cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020176
title: Geographical Indication Re-signifying Artisanal Production of Curd Cheese in Northeastern Brazil

description: Abstract Fierce market competition and growing consumer demand for quality have spurred organizations to seek certification as a way of differentiating their products and services from those of competitors. Geographical Indication (GI) is a type of certification that has received attention from agribusiness. The significance as a cultural artifact (e.g., locally-produced curd cheese) does not lie in the product itself, but in the relationships that are established between those who produce it and those who consume it, thereby highlighting the interrelationships of these symbolic production practices. This study seeks to understand how the process of GI certification has conferred new meaning on (re-signified) artisanal production of curd cheese in rural parts of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. GI adds value to the product, making it competitive. Discourse analysis enabled comparison of the cheese's original cultural meanings with those outlined by Curd Cheese Certification Association (CCCA) member-producers. Certification-driven innovations have helped CCCA member-producers to re-signify their artisanal production, while providing a clear understanding of both the material and symbolic dimensions of improvements perceived to have occurred in the production process.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020176.v1
title: Geographical Indication Re-signifying Artisanal Production of Curd Cheese in Northeastern Brazil

description: Abstract Fierce market competition and growing consumer demand for quality have spurred organizations to seek certification as a way of differentiating their products and services from those of competitors. Geographical Indication (GI) is a type of certification that has received attention from agribusiness. The significance as a cultural artifact (e.g., locally-produced curd cheese) does not lie in the product itself, but in the relationships that are established between those who produce it and those who consume it, thereby highlighting the interrelationships of these symbolic production practices. This study seeks to understand how the process of GI certification has conferred new meaning on (re-signified) artisanal production of curd cheese in rural parts of the Brazilian state of Pernambuco. GI adds value to the product, making it competitive. Discourse analysis enabled comparison of the cheese's original cultural meanings with those outlined by Curd Cheese Certification Association (CCCA) member-producers. Certification-driven innovations have helped CCCA member-producers to re-signify their artisanal production, while providing a clear understanding of both the material and symbolic dimensions of improvements perceived to have occurred in the production process.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020178
title: The Impact of Evaluation Use on Accounting Programs' Performance: An Exploratory Study

description: Abstract The Brazilian program of higher education evaluation, broadly known as the National Exam of Students' Performance (ENADE), represents a governmental effort to gather information on undergraduate educational quality. As a product of that evaluation, reports are made available to each program evaluated. Our present research addresses the impact of ENADE evaluation report utilization on multiple higher education accounting programs' performance in their subsequent evaluation. Based upon theoretical support from literature about evaluation use, a web-based survey was developed and provided across the country to the coordinators of accounting programs. From a response rate of 62% of the study target population and using multiple regressions, we found that there was a positive correlation between usage of the ENADE evaluation report and the performance of undergraduate accounting programs in their subsequent evaluation. Based upon the reviewed literature and, in accordance with these research results, it is possible to infer that the use of evaluation reports derived from the higher education evaluation system promoted by the Brazilian government can influence the decisions of educational institutions and promote improvement.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020178.v1
title: The Impact of Evaluation Use on Accounting Programs' Performance: An Exploratory Study

description: Abstract The Brazilian program of higher education evaluation, broadly known as the National Exam of Students' Performance (ENADE), represents a governmental effort to gather information on undergraduate educational quality. As a product of that evaluation, reports are made available to each program evaluated. Our present research addresses the impact of ENADE evaluation report utilization on multiple higher education accounting programs' performance in their subsequent evaluation. Based upon theoretical support from literature about evaluation use, a web-based survey was developed and provided across the country to the coordinators of accounting programs. From a response rate of 62% of the study target population and using multiple regressions, we found that there was a positive correlation between usage of the ENADE evaluation report and the performance of undergraduate accounting programs in their subsequent evaluation. Based upon the reviewed literature and, in accordance with these research results, it is possible to infer that the use of evaluation reports derived from the higher education evaluation system promoted by the Brazilian government can influence the decisions of educational institutions and promote improvement.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020181
title: Economic Action and Religion: Churches as Enterprises in Brazil

description: Abstract Brazil has witnessed, in recent decades, radical transformations in its religious composition, with a great proliferation of evangelical churches, which compete with each other, adopting active and mobilizing positions, typical of productive enterprises. This paper analyzes some dimensions of this reality, in light of proposals from the Rational Choice of Religion approach, which is still little explored in Brazil. Thus, it makes clear to administration scholars, still absent from the area, the importance and scale of the observed phenomenon, and also the relevance of the new theoretical framework.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020181.v1
title: Economic Action and Religion: Churches as Enterprises in Brazil

description: Abstract Brazil has witnessed, in recent decades, radical transformations in its religious composition, with a great proliferation of evangelical churches, which compete with each other, adopting active and mobilizing positions, typical of productive enterprises. This paper analyzes some dimensions of this reality, in light of proposals from the Rational Choice of Religion approach, which is still little explored in Brazil. Thus, it makes clear to administration scholars, still absent from the area, the importance and scale of the observed phenomenon, and also the relevance of the new theoretical framework.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020182
title: An Analysis of Academics and their Scientific Publications in the Field of Management

description: Abstract Scientific production has been the focus of many discussions, particularly regarding the issue of scientific productivity. This study analyzes the profile and publications of academics (PhDs) working in the field of management in Brazil and their respective scientific publications, in order to identify the factors that explain this particular aspect of scientific productivity. Using descriptive statistics and statistical models based on data about 1976 researchers registered on the Brazilian Lattes database which compiles Brazilian academic researchers' curriculum vitaes, the study identified factors related to academic education and experience that have an impact on academics' scientific productivity in Management. Research results also indicate that important changes in the patterns of academic education and productivity are taking place in Brazil. Considering the centrality of scientific productivity, the paper suggests new studies to increase discourse regarding the future path of intellectual production and graduate management programs in Brazil.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020182.v1
title: An Analysis of Academics and their Scientific Publications in the Field of Management

description: Abstract Scientific production has been the focus of many discussions, particularly regarding the issue of scientific productivity. This study analyzes the profile and publications of academics (PhDs) working in the field of management in Brazil and their respective scientific publications, in order to identify the factors that explain this particular aspect of scientific productivity. Using descriptive statistics and statistical models based on data about 1976 researchers registered on the Brazilian Lattes database which compiles Brazilian academic researchers' curriculum vitaes, the study identified factors related to academic education and experience that have an impact on academics' scientific productivity in Management. Research results also indicate that important changes in the patterns of academic education and productivity are taking place in Brazil. Considering the centrality of scientific productivity, the paper suggests new studies to increase discourse regarding the future path of intellectual production and graduate management programs in Brazil.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020184
title: Transnational Governance: Definitions, Approaches and Research Agenda

description: Abstract This study examined academic production on transnational governance. It adopted a multi-method approach that used bibliometric analysis to identify the twenty most influential papers. Those papers were then analyzed in depth, emphasizing the research methods adopted and the different forms and dimensions of transnational governance studied. Results concluded that interest on transnational governance is recent, but increasing. The majority of the papers highlight the multiplicity of actors engaged in transnational governance, reinforcing its strengthening pluricentrality and the diversity of processes and forms it can assume. There is a definite need for more empirical studies and those that consider the Latin American context. It is also necessary to develop studies that enable a critical analysis of the development of regulatory mechanisms that legitimize the action of private actors in issues of public interest.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020187.v1
title: Proposal for Patent Measurement

description: Abstract The goal of this work is to propose a model for managerial measurement of patents owned by the Center for Research and Development in Telecommunications (Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Telecomunicações [CPqD]). Corporate patents, as with other kinds of intangible assets, may generate significant value as long as the corporation identifies valuable patents which do not have adequate protection or those whose maintenance fees are not worth the cost. As such, the model features the concept of intellectual property, as it considers that viewing knowledge as a strategic tool for organizations and the use they make of it in society show how important said concept is for the economy of all countries. Since it proposes a model for analyzing a portfolio of patents, it is based on the premise according to which a rational exploration of protected patents will allow for fair compensation for the efforts exerted and the ability to recoup investments incurred during the research. The model is centered on methods that can be used to determine patent value as a function of expected economic benefits in monetary terms.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020187
title: Proposal for Patent Measurement

description: Abstract The goal of this work is to propose a model for managerial measurement of patents owned by the Center for Research and Development in Telecommunications (Centro de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento em Telecomunicações [CPqD]). Corporate patents, as with other kinds of intangible assets, may generate significant value as long as the corporation identifies valuable patents which do not have adequate protection or those whose maintenance fees are not worth the cost. As such, the model features the concept of intellectual property, as it considers that viewing knowledge as a strategic tool for organizations and the use they make of it in society show how important said concept is for the economy of all countries. Since it proposes a model for analyzing a portfolio of patents, it is based on the premise according to which a rational exploration of protected patents will allow for fair compensation for the efforts exerted and the ability to recoup investments incurred during the research. The model is centered on methods that can be used to determine patent value as a function of expected economic benefits in monetary terms.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020188
title: Contemporary Circus as Organizational Heterotopias: A Multi-sited Ethnography in the Brazilian-Canadian Context

description: Abstract This study seeks to understand contemporary circuses from an organizational heterotopia perspective by carrying out a theoretical approach between Practice-based Studies in Organizational Studies and the concept of heterotopias, developed by Michel Foucault. Through a multi-sited ethnography focused on the organizational processes of contemporary circuses in Brazil and Canada, we identified sets of organizational practices altering the relationships of forces in the field of Arts in the researched contexts, resulting in the production of other spaces - or heterotopias, according to Michel Foucault - in society enabling the circuses to be constituted as organizations. We present the concept of organizational heterotopias as a theoretical contribution to analyze organizations based on socio-spatial multiplicity. The methodological contribution of this paper is the introduction of multi-sited ethnography as a research strategy for studies on organizational processes established in different cultural contexts and locations.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020188.v1
title: Contemporary Circus as Organizational Heterotopias: A Multi-sited Ethnography in the Brazilian-Canadian Context

description: Abstract This study seeks to understand contemporary circuses from an organizational heterotopia perspective by carrying out a theoretical approach between Practice-based Studies in Organizational Studies and the concept of heterotopias, developed by Michel Foucault. Through a multi-sited ethnography focused on the organizational processes of contemporary circuses in Brazil and Canada, we identified sets of organizational practices altering the relationships of forces in the field of Arts in the researched contexts, resulting in the production of other spaces - or heterotopias, according to Michel Foucault - in society enabling the circuses to be constituted as organizations. We present the concept of organizational heterotopias as a theoretical contribution to analyze organizations based on socio-spatial multiplicity. The methodological contribution of this paper is the introduction of multi-sited ethnography as a research strategy for studies on organizational processes established in different cultural contexts and locations.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020191
title: Tangibility and Intangibility in Identification of Persistent Performance: Evidence from the Brazilian Stock Market

description: Abstract Carvalho, Kayo and Martin (2010) point out that the above-average performance and persistent of an organization can be explained by its ability to properly exploit the resources and skills seen as rare and valuable. This research investigated if persistence of superior performance by Brazilian companies, by sector, can be attributed to tangibility, intangibility, corporate governance levels and the degree of company social responsibility. The sample consisted of Brazilian companies listed on the BM&F Bovespa Brazilian stock exchange and information was collected from the Bloomberg consulting database. We used a dynamic panel approach using the System Generalized of Moments Method (GMM-SYS) from Arellano and Bover (1995) and Blundell and Bond (1998). The results indicate significant evidence that intangibility imposed reductions to the persistence of company performance in most sectors. Tangibility and corporate governance levels have heterogeneous effects on persistent superior performance. Social responsibility levels positively and significantly impact the persistence of superior performance of public companies in Brazil.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020191.v1
title: Tangibility and Intangibility in Identification of Persistent Performance: Evidence from the Brazilian Stock Market

description: Abstract Carvalho, Kayo and Martin (2010) point out that the above-average performance and persistent of an organization can be explained by its ability to properly exploit the resources and skills seen as rare and valuable. This research investigated if persistence of superior performance by Brazilian companies, by sector, can be attributed to tangibility, intangibility, corporate governance levels and the degree of company social responsibility. The sample consisted of Brazilian companies listed on the BM&F Bovespa Brazilian stock exchange and information was collected from the Bloomberg consulting database. We used a dynamic panel approach using the System Generalized of Moments Method (GMM-SYS) from Arellano and Bover (1995) and Blundell and Bond (1998). The results indicate significant evidence that intangibility imposed reductions to the persistence of company performance in most sectors. Tangibility and corporate governance levels have heterogeneous effects on persistent superior performance. Social responsibility levels positively and significantly impact the persistence of superior performance of public companies in Brazil.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020193
title: Retail Mix Differences between Off-line and On-line Stores of the Same Chain

description: Abstract Diversification of store formats and dispersion of boundaries between retail channels - facts arising from the expansion of the scope of Internet - have led many retailers to move from single channel to multichannel operation. With this in view, the present study aims to identify and analyse the differences in retail components - assortment, price, price ranges and services - between physical and virtual stores operating both channels. The research was developed in four phases: (a) definition of retailers and location of stores, selection of departments and product categories; (b) data collection; (c) data analysis and identification of differences; (d) semi-structured interviews with company leaders. A sample of 756 models in six product categories shows that virtual retail is more competitive than physical retail as to assortment (91% higher), prices(13% to 15% lower), more attractive payment terms(3-12 installments without interest) and width of price ranges. If these competitive advantages are kept along with the guarantee of credibility in delivery and possibility of exchange or refund, virtual retail is bound to have a consistent growth perspective proportionally greater than that of physical retail.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020196
title: The Mediating Role of Ambidextrous Salespeople in the Relationship between Stress and Performance

description: Abstract In this paper we suggest that an employee's ambidexterity mediates the negative effect of job stress on sales performance. The traditional literature posits ambidexterity as mediator in the context of product development, strategic flexibility and dynamic nature of the environment. We extend the ambidexterity literature by positing it as a mediator in the relationship between stress and sales performance. A survey was developed with 307 frontline bank employees who sell products and services and manage client accounts in banks. The findings showed that the ability of the salespeople to balance provision activities with sales services activities improves ambidexterity, which in turn has a positive impact on performance. The results also showed that the negative effect of perception of role ambiguity about performance measurement (work satisfaction and sales) is mediated by a salesperson's ambidextrous behavior.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020197
title: How Strategy Becomes a Social Practice

description: Abstract This research aims to understand how strategy becomes a social practice when submitted to various capitalistic logics. The study was developed from a narrative perspective in a social enterprise whose goal is to enhance the results of Special Education Schools through management. Data analysis was based upon the typology proposed by O’Connor (2002) and from narrative features discussed by Pentland (1999). For something to become a social practice in a context where it is not, it undergoes an exercise where it is qualified as sensegiving and sensemaking. Observed results show that: (a) the narrative as developed in conversation with investors is loaded with situational histories; (b) the narrative as developed in conversation with the public is loaded with generic histories; (c) the meaning given by the strategists and constructed by the different practitioners is presented as a narrative about the meaning negotiating process, where legitimacy is based on personal histories and plausibility on generic and situational histories. In conclusion, we understand that strategy becomes a social practice in that its meanings come to be shared in this new space and, thus, come to guide the ordinary activities (praxis) of strategy.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020197.v1
title: How Strategy Becomes a Social Practice

description: Abstract This research aims to understand how strategy becomes a social practice when submitted to various capitalistic logics. The study was developed from a narrative perspective in a social enterprise whose goal is to enhance the results of Special Education Schools through management. Data analysis was based upon the typology proposed by O’Connor (2002) and from narrative features discussed by Pentland (1999). For something to become a social practice in a context where it is not, it undergoes an exercise where it is qualified as sensegiving and sensemaking. Observed results show that: (a) the narrative as developed in conversation with investors is loaded with situational histories; (b) the narrative as developed in conversation with the public is loaded with generic histories; (c) the meaning given by the strategists and constructed by the different practitioners is presented as a narrative about the meaning negotiating process, where legitimacy is based on personal histories and plausibility on generic and situational histories. In conclusion, we understand that strategy becomes a social practice in that its meanings come to be shared in this new space and, thus, come to guide the ordinary activities (praxis) of strategy.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20020196.v1
title: The Mediating Role of Ambidextrous Salespeople in the Relationship between Stress and Performance

description: Abstract In this paper we suggest that an employee's ambidexterity mediates the negative effect of job stress on sales performance. The traditional literature posits ambidexterity as mediator in the context of product development, strategic flexibility and dynamic nature of the environment. We extend the ambidexterity literature by positing it as a mediator in the relationship between stress and sales performance. A survey was developed with 307 frontline bank employees who sell products and services and manage client accounts in banks. The findings showed that the ability of the salespeople to balance provision activities with sales services activities improves ambidexterity, which in turn has a positive impact on performance. The results also showed that the negative effect of perception of role ambiguity about performance measurement (work satisfaction and sales) is mediated by a salesperson's ambidextrous behavior.