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Editorial
Aswellasbeingayearofmanyjoysandachievements,itis alsoanimportantmomentofreflectionforourlatesteditionof 2016.
ForthemanagementjournalRAUSP,2016hasbeenayearof greatchangeandexpecteduncertainty.Westartedthefirst vol-umereachingfor greaterinternationalization,withallarticles beingpublishedinEnglish.Itwasalsowiththisobjectivethatwe startedtopublishwithElsevier,whichenablesgreaterexposure ofthe journal andof ourcollaborators.Besides this, Elsevier began toadviseus onthe qualityandimpactof our publica-tion.ThelastfiveyearsofRAUSP’shistorywillalsobeplaced on Elsevier’s website, thus bringing greater visibility to our authors.
Forthe better implementation of the analysis of our arti-cles,wehavecomposedateamofthefollowingeditors:Danny PimentelClaro,FilipeQuevedo-Silva,FlavioHourneauxJunior, LuizF.Mesquita,PaulaSaritaBigioSchnaider,Wesley Mendes-Da-SilvaandWilsonToshiroNakamura.Moreover,asalways, wereliedonthevaluablehelpofoursecretaryCelestePádua Lima.
We created a new ThinkBox section, where we invite renowned professors to explore the main theoretical trends of the area they work in. We opened the first number with Nicolai Foss from the Copenhagen Business School and his theme“Reflectionsonadecadeofmicrofoundationsresearch.” In the second, we invite Sanjeev Goyal from the University ofCambridge,who, alongwithJulienGagnon,addressedthe topic of “Social networks and the firm.” At number three, the theme “Why entrepreneurs need firms, and the theory of the firm needs entrepreneurship theory” was tackled by Peter G. Klein from Baylor University and the Norwegian School of Economics. Closing the year, Luis Gomez-Mejia andMatthiasKalmfromTexasA&MUniversityaddressedthe importantsubjectof“Socioemotionalwealthinfamilyfirms.” Allarticlesare illustratedbyBertrand Costilhes,withimages that provide an idea of what readers can expect from the texts.
Allthesechangesgenerateuncertainties;however,theywere wellreceivedbyourscientificcommunity,sincewenowhave a greater flow of articles and have earned readers with the increasedqualityofourpublication.Naturally,westillhavethe challengeofattractingalargernumberofinternationalauthors, aswellasincreasingourimpactfactor.
In the current issue,beside the Thinkbox, we haveseven articles.
Twoofthemdealwiththeimportanceofsocialconnectionin theresultsoforganizations:“Connectioninsocialorganizations: Theeffectsoflocaltiesonjobengagementandperformance” byCristianodeOliveiraMacielandCamilaCamargoand“An analysisoftherelationshipbetweenembeddedtiesandsupplier innovation inthe cooperativesector”byValterAfonsoVieira andWinsleyBonifácio-da-Silva.
Exploringpublicpoliciesfromvariousangles,wehavefour articles.
Clara Luisa Oliveira Silva and Luiz Alex Silva Silveira, in “Alienation, segregation and resocialization: meanings of prisonlabor,”addressthelegitimacyofworkactivitiesas rein-tegratorsofthesubjecttosociety.
In“Theinfluenceofcivicmindedness,trustworthiness, use-fulness, andeaseof useonthe useof governmentwebsites,” Flávio Perazzo Barbosa Mota, Carlo Gabriel Porto Bellini, Juliana MatthewsSouza andPaigeNambiar evaluate the use ofgovernmentwebsitesandproposeactionsforgreater effec-tiveness.
Serje Schmidt, Alsones Balestrin, Raquel Engelman and MariaCristinaBohnenbergerhaveaddressed“Theinfluenceof innovation environments in R&D results,” in order to evalu-atetheinfluenceofresourcesappliedinscientific-technological parksandincubatorsinBrazil.
In “Evidenceof co-productioninpublic serviceprovision: ThecaseoftheAdministrativeArbitrationCenterinPortugal,” HugoConscienceSilvestre,JoãoRicardoCatarinoandJoaquim Filipe Ferraz Esteves de Araújo take an example from the AdministrativeArbitrationCentercreatedinPortugal,showing
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how co-productionwithcitizenswhovoluntarily provide ser-vices to public agencies enables increased efficiency and effectivenessinpublicadministration.
Finally,in“Therelationshipbetweenequityownership con-centrationandearningsquality:EvidencefromBrazil,”Erivelto FioresideSousaandEriveltoFioresideSousainvestigatethe influenceofshareholderconcentrationonBraziliancompanies’ profits.
OursincerethankstothosewhocontributedtoRAUSPthis year,includingournewcollaborators.
Wewouldalsoliketogiveyouallourbestwishesfor2017.
