An Innovation Model for Collaborative Networks of SOA-Based Software Providers

Part 5: Service Orientation in Collaborative Networks

Orchestrating New Markets Using Cloud Services

Part 5: Service Orientation in Collaborative Networks

The role of science and technology management companies in the set-up and coordination of multi-partners scientific alliances

Mestrado em Economia e Gestão de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação

Estratégia de Internacionalização : o caso da Consulai em Angola

Mestrado em Gestão e Estratégia Industrial

Avaliação de desempenho em micro empresas : estudo de caso do Ginásio Personalbody Oeiras

Nos dias de hoje, o mercado do Fitness está cada vez mais competitivo, em grande parte devido ao aumento da presença das grandes cadeias de ginásios. Com espaços de manobra cada vez menores, os pequenos ginásios têm de ter estratégias mais eficientes e eficazes para se manterem sustentáveis. Recorrendo ao Sistema Balance Scorecard, sistema que teve como base da sua criação conceitos como Avaliação e Definição de Objetivos, Comunicação, Motivação, Relações Humanas e Estratégia de Negócios, este trabalho teve como objetivo verificar se o mesmo poderia ser aplicado a uma pequena empresa, de modo a aferir a sua performance. Para a avaliação desta performance, o método de entrevista foi a principal fonte de dados. As informações recolhidas serviram de base para análises como a de SWOT ou a de Stakeholders que, no final, deram lugar ao Mapa Estratégico e Scorecard Estratégico. No final, foi possível verificar que organização estudada está muito aquém do seu potencial, em grande parte por falta de delineação e avaliação de objetivos. Assim, foi sugerido um possível reajuste estratégico e monitorização do mesmo de modo a que esta organização possa aumentar a sua eficácia e eficiência.

Desenvolvimento de sistema de análise e descrição de funções para uma PME

Mestrado em Gestão de Recursos Humanos

A indústria hoteleira do Algarve: uma análise de dados em painel da estrutura de capital

Dissertação de Mestrado, Finanças Empresariais, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Algarve, 2015

Factores determinantes das exportações portuguesas para Espanha : uma análise ao nível da empresa

Este estudo analisa a evolução das exportações portuguesas para Espanha e os seus factores determinantes no período 2004-2008, tendo por base uma amostra das 97 maiores empresas exportadoras para Espanha. O estudo utiliza vários indicadores económico-financeiros para caracterizar estas empresas e é feita a comparação entre as 5 maiores empresas e 5 pequenas e médias empresas (PMEs) da amostra. A análise evidencia a concentração geográfica destas empresas nos distritos de Porto e Aveiro e o melhor desempenho das grandes empresas em termos de produtividade, rendibilidade dos capitais próprios e salário médio quando comparadas com as PMEs. Quanto ao estudo econométrico, que utiliza dados em painel, consideraram-se como variáveis explicativas teoricamente relevantes, o valor acrescentado bruto, os resultados líquidos, os capitais próprios, a dimensão da empresa, a remuneração e as despesas em investigação e desenvolvimento (I&D). Os resultados do modelo estimado confirmam a influência positiva destas variáveis sobre a variação das exportações, embora as despesas em I&D e as remunerações se tenham revelado estatisticamente não significativas.

Estudio y análisis de los modelos de gestión aplicados en las pymes de cuenca en el sector comercial de venta al por mayor de artículos de bazar. Propuesta de un modelo de gestión integral para la empresa Distribuidora Bravo Abad en el periodo 2013- 2014

El objetivo de la presente investigación es realizar el estudio y análisis de los modelos de gestión aplicados en las pymes de Cuenca, en el sector comercial de venta al por mayor de artículos de bazar, a través de este capítulo se conoce aspectos generales del sector comercial, las Pymes a nivel nacional, la provincia, y la ciudad, en la que muestra su importancia y contribución en la economía de la ciudad. Posteriormente se desarrolla la propuesta de un modelo de gestión integral para la empresa Distribuidora Bravo Abad; la tesis se desarrolla en 5 capítulos, el segundo capítulo se realiza el análisis de la situación actual de la empresa, antecedentes generales, análisis del entorno, análisis de la industria, análisis interno. En el tercer capítulo se realiza el direccionamiento estratégico, organigrama, filosofía corporativa, desarrollando la misión, visión, valores, objetivo general, objetivos específicos, objetivos estratégicos, estrategias y el mapa estratégico. En el cuarto capítulo se construye el cuadro de mando integral o balance score card utilizando los indicadores y las perspectivas; se propone un plan operativo, para luego sugerir la evaluación y el monitoreo del cuadro de mando integral. Se finaliza con las conclusiones y recomendaciones de la propuesta del modelo de gestión, y su importancia para el funcionamiento de la empresa.

De Born Global a multinacional. Caso de Estudo : sector das tecnologias de informação

Mestrado em Marketing

Fatores relevantes no relacionamento Banca-PME : orientações para gestores de PME

Mestrado em Ciências Empresariais

Family Business Succession in Austria – Satisfaction and the Incumbent-successor Relationship

The transfer of businesses contributes to the dynamics and the development of the economy in Austria. Successful transfers generate numerous positive impacts. Securing both employment and investment, creating new jobs and stimulating growth are some of these effects. Failed transfers can contribute to negative effects, including the loss of jobs and an economic slowdown. Over recent years the number of business handovers in Austria has been rising. The forecasts show that this number will remain high over the next few years. Between 2015 and 2024 more than 42,000 economically sound SMEs will face the challenge of finding an appropriate successor. This means that 26 % of all Austrian SMEs (excluding one-person businesses) and 29 % of all employees in these companies will be affected. The aim of this paper is to provide a multi-faceted discussion of the relevance of affective components in family business transfers. A “good” relationship between the successor and the departing owner fosters the success of a transfer. This relationship involves, among others, the willingness to share relevant information, openness and respect. The satisfaction (with the completed business transfer) is closely interrelated with the relationship between the successor and the departing owner. Consequently, we can assume that affective and emotional components can indeed shape the success of business transfers. Based on that, new future research opportunities are outlined.

Financial Characteristics of Family Businesses and Financial Aspects of Succession

Family businesses are special in many respects. By examining their financial characteristics one can come to unique conclusions/results. This paper explores the general characteristics of the financial behaviour of family businesses, presents the main findings of the INSIST project’s company case studies concerning financing issues and strategies, and intends to identify the financial characteristics of company succession. The whole existence of family businesses is characterized by a duality of the family and business dimensions and this remains the case in their financial affairs. The financial decisions in family businesses (especially SMEs) are affected by aspects involving a duality of goals rather than exclusively profitability, the simultaneous presence of family and business financial needs, and the preferential handling of family needs at the expense of business needs (although it has to be said that there is evidence of family investments being postponed for the sake of business, too. Family businesses, beyond their actual effectiveness, are guided by individual goals like securing living standards, ensuring workplaces for family members, stability of operation, preservation of the company’s good reputation, and keeping the company’s size at a level that the immediate family can control and manage. The INSIST project’s company case studies revealed some interesting traits of family business finances like the importance of financial support from the founder’s family during the establishment of the company, the use of bootstrapping techniques, the financial characteristics of succession, and the role of family members in financial management.

SME Policy and Competitiveness in Hungary

Small and medium-sized (SMEs) enterprises in Hungary account for 99.9% of all enterprises and for more than two thirds of employment. Since transformation started in 1989 they have been the only net makers of employment. In spite of such remarkable importance, results have been modest compared to the amount of Hungarian and foreign, mostly EU resources poured into the sector. Less than a sixth of SMEs are fast-growing and only a tiny minority of SMEs make use of bank credit. According to various indicators and in spite of bright spots, the SMEs context is problematic and SMEs features are often unfavourable and hardly competitive. In recent years the goal of upgrading SMEs and strengthening their contribution to the economy has acquired central position among policy goals and activity. Although progress has been made, the results are weak and in some cases drawbacks have happened. The paper starts from analysing the SMEs situation, reviews the main features of the recently implemented policy strategies, assesses whether these strategies are appropriate to address the situation, including the effects of the domestic and international crises, and considers whether the targets pursued are realistic and important, and the instruments considered in line with the targets

Photonic packaging: transforming silicon photonic integrated circuits into photonic devices

Dedicated multi-project wafer (MPW) runs for photonic integrated circuits (PICs) from Si foundries mean that researchers and small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) can now afford to design and fabricate Si photonic chips. While these bare Si-PICs are adequate for testing new device and circuit designs on a probe-station, they cannot be developed into prototype devices, or tested outside of the laboratory, without first packaging them into a durable module. Photonic packaging of PICs is significantly more challenging, and currently orders of magnitude more expensive, than electronic packaging, because it calls for robust micron-level alignment of optical components, precise real-time temperature control, and often a high degree of vertical and horizontal electrical integration. Photonic packaging is perhaps the most significant bottleneck in the development of commercially relevant integrated photonic devices. This article describes how the key optical, electrical, and thermal requirements of Si-PIC packaging can be met, and what further progress is needed before industrial scale-up can be achieved.