cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020110.v1
title: Life Cycle Stages and Earnings Quality in Brazil

description: The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of the life-cycle stages (LCS) of companies listed on BM & FBovespa regarding the quality of accounting information (AIQ), from 1995 to 2011. After companies were classified according to their LCS, AIQ were measured by conservatism, earnings and cash flows persistence, and earnings management. Our results suggest that there are significant differences in accounting quality, except for earnings management, in Brazilian companies' life-cycle stages.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020113
title: Interested in Being a Business Owner? Improving Higher Education in Entrepreneurship

description: The objective of this paper is to identify ways of improving higher education in entrepreneurship, focusing on Brazilian students who want to be self-employed or have their own business. In this article, they are named intentional founders. The study is a survey complemented by a short literature review. The online questionnaire was answered by 12, 604 Brazilian students from 37 public and private higher-education institutions. According to their answers, they present a higher demand for entrepreneurship education and a higher entrepreneurial intention than students from other countries. Three hypotheses were tested. Results show that more or less entrepreneurship education (EE) has no effect on students' entrepreneurial intention and self-efficacy (self-perception of being well-prepared to do successful entrepreneurial activities). On the other hand, entrepreneurial intention has a significant and positive association with demand for EE. Taking advantage of students' high demand seems attractive to facilitate the necessary improvement of EE in Brazil. The discussions and conclusions at the end of the paper offer recommendations not only for the improvement of higher education, but also for conducting further research.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020113.v1
title: Interested in Being a Business Owner? Improving Higher Education in Entrepreneurship

description: The objective of this paper is to identify ways of improving higher education in entrepreneurship, focusing on Brazilian students who want to be self-employed or have their own business. In this article, they are named intentional founders. The study is a survey complemented by a short literature review. The online questionnaire was answered by 12, 604 Brazilian students from 37 public and private higher-education institutions. According to their answers, they present a higher demand for entrepreneurship education and a higher entrepreneurial intention than students from other countries. Three hypotheses were tested. Results show that more or less entrepreneurship education (EE) has no effect on students' entrepreneurial intention and self-efficacy (self-perception of being well-prepared to do successful entrepreneurial activities). On the other hand, entrepreneurial intention has a significant and positive association with demand for EE. Taking advantage of students' high demand seems attractive to facilitate the necessary improvement of EE in Brazil. The discussions and conclusions at the end of the paper offer recommendations not only for the improvement of higher education, but also for conducting further research.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020116
title: "What Do I Manage and on Whom Do I Depend": Determinants of Bloggers' Actions

description: Blogs have been increasingly sought by companies to form strategic alliances. These alliances form digital networks of relationships between blogs, readers and sponsors. The network, structured by preferential attachment, forces the new blogger to not only manage resources that the blog depends on to survive and build attractiveness in a competitive, heterogeneous and mutable environment; but also the challenge of overcoming the uncertainties, contingencies and vulnerabilities imposed by the context (network), in which they operate. However, do bloggers take different managerial actions in the pursuit of survival and success? With this question in mind, a theoretical model was developed to characterize managerial action according to blog context. The empirical tests of this model, carried out by quantitative and qualitative analysis with 21 blogs, indicated not only that bloggers have adaptive managerial actions, but also that their actions evolve in attempts to increase attractiveness. These results shed light on how managerial actions and decisions can be used to overcome the favoritism intrinsic to networks and contribute to the understanding of how some blogs achieve success quickly and legitimately by acting dynamically and contextually. This explains how leadership positions may switch, something assumed to be random in research based on network theory (preferential attachment).
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020116.v1
title: "What Do I Manage and on Whom Do I Depend": Determinants of Bloggers' Actions

description: Blogs have been increasingly sought by companies to form strategic alliances. These alliances form digital networks of relationships between blogs, readers and sponsors. The network, structured by preferential attachment, forces the new blogger to not only manage resources that the blog depends on to survive and build attractiveness in a competitive, heterogeneous and mutable environment; but also the challenge of overcoming the uncertainties, contingencies and vulnerabilities imposed by the context (network), in which they operate. However, do bloggers take different managerial actions in the pursuit of survival and success? With this question in mind, a theoretical model was developed to characterize managerial action according to blog context. The empirical tests of this model, carried out by quantitative and qualitative analysis with 21 blogs, indicated not only that bloggers have adaptive managerial actions, but also that their actions evolve in attempts to increase attractiveness. These results shed light on how managerial actions and decisions can be used to overcome the favoritism intrinsic to networks and contribute to the understanding of how some blogs achieve success quickly and legitimately by acting dynamically and contextually. This explains how leadership positions may switch, something assumed to be random in research based on network theory (preferential attachment).
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020119.v1
title: Life History and Career Paths: A Study of Brazilian Executives

description: The notion of what constitutes a career is interdisciplinary by nature, congregating views from an individual, organizations and society. Nevertheless, despite progress in discussions on the subject, recent studies have pointed towards the limitations of currently used theories, calling for greater interdisciplinarity (Arthur, 2008; Chudzikowski & Mayrhofer, 2011; Khapova & Arthur, 2011; Lawrence, 2011), since little evolution has occurred in this sense. In order to respond to the need for multidisciplinary research in career studies, this paperaims to presentandillustrate thepotential use oflife histories by analyzing the influences and limits on seven Brazilian executives' career paths through this method. Results are presented in two broad categories of analysis: (a) contextual influencesoncareers involving changes in the Brazilian economic and organizational setting, increased competition and need to increase knowledge in face of globalization, mobility demand and gender discrimination;(b) life stages andcareer choices, including individual aspects of their trajectories, such as family values, choice of undergraduate courses, entering the labor market and parenthood.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020119
title: Life History and Career Paths: A Study of Brazilian Executives

description: The notion of what constitutes a career is interdisciplinary by nature, congregating views from an individual, organizations and society. Nevertheless, despite progress in discussions on the subject, recent studies have pointed towards the limitations of currently used theories, calling for greater interdisciplinarity (Arthur, 2008; Chudzikowski & Mayrhofer, 2011; Khapova & Arthur, 2011; Lawrence, 2011), since little evolution has occurred in this sense. In order to respond to the need for multidisciplinary research in career studies, this paperaims to presentandillustrate thepotential use oflife histories by analyzing the influences and limits on seven Brazilian executives' career paths through this method. Results are presented in two broad categories of analysis: (a) contextual influencesoncareers involving changes in the Brazilian economic and organizational setting, increased competition and need to increase knowledge in face of globalization, mobility demand and gender discrimination;(b) life stages andcareer choices, including individual aspects of their trajectories, such as family values, choice of undergraduate courses, entering the labor market and parenthood.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020122
title: Equally Weighed Portfolios with Few Stocks and Small Investors

description: This article analyzes equally-weighted stock portfolios (1/N) focusing on unsophisticated investors with small portfolios. The number of shares included in the 1/N portfolios ranged from 6 to 16 with rebalancing executed only three times a year. The period of analysis included daily and monthly returns between 1998 and 2011. The performance of the 1/N portfolios was compared to stock mutual funds, a global minimum variance portfolio with a 10% limit on positive weights (MVP 10%) and the Ibovespa index. The comparisons employed nonparametric tests, measures of risk-adjusted return and considered transaction costs. The results indicate that the performance of the selected funds is, at best, equivalent to the 1/N portfolios, albeit with a lower standard deviation. There was no significant difference in the median returns of the 1/N portfolios relative to the Ibovespa and MVP 10%. The stock selection criterion according to the ranking by the previous period Sharpe ratio is relevant, but rebalancing may be carried out less than three times a year. The 1/N portfolios are an attractive alternative to stock funds for investors with small stock portfolios even though their transaction costs may exceed 400 basis points per year.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020122.v1
title: Equally Weighed Portfolios with Few Stocks and Small Investors

description: This article analyzes equally-weighted stock portfolios (1/N) focusing on unsophisticated investors with small portfolios. The number of shares included in the 1/N portfolios ranged from 6 to 16 with rebalancing executed only three times a year. The period of analysis included daily and monthly returns between 1998 and 2011. The performance of the 1/N portfolios was compared to stock mutual funds, a global minimum variance portfolio with a 10% limit on positive weights (MVP 10%) and the Ibovespa index. The comparisons employed nonparametric tests, measures of risk-adjusted return and considered transaction costs. The results indicate that the performance of the selected funds is, at best, equivalent to the 1/N portfolios, albeit with a lower standard deviation. There was no significant difference in the median returns of the 1/N portfolios relative to the Ibovespa and MVP 10%. The stock selection criterion according to the ranking by the previous period Sharpe ratio is relevant, but rebalancing may be carried out less than three times a year. The 1/N portfolios are an attractive alternative to stock funds for investors with small stock portfolios even though their transaction costs may exceed 400 basis points per year.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020121
title: The Effect of Longer Development Times on Product Pipeline Management Performance

description: In the pharmaceutical industry, value is being destroyed through longer product development times. Given that patent lives are (normally) fixed at 20 years, the double hit of increasing time to market is evident - higher R & D costs and less time at market before generic competitors are able to be released into the marketplace. The Policy implications are massive: A huge and permanent shift away from internal R & D towards partnerships, licensing deals and acquisitions of more innovative biotechnology companies. In this study, we build a system dynamics model of the product development pipeline for a single company operating in the pharmaceutical market. The study shows that in the presence of loss of value due to longer lead times, it is more advantageous to: (a) work faster to reduce the backlog of projects; (b) increase the number of projects started whenever it is possible reduce complexity in the pipeline; and also (c) the optimal decision on resource allocation is independent of the loss of value due to longer lead times.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020121.v1
title: The Effect of Longer Development Times on Product Pipeline Management Performance

description: In the pharmaceutical industry, value is being destroyed through longer product development times. Given that patent lives are (normally) fixed at 20 years, the double hit of increasing time to market is evident - higher R & D costs and less time at market before generic competitors are able to be released into the marketplace. The Policy implications are massive: A huge and permanent shift away from internal R & D towards partnerships, licensing deals and acquisitions of more innovative biotechnology companies. In this study, we build a system dynamics model of the product development pipeline for a single company operating in the pharmaceutical market. The study shows that in the presence of loss of value due to longer lead times, it is more advantageous to: (a) work faster to reduce the backlog of projects; (b) increase the number of projects started whenever it is possible reduce complexity in the pipeline; and also (c) the optimal decision on resource allocation is independent of the loss of value due to longer lead times.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020125.v1
title: Religious Entrepreneurship: A Study of Businesses that Explore the Religiosity Niche

description: The purpose of this paper consisted of comprehending the particularities of religious entrepreneurship concerning businesses that emerge in a religious context and sell religious products. Based on a theoretical framework that articulates both entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial process definitions, and that establishes relationships between entrepreneurship and religion, 22 businesses that sell products from various religious denominations located in the three largest cities of the Triângulo Mineiro region were studied through qualitative research. The results show the manifestation of a particular type of entrepreneurship, associated with the following categories: the religious entrepreneur, involving the analysis of ideas and individual motivations for business creation; religion as business opportunity, involving the analysis of contextual, religious and business aspects that influence religious entrepreneurship; and the results of those entrepreneurial actions, involving concrete and symbolic effects of religious entrepreneurship.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020131
title: Analysis of Effects in Capital Markets Resulting from Mergers: The BRF Case

description: This study investigated the possible effects on the capital markets that occurred before, during and after the merger between Sadia and Perdigão (new BRF) announced on May 19, 2009. Through event study analysis this research reports, analyzes and presents the behavior of abnormal returns in eight selected events in different periods, both for the two companies included in the merger process as well as for their main competitors in the market. The events were divided into six related to the merger and acquisition and two unrelated to the M&A. The most statistically and economically significant results came from the events related to the merger. There were positive and statistically significant abnormal returns for both the acquiring company and the acquired company. Returns for the acquired firm were higher than the returns of the acquiring company. Another result that this study showed was that the merger resulted in higher stock prices for rival firms in all periods analyzed, showing positive and significant abnormal returns. This result is in line with the acquisition probability hypothesis.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020130
title: The Consultant’s Role in the Strategic Alignment Process

description: The Strategic Alignment (SA) between Information Technology (IT) and Business remains a priority for managers, according to recently realized studies in several countries. However, as found by a large number of the surveys on this subject, SA does not constitute a priority to companies when planning and implementing IT. Also, consultants often participate in the SA process, particularly to develop and implement IT devices, as much for strategic as operational purposes. The role of these consultants has not been sufficiently analyzed in research on SA. Considering the importance of the consultant’s role in the SA process, our study proposes a discussion of this role as an external agent. Therefore, we analyzed the case of a strategic corporate portal developed in a large transnational company. We adopted participant observation and semi-structured interviews to collect data in this longitudinal case study. The main results we highlight are the complex roles of IT consultants during the AE process, based on their technical and sociopolitical knowledge and especially the need for knowledge sharing. Consultant skills were also necessary to fulfill more effective roles in the AE process.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020131.v1
title: Analysis of Effects in Capital Markets Resulting from Mergers: The BRF Case

description: This study investigated the possible effects on the capital markets that occurred before, during and after the merger between Sadia and Perdigão (new BRF) announced on May 19, 2009. Through event study analysis this research reports, analyzes and presents the behavior of abnormal returns in eight selected events in different periods, both for the two companies included in the merger process as well as for their main competitors in the market. The events were divided into six related to the merger and acquisition and two unrelated to the M&A. The most statistically and economically significant results came from the events related to the merger. There were positive and statistically significant abnormal returns for both the acquiring company and the acquired company. Returns for the acquired firm were higher than the returns of the acquiring company. Another result that this study showed was that the merger resulted in higher stock prices for rival firms in all periods analyzed, showing positive and significant abnormal returns. This result is in line with the acquisition probability hypothesis.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020130.v1
title: The Consultant’s Role in the Strategic Alignment Process

description: The Strategic Alignment (SA) between Information Technology (IT) and Business remains a priority for managers, according to recently realized studies in several countries. However, as found by a large number of the surveys on this subject, SA does not constitute a priority to companies when planning and implementing IT. Also, consultants often participate in the SA process, particularly to develop and implement IT devices, as much for strategic as operational purposes. The role of these consultants has not been sufficiently analyzed in research on SA. Considering the importance of the consultant’s role in the SA process, our study proposes a discussion of this role as an external agent. Therefore, we analyzed the case of a strategic corporate portal developed in a large transnational company. We adopted participant observation and semi-structured interviews to collect data in this longitudinal case study. The main results we highlight are the complex roles of IT consultants during the AE process, based on their technical and sociopolitical knowledge and especially the need for knowledge sharing. Consultant skills were also necessary to fulfill more effective roles in the AE process.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020134.v1
title: Socio-hermeneutic Discourse Analysis of Sustainability Based on Visual Materials

description: This article aims to demonstrate the discourse analysis on sustainability - the study object - based on visual materials. Sustainability reports published over the past five years (2007–2011) by the studied company were used as discursive sources. We concluded that the company’s discourse on sustainability, from the methodological perspectives of visual material analysis and socio-hermeneutic levels of discourse analysis, is a construction loaded with explicit and implicit interests. The study contributes to exploring the potential of incorporating these materials in the analysis of organizational phenomena and to stimulate the use of this approach as a methodological practice.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020134
title: Socio-hermeneutic Discourse Analysis of Sustainability Based on Visual Materials

description: This article aims to demonstrate the discourse analysis on sustainability - the study object - based on visual materials. Sustainability reports published over the past five years (2007–2011) by the studied company were used as discursive sources. We concluded that the company’s discourse on sustainability, from the methodological perspectives of visual material analysis and socio-hermeneutic levels of discourse analysis, is a construction loaded with explicit and implicit interests. The study contributes to exploring the potential of incorporating these materials in the analysis of organizational phenomena and to stimulate the use of this approach as a methodological practice.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020136.v1
title: How Credit Extension Management affects Inventory Practices

description: The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact credit extension management has on inventory management practices for a sample of 432 micro and small enterprises (MSEs). The model relied on agency, transaction cost and pecking order theories. Sample data were subjected to multivariate techniques of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and simultaneous structural regressions. Results support the idea that credit management practices positively determine inventory management, when mediated by cash management. The study measured direct and indirect effects among the three latent construct variables.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020136
title: How Credit Extension Management affects Inventory Practices

description: The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact credit extension management has on inventory management practices for a sample of 432 micro and small enterprises (MSEs). The model relied on agency, transaction cost and pecking order theories. Sample data were subjected to multivariate techniques of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis and simultaneous structural regressions. Results support the idea that credit management practices positively determine inventory management, when mediated by cash management. The study measured direct and indirect effects among the three latent construct variables.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20019782
title: Noni database

description: Noni might be a powerful antioxidant that can protect nerve cells and may possess potential benefits for the treatment of memory impairment.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20019782.v1
title: Noni database

description: Noni might be a powerful antioxidant that can protect nerve cells and may possess potential benefits for the treatment of memory impairment.