The academic and business understanding of how Business Models through Service Logic co-creates, proposes, and captures value in extensive and complex Networked Systems is at its first daylight, specifically in the context of Service Systems with their Ecologies. With the complexity emerging in the Service Economies along with the advances in Information and Communication Technology such as the Cloud and Big Data, to describe and define the business operations, units, and value propositions consequently is done by business modeling and innovation of the company to acquire a current or new capitalization strategy, control and execution. Open Business Models such as the Business Model Canvas are easily integrated in existing or new Enterprises and Service Systems, and aim to facilitate the development of private as well as public entities in adapting, accessing, and integrating operant and operand resources by the ever-so-more used Service Logic. A Service Business Model has the academia and business recognized Service-Dominant Logic (S-D Logic) as a foundation for sensemaking in complex Networked Systems and Service Economies. The authors have conducted 20 face-to-face interviews with private and public company managers at all levels, review of literature in the Business Model and Service Logic fields, and also reviewed case studies from IBM on Business Models and its Leadership, Strategy and Technology (and Services) – which is a natural extension of our Interdisciplinary and Systems Sciences studies with S-D Logic at Karlstad Business School and Karlstad University for the past four years. The author’s research, interviews and IBM’s case studies show a need for further conceptualization and sensemaking of the Value Co-Creations and Propositions in Service Eco-System settings – and also decision-making assistance for managers designing, innovating and using Service Business Models to create sustainable Ecologies. Moreover, a Leadership perspective with a systems level strategy in Service Eco-Systems through externally-faced Value Propositions with the ability to create opportunities needs to be developed through a systems thinking. Furthermore, the quality of interaction, shared information, and influence in Dyad Perspective to facilitate Triad Relationships captures value – which is facilitated by the new Service Canvas Business Model. We argue for a multiple perspective in Service Business Models to cater both partner and customer perspective with internally- and externally-faced Value Propositions to Co-Create or Capture Value – we see that this requires an objective (objectification) foundation for consensus; the 4C model. We contend that Service Eco-Systems cannot scale or sustain without the proper use of Technology specifically Communication but also Information, which determine most of the quality in modern and digital service interactions and perspectives. Our interviews, reviews, and cumulative research in Service Business Models and Eco-Systems with IBM case studies are all strong foundations for current and future research but also for business practice today.

This study aims to advance the understanding of Digital Opportunity Trust’s (DOT) value proposition by characterizing the ‘modus operandi’ and to develop a method to explore the impact of entrepreneurship in the developing (or under-developed) regions of the world undertaken by Digital Opportunity Trust. DOT is an initiative to help reduce poverty, and to achieve greater social and economic stability by empowering people with skills and knowledge by utilizing new technologies in their communities. Prior research suggests the adaptation of ‘Information and Communication Technology’(ICT) and technological advancement as a means of addressing 500 million people worldwide, those residing at the ‘bottom of the pyramid’ (Prahalad, 2005) for an effective social transformation. “Digital Opportunity Trust (DOT)” is one of the not-for-profit (NFP) / non-governmental organizations (NGO), which strives to accomplish this goal by blending ‘entrepreneurial’ education with ‘corporate social responsibility’ to foster new ventures that use digital communications technology. DOT is operating in eleven (11) countries for more than eight (8) years now, rendering it important to validate and evaluate the extent to which Information and Communication Technology ICT allows people in poor communities to exchange knowledge, and to compete with new enterprise. Personal interviews (Case Study Methodology) with DOT’s executives, staff, interns and contractors were arranged to gather insightful information and to characterize the value proposition. The aim is to gather estimates of achievement for each of the defining attributes (‘as things are’ to reflect present achievement and ‘as things could be’ to reflect how far the attribute might be ‘pushed’). While it must be the responsibility of DOT’s leaders to articulate formally its value proposition, evidence gathered in this case study points in possible directions. For example, DOT’s value proposition is based on a humanitarian goal and a win-win situation that benefits the people of underdeveloped regions as well as DOT itself. DOT does not merely advance monetary aid to the poor regions of the world; rather it creates a model of economical sustainability. It empowers people by imparting technical prowess and training to them. This not only keeps them abreast of the whole world, but also helps improve their quality of life. DOT provides technological initiatives and programs in developing areas, while adhering effectively to accountability structure. Multinational companies and not-for-profit organizations can gain useful and practical knowledge from DOT’s experience. DOT brings an edge to entrepreneurship by advocating productivity and skill, especially in technological fields. The poor man’s plight turns into a healthy, industrious skill. An emerging paradigm for creating shared value suggests that this is precisely the model worldwide corporations should invest in and apply in these ever-challenging economic times.

A considerable body of theoretical and empirical literature has evaluated the credit channel of monetary transmission. This paper sets up an open-economy model under floating exchange rates with imperfect international capital mobility based on the Bernanke and Blinder model (1988). Employing our model, we show that a change in money supply has different impacts on the economy in many cases compared to the previous literature. The exchange rate puzzle may occur and when the exchange rate puzzle appears, the Fleming proposition is violated. Besides, by means of a cointegration analysis, we empirically verify the particular case of the exchange rate puzzle with the monthly data from May 1984 to January 2005 in Taiwan. Therefore, our empirical evidences can be matched with our theoretical derivations successfully.

Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att ta reda på hur utvalda tidningar, både morgon- och kvällstidningar, valt att förhålla sig mot proposition 2008/09:140 – Ett användbart försvar. Den proposition som innebar att vi idag har ett yrkesförsvar och inte värnplikt. Arbetet har utgått från en kvalitativ textanalys. Tidningarna har analyserats utefter sökkriterierna: kostnad, tillgänglighet – användbarhet, hög beredskap, rekryteringssvårigheter och folkförankring. Teorin som använts är en gestaltningsteori som hämtats från forskning inom medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap. Uppsatsen visar att det finns stora skillnader mellan hur de olika tidningarna är representerade inom journalistik som rör försvarsfrågor. I uppsatsen framkommer att de flesta tidningarna har en borgerlig politiks hållning. Detta leder i sin tur till att det är dessa som rapporterar om ämnet. Beroende på om det är en morgon- eller kvällstidning finns det stora skillnader i hur de gestaltar sin rapportering eller ledare. I uppsatsen framkommer även att tidningarnas ledare innehar en stor sanningshalt med väl underbyggda fakta och källor. Ledarna visar på en större objektivitet än förväntat. Även kring mediernas makt framkommer att den riktiga makten nog inte ligger i nyhetsrapporteringen utan i ledarna. För krigsvetenskapen kan uppsatsen förhoppningsvis åskådliggöra vikten av att förstärka Försvarsmakten i samhället och således även trygga den framtida folkförankringen. / The purpose with this examination essay was to find out how newspapers, both morning- and evening, did chose to relate to the government bill 2008/09:140 – A useable defence. This governmental bill implied a new Swedish military reformation. The reformation relies on voluntary military service and no longer conscription. The method used in the essay is a qualitative text analysis. The search criteria’s during the analysis of the newspapers contained: Cost, availability and usability, state of readiness, recruitment difficulties and civil-anchoring. The theory used for this essay is a framing theory. The approach to concerned newspapers conforms to general, regarding media- and communication, science. The essay elucidates that there are big differences between the newspapers regarding questions about the Swedish defence. It appears that most newspapers have a bourgeois approach. The newspapers with this approach tend to write more about topics concerning the Swedish armed forces. There is a big difference between the newspapers due to how they use the interpretation theory in stories or leaders. The difference becomes noticeable between morning- and evening newspapers. The essay also elucidates that the newspaper leaders prove to be more truthful than expected. The leaders tend to strengthen their thoughts with reliable sources. Regarding the power of the media the essay indicate that the real power exists among the leaders and not among the news stories.

Submitted by Rebecca Villagrán Reimão Mello Seoane (rebecca.seoane@gmail.com) on 2017-02-20T16:21:56Z No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_RebeccaSeoane_MEX2015_final.pdf: 556851 bytes, checksum: b2ce2638a9b41ecf38b71aedf5f51d35 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Janete de Oliveira Feitosa (janete.feitosa@fgv.br) on 2017-09-06T13:09:54Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_RebeccaSeoane_MEX2015_final.pdf: 556851 bytes, checksum: b2ce2638a9b41ecf38b71aedf5f51d35 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-26T13:24:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_RebeccaSeoane_MEX2015_final.pdf: 556851 bytes, checksum: b2ce2638a9b41ecf38b71aedf5f51d35 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-11-24 / Currently, there are three forces that define the value for executive education courses in MBA format: the labor market – that must receive well trained professionals – the consumer – that want to be well prepared for an increasingly consistent performance – and Business Schools – organizing all academic production about management and are positioned midway between the professionals and the market. This study aims to investigate how to make up the concept of value for one of these agents: the current consumer of executive training courses in MBA format in Brazil. For this, a quest was conducted on previous research on the subject and also the analysis of what say the theorists on this type of course. Starting from the idea that an attentive listening is necessary, interviews were conducted with potential customers in order to verify what each one thought was the ideal course, seeking divergent and convergent elements in this speech. It was found, therefore, that the speech of MBA consumers shows different expectations, but some of its elements implicit reports converge to the same perception. / Atualmente, são três as forças que definem o valor para cursos de formação executiva no formato de MBA: o mercado de trabalho – que precisa receber profissionais bem capacitados –, o consumidor – que deseja estar bem preparado para uma atuação cada vez mais consistente – e as Escolas de Negócios – que organizam toda produção acadêmica a respeito da gestão e estão posicionadas no meio do caminho entre os profissionais e o mercado. Este trabalho tem como objetivo investigar de que forma se compõe o conceito de valor para um desses agentes: o consumidor atual de cursos de formação executiva em formato de MBA no Brasil. Para isso, foi realizado um levantamento a respeito de pesquisas anteriores sobre o tema e também a análise do que pensam os teóricos a respeito desse tipo de curso. Partindo da ideia de que é necessário um ouvir atento, foram realizadas entrevistas com potenciais consumidores, a fim de verificar o que cada um imaginava ser o curso ideal, buscando elementos divergentes e convergentes nesse discurso. Verificou-se, portanto, que o discurso dos consumidores de MBA demonstra expectativas divergentes, mas alguns elementos implícitos de seus relatos convergem para uma mesma percepção.

In classical propositional logic (CPL) logical reasoning is formalised as logical entailment and can be computed by means of tableau and resolution proof procedures. Unfortunately CPL is not expressive enough and using first order logic (FOL) does not solve the problem either since proof procedures for these logics are not decidable. Modal propositional logics (MPL) on the other hand are both decidable and more expressive than CPL. It therefore seems reasonable to apply tableau and resolution proof systems to MPL in order to compute logical entailment in MPL. Although some of the principles in CPL are present in MPL, there are complexities in MPL that are not present in CPL. Tableau and resolution proof systems which address these issues and others will be surveyed here. In particular the work of Abadi & Manna (1986), Chan (1987), del Cerro & Herzig (1988), Fitting (1983, 1990) and Gore (1995) will be reviewed. / Computing / M. Sc. (Computer Science)

Cette dissertation traite du problème du suivi d'objets visuels, dont le but est de localiser un objet et de déterminer sa trajectoire au cours du temps. En particulier, nous nous concentrons sur les scénarios difficiles, dans lesquels les objets subissent d'importantes déformations et occlusions, ou quittent le champs de vision. A cette fin, nous proposons deux méthodes robustes qui apprennent un modèle pour l'objet d'intérêt et le mettent à jour, afin de refléter ses changements au cours du temps.Notre première méthode traite du problème du suivi dans le cas où les objets subissent d'importantes transformations géométriques comme une rotation ou un changement d'échelle. Nous présentons un nouvel algorithme de sélection de propositions, qui étend l'approche traditionnelle de ``suivi par détection''. Cette méthode procède en deux étapes: proposition puis sélection. Dans l'étape de proposition, nous construisons un ensemble de candidats qui représente les localisations potentielles de l'objet en estimant de manière robuste les transformations géométriques. La meilleure proposition est ensuite sélectionnée parmi cet ensemble de candidats pour précisément localiser l'objet en utilisant des indices d'apparence et de mouvement.Dans un second temps, nous traitons du problème de la mise à jour de modèles dans le suivi visuel, c'est-à-dire de déterminer quand il est besoin de mettre à jour le modèle de la cible, lequel peut subir une occlusion, ou quitter le champs de vision. Pour résoudre cela, nous utilisons des indices de mouvement pour identifier l'état d'un objet de manière automatique et nous mettons à jour le modèle uniquement lorsque l'objet est entièrement visible. En particulier, nous utilisons des trajectoires à long terme ainsi qu'une technique basée sur la coup de graphes pour estimer les parties de l'objet qui sont visibles.Nous avons évalué nos deux approches de manière étendue sur différents bancs d'essai de suivi, en particulier sur le récent banc d'essai de suivi en ligne et le jeu de donnée du concours de suivi visuel. Nos deux approches se comparent favorablement à l'état de l'art et font montre d'améliorations significatives par rapport à plusieurs autres récents suiveurs. Notre soumission au concours de suivi d'objets visuels de 2015 a par ailleurs remporté l'une de ces compétitions. / In this dissertation we address the problem of visual object tracking, whereinthe goal is to localize an object and determine its trajectory over time. Inparticular, we focus on challenging scenarios where the object undergoessignificant transformations, becomes occluded or leaves the field of view. Tothis end, we propose two robust methods which learn a model for the object ofinterest and update it, to reflect its changes over time.Our first method addresses the tracking problem in the context of objectsundergoing severe geometric transformations, such as rotation, change in scale.We present a novel proposal-selection algorithm, which extends the traditionaldiscriminative tracking-by-detection approach. This method proceeds in twostages -- proposal followed by selection. In the proposal stage, we compute acandidate pool that represents the potential locations of the object byrobustly estimating the geometric transformations. The best proposal is thenselected from this candidate set to localize the object precisely usingmultiple appearance and motion cues.Second, we consider the problem of model update in visual tracking, i.e.,determining when to update the model of the target, which may become occludedor leave the field of view. To address this, we use motion cues to identify thestate of the object in a principled way, and update the model only when theobject is fully visible. In particular, we utilize long-term trajectories incombination with a graph-cut based technique to estimate parts of the objectsthat are visible.We have evaluated both our approaches extensively on several trackingbenchmarks, notably, recent online tracking benchmark and the visual objecttracking challenge datasets. Both our approaches compare favorably to thestate of the art and show significant improvement over several other recenttrackers. Specifically, our submission to the visual object tracking challengeorganized in 2015 was the winner in one of the competitions.

Using the frames of analysis and language of political whiteness and anti-migrant hegemony, this paper examines the narrative of liberal immigration reformers transforming California’s political landscape within the period of 1994 to 2017. Taken as case studies the following articles of legislation are analyzed: Proposition 187 in 1994, the California Dream Act in 2010, the Trust Act in 2014, up to the present Senate Bill 54 in 2017. The paper finds that while California has experienced a recognizable shift in racial liberalism in rhetoric and legislation, its overall policy continues to work within the framework of anti-migrant hegemony that functions through criminalization and detention. The paper ends with the conclusion, informed by Gonzales’ writing in Reform without Justice, that the shift California has experienced is indicative of anti-migrant hegemony reconfiguring itself in changing social and political norms.

Empresas de manufatura tradicionalmente concentram os seus esforços em concepção, desenvolvimento, fabricação e comercialização de produtos físicos. No entanto, alguns fabricantes têm alterado suas estratégias de negócio, complementando a venda de produtos com o fornecimento de serviços, incorporando conhecimentos e atividades associados ao seu uso, e gerando maior percepção de valor por parte dos seus clientes. Com isso, a competição estratégica por meio de serviços tem se tornado uma marca distintiva das empresas de manufatura inovadoras, proporcionando à empresa um meio robusto para proteger o seu mercado dos concorrentes. Assim, observa-se um interesse crescente em pesquisas sobre o papel dos serviços para sustentar a competitividade da indústria. Abordagens orientadas a serviço, que incorporam esta mudança de foco do negócio, da oferta de produtos isolados para soluções integradas, têm sido tratadas na comunidade acadêmica como servitização, e tipicamente acarretam inovações no modelo de negócios (MN) da empresa. O objetivo deste trabalho é investigar como as empresas podem promover inovações em seus MNs para suportar suas estratégias de servitização, e propor um conjunto de artefatos para apoiá-las na implantação destas estratégias, a partir do seguinte problema de pesquisa: \"Como inovar o MN de uma empresa que adota a estratégia de servitização?\", que se desdobra nas seguintes questões: (i) quais são os principais fatores motivadores para uma empresa adotar a estratégia de servitização?; (ii) como representar o MN de uma empresa incorporando a lógica dominante de serviço, mais adequada para servitização?; (iii) como inovar o MN de uma empresa para implantar sua estratégia de servitização?; e (iv) como aplicar os artefatos propostos para apoiar a implantação da estratégia de servitização em uma empresa? Realiza-se uma pesquisa de natureza exploratória e prescritiva, baseada no método design scienceresearche amparada por uma revisão sistemática da literatura sobre os temas correlatos, visando propor artefatos em resposta às questões colocadas. A demonstração de um dos artefatos propostos é feita com suporte de um estudo de caso em uma empresa multinacional, fabricante de equipamentos médicos, seguida por uma avaliação empírica desta demonstração, suportada pelo método thinkingaloud. A partir das quatro questões de pesquisa, são obtidos os seguintes resultados: (i) identificação, análise e categorização dos principais fatores motivadores para adoção da servitização; (ii) proposição de uma arquitetura de MN incorporando a lógica dominante de serviço, para facilitar o estudo da servitização; (iii) proposição de um processo de inovação do MN da empresa, para implantar a servitização. e (iv) demonstração e avaliação da arquitetura proposta de MN para servitização. A pesquisa oferece contribuições à literatura de MN e servitização, e aos gestores de empresas, propondo os artefatos canvas do modelo de negócios para servitização (CMNS) e o processo IPIDI para inovação do MN para servitização, além de contribuições metodológicas relativas a design scienceresearch e thinking aloud. / Manufacturing companies traditionally are focused on designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing physical products. However, some manufacturers are changing their business strategies, complementing the sale of products by providing services, adding knowledge and activities associated with their use, and creating a higher perception of value by their customers.Strategic competition through service delivery has become a hallmark of the innovative manufacturing companies, providing the companies with a robust means to protect their market from competitors. Thus, there is a growing interest in researching the role of services in sustaining the competitiveness of manufacturing industry.Service-oriented approaches, which incorporate this shift in business\' focus from offering isolated products, to proposing integrated solutions, have been addressed in the literature as servitization, and typically entail innovations in the company\'s business model (BM). The goal of this research is investigating how companies can promote transformations in their BMs to support their servitization strategies, and proposing a set of artifacts to support them in the implementation of these strategies, since the following research problem: \"How to innovate the BM of a company which adopts the servitization strategy? \", which unfolds in the following questions: (i) what are the main motivating factors for a company to adopt the servitization strategy?; (ii) how to represent the BM of a company incorporating the service-dominant logic, more suitable for servitization?; (iii) how to innovate a company\'s BM to implement its servitization strategy ?; and (iv) how to apply the proposed artifacts to support the implementation of the servitization strategy in a company? An exploratory and prescriptive research is carried out, based on the design science research methodology, and supported by a systematic literature review on the related subjects, aiming at proposing artifacts in response to the questions posed. The demonstration of the proposed artifacts is done by means of a case study in a multinational company, which manufactures medical devices, followed by an assessment of this demonstration, supported by the thinking aloud method. From the four research questions, the following results are obtained: (i) identification, analysis and categorization of the main motivating factors for servitization adoption; (ii) proposing a BM architecture according to the service-dominant logic, to help the servitization study; (iii) proposing an innovation process for the company\'s BM, to implement the servitization; and (iv) demonstration and assessment of the proposed BM architecture for servitization. The research offers contributions to the literature of BM and servitization, and to practitioners, proposing the artifacts business model canvas for servitization (BMCS) and the IPIDI process for innovation of BM for servitization, besides some methodological contributions related to design science research and thinking aloud.

FinTech不僅為金融產業熱門之議題，亦為未來金融產業發展之重大方向，因而多數金融機構投入大量資金作為FinTech相關業務之研發，但企業內部卻對策略發展方向毫無頭緒，導致資源應用不當之情況發生，因此本研究結合學術之工具，改善企業盲目投資之問題，使企業能依據顧客之需求提供全方位之解決方案。 　　本研究採用個案研究法，以我國金融控股公司領導品牌之一為研究對象，藉由與個案公司內部人員會談及其他公開管道蒐集相關資訊並加以分析，探討FinTech對顧客價值主張與金融產業現有業務所帶來之影響，並透過分析企業之自身內部優勢及外部機會形成以FinTech為主軸之創新策略，再進一步深入探討該創新策略之執行及其所衍生出之策略性智慧資本應如何進行管理。 / FinTech is not only a hot issue but also a major direction for the future development of the financial industry. Most financial institutions have invested heavily in FinTech-related research and development, but they have no idea how to develop the strategy. This situation misguided valuable resource to wrong business. So, this research paper applies academic tools to provide a total solution for enterprises on investment based on customer needs. 　　This research paper adopts case study method. The case company is a financial holding company in Taiwan, which is one of leading financial institution. In this year, discussing with company employees and analyzing related data to gauge the impact of customer value proposition of the existing financial industry. Creating an innovative strategy based on FinTech by evaluating the company’s internal strengths and external opportunities. Further, discussing on the implementation of the innovative strategy and how to manage intellectual capital derived from the innovative strategy.