volume total nacional. Assim, a partir de um arcabouÃo ad hoc linear multivariado, à possÃvel evidenciar o impacto positivo alcanÃado pela reforma fiscal do CearÃ, alÃm da influÃncia negativa causada pelas mudanÃas de gestÃo do poder executivo estadual. Estas operaÃÃes de crÃdito foram influenciadas positivamente pela oferta destinada ao estado vis-Ã-vis o montante nacional e principalmente pelo esforÃo de uma diplomacia paralela, de forma que um aumento nesta variÃvel em 1% implica no aumento de 0,22% na captaÃÃo de recursos externos.

O presente estudo examina, sob o enfoque do Direito Brasileiro, a captação de recursos por empresas viáveis em crise, durante o processo de recuperação judicial, por meio do mercado de capitais, especificamente com a cessão de direitos creditórios a Fundos de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios. Em alguns casos, os FIDCs podem consistir em uma alternativa constante de captação de recursos, a custos consideravelmente menores que os praticados por instituições financeiras. Todavia, muitos cuidados e precauções devem ser tomados nas cessões de créditos a FIDCs, a fim de garantir segurança e transparência aos investidores e aos credores das empresas em recuperação. / This research examines, from the Brazilian Law focus, the fund-raising for viable Companies in crisis, during the judiciary reorganization procedure, through the capital markets, specifically with the assignment of receivables to Receivables Funds. In some cases, these investment funds may consist of an usual-recurrent alternative, with considerably lower costs than those charged by financial institutions. However, many precautions should be taken in the FIDCs credit assignments in order to ensure safety and transparency to investors and companies creditors.