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Editorial
In this third editionof RAUSP – Management Journal in 2016,wehighlightthethirdguestarticleforthenewlycreated sectionthinkBox“WhyEntrepreneursNeedFirms,andthe The-oryof theFirmNeeds EntrepreneurshipTheory”,byPeterG. Klein,fromDepartmentofEntrepreneurship,HankamerSchool ofBusiness,BaylorUniversity,andDepartmentofStrategyand Management,NorwegianSchoolofEconomics.
Thiseditionischaracterizedbyasetofarticlesthatpresentthe relevanttrendsinthefieldoforganizationalstudies,particularly inthe Braziliancases. Forexample,inthefirstarticle, “Agri-culturalinsurance mechanismthroughmutualism: thecaseof anagriculturecooperative”, PauloAlbertoMachinski,Mauro CézardeFaria, Vilmar Rodrigues MoreiraandAlexAntonio Ferraresianalyze how mutualismsystem canbe appliedin a cooperativetargetingriskmitigation.
Animportantaspectoftheenvironmentalissueistreatedin “Relationshipbetweeneco-innovationsandtheimpacton busi-nessperformance:anempiricalsurveyresearchontheBrazilian textileindustry”,byMarcusViniciusdeOliveiraBrasil, Mon-icaCavalcantiSádeAbreu,JoséCarlosLazarodaSilvaFilho andAurioLucioLeocadio. Theyinvestigatethe interrelation-shipbetween three typesof eco-innovation: process, product andorganizationintheBraziliantextileindustry.
Inthearticle“SocialMobilemoney:anexploratorystudyof theviewsofmanagersofcommunitybanks”,EduardoH.Diniz, Adrian KemmerCernev andEros Nascimento alsodeal with aninnovativetheme,assessingtheadoptionofamodeldigital socialcurrencyviamobilephones.
PeerReviewundertheresponsibilityofDepartamentodeAdministrac¸ão, FaculdadedeEconomia,Administrac¸ãoeContabilidadedaUniversidadede SãoPaulo–FEA/USP.
In “International orientation and export commitment in fast small and medium size firms internationalization: scales validation and implications for the Brazilian case”, Marcelo André Machado, Felipe Bentancur Fehse and Walter Nique analyze the recent phenomenon of Brazilian Born Globlas companies.
Behavioraleconomicsispresentinthearticle“The commer-cialcyclefromtheviewpointbehavioraleconomics:effectsof pricediscountsonrevenuesreceivedfromservices”,byRafael BarreirosPorto.Hepresentsamodernbehaviorofacompany’s commercialcycle.
In the article “Satisfaction of privateinterest associations’ members:astudywithsugarcaneproducersinBrazil”,Luciano ThoméeCastro,PriscillaMendesMachado,MarcosFavaNeve andRoberto FavaScare presentcollectiveactionandseekto identify the dimensions of members satisfaction of a private interestassociationwithabout18000members.
Thelastarticlediscussespublicmanagement:in“Reviewof passivetransparencyinBraziliancitycouncils”,FabianoMaury RauppandJoséAntonioGomesdePinhoinvestigatecompliance withtherequirementsofpassivetransparencybythechambers ofBrazilianmunicipalities.
Wewishyouanexcellentandfruitfulreading.
MariaSylviaMacchioneSaes
Editor-in-Chief E-mail:editor.rausp@usp.br
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rausp.2016.06.006
