cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020046.v1
title: Work Levels and Embeddedness in a Drug Rehab Center Social Network

description: There are several studies about the intensity of the relationships and strength of actors in a network within an organizational scope, but only a few include the concept of work levels. Thus, we conducted a multilevel survey in a network of 38 drug rehab centers (Comunidades Terapêuticas [CT]) in the Region of Curitiba, Brazil. We investigated the CT leader's work level and the positioning of the CT in an intraorganizational net (when belonging to multi-branch institutions) within the network and with institutions beyond this network. High degrees of work levels were associated with internal network centrality (inDegree) and coordination with actors outside the network; intra-network positioning did not correlate with work levels. Higher work level leaders belonged to organizations with central positions in the network; they also manage more contacts outside the network. The correlation between the leaders' work levels and organization centrality in the network does not necessarily mean a causal relationship. We merely stated that the relationship exists and that probably the two movements occur simultaneously.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020047
title: Evaluation of Teaching Entrepreneurship among University Students by Means of an Entrepreneur Profile

description: Entrepreneurship is a socioeconomic phenomenon that has been valued for its influence on the growth and development of regional and national economies. The main promoter of this phenomenon are entrepreneurs, subjects endowed with multiple features that make up their profiles. They are dynamic and results oriented, benefitting from the fruits of their own personal efforts. Entrepreneurial education is highlighted as one of the most efficient ways to promote an entrepreneurial culture and train new entrepreneurs. However, some difficulty has been observed in assessing the effectiveness of teaching and learning this subject. The objective of this study was to analyze, by means of multivariate techniques, an instrument whose function is to measure the learning of Entrepreneurship, verifying the change in entrepreneur profiles of 407 college students participating or not in an entrepreneurial training process. The results showed that students who participated in Entrepreneurship educational training activities showed significant changes in their entrepreneurial profiles. The main contributions showed growth in the Self-realization, Planner, Innovative and Risks Assumed dimensions.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020047.v1
title: Evaluation of Teaching Entrepreneurship among University Students by Means of an Entrepreneur Profile

description: Entrepreneurship is a socioeconomic phenomenon that has been valued for its influence on the growth and development of regional and national economies. The main promoter of this phenomenon are entrepreneurs, subjects endowed with multiple features that make up their profiles. They are dynamic and results oriented, benefitting from the fruits of their own personal efforts. Entrepreneurial education is highlighted as one of the most efficient ways to promote an entrepreneurial culture and train new entrepreneurs. However, some difficulty has been observed in assessing the effectiveness of teaching and learning this subject. The objective of this study was to analyze, by means of multivariate techniques, an instrument whose function is to measure the learning of Entrepreneurship, verifying the change in entrepreneur profiles of 407 college students participating or not in an entrepreneurial training process. The results showed that students who participated in Entrepreneurship educational training activities showed significant changes in their entrepreneurial profiles. The main contributions showed growth in the Self-realization, Planner, Innovative and Risks Assumed dimensions.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020053
title: National and Industry Determinants of Capital Structure in Latin America

description: This study identified the role of the national environment (the Macroeconomy, Financial Development and Institutional Quality) and industry characteristics (Munificence, Dynamism, Concentration, Life Cycle, Technological Efficiency Dispersion, Product Quality Dispersion, Customer Bargaining Power and Supplier Bargaining Power) on debt of 612 listed companies from 7 Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela). For comparison purposes, the analysis is also extended to 847 U.S. companies. The period of study is 1996-2009 and the analysis employed a Hierarchical Linear Model, which controls the effects according to the level of the variables (country, industry, time and firm). The results suggest that Financial Development eases access to external funds and Institutional Quality is negatively related to firm Leverage. The research also finds evidence that institutional quality can promote asymmetrical development between stock markets and credit markets.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020053.v1
title: National and Industry Determinants of Capital Structure in Latin America

description: This study identified the role of the national environment (the Macroeconomy, Financial Development and Institutional Quality) and industry characteristics (Munificence, Dynamism, Concentration, Life Cycle, Technological Efficiency Dispersion, Product Quality Dispersion, Customer Bargaining Power and Supplier Bargaining Power) on debt of 612 listed companies from 7 Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela). For comparison purposes, the analysis is also extended to 847 U.S. companies. The period of study is 1996-2009 and the analysis employed a Hierarchical Linear Model, which controls the effects according to the level of the variables (country, industry, time and firm). The results suggest that Financial Development eases access to external funds and Institutional Quality is negatively related to firm Leverage. The research also finds evidence that institutional quality can promote asymmetrical development between stock markets and credit markets.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020055
title: Exporter networks, innovation, and performance: an institutional approach

description: Several studies have attempted to analyze the determinants of export performance. Most of them have been dedicated to assessing the role of corporate, managerial, and organizational resources, as well as company size and experience. Others sought to measure the effect of innovation on export performance. However, there are few studies that address the effect institutional framework has on export performance. The present study aims to evaluate the institutional determinants of companies' export performance, seeking to fill a gap in the international business literature by examining the ways in which the institutional framework of the country of origin affects companies' export performance. Although several studies have investigated the effect country of origin institutions have on internationalization and export performance, there are few studies that have evaluated the modes and mechanisms by which such institutions act and shape companies' export performance. This study's contribution is using structural equation modeling to show that institutional framework has no direct effect on export performance, but acts indirectly through specific transmission mechanisms. This approach points to social networks and innovation as two mechanisms that perform specific functions to configure institutional effects. Although the empirical results did not show statistical significance for the innovation dimension, the network mechanism has been shown as a specific and efficient mechanism for transmitting institutional framework effects on export performance.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020055.v1
title: Exporter networks, innovation, and performance: an institutional approach

description: Several studies have attempted to analyze the determinants of export performance. Most of them have been dedicated to assessing the role of corporate, managerial, and organizational resources, as well as company size and experience. Others sought to measure the effect of innovation on export performance. However, there are few studies that address the effect institutional framework has on export performance. The present study aims to evaluate the institutional determinants of companies' export performance, seeking to fill a gap in the international business literature by examining the ways in which the institutional framework of the country of origin affects companies' export performance. Although several studies have investigated the effect country of origin institutions have on internationalization and export performance, there are few studies that have evaluated the modes and mechanisms by which such institutions act and shape companies' export performance. This study's contribution is using structural equation modeling to show that institutional framework has no direct effect on export performance, but acts indirectly through specific transmission mechanisms. This approach points to social networks and innovation as two mechanisms that perform specific functions to configure institutional effects. Although the empirical results did not show statistical significance for the innovation dimension, the network mechanism has been shown as a specific and efficient mechanism for transmitting institutional framework effects on export performance.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020056
title: Innovation Capability: A Systematic Review of the Literature

description: This work contributes to consolidate academic research on innovation capacity. A systematic methodology was applied to review the literature since 1991. The recovered literature was analyzed and synthesized into a multidimensional framework composed of 7 determinants of innovation capability - transformational leadership; strategic intent to innovate; personnel management innovation; customer and market knowledge; strategic management of technology; organicity of the organizational structure; and project management that results in performance innovation in products and processes. Additionally, an inventory of management practices that characterize and underpin the aforementioned factors was conducted and presented. The framework and the list of management practices can be used as a basis for future empirical research or as a guide for improving firms' innovation capabilities.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020058
title: Research, Teaching and Practice of Operations Management: Consonances and Divergences among Three Worlds

description: This paper analyzes the importance assigned to Operations Management themes by researchers, educators and practitioners in the field. Data were collected by means of a survey and also by analyzing other evidence of concern to researchers, educators and practitioners. The analysis based on the survey did not reveal any significant differences between the three groups of professionals. Some dissonance was perceived, however, in the involvement of these professionals with such themes in their daily activities. Two themes appear among the ten most frequent themes depicted for the three professional groups (Production strategy and policies; and Quality management). Three themes (Operations information management; Lean production systems; and Work design, measurement and improvement) are among the most prevalent ones for researchers and practitioners. One theme (Operations and process management) is among the ten most relevant for educators and practitioners. Two other themes (Supply chain management; and Project management) frequently appear to be important for researchers and educators.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020058.v1
title: Research, Teaching and Practice of Operations Management: Consonances and Divergences among Three Worlds

description: This paper analyzes the importance assigned to Operations Management themes by researchers, educators and practitioners in the field. Data were collected by means of a survey and also by analyzing other evidence of concern to researchers, educators and practitioners. The analysis based on the survey did not reveal any significant differences between the three groups of professionals. Some dissonance was perceived, however, in the involvement of these professionals with such themes in their daily activities. Two themes appear among the ten most frequent themes depicted for the three professional groups (Production strategy and policies; and Quality management). Three themes (Operations information management; Lean production systems; and Work design, measurement and improvement) are among the most prevalent ones for researchers and practitioners. One theme (Operations and process management) is among the ten most relevant for educators and practitioners. Two other themes (Supply chain management; and Project management) frequently appear to be important for researchers and educators.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020062
title: An Institutional Perspective of Health Information Systems in two Brazilian States

description: Health Information Systems (SIS) are technological artifacts allowing public managers in three government spheres to obtain essential information for the management and planning of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS - the public health system). Institutional Theory was chosen as the theoretical framework to analyze the incorporation of SIS in Brazilian public health, since there may be a direct influence from the organizational environment. This perspective makes it possible to find explanations for environmental factor influence, be they coercive, normative or mimetic, when deciding on the use of technology in government. The aim of this paper is to investigate the influence these institutional factors have on SIS use by State Health Departments (SES). In order to achieve our objective, we chose a qualitative approach, with multiple SES case studies in the states of Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul. The Mortality Information System (SIM) and the Decentralized Hospital Information System (SIHD) were considered the units of analysis for this study. Based on the proposed conceptual model, institutional factors that influence the use of these SIS, in the form of coercive, mimetic and normative pressures, are presented and analyzed.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020062.v1
title: An Institutional Perspective of Health Information Systems in two Brazilian States

description: Health Information Systems (SIS) are technological artifacts allowing public managers in three government spheres to obtain essential information for the management and planning of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS - the public health system). Institutional Theory was chosen as the theoretical framework to analyze the incorporation of SIS in Brazilian public health, since there may be a direct influence from the organizational environment. This perspective makes it possible to find explanations for environmental factor influence, be they coercive, normative or mimetic, when deciding on the use of technology in government. The aim of this paper is to investigate the influence these institutional factors have on SIS use by State Health Departments (SES). In order to achieve our objective, we chose a qualitative approach, with multiple SES case studies in the states of Paraná and Rio Grande do Sul. The Mortality Information System (SIM) and the Decentralized Hospital Information System (SIHD) were considered the units of analysis for this study. Based on the proposed conceptual model, institutional factors that influence the use of these SIS, in the form of coercive, mimetic and normative pressures, are presented and analyzed.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020064
title: Stress, Coping Strategies and Quality of Life: A Survey of Brazilian Managers

description: This study analyzes the relationship between perceived stress at work, the coping strategy adopted, and the quality of life of active managers in Brazilian organizations. Three instruments were applied together: Karasek's Job Stress Scale, Latack's Coping with Job Stress and WHO'S WHOQOL-Bref to a sample of 1290 managers throughout Brazil. An analysis of the correlation between the variables stress, quality of life and coping strategy was applied. To further evaluate the relationship between the three dimensions of interest, linear and logistic regression models were developed. The findings show that most managers find themselves under a high stress level, but share good social support and have good perceptions about their quality of life. Most use control strategies to cope with stress. Control strategies and symptom management significantly influence the perception of quality of life, whereas avoidance strategies imply a decrease in this perception. Managers with jobs classified as high strain (Karasek & Theorell, 1990) tend to have a poorer quality of life, even when moderated by social support.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020067.v1
title: A Slaughterhouse Oligopsony: An Empirical Assessment of Market Power

description: This paper analyzes the beef supply chain in Brazil with the purpose of identifying the existence of market power between farmers and slaughterhouses. The study is divided in two parts. First, we characterize the beef sector in Brazil, and conclude that the industry structure is close to a oligopsony. Following the tradition of the New Empirical Industrial Organization (NEIO), we then proceed to apply an econometric test to detect market power. This new method tries to overcome the usual limitations in which the results obtained are sensitive to assumptions about production technology. Using profit maximization conditions for slaughterhouses, and a time series of monthly data over a period of 14 years from the state of Sao Paulo, we found evidence of weak to moderate market power in the relationship between slaughterhouses and producers. Robustness checks through alternative models only confirmed these results. Also, we did not find evidence that market power has increased any in recent years, during which the industry concentration ratio has increased substantially.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020067
title: A Slaughterhouse Oligopsony: An Empirical Assessment of Market Power

description: This paper analyzes the beef supply chain in Brazil with the purpose of identifying the existence of market power between farmers and slaughterhouses. The study is divided in two parts. First, we characterize the beef sector in Brazil, and conclude that the industry structure is close to a oligopsony. Following the tradition of the New Empirical Industrial Organization (NEIO), we then proceed to apply an econometric test to detect market power. This new method tries to overcome the usual limitations in which the results obtained are sensitive to assumptions about production technology. Using profit maximization conditions for slaughterhouses, and a time series of monthly data over a period of 14 years from the state of Sao Paulo, we found evidence of weak to moderate market power in the relationship between slaughterhouses and producers. Robustness checks through alternative models only confirmed these results. Also, we did not find evidence that market power has increased any in recent years, during which the industry concentration ratio has increased substantially.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020068
title: Cargo Transshipment Stations as Logistic Mediators for the Fertilizer Industry

description: In order to participate in the competitive global food markets, Brazilian agribusiness has been expanding its agricultural frontiers to regions ever more distant from the consumption area, which makes logistics management absolutely necessary. Accordingly, this article verifies the importance of cargo transshipment stations as mediating variables between integrated logistics management and logistics performance in Brazilian companies that are part of the mineral fertilizer industry. Thus, a descriptive study was carried out in which data was collected by semi-structured questionnaires applied to logistic managers. Eighty-nine responses were obtained. The collected data was submitted to structural equation modeling, PLS-PM, at (α ≤ 0,05) statistical significance level, and revealed that cargo transshipment stations partially mediate the relationship between fertilizer companies’ integrated logistics management and performance. The results showed adherence to the established theoretical model and that the use of cargo transshipment stations as a full mediator for fertilizers still has a long way to go.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020068.v1
title: Cargo Transshipment Stations as Logistic Mediators for the Fertilizer Industry

description: In order to participate in the competitive global food markets, Brazilian agribusiness has been expanding its agricultural frontiers to regions ever more distant from the consumption area, which makes logistics management absolutely necessary. Accordingly, this article verifies the importance of cargo transshipment stations as mediating variables between integrated logistics management and logistics performance in Brazilian companies that are part of the mineral fertilizer industry. Thus, a descriptive study was carried out in which data was collected by semi-structured questionnaires applied to logistic managers. Eighty-nine responses were obtained. The collected data was submitted to structural equation modeling, PLS-PM, at (α ≤ 0,05) statistical significance level, and revealed that cargo transshipment stations partially mediate the relationship between fertilizer companies’ integrated logistics management and performance. The results showed adherence to the established theoretical model and that the use of cargo transshipment stations as a full mediator for fertilizers still has a long way to go.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020070.v1
title: Agenda Setting at the Comitê Itajaí: An Application of the Kingdon Model

description: The objective of this article is to study agenda setting during the formulation of the Itajaí River Basin Plan by the Comitê Itajaí (Itajaí Committee). In methodological terms, it consists of a qualitative, documentary and field case study, collecting data through documentary research and interview. The studied case was that of the decision to charge for the use of water resources, to which we applied Kingdon’s multiple streams model (2003) in order to understand the dynamics of the involved agents’ actions in which the combination of the problem, political and policy streams led to the opening of a policy window. Hence, water resource users, acting as policy entrepreneurs, made use of the policy window to modify the formula for charging originally proposed by the Committee’s board of directors, thus ensuring a more appropriate instrument for their interests.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020070
title: Agenda Setting at the Comitê Itajaí: An Application of the Kingdon Model

description: The objective of this article is to study agenda setting during the formulation of the Itajaí River Basin Plan by the Comitê Itajaí (Itajaí Committee). In methodological terms, it consists of a qualitative, documentary and field case study, collecting data through documentary research and interview. The studied case was that of the decision to charge for the use of water resources, to which we applied Kingdon’s multiple streams model (2003) in order to understand the dynamics of the involved agents’ actions in which the combination of the problem, political and policy streams led to the opening of a policy window. Hence, water resource users, acting as policy entrepreneurs, made use of the policy window to modify the formula for charging originally proposed by the Committee’s board of directors, thus ensuring a more appropriate instrument for their interests.