Electronic Business (e-Business) is recognised as being able to help organisations in the construction industry to achieve competitiveness and substantial benefits. However, the uptake of e-business in the construction industry has been relatively limited and ineffective. Previous research covers the body of knowledge about how to identify the value of e-business once it has been created or how to identify the capabilities that can create value. There is no guidance available to help organisations to maximise their leverage by investing intelligently and matching the size of their demand for e-business solutions to the size of the market they plan to supply. This research aims to identify the strategic e-business needs and requirements of organisations in the construction industry; it helps them to scan or position their current situation, and provide a holistic approach to assist them in developing an executable e-business strategy. In order to achieve the aim and the formulated objectives, a multi-methodological research design and a pragmatic mixed-methods approach, involving a combination of both quantitative and qualitative datasets, were adopted to investigate the e-business practices of organisations in the industry. These include an exploratory investigation (an industry survey with 250 industry organisations), and an explanatory investigation (four case studies with specific industry end-user companies). The collected data was analysed and problems were identified; the elements for a holistic approach to manage e-business implementation emerged. Subsequently, a Strategic e-Business Framework was developed to provide a holistic approach for organisations in the construction industry to plan, execute and review their e-business strategies. The Framework enables organisations to consider the medium term (three to five years), long-term (over five to ten years), and emergent needs to derive business value. The key features of the Framework include six phases and phase gates, five functional factors, and 23 activities. The six phases include Analyse Situation, Establish Vision, Define Critical Success Factors (CSFs), Develop Action Plan, Implement Action Plan, and Review Strategy. The phases were defined to guide the IT leaders in carrying out consistent e-business planning. The outputs of each phase (phase gates) were defined to assist IT leaders in the review of procedures during their e-business implementation. The functional factors include management, people, process, technology and external environment. The factors were identified to address every facet of an organisation, and obtain collaboration efforts from both internal and external. They also ensure organisations have the opportunities to improve capabilities in these areas, and make them ready for immediate e-business implementation. Five groups of people or teams were assigned to the activities. The five groups were the Senior Management Board, IT Managers and their teams, Middle Level Management, Lower Level Management and other End-users, and external collaborators. The activities were categorised in order to provide a basis for organisations to utilise their resources, specifically human resource. Finally, a feedback loop was defined to enable the Framework to act as a cycle for going through repeatedly, which makes the continuous improvement of e-business implementation possible within organisations and provides a learning and feedback function that ensures lessons to be learned from past e-business implementation. The evaluation of the Framework was conducted via six structured interviews with industry practitioners. The findings indicated that the industry practitioners welcomed the Framework and considered it as a positive step towards e-business management.

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The creative industry is a relatively new sector of the economy that grows rapidly and possesses huge potential. Multinational corporations have achieved a certain stage of development being highly globalized, vertically integrated and efficient. However, the problem of defining appropriate strategies and adjusting management approaches to industry's specifics arises. Therefore, the goal of this Diploma thesis is to analyze cultural industry market and to explain differences in business strategy between classical and cultural companies. In this academic work, the great part of attention will be devoted to a number of peculiarities. Among them firstly, the way of managing creative labor force that significantly differs from other industries. Secondly, risk management and level of intellectual property rights protection may either incentivize or discourage further development of creative products. The last but not the least, brand awareness exerts a significant impact on company's performance, therefore, analysis on this issue will be provided.

The subject of the work is the strategic analysis of the company from the category of small enterprises operating in the Electrical engineering industry. Object of the work is to identify opportunities, and threats from around the company, strengths and weaknesses of the company, synthesis and formulation of recommendations for a strategy on the basis of knowledge of strategic analysis. The work is divided into two parts; to the theoretically-methodological section and to the section of the application.

目前管理文獻對於智慧資源規劃的探討仍著重在概念及方法的釐清和探索，因此本研究欲以智慧資源規劃觀點，進行TFT-LCD產業的實證研究，以冀能對政府產業政策與產業經營者提供具體的產業智慧資源規劃策略，促進TFT-LCD產業的良性發展。 在研究方法上，本研究先探討智慧資源規劃策略，並分析智慧資源規劃之產業策略效益，進而提供產業政策與企業決策參考。其次界定智慧資源規劃的重要因素，建立智慧資源規劃之重要構面，以建立與實施智慧資源規劃策略。最後選擇TFT-LCD產業作為實證研究，提供智慧資源規劃之理論和實務連結的參考。 □□在研究結果上，台灣產業應積極建構上游設備、原物料和關鍵零組件的供應鏈，並需建立緊密的品牌及通路的聯盟關係。因應TFT-LCD產業必須面對的智慧財產權成本與風險，智慧財產權之佈署和經營，也必須連結到產業結構、供應鏈和價值鏈之上中下游關係。在產業政策上，政府應積極提高上游零組件自製比率與發展設備產業，對於西進大陸議題，政府的產業政策似應採取更積極開放的管理措施。同時政府應協助企業建立智慧財產交易和管理相關的技術資料庫與市場資料庫，並積極培育進行國際智慧財產侵權訴訟的專業法律與管理人才，才能提升台灣TFT-LCD產業的國際競爭力， □□b後續的研究中，可進行台灣、韓國、日本及大陸的跨國研究和產業政策分析，而跨時間及地域的產業實證研究，將可對TFT-LCD產業有深入的觀察與分析。至於各企業的專利佈局與專利訴訟策略，需進行產品結構與技術結構和專利訴訟策略與專利策略聯盟的深入分析 / This thesis would like to initiate TFT LCD industry empirical research from the point of intellectual resource planning to provide solid industry intellectual resource planning strategy for industry policy and enterprise decision maker. As to the research result, Taiwan TFT LCD industry shall establish the supply chain of equipment, raw material and key component and organize close alliance of brand and channel. Responding to TFT industry high intellectual property cost and risk, the management and arrangement of intellectual property shall be linked to upstream and down stream of industry structure、supply chain and value chain. As to industry policy, the government shall aggressively enhance the self-manufacturing rate of key component and develop equipment industry. Dealing with China investment policy, the government shall adopt more aggressive management attitude and help enterprise to build up the market and technology database of intellectual property transaction and management. Besides, the government shall assist enterprise to train professional law and management of international intellectual property dispute to enhance international competitiveness of Taiwan TFT LCD industry. In the following research, may initiate transnational research and industry analysis of Taiwan, Mainland China, Japan and Korea and it would be helpful to deeply analyze the development of TFT LCD industry. As to the patent arrangement and patent lawsuit strategy of respective major companies, it is necessary to analyze product, technology structure, patent alliance and patent lawsuit strategy.

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The thesis is called The Factors of Competiveness of Companies in Engineering Industry. I deal with the current situation in engineering, meaning of innovations in companies, the aspects which stimulate them and on the contrary limit them and the possibilities of various kinds of cooperation. The thesis explains the importance of regular analysis of situation of companies on the market, careful determination and fulfillment of the strategy and the operational effectiveness. According to the used resources the factors of competitiveness were determined. In the practical part I analyzed four companies from the surroundings of Ústí nad Orlicí which produce radiators, fittings, machines for textile industry and buses. From acquired information it is possible to say that these companies are competitive and they focus on innovations. I discussed the factors of competitiveness with the managers of engineering companies and I created the summary of the factors which influence prosperity of the engineering companies.

The music industry worldwide is rapidly evolving as a result of commercial, technological and demographic developments. The magnitude of the strategic impact of these developments on the South African music industry is evaluated in terms of internal and external factors, such as the intrinsic industry growth levels, ability to adapt to change, the consumer buying power, audio-visual piracy and counterfeiting, literacy, employment and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS. Collected data from public domain and proprietary music industry sources are transformed and presented in terms of the competitiveness of the South African music industry, from which key points for strategic leverage are identified. These key points of strategic leverage include education and training, relevant music industry research, the formalisation of the music industry strategy process and the development of alternative marketing, sales and distribution channels. In comparison to specific benchmark countries, the South African music industry has significant technological and socio-economic challenges and opportunities that need to be addressed in order to become a competitive co-evolutionary participant in the world music industry. South Africa, as an emerging world player, is ideally positioned for the development and implementation of new technological and commercial systems, such as the download distribution channel. This however, requires the collaborative participation of government departments, educational institutions, public and private enterprises. In particular, in-depth research on the local music industry is needed, which should include the collection of relevant statistical data. This study presents suggestions for some strategic interventions, including an application of the Porter DNA-model. / Dissertation (MMus (Music Technology))--University of Pretoria, 2007. / Music / MMus / unrestricted