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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7678358
title: Presence of Potential Contingency of the Government in the Attitudes Adopted by UG’s Managers

description: ABSTRACT The objective of this research was to assess of the contingency reflexes of Brazilian Central Government on the management of the Management Units - MU. The representation model assumed that the reflexes take place under the form of shortcuts adopted by managers in order to make budget execution feasible. This is a descriptive research of a qualitative nature, which was performed by gathering, handling, and interpreting data from court proceedings in the Federal Audit Court - TCU on the annual account audits of the UGs in Direct Government Bodies, Autonomous Institutions, and Foundations located in the State of São Paulo. Data analysis was based on a content analyzing procedure that involved selecting documents, listing assumptions and measuring indicators, as well as employing the Chi-square test for a statistical assessment of the research assumptions. The results have shown that there is a variety of creative actions and that it is possible to identify them according to the management area, there is also a diversified incidence of such creative actions among management areas, affecting indiscriminately the following areas: budgeting, finance, assets and property, personnel, provision of goods and services, and operations.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7677704
title: Enterprise Risk Disclosed in Initial Public Offering in Brazil

description: ABSTRACT The current legislation in Brazil requires that companies wishing to raise funds in capital markets through issuance of shares shall prepare a prospectus for Initial Public Offering (IPO) in which they inform, among other things, all risks that may affect the business. The aim of this paper is to investigate the level of disclosure of business risks reported in these prospectuses. The methodological design was a descriptive qualitative approach. The object of analysis consisted of the final prospectus for IPO listed in the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) in 2008. The sample consisted of 10 companies from various segments. We have adopted a criterion score by which it was found that the average percentage score achieved was 59% of disclosure. We have also defined indicators of the level of disclosure by risk category and by company. Within these categories, this percentage ranged from 42% of the category “risks of issuing” up to 85% in category “risks related to the shareholder”. As for the scores of companies, the lowest score was obtained by Le Lis Blanc, 51%, while the Vale do Rio Doce has obtained the highest score, 66% of the total possible. In conclusion, it was found that the level of disclosure of risks in stock offering prospectus is not yet satisfactory. Possible causes for this phenomenon are analyzed.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7677704.v1
title: Enterprise Risk Disclosed in Initial Public Offering in Brazil

description: ABSTRACT The current legislation in Brazil requires that companies wishing to raise funds in capital markets through issuance of shares shall prepare a prospectus for Initial Public Offering (IPO) in which they inform, among other things, all risks that may affect the business. The aim of this paper is to investigate the level of disclosure of business risks reported in these prospectuses. The methodological design was a descriptive qualitative approach. The object of analysis consisted of the final prospectus for IPO listed in the Brazilian Securities Commission (CVM) in 2008. The sample consisted of 10 companies from various segments. We have adopted a criterion score by which it was found that the average percentage score achieved was 59% of disclosure. We have also defined indicators of the level of disclosure by risk category and by company. Within these categories, this percentage ranged from 42% of the category “risks of issuing” up to 85% in category “risks related to the shareholder”. As for the scores of companies, the lowest score was obtained by Le Lis Blanc, 51%, while the Vale do Rio Doce has obtained the highest score, 66% of the total possible. In conclusion, it was found that the level of disclosure of risks in stock offering prospectus is not yet satisfactory. Possible causes for this phenomenon are analyzed.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7676942
title: Mapping the Intellectual Structure of Entrepreneurship Research: revisiting the invisible college

description: ABSTRACT Along with entrepreneurship´s continuing emergence among the management sciences, there is an ongoing debate about what the field is - or should be. In this regard, to have a better understanding of the development of this research field, it is useful to understand the scientific structure. This study uses bibliometric techniques and cluster analyses to present an empirically grounded picture of the entrepreneurship research. This research analyzes the 1,112 full-length papers published in the FER Proceedings between 1981 and 2009, and the 378 articles published in the Journal of Business Venturing between 2000 and 2010. Both forums are considered representative in the exchange of entrepreneurial thought. The results indicate that entrepreneurship research published in these forums is characterized by varied themes that are not necessarily connected. Rather, they reflect the disciplinary training and lens of their authors; and considerable dynamism and change in key research themes over time. Hopefully, the results presented here provide abundant opportunities for identifying insightful, influential, and creative research topics in the entrepreneurship field.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7676942.v1
title: Mapping the Intellectual Structure of Entrepreneurship Research: revisiting the invisible college

description: ABSTRACT Along with entrepreneurship´s continuing emergence among the management sciences, there is an ongoing debate about what the field is - or should be. In this regard, to have a better understanding of the development of this research field, it is useful to understand the scientific structure. This study uses bibliometric techniques and cluster analyses to present an empirically grounded picture of the entrepreneurship research. This research analyzes the 1,112 full-length papers published in the FER Proceedings between 1981 and 2009, and the 378 articles published in the Journal of Business Venturing between 2000 and 2010. Both forums are considered representative in the exchange of entrepreneurial thought. The results indicate that entrepreneurship research published in these forums is characterized by varied themes that are not necessarily connected. Rather, they reflect the disciplinary training and lens of their authors; and considerable dynamism and change in key research themes over time. Hopefully, the results presented here provide abundant opportunities for identifying insightful, influential, and creative research topics in the entrepreneurship field.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7677158.v1
title: Interactivity: a factory to increase memorization

description: ABSTRACT Today, approximately 29% of the world population use the Internet, against 38% in Brazil, which shows its importance in people’s routine not only in Brazil, but also worldwide. Being the Internet a communication media, this research evaluates the influence of Interactivity as a factor to increase memorization of Internet sites. According to literature, multiway, immediacy and contingency factors increase Interactivity and sites that provide one or more of these factors influence memorization. 20 in-depth personal interviews were conducted to improve the understanding the issue, to identify leads and elaborate our hypothesis, followed by a quantitative survey of 300 people. Hypotheses were tested using Chi-square and a hierarchical and non-hierarchical cluster analysis. Results showed that the smaller the number of leads of a specific website, the larger are its memorization and access. The theoretical contribution of this investigation is that websites that offer fewer leads are more interactive, which causes them to be remembered. The managerial implication is that websites with a clear position and a small quantity of information or leads tend to be more remembered and accessed by internet users.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7677119.v1
title: Discussions on Business Networks Research Methodology Present in a Sample of Brazilian Scientific Production and Proposal for a Guiding Model

description: ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to discuss the business network research methodologies used by Brazilian authors based on a sample of the scientific production of the EnAnpad Congress. Our main hypothesis, which results from previous reflections, states that Brazilian researchers predominantly use classic methodologies of disjunction and reduction of the phenomenon, in search of strict causal relations that include study objects as actors. That approach explains the poor theoretical progress in that field. To reach our goal, we researched the international literature on networks focusing on the convergences of affirmatives, which are the base for the discussions. Among those, the flows as study object and the constant dynamics of networks stand out, which makes it difficult to establish strict causal relations. The convergences revealed two paradigms: on one hand, the rational economic paradigm that includes theories on transaction costs and network strategies and on the other hand, the social paradigm that includes theories on the network society and social relations defining the processes and controls of the technical relations of the network. We accepted and took the premises of those paradigms as a base to analyze the articles published by the EnAnpad Congress in last the ten years and concluded that our hypothesis is valid. The economic rational paradigm shows to be predominant, with its classical collection and analysis methods, as well as its questionnaires and interviews on attitudes and perceptions used to research strict causal relations and not yielding any theoretical benefits or progress. We understand that a different methodological approach may be applied, which we consider more appropriate to cover network features and which is based on the network society theory, taking into account the epistemological principles of the theory of complexity, mainly the nondisjunction principle and the use of the methods and techniques that result from the theory of the systems, especially the feedback theory. Based on those principles, we made up a research design project that integrates the subsystem of social relations with the subsystem of production relations, which is a fundamental principle of the social network approach, defining the flow between the actors as the study unit. In this system, historicity, flow, mobility and uncertainty are highlighted, which are the most outstanding features of the network phenomenon.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7677158
title: Interactivity: a factory to increase memorization

description: ABSTRACT Today, approximately 29% of the world population use the Internet, against 38% in Brazil, which shows its importance in people’s routine not only in Brazil, but also worldwide. Being the Internet a communication media, this research evaluates the influence of Interactivity as a factor to increase memorization of Internet sites. According to literature, multiway, immediacy and contingency factors increase Interactivity and sites that provide one or more of these factors influence memorization. 20 in-depth personal interviews were conducted to improve the understanding the issue, to identify leads and elaborate our hypothesis, followed by a quantitative survey of 300 people. Hypotheses were tested using Chi-square and a hierarchical and non-hierarchical cluster analysis. Results showed that the smaller the number of leads of a specific website, the larger are its memorization and access. The theoretical contribution of this investigation is that websites that offer fewer leads are more interactive, which causes them to be remembered. The managerial implication is that websites with a clear position and a small quantity of information or leads tend to be more remembered and accessed by internet users.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7677119
title: Discussions on Business Networks Research Methodology Present in a Sample of Brazilian Scientific Production and Proposal for a Guiding Model

description: ABSTRACT The aim of this article is to discuss the business network research methodologies used by Brazilian authors based on a sample of the scientific production of the EnAnpad Congress. Our main hypothesis, which results from previous reflections, states that Brazilian researchers predominantly use classic methodologies of disjunction and reduction of the phenomenon, in search of strict causal relations that include study objects as actors. That approach explains the poor theoretical progress in that field. To reach our goal, we researched the international literature on networks focusing on the convergences of affirmatives, which are the base for the discussions. Among those, the flows as study object and the constant dynamics of networks stand out, which makes it difficult to establish strict causal relations. The convergences revealed two paradigms: on one hand, the rational economic paradigm that includes theories on transaction costs and network strategies and on the other hand, the social paradigm that includes theories on the network society and social relations defining the processes and controls of the technical relations of the network. We accepted and took the premises of those paradigms as a base to analyze the articles published by the EnAnpad Congress in last the ten years and concluded that our hypothesis is valid. The economic rational paradigm shows to be predominant, with its classical collection and analysis methods, as well as its questionnaires and interviews on attitudes and perceptions used to research strict causal relations and not yielding any theoretical benefits or progress. We understand that a different methodological approach may be applied, which we consider more appropriate to cover network features and which is based on the network society theory, taking into account the epistemological principles of the theory of complexity, mainly the nondisjunction principle and the use of the methods and techniques that result from the theory of the systems, especially the feedback theory. Based on those principles, we made up a research design project that integrates the subsystem of social relations with the subsystem of production relations, which is a fundamental principle of the social network approach, defining the flow between the actors as the study unit. In this system, historicity, flow, mobility and uncertainty are highlighted, which are the most outstanding features of the network phenomenon.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7677464
title: Critical Success Factors for Knowledge Management at a Private Higher Education School

description: ABSTACT We aim to describe and analyze how the representativeness of the National Student Performance Exam (NSPE) influences the critical success factors (CSF) applied to knowledge management at a private Higher Education School (HES). A qualitative case study was conducted in a HES located in the State of Paraná, taking into account the results of the NSPE 2006. Data were collected via triangulation and submitted to a thematic contents analysis. Data analysis showed that the representativeness of the results of the NESP gradually increased over the years at the HES. The six CSFs applied to the HES influenced the results of the HES at the NSPE 2006, which was considered positive by the institution. However, two of the CSFs applied to the HES were outstanding: educational policies and institutional evaluation. We observed that the intensification of the relation between the maintaining entity and the maintained one influenced and interfered in the university management and consequently in its knowledge management. Data allowed characterizing the knowledge management at the HES as incipient, showing that “the shoemaker's wife is the one who is shod worse”.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7677464.v1
title: Critical Success Factors for Knowledge Management at a Private Higher Education School

description: ABSTACT We aim to describe and analyze how the representativeness of the National Student Performance Exam (NSPE) influences the critical success factors (CSF) applied to knowledge management at a private Higher Education School (HES). A qualitative case study was conducted in a HES located in the State of Paraná, taking into account the results of the NSPE 2006. Data were collected via triangulation and submitted to a thematic contents analysis. Data analysis showed that the representativeness of the results of the NESP gradually increased over the years at the HES. The six CSFs applied to the HES influenced the results of the HES at the NSPE 2006, which was considered positive by the institution. However, two of the CSFs applied to the HES were outstanding: educational policies and institutional evaluation. We observed that the intensification of the relation between the maintaining entity and the maintained one influenced and interfered in the university management and consequently in its knowledge management. Data allowed characterizing the knowledge management at the HES as incipient, showing that “the shoemaker's wife is the one who is shod worse”.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7075367
title: Analysis of the Dynamics of the Brazilian Forward Market of Electricity

description: ABSTRACT Between 1996 and 2003, several countries, including Brazil, began to restructure their electricity sectors and established free markets for energy trading. The growth of these markets has required the adaptation of financial instruments for risk management and return to the particulars of each market. In Brazil, the market still has a disorganized and decentralized over-the-counter market (OTC) structure, which is more difficult to analyze due to the lack of public information. In this setting, the bilaterally negotiated forward contracts for electricity are the primary instruments to mitigate risks and evaluate investments. In this context, the objective of this study is to better understand the dynamics of the forward price of electricity negotiated in Brazil. In this article, we propose a method to construct the forward curve based only on market information and show an application of this approach. Our results indicate that the Brazilian forward market of electricity has a contango behaviour in certain periods, high risk premiums and only partial adherence of forward prices to the expectations of future spot prices. Studies support these evidences.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7075367.v1
title: Analysis of the Dynamics of the Brazilian Forward Market of Electricity

description: ABSTRACT Between 1996 and 2003, several countries, including Brazil, began to restructure their electricity sectors and established free markets for energy trading. The growth of these markets has required the adaptation of financial instruments for risk management and return to the particulars of each market. In Brazil, the market still has a disorganized and decentralized over-the-counter market (OTC) structure, which is more difficult to analyze due to the lack of public information. In this setting, the bilaterally negotiated forward contracts for electricity are the primary instruments to mitigate risks and evaluate investments. In this context, the objective of this study is to better understand the dynamics of the forward price of electricity negotiated in Brazil. In this article, we propose a method to construct the forward curve based only on market information and show an application of this approach. Our results indicate that the Brazilian forward market of electricity has a contango behaviour in certain periods, high risk premiums and only partial adherence of forward prices to the expectations of future spot prices. Studies support these evidences.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.7102619
title: Cooperative Strategies: evaluating network strategy management of small and medium-sized enterprises

description: ABSTRACT Network formation aiming the development of cooperation among small and medium-sized companies has received increasing interest from the organizational field. Recent studies have been devoted to understand the management of those networks, deepening the collective aspects of the structure, the coordination, and the processes, among others. This article lies within the context of network strategy management progress and tries to understand how cooperative strategies are developed and executed. Its main objective is to evaluate to what degree the cooperative strategies in networks of small and mid-sized firms are developed. The study was based on the theoretical evaluation of networks proposed by Bortolaso, Verschoore e Antunes (2010) and addressed different aspects of cooperative strategy management in those networks, like i) the definition of common strategic objectives, ii) the collective analysis of the environment, iii) strategic network planning, iv) the deployment of the strategy in joint actions, v) monitoring of strategic planning by means of regular meetings and vi) the establishment of collective performance indicators. To achieve those goals, our analysis focuses on cooperation networks in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, which has already established over 200 small and mid-sized enterprise networks with the support of a public policy. To carry out our study, we visited 12 networks and conducted 60 interviews, i.e., five per network. The network evaluation results show that cooperative strategies are still at a low stage of development. Among the evaluated networks, only four of them feature more developed cooperative strategies. Based on these results, we performed detailed analyses of the seven aspects mentioned above, as well as a consolidated evaluation of the development level of the cooperative strategy of the networks, totalizing eight analyses. This article also points out how networks could be improved and highlights avenues for further research.