[PDF] Top 20 BAR, Braz. Adm. Rev. vol.8 número4

... The fourth manuscript (Fair Trade Practices in the Northwest Brazilian Amazon, by Rafael D’Almeida Martins) presents in-depth research of a particular example of a sustainable developm[r] ... See full document

... By accounting for the contribution of each observed variable to both the three stages of the value chain (suppliers, R&D, and marketing) and in the three coordination activities (p[r] ... See full document

... As for operating practice variables, we can see that inclusion of the ISO variable into the regression model in Table 8 was largely due to the influence of industry (Manufacturing, ceramic products). For this ... See full document

... In order to do so, the analysis of the main findings of the research have been driven by the overall question concerning the structure of interaction between the actors of the project t[r] ... See full document

... Moreover, there is potential for research on MNCs from developing countries from a critical perspective: e.g., one could focus on understanding if MNCs from developing countries, when [r] ... See full document

... Furthermore, we cannot overlook one of Solé’s (2008) frequent criticisms of rationality and its centrality in organizational studies. There is no universal definition of what rational i[r] ... See full document

... ⋅ The other factors, Institutional Framework, Business Legislation, Societal Framework, Finance, Management Practices, Attitudes and Values, were obtained from the World Competitiveness[r] ... See full document

... Orphanides and Williams (2005) affirm that it is essential to anchor private inflation expectations for successful monetary policy. They conclude that learning-induced inflation [r] ... See full document

... This came about from a specific action among many other expressions which were highlighted by two sets of emancipated dimensions: (a) the social representation of the typical merchant [r] ... See full document

... In the second article, Rodrigo Bandeira-de- Mello, Rosilene Marcon and Anete Alberton have tested an exploratory structural model of discretionary firm donation using firm and industry [r] ... See full document

... As shown in Table 1, there seems to be a consensus that the key drivers of the outsourcing of logistics activities by shippers are cost reduction and service improveme[r] ... See full document

... We can outline three conclusions from these results: (a) discretionary donation seems to be a strategy for managing stakeholder claims; (b) firms’ characteristics are [r] ... See full document

... Although this definition embraces the calculative, affective-based and belief mechanisms of trust discussed previously, for business relationships three other mechanisms requ[r] ... See full document

... In a study about the Brazilian auto parts industry, Rocha and Arkader (2002, p. 166) noted that the cases they studied “indicate that, in practice, the strategic movements und[r] ... See full document

... As our main contribution, we highlight the critical discussion of the model proposed by Karthik (2002) as it is applied in horizontal networks: contradicting the author’s suggestion, th[r] ... See full document

... In the third text, Sales Managers’ Performance and Social Capital: the Impact of an Advice Network, Danny Pimentel Claro and Sílvio Abrahão Laban Neto show us another interesting study [r] ... See full document

... Table 8 shows that the parameters of persistence estimated by the three models (8, 8a, and 8b) are positive and statistically significant, with the coefficients oscillating at around 23% regardless of the ... See full document

... We found that the field of the institutional perspective in organizational studies in Brazil, in terms of collaboration for scientific production, configures a network fragmented around[r] ... See full document

... Sales managers central in structural holes are likely to have sharpened and displayed their capabilities because they have more control over the substance of their work defined by the [r] ... See full document

... each measurement model of the construct inserted into a larger structural model (nomological network) with other constructs to which it is expected to be related (besides th[r] ... See full document