cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278202.v1
title: International analysis of the countries where Brazilian franchise chains operate

description: This paper aims to demonstrate which external environment factors are involved in the international commitment of Brazilian franchise chains. Our objectives herein are to understand which external country characteristics lead to international franchising operations and to ascertain the influence of such characteristics in the commitment of franchise chains in each country they operate in. The database has 54 Brazilian franchise chains with international operations in 26 countries, which implies in 157 franchises operating abroad. Regarding external environment factors, the independent variables form a group divided into market opportunity and business efficiency – trust and ease to doing business. The result of the three distinct clusters show how the market opportunity and the business efficiency (trust and ease in doing business) work as drivers to the international operation of Brazilian franchises. The paper shows that the franchise chains operating in the USA (cluster 3) have an inferior international commitment in comparison with the franchises which operate in developed countries and in small Latin American countries (cluster 2). It is also possible to notice a large number of franchises that operate in underdeveloped countries from Latin America and Africa (cluster 1) with worse business efficiency due to the advantage of learning how to operate in a country that could have some similarities with Brazil
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278206
title: Does vanity boosts the consumption of cosmetics and aesthetic surgical procedures in women? An exploratory investigation

description: This paper aims to understand female vanity and to investigate whether there is any impact of vanity with self-esteem and involvement with beauty and if it reflects in the consumption of aesthetic procedures. A set of 9 hypotheses is developed. The paper includes a discussion about beauty and its relevance for the contemporary society. A survey was conducted with 210 women that responded to a questionnaire containing two scales, vanity and beauty involvement, as well as questions about type and frequency of various aesthetic procedures. Discriminant validity of constructs was tested with a confirmatory factor analysis and analysis of the hypotheses used a structural equation modeling. The results highlight significant impact of vanity on aesthetic procedures. The higher the vanity, the greater the degree of body self-esteem, but there is a negative impact on self-esteem and surgical procedures.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278206.v1
title: Does vanity boosts the consumption of cosmetics and aesthetic surgical procedures in women? An exploratory investigation

description: This paper aims to understand female vanity and to investigate whether there is any impact of vanity with self-esteem and involvement with beauty and if it reflects in the consumption of aesthetic procedures. A set of 9 hypotheses is developed. The paper includes a discussion about beauty and its relevance for the contemporary society. A survey was conducted with 210 women that responded to a questionnaire containing two scales, vanity and beauty involvement, as well as questions about type and frequency of various aesthetic procedures. Discriminant validity of constructs was tested with a confirmatory factor analysis and analysis of the hypotheses used a structural equation modeling. The results highlight significant impact of vanity on aesthetic procedures. The higher the vanity, the greater the degree of body self-esteem, but there is a negative impact on self-esteem and surgical procedures.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278208
title: Film language: a communication metaphor for the discourse analysis in organizations

description: The objective of this research was to investigate the filmic language as a metaphor for communication for the analysis of the speeches in organizations. This is a qualitative research, with use of film analysis strategy. Data were collected by means of indirect and non participant observation, registered in observation protocol. It was used a strategy of discourse analysis of the personage of King George VI in the business/artistic film The king's speech; the documentary analysis of the documentary movie The king speaks – “The true story behind the film” and the content analysis of literary biography The king's speech – “as a man saved the British monarchy”. The results have reinforced that the use of film language, in this research, contributes to the understanding of the communication phenomenon in organizations. Its use creates the opportunity of simulation as from scenes that can be compared with data inserted into organizational context as metaphors, provided we are careful with the affective dimension involved in the process of filmic signification. Its utilization becomes convenient since it does not allow the choice of the film merely by the film and that there is an alignment between the movie chosen and the construct it intends to investigate.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278215
title: Luck versus skill: an evaluation of mutual funds in Brazil

description: ABSTRACTThis study verifies if investment funds returns in Brazil come from fund managers’ ability or just the luck factor. We used the methodology of Fama and French, which concludes for the irrelevance of skill in the United States. To estimate the distribution of alphas that would be obtained by mere luck, were generated 10,000 simulated funds from random selection among the returns of actual funds each month. The comparison of the simulated alpha with the actual ones showed there is ability to generate positive abnormal returns, especially by managers of large funds.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278208.v1
title: Film language: a communication metaphor for the discourse analysis in organizations

description: The objective of this research was to investigate the filmic language as a metaphor for communication for the analysis of the speeches in organizations. This is a qualitative research, with use of film analysis strategy. Data were collected by means of indirect and non participant observation, registered in observation protocol. It was used a strategy of discourse analysis of the personage of King George VI in the business/artistic film The king's speech; the documentary analysis of the documentary movie The king speaks – “The true story behind the film” and the content analysis of literary biography The king's speech – “as a man saved the British monarchy”. The results have reinforced that the use of film language, in this research, contributes to the understanding of the communication phenomenon in organizations. Its use creates the opportunity of simulation as from scenes that can be compared with data inserted into organizational context as metaphors, provided we are careful with the affective dimension involved in the process of filmic signification. Its utilization becomes convenient since it does not allow the choice of the film merely by the film and that there is an alignment between the movie chosen and the construct it intends to investigate.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278209.v1
title: Permanent demand excess as business strategy: an analysis of the Brazilian higher-education market

description: Many Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) establish tuition below the equilibrium price to generate permanent demand excess. This paper first adapts Becker’s (1991) theory to understand why the HEIs price in this way. The fact that students are both consumers and inputs on the education production process gives rise to a market equilibrium where some firms have excess demand and charge high prices, and others charge low prices and have empty seats.Second, the paper analyzes this equilibrium empirically. We estimated the demand for undergraduate courses in Business Administration in the State of São Paulo. The results show that tuition, quality of incoming students and percentage of lecturers holding doctorates degrees are the determining factors of students’ choice. Since the student quality determines the demand for a HEI, it is calculated what the value is for a HEI to get better students; that is the total revenue that each HEI gives up to guarantee excess demand. Regarding the “investment” in selectivity, 39 HEIs in São Paulo give up a combined R$ 5 million (or US$ 3.14 million) in revenue per year per freshman class, which means 7.6% of the revenue coming from a freshman class.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278212
title: Debt maturity, financial development and legal institutions: a multilevel analysis in Latin American companies

description: ABSTRACTThis research investigates the influence of different factor groups in corporate debt maturity in Latin America. We used the Hierarchical Linear Model, which allows nesting variables at different levels. Throughout the study, we performed a factor analysis in order to measure the level of financial development and institutional quality in the countries of our sample. The results suggest that variations over time and between firms are the major sources of variations in corporate debt maturity. Moreover, the size and the liquidity of the firm, the real interest rate and the financial development of the country stand out as factors that significantly influence corporate debt maturity. Finally, financial development and institutional quality factors indirectly affect the corporate debt maturity through the firm size variable.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278215.v1
title: Luck versus skill: an evaluation of mutual funds in Brazil

description: ABSTRACTThis study verifies if investment funds returns in Brazil come from fund managers’ ability or just the luck factor. We used the methodology of Fama and French, which concludes for the irrelevance of skill in the United States. To estimate the distribution of alphas that would be obtained by mere luck, were generated 10,000 simulated funds from random selection among the returns of actual funds each month. The comparison of the simulated alpha with the actual ones showed there is ability to generate positive abnormal returns, especially by managers of large funds.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278212.v1
title: Debt maturity, financial development and legal institutions: a multilevel analysis in Latin American companies

description: ABSTRACTThis research investigates the influence of different factor groups in corporate debt maturity in Latin America. We used the Hierarchical Linear Model, which allows nesting variables at different levels. Throughout the study, we performed a factor analysis in order to measure the level of financial development and institutional quality in the countries of our sample. The results suggest that variations over time and between firms are the major sources of variations in corporate debt maturity. Moreover, the size and the liquidity of the firm, the real interest rate and the financial development of the country stand out as factors that significantly influence corporate debt maturity. Finally, financial development and institutional quality factors indirectly affect the corporate debt maturity through the firm size variable.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278214.v1
title: Antecedents to career transition of Information Technology professional

description: ABSTRACT This research investigates the transition of Information Technology (IT) professionals to other functional areas, a phenomenon named as "turn away", via the identification of the antecedents associated with IT professionals' intention to abandon this area. In order to achieve this purpose, an explanatory research was conducted and operationalized literature review, aiming the proposition of a structural model that could explain that phenomenon, as well as the development of respective research hypothesis associated with the IT professional career transition. Then, by adopting an empirical approach operationalized by means of a web-survey and the application of multivariate statistics techniques based on structural equations modelling, the proposed model, as well as the research hypothesis, were tested. As a result, exhaustion with work in the IT area, dissatisfaction with the IT area in general, the need to acquire further professional experience to remain attractive to the job market, the need for professional growth, as well as previous and conscious managerial training and development, were supported as statistically significant antecedents of IT professional career transition to other functional areas. Lastly, managerial implications arising from this work, as well as the research limitations were presented.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278217
title: Financing of small and medium-sized companies: analysis of companies from Porto District, Portugal

description: ABSTRACTIn this article, the purpose is to know and analyze the more used products and financing forms by small and medium companies in the district of Porto, in Portugal. The aim is also to realize the acceptability and the propensity for use of alternative forms of financing and understand what the companies’ difficulties to access credit are. The method used is quantitative and exploratory, with a survey sent to 1,600 companies in the district of Porto, about the different ways of financing used by organizations. The results indicate that bank credit is the main source of financing for small and medium companies, followed by self-financing. The financing by issuing stocks and bonds is residual. The results show three important factors when companies need to finance up: the company’s growth, the cost of borrowing and bureaucratic aspects. Despite the exploratory characteristic of this study, the three factors found are a contribution to the study on the financing of small and medium companies, deserving attention from investors, managers and equity holders.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278217.v1
title: Financing of small and medium-sized companies: analysis of companies from Porto District, Portugal

description: ABSTRACTIn this article, the purpose is to know and analyze the more used products and financing forms by small and medium companies in the district of Porto, in Portugal. The aim is also to realize the acceptability and the propensity for use of alternative forms of financing and understand what the companies’ difficulties to access credit are. The method used is quantitative and exploratory, with a survey sent to 1,600 companies in the district of Porto, about the different ways of financing used by organizations. The results indicate that bank credit is the main source of financing for small and medium companies, followed by self-financing. The financing by issuing stocks and bonds is residual. The results show three important factors when companies need to finance up: the company’s growth, the cost of borrowing and bureaucratic aspects. Despite the exploratory characteristic of this study, the three factors found are a contribution to the study on the financing of small and medium companies, deserving attention from investors, managers and equity holders.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278220
title: Corporate sustainability practices in accredited Brazilian hospitals: a degree-of-maturity assessment of the environmental dimension

description: Abstract The main objective of this paper is to assess the degree of maturity of Brazilian accredited hospitals in relation to sustainable practices, specifically the environmental dimension. Therefore, a questionnaire was constructed, shaped by the literature review and the evaluation method of the Corporate Sustainability Index of BM and FBovespa (n.d.). Furthermore, the relationship between three corporate sustainability tools (the certification of the International Organization for Standardization [ISO] 14001, published sustainability reports, and the existence of an area dedicated to corporate sustainability) and the maturity of hospitals in relation to sustainability practices were assessed. The results show that, of the 38 hospitals that participated in the survey (43% of subjects studied), 58% obtained a maturity rating of very high or high rating, according to the established criteria. In addition, some research variables showed statistically significant differences among the hospitals that have ISO 14001 certification, those that publish sustainability reports, and those that have an area dedicated to sustainability. Consequently, hospitals should take action to include much more sustainability actions in their strategies, such as how to establish a participatory dialog with stakeholders, in order to improve and raise the level of maturity of hospitals.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278221
title: An analysis of the relationship between embedded ties and supplier innovation in the cooperative sector

description: Abstract What are the main predictors of the development of embedded ties? What are the impacts of supplier-knowledge, client-knowledge, and embedded-tie variables on the development of supplier innovation in the cooperative sector? What is the moderating role of embedded ties in the development of supplier innovation? This study brings together 126 responses from suppliers of a large agro-industrial cooperative. The results show that embedded ties have a positive impact on the development of innovation and knowledge for innovation. Furthermore, a significant association between supplier knowledge and innovation was found, which is moderated by embedded ties. Data show that embedded ties amplify the ability to develop innovation in industrial relationships.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278209
title: Permanent demand excess as business strategy: an analysis of the Brazilian higher-education market

description: Many Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) establish tuition below the equilibrium price to generate permanent demand excess. This paper first adapts Becker’s (1991) theory to understand why the HEIs price in this way. The fact that students are both consumers and inputs on the education production process gives rise to a market equilibrium where some firms have excess demand and charge high prices, and others charge low prices and have empty seats.Second, the paper analyzes this equilibrium empirically. We estimated the demand for undergraduate courses in Business Administration in the State of São Paulo. The results show that tuition, quality of incoming students and percentage of lecturers holding doctorates degrees are the determining factors of students’ choice. Since the student quality determines the demand for a HEI, it is calculated what the value is for a HEI to get better students; that is the total revenue that each HEI gives up to guarantee excess demand. Regarding the “investment” in selectivity, 39 HEIs in São Paulo give up a combined R$ 5 million (or US$ 3.14 million) in revenue per year per freshman class, which means 7.6% of the revenue coming from a freshman class.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278214
title: Antecedents to career transition of Information Technology professional

description: ABSTRACT This research investigates the transition of Information Technology (IT) professionals to other functional areas, a phenomenon named as "turn away", via the identification of the antecedents associated with IT professionals' intention to abandon this area. In order to achieve this purpose, an explanatory research was conducted and operationalized literature review, aiming the proposition of a structural model that could explain that phenomenon, as well as the development of respective research hypothesis associated with the IT professional career transition. Then, by adopting an empirical approach operationalized by means of a web-survey and the application of multivariate statistics techniques based on structural equations modelling, the proposed model, as well as the research hypothesis, were tested. As a result, exhaustion with work in the IT area, dissatisfaction with the IT area in general, the need to acquire further professional experience to remain attractive to the job market, the need for professional growth, as well as previous and conscious managerial training and development, were supported as statistically significant antecedents of IT professional career transition to other functional areas. Lastly, managerial implications arising from this work, as well as the research limitations were presented.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278224.v1
title: Understanding the hierarchy governance choice of some wineries in Brazil - case study of 3 Brazilian wineries

description: ABSTRACT This study aims to contribute towards understanding the multiple factors, which influence firm's governance decisions. To identify some of these factors, three cases in the Brazilian wine industry were analyzed: Miolo located in Vale dos Vinhedos (South of Brazil) and in Vale do Rio São Francisco (Northeast of Brazil); Don Laurindo located in Vale dos Vinhedos; and ViniBrasil located in Vale do Rio São Francisco. For the most part, all three firms procure the grapes they use for their wine production in-house. Only Miolo purchases an insignificant amount of grapes outside of its production. By Brazilian standards, these regions have a long tradition of grape production and it is not difficult to purchase sufficient quantity of grapes to produce wine. However, the wineries are concerned also about the quality of the grapes they use and purchasing high-quality grapes might be critical issue. On the other hand, the quality of grapes is easily measured and the cost to buy in the market is cheaper than producing in-house. Furthermore, also the level of asset specificity present in the grape-grower-wine-producer transaction seems, by itself, insufficient to justify the use of hierarchical governance forms. Then, the aim of the article is to analyze the reasons why these wineries largely rely on hierarchy governance forms to procure their grape-inputs. What explains their use of hierarchy governance, given that both asset specificity and measurement problems appear to be relatively low?
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.14278232
title: Adaptation and obtainment of evidence for the validity of the “Scale of Perceived Sacrifices Associated with Leaving (the organization)” in the Brazilian context: a study among teachers of basic, technical, and technological education

description: Abstract The most widely-used model in studies of organizational commitment is the three-dimensional model developed by Meyer and Allen in 1991. This model understands the construct as being composed of instrumental, affective, and normative dimensions. However, it has been criticized by researchers who do not view instrumental commitment as related to the concept of commitment, but instead as a possible organizational link. In order to address the conceptual and empirical problems of the instrument, Powell and Meyer perfected the sub-scale of instrumental commitment and recommended that a new scale, named Perceived Sacrifices Associated with Leaving, be used in future research. This article aims to adapt and obtain evidence of the validity of the new scale, and analyze how teachers perceive the sacrifices associated with leaving a Federal Institute of Education, Science, and Technology. The scale has undergone cross-cultural adaptation and the adapted version was applied to teachers. Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis were applied, displaying evidence of the validity of the construct for the Brazilian version. The results revealed that teachers agree on the high intensity level of the sacrifices associated with leaving, and that teachers who occupy management positions perceive it to a higher degree than others. The proposed changes in the scale should be evaluated in future research, and other studies are important to confirm the results found.