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DearRAUSPManagementJournalreaders,
Thisissue,thethirdoftheyear,presentstenarticles.Inthe ThinkBoxsection,we haveaninvitedpaperwrittenbyAnna Grandori,fromBocconiUniversity.Shediscussestheextension oftheideaofreconceptualizingthefirmasademocratic institu-tion,pointingoutthatfirms’democraticgovernancecouldlead themnotonlytoefficiencybutalsotoinnovation.
In the Human Resources & Organizations area, there are two papers. The first is Cultural intelligence, cross-cultural adaptation and expatriateperformance: a study with expatri-ateslivinginBrazil,byInáciaMariaNunes,BrunoFelixand LoreneAlexandrePrates.Theauthorsinvestigatethe relation-shipbetweenculturalintelligence,cross-culturaladaptationand expatriatesperformance,throughasurveywith217expatriates livinginBrazil,comingfrom26countries.
Thesecond isWhat isthesocialgain from competency management? The employees’ perception at a Brazilian publicuniversity,byGuilhermeBuschRocha,ClaudiaSouza PassadorandGilbertoTadeuShinyashiki.Theresearchisalso quantitative,withasurveyof422employees,andinvestigates theelementsthatinfluencetheemployees’perceptionofsocial gainwithin anorganization that has adoptedthe competency managementmodel.
ThearticleShoppingthewaytomygoals:ananalysisof purchaseimpactonperceivedgoalprogress,whoseauthors are Manuela Albornoz Gonc¸alves, Walter Nique and Dilney Albornoz Gonc¸alves,isfromthe Marketingarea.The paper examinedtheimpactofgoalrelatedpurchasesongoalprogress perception,andwhetherthisperceptiondependsonthestrength oftheassociationbetweenproductandgoal.Byconductingthree experimentsinanonlinesetting,consumerswereaskedhowthey perceivetheactofpurchasinggoal-relatedproducts.
WithintheInformationTechnologyarea,thearticleAstudy ontheimpactofnon-operationalmechanismsonthe effec-tivenessofpublicITgovernance,byLeonelCerqueiraSantos and Carlos Denner dos Santos Jr., proposes an analysis of non-operationalmechanismsthatcanimpacttheeffectiveness of information technology (IT) governance in the Brazilian
public administration. The quantitative research was done through aquestionnairesenttoITmanagers andexperienced professionalsintheareaofITgovernance,whoworkinpublic organizations.
The Finance and Accounting area is represented by the paperIntellectualcapitalinmergersandacquisitions:acase studyinaworld-classfinancialinstitution,byRicardo Viní-ciusDias Jordão,VictorLuiz TeixeiraMelo,Frederico Cesar Mafra Pereira andRodrigo Baroni de Carvalho. The authors usedbothqualitativeandquantitativecasestudies,ina descrip-tiveapproach.Basedoninterviews(formalandinformal)and questionnaires appliedto225 top managers(directors, super-intendents,regionalmanagersandcommercialmanagers)from twobanks,theauthorsanalyzedtheimplicationsofthemerger between Itaú andUnibanco bankson the Intellectual Capital (IC)oftheresultingItaúUnibancoS/ABank.
IntheEducation,Research&AcademicProductionarea, wepresentthearticleFinancialeducationlevelofhighschool studentsanditseconomicreflections.ItsauthorsareCristian BaúDalMagro,MarcelloChristianoGorla,TarcísioPedroda SilvaandWilsonToshiroNakamura.Thepaperaimedto deter-mine the level of financial education of highschool students frompublicschools,accordingtoindividual,demographicand socialaspects,throughasurveyof4698studentsfrom14public schoolsinthesouthofBrazil.
IntheStrategy&BusinessEconomicssection,wepresent twoarticles.ThefirstisAnotherDriveroftheBrazilianFuel EthanolSupplyChain:TheConsumers’Preferences,written byGiulianaIsabella,AbrahamSinOihYu,AdrianaManic¸oba daSilvaandAnaLuciaPegetti,whichexploresthecausesfor setbacksintheBrazilianethanolsupplychain.Thepaperaims todemonstratehowethanolsupplychainstakeholdersperceive consumers’preferencesandcomparethemtothefactors consid-eredbyBrazilianflexible-fuelvehicles’driverswhenchoosing betweengasolineandethanol.
ThesecondpaperisOntherelationshipbetweenantitrust andstrategy:Takingstepsandthinkingahead,byGuilherme Fowlerde Avila Monteiro. Itexamines the rolethat strategic analysis hasplayed on antitrustanddiscusses newanalytical
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venues,usingareviewofthecurrentdebatebetweenantitrust andstrategy,andanapproachtoantitrustbasedonthe resource-basedview.
The lasttwo papers are fromthe Entrepreneurship area. Thefirst,Entrepreneurialorientationandreligion:the Pas-tor as an entrepreneur, by Victor Silva Corrêa, Gláucia Maria Vasconcelos Vale and Marina de Almeida Cruz, dis-cussesthechangesinBrazilianreligiouscomposition,withthe rapidexpansion ofEvangelicalcommunities.Througha qual-itativeresearch,theauthorsused thetheoreticalframeworkof entrepreneurialorientation(EO)asthebasisfortheiranalyses. Thesecond,Aresimilaronesdifferent?Determinant charac-teristicsofmanagementtoolusagewithincompaniessharingthe sameinstitutionalenvironment,whoseauthorsareFrancieledo Prado,MárciaMariadosSantosBortolocci Espejo,Fernando Antonio Prado Gimenez and Reinaldo Rodrigues Cama-cho, examines if entrepreneurs’ psychological characteristics couldinfluencemanagementpracticesandtheperformanceof
companies sharing the same institutional environment. From aquantitative perspective,121 firmsfromtheclothing indus-tryestablished inalocalproductive arrangement(LPA)were studied.
Wewishyoutoenjoythisedition.Wealsoremindyouthatto celebratethe70thanniversaryofRAUSPManagement Jour-naltherewillbeatwo-dayeventatourschoolonJuly10thand 11th. Tributestopeoplewhoworkedfor thejournal, lectures byBrazilianandinternationalscholarsandaone-dayworkshop on howtowriteandrevise topqualitypapersarepart ofthis celebration event,andyouareinvitedtobepartofit.Further detailscanbefoundatourwebsite.
Goodreading!
FlavioHourneauxJunior Co-Editor E-mail:editor.rausp@usp.br
