Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:51:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 3819.pdf: 1667595 bytes, checksum: 577a8eb2873270c9b6446e0d65b7877c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-31 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / The project‟s object was to identify how the generation, diffusion and adoption process of agriculture machinery and equipments occur in the coffee production. In order to achieve this goal, a qualitative approach was chosen through a case study. The sector companies and coffee cooperative members were analyzed. The results showed that the technology innovation and generation process is accomplished, mainly by the company itself and through partnership with suppliers and clients. Research institutes, competitors or other institutions did not participated in the innovation and generation process. The main reason for innovative activity accomplished by the studied companies is the high level of competition in the sector. Another factor considered important was the accomplishment of the consumer‟s necessities and wishes. It was observed that the best way of innovation diffusion take place in the participation of events and fairs. The client‟s properties products testing is another way used in the innovation diffusion. By the farmer‟s side, the diffusion takes place through the direct and personal information trade. Among the coffee growers studied, the technology diffusion takes place, many times, by the cooperative, through conferences offered to them. The adoption process meets several challenges to be overdone, but two factors can be outstanding: The labor cost and sales coffee price. These two factors are crucial for the grower makingdecision. / O objetivo do trabalho foi identificar como ocorre o processo de geração, difusão e adoção de Máquinas e Equipamentos Agrícolas na cafeicultura. Para atender a esse objetivo optou-se por uma abordagem qualitativa por meio de um estudo de caso. Foram analisadas empresas do setor e representantes de uma cooperativa de café. Os resultados mostraram que o processo de geração de Inovação Tecnológica é realizado basicamente pela própria empresa e por meio de parcerias com fornecedores e clientes. Institutos de pesquisa, concorrentes ou outras instituições não se constituíram parceiros no processo de geração de inovações. O principal motivo para a realização de atividade inovativa pelas empresas estudadas reside no alto nível de concorrência existente no setor. Outro fator considerado importante foi o atendimento às necessidades e desejos dos consumidores. Observou-se que a principal forma de difusão da inovação ocorre pela participação em feiras e eventos. A realização de testes dos produtos na propriedade dos clientes consiste em outro meio utilizado para a difusão da inovação. Do lado dos produtores de café, a difusão de ocorre por meio da troca de informações diretas e pessoais. Entre os produtores estudados a difusão de tecnologias é feita, muitas vezes, pela cooperativa através de palestras aos associados. O processo de adoção encontra diversas barreiras a serem ultrapassadas, mas dois fatores podem ser destacados: o preço da mão-deobra e o preço de venda do café. Esses dois fatores são decisivos para a tomada de decisão do produtor.

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This Master thesis deals with the management of long-term tangible property in the company Česko-slezská výrobní, a. s., which is engaged in manufacturing of portable and sanitary cabins. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first part describes the theoretical background, which forms the theoretical base of the whole thesis. The second part is focused on analysis of the current situation of long-term tangible property in the company and property maintenance. The result of the analysis is identification of weaknesses and opportunities for development. In the last part are proposed solution including economic evaluation and time-consuming.

The growing environmental concerns are pressuring manufacturing companies to become more sustainable. The selection of machinery and equipment has a significant impact on environmental performance and is, therefore, essential to consider. This study aims to examine how machinery and equipment investments can become more environmentally sustainable by implementing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and environmental criteria through the use of decision-making methods. To fulfil the purpose of the study a case study was conducted at company operating within the manufacturing industry. Both semi-structured interviews and document gathering were used to collect data. Our analysis shows that it could be difficult to use multiple decision-making methods to incorporate SDGs and environmental criteria in the investment process because of the importance of being strict regarding certain technical criteria. Moreover, it was shown to be hard to prioritize environmental aspects because of the difficulty of finding adequate measures and its conflict with economic aspects. Our study suggests ways to strengthen the work towards the UN’s SDGs by including environmental criteria early in the investment process and by increasing the knowledge among the practitioners involved in the process. We conclude that many existing environmental criteria at companies can be connected to SDGs and that SDGs could be used as inspiration to find new criteria. Therefore, we conclude it might not be necessary to change the entire decision-making process. / Den växande oron kring miljön pressar tillverkningsföretag att bli mer hållbara. Valet av maskiner och utrustning har en betydande inverkan på miljön och är därför viktiga att se över. Denna studie syftar till att undersöka hur investeringar i maskiner och utrustning kan bli mer miljömässigt hållbara genom att implementera FN:s hållbarhetsmål och miljökriterier, med hjälp av beslutsfattande metoder. För att uppnå syftet med studie genomfördes en fallstudie på ett tillverkningsföretag. Semistrukturerade intervjuer och dokumentinsamling användes för att samla data för studien. Vår analys visar att det kan vara svårt att använda beslutsfattande metoder för att integrera FN:s hållbarhetsmål och miljökriterier i investeringsprocessen på grund av nödvändigheten av att vara strikt när det gäller särskilda tekniska kriterier. Det visade sig dessutom vara komplicerat att prioritera miljöaspekter på grund av svårigheten att hitta lämpliga mått samt konflikten mellan miljö- och ekonomiska aspekter. Vår studie föreslår alternativ för att förbättra arbetet mot att uppnå FN:s hållbarhetsmål genom att inkludera miljökriterier tidigt i investeringsprocessen och att öka kunskapen bland de anställda som är involverade i processen. Vår slutsats är att många befintliga miljökriterier på företag kan kopplas till FN:s hållbarhetsmål och att dessa mål kan användas som inspiration för att hitta nya kriterier. Därför drar vi slutsatsen att det eventuellt inte är nödvändigt att ändra hela beslutsprocessen för att uppnå hållbarhet i processen.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T13:53:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoyceMMC_DISSERT.pdf: 1307327 bytes, checksum: 1a2f420e00204b3d8c059a84165a14a0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-01-21 / This study aims to investigate the influence of the asset class and the breakdown of tangibility as determinant factors of the capital structure of companies listed on the BM & FBOVESPA in the period of 2008-2012. Two current assets classes were composed and once they were grouped by liquidity, they were also analyzed by the financial institutions for credit granting: current resources (Cash, Bank and Financial Applications) and operations with duplicates (Stocks and Receivables). The breakdown of the tangible assets was made based on its main components provided as warrantees for loans like Machinery & Equipment and Land & Buildings. For an analysis extension, three metrics for leverage (accounting, financial and market) were applied and the sample was divided into economic sectors, adopted by BM&FBOVESPA. The data model in dynamic panel estimated by a systemic GMM of two levels was used in this study due its strength to problems of endogenous relationship as well as the omitted variables bias. The found results suggest that current resources are determinants of the capital structure possibly because they re characterized as proxies for financial solvency, being its relationship with debt positive. The sectorial analysis confirmed the results for current resources. The tangibility of assets has inverse proportional relationship with the leverage. As it is disintegrated in its main components, the significant and negative influence of machinery & equipment was more marked in the Industrial Goods sector. This result shows that, on average, the most specific assets from operating activities of a company compete for a less use of third party resources. As complementary results, it was observed that the leverage has persistence, which is linked with the static trade-off theory. Specifically for financial leverage, it was observed that the persistence is relevant when it is controlled for the lagged current assets classes variables. The proxy variable for growth opportunities, measured by the Market -to -Book, has the sign of its contradictory coefficient. The company size has a positive relationship with debt, in favor of static trade-off theory. Profitability is the most consistent variable in all the performed estimations, showing strong negative and significant relationship with leverage, as the pecking order theory predicts / Este estudo teve como objetivo investigar a influ?ncia das classes de ativos e da desagrega??o da tangibilidade como fatores determinantes da estrutura de capital das empresas listadas na BM&FBOVESPA no per?odo de 2008 a 2012. Foram compostas duas classes de ativos circulantes que, agrupadas por liquidez, s?o analisadas pelas institui??es financeiras para concess?o de cr?dito: recursos correntes (Disponibilidades e Aplica??es Financeiras) e opera??es com duplicatas (Estoques e Clientes a Receber). A desagrega??o dos ativos tang?veis foi feita com base em seus principais componentes fornecidos como garantias para empr?stimos, como M?quinas & Equipamentos e Terrenos & Edifica??es. Para extens?o das an?lises, tr?s m?tricas para alavancagem (cont?bil, financeira e de mercado) foram empregadas e a amostra foi dividida em setores econ?micos adotados pela BM&FBOVESPA. O modelo de dados em painel din?mico estimado por GMM sist?mico de dois est?gios foi utilizado neste estudo por ser robusto ? problemas de rela??es end?genas assim como para vieses de vari?veis omitidas. Os resultados encontrados sugerem que os recursos correntes s?o determinantes da estrutura de capital possivelmente por serem caracterizados como proxies para solv?ncia financeira, sendo sua rela??o positiva com o endividamento. A an?lise setorial corroborou os resultados para recursos correntes. A tangibilidade de ativos possui rela??o inversamente proporcional com a alavancagem. Ao desagreg?-la em seus principais componentes, a influ?ncia negativa e significativa das M?quinas & Equipamentos foi mais acentuada no setor de Bens Industriais. Esse resultado demonstra que, em m?dia, os ativos mais espec?ficos da atividade operacional de uma empresa concorrem para menor uso de recursos de terceiros. Como resultados complementares, verificou-se que a alavancagem possui persist?ncia, o que coaduna com a teoria do static trade-off. Especificamente para alavancagem financeira, observou-se que a persist?ncia ? significativa quando controlada para as vari?veis de classes de ativos circulantes defasadas. A vari?vel proxy para oportunidades de crescimento, medida pelo Market-to-Book, tem o sinal de seu coeficiente controverso. O tamanho da empresa tem rela??o positiva com o endividamento, a favor da teoria do static trade-off. A lucratividade ? a vari?vel mais consistente em todas as estima??es realizadas, apresentando rela??o fortemente negativa e significativa com a alavancagem, conforme prediz a teoria do pecking order

This thesis is focused on analysis of production facilities utilization and maintenance in the company RAMET C.H.M. a.s. located in Kunovice. In this thesis, there is performed the analysis of present property condition, machinery and equipment used within radar antenna production. Within property maintenance, there are introduced planned and unplanned processes of servicing activities and machine and equipment repair. In a part of proposal for solution, there are recommended processes for keeping up production capabilities based on extensive analysis of size property influence on production volume. The method for reliability estimation of production chain is described for the antenna production, related to limiting production capability and costs to maintain service availability of production facilities.

This diploma thesis solves the construction technology project of the International Clinical Research Center of the St. Anne’s University Hospital, Brno (ICRC), namely the first stage of the construction of the buildings "B1" and "C1". It tries to design an ideal technological process of construction with respect of local conditions. Technologically it focuses mainly on the issue of special foundation, namely protection of excavation pit with secant pile wall and pile foundation. There are processed technological regulations, time and financial plans, construction budget, control and test plan, plan of heavy equipment and safety or environmental requirements. Everything is supplemented by attachments and drawing documentation.

This master´s thesis deals with project planning and management of construction of multifunctional building. The main part of thesis are budget of object and schedules of work, which contain realization of reinforced concrete structure and other related works. Another part of thesis deals with the technical regulations about the implementation of horizontal and vertical parts of reinforced concrete structure and from finishing works about realization of inside plasters. Following this part there is design and schedule of using of appropriate building machines and small machinery for their implementation, design of site equipment, quality assurance of works performed, safety of work and minimization of environmental impact. The thesis contains also proposal of contract of work. This work does not deal with substructure of multifunctional building, because this is solved in bachelor thesis.